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One sentence of «Las medias de los flamencos»
A veces se apartan de la orilla, y dan unos pasos por tierra, para ver cómo se hallan.
Sometimes they move away from the bank and take a few steps on land, to see how they are getting on.
Where it stands
The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
Pero los dolores del veneno vuelven en seguida, y corren a meterse en el agua.
But the pain of the venom comes back at once, and they run to get into the water again.
Sometimes the burning they feel is so great that they draw one leg up and stay like that for hours on end, because they cannot stretch it out.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| A | a | to; at; on (prep.) |
| veces | vez | time, occasion; una vez — once; a veces — sometimes (n., f.) |
| 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.) |
| apartan | apartar | to move aside; apartarse — to draw away (v.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| la | el | the (def. art., f.); also her, it (object pron., before a verb) |
| orilla | orilla | bank, shore, edge (n., f.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| dan | dar | to give (v.) |
| unos | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| pasos | paso | step; passage, way through (n., m.) |
| por | por | by, for, through, because of (prep.) |
| tierra | tierra | earth, ground, land (n., f.) |
| para | para | for, in order to (prep.) |
| ver | ver | to see (v.) |
| cómo | cómo | how (interrog. adv.) |
| hallan | hallar | to find (v.) |
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.