Aber in einem Bereich des Landes, wo Wasser so selten war wie hier, verdiente es vielleicht eine Badewanne voll Wasser, dass man sie als »Grande« bezeichnete.
But in an area of the country where water was as scarce as here, perhaps a tubful of water did deserve to be called “Grande.”
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