Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 6
I didn't need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me.
Ich brauchte niemanden, der mir sagte, dass das ein schrecklich schlechtes Zeichen war und mir Unglück bringen würde, also hatte ich Angst und zitterte so sehr, dass mir fast die Kleider vom Leib fielen.
I got up and turned around in my tracks three times and crossed my breast every time; and then I tied up a little lock of my hair with a thread to keep witches away.
Ich stand auf und drehte mich dreimal auf der Stelle um und bekreuzigte mich jedes Mal; und dann band ich eine kleine Haarsträhne mit einem Faden zusammen, um Hexen fernzuhalten.
But I hadn't no confidence.
Aber ich hatte kein Vertrauen darin.
You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck when you'd killed a spider.
Das macht man, wenn man ein gefundenes Hufeisen verloren hat, anstatt es über die Tür zu nageln, aber ich hatte noch nie jemanden sagen hören, dass es irgendwie helfe, Unglück fernzuhalten, wenn man eine Spinne getötet hatte.
I set down again, a-shaking all over, and got out my pipe for a smoke; for the house was all as still as death now, and so the widow wouldn't know.
Ich setzte mich wieder hin, am ganzen Leib zitternd, und holte meine Pfeife heraus, um zu rauchen; denn das Haus war jetzt totenstill, und so würde die Witwe es nicht merken.
Well, after a long time I heard the clock away off in the town go boom—boom—boom—twelve licks; and all still again—stiller than ever.
Nun, nach einer langen Zeit hörte ich die Uhr weit drüben in der Stadt schlagen — boom — boom — boom — zwölf Schläge; und wieder alles still — stiller als je zuvor.
Pretty soon I heard a twig snap down in the dark amongst the trees—something was a stirring.
Bald darauf hörte ich unten im Dunkeln zwischen den Bäumen einen Ast knacken — irgendetwas regte sich.
I set still and listened.
Ich saß still und lauschte.
Directly I could just barely hear a "_me-yow! me-yow!_" down there.
Gleich darauf konnte ich kaum noch ein „_miau! miau!_" dort unten hören.
That was good!
Das war gut!
Says I, "_me-yow! me-yow!_" as soft as I could, and then I put out the light and scrambled out of the window on to the shed.
Ich sagte: „_miau! miau!_" so leise ich konnte, und dann löschte ich das Licht und kletterte durchs Fenster auf den Schuppen hinaus.
Vocabulary
- brauchte
- Past tense of 'brauchen'; needed or required something
- niemanden
- Accusative form of 'niemand'; nobody, no one
- sagte
- Past tense of 'sagen'; said or told someone
- schrecklich
- Adjective meaning terrible, dreadful, or horrible
- schlechtes
- Inflected form of 'schlecht'; bad or poor quality
- Zeichen
- Noun meaning sign, signal, or omen
- Unglück
- Noun meaning misfortune, bad luck, or disaster
- bringen
- Verb meaning to bring or to cause something
- würde
- Conditional auxiliary form of 'werden'; would
- also
- Adverb or conjunction meaning so, therefore, thus
- Angst
- Noun meaning fear, anxiety, or dread
- zitterte
- Past tense of 'zittern'; trembled or shook with fear
- fast
- Adverb meaning almost or nearly
- Kleider
- Plural of 'Kleid'; clothes, garments, or dresses
- Leib
- Noun meaning body, torso, or physical form
- fielen
- Past tense plural of 'fallen'; fell or dropped down
- stand
- Past tense of 'stehen'; stood or was standing
- drehte
- Past tense of 'drehen'; turned or rotated something
- dreimal
- Adverb meaning three times
- Stelle
- Noun meaning place, spot, or position
- bekreuzigte
- Past tense of 'bekreuzigen'; made the sign of the cross
- jedes
- Indefinite pronoun meaning every or each one
- Mal
- Noun meaning time, instance, or occasion
- band
- Past tense of 'binden'; tied or bound together
- Haarsträhne
- Noun meaning a strand or lock of hair
- Faden
- Noun meaning thread, yarn, or string
- zusammen
- Adverb meaning together or combined
- Hexen
- Plural of 'Hexe'; witches or sorceresses
- fernzuhalten
- Infinitive meaning to keep away or ward off
