Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 4
Behind it is the long shed, and in front, rising out of the milkweed and the flowering thistle, the horse block of the first meeting-house, where many a pillion has left its burden in times bygone.
Dahinter befindet sich der lange Schuppen, und davor, aus dem Seidenkraut und der blühenden Distel emporragend, der Pferdeblock des ersten Gemeindehauses, wo mancher Soziussattel in vergangenen Zeiten seine Last abgelegt hat.
Honest Jock Hallowell built that second meeting-house--was, indeed, still building it at the time of which we write.
Der ehrliche Jock Hallowell baute dieses zweite Gemeindehaus – er baute es tatsächlich noch zu der Zeit, über die wir schreiben.
He had hewn every beam and king post in it, and set every plate and slip.
Er hatte jeden Balken und jeden Firstständer darin gehauen und jede Platte und jeden Streifen gesetzt.
And Jock Hallowell is the man who, unwittingly starts this chronicle.
Und Jock Hallowell ist der Mann, der diese Chronik unwissentlich in Gang setzt.
At noon, on one of those madcap April days of that Coniston country, Jock descended from his work on the steeple to perceive the ungainly figure of Jethro Bass coming toward him across the green.
An einem Mittag, an einem jener verrückten Apriltage in der Gegend von Coniston, stieg Jock von seiner Arbeit am Kirchturm herab und erblickte die ungeschlachte Gestalt von Jethro Bass, der über den Anger auf ihn zukam.
Jethro was about thirty years of age, and he wore a coonskin cap even in those days, and trousers tacked into his boots.
Jethro war etwa dreißig Jahre alt, und er trug schon damals eine Waschbärenmütze sowie Hosen, die in seine Stiefel gesteckt waren.
He carried his big head bent forward, a little to one aide, and was not, at first sight, a prepossessing-looking person.
Er trug seinen großen Kopf nach vorne gebeugt, ein wenig zur Seite geneigt, und war auf den ersten Blick keine einnehmend aussehende Person.
As our story largely concerns him and we must get started somehow, it may as well be to fix a little attention on him.
Da unsere Geschichte größtenteils von ihm handelt und wir irgendwie anfangen müssen, können wir ebenso gut ein wenig Aufmerksamkeit auf ihn richten.
Vocabulary
- Dahinter
- Behind it or that
- befindet
- Is located or situated somewhere
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning oneself or itself
- der
- Definite article meaning the
- lange
- Long or for a long time
- Schuppen
- A shed or outbuilding for storage
- und
- Conjunction meaning and
- davor
- In front of it or before that
- aus
- Preposition meaning out of or from
- dem
- Dative definite article meaning the
- blühenden
- Blooming or flowering plants
- Distel
- A thistle plant with prickly leaves
- emporragend
- Rising up or protruding above something
- des
- Genitive definite article meaning of the
- ersten
- First in order or sequence
- Gemeindehauses
- Of the community or town meeting house
- wo
- Relative or interrogative adverb meaning where
- mancher
- Many a or more than one person
- in
- Preposition meaning in or into
- vergangenen
- Past or bygone times or days
- Zeiten
- Times or periods in history
- seine
- Possessive pronoun meaning his or its
- Last
- A burden or heavy load to carry
- abgelegt
- Put down or set aside something
- hat
- Has; auxiliary verb for perfect tense
- Der
- Definite article meaning the
- ehrliche
- Honest or upright in character
- baute
- Built or constructed something in the past
- dieses
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning this
- zweite
- Second in order or rank
- Gemeindehaus
- A community or town meeting house
- er
- Personal pronoun meaning he
- es
- Personal pronoun meaning it
- tatsächlich
- Actually or in fact; truly
- noch
- Still or yet; additionally
- zu
- Preposition meaning to or at
- Zeit
- Time or a specific period
- über
- Preposition meaning over, about, or across
- die
- Definite article or relative pronoun meaning the
- wir
- Personal pronoun meaning we
- schreiben
- To write or to be writing
- Er
- Personal pronoun meaning he
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben
- jeden
- Every or each one individually
- Balken
- A beam or wooden structural timber
- darin
- In it or therein; inside that
- gehauen
- Hewn or chopped with a tool
- jede
- Every or each feminine noun
- Platte
- A flat board, slab, or plate
- Streifen
- A strip or narrow band of material
- gesetzt
- Set or placed into position
- Und
- Conjunction meaning and
- ist
- Is; third person singular of sein
- Mann
- A man or adult male person
- diese
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning this or these
- Chronik
- A chronicle or historical record of events
- unwissentlich
- Unknowingly or without awareness
- Gang
- In motion; set going or in progress
- setzt
- Sets or puts into motion
- An
- Preposition meaning at or on
- einem
- Indefinite article in dative case meaning a
- Mittag
- Midday or noon; lunchtime
- an
- Preposition meaning at, on, or by
- jener
- Demonstrative adjective meaning that particular
- verrückten
- Crazy or mad; wild and unpredictable
- Gegend
- An area or region of land
- von
- Preposition meaning of or from
- stieg
- Climbed down or descended; past tense
- seiner
- Possessive pronoun in genitive meaning his
- Arbeit
- Work or labor; a task being done
- am
- Contraction of an dem meaning at the
- Kirchturm
- A church tower or steeple
- herab
- Down from above; descending
- erblickte
- Caught sight of or spotted someone
- ungeschlachte
- Uncouth or rough and ungainly in manner
- Gestalt
- A figure or form of a person
- den
- Accusative definite article meaning the
- auf
- Preposition meaning on or onto
- ihn
- Personal pronoun in accusative meaning him
- zukam
- Came toward or approached someone
- war
- Was; past tense of sein
- etwa
- About or approximately a certain amount
- dreißig
- The number thirty
- Jahre
- Years; units of time
- alt
- Old or aged
- trug
- Wore or carried; past tense of tragen
- schon
- Already or even then at that time
- damals
- At that time or back then
- eine
- Indefinite article meaning a or an
- sowie
- As well as or and also
- Hosen
- Trousers or pants
- Stiefel
- Boots worn on the feet
- gesteckt
- Tucked or stuck into something
- waren
- Were; past tense plural of sein
- seinen
- Possessive pronoun accusative meaning his
- großen
- Large or big; adjective in inflected form
- Kopf
- Head; the top part of the body
- nach
- Preposition meaning after, to, or toward
- vorne
- Forward or to the front
- gebeugt
- Bent or bowed forward
- ein
- Indefinite article meaning a or one
- wenig
- A little or a small amount
- zur
- Contraction of zu der meaning to the
- Seite
- Side or page; lateral direction
- geneigt
- Inclined or tilted to one side
- Blick
- A glance or look; gaze
- keine
- No or not a; negating article
- einnehmend
- Attractive or charming in appearance
- aussehende
- Looking or appearing a certain way
- Person
- A person or individual human being
- Da
- Since or because; causal conjunction
- unsere
- Possessive pronoun meaning our
- Geschichte
- A story or history; narrative account
- größtenteils
- Mostly or for the greater part
- ihm
- Personal pronoun dative meaning him or it
- handelt
- Deals with or is about something
- irgendwie
- Somehow or in some way
- anfangen
- To begin or start something
- müssen
- Must or have to; modal verb of necessity
- können
- Can or to be able to; modal verb
- ebenso
- Just as well or equally so
- gut
- Good or well; positive quality
- Aufmerksamkeit
- Attention or attentiveness toward someone
- richten
- To direct or turn attention toward something
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