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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
Y echando a volar, dejó solos a los flamencos; y al rato volvió con las medias.
And taking flight, she left the flamingos alone; and after a while she came back with the stockings.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
But they were not stockings — they were the skins of coral snakes, lovely skins freshly stripped from snakes the owl had hunted.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Y | y | and (conj.) |
| echando | echar | to start, set off (echar a + inf.) (v.) |
| a | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| volar | volar | to fly (v.) |
| dejó | dejar | to leave; to let, allow (v.) |
| solos | solo | alone; single (adj.) |
| los | el | the (def. art., m. pl.); also them (m. object pron., before a verb) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| al | al | to the, at the (a + el) |
| rato | rato | a while, a short time (n., m.) |
| volvió | volver | to return; volver a — to do again (v.) |
| con | con | with (prep.) |
| medias | media | stocking (n., f.) |
Read «Las medias de los flamencos» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. The whole tale is free and asks for no account.