A Room with a View — Page 5
Miss Bartlett said, with more restraint:
Miss Bartlett sagte mit mehr Zurückhaltung:
The clergyman, who had the air of one on a holiday, did not remember the ladies quite as clearly as they remembered him.
Der Geistliche, der die Ausstrahlung eines Menschen im Urlaub hatte, erinnerte sich an die Damen nicht ganz so deutlich, wie sie sich an ihn erinnerten.
But he came forward pleasantly enough and accepted the chair into which he was beckoned by Lucy.
Aber er trat freundlich genug vor und nahm den Stuhl an, zu dem Lucy ihn gewinkt hatte.
Vocabulary
- sagte
- Said; past tense of sagen (to say)
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- mehr
- More; indicating greater quantity or degree
- Zurückhaltung
- Restraint, reserve; holding back one's feelings
- Der
- The; masculine definite article in nominative case
- Geistliche
- Clergyman; a person ordained in religious ministry
- der
- The; masculine/genitive definite article or relative pronoun
- die
- The; feminine or plural definite article
- Ausstrahlung
- Charisma, radiance; someone's personal aura or presence
- eines
- Of a; genitive singular indefinite article (masculine/neuter)
- Menschen
- Person, human being; genitive or plural of Mensch
- im
- In the; contraction of in and dem
- Urlaub
- Vacation, holiday; time away from work
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben (to have)
- erinnerte
- Remembered; past tense of erinnern (to remember)
- sich
- Himself/herself/themselves; reflexive pronoun
- an
- At, on, to; preposition indicating position or direction
- Damen
- Ladies; plural of Dame, polite term for women
- nicht
- Not; negation word in German sentences
- ganz
- Quite, whole, entirely; indicating completeness or degree
- so
- So, thus; adverb indicating manner or degree
- deutlich
- Clearly, distinctly; easy to perceive or understand
- wie
- As, how, like; used in comparisons or questions
- sie
- She, they, them; third-person pronoun
- ihn
- Him; accusative masculine third-person singular pronoun
- erinnerten
- Remembered; past tense plural of erinnern (to remember)
- Aber
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- er
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- trat
- Stepped; past tense of treten (to step, approach)
- freundlich
- Friendly, kindly; showing warmth and goodwill
- genug
- Enough; indicating a sufficient degree or amount
- vor
- Forward, before; preposition of position or direction
- und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses
- nahm
- Took; past tense of nehmen (to take)
- den
- The; accusative masculine definite article
- Stuhl
- Chair; a piece of furniture for sitting
- zu
- To, toward; preposition or infinitive particle
- dem
- The; dative masculine/neuter definite article
- gewinkt
- Beckoned, waved; past participle of winken (to wave)
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