Anna Karenina — Page 4
Stepan Arkadyevitch could not answer, as the barber was at work on his upper lip, and he raised one finger.
Stepan Arkadjewitch konnte nicht antworten, da der Barbier gerade seinen Oberlippenbart bearbeitete, und er hob einen Finger.
Matvey nodded at the looking-glass.
Matvej nickte in Richtung des Spiegels.
Stepan Arkadyevitch was already washed and combed and ready to be dressed, when Matvey, stepping deliberately in his creaky boots, came back into the room with the telegram in his hand.
Stepan Arkadjewitch war bereits gewaschen und gekämmt und bereit, sich anzukleiden, als Matvej mit bedächtigen Schritten in seinen knarrenden Stiefeln mit dem Telegramm in der Hand ins Zimmer zurückkehrte.
The barber had gone.
Der Barbier war gegangen.
Stepan Arkadyevitch was silent a minute.
Stepan Arkadjewitch schwieg eine Minute lang.
Vocabulary
- konnte
- Past tense of können; was able to, could
- nicht
- Negation word meaning not
- antworten
- To answer or reply to someone
- da
- Because, since, or there in context
- der
- Definite article the for masculine nouns
- Barbier
- A barber who cuts and styles hair
- gerade
- Just, currently, or straight in context
- seinen
- Possessive pronoun his in accusative case
- Oberlippenbart
- A mustache; facial hair above the upper lip
- bearbeitete
- Past tense of bearbeiten; worked on or tended to
- und
- Conjunction meaning and
- er
- Personal pronoun meaning he
- hob
- Past tense of heben; lifted or raised something
- einen
- Indefinite article a in accusative masculine form
- Finger
- A finger on the human hand
- nickte
- Past tense of nicken; nodded one's head in agreement
- in
- Preposition meaning in or into
- Richtung
- Direction or toward a specific point
- des
- Definite article the in genitive case
- Spiegels
- Genitive form of Spiegel; of the mirror
- war
- Past tense of sein; was
- bereits
- Already, by this time or point
- gewaschen
- Past participle of waschen; having been washed
- gekämmt
- Past participle of kämmen; having been combed
- bereit
- Ready or prepared to do something
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning himself, herself, or itself
- anzukleiden
- Infinitive of ankleiden; to dress or get dressed
- als
- Conjunction meaning when or as in past context
- mit
- Preposition meaning with or by means of
- bedächtigen
- Adjective meaning deliberate, careful, or measured steps
- Schritten
- Dative plural of Schritt; with steps or strides
- knarrenden
- Adjective from knarren; creaking or squeaking noisily
- Stiefeln
- Dative plural of Stiefel; boots worn on feet
- dem
- Definite article the in dative case
- Telegramm
- A telegram; a written message sent electronically
- Hand
- The hand at the end of the arm
- ins
- Contraction of in das meaning into the
- Zimmer
- A room inside a building or home
- zurückkehrte
- Past tense of zurückkehren; returned back to a place
- Der
- Definite article the for masculine nominative nouns
- gegangen
- Past participle of gehen; having gone or walked
- schwieg
- Past tense of schweigen; was silent or said nothing
- eine
- Indefinite article a for feminine nominative nouns
- Minute
- A minute; sixty seconds of time
- lang
- Long in duration or spatial extent
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