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Sentence 74 of 83 · Las medias de los flamencos, Horacio Quiroga, 1918

Gritaban de dolor, y sus patas, que eran blancas, estaban entonces coloradas por el veneno de las víboras.

They screamed with pain, and their legs, which had been white, were now red from the snakes' venom.

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As printedDictionary formMeaning
Gritaban gritarto shout, cry out (v.)
de deof, from (prep.)
dolor dolorpain, grief (n., m.)
y yand (conj.)
sus suhis, her, their, your (poss. adj.)
patas patapaw, leg of an animal (n., f.)
que quethat, which, who; than (conj./rel. pron.)
eran serto be — what a thing IS, against estar, how it is right now (v.)
blancas blancowhite (adj.)
estaban estarto be — where a thing is, or how it is right now, against ser, what it is (v.)
entonces entoncesthen, at that time (adv.)
coloradas coloradored, ruddy (adj., the usual River Plate word for red)
por porby, for, through, because of (prep.)
el elthe (masculine)
veneno venenopoison, venom (n., m.)
víboras víborasnake, viper (n., f.)

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