Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 13
Once she gave a fleeting glance over her shoulder, and he was still standing where she had left him.
Einmal warf sie einen flüchtigen Blick über ihre Schulter, und er stand noch immer dort, wo sie ihn verlassen hatte.
When she returned, in the yellow afternoon light that flowed over wood and pasture, he came out of the tannery door.
Als sie zurückkehrte, im gelben Nachmittagslicht, das über Wald und Weide floss, trat er aus der Tür der Gerberei.
Jake Wheeler or Speedy Bates, the journeyman tailoress, from whom little escaped, could not have said it was by design--thought nothing, indeed, of that part of it.
Jake Wheeler oder Speedy Bates, die wandernde Schneiderin, der wenig entging, hätte nicht sagen können, dass es mit Absicht geschah – hielt in der Tat nichts dabei.
Aunt Lucy hoped, first, that it was the Bible, and second, that Jethro would read it.
Tante Lucy hoffte erstens, dass es die Bibel war, und zweitens, dass Jethro sie lesen würde.
Aunt Lucy, and Established Church Coniston in general, believed in snatching brands from the burning, and who so deft as Cynthia at this kind of snatching!
Tante Lucy und die anglikanische Kirche Conistons im Allgemeinen glaubten daran, Brände aus dem Feuer zu reißen, und wer war so geschickt wie Cynthia in dieser Art von Rettung!
So Cynthia herself was a hypocrite for once, and did not know it.
So war Cynthia selbst ausnahmsweise eine Heuchlerin, ohne es zu wissen.
At that time Jethro's sins were mostly of omission.
Zu jener Zeit bestanden Jethros Sünden größtenteils aus Unterlassungen.
Vocabulary
- Einmal
- Once; at one time or on one occasion
- warf
- Threw; past tense of werfen (to throw)
- sie
- She, they, or formal 'you' pronoun
- einen
- A/an; accusative masculine indefinite article
- flüchtigen
- Fleeting, quick, cursory; brief and passing
- Blick
- Glance, look, or gaze at something
- über
- Over, above, or about; common preposition
- ihre
- Her, their, or your (formal) possessive pronoun
- Schulter
- Shoulder; part of the body near the neck
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- stand
- Stood; past tense of stehen (to stand)
- noch
- Still, yet, or even; common adverb
- immer
- Always or still; indicating continuity or permanence
- dort
- There; indicating a place at a distance
- wo
- Where; relative or interrogative adverb of place
- ihn
- Him; accusative third-person singular masculine pronoun
- verlassen
- Left, abandoned; past participle of verlassen
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben (to have)
- Als
- When, as; conjunction for past-time clauses
- zurückkehrte
- Returned; past tense of zurückkehren (to return)
- im
- In the; contraction of in + dem
- gelben
- Yellow; adjective in inflected dative/accusative form
- Nachmittagslicht
- Afternoon light; the sunlight of the afternoon
- das
- The; neuter definite article or relative pronoun
- Wald
- Forest, woods; an area densely covered with trees
- Weide
- Pasture or willow; meadow for grazing animals
- floss
- Flowed; past tense of fließen (to flow)
- trat
- Stepped; past tense of treten (to step)
- aus
- Out of, from; common preposition of direction
- der
- The; definite article for masculine or genitive forms
- Tür
- Door; an entrance or exit of a building
- oder
- Or; coordinating conjunction offering alternatives
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- wandernde
- Wandering, traveling; moving from place to place
- Schneiderin
- Seamstress; a woman who sews clothes professionally
- wenig
- Little, few; a small amount or degree
- entging
- Escaped, eluded; past tense of entgehen
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive II of haben
- nicht
- Not; basic negation adverb in German
- sagen
- To say, to tell; basic verb of speech
- können
- Can, to be able to; modal verb
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing clauses
- es
- It; neuter third-person singular pronoun
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- Absicht
- Intention, purpose; a deliberate plan or aim
- geschah
- Happened; past tense of geschehen (to happen)
- hielt
- Held, considered; past tense of halten
- in
- In, into; common preposition of location
- Tat
- Act, deed; an action or something done
- nichts
- Nothing; no thing at all, none
- dabei
- About it, thereby; in connection with it
- Tante
- Aunt; a parent's sister or uncle's wife
- hoffte
- Hoped; past tense of hoffen (to hope)
- erstens
- Firstly; used to introduce the first point
- Bibel
- Bible; the holy scripture of Christianity
- war
- Was; past tense of sein (to be)
- zweitens
- Secondly; used to introduce the second point
- lesen
- To read; the act of reading text
- würde
- Would; subjunctive II auxiliary for conditional statements
- Kirche
- Church; a building or institution for Christian worship
- Allgemeinen
- General; in general, typically used in 'im Allgemeinen'
- glaubten
- Believed; past tense of glauben (to believe)
- daran
- In it, at it; pronominal adverb referring to something
- Brände
- Fires, blazes; plural of Brand (fire)
- dem
- The; dative singular definite article
- Feuer
- Fire; burning combustion producing heat and light
- zu
- To, too, at; preposition or infinitive marker
- reißen
- To tear, to snatch; to pull away forcefully
- wer
- Who; interrogative or relative pronoun for persons
- so
- So, thus; adverb of manner or degree
- geschickt
- Skilled, dexterous; having ability and cleverness
- wie
- How, like, as; comparison or manner conjunction
- dieser
- This; demonstrative pronoun in genitive/dative form
- Art
- Kind, type, sort; a category or manner
- von
- From, of, by; common preposition of origin
- Rettung
- Rescue, salvation; the act of saving someone
- So
- So, thus; indicating consequence or manner
- selbst
- Herself/himself/itself; reflexive or emphatic pronoun
- ausnahmsweise
- Exceptionally, for once; as an exception to the rule
- eine
- A/an; indefinite article feminine nominative form
- Heuchlerin
- Hypocrite (female); a woman who feigns virtue
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack
- wissen
- To know; to have knowledge of something
- Zu
- To; preposition or infinitive particle
- jener
- That, those; demonstrative pronoun referring to distant thing
- Zeit
- Time; a period, moment, or duration
- bestanden
- Consisted of; past participle of bestehen
- Sünden
- Sins; moral wrongdoings or transgressions
- größtenteils
- Mostly, largely; for the greater part
- Unterlassungen
- Omissions, failures to act; neglecting to do something
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