We shall resume our studies later on; but just now I am tired of playing thepreceptor; and the eager thirst of my pupils for improvement does not console me for the slowness of their progress.
preceptor in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
Bajaba sí a la clase, puntual como un reloj; pero no tomaba las lecciones, ni reprendía a los chicos, y la palmeta se cubría de polvo en un rincón de la mesa. Elpreceptor absolutista no podía apartar el pensamiento de la tremenda imagen negra de su responsabilidad y castigo[…]
He did go down for the class, like clockwork, but he wouldn't go through the lessons, neither would he rebuke the boys, and the cane was gathering dust in the corner of the table. The absolutistteacher couldn't shake off the thought of the might dark image of his responsibility and punishment[…]
