Englisch: speeredItalienisch translation: chiedere (dialect) KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More |
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| Glossareintrag (aus Frage unten abgeleitet) | | Englisch Begriff oder Satz: | to speer / speir | | Italienisch Übersetzung: | chiedere (dialect) | | Eingetragen von: | irenef |
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Übersetzungen Englisch > Italienisch [PRO] Art/Literary - Dichtung und Belletristik / novel dell'800 | | Englisch Begriff oder Satz: speered | I really don't know what speer means. I can't find it!
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when the missus asked her should she write to us, she says Lizzie shook her head; and when she speered at her again, the poor lass went dpwn on her knees, and begged her not, for she said it would break my heart, said the poor mother....
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| quando le rifece la domanda / glielo richiese
Erklärung: when she asked her
northern English
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speir: meaning: to ask.
Origin: Old Norse spyria.
Examples: "I speered him aboot whar the ex hid geen bit he telt me he didna ken."
I asked him where the axe had gone but he said he didn't know.
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