Anna Karenina — Page 6
Matvey was already holding up the shirt like a horse's collar, and, blowing off some invisible speck, he slipped it with obvious pleasure over the well-groomed body of his master.
Matwej hielt das Hemd bereits wie ein Pferdegeschirr in die Höhe, und indem er einen unsichtbaren Staubfleck wegblies, streifte er es mit sichtlichem Vergnügen über den gepflegten Körper seines Herrn.
Vocabulary
- hielt
- Held; past tense of 'halten' (to hold).
- das
- The; definite article for neuter nouns.
- Hemd
- Shirt; a garment worn on the upper body.
- bereits
- Already; indicating something has happened before now.
- wie
- Like, as, how; used for comparison or manner.
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article for singular nouns.
- in
- In, into; preposition indicating location or direction.
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns.
- Höhe
- Height, elevation; the vertical extent of something.
- und
- And; conjunction linking words or clauses together.
- indem
- While, by doing; conjunction indicating simultaneous action.
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun.
- einen
- A, an; indefinite article in accusative masculine case.
- unsichtbaren
- Invisible; not able to be seen.
- wegblies
- Blew away; past tense of 'wegblasen' (to blow away).
- streifte
- Slipped on, brushed; past tense of 'streifen'.
- es
- It; third-person singular neuter pronoun.
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or manner.
- sichtlichem
- Visible, evident; clearly noticeable or apparent.
- Vergnügen
- Pleasure, enjoyment; a feeling of satisfaction or delight.
- über
- Over, across, about; preposition indicating motion or position.
- den
- The; definite article in accusative or dative case.
- gepflegten
- Well-groomed, well-kept; carefully maintained in appearance.
- Körper
- Body; the physical form of a person or animal.
- seines
- His; genitive possessive pronoun for masculine/neuter.
- Herrn
- Master, gentleman, lord; a man of authority or respect.
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