Anna Karenina — Page 3
He pulled up the blind and rang the bell loudly.
Er zog das Rollo hoch und läutete laut die Klingel.
It was at once answered by the appearance of an old friend, his valet, Matvey, carrying his clothes, his boots, and a telegram.
Es wurde sofort beantwortet durch das Erscheinen eines alten Freundes, seines Kammerdieners Matvej, der seine Kleider, seine Stiefel und ein Telegramm trug.
Matvey was followed by the barber with all the necessaries for shaving.
Matvej wurde vom Barbier mit allem Nötigen zum Rasieren gefolgt.
Stepan Arkadyevitch made no reply, he merely glanced at Matvey in the looking-glass.
Stepan Arkadjewitsch gab keine Antwort, er warf Matvej nur einen Blick im Spiegel zu.
In the glance, in which their eyes met in the looking-glass, it was clear that they understood one another.
In dem Blick, in dem sich ihre Augen im Spiegel begegneten, war klar, dass sie einander verstanden.
Matvey put his hands in his jacket pockets, thrust out one leg, and gazed silently, good-humoredly, with a faint smile, at his master.
Matvej steckte die Hände in seine Jackentaschen, streckte ein Bein vor und schaute schweigend, gutgelaunt, mit einem leichten Lächeln, seinen Herrn an.
He had obviously prepared the sentence beforehand.
Er hatte den Satz offensichtlich im Voraus vorbereitet.
Stepan Arkadyevitch saw Matvey wanted to make a joke and attract attention to himself.
Stepan Arkadjewitsch sah, dass Matvej einen Witz machen und die Aufmerksamkeit auf sich lenken wollte.
Tearing open the telegram, he read it through, guessing at the words, misspelt as they always are in telegrams, and his face brightened.
Er riss das Telegramm auf, las es durch, erriet die Wörter, die wie immer in Telegrammen falsch geschrieben waren, und sein Gesicht hellte sich auf.
Vocabulary
- zog
- Past tense of 'ziehen'; pulled or drew something
- Rollo
- A roller blind or window shade
- hoch
- Adjective or adverb meaning high or upward
- läutete
- Past tense of 'läuten'; rang a bell
- laut
- Adjective meaning loud or noisy
- Klingel
- A small bell or doorbell used for signaling
- wurde
- Past tense auxiliary 'wurde'; was or became
- sofort
- Adverb meaning immediately or right away
- beantwortet
- Past participle of 'beantworten'; answered or responded to
- durch
- Preposition meaning through or by means of
- Erscheinen
- Noun meaning appearance or arrival of someone
- alten
- Inflected form of 'alt'; meaning old
- Freundes
- Genitive form of 'Freund'; of a friend
- Kammerdieners
- Genitive of 'Kammerdiener'; personal valet or manservant
- Kleider
- Plural of 'Kleid'; clothes or garments
- Stiefel
- Plural of 'Stiefel'; boots worn on the feet
- Telegramm
- A telegram; written message sent by telegraph
- trug
- Past tense of 'tragen'; carried or wore something
- Barbier
- A barber who cuts hair and shaves
- allem
- Dative form of 'alles'; with everything
- Nötigen
- Noun meaning the necessary things or essentials
- Rasieren
- Gerund or noun meaning the act of shaving
- gefolgt
- Past participle of 'folgen'; followed or accompanied
- gab
- Past tense of 'geben'; gave something to someone
- keine
- Negative article meaning no or not any
- Antwort
- Noun meaning answer or response to something
- warf
- Past tense of 'werfen'; threw or cast something
- nur
- Adverb meaning only or just
- Blick
- A glance or look directed at something
- Spiegel
- A mirror used for reflection
- Augen
- Plural of 'Auge'; eyes on a face
- begegneten
- Past tense of 'begegnen'; met or encountered each other
- klar
- Adjective meaning clear or obvious
- einander
- Reciprocal pronoun meaning each other or one another
- verstanden
- Past participle of 'verstehen'; understood each other
- steckte
- Past tense of 'stecken'; stuck or placed into something
- Hände
- Plural of 'Hand'; hands on the body
- Jackentaschen
- Plural compound; jacket pockets on a coat
- streckte
- Past tense of 'strecken'; stretched or extended outward
- Bein
- Noun meaning leg or bone
- vor
- Preposition meaning before, in front of, or forward
- schaute
- Past tense of 'schauen'; looked or gazed at something
- schweigend
- Present participle of 'schweigen'; silently without speaking
- gutgelaunt
- Compound adjective meaning in a good mood
- leichten
- Inflected form of 'leicht'; light or slight
- Lächeln
- Noun meaning a smile on someone's face
- Herrn
- Accusative/dative form of 'Herr'; master or lord
- Satz
- Noun meaning sentence, phrase, or set
- offensichtlich
- Adverb meaning obviously or evidently
- Voraus
- Adverb meaning in advance or ahead of time
- vorbereitet
- Past participle of 'vorbereiten'; prepared in advance
- sah
- Past tense of 'sehen'; saw or looked at something
- Witz
- Noun meaning a joke or witticism
- machen
- Infinitive verb meaning to make or to do
- Aufmerksamkeit
- Noun meaning attention or attentiveness toward something
- lenken
- Infinitive meaning to direct, steer, or draw attention
- wollte
- Past tense of 'wollen'; wanted or intended to do
- riss
- Past tense of 'reißen'; tore or ripped something open
- las
- Past tense of 'lesen'; read written text
- erriet
- Past tense of 'erraten'; guessed or figured out something
- Wörter
- Plural of 'Wort'; individual words in a text
- immer
- Adverb meaning always or all the time
- Telegrammen
- Dative plural of 'Telegramm'; in telegrams
- falsch
- Adjective meaning wrong, incorrect, or false
- geschrieben
- Past participle of 'schreiben'; written down
- Gesicht
- Noun meaning face of a person
- hellte
- Past tense of 'hellen'; brightened or lit up
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