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Peter Pan y Wendy
J. M. Barrie

Aparece Peter

Todos los niños crecen, excepto uno. No tardan en saber que van a crecer y Wendy lo supo de la siguiente manera:

In this sentence, verb

picked; plucked

Wendy arrancó una flor en el jardín.
Wendy picked a flower in the garden.
Base form, verb

to pull out; to tear out

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She tore a page out of the notebook.
Base form, verb

to start (an engine)

El coche no quiere arrancar.
The car will not start.
Online dictionariesOpen “arrancó” in another dictionary

un día, cuando tenía dos años, estaba jugando en un jardín, arrancó una flor más y corrió hasta su madre con ella.

Supongo que debía estar encantadora, ya que la señora Darling se llevó la mano al corazón y exclamó: –¡Oh, por qué no puedes quedarte así para siempre!

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