Anne of Green Gables — Page 2
Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours at her kitchen window, knitting "cotton warp" quilts--she had knitted sixteen of them, as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices--and keeping a sharp eye on the main road that crossed the hollow and wound up the steep red hill beyond.
Rachel fand reichlich Zeit, stundenlang an ihrem Küchenfenster zu sitzen, „Baumwollketten"-Quilts zu stricken – sie hatte sechzehn davon gestrickt, wie die Hausfrauen von Avonlea in ehrfürchtigen Stimmen zu erzählen pflegten – und dabei ein scharfes Auge auf die Hauptstraße zu haben, die die Senke überquerte und den steilen roten Hügel dahinter hinaufführte.
Since Avonlea occupied a little triangular peninsula jutting out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, with water on two sides of it, anybody who went out of it or into it had to pass over that hill road and so run the unseen gauntlet of Mrs. Rachel's all-seeing eye.
Da Avonlea eine kleine dreieckige Halbinsel einnahm, die in den Golf des Heiligen Lorenz hinausragte und auf zwei Seiten von Wasser umgeben war, musste jeder, der es verließ oder betrat, jene Hügelstraße überqueren und so den unsichtbaren Spießrutenlauf durch Mrs. Rachels alles sehendes Auge bestehen.
She was sitting there one afternoon in early June.
Sie saß dort an einem Nachmittag Anfang Juni.
The sun was coming in at the window warm and bright; the orchard on the slope below the house was in a bridal flush of pinky-white bloom, hummed over by a myriad of bees.
Die Sonne fiel warm und hell durchs Fenster herein; der Obstgarten am Hang unterhalb des Hauses erstrahlte in einem brautlichen Schimmer aus rosaweiß-er Blüte, über die eine Myriade von Bienen summte.
Thomas Lynde--a meek little man whom Avonlea people called "Rachel Lynde's husband"--was sowing his late turnip seed on the hill field beyond the barn; and Matthew Cuthbert ought to have been sowing his on the big red brook field away over by Green Gables.
Thomas Lynde – ein sanftmütiger kleiner Mann, den die Leute von Avonlea „Rachel Lyndes Mann" nannten – säte sein spätes Rübensaatgut auf dem Hangfeld jenseits der Scheune; und Matthew Cuthbert hätte sein Saatgut auf dem großen roten Bachfeld drüben bei Green Gables aussäen sollen.
Mrs. Rachel knew that he ought because she had heard him tell Peter Morrison the evening before in William J. Blair's store over at Carmody that he meant to sow his turnip seed the next afternoon.
Mrs. Rachel wusste, dass er das hätte tun sollen, denn sie hatte ihn am Abend zuvor in William J. Blairs Laden drüben in Carmody Peter Morrison erzählen hören, dass er seine Rübensaat am nächsten Nachmittag aussäen wollte.
Peter had asked him, of course, for Matthew Cuthbert had never been known to volunteer information about anything in his whole life.
Peter hatte ihn natürlich gefragt, denn Matthew Cuthbert war in seinem ganzen Leben nie dafür bekannt gewesen, von sich aus Auskunft über irgendetwas zu geben.
Vocabulary
- fand
- Past tense of 'finden'; found or discovered something
- reichlich
- Abundantly, plentifully, more than enough
- Zeit
- Time; a period or moment
- stundenlang
- For hours; lasting several hours
- an
- Preposition meaning at, on, or by
- ihrem
- Dative form of 'ihr'; her or their
- Küchenfenster
- Kitchen window; the window in a kitchen
- zu
- To, too, or at; versatile preposition or infinitive particle
- sitzen
- To sit; to be seated somewhere
- Baumwollketten
- Cotton chains; strings or links made of cotton
- Quilts
- Quilts; padded blankets made of stitched layers
- stricken
- To knit; to create fabric using needles and yarn
- sie
- She, they, or formal you pronoun
- hatte
- Past tense of 'haben'; had something
- sechzehn
- The number sixteen
- davon
- Of them, from them; referring to previously mentioned things
- gestrickt
- Past participle of 'stricken'; knitted something
- wie
- How, as, or like; used in comparisons
- die
- Definite article the; also relative pronoun who or which
- Hausfrauen
- Housewives; women who manage the household
- von
- From, of, or by; common German preposition
- in
- In or into; preposition indicating location or direction
- ehrfürchtigen
- Reverential, awe-filled; showing deep respect
- Stimmen
- Voices; sounds produced by people speaking
- erzählen
- To tell, to narrate a story or information
- pflegten
- Past tense of 'pflegen'; used to do habitually
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- dabei
- While doing so; in the process or at the same time
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article or the number one
- scharfes
- Sharp, keen; adjective for acute perception
- Auge
- Eye; the organ of sight
- auf
- On, onto, or upon; common German preposition
- Hauptstraße
- Main street; the primary road in a town
- haben
- To have; one of the most important auxiliary verbs
- Senke
- Depression, hollow; a low-lying area of land
- überquerte
- Past tense of 'überqueren'; crossed over something
- den
- Accusative definite article the; also relative pronoun
- steilen
- Steep, adjective form; having a sharp incline
- roten
- Red, adjective form; of a red color
- Hügel
- Hill; a raised area of land smaller than a mountain
- dahinter
- Behind it; on the other side of something
- hinaufführte
- Past tense; led upward toward a higher point
- Da
- There, since, or because; location or causal conjunction
- eine
- A, an; feminine or neuter indefinite article form
- kleine
- Small, little; adjective describing small size
- dreieckige
- Triangular; having the shape of a triangle
- Halbinsel
- Peninsula; land surrounded by water on three sides
- einnahm
- Past tense of 'einnehmen'; occupied or took up space
- Golf
- Gulf; a large bay or inlet of the sea
- des
- Genitive definite article of the; possessive case
- Heiligen
- Holy, saint; adjective or noun for sacred person
- hinausragte
- Past tense; jutted out or protruded into a space
