History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Page 1
incident that happened some years since; but which, trifling as it was, had some future consequences.
un episodio accaduto alcuni anni fa; ma che, per quanto banale fosse, ebbe alcune conseguenze future.
Vocabulary
- episodio
- an episode or incident, a single event or occurrence
- accaduto
- something that happened or occurred in the past
- alcuni
- some or a few, masculine plural indefinite adjective
- anni
- years, plural of anno, unit of time
- fa
- ago, used with time expressions to indicate past
- ma
- but, a conjunction expressing contrast or opposition
- che
- that or which, a relative or conjunction word
- per
- for or despite, a preposition with multiple uses
- quanto
- how much or as much, used in comparisons or concessions
- banale
- trivial or commonplace, lacking originality or importance
- fosse
- was, subjunctive imperfect of essere, expressing hypothetical state
- ebbe
- had, third person singular past historic of avere
- alcune
- some or a few, feminine plural indefinite adjective
- conseguenze
- consequences or outcomes resulting from a previous action
- future
- future, referring to things yet to come or happen
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