pile
noun
morea
EN There were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coco-nut shells full of drink.
GL A carón del, sobre follas verdes, había moreas de comida, e tamén froita e cocos cheos de auga.
Fonte: SEN (4477)
montón
EN I waited till he was done with what he was at, then he took me into a back room, and overhauled a pile of rejected suits, and selected the rattiest one for me.
GL Esperei ata que rematou co que estaba a facer e logo levoume a un cuarto traseiro, alí examinou un montón de traxes defectuosos e escolleu o máis horrible de todos.
Fonte: BIL (139)
transitive verb
amorear
EN The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
GL O ouro íano metendo en sacos de ante de cincuenta libras cada un, amoreándoos, como se fose leña, no exterior do refuxio feito con toros de abeto.
Fonte: CHA (1449)
..... to pile up
xuntar nun montón
EN You're so beautiful and so lovely and so winning, that with you there I can pile our salary up till I break those good old fellows, and they'll never have the heart to struggle.
GL Es tan bonita e tan encantadora e atractiva que, contigo alí, serei quen de xuntar nun montón o noso soldo ata arruinar eses bos e vellos irmáns, os cales non terán valor de opoñerse.
Fonte: BIL (315)
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