Cranford — Page 10
He must have been upwards of sixty at the time of the first visit I paid to Cranford after I had left it as a residence.
Er muss bei meinem ersten Besuch in Cranford, nachdem ich es als Wohnort verlassen hatte, über sechzig Jahre alt gewesen sein.
But he had a wiry, well-trained, elastic figure, a stiff military throw-back of his head, and a springing step, which made him appear much younger than he was.
Aber er hatte eine drahtige, wohltrainierte, elastische Gestalt, eine steife militärische Kopfhaltung und einen federnden Schritt, der ihn viel jünger erscheinen ließ, als er war.
His eldest daughter looked almost as old as himself, and betrayed the fact that his real was more than his apparent age.
Seine älteste Tochter sah fast so alt aus wie er selbst und verriet, dass sein tatsächliches Alter sein scheinbares übertraf.
Miss Brown must have been forty; she had a sickly, pained, careworn expression on her face, and looked as if the gaiety of youth had long faded out of sight.
Miss Brown muss vierzig gewesen sein; sie hatte einen kränklichen, gequälten, sorgenbeladenen Ausdruck im Gesicht und wirkte, als wäre die Fröhlichkeit der Jugend längst aus ihrem Leben verschwunden.
Even when young she must have been plain and hard-featured.
Selbst in ihrer Jugend muss sie schlicht und grobzügig gewesen sein.
Miss Jessie Brown was ten years younger than her sister, and twenty shades prettier.
Miss Jessie Brown war zehn Jahre jünger als ihre Schwester und um zwanzig Schattierungen hübscher.
Her face was round and dimpled.
Ihr Gesicht war rund und hatte Grübchen.
Miss Jenkyns once said, in a passion against Captain Brown (the cause of which I will tell you presently), "that she thought it was time for Miss Jessie to leave off her dimples, and not always to be trying to look like a child."
Miss Jenkyns sagte einmal, in einem Anfall von Zorn auf Captain Brown (dessen Ursache ich Ihnen gleich erläutern werde), „dass sie es für an der Zeit hielt, dass Miss Jessie ihre Grübchen aufgebe und nicht immer versuche, wie ein Kind auszusehen."
It was true there was something childlike in her face; and there will be, I think, till she dies, though she should live to a hundred.
Es stimmte, dass etwas Kindliches in ihrem Gesicht lag; und das wird, so denke ich, bis zu ihrem Tod so bleiben, auch wenn sie hundert Jahre alt werden sollte.
Her eyes were large blue wondering eyes, looking straight at you; her nose was unformed and snub, and her lips were red and dewy; she wore her hair, too, in little rows of curls, which heightened this appearance.
Ihre Augen waren große, blaue, staunende Augen, die einen direkt ansahen; ihre Nase war ungeformt und stumpf, und ihre Lippen waren rot und taufrisch; sie trug ihr Haar zudem in kleinen Reihen von Locken, was diesen Eindruck noch verstärkte.
Vocabulary
- muss
- Must; expresses necessity or obligation
- bei
- At, near, or during; common preposition
- meinem
- My; dative singular possessive pronoun
- ersten
- First; ordinal number in declined form
- Besuch
- Visit; act of visiting a person or place
- nachdem
- After; subordinating conjunction of time
- als
- As, when; conjunction used for comparison or time
- Wohnort
- Place of residence; where someone lives
- verlassen
- To leave or abandon a place or person
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben, auxiliary verb
- über
- Over, above, more than; preposition of degree
- sechzig
- Sixty; the number 60
- Jahre
- Years; plural of Jahr, unit of time
- alt
- Old; adjective describing age
- gewesen
- Been; past participle of sein, to be
- sein
- To be; fundamental German infinitive verb
- Aber
- But; coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- drahtige
- Wiry; lean and tough in physical appearance
- wohltrainierte
- Well-trained; in excellent physical condition
- elastische
- Elastic, supple; flexible and resilient in movement
- Gestalt
- Figure, form; overall shape or appearance of person
- steife
- Stiff, rigid; lacking flexibility or ease
- militärische
- Military; relating to the armed forces
- Kopfhaltung
- Posture of the head; how one holds their head
- federnden
- Springy, bouncy; having a light energetic step
- Schritt
- Step, stride; single movement of the foot
- ihn
- Him; accusative form of masculine pronoun er
- viel
- Much, a lot; indicates large quantity or degree
- jünger
- Younger; comparative form of jung
- erscheinen
- To appear, seem; to look a certain way
- ließ
- Let, caused; past tense of lassen
- war
- Was; simple past tense of sein, to be
- Seine
- His; possessive pronoun masculine nominative
- älteste
- Oldest; superlative form of alt
- Tochter
- Daughter; female child of a parent
- sah
- Looked, appeared; past tense of sehen
- fast
- Almost, nearly; close to but not quite
- aus
- Out of; preposition also used in appearance idioms
- wie
- How, like, as; conjunction or adverb of comparison
- selbst
- Herself, himself, itself; emphatic reflexive pronoun
- verriet
- Revealed, betrayed; past tense of verraten
