Usages of capere
Serva annulum in mensa ponit, sed nemo eum capit.
The female servant puts the ring on the table, but no one takes it.
Puer conatur annulum capere, sed mater eum tacere iubet.
The boy tries to take the ring, but his mother orders him to be silent.
Serva sportam in officina ponit et dicit se postea donum capere velle.
The female servant puts a basket in the workshop and says that she wants to take the gift later.
Puella paene clamat, quia canis annulum capit.
The girl almost shouts, because the dog takes the ring.
Postquam canis annulum capit, serva et vicina simul currunt et annulum uxori tradunt.
After the dog takes the ring, the female servant and the neighbor run together and hand the ring to the wife.
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