loath
adjective
non disposto
EN When they drew near he motioned them away with an expressive action of the foot, loath to disturb the fixed lines of his countenance, his arms, or his rigid shoulders.
GL Cada vez que se achegaban a el, apartábaos cun expresivo aceno de pé, non disposto a muda-las fixas liñas da súa faciana, dos seus brazos e dos seus ríxidos ombros.
Fonte: ESP (1899)
reticente
EN In the beginning, Aleck had given the coal speculation a twelvemonth in which to materialize, and had been loath to grant that this term might possibly be shortened by nine months.
GL Ó principio, Aleck concedéralle á especulación do carbón un prazo dun ano no que materializarse, e mostrárase reticente a garantir que este período puidera reducirse a nove meses.
Fonte: LEG (297)
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