lank
adjective
fraco
EN He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.
GL Xa que era alto, moi fraco e estreito de ombros. Tiña brazos e pernas longos, mans que distaban un quilómetro do pulso, pés que poderían servir de pas, e un corpiño do máis fráxil.
Fonte: LEN (29)
laso
EN A lean student with olive skin and lank black hair thrust his face between the two, glancing from one to the other at each phrase and seeming to try to catch each flying phrase in his open moist mouth.
GL Un estudiante fraco de pel olivácea e pelo negro laso introducira a cabeza entre os dous, pasando a ollada dun ao outro a cada frase, mentres semellaba coller as palabras voandeiras na súa boca aberta e húmida.
Fonte: RET (3822)
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