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- tatsächliches
- Actual, real; adjective describing true age
- Alter
- Age; length of time a person has lived
- scheinbares
- Apparent, seeming; what appears to be true
- übertraf
- Exceeded, surpassed; past tense of übertreffen
- vierzig
- Forty; the number 40
- kränklichen
- Sickly, ailing; often or chronically unwell
- gequälten
- Tormented, pained; showing signs of suffering
- sorgenbeladenen
- Careworn, burdened with worries; laden with concerns
- Ausdruck
- Expression; look or appearance conveying emotion
- Gesicht
- Face; front part of the human head
- wirkte
- Seemed, appeared; past tense of wirken
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive II form of sein
- Fröhlichkeit
- Cheerfulness, joy; quality of being happy
- Jugend
- Youth; period of being young
- längst
- Long since, long ago; for a very long time
- ihrem
- Her, their; dative possessive pronoun
- Leben
- Life; existence or way of living
- verschwunden
- Disappeared, vanished; past participle of verschwinden
- Selbst
- Even, self; used for emphasis
- ihrer
- Her, their; genitive or dative possessive pronoun
- schlicht
- Plain, simple; without ornament or pretension
- grobzügig
- Generously built; large-featured or broadly structured
- zehn
- Ten; the number 10
- ihre
- Her, their; possessive pronoun feminine or plural
- Schwester
- Sister; female sibling
- um
- By, around; preposition indicating degree of difference
- zwanzig
- Twenty; the number 20
- Schattierungen
- Shades, gradations; degrees of difference in quality
- hübscher
- Prettier; comparative form of hübsch
- Ihr
- Her, your; possessive pronoun formal or feminine
- rund
- Round; circular or full in shape
- Grübchen
- Dimples; small depressions in cheeks when smiling
- sagte
- Said; past tense of sagen, to say
- einmal
- Once, one time; on a particular occasion
- Anfall
- Fit, bout; sudden onset of emotion or illness
- von
- Of, from; common German preposition
- Zorn
- Anger, wrath; strong feeling of displeasure
- auf
- On, onto; preposition of position or direction
- dessen
- Whose, of which; genitive relative pronoun masculine
- Ursache
- Cause, reason; thing that produces an effect
- Ihnen
- You; formal dative second person pronoun
- gleich
- Soon, immediately; right away or shortly
- erläutern
- To explain, clarify; to make something clearer
- werde
- Will; first person singular future auxiliary verb
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or benefit
- an
- At, on; preposition of location or time
- Zeit
- Time; measured duration or a specific moment
- hielt
- Held, considered; past tense of halten
- aufgebe
- Give up; first person subjunctive of aufgeben
- immer
- Always; at all times without exception
- versuche
- Try, attempt; first person of versuchen
- Kind
- Child; young human being
- auszusehen
- To look like; infinitive of aussehen with zu
- stimmte
- Was true, was correct; past tense of stimmen
- etwas
- Something, somewhat; indefinite pronoun or adverb
- Kindliches
- Something childlike; a childlike quality or trait
- lag
- Lay, was present; past tense of liegen
- wird
- Will; third person singular future auxiliary
- denke
- Think; first person singular of denken
- bis
- Until, up to; preposition or conjunction of limit
- Tod
- Death; end of life
- bleiben
- To stay, remain; to continue in a state
- auch
- Also, even; adds emphasis or inclusion
- wenn
- When, if; conditional or temporal conjunction
- hundert
- Hundred; the number 100
- werden
- To become; also used to form future tense
- sollte
- Should, was supposed to; past subjunctive of sollen
- Ihre
- Her, your; possessive pronoun formal or feminine
- Augen
- Eyes; plural of Auge, organs of sight
- waren
- Were; past tense plural of sein, to be
- große
- Large, big; adjective in declined form
- blaue
- Blue; adjective describing eye color
- staunende
- Astonished, wondering; expressing amazement
- direkt
- Directly; in a straightforward or straight manner
- ansahen
- Looked at; past tense plural of ansehen
- Nase
- Nose; the organ of smell on the face
- ungeformt
- Unformed, shapeless; lacking a definite shape
- stumpf
- Blunt, dull; not sharp or pointed
- Lippen
- Lips; plural of Lippe, part of the mouth
- rot
- Red; basic color adjective
- taufrisch
- Dewy-fresh; fresh as morning dew, youthful
- trug
- Wore, carried; past tense of tragen
- ihr
- Her, their; possessive or personal pronoun
- Haar
- Hair; strands growing from the head
- zudem
- Moreover, in addition; adds further information
- kleinen
- Small, little; adjective in declined form
- Reihen
- Rows, series; plural of Reihe, ordered lines
- Locken
- Curls; plural of Locke, coiled locks of hair
- was
- What, which; relative or interrogative pronoun
- diesen
- This, these; demonstrative pronoun accusative
- Eindruck
- Impression; effect or feeling left on someone
- noch
- Still, even more; adverb of continuation or degree
- verstärkte
- Strengthened, reinforced; past tense of verstärken
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