what does twinkling-eyed mean?

[ibex]

Hello all,

I've searched the www and asked some people, but none knew. What does "twinkling-eyed" mean?
Here is the context:
"When Darrell looked back and remembered the quiet, self-contained, serious person Sally Hope had always appeared, it seemed impossible that she had turned into the laughing, eager, twinkling-eyed girl in the bed - a sensible, kindly girl with a real sense of fun."

I would be most grateful if anybody could help me.
Thanks a lot!

Nice regards,
Ibex

[Rob_Harris]

Dictionary definition.

Funkeln appears to be a rough translation of twinkle.

[Duckduck (Contributor)]

Hallo zusammen,

zwar kann "twinkle" natürlich funkeln, glitzern, strahlen usw. heißen (Denken wir nur an das Liedchen "Twinkle twinkle little star"), die Wendung "with a twinkle in one's eye" = "mit einem Augenzwinkern" scheint mir hier aber möglicherweise auch zu passen. Dafür bräuchte man aber mehr Kontext. Anyway, der Weg stimmt sicher.

Grüße
Duckduck

[ibex]

Thanks to both of you!


I'm really happy I found this forum.

Cheers,
Ibex

[ibex]

Oh yes, one more.
I know this phrase is very old-fashioned, what exactly does this mean: "She's a sport." I mean, I see it's a praise, but I don't understand more.
You see, I'm reading a book now, I'm always look up the the really interesting words or phrases. But I didn't found a translation of this.

Thanks!

[ibex]

Here is one more:

"Bags I one by the window!", said the fat girl and plumped herself down there.
It's one the first day of the schoolyear, so the girls are just choosing their places.

It would be very nice if anybody could help me again!

[franzi]

In my Opinion "a sport" means "guter Kumpel" "feiner Kerl" The second sentence has no sence to me.
There might be an mistake in it.

Manfred

[caro64]

[quote="ibex"]Oh yes, one more.
I know this phrase is very old-fashioned, what exactly does this mean: "She's a sport." I mean, I see it's a praise, but I don't understand more.
You see, I'm reading a book now, I'm always look up the the really interesting words or phrases. But I didn't found a translation of this.

Thanks! [/quote]
This praise describes someone being fair and venturous, such as it should be in the sporting world. I would also describe someone as being a good sport, who after losing a game of football, rugby, monopoly etc or who after proven wrong in a disagreement can actually apologise or shake hands kindly, instead of hard feelings or remorse.

Here is one more:

"Bags I one by the window!", said the fat girl and plumped herself down there.
It's one the first day of the schoolyear, so the girls are just choosing their places.

It would be very nice if anybody could help me again!

This doesn't make sense to me either, there must be a mistake here somewhere!

[caro64]

Here is one more:

"Bags I one by the window!", said the fat girl and plumped herself down there.
It's one the first day of the schoolyear, so the girls are just choosing their places.

It would be very nice if anybody could help me again!

Are you sure it's not "Bags I have the one by the window" or "Bags I sit by the window" Now these would make sense.

[Duckduck (Contributor)]

I've searched the www and asked some people, but none of them / no-one knew.

I mean, I see it's a praise, but I don't understand it / can't translate it.
You see, I'm reading a book now and I'm always look up the the really interesting words or phrases. But I didn't find a translation for this.

It's one the first day of the schoolyear

Eine kleine Korrektursammlung.

Liebe Grüße
Duckduck

[Duckduck (Contributor)]

Hallo Manfred, ich öffne schnell ein kleines Korrektürle:

In my opinion "a sport" means "guter Kumpel" "feiner Kerl". The second sentence makes no sense to me / doesn't make sense to me.
There might be an mistake in it.

Manfred

[franzi]

Thank you very much dear Duckduck.
I'm always eager to learn.


Manfred

[ibex]

Thank you very much, all!

Thanks for your corrections. It's always nice when somebody tells you your mistakes, for there are many people who are too polite to tell it you've made a mistake.
In the context I had, the phrase, "She's a sport" probably means that she's a nice and very sympathetic person. I still don't fully understand the phrase "Bags I one...". I'm quite sure I got it right because I've just copied it into the computer, but I will look it up once more.
But I suppose it's just very old-fashioned so nobody knows it now. By the way: I hope this isn't forbidden by the forum rules (I've read them but I'm not sure - so if, tell me please!) Do you know some books for young girls (8-13) in English which are funny and simple to read?
It's also fine when they're a bit old-fashioned, such like Malory Towers (Dolly) or St. Clare's (Hanni und Nanni) by Enid Blyton or children's books like the one's in German by Lindgren, Mira Lobe... You know, Pippi Langstrumpf, Wir Kinder Vom Mövenweg, Madita etc. etc.
Because I'm looking for an English book which I could give to my little sister and her (partly younger) friends and she loves the books I mentioned. Just with the time they're getting boring if you know all of them already in German. Do you know a serie which are (were) very popular in the UK?
Would be very nice if somebody could help me!

Thanks,
ibex