textbook
noun
libro de texto
EN Mrs Walker was one of those American ladies who, while residing abroad, make a point, in their own phrase, of studying European society; and she had on this occasion collected several specimens of her diversely born fellow-mortals to serve, as it were, as textbooks.
GL Mrs Walker era unha desas mulleres estadounidenses que, mentres residen no extranxeiro, esfórzanse, en palabras dela, en estudia-la sociedade europea. Nesta ocasión recollera varios especímenes de mortais de diversa orixe para serviren, en certo xeito, como libros de texto.
Fonte: DAI (1070)
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