Anne of Green Gables — Page 6
Its windows looked east and west; through the west one, looking out on the back yard, came a flood of mellow June sunlight; but the east one, whence you got a glimpse of the bloom white cherry-trees in the left orchard and nodding, slender birches down in the hollow by the brook, was greened over by a tangle of vines.
Seine Fenster blickten nach Osten und Westen; durch das westliche, das auf den Hinterhof hinausging, strömte eine Flut von warmem Junisonnenlicht herein; aber das östliche, durch das man einen Blick auf die blühenden weißen Kirschbäume im linken Obstgarten und die nickenden, schlanken Birken unten in der Mulde am Bach erhaschte, war von einem Gewirr von Ranken begrünt.
Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, always slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously; and here she sat now, knitting, and the table behind her was laid for supper.
Hier saß Marilla Cuthbert, wenn sie überhaupt saß, stets ein wenig misstrauisch gegenüber dem Sonnenschein, der ihr zu tänzerisch und unverantwortlich für eine Welt schien, die ernst genommen werden sollte; und hier saß sie nun, strickend, und der Tisch hinter ihr war für das Abendessen gedeckt.
Mrs. Rachel, before she had fairly closed the door, had taken a mental note of everything that was on that table.
Mrs. Rachel hatte, bevor sie die Tür richtig geschlossen hatte, sich alles, was auf dem Tisch stand, geistig eingeprägt.
There were three plates laid, so that Marilla must be expecting some one home with Matthew to tea; but the dishes were everyday dishes and there was only crab-apple preserves and one kind of cake, so that the expected company could not be any particular company.
Es waren drei Teller aufgelegt, sodass Marilla jemanden erwarten musste, der mit Matthew zum Tee nach Hause kommen würde; aber das Geschirr war alltägliches Geschirr und es gab nur Holzapfelkonfitüre und eine Art Kuchen, sodass der erwartete Besuch kein besonderer Besuch sein konnte.
Yet what of Matthew's white collar and the sorrel mare?
Doch was hatte es mit Matthews weißem Kragen und der Fuchsstute auf sich?
Mrs. Rachel was getting fairly dizzy with this unusual mystery about quiet, unmysterious Green Gables.
Mrs. Rachel wurde von diesem ungewöhnlichen Geheimnis um das stille, ungeheimnisvolle Green Gables geradezu schwindelig.
Something that for lack of any other name might be called friendship existed and always had existed between Marilla Cuthbert and Mrs.
Etwas, das mangels eines anderen Namens als Freundschaft bezeichnet werden könnte, bestand und hatte immer zwischen Marilla Cuthbert und Mrs.
Vocabulary
- Seine
- His; possessive pronoun referring to a male subject
- Fenster
- Window; an opening in a wall for light
- blickten
- Looked; past tense of blicken, to glance
- nach
- To, toward, after; common preposition with many uses
- Osten
- East; one of the four cardinal directions
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction connecting words
- Westen
- West; the cardinal direction opposite to east
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating passage across something
- das
- The; definite article for neuter nouns in German
- westliche
- Western; adjective describing something facing west
- auf
- On, onto; preposition indicating position or direction
- den
- The; accusative definite article for masculine nouns
- Hinterhof
- Backyard; the yard or courtyard behind a building
- hinausging
- Went out; past tense of hinausgehen, to face outward
- strömte
- Streamed, flowed; past tense of strömen
- eine
- A, an; indefinite article for feminine nominative nouns
- Flut
- Flood, tide; a large flowing quantity of something
- von
- Of, from; preposition indicating origin or possession
- warmem
- Warm; dative adjective form describing comfortable heat
- Junisonnenlicht
- June sunlight; compound noun for warm early-summer light
- herein
- In, inside; directional adverb indicating inward movement
- aber
- But; coordinating conjunction showing contrast or exception
- östliche
- Eastern; adjective describing something oriented eastward
- man
- One, you; impersonal pronoun referring to people generally
- einen
- A, an; accusative indefinite article for masculine nouns
- Blick
- Glance, view; a quick look at something
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- blühenden
- Blooming; adjective describing flowers in full blossom
- weißen
- White; adjective in inflected form describing color
- Kirschbäume
- Cherry trees; fruit trees known for spring blossoms
- im
- In the; contraction of in dem, dative case
- linken
- Left; adjective indicating the left-hand side direction
- Obstgarten
- Orchard; a garden where fruit trees are cultivated
- nickenden
- Nodding; adjective describing a gentle swaying motion
- schlanken
- Slender; adjective describing something slim and graceful
- Birken
- Birch trees; slender trees with distinctive white bark
- unten
- Below, down; adverb indicating a lower position
- in
- In, into; preposition indicating location or direction
- der
- The; definite article in various grammatical cases
- Mulde
- Hollow, dell; a small low-lying area or depression
- am
- At the, by the; contraction of an dem
- Bach
- Brook, stream; a small natural flowing body of water
- erhaschte
- Caught a glimpse of; past tense of erhaschen
- war
- Was; past tense singular form of sein, to be
- einem
- A, an; dative indefinite article for neuter or masculine
- Gewirr
- Tangle, jumble; a confused mass of intertwined things
- Ranken
- Tendrils, vines; climbing plant shoots or creeping branches
- begrünt
- Covered with greenery; adjective describing plant-covered surfaces
- Hier
- Here; adverb indicating this place or location
- saß
- Sat; past tense of sitzen, to sit
- wenn
- When, if; subordinating conjunction for conditions or time
- sie
- She, they; third-person singular or plural pronoun
- überhaupt
- At all, in general; adverb emphasizing or generalizing statements
- stets
- Always, constantly; adverb meaning at all times