- Vertrauen
- Noun meaning trust, confidence, or faith
- darin
- Adverb meaning in it, therein, or inside that
- man
- Indefinite pronoun meaning one, you, or people
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning when, if, or whenever
- gefundenes
- Participle of 'finden'; found, discovered as an adjective
- Hufeisen
- Noun meaning horseshoe, traditionally a lucky charm
- verloren
- Past participle of 'verlieren'; lost or misplaced
- anstatt
- Preposition meaning instead of or rather than
- Tür
- Noun meaning door or doorway
- nageln
- Verb meaning to nail or fasten with nails
- noch
- Adverb meaning still, yet, or even
- nie
- Adverb meaning never, at no time
- jemanden
- Accusative of 'jemand'; someone, somebody
- hören
- Verb meaning to hear or listen to something
- irgendwie
- Adverb meaning somehow, in some way
- helfe
- First person singular of 'helfen'; help or assist
- Spinne
- Noun meaning spider, a small eight-legged creature
- getötet
- Past participle of 'töten'; killed or put to death
- setzte
- Past tense of 'setzen'; sat down or placed something
- wieder
- Adverb meaning again or once more
- hin
- Directional adverb meaning there or toward a place
- ganzen
- Inflected form of 'ganz'; whole, entire, all over
- zitternd
- Present participle of 'zittern'; trembling or shaking
- holte
- Past tense of 'holen'; fetched, got, or retrieved
- Pfeife
- Noun meaning pipe, especially for smoking tobacco
- heraus
- Directional prefix or adverb meaning out or outward
- rauchen
- Verb meaning to smoke, especially tobacco
- denn
- Conjunction meaning because, for, or since
- totenstill
- Adjective meaning dead silent or completely quiet
- Witwe
- Noun meaning widow, a woman whose husband has died
- merken
- Verb meaning to notice, realize, or remember something
- Nun
- Adverb meaning now, well, or at this point
- hörte
- Past tense of 'hören'; heard or listened to
- Uhr
- Noun meaning clock, watch, or o'clock
- weit
- Adjective or adverb meaning far, distant, or wide
- drüben
- Adverb meaning over there, on the other side
- schlagen
- Verb meaning to strike, beat, or chime as a clock
- zwölf
- Number adjective meaning twelve
- Schläge
- Plural of 'Schlag'; strikes, beats, or chimes
- alles
- Indefinite pronoun meaning everything or all
- still
- Adjective or adverb meaning quiet, silent, still
- stiller
- Comparative form of 'still'; quieter or more silent
- als
- Conjunction meaning than, as, or when
- je
- Adverb meaning ever, at any time, or per
- zuvor
- Adverb meaning before, previously, or beforehand
- Bald
- Adverb meaning soon or shortly after
- darauf
- Adverb meaning thereupon, after that, or on it
- unten
- Adverb meaning below, down there, or at the bottom
- Dunkeln
- Noun form of 'dunkel'; in the darkness or dark
- zwischen
- Preposition meaning between or among
- Bäumen
- Dative plural of 'Baum'; among the trees
- Ast
- Noun meaning branch or bough of a tree
- knacken
- Verb meaning to crack, snap, or make a cracking sound
- irgendetwas
- Indefinite pronoun meaning something, anything at all
- regte
- Past tense of 'regen'; stirred or moved slightly
- saß
- Past tense of 'sitzen'; sat or was sitting
- lauschte
- Past tense of 'lauschen'; listened carefully or eavesdropped
- Gleich
- Adverb meaning immediately, right away, or at once
- konnte
- Past tense of 'können'; could or was able to
- kaum
- Adverb meaning hardly, barely, or scarcely
- dort
- Adverb meaning there, in that place
- leise
- Adjective or adverb meaning quiet, soft, or gentle
- löschte
- Past tense of 'löschen'; extinguished or turned off a light
- Licht
- Noun meaning light, illumination, or a lamp
- kletterte
- Past tense of 'klettern'; climbed or scrambled up
- durchs
- Contraction of 'durch das'; through the
- Fenster
- Noun meaning window or window pane
- Schuppen
- Noun meaning shed, shack, or outbuilding
- hinaus
- Directional adverb meaning out, outside, or outward
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