Sacaba sus ideas de la mente, como el avaro
saca las monedas, cuando nadie le ve, y se ponía a contarlas y a
examinarlas y a mirar si entre ellas había alguna falsa.
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She would draw her ideas from her mind, just as a miser pulls out his coins when no one is watching, and would start counting them and examining them to see if there were any fakes among them.
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soybeba 51054
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Discussion
contar=to count (enumerate, take inventory) (here)
by soybeba 3 weeks, 4 days agoI think it can mean both. here to count I guess
by Boot2 3 weeks, 4 days ago'contar'. Does it mean "count" or "tell" here ? "...start retelling them..."/ "...start detailing them..." ?
by marina 3 weeks, 4 days ago