- zwei
- Two; the number 2
- Seiten
- Sides or pages; plural of Seite
- Wasser
- Water; the common liquid substance
- umgeben
- Surrounded; enclosed on all sides by something
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; was, existed
- musste
- Past tense of 'müssen'; had to, was obliged to
- jeder
- Every, each, everyone; refers to all individuals
- der
- Definite article the; masculine nominative form
- es
- It; neuter personal pronoun
- verließ
- Past tense of 'verlassen'; left or departed from somewhere
- oder
- Or; coordinating conjunction presenting alternatives
- betrat
- Past tense of 'betreten'; entered or stepped into somewhere
- jene
- That, those; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant
- Hügelstraße
- Hill road; a street or path going up a hill
- überqueren
- To cross over; to traverse a road, bridge, or area
- so
- So, thus; adverb expressing manner or degree
- unsichtbaren
- Invisible; not visible to the eye, hidden
- Spießrutenlauf
- Running the gauntlet; ordeal of public scrutiny
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating movement across something
- alles
- Everything, all; refers to the totality of things
- sehendes
- Seeing, all-observing; participle adjective meaning watchful
- bestehen
- To pass or endure; to withstand a test or ordeal
- Sie
- She or formal you; subject pronoun
- saß
- Past tense of 'sitzen'; sat, was seated
- dort
- There; refers to a place previously mentioned
- einem
- Dative form of 'ein'; one, a, an
- Nachmittag
- Afternoon; the time between midday and evening
- Anfang
- Beginning, start; the initial part of something
- Juni
- June; the sixth month of the year
- Die
- Definite article the; feminine or plural nominative
- Sonne
- Sun; the star at the center of our solar system
- fiel
- Past tense of 'fallen'; fell or came down
- warm
- Warm; having a moderate comfortable heat
- hell
- Bright, light; describing luminous or pale quality
- durchs
- Contraction of 'durch das'; through the
- Fenster
- Window; an opening in a wall admitting light
- herein
- In, inside; indicating movement toward the inside
- Obstgarten
- Orchard; a garden or farm area growing fruit trees
- am
- Contraction of 'an dem'; at the, on the
- Hang
- Slope, hillside; an inclined surface of terrain
- unterhalb
- Below, underneath; at a lower level than something
- Hauses
- Genitive of 'Haus'; of the house
- erstrahlte
- Past tense; radiated or shone brightly with light
- brautlichen
- Bridal; relating to a bride or wedding atmosphere
- Schimmer
- Shimmer, glimmer; a soft flickering light
- aus
- Out of, from; preposition of origin or direction
- rosaweiß
- Pink-white; a color blending pink and white tones
- er
- He; masculine third-person singular pronoun
- Blüte
- Blossom, bloom; a flower or flowering stage of a plant
- über
- Over, above, about; versatile German preposition
- Myriade
- Myriad; an extremely large, countless number of things
- Bienen
- Bees; flying insects known for producing honey
- summte
- Past tense of 'summen'; hummed or buzzed steadily
- sanftmütiger
- Gentle-natured; describing a mild and meek temperament
- kleiner
- Small, little; comparative or attributive adjective form
- Mann
- Man; an adult male person
- Leute
- People; a group of persons in general
- nannten
- Past tense of 'nennen'; called or named something
- säte
- Past tense of 'säen'; sowed seeds in the ground
- sein
- His; possessive pronoun, or infinitive to be
- spätes
- Late; adjective indicating lateness in time or season
- Rübensaatgut
- Turnip seed; seeds used to grow turnip crops
- dem
- Dative definite article; to the, for the
- Hangfeld
- Hillside field; an agricultural field on a slope
- jenseits
- Beyond, on the other side of; past a boundary
- Scheune
- Barn; a farm building for storing crops or animals
- hätte
- Subjunctive past of 'haben'; would have, should have
- Saatgut
- Seed, sowing material; seeds used for planting crops
- großen
- Large, big; adjective in inflected form
- Bachfeld
- Brook field; a field near or by a small stream
- drüben
- Over there; on the other side or yonder
- bei
- At, near, with; preposition indicating proximity
- aussäen
- To sow seeds; to plant seeds across a field
- sollen
- Should, to be supposed to; modal verb of obligation
- wusste
- Past tense of 'wissen'; knew a fact or information
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- das
- The; neuter definite article, also demonstrative pronoun
- tun
- To do; a general verb for performing an action
- denn
- Because, for; causal conjunction or flavoring particle
- ihn
- Him; masculine accusative personal pronoun
- Abend
- Evening; the part of the day before night
- zuvor
- Before, previously; at an earlier time
- Laden
- Shop, store; a place where goods are sold
- hören
- To hear; to perceive sounds with one's ears
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun in nominative feminine form
- Rübensaat
- Turnip sowing; the act or seeds of planting turnips
- nächsten
- Next; the one immediately following in sequence
- wollte
- Past tense of 'wollen'; wanted or wished to do something
- natürlich
- Naturally, of course; as expected or in a natural way
- gefragt
- Past participle of 'fragen'; asked a question
- seinem
- Dative form of 'sein'; his or its
- ganzen
- Entire, whole; adjective meaning the complete amount
- Leben
- Life; the existence or lifetime of a person
- nie
- Never; at no time, not ever
- dafür
- For it, in favor of it; referring to something mentioned
- bekannt
- Known, familiar; well-known or recognized by others
- gewesen
- Past participle of 'sein'; been, existed
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves
- Auskunft
- Information, inquiry; details or answers provided to someone
- irgendetwas
- Something, anything; an unspecified thing
- geben
- To give; to hand over or provide something
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