Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden with one eye; but to get through was more hopeless than ever: she sat down and began to cry again.
Es war das Äußerste, was sie tun konnte, sich auf die Seite zu legen und mit einem Auge in den Garten zu spähen; aber hindurchzukommen war hoffnungsloser denn je: sie setzte sich hin und begann wieder zu weinen.
"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Alice, "a great girl like you," (she might well say this), "to go on crying in this way! Stop this moment, I tell you!"
„Du solltest dich schämen," sagte Alice, „ein großes Mädchen wie du," (das konnte sie wohl sagen), „so weiterzuweinen! Hör sofort damit auf, ich sage es dir!"
But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.
Aber sie weinte trotzdem weiter und vergoss galonenweise Tränen, bis rings um sie herum eine große Pfütze entstanden war, etwa vier Zoll tief und bis zur Mitte der Halle reichend.
After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.
Nach einer Weile hörte sie in der Ferne ein leises Trappeln von Füßen, und sie trocknete hastig ihre Augen, um zu sehen, was da käme.
It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, "Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!"
Es war das Weiße Kaninchen, das zurückkehrte, prächtig gekleidet, mit einem Paar weißer Ziegenhandschuhe in der einen Hand und einem großen Fächer in der anderen: es kam in großer Eile herbeigeritten und murmelte vor sich hin: „Oh! die Herzogin, die Herzogin! Oh! wie wütend wird sie sein, wenn ich sie habe warten lassen!"
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, "If you please, sir—"
Alice war so verzweifelt, dass sie bereit war, irgendjemanden um Hilfe zu bitten; als das Kaninchen also in ihre Nähe kam, begann sie mit leiser, schüchterner Stimme: „Wenn Sie gestatten, mein Herr –"
The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.
Das Kaninchen erschrak heftig, ließ die weißen Ziegenhandschuhe und den Fächer fallen und huschte so schnell es konnte in die Dunkelheit davon.
Vocabulary
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; meant 'was'
- Äußerste
- The utmost or extreme limit of something
- tun
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to do' or 'to act'
- konnte
- Past tense of 'können'; meaning 'could' or 'was able'
- Seite
- Noun meaning 'side' or 'page'
- legen
- Verb meaning 'to lay' or 'to place down'
- Auge
- Noun meaning 'eye,' the organ of sight
- Garten
- Noun meaning 'garden,' an outdoor cultivated space
- spähen
- Verb meaning 'to peer,' 'to spy,' or 'to look carefully'
- hindurchzukommen
- Infinitive meaning 'to get through' or 'to pass through'
- hoffnungsloser
- Comparative adjective meaning 'more hopeless' than before
- denn
- Conjunction meaning 'than,' 'because,' or 'for'
- je
- Adverb meaning 'ever,' used in comparisons or phrases
- setzte
- Past tense of 'setzen'; meaning 'sat down' or 'placed'
- hin
- Directional adverb meaning 'there,' indicating direction away
- begann
- Past tense of 'beginnen'; meaning 'began' or 'started'
- wieder
- Adverb meaning 'again,' indicating repetition of an action
- weinen
- Verb meaning 'to cry' or 'to weep' with tears
- solltest
- Second-person past subjunctive of 'sollen'; meaning 'should'
- schämen
- Reflexive verb meaning 'to be ashamed' of something
- sagte
- Past tense of 'sagen'; meaning 'said' in narration
- großes
- Adjective meaning 'big' or 'great,' agreeing with neuter noun
- Mädchen
- Noun meaning 'girl,' a young female person
- wohl
- Modal adverb meaning 'probably,' 'well,' or 'indeed'
- sagen
- Verb meaning 'to say' or 'to tell' something
- weiterzuweinen
- Infinitive meaning 'to continue crying' or 'to keep weeping'
- Hör
- Imperative form of 'hören'; meaning 'listen' or 'stop'
- sofort
- Adverb meaning 'immediately,' 'at once,' or 'right away'
- damit
- Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'with it,' 'so that'
- weinte
- Past tense of 'weinen'; meaning 'cried' or 'wept'
- trotzdem
- Adverb meaning 'nevertheless,' 'anyway,' or 'despite that'
- weiter
- Adverb meaning 'further,' 'on,' or 'continuing'
- vergoss
- Past tense of 'vergießen'; meaning 'shed' tears or liquid
- galonenweise
- Adverb meaning 'by the gallons,' in enormous quantities
- Tränen
- Plural noun meaning 'tears' shed from the eyes
- bis
- Preposition or conjunction meaning 'until,' 'up to'
- rings
- Adverb meaning 'all around,' 'on all sides'
- herum
- Adverb meaning 'around' or 'about,' often with 'um'
- große
- Adjective meaning 'large' or 'big,' modifying a noun
- Pfütze
- Noun meaning 'puddle,' a small pool of liquid
- entstanden
- Past participle of 'entstehen'; meaning 'formed' or 'developed'
- etwa
