Question	Answer
clock	sat
heartbeat /regular beat / ticking	otkucaj
heartbeats	otkucaji srca
the ticking of the clock	otkucaji sata
to hear /listen	čuti
they heard (perfect)	čuli su
they were heard	Čuli su se
The clock was ticking ("The tickings of the clock were heard")	Čuli su se otkucaji sata
to seem /appear	činiti se
it seemed (Active Past Participle)	činilo se
it seemed that	činilo se da
he	on
to him (Dative)	mu
it seemed to him that	činilo mu se da
silence	tišina
in the silence (loc)	u tišini
and in the silence it seemed to him that	i u tišini mu se činilo da
he hears	čuje
it seemed to him that he heard (present tense) /he seemed to hear	činilo mu se da čuje
foot (n)	stopalo
feet (nom neutr=acc neutr)	stopala
barefoot	bos
naked feet	bosa stopala
tiny (m/f/n)	sićušan - sićušna - sićušno
tiny (neutr. pl nom =acc)	sićušna
tiny bare feet	sićušna bosa stopala
and in the silence it seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet	i u tišini mu se činilo da čuje sićušna bosa stopala
to run	trčati
they run (present tense)	trče
how	kako
how they run	kako trče
he hears tiny bare feet running (how they run)	čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče
floor /ground (m)	pod
over /on /across /through /in +locative	po
across the floor	po podu
It seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet running across the floor	činilo mu se da čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče po podu
The clock was ticking and in the silence it seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet running across the floor.	Čuli su se otkucaji sata i u tišini mu se činilo da čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče po podu.
and /whereas	a
then /afterwards	zatim
and then	a zatim
giggles	kikotanje
whisper	šapat
and then /followed by giggles snd whispers (sg)	a zatim kikotanje i šapat
a sound (m)	zvuk
some /any /a (m/f/n)	nekakav - nekakva - nekakvo
some sound	nekakav zvuk
as if	kao da
someone	neko
to turn (over) /rotate /dial	okretati
he turns over	okreće
as if someone turns over	kao da neko okreće
page (f)	stranica
pages (nom=acc)	stranice
some sound as if someone turns over the pages	nekakav zvuk kao da neko okreće stranice
book	knjiga
of a book (gen)	knjige
the pages of a book	stranice knjige
big (m/f/n)	velik - velika - veliko
a big book	velika knjiga
of a big book (gen)	velike knjige
the pages of some big book	stranice nekakve velike knjige
and a sound as if someone turns over the pages of some big book	i nekakav zvuk kao da neko okreće stranice nekakve velike knjige
It seemed to him that he heard a sound as if someone were turning the pages of some great book.	činilo mu se da čuje nekakav zvuk kao da neko okreće stranice nekakve velike knjige.
The clock was ticking and in the silence it seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet running across the floor, followed by giggles and whispers.	Čuli su se otkucaji sata i u tišini mu se činilo da čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče po podu, a zatim kikotanje i šapat.
The clock was ticking and in the silence it seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet running across the floor, followed by giggles and whispers and a sound of someone turning over the pages of some big book.	Čuli su se otkucaji sata i u tišini mu se činilo da čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče po podu, a zatim kikotanje i šapat, i nekakav zvuk, kao da neko okreće stranice nekakve velike knjige.

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