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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
No apartaban la vista de las medias, y se agachaban también, tratando de tocar con la lengua las patas de los flamencos, porque la lengua de las víboras es como la mano de las personas.
They did not take their eyes off the stockings, and they crouched down too, trying to touch the flamingos' legs with their tongues, because a snake's tongue is like a person's hand.
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The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Las víboras de coral, sobre todo, estaban muy inquietas.
The coral snakes above all were very uneasy.
Pero los flamencos bailaban y bailaban sin cesar, aunque estaban cansadísimos y ya no podían más.
But the flamingos danced and danced without stopping, although they were dead tired and could go on no longer.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| No | no | no, not (adv.) |
| apartaban | apartar | to move aside; apartarse — to draw away (v.) |
| la | el | the (def. art., f.); also her, it (object pron., before a verb) |
| vista | vista | sight, view (n., f.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| medias | media | stocking (n., f.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| se | se | himself, herself, themselves (reflexive); stands in for le before lo/la (se la dieron — they gave it to her); one, people (se ve — one sees) (pron.) |
| agachaban | agachar | to lower; agacharse — to crouch, duck down (v.) |
| también | también | also, too (adv.) |
| tratando | tratar | to try (tratar de) (v.) |
| tocar | tocar | to touch; to play (an instrument) (v.) |
| con | con | with (prep.) |
| lengua | lengua | tongue; language (n., f.) |
| patas | pata | paw, leg of an animal (n., f.) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| porque | porque | because (conj.) |
| víboras | víbora | snake, viper (n., f.) |
| es | ser | to be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.) |
| como | como | as, like; since (conj./adv.) |
| mano | mano | hand (n., f.) |
| personas | persona | person (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.