History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Page 1
incident that happened some years since; but which, trifling as it was, had some future consequences.
Vorfall, der sich vor einigen Jahren ereignete; der aber, so geringfügig er war, einige künftige Folgen hatte.
Vocabulary
- Vorfall
- an incident or event that has occurred
- sich
- reflexive pronoun meaning 'itself', 'himself', or 'themselves'
- vor
- preposition meaning 'before', 'ago', or 'in front of'
- einigen
- some or a few, referring to an unspecified small number
- Jahren
- plural dative form of Jahr, meaning 'years'
- ereignete
- past tense of ereignen, meaning 'occurred' or 'took place'
- aber
- conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however', showing contrast
- so
- adverb meaning 'so' or 'as such', indicating degree
- geringfügig
- minor or trivial, of little significance or importance
- war
- past tense of sein, meaning 'was'
- einige
- some or several, an indefinite small quantity
- künftige
- future or upcoming, relating to what is yet to come
- Folgen
- consequences or results stemming from a prior event
- hatte
- past tense of haben, meaning 'had'
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