Translation for "triefauge" to english
Triefauge
noun
  • bleary eye
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bleary eye
noun
Der schlaue Mister Trumpet erinnerte sich sehr gern, was für ein feiner Mensch Mister Tomkyn gewesen sei und wie er den Schalk in Mister Carfax’ Triefaugen geschätzt habe.
Subtle Mister Trumpet was very fond of recalling what a fine fellow Mister Tomkyn had been, and remembering how he'd liked the twinkle in Mister Carfax's bleary eye.
Vor ein paar Jahren hatte sie einen regnerischen Sommer unter Miss Phalens Triefaugen in einem baufälligen Farmhaus in den Appalachen verbracht, das in der toten Vergangenheit irgendeinem knorrigen Haze gehört hatte.
A few years before, she had spent a rainy summer under Miss Phalen’s bleary eye in a dilapidated Appalachian farmhouse that had belonged to some gnarled Haze or other in the dead past.
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