A sad mourner
A man placed some flowers on the grave of his departed mother and started back for his car, parked on the cemetery road. His attention was diverted to a man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed to be praying with profound intensity, and kept repeating, “Why did you die? Why did you die?” The first man approached him and said, “Sir, I don’t want to interfere with your private grief, but this demonstration of hurt and pain is more than I’ve ever seen before. For whom do you mourn so deeply? Your Child? A parent? Who, may I ask, lies in that grave?” The mourner answered, “My wife’s first husband! … Why did you die? Why did you die?”
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- Перевод слова mourn Mourn – оплакивать, скорбеть, горевать Перевод слова To mourn smb.’s death – оплакивать чью-л. смерть to mourn the loss of smb. – оплакивать кого-л. find cause to mourn – находить повод для печали Thousands of people Mourned his death. Тысячи людей оплакивали его смерть. She was Mourned by everyone who knew her. Ее оплакивали все, […]...
- Перевод слова grief Grief – горе, печаль, скорбь Перевод слова Secret grief – тайная печаль plunged in grief – охваченный горем paroxysm of grief – приступ печали Your Grief is showing. Ваше горе не скроешь. It only added to her Grief. Это только усилило ее горе. Deep Grief masters me. Меня одолевает глубокая печаль....
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