Anne of Green Gables — Page 3
And yet here was Matthew Cuthbert, at half-past three on the afternoon of a busy day, placidly driving over the hollow and up the hill;
Und doch war hier Matthew Cuthbert, um halb vier Uhr nachmittags an einem geschäftigen Tag, seelenruhig über die Senke und den Hügel hinauffahrend;
moreover, he wore a white collar and his best suit of clothes, which was plain proof that he was going out of Avonlea;
überdies trug er einen weißen Kragen und seinen besten Anzug, was ein klarer Beweis dafür war, dass er Avonlea verließ;
and he had the buggy and the sorrel mare, which betokened that he was going a considerable distance.
und er hatte die Kutsche und die Fuchsstute dabei, was darauf hindeutete, dass er eine beträchtliche Strecke zurücklegen würde.
Now, where was Matthew Cuthbert going and why was he going there?
Also, wohin fuhr Matthew Cuthbert und warum fuhr er dorthin?
Had it been any other man in Avonlea, Mrs. Rachel, deftly putting this and that together, might have given a pretty good guess as to both questions.
Wäre es irgendein anderer Mann in Avonlea gewesen, hätte Mrs. Rachel, geschickt dies und das zusammenfügend, eine ziemlich gute Vermutung zu beiden Fragen anstellen können.
But Matthew so rarely went from home that it must be something pressing and unusual which was taking him;
Aber Matthew verließ so selten sein Zuhause, dass es etwas Dringendes und Ungewöhnliches sein musste, das ihn forttrieb;
he was the shyest man alive and hated to have to go among strangers or to any place where he might have to talk.
er war der schüchternste Mensch auf Erden und hasste es, unter Fremde gehen oder an irgendeinen Ort müssen, wo er reden müsste.
Matthew, dressed up with a white collar and driving in a buggy, was something that didn't happen often.
Matthew, herausgeputzt mit einem weißen Kragen und in einer Kutsche fahrend, war etwas, das nicht oft vorkam.
Mrs. Rachel, ponder as she might, could make nothing of it and her afternoon's enjoyment was spoiled.
Mrs. Rachel, so sehr sie auch nachgrübelte, konnte sich keinen Reim darauf machen, und ihr nachmittägliches Vergnügen war verdorben.
Vocabulary
- doch
- Yet, however, or emphatic particle expressing contrast
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; was
- hier
- Here, in this place
- um
- At (time), around, in order to
- halb
- Half, used in telling time
- vier
- The number four
- Uhr
- Clock, watch; used to express the time
- nachmittags
- In the afternoon, during afternoon hours
- an
- At, on, to; a preposition indicating proximity
- geschäftigen
- Busy, active, bustling
- Tag
- Day, a period of twenty-four hours
- seelenruhig
- Perfectly calm, with complete composure and serenity
- über
- Over, across, about; a preposition
- Senke
- A hollow, depression, or low-lying area in terrain
- Hügel
- Hill, a raised area of land
- hinauffahrend
- Driving upward, traveling up a slope
- überdies
- Furthermore, moreover, in addition to that
- trug
- Past tense of 'tragen'; wore, carried
- weißen
- White (inflected form of 'weiß')
- Kragen
- Collar, the part around the neck
- besten
- Best (inflected superlative of 'gut')
- Anzug
- Suit, a set of matching jacket and trousers
- klarer
- Clear, obvious (inflected form of 'klar')
- Beweis
- Proof, evidence, demonstration of a fact
- dafür
- For it, for that, in support of something
- dass
- That, subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- verließ
- Past tense of 'verlassen'; left, departed from
- hatte
- Past tense of 'haben'; had
- Kutsche
- Carriage, horse-drawn vehicle for passengers
- Fuchsstute
- Chestnut mare, a reddish-brown female horse
- dabei
- With it, in the process, at the same time
- darauf
- On it, onto it, thereupon, after that
- hindeutete
- Past tense of 'hindeuten'; indicated, pointed to
- beträchtliche
- Considerable, significant, noteworthy in size or extent
- Strecke
- Distance, stretch, a length of road or route
- zurücklegen
- To cover a distance, travel a certain route
- würde
- Would; conditional form of 'werden'
- Also
- So, therefore, thus, well then
- wohin
- Where to, to which place (direction)
- fuhr
- Past tense of 'fahren'; drove, traveled, rode
- warum
- Why, for what reason
- dorthin
- To there, in that direction, to that place
- Wäre
- Would be, subjunctive/conditional form of 'sein'
- irgendein
- Any, some, any other (indefinite determiner)
- anderer
- Another, other, different (inflected form)
- Mann
- Man, adult male person
- gewesen
- Past participle of 'sein'; been
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive past of 'haben'
- geschickt
- Sent; or skillful, clever (past participle of 'schicken')
- dies
- This, these; demonstrative pronoun
- zusammenfügend
- Putting together, combining, assembling pieces of information
- ziemlich
- Quite, rather, fairly, reasonably
- Vermutung
- Assumption, guess, conjecture, supposition
- beiden
- Both (dative inflected form of 'beide')
- Fragen
- Questions; plural of 'Frage'
- anstellen
- To make, pose, employ; set up or arrange something
- können
- To be able to, can (modal verb)
- Aber
- But, however, yet (coordinating conjunction)
- selten
- Rarely, seldom, infrequently
- sein
- To be; or his (possessive pronoun)
- Zuhause
- Home, one's place of residence
- etwas
- Something, somewhat, a bit of
- Dringendes
- Something urgent, pressing matter (nominalized adjective)
- Ungewöhnliches
- Something unusual, extraordinary (nominalized adjective)
- musste
- Past tense of 'müssen'; had to, was compelled
- forttrieb
- Past tense of 'forttreiben'; drove away, compelled to leave
- schüchternste
- Most shy, most timid (superlative of 'schüchtern')
- Mensch
- Person, human being, man
- Erden
- Earth, world (dative of 'Erde')
- hasste
- Past tense of 'hassen'; hated, detested
- unter
- Under, among, beneath; a preposition
- Fremde
- Strangers, foreigners; unfamiliar people
- gehen
- To go, to walk
- oder
- Or, otherwise; coordinating conjunction
- irgendeinen
- Any, some (accusative masculine indefinite pronoun)
- Ort
- Place, location, spot
- müssen
- Must, to have to (modal verb)
- wo
- Where, in which place (relative or interrogative)
- reden
- To talk, to speak, to converse
- müsste
- Would have to; subjunctive form of 'müssen'
- herausgeputzt
- Dressed up, decked out, smartly attired
- fahrend
- Driving, traveling (present participle of 'fahren')
- oft
- Often, frequently
- vorkam
- Past tense of 'vorkommen'; occurred, happened, arose
- sehr
- Very, much, extremely
- auch
- Also, too, as well, even
- nachgrübelte
- Past tense of 'nachgrübeln'; pondered, brooded over
- konnte
- Past tense of 'können'; could, was able to
- keinen
- No, none (accusative masculine negative article)
- Reim
- Rhyme; 'sich keinen Reim machen' means make no sense of
- machen
- To make, to do
- nachmittägliches
- Afternoon (adjective, inflected); of the afternoon
- Vergnügen
- Pleasure, enjoyment, fun, delight
- verdorben
- Spoiled, ruined (past participle of 'verderben')
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