A Room with a View — Page 9
" Again he hesitated, and then said gently: "I think he would not take advantage of your acceptance, nor expect you to show gratitude.
„Wieder zögerte er und sagte dann sanft: „Ich glaube, er würde Ihre Zustimmung nicht ausnutzen und auch nicht erwarten, dass Sie Dankbarkeit zeigen.
He has the merit—if it is one—of saying exactly what he means.
Er hat das Verdienst – wenn es eines ist –, genau das zu sagen, was er meint.
He has rooms he does not value, and he thinks you would value them.
Er hat Zimmer, die er nicht schätzt, und er glaubt, dass Sie diese schätzen würden.
He no more thought of putting you under an obligation than he thought of being polite.
Er dachte ebenso wenig daran, Sie zu verpflichten, wie er daran dachte, höflich zu sein.
"I think he is; nice and tiresome.
„Ich glaube, er ist es; nett und lästig.
I differ from him on almost every point of any importance, and so, I expect—I may say I hope—you will differ.
Ich bin mit ihm in fast jedem wichtigen Punkt anderer Meinung, und so, nehme ich an – ich darf sagen, ich hoffe es –, werden Sie es auch sein.
But his is a type one disagrees with rather than deplores.
Aber er ist ein Typ, mit dem man eher nicht übereinstimmt, als dass man ihn beklagt.
When he first came here he not unnaturally put people's backs up.
Als er zum ersten Mal hierher kam, brachte er die Menschen nicht unnötigerweise gegen sich auf.
He has no tact and no manners—I don't mean by that that he has bad manners—and he will not keep his opinions to himself.
Er hat kein Taktgefühl und keine Manieren – ich meine damit nicht, dass er schlechte Manieren hat –, und er behält seine Meinungen nicht für sich.
Mr. Beebe accepted the convenient word, not without a slight twitching of the lips.
Mr. Beebe akzeptierte das passende Wort, nicht ohne ein leichtes Zucken der Lippen.
"And presumably he has brought up his son to be a Socialist, too?
„Und vermutlich hat er seinen Sohn auch dazu erzogen, ein Sozialist zu sein?
Vocabulary
- Wieder
- Again; once more
- zögerte
- Hesitated; paused before acting or speaking
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- und
- And; connecting conjunction
- sagte
- Said; past tense of sagen
- dann
- Then; afterward; at that time
- sanft
- Gently; softly; in a mild manner
- Ich
- I; first-person singular pronoun
- glaube
- Believe; think; first-person singular of glauben
- würde
- Would; conditional form of werden
- Ihre
- Your; formal possessive pronoun
- Zustimmung
- Consent; approval; agreement to something
- nicht
- Not; negation particle
- ausnutzen
- To exploit; take unfair advantage of someone
- auch
- Also; too; as well
- erwarten
- To expect; anticipate something from someone
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- Sie
- You (formal); third-person plural pronoun
- Dankbarkeit
- Gratitude; thankfulness toward someone
- zeigen
- To show; display; demonstrate something
- Er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- hat
- Has; third-person singular of haben
- das
- The; neuter definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- Verdienst
- Merit; credit; earned distinction or achievement
- wenn
- If; when; conditional or temporal conjunction
- es
- It; neuter third-person singular pronoun
- eines
- One; genitive or nominative of ein
- ist
- Is; third-person singular of sein
- genau
- Exactly; precisely; accurately
- zu
- To; too; preposition or infinitive marker
- sagen
- To say; to tell; to express verbally
- was
- What; relative or interrogative pronoun
- meint
- Means; thinks; third-person singular of meinen
- Zimmer
- Room; enclosed living or sleeping space
- die
- The; feminine or plural definite article
- schätzt
- Appreciates; values; esteems someone or something
- glaubt
- Believes; thinks; third-person singular of glauben
- diese
- These; this; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- schätzen
- To appreciate; to value; to estimate worth
- würden
- Would; conditional plural form of werden
- dachte
- Thought; past tense of denken
- ebenso
- Equally; likewise; just as much
- wenig
- Little; few; not much
- daran
- At it; about it; thereon
- verpflichten
- To obligate; bind someone to a duty
- wie
- How; as; like; comparative conjunction
- höflich
- Polite; courteous; well-mannered
- sein
- To be; infinitive of the verb sein
- nett
- Nice; kind; pleasant in manner
- lästig
- Annoying; bothersome; troublesome
- bin
- Am; first-person singular of sein
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- ihm
- Him; dative form of er
- in
- In; inside; preposition of location
- fast
- Almost; nearly; not quite
- jedem
- Every; each; dative form of jeder
- wichtigen
- Important; significant; adjective in inflected form
- Punkt
- Point; dot; specific topic or matter
- anderer
- Different; other; another opinion or view
- Meinung
- Opinion; view; personal stance on something
- so
- So; thus; in such a way
- nehme
- Take; assume; first-person singular of nehmen
- ich
- I; first-person singular pronoun
- an
- At; on; to; preposition of position
- darf
- May; am allowed to; modal verb dürfen
- hoffe
- Hope; first-person singular of hoffen
- werden
- To become; will; auxiliary for future or passive
- Aber
- But; however; contrasting conjunction
- ein
- A; an; indefinite article
- Typ
- Type; guy; fellow; informal word for person
- dem
- Whom; dative form of der
- man
- One; you; impersonal pronoun in German
- eher
- Rather; sooner; more likely
- übereinstimmt
- Agrees; corresponds; matches in opinion
- als
- Than; as; when; comparative conjunction
- ihn
- Him; accusative form of er
- beklagt
- Complains about; laments; criticizes someone
- Als
- When; as; conjunction for past single events
- zum
- To the; contraction of zu dem
- ersten
- First; ordinal adjective in inflected form
- Mal
- Time; occasion; instance of an event
- hierher
- Here; to this place; directional adverb
- kam
- Came; past tense of kommen
- brachte
- Brought; past tense of bringen
- Menschen
- People; humans; plural of Mensch
- unnötigerweise
- Unnecessarily; without need; needlessly
- gegen
- Against; opposing; preposition of opposition
- sich
- Himself; herself; reflexive pronoun
- auf
- On; onto; up; preposition of position
- kein
- No; not any; negative indefinite article
- Taktgefühl
- Tact; sensitivity in social situations
- keine
- No; none; feminine negative article
- Manieren
- Manners; social etiquette; polite behavior
- meine
- My; first-person possessive adjective
- damit
- With it; thereby; meaning by that
- schlechte
- Bad; poor; negative quality adjective
- behält
- Keeps; retains; third-person singular of behalten
- seine
- His; third-person masculine possessive adjective
- Meinungen
- Opinions; views; plural of Meinung
- für
- For; on behalf of; preposition
- akzeptierte
- Accepted; past tense of akzeptieren
- passende
- Appropriate; fitting; suitable adjective form
- Wort
- Word; single unit of spoken or written language
- ohne
- Without; lacking; preposition of absence
- leichtes
- Slight; light; mild adjective in inflected form
- Zucken
- Twitch; flinch; slight involuntary movement
- der
- The; masculine definite article or genitive form
- Lippen
- Lips; plural of Lippe; part of the mouth
- Und
- And; coordinating conjunction
- vermutlich
- Presumably; probably; most likely
- seinen
- His; accusative masculine possessive adjective
- Sohn
- Son; male offspring
- dazu
- To that; in addition; for that purpose
- erzogen
- Raised; brought up; past participle of erziehen
- Sozialist
- Socialist; person advocating socialist ideology
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