A Room with a View — Page 14
I do not wish the acceptance to come from you. Grant me that, at all events."
Ich wünsche nicht, dass die Annahme von Ihnen kommt. Gewähren Sie mir das, auf jeden Fall."
Mr. Beebe was back, saying rather nervously:
Mr. Beebe war zurück und sagte ziemlich nervös:
The young man gazed down on the three ladies, who felt seated on the floor, so low were their chairs.
Der junge Mann blickte auf die drei Damen herab, die sich wie auf dem Boden sitzend fühlten, so niedrig waren ihre Stühle.
Miss Bartlett was unequal to the bath.
Miss Bartlett war dem Bad nicht gewachsen.
All her barbed civilities came forth wrong end first.
All ihre stacheligen Höflichkeiten kamen verkehrt herum zum Vorschein.
Young Mr. Emerson scored a notable triumph to the delight of Mr. Beebe and to the secret delight of Lucy.
Der junge Mr. Emerson errang einen bemerkenswerten Triumph zur Freude von Mr. Beebe und zur heimlichen Freude von Lucy.
Then looking rather thoughtfully at the two cousins, he retired to his own rooms, to write up his philosophic diary.
Dann blickte er die beiden Kusinen ziemlich nachdenklich an und zog sich in seine eigenen Zimmer zurück, um sein philosophisches Tagebuch zu schreiben.
Vocabulary
- Ich
- First person singular pronoun; I
- wünsche
- Wish or desire (first person singular present)
- nicht
- Negation; not or no
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction; that
- die
- Definite article feminine singular; the
- Annahme
- Acceptance or assumption; taking or receiving
- von
- Preposition; from or of
- Ihnen
- Formal you (dative case); to you
- kommt
- Come or comes (third person singular present)
- Sie
- Formal you (nominative case); she
- mir
- First person singular dative; to me or me
- das
- Definite article neuter singular; the
- auf
- Preposition; on, at, or up to
- jeden
- Every or each (accusative masculine singular)
- Fall
- Case, instance, or fall; event or occurrence
- war
- Was (past tense of sein); third person singular
- zurück
- Back or backwards; return or rear
- und
- Coordinating conjunction; and
- sagte
- Said (past tense of sagen); third person singular
- ziemlich
- Rather, quite, or fairly; considerably
- nervös
- Nervous or anxious; showing anxiety
- Der
- Definite article masculine singular; the
- junge
- Young (adjective); youthful or new
- Mann
- Man or male person; husband
- blickte
- Looked or glanced; past tense of blicken
- drei
- Number three; quantity of three items
- Damen
- Ladies or women; plural of Dame
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself, himself, herself
- wie
- How or as; in what manner
- dem
- Definite article dative masculine; the
- Boden
- Floor, ground, or soil; bottom surface
- sitzend
- Sitting (present participle); in seated position
- fühlten
- Felt (past tense of fühlen); third person plural
- so
- So, thus, or in such way; therefore
- niedrig
- Low, low-lying, or humble; not high
- waren
- Were (past tense of sein); third person plural
- ihre
- Their or her (possessive pronoun feminine plural)
- Stühle
- Chairs (plural); plural of Stuhl
- Bad
- Bath or spa; bathing establishment or resort
- All
- All or everything; entire quantity
- Höflichkeiten
- Courtesies or politenesses; plural of Höflichkeit
- kamen
- Came (past tense of kommen); third person plural
- verkehrt
- Wrong, reversed, or backwards; inverted
- herum
- Around or about; roundabout manner
- zum
- To the (contraction of zu dem)
- einen
- A or one (accusative masculine singular)
- bemerkenswerten
- Remarkable or noteworthy; worthy of notice
- Triumph
- Triumph or victory; great success
- zur
- To the (contraction of zu der feminine)
- Freude
- Joy, delight, or gladness; happiness
- heimlichen
- Secret or hidden; concealed or clandestine
- Dann
- Then or afterwards; at that time
- er
- He or it (third person masculine singular)
- beiden
- Both (dative/accusative plural); two together
- Kusinen
- Female cousins (plural); plural of Kusine
- nachdenklich
- Thoughtful, pensive, or reflective; meditative
- an
- At, on, or to; preposition of location
- zog
- Pulled or drew; past tense of ziehen
- in
- In, into, or within; preposition of place
- seine
- His or its (possessive pronoun masculine singular)
- eigenen
- Own; belonging to oneself exclusively
- Zimmer
- Room or chamber; enclosed space
- um
- Around or about; concerning or for purpose
- sein
- To be; infinitive of main auxiliary verb
- philosophisches
- Philosophical; relating to philosophy or thought
- Tagebuch
- Diary or journal; daily written record
- zu
- To, towards, or at; infinitive marker
- schreiben
- To write or compose; put words on paper
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