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the ivy was glossy against the red-brick buildings, and the arborvitae and the privet hedges that outlined the quadrangle paths stood in uniform, dark-green contrast to the few, bright-yellow dandelions.
der Efeu glänzte vor dem roten Ziegelsteingebäude, und die Lebensbäume und Ligusterhecken an den Wegen durch den Innenhof standen in gleichförmigem, dunkelgrünen Kontrast zu den wenigen leuchtendgelben Löwenzahnblüten.
Sarah did find a broken twig on one of the arborvitae that masked the foundation, but that didn’t tell her anything except that the window must have been got at by somebody climbing up from the ground. Thus ruling out stilts and levitation, she supposed, for whatever that might be worth.
Sarah fand nur einen abgebrochenen Zweig von einem der Lebensbäume, die den Sockel verdeckten, was aber lediglich darauf schließen ließ, daß wahrscheinlich jemand dort hochgeklettert war, um das Fenster zu erreichen.
Jane was no gardener, and the neglected tangle of rhododendron, hydrangea, arborvitae, barberry, and all around her foundations helped muffle the outpour from her windows.
Jane war keine Gärtnerin, das wuchernde Forsythien-, Rhododendron-, Hortensien- Thuja-Berberitzen- Buchsbaumgestrüpp dicht am Haus half, den Schwall aus den Fenstern zu dämpfen.
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