Great Expectations — Page 3
That's what she did," said Joe, slowly clearing the fire between the lower bars with the poker, and looking at it; "she Ram-paged out, Pip."
Das hat sie getan," sagte Joe, während er langsam das Feuer zwischen den unteren Stäben mit dem Schürhaken schürte und es dabei betrachtete; "sie ist ausgerastet, Pip."
"Has she been gone long, Joe?" I always treated him as a larger species of child, and as no more than my equal.
„Ist sie schon lange weg, Joe?" Ich behandelte ihn stets wie eine größere Art von Kind, und als nicht mehr als meinesgleichen.
"Well," said Joe, glancing up at the Dutch clock, "she's been on the Ram-page, this last spell, about five minutes, Pip. She's a-coming! Get behind the door, old chap, and have the jack-towel betwixt you."
„Nun," sagte Joe und warf einen Blick auf die Wanduhr, „sie tobt jetzt schon seit etwa fünf Minuten, Pip. Sie kommt! Stell dich hinter die Tür, alter Junge, und halt das Handtuch zwischen euch."
I took the advice. My sister, Mrs. Joe, throwing the door wide open, and finding an obstruction behind it, immediately divined the cause, and applied Tickler to its further investigation.
Ich befolgte den Rat. Meine Schwester, Mrs. Joe, riss die Tür weit auf, und da sie ein Hindernis dahinter vorfand, erriet sie sofort die Ursache und setzte Tickler zu dessen näherer Untersuchung ein.
She concluded by throwing me—I often served as a connubial missile—at Joe, who, glad to get hold of me on any terms, passed me on into the chimney and quietly fenced me up there with his great leg.
Sie schloss damit, mich – ich diente oft als eheliches Wurfgeschoss – nach Joe zu schleudern, der mich, froh, mich unter irgendwelchen Umständen zu fassen, in den Kamin weiterschob und mich dort still mit seinem großen Bein einzäunte.
"Where have you been, you young monkey?" said Mrs. Joe, stamping her foot. "Tell me directly what you've been doing to wear me away with fret and fright and worrit, or I'd have you out of that corner if you was fifty Pips, and he was five hundred Gargerys."
„Wo bist du gewesen, du kleiner Affe?" sagte Mrs. Joe und stampfte mit dem Fuß. „Sag mir sofort, was du getrieben hast, um mich mit Sorge und Schreck und Kummer zu zermürben, sonst hole ich dich aus dieser Ecke heraus, und wärst du fünfzig Pips und er fünfhundert Gargerys."
"I have only been to the churchyard," said I, from my stool, crying and rubbing myself.
„Ich war nur auf dem Kirchhof," sagte ich von meinem Schemel aus, weinend und mich reibend.
"Churchyard!" repeated my sister. "If it warn't for me you'd have been to the churchyard long ago, and stayed there. Who brought you up by hand?
„Kirchhof!" wiederholte meine Schwester. „Wenn es mich nicht gäbe, wärst du schon längst auf dem Kirchhof gelandet und dort geblieben. Wer hat dich mit der Hand großgezogen?
