A Room with a View — Page 11
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There was a haze of disapproval in the air, but whether the disapproval was of herself, or of Mr. Beebe, or of the fashionable world at Windy Corner, or of the narrow world at Tunbridge Wells, she could not determine.
Es lag ein Schleier der Missbilligung in der Luft, aber ob die Missbilligung ihr selbst galt, oder Mr. Beebe, oder der modischen Welt in Windy Corner, oder der engen Welt in Tunbridge Wells, konnte sie nicht feststellen.
She tried to locate it, but as usual she blundered.
Sie versuchte, es zu lokalisieren, aber wie üblich beging sie einen Fehler.
Fortunately one of the little old ladies, who for some time had been smiling very benignly, now approached and asked if she might be allowed to sit where Mr. Beebe had sat.
Glücklicherweise näherte sich nun eine der kleinen alten Damen, die seit einiger Zeit sehr gütig gelächelt hatte, und fragte, ob es ihr erlaubt sein dürfe, dort zu sitzen, wo Mr. Beebe gesessen hatte.
Permission granted, she began to chatter gently about Italy, the plunge it had been to come there, the gratifying success of the plunge, the improvement in her sister's health, the necessity of closing the bed-room windows at night, and of thoroughly emptying the water-bottles in the morning.
Mit erteilter Erlaubnis begann sie sanft über Italien zu plaudern, den Sprung ins kalte Wasser, den es bedeutet hatte, dorthin zu kommen, den erfreulichen Erfolg dieses Sprunges, die Verbesserung der Gesundheit ihrer Schwester, die Notwendigkeit, die Schlafzimmerfenster nachts zu schließen und die Wasserflaschen morgens gründlich zu leeren.
She handled her subjects agreeably, and they were, perhaps, more worthy of attention than the high discourse upon Guelfs and Ghibellines which was proceeding tempestuously at the other end of the room.
Sie behandelte ihre Themen auf angenehme Weise, und sie waren vielleicht aufmerksamkeitswürdiger als der hochtrabende Diskurs über Guelfen und Ghibellinen, der stürmisch am anderen Ende des Zimmers geführt wurde.
Vocabulary
- Es
- It (nominative pronoun)
- lag
- Lay, was situated (past tense of liegen)
- ein
- A, an (indefinite article)
- Schleier
- Veil, thin fabric covering or concealing something
- der
- The (definite article, masculine nominative)
- Missbilligung
- Disapproval, expression of not approving something
- in
- In, within (preposition)
- Luft
- Air, atmosphere surrounding us
- aber
- But, however (conjunction)
- ob
- Whether, if (conjunction)
- die
- The (definite article, feminine/plural)
- ihr
- Her, its (dative pronoun feminine)
- selbst
- Self, herself (reflexive emphasis pronoun)
- galt
- Applied to, concerned (past tense of gelten)
- oder
- Or (conjunction)
- modischen
- Fashionable, stylish (adjective dative)
- Welt
- World, society, sphere of influence
- engen
- Narrow, tight (adjective accusative/dative)
- konnte
- Could, was able to (past of können)
- sie
- She, they (pronoun)
- nicht
- Not (negation adverb)
- feststellen
- Determine, establish, ascertain, find out
- Sie
- You (formal pronoun, capitalized)
- versuchte
- Tried, attempted (past tense of versuchen)
- zu
- To (infinitive marker, preposition)
- lokalisieren
- Locate, identify the position or place
- wie
- How, as, like (adverb, conjunction)
- üblich
- Usual, customary, as is normal
- beging
- Committed, made (past of begehen)
- einen
- A, one (accusative masculine)
- Fehler
- Error, mistake, fault in reasoning
- Glücklicherweise
- Fortunately, luckily, by good chance
- näherte
- Approached, drew near (past of nähern)
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
- nun
- Now, at this point in time
- eine
- A, an (feminine indefinite article)
- kleinen
- Small, little (accusative plural adjective)
- alten
- Old, aged (accusative plural adjective)
- Damen
- Ladies, women (plural noun)
- seit
- Since, for (preposition with dative)
- einiger
- Some, quite a bit (dative)
- Zeit
- Time, period, duration
- sehr
- Very, greatly (adverb)
- gütig
- Kind, benevolent, gracious
- gelächelt
- Smiled (past participle of lächeln)
- hatte
- Had (past tense of haben)
- und
- And (conjunction)
- fragte
- Asked (past tense of fragen)
- erlaubt
- Allowed, permitted (past participle)
- sein
- To be (infinitive verb)
- dürfe
- May, might (subjunctive of dürfen)
- dort
- There, in that place
- sitzen
- To sit, be seated (infinitive)
- gesessen
- Sat, been seated (past participle)
- Mit
- With, by means of (preposition)
- erteilter
- Granted, given (past participle adjective)
- Erlaubnis
- Permission, consent, authorization
- begann
- Began, started (past tense of beginnen)
- sanft
- Gently, softly, mildly
- über
- Over, above, about, concerning
- plaudern
- Chat, converse, talk casually
- den
- The (accusative masculine article)
- Sprung
- Jump, leap, sudden transition
- ins
- Into the (contraction of in das)
- kalte
- Cold, chilly (accusative adjective)
- Wasser
- Water, liquid substance
- bedeutet
- Means, signifies, indicates (present)
- dorthin
- Thither, to that place
- kommen
- Come, arrive (infinitive verb)
- erfreulichen
- Pleasing, delightful (accusative adjective)
- Erfolg
- Success, favorable result, achievement
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