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pine away
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General
literary
dated
To waste away physically and emotionally as a result of prolonged longing, grief, or unfulfilled desire; to languish.
2.
General
literary
informal
To yearn intensely for someone or something, often causing decline in vigor or spirits.
Examples:
EN:
She would pine away if she went to anybody else.
ES:
Se consumiría si fuera con cualquier otra persona.
EN:
She would pine away if she went to anybody else.
ES:
Se consumiría si fuera con cualquier otra persona.
EN:
Well, if she were a young lady, she would simply pine away.
ES:
Si es una joven dama, simplemente suspirar.
EN:
Of course, we still have a few who are like your Indian girls. They simply pine away.
ES:
Aunque algunas son como las chicas indias, simplemente suspiran.
EN:
Letting me pine away without even a postcard.
ES:
Me dejaste aquí sufriendo, sin una postal siquiera.
EN:
"to Van diemen's land, "to pine away their young lives,
ES:
"para entregar sus vidas en otras tierras."
EN:
Graceless woman! While I pine away in hopeless tears, you rejoice and gloat by your happy consort's side!
ES:
Mientras yo me deshago en desesperado llanto, tú ríes, disfrutas al lado del feliz consorte.
EN:
He enjoys seeing me pine away.
ES:
Le gusta verme sufrir.
EN:
I pine away for love.
ES:
Dejé de afligirme por amor.
EN:
They pine away, let themselves go, wreck their hair color, bite their nails, and stop singing.
ES:
Sufren de languidez, se dejan estar, descuidan su cabello, se muerden las uñas y dejan de cantar.
EN:
I won't jump overboard. Phillip won't die, and Catherine won't pine away.
ES:
No saltaré por la borda, Phillip y Catherine no morirán.
EN:
"Locked in a golden cage I pine away."
ES:
"Encerrado en una jaula dorada me consumo. "
EN:
Thy absence made me droop and pine away.
ES:
Vuestra ausencia me hizo marchitarme.
EN:
You pine away over Liza when I'm not around?
ES:
¿Extrañas Liza cuando yo no estoy?
EN:
You afraid you'll have to dress in black and pine away in front of the prison?
ES:
¿Tienes miedo de que tengas que ir de luto a llorar delante de la cárcel?
EN:
I am to pine away with my hapless fate!
ES:
iVoy a llorar mi triste suerte!
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