Examples of using Offred in English and their translations into German
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Colloquial
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Official
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Ecclesiastic
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Medicine
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Financial
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Ecclesiastic
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Political
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Computer
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Programming
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Official/political
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Political
I'm Offred.
Offred, is that you?
Was it Offred?
Offred, blessed day.
My name is Offred.
Offred, the birth mobile!
Apologies, Offred.
Offred knows how grateful we are for her choice in this.
You must be Offred.
For example, Offred was Fred's Handmaid; Ofglen was Glen's Handmaid.
Your name is Offred.
Offred and the Commander's Guardian, Nick, have begun to notice each other as well.
Blessed day, Offred.
Sometimes, Offred expresses her frustration at the wings blocking her view of the world;
Yes. I'm meeting Offred.
When the Japanese tourists ask Offred if she is happy, she is expected to say yes.
I am from Xipica, Ms. Offred.
There was an Offred before me.
Nick comes up to tell her that they are really Mayday operatives and to trust him,so Offred does.
Serena Joy finds out about Offred's outing to the club, and confronts both Offred and the Commander.
Offred, if you do your best to answer these questions, this will all be really painless. All right?
However, the Commander also wishes to get to know Offred better, and begins inviting her to his study late at night without his wife, Serena Joy.
Offred is unhappy, remembering tidbits of her life before this one, with her husband Luke and their daughter.
Atwood's novel follows the despair of the main character, Offred, a woman who is a Handmaid in the monotheistic regime called The Republic of Gilead.
Example: Offred holds out hope that her husband, Luke, is still alive and that together they will be able to save their daughter one day.
The Commander plays Scrabble with Offred and begins to bring her gifts, such as women's magazines which are no longer in print.
Offred tests her by mentioning"Mayday", and discovers that she's made a terrible mistake when the new Ofglen warns her to forget about those old"echoes.
In the Republic of Gilead, Offred, a young Handmaid, has just started her newest post at the Commander's house.
Offred, a handmaid, who like all handmaids has to wear a red cloak and a modest white bonnet, is assigned to a high-ranking commander- and she begins to fight for what, in Gilead, can only be had at the risk of death: the hope of escaping for a self-determined life.
The wings are what Offred and her fellow Handmaids call the bonnet that goes up and around their faces.