Translation examples
verb
und da er mit dem einen Ende kein Glück gehabt hatte, – so war er entschlossen, es diesmal mit dem andern zu probiren.
and as he had failed at one end, – he was determined to try the other.
»Sehr schön, rief Pencroff, der Vulkan will dumme Streiche machen! Mag er's probiren!
"Very well!" cried Pencroft, "The volcano wants to play his pranks! Let him try, if he likes!
verb
Er hielt fast den Athem an, ebenso Pencroff, der mit weit aufgerissenen Augen, offenem Munde und gespitzten Lippen schon eine Tetrakeule auf der Zunge zu probiren schien.
He held his breath, and Pencroft, his eyes staring, his mouth open, his lips advanced, as if about to taste a piece of grouse, scarcely breathed.
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