Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 8
he demanded.
forderte er.
No wonder Cynthia gasped.
Kein Wunder, dass Cynthia nach Luft schnappte.
Jethro Bass, Chairman of the Board, in the honored seat of Deacon Moses Hatch, the perquisite of the church in Coniston!
Jethro Bass, Vorsitzender des Ausschusses, auf dem Ehrenplatz von Diakon Moses Hatch, dem Vorrecht der Kirche in Coniston!
The idea was heresy.
Der Gedanke war Ketzerei.
As a matter of fact, Jock himself uttered it as a playful exaggeration.
Tatsächlich hatte Jock es selbst als spielerische Übertreibung geäußert.
Certain nonconformist farmers, of whom there were not a few in the town, had come into Jonah Winch's store that morning; and Jabez Miller, who lived on the north slope, had taken away the breath of the orthodox by suggesting that Jethro Bass be nominated for town office.
Einige nonkonforme Bauern, von denen es nicht wenige in der Stadt gab, waren an jenem Morgen in Jonah Winchs Laden gekommen; und Jabez Miller, der am Nordhang wohnte, hatte den Rechtgläubigen den Atem verschlagen, indem er vorschlug, Jethro Bass für ein städtisches Amt zu nominieren.
Jock Hallowell had paused once or twice on his work on the steeple to look across the tree-tops at Coniston shouldering the sky.
Jock Hallowell hatte ein- oder zweimal bei seiner Arbeit am Kirchturm innegehalten, um über die Baumwipfel hinweg auf Coniston zu blicken, das sich gegen den Himmel stemmte.
He had been putting two and two together, and now he was merely making five out of it, instead of four.
Er hatte eins und eins zusammengezählt, und nun machte er schlicht fünf daraus statt vier.
He remembered that Jethro Bass had for some years been journeying through the town, baying his hides and wool, and collecting the interest on his mortgages.
Er erinnerte sich, dass Jethro Bass seit einigen Jahren durch die Stadt gereist war, seine Häute und Wolle verkaufte und die Zinsen auf seine Hypotheken eintrieb.
Cynthia would have liked to reprove Jock Hallowell, and tell him there were some subjects which should not be joked about.
Cynthia hätte Jock Hallowell gerne gerügt und ihm gesagt, dass es einige Themen gebe, über die man keine Witze machen solle.
Jethro Bass, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen!
Jethro Bass, Vorsitzender des Ausschusses der Ratsherren!
Vocabulary
- forderte
- demanded or requested something formally
- er
- third person singular masculine pronoun meaning he
- Kein
- no, not any, negating a noun
- Wunder
- miracle or wonder, something surprising
- dass
- conjunction meaning that, introducing subordinate clauses
- nach
- preposition meaning after, toward, or for
- Luft
- air or breath, the gaseous atmosphere
- schnappte
- snapped or gasped, grabbed quickly
- Bass
- bass, a low-pitched musical voice or sound
- Vorsitzender
- chairperson or president of a committee
- des
- genitive article meaning of the
- Ausschusses
- committee or panel, genitive form
- auf
- preposition meaning on, upon, or at
- dem
- dative form of the definite article the
- Ehrenplatz
- seat of honor, place of distinction
- von
- preposition meaning of, from, or by
- Diakon
- deacon, a church official below a priest
- Vorrecht
- privilege or prerogative, exclusive right
- der
- definite article meaning the, also relative pronoun
- Kirche
- church, a Christian place of worship
- in
- preposition meaning in or into
- Der
- definite article meaning the, masculine nominative
- Gedanke
- thought or idea, mental conception
- war
- past tense of sein, meaning was
- Ketzerei
- heresy, belief contrary to religious doctrine
- Tatsächlich
- actually or indeed, expressing confirmation
- hatte
- past tense of haben, meaning had
- es
- neuter pronoun meaning it
- selbst
- himself, herself, itself; emphatic pronoun
- als
- conjunction meaning as, when, or than
- spielerische
- playful or lighthearted, done in jest
- Übertreibung
- exaggeration, overstating something beyond reality
- geäußert
- expressed or uttered, stated an opinion
- Einige
- some or a few, an indefinite number
- nonkonforme
- nonconformist, not adhering to established norms
- Bauern
- farmers or peasants, agricultural workers
- denen
