Similar context phrases
Translation examples
But, although he was passionately devoted to this hobby and spent most of his spare hours closeted in his study with his Praxinoscope, his Phasmatrope and his Zoopraxiscope, projecting on to a white screen photographs of plants and animals that often seemed to move, these studies remained no more than peripheral to his business, which consisted of fleecing the living by arranging interviews with their departed.
Doch wenn er auch leidenschaftlich seinem Hobby anhing und fast seine ganzen freien Stunden im Arbeitszimmer mit dem Praxinoskop, dem Phasmatrop und dem Zoopraxiskop verbrachte, wo er auf einer weißen Leinwand Photographien von Pflanzen und Tieren erscheinen ließ, die oft wirkten, als bewegten sie sich, so waren diese Studien doch für sein Geschäft nur von marginaler Bedeutung;
How many English words do you know?
Test your English vocabulary size, and measure how many words you know.
Online Test