Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 9
The young Moses referred to was Moses Hatch, Junior, son of the pillar of the Church and State, and it was an open secret that he was madly in love with Cynthia.
Der junge Moses, von dem die Rede war, war Moses Hatch Junior, Sohn der Stütze von Kirche und Staat, und es war ein offenes Geheimnis, dass er unsterblich in Cynthia verliebt war.
Let it be said of him that he was a steady-going young man, and that he sighed for the moon.
Es sei von ihm gesagt, dass er ein beständiger junger Mann war und dass er nach dem Mond seufzte.
Had she mentioned perhaps, any other young man in Coniston, Moses would have been eaten with jealousy.
Hätte sie vielleicht irgendeinen anderen jungen Mann in Coniston erwähnt, wäre Moses vor Eifersucht vergangen.
"Jethro never had much to do with the boys.
„Jethro hatte nie viel mit den Jungs zu tun.
He's always in that tannery, or out buyin' of hides.
Er ist immer in der Gerberei oder draußen beim Häutekaufen.
He does make a sharp bargain when he buys a hide.
Er macht wirklich ein hartes Geschäft, wenn er eine Haut kauft.
Cynthia was not only the minister's daughter,--distinction enough,--her reputation for learning was spread through the country roundabout, and at the age of twenty she had had an offer to teach school in Harwich.
Cynthia war nicht nur die Tochter des Pfarrers – was schon Auszeichnung genug war –, ihr Ruf als Gelehrte hatte sich in der ganzen umliegenden Gegend verbreitet, und im Alter von zwanzig Jahren hatte sie ein Angebot erhalten, in Harwich eine Schule zu unterrichten.
Vocabulary
- junge
- Young; adjective describing a person of youth
- von
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- Rede
- Speech, talk, or discussion about a topic
- war
- Past tense of 'sein': was
- Junior
- Junior; the younger of two with the same name
- Sohn
- Son; male offspring of a parent
- Stütze
- Support, pillar, or mainstay of something
- Kirche
- Church; a Christian place of worship
- Staat
- State; a political governing entity or nation
- offenes
- Open; publicly known or not hidden
- Geheimnis
- Secret; something known only to a few
- dass
- Conjunction meaning 'that', introduces subordinate clause
- unsterblich
- Immortally; deeply or eternally (also: immortal)
- verliebt
- In love; feeling romantic affection for someone
- sei
- Subjunctive form of 'sein': be (let it be said)
- ihm
- Dative personal pronoun: him or to him
- gesagt
- Said; past participle of 'sagen' (to say)
- beständiger
- More steadfast; consistently persistent or constant
- junger
- Young; adjective in strong masculine nominative form
- Mann
- Man; an adult male person
- nach
- Preposition meaning 'after', 'to', or 'for'
- Mond
- Moon; the natural satellite orbiting Earth
- seufzte
- Sighed; past tense of 'seufzen' (to sigh)
- Hätte
- Subjunctive of 'haben': would have, had (conditional)
- vielleicht
- Perhaps; expressing possibility or uncertainty
- irgendeinen
- Any; some unspecified person or thing (accusative)
- anderen
- Other; a different person or thing
- jungen
- Young; adjective in weak inflected form
- erwähnt
- Mentioned; past participle of 'erwähnen' (to mention)
- wäre
- Subjunctive of 'sein': would be (conditional)
- vor
- Preposition meaning 'before', 'in front of', or 'from'
- Eifersucht
- Jealousy; feeling of envy toward a rival
- vergangen
- Passed away; faded or gone (past participle of vergehen)
- hatte
- Had; simple past of 'haben' (to have)
- nie
- Never; at no time or not ever
- viel
- Much; a large amount or degree of something
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with' or 'together with'
- Jungs
- Guys, boys; informal plural of Junge (boy)
- zu
- Preposition or particle meaning 'to' or 'too'
- tun
- To do; to perform an action or task
- immer
- Always; at all times or continuously
- Gerberei
- Tannery; a place where animal hides are processed
- oder
- Conjunction meaning 'or', presenting an alternative
- draußen
- Outside; in the open air or exterior
- beim
- Contraction of 'bei dem': at the, near the
- Häutekaufen
- Buying hides; purchasing animal skins for tanning
- macht
- Makes or does; third person singular of 'machen'
- wirklich
- Really; truly or genuinely emphasizing a statement
- hartes
- Hard; tough or difficult (adjective, strong neuter form)
- Geschäft
- Business or shop; a commercial enterprise or deal
- wenn
- When or if; introducing a conditional or temporal clause
- Haut
- Skin or hide; the outer covering of a body
- kauft
- Buys; third person singular present of 'kaufen'
- nicht
- Not; negation particle in German sentences
- nur
- Only; limiting to a single thing or extent
- Tochter
- Daughter; female offspring of a parent
- Pfarrers
- Pastor's; genitive of Pfarrer (minister or pastor)
- was
- What; relative or interrogative pronoun
- schon
- Already; emphasizes sufficiency or prior occurrence
- Auszeichnung
- Honor or distinction; recognition of merit or achievement
- genug
- Enough; a sufficient amount or degree
- ihr
- Her or their; possessive or dative pronoun
- Ruf
- Reputation; how someone is regarded by others
- als
- As or than; used for comparison or role description
- Gelehrte
- Scholar; a learned or academically accomplished person
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun: herself, himself, themselves, oneself
- ganzen
- Entire or whole; the complete extent of something
- umliegenden
- Surrounding; located in the area around something
- Gegend
- Area or region; a particular locality or district
- verbreitet
- Spread; past participle of 'verbreiten' (to spread)
- im
- Contraction of 'in dem': in the
- Alter
- Age; the number of years a person has lived
- zwanzig
- Twenty; the number 20
- Jahren
- Years; dative plural of Jahr (year)
- Angebot
- Offer or proposal; something presented for acceptance
- erhalten
- Received; past participle of 'erhalten' (to receive)
- Schule
- School; an institution for education and learning
- unterrichten
- To teach; to instruct students in a subject
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