しかし、この少年達は、ウッドさんの農場で休み中を過ごしました。

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English Translation

But the boys spent all their holidays on Mr Wood's farm.

Furigana

しかし、この少年達(しょうねんたち)は、ウッドさんの農場(のうじょう)で休(やす)み中(ちゅう)を過(す)ごしました。

Romanji

Shikashi, kono shōnentachi wa, Uddo san no nōjō de yasumichū o sugoshimashita.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

ウッド (ウッド)

wood

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

農場 (のうじょう)

farm (agriculture)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

休み中 (やすみちゅう)

closed; on break; private party

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

過ごす (すごす)

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it