Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 1
Down the Rabbit-Hole
Den Kaninchenbau hinunter
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
So überlegte sie bei sich (so gut sie konnte, denn der heiße Tag machte sie sehr schläfrig und benommen), ob das Vergnügen, eine Gänseblümchenkette zu flechten, die Mühe wert wäre, aufzustehen und die Gänseblümchen zu pflücken, als plötzlich ein weißes Kaninchen mit rosa Augen dicht an ihr vorbeilief.
There was nothing so _very_ remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so _very_ much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!
Daran war nichts so _besonders_ Bemerkenswertes; noch fand Alice es so _besonders_ ungewöhnlich, das Kaninchen zu sich selbst sagen zu hören: „Oh je! Oh je! Ich werde zu spät kommen!
Vocabulary
- Kaninchenbau
- Rabbit burrow or warren underground.
- hinunter
- Down, downward in direction.
- überlegte
- Pondered, considered, thought something over.
- denn
- Because, for, since (conjunction).
- heiße
- Hot, very warm in temperature.
- schläfrig
- Sleepy, drowsy, feeling like sleeping.
- benommen
- Dazed, groggy, feeling mentally confused.
- ob
- Whether, if (subordinating conjunction).
- Vergnügen
- Pleasure, enjoyment, fun activity.
- Gänseblümchenkette
- Daisy chain, flowers linked into a chain.
- flechten
- To braid, weave, or plait together.
- Mühe
- Effort, trouble, pains taken.
- wert
- Worth, deserving of effort or value.
- wäre
- Would be (subjunctive of 'sein').
- aufzustehen
- To stand up, to get up.
- Gänseblümchen
- Daisy, a small white wildflower.
- pflücken
- To pick, pluck flowers or fruit.
- als
- When, than, as (conjunction).
- plötzlich
- Suddenly, all at once, unexpectedly.
- Kaninchen
- Rabbit, a small burrowing mammal.
- rosa
- Pink, light red in color.
- dicht
- Close, dense, right next to something.
- vorbeilief
- Ran past, passed by quickly.
- Daran
- At that, about that, in that regard.
- _besonders_
- Particularly, especially, notably.
- Bemerkenswertes
- Something noteworthy or remarkable.
- noch
- Still, yet, nor (adverb/conjunction).
- ungewöhnlich
- Unusual, uncommon, out of the ordinary.
- selbst
- Itself, herself, even (intensifying pronoun).
- je
- Oh dear, ever, per (exclamation/adverb).
- spät
- Late, not on time.
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