Translation examples
Ein- oder zweimal hatte er versucht, ihr die technischen Feinheiten irgendeines Spinn- oder Webvorgangs zu erklären, aber sie hatte Mühe gehabt, ihm zu folgen, weil es ihr vorkam, als spräche er eine Fremdsprache.
Once or twice he had tried to make clear to her the details of some technicality of spinning or weaving, which she could scarcely understand because it was a bit as though he were talking in a foreign language.
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