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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
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.
Where it stands
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.
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.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Pero | pero | but (conj.) |
| los | el | the (def. art., m. pl.); also them (m. object pron., before a verb) |
| flamencos | flamenco | flamingo (n., m.) |
| bailaban | bailar | to dance (v.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| sin | sin | without (prep.) |
| cesar | cesar | to cease; sin cesar — without stopping (v.) |
| aunque | aunque | although, even though (conj.) |
| estaban | estar | to be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.) |
| cansadísimos | cansado | tired (adj.) |
| ya | ya | already, now; ya no — no longer (adv.) |
| no | no | no, not (adv.) |
| podían | poder | to be able, can (v.) |
| más | más | more, most (adv.) |
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