Linda kurtisti kulmiaan ja manasi ääneen nuoleskellessaan paahtoleivän päälle sulaneesta voista kiilteleviä sormiaan samalla kun kuumeisesti naputti tietokonettaan. Linda puhui yksikseen, hän puhui yksikseen paljon, oli tottunut siihen miehen ollessa suurimman osan ajasta matkoilla. Iso asunto tuntui autiolta ja kolkolta jos ei siellä puhunut ääneen. Valkoiset seinät suurine tauluineen olivat kaukana toisistaan, avarasta huoneesta seuraavaan oli pitkä matka yksin ollessa.
Linda frowned and swore aloud when she licked her fingers glittering with the butter that had melted on the toast, and at the same time typed on her computer hectically. Linda talked to herself, she talked to herself a lot, she got used to that when her husband was away most of the time. The big residence felt desolate and gloomy if she didn't talk aloud there. The white walls with the large paintings were far from each other, there was a long way from one spacious room to another when alone.
* kurtistaa : (transitive, usually atelic) to wrinkle
* kulma : (often in the plural) brow
* kurtistaa kulmiaan : to frown
* manata : (intransitive) to swear, curse
* ääneen : aloud, out loud, up
* nuoleskella : (transitive, usually atelic) frequentative of nuolla ("to lick")
* nuolla : (transitive, intransitive) to lick
* sulaa : (intransitive) to melt
* voi : butter
* kiillellä : (intransitive) to glitter
* kuumeisesti : hectically
* naputtaa : to tap, to type
* tottua : (intransitive) to get used to, become accustomed to (with illative)
* suurin osa (jostakin) : most (of)
* olla matkoilla : to be away
* autio : desolate, uninhabited, deserted, empty, abandoned
* kolkko : gloomy, dismal
* Comitative Case (-ne) : "in company of" or "together with" / The nouns require a possessive suffix, but adjectives in the comitative don't.
* taulu : painting
* avara : spacious, roomy, open