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One sentence of «La tortuga gigante»
Había hecho un atado con los cueros de los animales, y lo llevaba al hombro.
He had made a bundle of the animals' hides, and carried it on his shoulder.
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The sentences either side of it, each with its own page.
He had also caught many venomous snakes alive, and carried them inside a great gourd, because out there the gourds are as big as a kerosene tin.
Every word in it
| As printed | Dictionary form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Había | haber | to have (auxiliary); hay — there is, there are (v.) |
| hecho | hacer | done, made (past participle of hacer); el hecho — the fact |
| un | un | a, an, one (indef. art.) |
| atado | atado | bundle (n., m.) |
| con | con | with (prep.) |
| los | el | the (def. art., m. pl.); also them (m. object pron., before a verb) |
| cueros | cuero | hide, skin (n., m.) |
| de | de | of, from (prep.) |
| animales | animal | animal (n., m.) |
| y | y | and (conj.) |
| lo | lo | it, him; the (neuter article) (pron./art.) |
| llevaba | llevar | to carry, take; to wear (v.) |
| al | al | to the, at the (a + el) |
| hombro | hombro | shoulder (n., m.) |
Read «La tortuga gigante» in the room Every word glossed where it stands, the English a tap away. This scene asks for no account.