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Usages of ramus
Avia dicit radices aquam petere, sed ramos solem quaerere.
Grandmother says that roots seek water, but branches seek the sun.
Puer ramum fractum tollit, sed avus alium ramum viridem laudat.
The boy picks up a broken branch, but grandfather praises another green branch.
Discipula scribit se apud aviam didicisse quomodo ramum fractum tollere et radices servare debeat.
The female student writes that she has learned at grandmother’s house how she ought to remove a broken branch and preserve the roots.
Si quis ramum vivum frangit, hortulana iram non ostendit, sed causam rogat.
If someone breaks a living branch, the female gardener does not show anger, but asks the reason.
Hortulana puerum monet ne ramum vivum frangat.
The gardener warns the boy not to break a living branch.
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