- Adverb meaning 'about,' 'approximately,' or 'roughly'
- Zoll
- Noun meaning 'inch,' a unit of measurement
- tief
- Adjective meaning 'deep' or 'profound'
- Mitte
- Noun meaning 'middle' or 'center' of a space
- Halle
- Noun meaning 'hall' or 'large room,' an enclosed space
- reichend
- Present participle of 'reichen'; meaning 'reaching' or 'extending'
- Nach
- Preposition meaning 'after,' 'to,' or 'according to'
- Weile
- Noun meaning 'a while' or 'a short time'
- hörte
- Past tense of 'hören'; meaning 'heard' or 'listened'
- Ferne
- Noun meaning 'distance,' something far away spatially
- leises
- Adjective meaning 'soft,' 'quiet,' or 'faint'
- Trappeln
- Noun meaning 'pattering' or 'scurrying' of small feet
- Füßen
- Plural dative noun meaning 'feet' of a person or animal
- trocknete
- Past tense of 'trocknen'; meaning 'dried' something off
- hastig
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'hastily,' 'hurriedly,' 'quickly'
- Augen
- Plural noun meaning 'eyes,' the organs of sight
- sehen
- Verb meaning 'to see' or 'to look at something'
- da
- Adverb meaning 'there,' 'here,' 'since,' or 'because'
- käme
- Subjunctive II of 'kommen'; meaning 'would come' hypothetically
- Weiße
- Adjective used as noun meaning 'the white one'
- Kaninchen
- Noun meaning 'rabbit,' a small furry animal
- zurückkehrte
- Past tense of 'zurückkehren'; meaning 'returned' or 'came back'
- prächtig
- Adjective meaning 'splendid,' 'magnificent,' or 'gorgeously dressed'
- gekleidet
- Past participle of 'kleiden'; meaning 'dressed' or 'clothed'
- Paar
- Noun meaning 'pair' or 'couple' of matching items
- weißer
- Adjective meaning 'white,' in genitive or strong declension
- Ziegenhandschuhe
- Plural noun meaning 'kid gloves' made from goatskin leather
- Hand
- Noun meaning 'hand,' the part at the end of an arm
- großen
- Adjective in weak declension meaning 'large' or 'big'
- Fächer
- Noun meaning 'fan,' a folding handheld cooling device
- anderen
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'other,' 'another,' or 'different'
- kam
- Past tense of 'kommen'; meaning 'came' or 'arrived'
- großer
- Adjective in strong declension meaning 'great' or 'big'
- Eile
- Noun meaning 'hurry,' 'haste,' or urgency in movement
- herbeigeritten
- Past participle meaning 'ridden up here' toward the speaker
- murmelte
- Past tense of 'murmeln'; meaning 'murmured' or 'muttered'
- vor
- Preposition meaning 'before,' 'in front of,' or 'ago'
- Herzogin
- Noun meaning 'duchess,' a high-ranking noblewoman
- wütend
- Adjective meaning 'furious,' 'angry,' or 'enraged'
- wird
- Third-person singular present of 'werden'; meaning 'will be'
- sein
- Infinitive meaning 'to be'; also possessive pronoun 'his'
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'when,' 'if,' or 'whenever'
- warten
- Verb meaning 'to wait' for someone or something
- lassen
- Verb meaning 'to let,' 'to allow,' or 'to leave'
- verzweifelt
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'desperate,' 'despairing,' 'hopeless'
- dass
- Conjunction meaning 'that,' introducing a subordinate clause
- bereit
- Adjective meaning 'ready,' 'willing,' or 'prepared'
- irgendjemanden
- Pronoun meaning 'anyone,' 'somebody,' or 'whoever'
- Hilfe
- Noun meaning 'help,' 'aid,' or 'assistance'
- bitten
- Verb meaning 'to ask,' 'to request,' or 'to beg'
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as,' 'when,' or 'than' in comparisons
- also
- Adverb meaning 'so,' 'thus,' or 'therefore'
- Nähe
- Noun meaning 'nearness,' 'proximity,' or 'vicinity'
- leiser
- Comparative adjective meaning 'softer,' 'quieter,' or 'more gentle'
- schüchterner
- Comparative adjective meaning 'shyer' or 'more timid'
- Stimme
- Noun meaning 'voice,' the sound produced when speaking
- Wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when' in a conditional clause
- Sie
- Formal second-person pronoun meaning 'you' respectfully
- gestatten
- Verb meaning 'to allow,' 'to permit,' or 'to grant permission'
- Herr
- Noun meaning 'sir,' 'mister,' or 'gentleman'
- erschrak
- Past tense of 'erschrecken'; meaning 'was startled' or 'got frightened'
- heftig
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'violently,' 'intensely,' or 'fiercely'
- ließ
- Past tense of 'lassen'; meaning 'let fall' or 'dropped'
- weißen
- Adjective in weak declension meaning 'white,' modifying a noun
- fallen
- Verb meaning 'to fall' or 'to drop' downward
- huschte
- Past tense of 'huschen'; meaning 'darted,' 'scurried,' 'slipped away'
- schnell
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'fast,' 'quick,' or 'rapidly'
- Dunkelheit
- Noun meaning 'darkness,' the absence of light
- davon
- Adverb meaning 'away,' 'off,' or 'from it'
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