Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 6
I can summon her now under the great maples of the village street, a virginal figure, gray eyes that kindled the face shaded by the poke bonnet, and up you went above the clouds.
Ich kann sie jetzt unter den großen Ahornbäumen der Dorfstraße heraufbeschwören, eine jungfräuliche Gestalt, graue Augen, die das vom Schutenhut beschattete Gesicht zum Leuchten brachten, und man schwebte über den Wolken.
"Mark my words, Cynthy, Jethro Bass is an all-fired sight smarter that folks in this town think he be.
„Merkt euch meine Worte, Cynthy, Jethro Bass ist verdammt nochmal viel klüger, als die Leute in dieser Stadt denken.
They don't take notice of him, because he don't say much, and stutters.
Sie beachten ihn nicht, weil er nicht viel sagt und stottert.
And it was true, although the little white parsonage was scarce two hundred yards from the tannery house.
Und das stimmte, obwohl das kleine weiße Pfarrhaus kaum zweihundert Meter vom Gerberei-Haus entfernt war.
"I've seed a good many different men in my time, and I tell you, Cynthia Ware, that Jethro's got a kind of power you don't often come acrost.
„Ich habe in meiner Zeit viele verschiedene Männer gesehen, und ich sage euch, Cynthia Ware, dass Jethro eine Art Macht besitzt, auf die man nicht oft stößt.
In spite of herself, Cynthia was impressed by the ring of sincerity in the builder's voice.
Trotz sich selbst war Cynthia beeindruckt von dem Klang der Aufrichtigkeit in der Stimme des Erbauers.
Vocabulary
- Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- kann
- Can; is able to; present tense of können
- sie
- She; they; formal you; third person pronoun
- jetzt
- Now; at the present time
- unter
- Under; beneath; among; preposition with dative/accusative
- den
- The; accusative masculine singular or dative plural article
- großen
- Large; big; great; adjective in accusative case
- der
- The; definite article nominative/dative singular
- eine
- A; an; indefinite article feminine nominative
- Gestalt
- Figure; form; shape; appearance of a person
- graue
- Gray; grey; adjective in nominative/accusative form
- Augen
- Eyes; plural of Auge
- die
- The; she; definite article or pronoun
- das
- The; that; neuter definite article or pronoun
- vom
- From the; contraction of von + dem
- Gesicht
- Face; countenance; appearance of the head
- zum
- To the; for the; contraction of zu + dem
- Leuchten
- To shine; to glow; to light up
- brachten
- Brought; past tense of bringen
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- man
- One; you; people; indefinite pronoun
- schwebte
- Floated; hovered; past tense of schweben
- über
- Over; above; across; preposition with dative/accusative
- Wolken
- Clouds; plural of Wolke
- Merkt
- Mark; note; remember; imperative of merken
- euch
- You; yourselves; accusative/dative plural pronoun
- meine
- My; mine; first person possessive adjective
- Worte
- Words; plural of Wort
- nochmal
- Once more; again; one more time
- viel
- Much; a lot; many; adjective or adverb
- klüger
- Smarter; wiser; comparative of klug
- als
- Than; as; when; conjunction or adverb
- Leute
- People; folks; persons; plural of Person
- in
- In; inside; within; preposition with dative/accusative
- dieser
- This; that; demonstrative adjective
- Stadt
- City; town; urban area
- denken
- To think; to believe; to suppose
- Sie
- You; formal second person singular pronoun
- beachten
- To notice; to pay attention to; to observe
- ihn
- Him; masculine singular accusative pronoun
- nicht
- Not; negation; adverb of negation
- weil
- Because; since; causal conjunction
- er
- He; masculine singular nominative pronoun
- sagt
- Says; tells; third person singular of sagen
- Und
- And; conjunction at beginning of clause
- stimmte
- Agreed; was correct; past tense of stimmen
- obwohl
- Although; even though; concessive conjunction
- kleine
- Small; little; tiny; adjective form
- weiße
- White; adjective in nominative/accusative form
- kaum
- Hardly; scarcely; barely; adverb
- zweihundert
- Two hundred; number 200
- Meter
- Meter; metres; unit of measurement
- entfernt
- Removed; distant; far; past participle of entfernen
- war
- Was; past tense of sein
- habe
- Have; first person singular present of haben
- meiner
- My; of mine; possessive genitive pronoun
- Zeit
- Time; period; era; temporal noun
- verschiedene
- Various; different; diverse; adjective form
- Männer
- Men; males; plural of Mann
- gesehen
- Seen; past participle of sehen
- ich
- I; first person singular nominative pronoun
- sage
- Say; tell; first person singular of sagen
- Ware
- Goods; merchandise; wares; commodities for sale
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