Vocabulary
- getan
- Done; past participle of 'tun'
- sagte
- Said; past tense of 'sagen'
- während
- While, during; temporal conjunction or preposition
- langsam
- Slowly; at a low speed
- Feuer
- Fire; combustion producing heat and light
- zwischen
- Between; in the middle of two things
- unteren
- Lower; situated below something else
- Stäben
- Bars, rods; plural of 'Stab'
- Schürhaken
- Poker; metal tool for stirring a fire
- schürte
- Stoked; past tense of 'schüren', to poke fire
- dabei
- While doing so; in the process of it
- betrachtete
- Observed; past tense of 'betrachten', to look at
- ausgerastet
- Snapped, gone crazy; lost control of oneself
- schon
- Already; indicates something has occurred
- lange
- Long, for a long time; temporal adverb
- weg
- Away, gone; no longer present
- behandelte
- Treated; past tense of 'behandeln'
- stets
- Always, constantly; at all times
- größere
- Larger, bigger; comparative adjective of 'groß'
- Art
- Type, kind, sort; category of something
- Kind
- Child; young human being
- meinesgleichen
- My equals, my peers; people like me
- Nun
- Now, well; temporal adverb or discourse marker
- warf
- Threw; past tense of 'werfen'
- Blick
- Glance, look; a brief directing of eyes
- Wanduhr
- Wall clock; a clock mounted on a wall
- tobt
- Rages, rampages; third person singular of 'toben'
- seit
- Since, for; indicates duration from a point
- etwa
- About, approximately; rough estimate of quantity
- Stell
- Place, put; imperative of 'stellen'
- hinter
- Behind; preposition indicating position at the back
- Tür
- Door; hinged barrier closing an entrance
- alter
- Old; adjective, also used as familiar address
- Junge
- Boy; young male person
- halt
- Hold, stop; imperative of 'halten'
- Handtuch
- Towel; cloth for drying hands or body
- befolgte
- Followed, obeyed; past tense of 'befolgen'
- Rat
- Advice, counsel; guidance given to someone
- Schwester
- Sister; female sibling
- riss
- Tore, ripped; past tense of 'reißen'
- weit
- Wide, far; covering a large extent
- Hindernis
- Obstacle, hindrance; something blocking the way
- dahinter
- Behind it; on the other side of something
- vorfand
- Found present; past tense of 'vorfinden'
- erriet
- Guessed correctly; past tense of 'erraten'
- sofort
- Immediately, at once; without any delay
- Ursache
- Cause, reason; origin of an event or effect
- setzte
- Set, placed; past tense of 'setzen'
- dessen
- Whose, its; genitive relative/demonstrative pronoun
- näherer
- Closer, more detailed; comparative of 'nah'
- Untersuchung
- Investigation, examination; close inspection of something
- schloss
- Closed, locked; past tense of 'schließen'
- damit
- With it, so that; instrument or purpose conjunction
- diente
- Served; past tense of 'dienen'
- oft
- Often, frequently; occurring many times
- eheliches
- Marital, conjugal; relating to marriage
- Wurfgeschoss
- Projectile, thrown object; something hurled at someone
- schleudern
- To hurl, fling; throw with great force
- froh
- Glad, happy; feeling pleasure or relief
- unter
- Under, among, below; preposition of position
- irgendwelchen
- Any, some; indefinite pronoun in dative plural
- Umständen
- Circumstances, conditions; plural of 'Umstand'
- fassen
- To grasp, seize, capture; take hold of
- Kamin
- Fireplace, chimney; structure for containing fire
- weiterschob
- Continued to push; past tense of 'weiterschieben'
- dort
- There; at that place
- still
- Quiet, still; without movement or noise
- Bein
- Leg; limb used for walking and standing
- einzäunte
- Fenced in, enclosed; past tense of 'einzäunen'
- gewesen
- Been; past participle of 'sein'
- kleiner
- Small, little; comparative or inflected form
- Affe
- Monkey, ape; primate, also used as insult
- stampfte
- Stomped, stamped; past tense of 'stampfen'
- Fuß
- Foot; lower extremity of the leg
- Sag
- Say, tell; imperative of 'sagen'
- getrieben
- Driven, done; past participle of 'treiben'
- Sorge
- Worry, concern; feeling of anxiety or care
- Schreck
- Fright, shock; sudden feeling of fear
- Kummer
- Grief, sorrow; deep emotional pain or distress
- zermürben
- To wear down, exhaust; erode someone's resistance
- sonst
- Otherwise, else; if not, in other cases
- hole
- Fetch, get; first person or imperative of 'holen'
- Ecke
- Corner; point where two surfaces meet
- heraus
- Out, out of; separable prefix indicating outward motion
- wärst
- Would be; second person singular subjunctive of 'sein'
- fünfzig
- Fifty; the number 50
- fünfhundert
- Five hundred; the number 500
- nur
- Only, just; limiting or restricting adverb
- Kirchhof
- Churchyard, graveyard; burial ground near a church
- Schemel
- Stool; small seat without a back
- weinend
- Crying, weeping; present participle of 'weinen'
- reibend
- Rubbing; present participle of 'reiben'
- wiederholte
- Repeated; past tense of 'wiederholen'
- Wenn
- If, when; conditional or temporal conjunction
- gäbe
- Would give; subjunctive II of 'geben'
- längst
- Long ago, by far; superlative adverb of 'lang'
- gelandet
- Landed; past participle of 'landen'
- geblieben
- Stayed, remained; past participle of 'bleiben'
- Hand
- Hand; body part at the end of the arm
- großgezogen
- Raised, brought up; past participle of 'großziehen'
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