focus

the hearth

Usages of focus

• Prope focum coquus stat, nam focus totam culinam calidam facit.: The cook stands near the hearth, for the hearth makes the whole kitchen warm.
• Mater servae imperat ut focum ante cenam tergat.: Mother orders the female servant to wipe the hearth before dinner.
• Opinor propinquos nostros iam focum parare et hospitium calidum habere.: I think that our relatives are already preparing a hearth and have warm lodging.
• Pater statuit pueros domi manere, donec tempestas desinat; mater autem constituit focum accendere et panem secare.: Father decides that the boys should stay at home until the storm stops; mother, however, decides to light the hearth and cut bread.
• Mater ungues infantis secat, et serva manicas ad focum suspendit, ut citius siccentur.: Mother cuts the baby’s nails, and the maid hangs the sleeves near the hearth so that they may dry more quickly.
• Pueri circa focum sedent et aviam audiunt.: The boys sit around the hearth and listen to grandmother.
• Fumus sursum ex foco ascendit, et infans eum miratur.: Smoke rises upward from the hearth, and the baby looks at it in wonder.
• Deinde ova in sartagine coquuntur, et mater patellam calidam e foco tollit.: Then eggs are cooked in the frying pan, and mother takes the hot plate from the hearth.
• Agricola dicit ligna fagi, fraxini, et ulmi bona esse ad focum.: The farmer says that the wood of the beech, ash, and elm is good for the hearth.
• Pueri circa focum sedent, dum avia fabulam narrat.: The boys sit around the hearth while grandmother tells a story.
• Fumus sursum e foco surgit, dum mater cenam parat.: Smoke rises upward from the hearth while mother prepares dinner.
• In foco cinis manet post cenam.: Ash remains in the hearth after dinner.
• Serva cinerem e foco tollit.: The maid removes the ash from the hearth.
• Fuligo supra focum nigra est.: Soot is black above the hearth.
• Scintilla e foco subito exit.: A spark suddenly comes out of the hearth.
• Si ventus saevior erit, scintillae e foco exire poterunt.: If the wind is fiercer, sparks will be able to come out of the hearth.
• Deinde ova in sartagine coquuntur, et mater sartaginem calidam e foco tollit.: Then eggs are cooked in the frying pan, and mother takes the hot frying pan from the hearth.

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