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Here, I would understand cristal as a crystal made surface that give poorer reflections than a mirror. Think when you look through a window and see your reflection on the glass. I do not dare to give an English translation.
On the other hand, I think the phrase Not without bitter logic has a subtle different meaning. He says that he feels bitterness, but it ...
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Ámbito as defined by the Real Academia Española:
ámbito.
(Del lat. ambĭtus).
m. Contorno o perímetro de un espacio o lugar.
m. Espacio comprendido dentro de límites determinados.
m. Espacio ideal configurado por las cuestiones y los problemas de una o varias actividades o disciplinas relacionadas entre sí. Esto
pertenece al ámbito de ...
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My Larousse Gran Diccionario does in fact give mirror as one sense, but of the other senses, glass, window pane, or lens (or a pair of spectacles) might also fit:
cristal nm
-1. Esp (material) glass; el suelo está lleno de cristales there's glass all over the floor q cristal ahumado smoked glass; cristal blindado bullet-proof glass; cristal ...
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My books (that don't know I exist)
are as much a part of me as this face
of temples grey and grey eyes
that vainly I seek through the glasses
and that I retrace with concave hand.
Not without some bitter logic
I think that the essential words
that express myself are in their pages
which know not who I am, not in those I have written.
Better that way. The ...
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