- ein
- A, one; indefinite article or numeral in German
- wenig
- A little, few; adjective or adverb indicating small amount
- misstrauisch
- Distrustful, suspicious; adjective describing lack of trust
- gegenüber
- Opposite, toward; preposition indicating facing or regarding
- dem
- The; dative definite article for masculine or neuter nouns
- Sonnenschein
- Sunshine; bright warm light emitted by the sun
- ihr
- Her, their, to her; pronoun or possessive adjective
- zu
- To, too, at; versatile preposition or infinitive marker
- tänzerisch
- Dance-like; adjective describing something resembling dancing movement
- unverantwortlich
- Irresponsible; adjective describing lack of seriousness or accountability
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose, duration, or intended recipient
- Welt
- World; the earth or the realm of human existence
- schien
- Seemed, shone; past tense of scheinen, to appear
- ernst
- Serious, earnest; adjective describing a grave or solemn manner
- genommen
- Taken; past participle of nehmen, used in perfect tense
- werden
- To become, will; auxiliary verb for future or passive
- sollte
- Should, was supposed to; past subjunctive of sollen
- hier
- Here; adverb indicating this specific place or location
- nun
- Now, well; adverb marking current time or transition
- strickend
- Knitting; present participle of stricken, to knit yarn
- Tisch
- Table; a piece of furniture with a flat surface
- hinter
- Behind; preposition indicating position at the rear of
- Abendessen
- Dinner, supper; the main evening meal of the day
- gedeckt
- Set, covered; past participle of decken, meaning table set
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben, to have
- bevor
- Before; subordinating conjunction indicating prior action or time
- Tür
- Door; a movable barrier at the entrance of a room
- richtig
- Properly, correctly; adverb or adjective meaning right or true
- geschlossen
- Closed; past participle of schließen, to shut or close
- sich
- Herself, himself, itself; reflexive pronoun for third person
- alles
- Everything, all; indefinite pronoun encompassing all things
- was
- What, that; relative or interrogative pronoun in German
- stand
- Stood, was; past tense of stehen, to stand
- geistig
- Mentally, intellectually; adverb relating to the mind
- eingeprägt
- Imprinted, memorized; past participle of einprägen, to memorize
- Es
- It; neuter third-person pronoun, also used as placeholder
- waren
- Were; past tense plural of sein, to be
- drei
- Three; the cardinal number between two and four
- Teller
- Plates; flat dishes used for serving or eating food
- aufgelegt
- Laid out, set; past participle of auflegen, to place
- sodass
- So that; conjunction indicating a result or consequence
- jemanden
- Someone; accusative form of jemand, an indefinite person
- erwarten
- To expect, await; verb indicating anticipation of someone's arrival
- musste
- Had to, must; past tense of müssen, obligation
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- zum
- To the; contraction of zu dem, dative case
- Tee
- Tea; a hot beverage made from steeped plant leaves
- Hause
- Home; dative form of Haus, used in set phrases
- kommen
- To come; verb indicating movement toward a place
- würde
- Would; conditional auxiliary form of werden in German
- Geschirr
- Dishes, crockery; tableware used for serving or eating
- alltägliches
- Everyday, ordinary; adjective describing something routine or common
- es
- It; neuter third-person pronoun referring to a thing
- gab
- Gave, there was; past tense of geben
- nur
- Only, just; adverb indicating restriction or limitation
- Holzapfelkonfitüre
- Crabapple jam; a preserve made from small wild apples
- Art
- Kind, type, sort; a category or manner of something
- Kuchen
- Cake; a sweet baked dessert often served at gatherings
- erwartete
- Expected; past tense of erwarten, to await or anticipate
- Besuch
- Visit, visitor; a person coming to see someone
- kein
- No, not a; negative article indicating absence of something
- besonderer
- Special, particular; adjective indicating something out of ordinary
- sein
- To be; infinitive of the essential German auxiliary verb
- konnte
- Could; past tense of können, expressing ability or possibility
- Doch
- Yet, however, but; particle indicating contrast or contradiction
- weißem
- White; dative inflected form of the color adjective weiß
- Kragen
- Collar; the part of a shirt surrounding the neck
- Fuchsstute
- Chestnut mare; a reddish-brown female horse
- wurde
- Became, was; past tense of werden, auxiliary or main verb
- diesem
- This; dative demonstrative pronoun for masculine or neuter nouns
- ungewöhnlichen
- Unusual, extraordinary; adjective describing something out of ordinary
- Geheimnis
- Secret, mystery; something hidden or not publicly known
- um
- Around, about; preposition or conjunction with various meanings
- stille
- Quiet, still; adjective describing calm, peaceful surroundings
- geradezu
- Downright, absolutely; adverb intensifying a following adjective
- schwindelig
- Dizzy, giddy; adjective describing a spinning sensation in head
- Etwas
- Something; indefinite pronoun referring to an unspecified thing
- mangels
- For lack of, due to absence of; genitive preposition
- eines
- A, one; genitive indefinite article for neuter nouns
- anderen
- Other, another; adjective in inflected form indicating different
- Namens
- Name's, by name of; genitive of Name, a label
- als
- As, than, when; conjunction used in comparisons or clauses
- Freundschaft
- Friendship; a close and caring relationship between people
- bezeichnet
- Labeled, called; past participle of bezeichnen, to describe
- könnte
- Could, might; subjunctive II form of können
- bestand
- Existed, consisted; past tense of bestehen, to exist
- immer
- Always, ever; adverb indicating something happening continuously
- zwischen
- Between, among; preposition indicating position between two things
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