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verb
da war der Geruch der geölten Maschinen, wenn man an einem Rummelplatz vorüberging;
the smell of the oiled machinery as you go past a fairground;
verb
Die Gestalten, die an ihnen vorübergingen, waren schemenhaft.
The shapes that passed by were indistinct.
Einige winkten den Senatoren zu, als die vorübergingen.
Several of them waved at the senators as they passed.
verb
Bones, der abwechselnd auf seinen verschiedenen Beinen stand, war sehr erstaunt, daß diese Begegnung ohne irgendein sensationelles Ereignis vorüberging. Vera bewunderte den Wagen, und Bones war hingerissen. Er suchte seinen Dank durch außerordentliche Liebenswürdigkeit auszudrücken.
Bones, who stood alternately on his various legs, was frankly astounded that the meeting had passed off without any sensational happening. It was an astonishment shared by thousands of men in similar circumstances. A word of admiration for the car from Vera melted him to a condition of hysterical gratitude.
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