Cranford — Page 9
The whole town knew and kindly regarded Miss Betsy Barker's Alderney; therefore great was the sympathy and regret when, in an unguarded moment, the poor cow tumbled into a lime-pit.
Die ganze Stadt kannte und schätzte Miss Betsy Barkers Alderney-Kuh; daher war die Anteilnahme und Bestürzung groß, als die arme Kuh in einem unachtsamen Moment in eine Kalkgrube stürzte.
She moaned so loudly that she was soon heard and rescued; but meanwhile the poor beast had lost most of her hair, and came out looking naked, cold, and miserable, in a bare skin.
Sie stöhnte so laut, dass sie bald gehört und gerettet wurde; aber inzwischen hatte das arme Tier den größten Teil seines Fells verloren und kam nackt, frierend und elend, mit bloßer Haut, heraus.
Everybody pitied the animal, though a few could not restrain their smiles at her droll appearance.
Alle bemitleideten das Tier, obwohl einige wenige ihr Lächeln über ihr drolliges Aussehen nicht unterdrücken konnten.
Miss Betsy Barker absolutely cried with sorrow and dismay; and it was said she thought of trying a bath of oil.
Miss Betsy Barker weinte bitterlich vor Kummer und Bestürzung; und es hieß, sie habe daran gedacht, ein Ölbad auszuprobieren.
This remedy, perhaps, was recommended by some one of the number whose advice she asked; but the proposal, if ever it was made, was knocked on the head by Captain Brown's decided "Get her a flannel waistcoat and flannel drawers, ma'am, if you wish to keep her alive.
Dieses Mittel wurde ihr vielleicht von jemandem aus dem Kreis empfohlen, den sie um Rat gefragt hatte; aber der Vorschlag, falls er jemals gemacht wurde, wurde durch Captain Browns entschiedenes „Besorgen Sie ihr eine Flanellweste und Flanellhosen, Ma'am, wenn Sie sie am Leben erhalten wollen," zunichte gemacht.
But my advice is, kill the poor creature at once."
Aber mein Rat ist, töten Sie das arme Tier auf der Stelle."
Miss Betsy Barker dried her eyes, and thanked the Captain heartily; she set to work, and by-and-by all the town turned out to see the Alderney meekly going to her pasture, clad in dark grey flannel.
Miss Betsy Barker trocknete ihre Augen und dankte dem Captain herzlich; sie machte sich an die Arbeit, und nach und nach strömte die ganze Stadt heraus, um die Alderney-Kuh sanftmütig zu ihrer Weide gehen zu sehen, gekleidet in dunkelgrauem Flanell.
I have watched her myself many a time.
Ich habe sie selbst viele Male beobachtet.
Do you ever see cows dressed in grey flannel in London?
Sehen Sie in London jemals Kühe, die in grauem Flanell gekleidet sind?
[Picture: Meekly going to her pasture]
[Bild: Sanftmütig zur Weide gehend]
Captain Brown had taken a small house on the outskirts of the town, where he lived with his two daughters.
Captain Brown hatte ein kleines Haus am Stadtrand gemietet, wo er mit seinen zwei Töchtern lebte.
Vocabulary
- ganze
- Entire, whole, complete
- Stadt
- City, town
- kannte
- Past tense of kennen: knew, was acquainted with
- schätzte
- Past tense of schätzen: valued, appreciated, esteemed
- daher
- Therefore, hence, for that reason
- war
- Past tense of sein: was
- Anteilnahme
- Sympathy, compassion, concern for others
- Bestürzung
- Consternation, dismay, shock at bad news
- groß
- Great, large, big, considerable
- als
- When, as, than (conjunction/preposition)
- arme
- Poor, unfortunate, wretched (adjective)
- Kuh
- Cow, female bovine animal
- unachtsamen
- Careless, inattentive, negligent moment or action
- Moment
- Moment, instant, brief point in time
- stürzte
- Past tense of stürzen: fell, plunged, tumbled into
- stöhnte
- Past tense of stöhnen: groaned, moaned in pain
- laut
- Loud, loudly, audible
- dass
- Conjunction: that (introduces subordinate clause)
- bald
- Soon, shortly, before long
- gehört
- Past participle of hören: heard; also belongs to
- gerettet
- Past participle of retten: rescued, saved from danger
- wurde
- Past tense of werden: became, was (auxiliary)
- aber
- But, however, yet (conjunction)
- inzwischen
- Meanwhile, in the meantime, by now
- hatte
- Past tense of haben: had
- Tier
- Animal, creature, beast
- größten
- Superlative of groß: greatest, largest, most
- Teil
