A Room with a View — Page 6
I am lucky to be appointed to such a charming neighbourhood."
Ich habe Glück, einer so reizenden Nachbarschaft zugeteilt zu werden."
"Oh, how glad I am!
„Oh, wie froh ich bin!
Mr. Beebe bowed.
Mr. Beebe verbeugte sich.
He preferred to talk to Lucy, whose playing he remembered, rather than to Miss Bartlett, who probably remembered his sermons.
Er sprach lieber mit Lucy, an deren Spiel er sich erinnerte, als mit Miss Bartlett, die sich wahrscheinlich an seine Predigten erinnerte.
He asked the girl whether she knew Florence well, and was informed at some length that she had never been there before.
Er fragte das Mädchen, ob sie Florenz gut kenne, und wurde ausführlich darüber informiert, dass sie noch nie dort gewesen war.
It is delightful to advise a newcomer, and he was first in the field.
Es ist eine Freude, einem Neuankömmling Ratschläge zu geben, und er war der Erste auf dem Plan.
"Mr. Beebe, you are wrong.
„Mr. Beebe, Sie irren sich.
And, indeed, a perfect torrent of information burst on them.
Und tatsächlich ergoss sich ein wahrer Schwall von Informationen über sie.
People told them what to see, when to see it, how to stop the electric trams, how to get rid of the beggars, how much to give for a vellum blotter, how much the place would grow upon them.
Die Leute sagten ihnen, was sie sehen sollten, wann sie es sehen sollten, wie man die elektrischen Straßenbahnen anhält, wie man die Bettler loswird, wie viel man für einen Pergamentlöscher geben sollte, wie sehr ihnen der Ort ans Herz wachsen würde.
Vocabulary
- Glück
- Luck or happiness; good fortune
- reizenden
- Charming, delightful, or attractive (adjective, inflected)
- Nachbarschaft
- Neighborhood or vicinity; area near one's home
- zugeteilt
- Assigned or allocated to someone or something
- werden
- To become; also auxiliary verb for future or passive
- froh
- Glad, happy, or pleased about something
- verbeugte
- Past tense of 'verbeugen'; bowed respectfully to someone
- lieber
- Preferably; comparative of 'gern,' meaning 'rather'
- deren
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whose' (feminine/plural genitive)
- Spiel
- Game, play, or musical performance of some kind
- erinnerte
- Past tense of 'erinnern'; reminded or recalled something
- wahrscheinlich
- Probably or likely; expressing high probability of something
- Predigten
- Sermons; religious speeches delivered by a clergyman
- Mädchen
- Girl; young female person or child
- ob
- Conjunction meaning 'whether' or 'if' in indirect questions
- Florenz
- Florence; major Italian city known for Renaissance art
- ausführlich
- In detail, thoroughly, or at length about something
- darüber
- About it or over it; referring to a mentioned topic
- informiert
- Informed or told; past participle of 'informieren'
- noch
- Still or yet; indicating something has not occurred yet
- nie
- Never; at no time, negating frequency of action
- Freude
- Joy, delight, or pleasure experienced from something
- Neuankömmling
- Newcomer; person who has just arrived somewhere new
- Ratschläge
- Advice or tips; plural of 'Ratschlag'
- Plan
- Plan, map, or schedule; an intended course of action
- irren
- To be mistaken or to wander; err in judgment
- tatsächlich
- Actually, indeed, or in fact; confirming a reality
- ergoss
- Past tense of 'ergießen'; poured out or flowed over
- Schwall
- Torrent or flood; sudden overwhelming outpouring of something
- Informationen
- Information; plural noun for data or knowledge shared
- Leute
- People; plural noun referring to persons in general
- sollten
- Past subjunctive/indicative of 'sollen'; should or were supposed
- man
- Impersonal pronoun meaning 'one,' 'you,' or 'people'
- elektrischen
- Electric (inflected adjective); relating to electricity
- Straßenbahnen
- Trams or streetcars; electric rail vehicles on city streets
- anhält
- Third person singular of 'anhalten'; stops or halts
- Bettler
- Beggar; person who asks others for money or food
- loswird
- Gets rid of; present tense of 'loswerden' (to get rid of)
- sollte
- Past tense/subjunctive of 'sollen'; should or was supposed to
- Ort
- Place, location, or town; a specific geographic spot
- Herz
- Heart; vital organ or emotional center of a person
- wachsen
- To grow; increase in size, number, or importance
- würde
- Conditional of 'werden'; would (used in conditional sentences)
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