Meaning of amindumo | Babel Free

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courtship; flirtation; advances

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Examples

“William Auld (translator), La Ĉashundo de la Baskerviloj (The Hound of the Baskervilles) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 9,”

That his advances should be rejected so brusquely without any reference to the lady's own wishes, and that the lady should accept the situation without protest, is very amazing.

“Stellan Engholm (translator), Gösta Berling (Gösta Berling’s Saga) by Selma Lagerlöf, Chapter 17, Kaj Gösta scias, ke ne ekzistas pli bona loko por lunlumaj promenoj kaj amindumo ol la bordvojoj laŭ la rivero, preter la akvofalo kaj malsupren al la forĝejo … And Gösta knew well that there was no better place for moonlight promenades and lovemaking than that long walk beside the shore, past the waterfall, down to the foundry … (Lillie Tudeer translation, American Scandinavian Foundation, 1918)”

“Kazimierz Bein (translator), La Faraono (Faraon / The Pharaoh and the Priest) by Bolesław Prus, Part 3, Chapter 20,”

to-day I would rather hear learned priests than songs and declarations from youthful exquisites. (Jeremiah Curtin translation, Little, Brown & Co., 1902)

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