pretendente

EN Certain it is, his advances were signals for rival candidates to retire, who felt no inclination to cross a lion in his amours; insomuch, that when his horse was seen tied to Van Tassel's paling, on a Sunday night, a sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed "sparking," within, all other suitors passed by in despair, and carried the war into other quarters.
GL Certo é que calquera intención súa con Katrina era un sinal para que os seus candidatos rivais se retirasen, xa que non tiñan a menor intención de roubarlle o amor a unha fera, ata tal punto que cando o seu cabalo estaba atado ó valado de Van Tassel calquera domingo pola noite (un claro sinal de que o seu amo estaba dentro cortexándoa, ou, como se adoita dicir "facéndolle as beiras"), tódolos demais pretendentes retirábanse desesperados para dedicarse a outros asuntos menos arriscados.
Fonte: LEN (116)

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