The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 4
My wife, who is very fond of toasted cheese, presents her compliments to him, and begs to know if there's any of that kind, which he was so good as to send us last Christmas, to be sold in London.
Mia moglie, che è molto golosa di formaggio tostato, le porge i suoi saluti e desidera sapere se ve n'è ancora di quel tipo, che ebbe la gentilezza di mandarci lo scorso Natale, in vendita a Londra.
Vocabulary
- moglie
- Wife; a married woman in relation to her husband
- golosa
- Fond of or greedy for a particular food or treat
- formaggio
- Cheese; a dairy product made from curdled milk
- tostato
- Toasted; browned by exposure to heat
- porge
- Third person singular of 'porgere'; to extend or offer something
- saluti
- Greetings or regards sent to another person
- desidera
- Third person singular of 'desiderare'; to wish or want something
- sapere
- To know a fact or piece of information
- n'
- Contracted form of 'ne'; partitive pronoun meaning 'of it/them'
- ancora
- Adverb meaning 'still', 'yet', or 'again'
- tipo
- Type, kind, or sort of something
- ebbe
- Third person singular past tense of 'avere'; he/she had
- gentilezza
- Kindness; the quality of being gentle and considerate
- mandarci
- To send to us; infinitive 'mandare' with clitic 'ci'
- scorso
- Last or past, referring to a previous time period
- Natale
- Christmas; the Christian holiday celebrated on December 25th
- vendita
- Sale; the act or process of selling goods
- Londra
- London; the capital city of the United Kingdom
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