Cranford — Page 11
I do not know whether she was pretty or not; but I liked her face, and so did everybody, and I do not think she could help her dimples.
Ich weiß nicht, ob sie hübsch war oder nicht; aber ich mochte ihr Gesicht, und alle anderen auch, und ich glaube nicht, dass sie etwas gegen ihre Grübchen tun konnte.
She had something of her father's jauntiness of gait and manner; and any female observer might detect a slight difference in the attire of the two sisters—that of Miss Jessie being about two pounds per annum more expensive than Miss Brown's.
Sie hatte etwas von der flotten Gang- und Verhaltensweise ihres Vaters; und jede weibliche Beobachterin hätte einen kleinen Unterschied in der Kleidung der beiden Schwestern bemerken können – die von Miss Jessie war etwa zwei Pfund pro Jahr teurer als die von Miss Brown.
Two pounds was a large sum in Captain Brown's annual disbursements.
Zwei Pfund waren eine beträchtliche Summe in Kapitän Browns jährlichen Ausgaben.
Such was the impression made upon me by the Brown family when I first saw them all together in Cranford Church.
So war der Eindruck, den die Familie Brown auf mich machte, als ich sie alle zum ersten Mal zusammen in der Cranford-Kirche sah.
The Captain I had met before—on the occasion of the smoky chimney, which he had cured by some simple alteration in the flue.
Den Kapitän hatte ich zuvor kennengelernt – anlässlich des rauchenden Kamins, den er durch eine einfache Veränderung am Rauchabzug behoben hatte.
In church, he held his double eye-glass to his eyes during the Morning Hymn, and then lifted up his head erect and sang out loud and joyfully.
In der Kirche hielt er während des Morgenhymnus sein Doppelglas an die Augen, hob dann den Kopf aufrecht und sang laut und fröhlich.
He made the responses louder than the clerk—an old man with a piping feeble voice, who, I think, felt aggrieved at the Captain's sonorous bass, and quivered higher and higher in consequence.
Er sprach die Antworten lauter als der Küster – ein alter Mann mit einer piepsigen, schwachen Stimme, der sich, wie ich glaube, durch den sonoren Bass des Kapitäns beeinträchtigt fühlte und infolgedessen immer höher zitterte.
On coming out of church, the brisk Captain paid the most gallant attention to his two daughters.
Als er aus der Kirche herauskam, widmete der rüstige Kapitän seinen beiden Töchtern die aufmerksamste und galanteste Zuwendung.
Vocabulary
- Ich
- First-person singular pronoun; I.
- weiß
- Know; am aware of something.
- nicht
- Not; negation particle in German.
- ob
- Whether; if; introduces conditional clause.
- sie
- She; her; they; them; polite you.
- hübsch
- Pretty; attractive; pleasant in appearance.
- war
- Was; past tense of sein.
- oder
- Or; conjunction expressing alternatives.
- aber
- But; however; yet; conjunction.
- mochte
- Liked; past tense of mögen.
- ihr
- Her; hers; your (informal plural).
- Gesicht
- Face; the front of the head.
- und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
- alle
- All; everyone; every person or thing.
- anderen
- Others; other people or things.
- auch
- Also; too; as well; likewise.
- glaube
- Believe; think; hold as opinion.
- dass
- That; introduces subordinate noun clause.
- etwas
- Something; anything; a certain amount.
- gegen
- Against; opposite to; toward; around.
- ihre
- Her; hers; their; theirs.
- tun
- Do; make; perform an action.
- konnte
- Could; was able to; past tense.
- Sie
- You; formal polite form of address.
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben.
- von
- Of; from; preposition indicating origin.
- der
- The; definite article feminine or dative.
- Gang
- Gait; walk; manner of walking.
- ihres
- Hers; theirs; possessive pronoun.
- Vaters
- Father's; possessive form of father.
- jede
- Every; each; all individual things.
- weibliche
- Female; feminine; of or pertaining to women.
- hätte
- Would have; past conditional of haben.
- einen
- A; an; one (accusative masculine).
- kleinen
- Small; little; diminutive in size.
- Unterschied
- Difference; distinction; variation between things.
- in
- In; inside; within; preposition.
- Kleidung
- Clothing; garments; attire worn on body.
- beiden
- Both; two people or things together.
- Schwestern
- Sisters; female siblings or members.
- bemerken
- Notice; observe; perceive something carefully.
- können
- Can; to be able; to have capability.
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural.
- Miss
- Miss; unmarried woman; title of address.
- etwa
- About; approximately; roughly; nearly.
- zwei
- Two; the number 2.
- Pfund
- Pound; unit of weight or currency.
- pro
- Per; for each; for every unit.
- Jahr
- Year; period of twelve months.
- teurer
- More expensive; comparative of teuer.
- als
- Than; as; when; comparative conjunction.
- Zwei
- Two; the number 2 (capitalized).
- waren
- Were; past tense of sein.
- eine
- A; an; one (feminine article).
- Summe
- Sum; total amount; quantity of money.
- Kapitän
- Captain; military or naval rank.
- jährlichen
- Annual; yearly; occurring each year.
- Ausgaben
- Expenses; costs; amounts of money spent.
- So
- So; thus; in this manner.
- Eindruck
- Impression; effect; feeling produced on mind.
- den
- The; definite article masculine accusative.
- Familie
- Family; relatives; members of household.
- auf
- On; upon; at; preposition.
- mich
- Me; myself; first-person accusative pronoun.
- machte
- Made; did; past tense of machen.
- zum
- To the; for the; toward.
- ersten
- First; earliest; primary in order.
- Mal
- Time; occasion; instance of occurrence.
- zusammen
- Together; with each other; jointly.
- sah
- Saw; past tense of sehen.
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