earthquake
noun
terremoto
EN We thrill, for example, with the most intense of "pleasurable pain" over the accounts of the Passage of the Beresina, of the Earthquake at Lisbon, of the Plague at London, of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, or of the stifling of the hundred and twenty-three prisoners in the Black Hole at Calcutta.
GL Estremecemos, por exemplo, coa máis intensa "dor agradable" ante o relato do Paso de Beresina, do Terremoto de Lisboa, da Peste de Londres, a matanza de San Bartolomeo, ou da morte por asfixia dos cento vintetrés prisioneiros no Buraco Negro de Calcuta.
Fonte: BUR (6)
tremor
EN Fourteen centuries ago, he says, a series of earthquakes seriously damaged the ancient city, once the capital of the kingdom of the Nabataeans, an Arab people who controled the caravan trade routes between Arabia and the Mediterranean before they were conquered by Rome in 106 A.D.
GL Hai catorce séculos, explica, unha serie de tremores ocasionaron graves danos á antiga capital do reino dos nabateos, ese pobo árabe que controlaba o comercio caravaneiro entre Arabia e o Mediterráneo na Antigüidade, antes de se someter a Roma no ano 106.
Fonte: C12 (490)
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