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Spanish term or phrase:
ese murmullo que salía de lo más profundo de las penas de
English translation:
that murmur of sighs that emanated from the bowels of despair of
Spanish term
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ese murmullo que salía de lo más profundo de las penas de
De vez en cuando me llegaba ese murmullo que salía de lo más profundo de las penas de los trabajadores y de las mujeres que les acompañaban en las faenas de recolección del algodón.
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Jul 7, 2015 15:15: James A. Walsh Created KOG entry
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Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
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that murmur of sighs that emanated from the bowels of despair of
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Or "groaning"
De vez en cuando me llegaba ese murmullo que salía de lo más profundo de las penas de los trabajadores y de las mujeres que les acompañaban en las faenas de recolección del algodón.
Occasionally I would hear that murmur of sighs that emanated from the bowels of despair of the workers and women who accompanied them in the tasks of harvesting cotton.
Mexico
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a murmuring that rose from the deepest troubles of
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United States
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