A Room with a View — Page 12
It was a real catastrophe, not a mere episode, that evening of hers at Venice, when she had found in her bedroom something that is one worse than a flea, though one better than something else.
Es war eine echte Katastrophe, nicht bloß eine Episode, jener Abend von ihr in Venedig, als sie in ihrem Schlafzimmer etwas gefunden hatte, das einen Grad schlimmer ist als ein Floh, wenn auch einen Grad besser als etwas anderes.
Lucy tried to look demure, but could not help feeling a great fool. No one was careful with her at home; or, at all events, she had not noticed it.
Lucy versuchte, gesittet dreinzuschauen, konnte aber nicht umhin, sich wie eine große Närrin zu fühlen. Zu Hause war niemand so vorsichtig mit ihr; oder zumindest hatte sie es nicht bemerkt.
Vocabulary
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; meaning 'was'.
- echte
- Adjective meaning 'real' or 'genuine'.
- Katastrophe
- A disaster or catastrophic event.
- bloß
- Adverb meaning 'merely' or 'only'.
- Episode
- A single event or incident in a sequence.
- jener
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' (distant).
- Abend
- Noun meaning 'evening'.
- Venedig
- German name for the Italian city Venice.
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'than'.
- ihrem
- Dative form of possessive pronoun 'ihr' (her/their).
- Schlafzimmer
- Compound noun meaning 'bedroom'.
- etwas
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'something' or 'somewhat'.
- gefunden
- Past participle of 'finden'; meaning 'found'.
- hatte
- Simple past of 'haben'; meaning 'had'.
- Grad
- Noun meaning 'degree' in measurement or severity.
- schlimmer
- Comparative form of 'schlimm'; meaning 'worse'.
- Floh
- Noun meaning 'flea', a small parasitic insect.
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'if'.
- besser
- Comparative form of 'gut'; meaning 'better'.
- anderes
- Neuter form of 'ander'; meaning 'other' or 'different'.
- versuchte
- Simple past of 'versuchen'; meaning 'tried' or 'attempted'.
- gesittet
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'well-mannered' or 'decorous'.
- dreinzuschauen
- Infinitive meaning 'to look' or 'to appear' a certain way.
- konnte
- Simple past of 'können'; meaning 'could' or 'was able to'.
- umhin
- Part of 'nicht umhinkönnen'; meaning 'cannot help but'.
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'themselves'.
- Närrin
- Feminine noun meaning 'fool' or 'foolish woman'.
- fühlen
- Verb meaning 'to feel' emotionally or physically.
- Hause
- Dative form of 'Haus'; used in 'zu Hause' meaning 'at home'.
- niemand
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'nobody' or 'no one'.
- vorsichtig
- Adjective meaning 'careful' or 'cautious'.
- zumindest
- Adverb meaning 'at least' or 'at any rate'.
- bemerkt
- Past participle of 'bemerken'; meaning 'noticed' or 'remarked'.
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