bespeak
transitive verb
PAST: bespoke. PART: bespoken |
revelar
EN There was a kind of cool efficiency in the way she was called her breakfast and in the way she called to the attendant to bring her more coffee, which bespoke a knowledge of the world and of travelling.
GL Había un aquel de fría eficiencia no xeito en que estaba a toma-lo seu almorzo e no xeito en que chamou o camareiro para lle pedir máis café, o cal revelaba que coñecía o mundo e estaba afeita a viaxar.
Fonte: ASA (113)
suxerir
EN But in spite of this great love he bore John Thornton, which seemed to bespeak the soft civilising influence, the strain of the primitive, which the Northland had aroused in him, remained alive and active.
GL Pero a pesar dese inmenso amor por John Thornton, que parecía suxerir a leve influencia da civilización, os instintos primitivos, estimulados polo ambiente do Ártico, continuaban vivos e activos no seu ánimo.
Fonte: CHA (1207)
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