- Part, portion, share of a whole
- Fells
- Genitive of Fell: fur, coat, hide of an animal
- verloren
- Past participle of verlieren: lost, forfeited
- kam
- Past tense of kommen: came, arrived
- nackt
- Naked, bare, without covering
- frierend
- Present participle of frieren: freezing, shivering with cold
- elend
- Miserable, wretched, in a pitiful state
- bloßer
- Bare, mere, naked (adjective, genitive/dative form)
- Haut
- Skin, hide of a person or animal
- heraus
- Out, outward, out of something
- Alle
- Everyone, all people, everybody
- bemitleideten
- Past tense of bemitleiden: pitied, felt sorry for
- obwohl
- Although, even though (concessive conjunction)
- einige
- Some, a few, several (indefinite pronoun)
- wenige
- Few, not many (adjective/pronoun)
- Lächeln
- Smile, smiling (noun or infinitive)
- über
- Preposition: over, about, above, regarding
- drolliges
- Funny, droll, amusing, comically strange appearance
- Aussehen
- Appearance, looks, outward appearance
- unterdrücken
- To suppress, hold back, stifle (an impulse)
- konnten
- Past tense of können: could, were able to
- weinte
- Past tense of weinen: cried, wept
- bitterlich
- Bitterly, with deep sorrow and grief
- vor
- Preposition: before, in front of, because of
- Kummer
- Grief, sorrow, worry, distress
- hieß
- Past tense of heißen: was said, was called
- daran
- At it, about it, thereof (pronominal adverb)
- gedacht
- Past participle of denken: thought, considered
- auszuprobieren
- To try out, to test, to experiment with something
- Mittel
- Remedy, means, method, medicine or treatment
- vielleicht
- Perhaps, maybe, possibly
- jemandem
- Dative of jemand: someone, somebody
- Kreis
- Circle, group of people, social circle
- empfohlen
- Past participle of empfehlen: recommended, suggested
- Rat
- Advice, counsel; also council
- gefragt
- Past participle of fragen: asked, questioned
- Vorschlag
- Suggestion, proposal, recommendation
- falls
- In case, if, should (conditional conjunction)
- jemals
- Ever, at any time
- gemacht
- Past participle of machen: made, done
- durch
- Preposition: through, by means of
- entschiedenes
- Decisive, emphatic, resolute (adjective form)
- Besorgen
- To procure, get, obtain something needed
- wenn
- If, when, whenever (conditional/temporal conjunction)
- Leben
- Life; also infinitive: to live
- erhalten
- To receive, maintain, keep, preserve alive
- wollen
- To want, to wish, to intend (modal verb)
- zunichte
- To nothing; zunichte machen: to foil, destroy
- Aber
- But, however (conjunction)
- töten
- To kill, to put to death
- Stelle
- Spot, place, position; auf der Stelle: immediately
- trocknete
- Past tense of trocknen: dried, wiped dry
- Augen
- Eyes (plural of Auge)
- dankte
- Past tense of danken: thanked, expressed gratitude
- herzlich
- Warmly, heartily, cordially, sincerely
- machte
- Past tense of machen: made, did, set about
- Arbeit
- Work, labor, task, job
- nach
- Preposition: after, to, according to
- strömte
- Past tense of strömen: streamed, flowed, poured
- sanftmütig
- Gentle, meek, mild-tempered, good-natured
- Weide
- Pasture, meadow where animals graze
- gehen
- To go, to walk
- sehen
- To see, to look at, to observe
- gekleidet
- Past participle of kleiden: dressed, clothed, attired
- dunkelgrauem
- Dark grey (adjective, dative form)
- selbst
- Self, myself, oneself; even (intensifier)
- viele
- Many, numerous, a lot of
- Male
- Times, occasions (plural of Mal)
- beobachtet
- Past participle of beobachten: observed, watched, noticed
- Sehen
- Seeing, sight; infinitive used as noun
- Kühe
- Cows, plural of Kuh
- grauem
- Grey (adjective, dative form)
- Bild
- Picture, image, illustration, photo
- Sanftmütig
- Gently, meekly, in a mild-tempered manner
- gehend
- Present participle of gehen: going, walking
- kleines
- Small, little (adjective, neuter nominative form)
- Haus
- House, home, building
- Stadtrand
- Outskirts, edge of a town or city
- gemietet
- Past participle of mieten: rented, leased
- wo
- Where, in which place (relative/interrogative)
- Töchtern
- Daughters (dative plural of Tochter)
- lebte
- Past tense of leben: lived, resided
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