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Die meisten waren verblasst, aber eine Adresse stach hervor.
Most were faded, but one address stood out.
Der große schwarze Poststempel war verschmiert, doch die Jahreszahl stach hervor, 1916.
The large black postmark was smudged, but the year stood out, ‘1916’.
Die halbkreisförmige Narbe auf seiner Wange stach hervor, noch weißer als seine blasse Haut.
The scar that formed a half-circle on his cheek stood out, whiter than his pale, translucent skin.
Alles stach hervor wie gemeißelt — was den Anblick, der sich ihnen hinter den Hügeln bot, noch unwirklicher machte.
Everything stood out in high relief—which made the sight beyond the hills more unreal than they could have imagined.
Die Rippen stachen hervor, und er grinste so breit, dass seine Augen nur noch schmale Schlitze waren.
His ribs stood out a little through his skin, and he was grinning so much that his eyes were little more than slits.
Sein Haar war schütter und weiß geworden, und seine Wangenknochen stachen hervor, seine Nase wirkte größer denn je, mit zwei tief eingegrabenen Furchen zu beiden Seiten des Mundes, und sein Clark-Gable-Schnurrbart war vollständig ergraut.
His hair was sparse and greying, his cheekbones stood out, his nose looked bigger than I remembered, with deep grooves on either side of it. His old Clark Gable moustache was also grey.
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