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halb in die Knie, als das Fräulein nun an einen hervorragenden stählernen Knopf drückte und der Deckel des Kästchens mit Geräusch aufsprang.
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when the mistress now pressed on a jutting steal button and the cover of the box sprang open with a noise.
- Combined with unit 9.
Translated by 3Bn37Arty • 14424 7 years, 7 months ago

Discussion

Suggestion Tom - 'as the mistress pressed . . . ' ('when the mistress now' seems like a contradiction to me) If you write 'as the mistress pressed', this means it happened in that moment, and the word 'now would be superfluous ie. (it happened as she did it).

 by Merlin57 7 years, 7 months ago