Great Expectations — Page 4
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"I'd never do it again! I know that.
„Ich würde es nie wieder tun! Das weiß ich.
I may truly say I've never had this apron of mine off since born you were.
Ich kann wahrhaftig sagen, dass ich diese meine Schürze seit deiner Geburt nicht mehr abgelegt habe.
My thoughts strayed from that question as I looked disconsolately at the fire.
Meine Gedanken schweiften von dieser Frage ab, als ich trostlos ins Feuer blickte.
For the fugitive out on the marshes with the ironed leg, the mysterious young man, the file, the food, and the dreadful pledge I was under to commit a larceny on those sheltering premises, rose before me in the avenging coals.
Denn der Flüchtige draußen auf dem Moor mit dem gefesselten Bein, der geheimnisvolle junge Mann, die Feile, das Essen und das schreckliche Versprechen, das mich band, auf jenem schützenden Anwesen einen Diebstahl zu begehen, stiegen vor mir in den rächenden Kohlen auf.
One of us, by the by, had not said it at all.
Einer von uns hatte es übrigens überhaupt nicht gesagt.
As she applied herself to set the tea-things, Joe peeped down at me over his leg, as if he were mentally casting me and himself up, and calculating what kind of pair we practically should make, under the grievous circumstances foreshadowed.
Als sie sich daranmachte, das Teegeschirr aufzudecken, lugte Joe über sein Bein zu mir hinunter, als ob er mich und sich selbst im Geiste abwäge und berechne, was für ein Paar wir unter den angedeuteten schwierigen Umständen praktisch abgeben würden.
After that, he sat feeling his right-side flaxen curls and whisker, and following Mrs. Joe about with his blue eyes, as his manner always was at squally times.
Danach saß er da, betastete seine flachsblonden Locken und Koteletten auf der rechten Seite und folgte Mrs. Joe mit seinen blauen Augen, wie es seine Art bei stürmischen Zeiten immer war.
Vocabulary
- Ich
- First person singular pronoun: I
- würde
- Would; conditional form of 'werden'
- es
- It; neuter third person singular pronoun
- nie
- Never; at no time
- wieder
- Again; once more
- tun
- To do; to perform an action
- Das
- That; neuter definite article or pronoun
- weiß
- Knows; first/third person singular of 'wissen'
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- kann
- Can; am/is able to do something
- wahrhaftig
- Truly; honestly; in all truthfulness
- sagen
- To say; to express something in words
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- diese
- This/these; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- meine
- My; first person singular possessive adjective
- Schürze
- Apron; a protective garment worn over clothes
- seit
- Since; for a period of time starting earlier
- deiner
- Your; genitive/dative of second person possessive
- Geburt
- Birth; the event of being born
- nicht
- Not; negation word in German
- mehr
- More; anymore; an increased amount
- abgelegt
- Put aside; taken off; past participle of 'ablegen'
- Meine
- My; first person singular possessive adjective
- Gedanken
- Thoughts; ideas formed in the mind
- schweiften
- Wandered; strayed; roamed away from a subject
- von
- From; of; a common German preposition
- dieser
- This; demonstrative pronoun in genitive/dative
- Frage
- Question; an inquiry seeking an answer
- ab
- Away; off; separable prefix or preposition
- als
- As; when; than; a conjunction in German
- trostlos
- Desolate; bleak; without comfort or hope
- ins
- Into the; contraction of 'in das'
- Feuer
- Fire; burning flames producing heat and light
- blickte
- Looked; gazed; past tense of 'blicken'
- Denn
- Because; for; a causal conjunction or particle
- der
- The; masculine definite article in German
- Flüchtige
- Fugitive; a person who has escaped or fled
- draußen
- Outside; out of doors; beyond the interior
- auf
- On; onto; upon; a common German preposition
- dem
- The; dative form of masculine/neuter article
- Moor
- Moor; boggy wetland landscape with peat
- mit
- With; together with; a German preposition
- gefesselten
- Shackled; bound; restrained with chains or rope
- Bein
- Leg; the lower limb of a human or animal
- geheimnisvolle
- Mysterious; secretive; full of mystery
- junge
- Young; of a relatively small age
- Mann
- Man; an adult male human being
- die
- The; feminine or plural definite article
- Feile
- File; a metal tool used for rasping or shaping
- das
