Great Expectations — Page 4
I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn't, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.
Ich drückte aufrichtig meine Hoffnung aus, dass er es nicht täte, und klammerte mich fester an den Grabstein, auf den er mich gesetzt hatte; teils um mich darauf zu halten; teils um mich vom Weinen abzuhalten.
He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder.
Er zuckte zusammen, machte einen kurzen Anlauf, blieb dann stehen und schaute über seine Schulter.
After darkly looking at his leg and me several times, he came closer to my tombstone, took me by both arms, and tilted me back as far as he could hold me; so that his eyes looked most powerfully down into mine, and mine looked most helplessly up into his.
Nachdem er sein Bein und mich mehrmals finster angeblickt hatte, kam er näher an meinen Grabstein heran, packte mich mit beiden Armen und neigte mich so weit zurück, wie er mich halten konnte; sodass seine Augen mit größter Macht in meine hinunterblickten und meine mit größter Hilflosigkeit in seine hinaufschauten.
"Yes, sir.
„Ja, mein Herr.
Vocabulary
- drückte
- Past tense of drücken; pressed or expressed.
- aufrichtig
- Sincere, honest, or genuine in manner.
- Hoffnung
- Hope or expectation for a desired outcome.
- täte
- Subjunctive past of tun; would do something.
- klammerte
- Past tense of klammern; clung or held tightly.
- fester
- Comparative of fest; more firmly or tightly.
- Grabstein
- A gravestone or tombstone marking a burial site.
- gesetzt
- Past participle of setzen; placed or set down.
- teils
- Adverb meaning 'partly' or 'in part'.
- darauf
- Adverb meaning 'on it' or 'thereupon'.
- halten
- To hold, keep, or stop something or someone.
- Weinen
- Crying or weeping as an emotional expression.
- abzuhalten
- To prevent or keep someone from doing something.
- zuckte
- Past tense of zucken; flinched or twitched suddenly.
- zusammen
- Together; also used in verbs meaning 'to flinch'.
- Anlauf
- A short run-up or initial attempt at something.
- blieb
- Past tense of bleiben; stayed or remained.
- stehen
- To stand or be in an upright position.
- schaute
- Past tense of schauen; looked or gazed.
- Schulter
- The shoulder, a part of the human body.
- Nachdem
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'after' in time.
- Bein
- The leg, a limb used for standing and walking.
- mehrmals
- Adverb meaning 'several times' or 'repeatedly'.
- finster
- Dark, gloomy, or with a grim fierce expression.
- angeblickt
- Past participle of anblicken; gazed at or stared.
- näher
- Comparative of nah; closer or nearer.
- heran
- Directional adverb meaning 'up to' or 'near'.
- packte
- Past tense of packen; grabbed or seized firmly.
- beiden
- Adjective meaning 'both', referring to two things.
- Armen
- Arms, the upper limbs of the human body.
- neigte
- Past tense of neigen; tilted or leaned to one side.
- weit
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'far' or 'wide'.
- zurück
- Adverb meaning 'back' indicating backward direction.
- sodass
- Conjunction meaning 'so that' indicating result.
- Augen
- Eyes, the organs used for seeing.
- größter
- Superlative of groß; greatest or largest.
- Macht
- Power, force, or strength exerted by someone.
- hinunterblickten
- Looked down upon from a higher position.
- Hilflosigkeit
- Helplessness or inability to act or defend oneself.
- hinaufschauten
- Looked upward toward something or someone above.
- Herr
- Mister or sir; a formal title for a man.
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