Usage examples of "leía" in Spanish with translation to English

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Me quedé dormido mientras leía. I fell asleep while reading.
Ella lloraba mientras leía la carta. She cried as she read the letter.
Ella lloró mientras leía la carta. She wept reading the letter.
Marina leía revistas los fines de semana. Marina read magazines on weekends.
Tom desayunaba mientras su esposa leía el periódico. Tom ate breakfast while his wife read the newspaper.
Tom leía cualquier cosa que cayera en sus manos. Tom read anything he could lay his hands on.
La niña escuchaba música y el niño leía un libro. The girl listened to music, the boy was reading a book.
Tom lloraba mientras leía la carta que había recibido de parte de Mary. Tom cried as he read the letter he got from Mary.
Alicia se empezaba a aburrir mucho de estar sentada junto a su hermana en la orilla del arrollo sin tener nada que hacer: una o dos veces había ojeado el libro que su hermana leía, pero no tenía figuras ni diálogos en él, '¿y qué uso tiene un libro sin figuras o diálogos?', pensó Alicia. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?'
No lea usted esta frase. Don't read this sentence.
¿Qué historia quieres que lea? Which story do you want me to read?
Quiero que leas esta carta. I want you to read this letter.
No leas un libro tal. Do not read such a book.
Quiero que leas este libro. I want you to read this book.
Por favor, lee ese libro. Please read that book.
Nadie lee los mensajes largos. Nobody reads long messages.
Él no lee muchos periódicos. He doesn't read many newspapers.
¿Cómo se lee este kanji? How do you read this kanji?
Él lee antes de dormir. He reads before bedtime.
Ella lee después de almorzar. She reads after lunch.
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