A Tale of Two Cities — Page 11
The resemblance was not lessened by the accidental circumstance, that the mature Jerry bit and spat out straw, while the twinkling eyes of the youthful Jerry were as restlessly watchful of him as of everything else in Fleet-street.
Die Ähnlichkeit wurde durch den zufälligen Umstand nicht verringert, dass der erwachsene Jerry Stroh kaute und ausspuckte, während die funkelnden Augen des jugendlichen Jerry ihn ebenso rastlos beobachteten wie alles andere in der Fleet Street.
The head of one of the regular indoor messengers attached to Tellson's establishment was put through the door, and the word was given:
Der Kopf eines der regulären Hausboten, die dem Tellsonschen Unternehmen angehörten, wurde durch die Tür gesteckt, und das Wort wurde gegeben:
Having thus given his parent God speed, young Jerry seated himself on the stool, entered on his reversionary interest in the straw his father had been chewing, and cogitated.
Nachdem er seinem Vater auf diese Weise eine gute Reise gewünscht hatte, setzte sich der junge Jerry auf den Schemel, nahm das Stroh in Besitz, an dem sein Vater gekaut hatte, und grübelte nach.
"Where does my father get all that iron rust from? He don't get no iron rust here!
„Woher bekommt mein Vater all diesen Eisenrost? Hier bekommt er keinen Eisenrost!
Vocabulary
- Die
- The definite article for feminine nouns
- Ähnlichkeit
- Similarity or resemblance between two things
- wurde
- Past tense of werden; was or became
- durch
- Through or by means of something
- den
- The definite article for masculine accusative nouns
- zufälligen
- Accidental or coincidental by chance
- Umstand
- Circumstance or condition surrounding an event
- nicht
- Not; negation particle in German sentences
- verringert
- Reduced or diminished in amount or degree
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing subordinate clauses
- der
- The definite article for masculine nouns
- erwachsene
- Adult or grown-up person
- Stroh
- Straw; dried stalks of grain plants
- kaute
- Chewed; past tense of kauen
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- ausspuckte
- Spat out; past tense of ausspucken
- während
- While or during a period of time
- die
- The definite article for feminine nouns
- funkelnden
- Sparkling or glittering with bright light
- Augen
- Eyes; plural of Auge
- des
- The definite article for masculine genitive nouns
- jugendlichen
- Young or youthful person or adolescent
- ihn
- Him; masculine accusative personal pronoun
- ebenso
- Equally or just as much in manner
- rastlos
- Restless or unable to remain still
- beobachteten
- Observed or watched something carefully
- wie
- How or as; comparison or manner word
- alles
- Everything or all things collectively
- andere
- Other or different things or people
- in
- In or inside; preposition indicating location
- Der
- The definite article for masculine nouns
- Kopf
- Head; upper part of human body
- eines
- One or a; indefinite article genitive form
- regulären
- Regular or standard in usual manner
- dem
- The definite article for masculine dative nouns
- Unternehmen
- Business or enterprise; company
- angehörten
- Belonged to or were member of
- Tür
- Door; entrance to room or building
- gesteckt
- Stuck or placed in particular position
- das
- The definite article for neuter nouns
- Wort
- Word; unit of language meaning
- gegeben
- Given or provided to someone
- Nachdem
- After; following in time or sequence
- er
- He; masculine third-person singular pronoun
- seinem
- His; possessive pronoun for masculine dative
- Vater
- Father; male parent of person
- auf
- On or upon; preposition of location
- diese
- This or these; demonstrative adjective
- Weise
- Way or manner in which done
- eine
- A or one; feminine indefinite article
- gute
- Good; positive in quality adjective
- Reise
- Journey or trip; travel to destination
- gewünscht
- Wished or desired something for someone
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben
- setzte
- Sat or placed in seated position
- sich
- Himself or herself; reflexive pronoun
- junge
- Young; youthful in age adjective
- nahm
- Took; past tense of nehmen
- Besitz
- Possession or ownership of property
- an
- On or at; preposition of location
- sein
- His; possessive pronoun for masculine
- gekaut
- Chewed; past participle of kauen
- grübelte
- Brooded or pondered deeply about something
- nach
- After or according to; preposition
- Woher
- Where from; question word for origin
- bekommt
- Gets or receives something from source
- mein
- My; possessive pronoun for speaker
- all
- All; complete or entire amount
- diesen
- This or these; demonstrative pronoun
- Hier
- Here; in this place or location
- keinen
- No or none; negative indefinite pronoun
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