# then accuses her of shameful things "then accuses her of having slept with someone before she was married" # puts a bad reputation on her The abstract noun "reputation" can be translated as a verb phrase. Alternate translation: "makes other people think she is a bad person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) # but when I came near to her This is a polite way of referring to sexual relations. Alternate translation: "but when I had sexual relations with her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]]) # I found no proof of virginity in her The abstract noun "proof" can be translated as a verb phrase. Alternate translation: "she could not prove to me that she was a virgin"