Question

But besides his frequent absences, there was another barrier to friendship with him: he seemed of a reserved, an abstracted, and even of a brooding nature.

Accepted Answer

A más de sus frecuentes ausencias, el carácter reservado y concentrado de John Rivers elevaba en torno suyo una barrera que impedía la amistad con él.

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Front	A más de sus frecuentes ausencias, el carácter reservado y concentrado de John Rivers elevaba en torno suyo una barrera que impedía la amistad con él.

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