Simple Sabotage Field Manual — Page 12

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Use a candle and paper, combination, setting it as close as possible to the inflammable material you want to burn: From a sheet of paper, tear a strip three or four centimeters wide and wrap it around the base of the candle two or three times.

Use una combinación de vela y papel, colocándola lo más cerca posible del material inflamable que desee quemar: De una hoja de papel, rasgue una tira de tres o cuatro centímetros de ancho y enróllela alrededor de la base de la vela dos o tres veces.

Twist more sheets of paper into loose ropes and place them around the base of the candle.

Retuerza más hojas de papel formando cuerdas sueltas y colóquelas alrededor de la base de la vela.

When the candle flame reaches the encircling strip, it will be ignited and in turn will ignite the surrounding paper.

Cuando la llama de la vela alcance la tira que la rodea, esta se encenderá y a su vez encenderá el papel circundante.

The size, heat, and duration of the resulting flame will depend on how much paper you use and how much of it you can cramp in a small space.

El tamaño, el calor y la duración de la llama resultante dependerán de la cantidad de papel que use y de cuánto pueda comprimirlo en un espacio pequeño.

(2) With a flame of this kind, do not attempt to ignite any but rather inflammable materials, such as cotton sacking.

(2) Con una llama de este tipo, no intente encender materiales que no sean bastante inflamables, como la arpillera de algodón.

To light more resistant materials, use a candle plus tightly rolled or twisted paper which has been soaked in gasoline.

Para encender materiales más resistentes, use una vela más papel enrollado o retorcido con fuerza que haya sido empapado en gasolina.

To create a briefer but even hotter flame, put celluloid such as you might find in an old comb, into a nest of plain or saturated paper which is to be fired by a candle.

Para crear una llama más breve pero aún más caliente, coloque celuloide, como el que podría encontrar en un peine viejo, en un nido de papel normal o saturado que vaya a ser encendido por una vela.

(3) To make another type of simple fuse, soak one end of a piece of string in grease.

(3) Para hacer otro tipo de mecha simple, empape un extremo de un trozo de cuerda en grasa.

Rub a generous pinch of gunpowder over the inch of string where greasy string meets clean string.

Frote una generosa pizca de pólvora sobre el centímetro de cuerda donde la cuerda engrasada se une con la cuerda limpia.

Then ignite the clean end of the string.

Luego encienda el extremo limpio de la cuerda.

Vocabulary

Use: Employ or utilize for a specific purpose.
una: Indefinite article feminine singular; a or an.
combinación: A mixture or blend of different elements together.
de: Preposition indicating possession, origin, or composition.
vela: Candle or sail used for light or navigation.
papel: Paper; thin material made from wood pulp.
colocándola: Placing or positioning something in a specific location.
lo: Direct object pronoun; it or that.
más: More; greater in quantity or degree.
cerca: Near or close to a particular place.
posible: Capable of happening or being done; feasible.
del: Contraction of 'de el'; of the.
material: Substance or matter used to make something.
inflamable: Capable of catching fire easily; flammable.
que: Relative pronoun; that, which, or who.
desee: Wish or desire to do something.
quemar: To burn or set something on fire.
De: Preposition indicating possession, origin, or composition.
hoja: Leaf of a plant or sheet of paper.
rasgue: Tear or rip paper or fabric into pieces.
tira: Strip or long narrow piece of material.
tres: Number three; quantity equal to two plus one.
cuatro: Number four; quantity equal to three plus one.
centímetros: Units of length equal to one hundredth meter.
ancho: Width or broadness of something measured side to side.
enróllela: Roll or curl something tightly into a cylinder.
alrededor: Around or surrounding something on all sides.
la: Definite article feminine singular; the.
base: Bottom or foundation of an object or structure.
dos: Number two; quantity equal to one plus one.
veces: Times; instances or occasions of something happening.
Retuerza: Twist or wring something tightly with force.
hojas: Plural of hoja; leaves or sheets of paper.
formando: Creating or forming something into a shape.
cuerdas: Plural of cuerda; ropes or strings made from fibers.
sueltas: Loose or not tightly bound or fastened.
colóquelas: Place or position multiple items in a location.
Cuando: When; at the time that something occurs.
llama: Flame or fire; also llama the animal.
alcance: Range or reach of something; ability to attain.
rodea: Surround or encircle something on all sides.
esta: Feminine form of este; this or that.
se: Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself or themselves.
encenderá: Will ignite or catch fire; future tense of encender.
su: Possessive adjective; his, her, its or their.
vez: Time or occasion; turn or instance of something.
el: Definite article masculine singular; the.
circundante: Surrounding or encircling area; environment around something.
El: Definite article masculine singular; the.
tamaño: Size or dimensions of something measured or compared.
calor: Heat or warmth produced by fire or friction.
duración: Length of time something lasts or endures.
resultante: Resulting or final product from combining elements together.
dependerán: Will depend; future tense of depender on something.
cantidad: Amount or quantity of something measured or counted.
use: Employ or utilize something for specific purpose.
cuánto: How much or how many of something.
pueda: Can or might be able to do something.
comprimirlo: Compress or squeeze something into smaller space.
en: Preposition indicating location, time, or direction within.
un: Indefinite article masculine singular; a or an.
espacio: Space or area; room available for something.
pequeño: Small in size or limited in extent.
Con: Preposition indicating accompaniment, means, or possession.
este: Demonstrative adjective; this or these items.
tipo: Type or kind; category of something.
no: Negative word; not or no.
intente: Attempt or try to do something.
encender: To light or ignite something on fire.
materiales: Plural of material; substances used to make things.
sean: Are or might be; subjunctive of ser.
bastante: Enough or sufficiently; adequate amount of something.
como: Like or as; also means how in questions.
algodón: Cotton; soft white fiber from cotton plant.
Para: Preposition meaning for, in order to or toward.
resistentes: Resistant or strong; able to withstand stress.
enrollado: Rolled or wound tightly into a cylinder shape.
retorcido: Twisted or wrung; contorted into irregular shape.

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