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Sie lächelt zu ihm herüber.

Sie lächelt zu ihm herüber.
She smiles at him.
You could translate this as

Sie lächelt ihn an.

However here this smile has to cross quite a distance - from one table to another - therefore I used herüber

Also keep in mind, we are looking with the eyes of the little man. Here is where he is and she is over there. She smiles from over there towards here (her-). Her smile crosses over (über) the tables.

From Lesson 38:Die Geschichte des kleinen Mannes -Teil 10·German
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Note

You could translate this as

Sie lächelt ihn an.

However here this smile has to cross quite a distance - from one table to another - therefore I used herüber

Also keep in mind, we are looking with the eyes of the little man. Here is where he is and she is over there. She smiles from over there towards here (her-). Her smile crosses over (über) the tables.

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