Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 2
I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.
Ich schlüpfte wieder in meine alten Lumpen und mein Zuckerfass und war frei und zufrieden.
But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.
Aber Tom Sawyer spürte mich auf und sagte, er wolle eine Räuberbande gründen, und ich dürfe mitmachen, wenn ich zur Witwe zurückginge und anständig würde.
So I went back.
Also ging ich zurück.
The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it.
Die Witwe weinte über mich und nannte mich ein armes verlorenes Lamm, und sie nannte mich noch eine Menge anderer Namen, aber sie meinte es nie böse damit.
She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.
Sie steckte mich wieder in diese neuen Kleider, und ich konnte nichts anderes tun als schwitzen und schwitzen und mich ganz eingeengt fühlen.
Well, then, the old thing commenced again.
Nun ja, dann fing die alte Sache wieder an.
The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time.
Die Witwe läutete eine Glocke zum Abendessen, und man musste pünktlich erscheinen.
When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,—that is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself.
Wenn man an den Tisch kam, durfte man nicht gleich anfangen zu essen, sondern musste warten, bis die Witwe den Kopf neigte und ein wenig über das Essen murrte, obwohl eigentlich nichts daran auszusetzen war – das heißt, nichts, außer dass alles einzeln für sich gekocht worden war.
In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.
In einem Fass mit allerlei Zeugs ist das anders; die Sachen vermischen sich, und der Saft tauscht sich gewissermaßen aus, und die Sachen schmecken besser.
Vocabulary
- schlüpfte
- Slipped or crept into something quickly
- wieder
- Again; once more
- alten
- Old; adjective describing age or wear
- Lumpen
- Rags; old, torn pieces of clothing
- Zuckerfass
- Sugar barrel; a barrel used to store sugar
- frei
- Free; unrestrained or unoccupied
- zufrieden
- Satisfied; content with a situation
- spürte
- Sensed or tracked down; noticed something
- wolle
- Subjunctive of 'wollen'; meaning 'wanted to'
- Räuberbande
- Gang of robbers; a group of bandits
- gründen
- To found or establish an organization
- dürfe
- Subjunctive of 'dürfen'; meaning 'was allowed to'
- mitmachen
- To join in; participate in an activity
- Witwe
- Widow; a woman whose husband has died
- zurückginge
- Subjunctive of 'zurückgehen'; meaning 'went back'
- anständig
- Decent; behaving properly and respectably
- würde
- Conditional auxiliary verb meaning 'would'
- Also
- So; therefore; used to draw a conclusion
- zurück
- Back; returning to a previous place
- weinte
- Cried; past tense of 'weinen'
- nannte
- Called; named someone something; past tense
- armes
- Poor; unfortunate; used to express sympathy
- verlorenes
- Lost; something or someone gone astray
- Lamm
- Lamb; a young sheep; also used figuratively
- noch
- Still; yet; even; used for emphasis
- Menge
- Plenty; a large quantity or amount
- anderer
- Other; different; additional names or things
- Namen
- Names; plural of 'Name'
- meinte
- Meant; intended; past tense of 'meinen'
- nie
- Never; at no point in time
- böse
- Evil; bad; mean-spirited or malicious
- damit
- With it; thereby; referring to something mentioned
- steckte
- Put into; placed something inside something else
- Kleider
- Clothes; garments; plural of 'Kleid'
- nichts
- Nothing; not anything at all
- anderes
- Else; other; something different
- schwitzen
- To sweat; to perspire from heat or effort
- ganz
- Completely; entirely; wholly
- eingeengt
- Constricted; feeling cramped or restricted
- fühlen
- To feel; to sense emotionally or physically
- Nun
- Now; well; used to introduce a statement
- fing
- Began; past tense of 'anfangen'
- Sache
- Thing; matter; affair or business
- läutete
- Rang; past tense of 'läuten' (a bell)
- Glocke
- Bell; a ringing instrument used for signaling
- Abendessen
- Dinner; the evening meal
- man
- One; people in general; impersonal pronoun
- musste
- Had to; past tense of 'müssen'
- pünktlich
- Punctual; on time; arriving at the right moment
- erscheinen
- To appear; to show up at a place
- Tisch
- Table; a piece of furniture for eating
- durfte
- Was allowed to; past tense of 'dürfen'
- gleich
- Immediately; right away; also means 'equal'
- anfangen
- To begin; to start doing something
- essen
- To eat; to consume food
- sondern
- But rather; used after a negative statement
- warten
- To wait; to remain until something happens
- bis
- Until; up to a point in time
- Kopf
- Head; the uppermost part of the body
- neigte
- Tilted; bent; past tense of 'neigen'
- wenig
- A little; not much; small in quantity
- Essen
- Food; meal; also the act of eating
- murrte
- Grumbled; muttered in discontent; complained quietly
- obwohl
- Although; even though; despite the fact
- eigentlich
- Actually; really; in truth or essence
- daran
- At it; about it; referring to something mentioned
- auszusetzen
- To object to; to find fault with something
- heißt
- Means; is called; present tense of 'heißen'
- außer
- Except; besides; other than something
- alles
- Everything; all things without exception
- einzeln
- Separately; individually; one at a time
- gekocht
- Cooked; boiled; past participle of 'kochen'
- worden
- Been; past participle used in passive constructions
- Fass
- Barrel; a large cylindrical storage container
- allerlei
- All kinds of; a variety of different things
- Zeugs
- Stuff; things; informal word for various items
- anders
- Different; otherwise; in another way
- Sachen
- Things; items; stuff; plural of 'Sache'
- vermischen
- To mix together; to blend different things
- Saft
- Juice; liquid from fruits or vegetables
- tauscht
- Exchanges; swaps; present tense of 'tauschen'
- gewissermaßen
- To a certain extent; in a manner of speaking
- schmecken
- To taste; to have a particular flavor
- besser
- Better; comparative form of 'gut' (good)
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