- The; neuter definite article or pronoun
- Essen
- Food; meal; the act of eating
- und
- And; a basic coordinating conjunction
- schreckliche
- Terrible; dreadful; causing great fear or horror
- Versprechen
- Promise; a commitment made to do something
- mich
- Me; first person singular accusative pronoun
- band
- Bound; tied; past tense of 'binden'
- jenem
- That; dative form of demonstrative pronoun 'jener'
- schützenden
- Protecting; sheltering; adjectival form of 'schützen'
- Anwesen
- Estate; property; a large residence with grounds
- einen
- A; an; accusative masculine indefinite article
- Diebstahl
- Theft; the act of stealing something unlawfully
- zu
- To; too; a preposition or infinitive marker
- begehen
- To commit; to carry out an act, often criminal
- stiegen
- Rose; climbed; past tense plural of 'steigen'
- vor
- Before; in front of; a German preposition
- mir
- Me; to me; dative of first person pronoun
- in
- In; into; inside; a common German preposition
- den
- The; accusative masculine or dative plural article
- rächenden
- Avenging; retributive; adjective from 'rächen'
- Kohlen
- Coals; pieces of burning or burnt carbon fuel
- Einer
- One; someone; indefinite pronoun referring to one person
- uns
- Us; first person plural accusative/dative pronoun
- hatte
- Had; past tense of 'haben' to have
- übrigens
- By the way; incidentally; used to add a side remark
- überhaupt
- At all; in general; altogether; used for emphasis
- gesagt
- Said; spoken; past participle of 'sagen'
- Als
- When; as; than; a subordinating conjunction
- sie
- She; they; third person pronoun in German
- sich
- Herself/himself/itself; reflexive pronoun in German
- daranmachte
- Set about; began; past tense of 'sich daranmachen'
- Teegeschirr
- Tea service; set of dishes used for serving tea
- aufzudecken
- To uncover; to set the table; to lay out items
- lugte
- Peeped; peered; past tense of 'lugen' to look
- über
- Over; above; about; a common German preposition
- sein
- His; its; or infinitive 'to be' in German
- hinunter
- Down; downward; a directional adverb or prefix
- ob
- Whether; if; an indirect question conjunction
- er
- He; third person masculine singular pronoun
- selbst
- Himself; itself; even; an intensifying pronoun
- im
- In the; contraction of 'in dem'
- Geiste
- Mind; spirit; dative of 'Geist' in set phrases
- abwäge
- Weigh up; consider carefully; from 'abwägen'
- berechne
- Calculate; figure out; first person of 'berechnen'
- was
- What; which; a common German interrogative pronoun
- für
- For; in favor of; a common German preposition
- ein
- A; an; the indefinite article in German
- Paar
- Pair; couple; a set of two matching things
- wir
- We; first person plural nominative pronoun
- unter
- Under; beneath; among; a German preposition
- angedeuteten
- Hinted at; indicated; adjective from 'andeuten'
- schwierigen
- Difficult; challenging; adjective form of 'schwierig'
- Umständen
- Circumstances; conditions; dative plural of 'Umstand'
- praktisch
- Practically; practically speaking; useful or functional
- abgeben
- To make; to give off; to represent or constitute
- würden
- Would; conditional plural form of 'werden'
- Danach
- After that; afterwards; then following an event
- saß
- Sat; was seated; past tense of 'sitzen'
- da
- There; here; then; a common German adverb
- betastete
- Felt; touched; past tense of 'betasten' to feel
- seine
- His; its; masculine possessive adjective
- flachsblonden
- Flaxen blonde; describing very light golden hair color
- Locken
- Curls; ringlets; naturally curled strands of hair
- Koteletten
- Sideburns; side whiskers growing on the cheeks
- rechten
- Right; correct; adjective referring to right side
- Seite
- Side; page; one of two lateral aspects
- folgte
- Followed; came after; past tense of 'folgen'
- seinen
- His; accusative/dative masculine possessive adjective
- blauen
- Blue; adjective in inflected form describing color
- Augen
- Eyes; the organs used for seeing and vision
- wie
- How; as; like; a common German conjunction or adverb
- Art
- Manner; kind; type; way of doing something
- bei
- At; near; with; a common German preposition
- stürmischen
- Stormy; turbulent; adjective form of 'stürmisch'
- Zeiten
- Times; periods; plural of 'Zeit' meaning time
- immer
- Always; ever; at all times without exception
- war
- Was; past tense of 'sein' meaning to be
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