rūmų damos
English translation: ladies-in-waiting
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| Lithuanian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / teatras, spektalis, pasaka | |||||||
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8 mins confidence: 
court ladies Explanation: arba 'ladies of the court': The Emperor had them brought into a large hall, where the Princess was playing at "Visiting," with the ladies of the court; and when she saw the caskets with the presents, she clapped her hands for joy. "Oh, how prettily it is made!" said all the court ladies. The Swineherd by Hans Christian Andersen Reference: http://www.online-literature.com/hans_christian_andersen/968... |
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20 mins confidence:
ladies-in-waiting Explanation: The Swineherd by Hans Christian Andersen (1842) http://hca.gilead.org.il/swineher.html The emperor ordered them to be carried into the great hall where the princess was just playing “Visitors are coming” with her *ladies-in-waiting*; when she saw the large cases with the presents therein, she clapped her hands for joy. Reference: http://hca.gilead.org.il/swineher.html |
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