desert
 noun
 deserto
EN I was one day seated on the banks of the Nile, conversing with an ancient priest, when he pointed to the mighty pyramids which rose like mountains out of neighboring desert.
GL Sentaba eu un día nas beiras do Nilo, a parolar cun sacerdote ancián, cando el acenou cara ás inxentes pirámides que se erguen coma montañas no deserto veciño.
 Fonte: ALH (109)
transitive verb
abandonar
EN Visions of joy there must have been at the wash-tub, say with her children (yet two had been base-born and one had deserted her), at the public-house, drinking; turning over scraps in her drawers.
GL Non lle podían faltar momentos de ledicia no vertedeiro, se cadra cos seus fillos (aínda que dous fosen ilexítimos e outro a abandonara), bebendo na taberna; remexendo nas gavetas das súas míseras pertenzas.
Fonte: CAR (2005)
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