- dative plural relative pronoun meaning whom or which
- nicht
- negation word meaning not
- wenige
- few, a small number of people or things
- Stadt
- city or town, an urban settlement
- gab
- past tense of geben, meaning gave
- waren
- past tense plural of sein, meaning were
- an
- preposition meaning at, on, or to
- jenem
- dative form of jener, meaning that particular
- Morgen
- morning or tomorrow, early part of the day
- Laden
- shop or store, a retail establishment
- gekommen
- come, past participle of kommen
- und
- conjunction meaning and
- am
- contraction of an dem, meaning at the
- Nordhang
- north slope, hillside facing northward
- wohnte
- lived or resided, past tense of wohnen
- den
- accusative definite article the or relative pronoun
- Rechtgläubigen
- the orthodox believers, those holding correct faith
- Atem
- breath, the air inhaled and exhaled
- verschlagen
- took breath away, left someone speechless
- indem
- conjunction meaning by doing or while
- vorschlug
- proposed or suggested, past tense of vorschlagen
- für
- preposition meaning for
- ein
- indefinite article meaning a or an
- städtisches
- urban or municipal, relating to the city
- Amt
- office or official position, public role
- zu
- preposition or infinitive particle meaning to
- nominieren
- to nominate, put forward as candidate
- ein-
- prefix meaning one or into, used in compounds
- oder
- conjunction meaning or
- zweimal
- twice, two times
- bei
- preposition meaning at, near, or during
- seiner
- possessive pronoun his, genitive or dative form
- Arbeit
- work or labor, productive activity
- Kirchturm
- church tower or steeple, tall church structure
- innegehalten
- paused or stopped briefly, past participle of innehalten
- um
- preposition meaning around, at, or in order to
- über
- preposition meaning over, above, or about
- die
- definite article the, feminine or plural
- Baumwipfel
- treetops, the upper crowns of trees
- hinweg
- across or over, beyond a certain point
- blicken
- to look or gaze, directing one's eyes
- das
- definite article the, neuter nominative or accusative
- sich
- reflexive pronoun meaning himself, herself, itself
- gegen
- preposition meaning against or toward
- Himmel
- sky or heaven, the expanse above earth
- stemmte
- braced or pushed against, past tense of stemmen
- Er
- third person singular masculine pronoun he
- eins
- one, the number one
- zusammengezählt
- added together, counted up the total
- nun
- now or well, indicating current moment or transition
- machte
- made or did, past tense of machen
- schlicht
- simply or plainly, without complication
- fünf
- five, the number five
- daraus
- from it or out of it, resulting from that
- statt
- instead of, in place of something else
- vier
- four, the number four
- erinnerte
- reminded or remembered, past tense of erinnern
- seit
- preposition meaning since or for a duration
- einigen
- some, a few, dative plural of einige
- Jahren
- years, dative plural of Jahr
- durch
- preposition meaning through or throughout
- gereist
- traveled, past participle of reisen
- seine
- possessive pronoun his, nominative plural or feminine
- Häute
- hides or skins, plural of Haut
- Wolle
- wool, fiber from sheep fleece
- verkaufte
- sold, past tense of verkaufen
- Zinsen
- interest payments, fees on borrowed money
- Hypotheken
- mortgages, loans secured against property
- eintrieb
- collected or recovered debts, past tense of eintreiben
- hätte
- subjunctive of haben, would have
- gerne
- gladly or willingly, with pleasure
- gerügt
- reprimanded or rebuked, past participle of rügen
- ihm
- dative pronoun him or to him
- gesagt
- said or told, past participle of sagen
- einige
- some or a few, an indefinite quantity
- Themen
- topics or themes, subjects of discussion
- gebe
- subjunctive of geben, there are or it gives
- man
- one, impersonal pronoun referring to people generally
- keine
- no or none, negating a noun
- Witze
- jokes, humorous remarks or stories
- machen
- to make or do, general action verb
- solle
- subjunctive of sollen, should or ought to
- Ratsherren
- councilmen or aldermen, members of a town council
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