rielar
English translation: The murmur that shudders in the sands
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sparkle Explanation: Suerte |
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reflect Explanation: Podría ser:surge de las aguas que reflejan su murmullo... Reference: http://www.wordreference.com |
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7 mins confidence:
[the murmur that shudders in the sands... Explanation: Surge de las aguas que rielan su murmullo en las arenas... "Rielar" (Diccionario de Maria Moliner) : temblar con el movimiento de las aguas una luz que se refleja en ellas. "Murmur" puede llevar implícito el significado de agua, que después además se entiende por el Atlántico. |
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whose murmur laps against the sands ... Explanation: if the author means something like vibrate "lap against" doesn't seem a bad option to me. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2006-02-07 15:28:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Can someone please explain why I can't get the agree box to come up? - thanks |
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wave/shake/quaver/wriggle Explanation: these are a few options. personally i like wave (it's both a transitive and intransitive verb) because it perfectly fits the context. a smile... |
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pulsate / undulate / sway (here) Explanation: a selection |
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3 hrs confidence:
quiver Explanation: Vibrar: (voz) to quiver From Cambridge dictionaries on-line. Si habla de un murmullo, podría usarse también: Adj. 1. tremulous (del verbo TREMBLE) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear:"spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" Suerte!! |
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1 day 27 mins confidence:
the murmuring waters twinkle against the sands Explanation: I found "twinkle " as a posibility in Larousse's Unabridged Spanish/English Dictionary. |
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5 days confidence:
tremble Explanation: Yet another choice: "waters surge, their murmur trembling on the Atlantic southern sands" I know it's still a visual image, but it sounds a little like "treble." Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/frames.asp?es=rielar |
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