History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Page 1
omens. A little tale of so LOW a kind that some may think it not worth their notice.
Vorzeichen. Eine kleine Geschichte von so NIEDRIGER Art, dass manche sie vielleicht nicht für beachtenswert halten.
A word or two concerning a squire, and more relating to a gamekeeper and a schoolmaster.
Ein paar Worte über einen Gutsherrn, und mehr über einen Wildhüter und einen Schulmeister.
Vocabulary
- Vorzeichen
- omen or sign indicating something to come
- kleine
- small or little, adjective in inflected form
- Geschichte
- story, history, or tale
- NIEDRIGER
- lower or inferior, adjective in emphatic form
- Art
- kind, type, or manner of something
- manche
- some or certain, referring to an indefinite group
- vielleicht
- adverb meaning 'perhaps' or 'maybe'
- beachtenswert
- worthy of attention or noteworthy
- halten
- to hold, consider, or stop; versatile German verb
- paar
- a few or a couple of something
- Worte
- words used in a meaningful connected context
- Gutsherrn
- lord of an estate or landowner in old usage
- mehr
- adverb or adjective meaning 'more' in quantity
- Wildhüter
- gamekeeper who manages and protects wildlife on estates
- Schulmeister
- schoolmaster or teacher, often in a village school
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