Vor fælles fælles ven

Thus the melancholy retainer, as who should say, 'Come down and be poisoned, ye unhappy children of men!'

Now, Twemlow having undergone this terrific experience, having likewise noted the fusion of Boots in Brewer and Brewer in Boots, and having further observed that of the remaining seven guests four discrete characters enter with wandering eyes and wholly declined to commit themselves as to which is Veneering, until Veneering has them in his...

Jeg har sagt det før: En oversætter flytter aldrig bare ord. Et ord farves af sine omgivelser, og det gør en sætning også. Hvis sætningen optræder flere gange, skal den fungere hver gang, selv om omgivelserne skifter.

In this complicated dilemma, Mr Veneering approaches the large man with extended hand and, smilingly assures that incorrigible personage that he is delighted to see him: who in his fatal freshness instantly replies:

In the meantime, Mrs Podsnap, unable to originate a mistake on her own account, because Mrs Veneering is the only other lady there, does her best in the way of handsomely supporting her husband's, by looking towards Mr Twemlow with a plaintive countenance and remarking to Mrs Veneering in a feeling manner, firstly, that she fears he has been rather...

I det Veneeringske hjem er en katastrofe under opsejling:

This evening the Veneerings give a banquet. Eleven leaves in the Twemlow; fourteen in company all told. Four pigeon-breasted retainers in plain clothes stand in line in the hall. A fifth retainer, proceeding up the staircase with a mournful air—as who should say, 'Here is another wretched creature come to dinner; such is life!'—announces, 'Mis-ter...

Metonymi lyder så fornemt, men vi mestrer det alle sammen:

Vi fortsætter i møbelafdelingen. Hr. og fru Veneerings bohave omfatter ganske vist ikke en splinterny bedstefar, men de har et bekendtskab som, kun delvis frivilligt, er en del af møblementet:

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