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Das Licht in der Küche brannte noch immer.

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das
     art. singular of der: the
     pron. singular of der
     pron.          (relative) who, that, which
     pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
     pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
     der
          art. the
          art. feminine singular of der
          art. genitive plural of der
          pron. who; that; which
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          pron. (attributive, stressed) that
          pron. (indicative) him, he
          pron. (differential) the one, him
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Licht
     n. light
     n. (colloquial) candle
     n. (hunting) eye of game, especially ground game
in
     prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
     prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
     prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
     prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
     adj. in, popular (in fashion)
der
     art. the
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. genitive plural of der
     pron. who; that; which
     pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
     pron. (attributive, stressed) that
     pron. (indicative) him, he
     pron. (differential) the one, him
     pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Küche
     n-f. kitchen (room)
     n-f. cuisine (cooking traditions)
brannte
     v. first-person singular preterite of brennen
     v. third-person singular preterite of brennen
     brennen
          v. to burn; to light on fire
          v. to burn; to be on fire
          v. to have a strong affection for; to be affectionate
          v. to be lit, to be on (of a light or lamp)
          v. to irritate; to induce pain or another painful sensation; to bite; to sting
          v. to smart; to sting (a sore or wound)
          v. to fire; to bake; to kiln (tiles and pottery)
          v. to distil (alcoholic beverages such as schnapps)
          v. to burn; to archive data on a storage medium. (such as CDs, DVDs, etc.)
          v. to emit heat
          v. to roast
          v. to bream (clean a ship etc. by fire and scraping)
          v. (Austria, informal) to fork out, to shell out
noch
     adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time)
     adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
     adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more
     adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)
     adv. (with comparative) even
     conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true
immer
     adv. always
     adv.          at all times without exception
     adv.          very often; all the time; constantly
     adv.          every time; whenever some precondition is given
     adv. (with) to a greater degree over time, more and more
     adv. (colloquial unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed




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