Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 4
The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms.
Die zwei Schiffe, die auf einem trägen Meer in Windstille lagen, hielt ich für Meeresgespenster.
The fiend pinning down the thief's pack behind him, I passed over quickly: it was an object of terror.
Den Teufel, der dem Dieb sein Bündel von hinten festhielt, überflog ich schnell: er war ein Gegenstand des Schreckens.
So was the black horned thing seated aloof on a rock, surveying a distant crowd surrounding a gallows.
Ebenso das schwarze gehörnte Wesen, das abseits auf einem Felsen saß und eine entfernte Menge beobachtete, die einen Galgen umringte.
Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour; and when, having brought her ironing-table to the nursery hearth, she allowed us to sit about it, and while she got up Mrs. Reed's lace frills, and crimped her nightcap borders, fed our eager attention with passages of love and adventure taken from old fairy tales and other ballads; or (as at a later period I discovered) from the pages of Pamela, and Henry, Earl of Moreland.
Jedes Bild erzählte eine Geschichte; oft rätselhaft für meinen unentwickelten Verstand und meine unvollkommenen Gefühle, und doch stets von tiefstem Interesse: so interessant wie die Geschichten, die Bessie manchmal an Winterabenden erzählte, wenn sie zufällig guter Laune war; und wenn sie, nachdem sie ihren Bügeltisch an den Kamin der Kinderstube gebracht hatte, uns erlaubte, darum herumzusitzen, und während sie Mrs. Reeds Spitzenrüschen aufbügelte und die Ränder ihrer Nachthaube kräuselte, unsere gespannte Aufmerksamkeit mit Liebes- und Abenteuerpassagen aus alten Märchen und anderen Balladen nährte; oder (wie ich später entdeckte) aus den Seiten von Pamela und Heinrich, Graf von Moreland.
With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way.
Mit Bewick auf den Knien war ich damals glücklich: glücklich zumindest auf meine Art.
I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon.
Ich fürchtete nichts außer einer Unterbrechung, und die kam nur zu bald.
The breakfast-room door opened.
Die Tür des Frühstückszimmers öffnete sich.
"Boh! Madam Mope!" cried the voice of John Reed; then he paused: he found the room apparently empty.
„Buh! Frau Trübsal!" rief die Stimme von John Reed; dann hielt er inne: er fand das Zimmer anscheinend leer.
"Where the dickens is she!" he continued.
„Wo zum Teufel steckt sie!" fuhr er fort.
"Lizzy! Georgy! (calling to his sisters) Joan is not here: tell mama she is run out into the rain—bad animal!
„Lizzy! Georgy! (seinen Schwestern zurufend) Joan ist nicht hier: sagt Mama, sie ist in den Regen hinausgelaufen – böses Tier!
Vocabulary
- Schiffe
- Plural of Schiff; ships or vessels
- trägen
- Adjective meaning sluggish, slow-moving, or stagnant
- Meer
- The sea or ocean
- Windstille
- Complete absence of wind; calm
- lagen
- Past tense of liegen; were lying or situated
- hielt
- Past tense of halten; held or considered
- Meeresgespenster
- Sea ghosts or phantoms of the ocean
- Teufel
- The devil or a devilish figure
- Dieb
- A thief or robber
- Bündel
- A bundle, pack, or parcel
- hinten
- From behind or at the back
- festhielt
- Past tense of festhalten; held firmly or gripped
- überflog
- Past tense of überfliegen; skimmed or flew over
- Gegenstand
- An object, subject, or item of focus
- Schreckens
- Genitive of Schrecken; of terror or horror
- Ebenso
- Adverb meaning likewise, equally, or just as
- gehörnte
- Adjective meaning horned, having horns
- Wesen
- A being, creature, or entity
- abseits
- Preposition/adverb meaning aside from or away from
- Felsen
- Rocks or cliffs
- saß
- Past tense of sitzen; sat or was seated
- entfernte
- Adjective meaning distant, remote, or far-off
- Menge
- A crowd, multitude, or large group
- beobachtete
- Past tense of beobachten; observed or watched
- Galgen
- A gallows used for execution by hanging
- umringte
- Past tense of umringen; surrounded or encircled
- Bild
- A picture, image, or illustration
- erzählte
- Past tense of erzählen; told or narrated
- Geschichte
- A story, tale, or history
- rätselhaft
- Adjective meaning puzzling, mysterious, or enigmatic
- unentwickelten
- Adjective meaning undeveloped or immature
- Verstand
- The mind, intellect, or understanding
- unvollkommenen
- Adjective meaning imperfect or incomplete
- Gefühle
- Plural of Gefühl; feelings or emotions
- doch
- Conjunction/particle meaning yet, still, or however
- stets
- Adverb meaning always or constantly
- tiefstem
- Superlative dative of tief; deepest
- Interesse
- Interest or curiosity in something
- Geschichten
- Plural of Geschichte; stories or tales
- manchmal
- Adverb meaning sometimes or occasionally
- Winterabenden
- Dative plural of Winterabend; winter evenings
- zufällig
- Adjective/adverb meaning by chance or accidentally
- Laune
- Mood, humor, or disposition
- nachdem
- Conjunction meaning after or once something happened
- Bügeltisch
- An ironing board or table for ironing
- Kamin
- A fireplace or chimney
- Kinderstube
- A nursery or children's room
- gebracht
- Past participle of bringen; brought or carried
- erlaubte
- Past tense of erlauben; allowed or permitted
- darum
- Adverb meaning around it or therefore
- herumzusitzen
- To sit around something in a group
- während
- Conjunction/preposition meaning while or during
- Spitzenrüschen
- Lace ruffles used as decorative fabric trim
- aufbügelte
- Past tense of aufbügeln; ironed out or pressed
- Ränder
- Plural of Rand; edges, borders, or rims
- Nachthaube
- A nightcap worn on the head during sleep
- kräuselte
- Past tense of kräuseln; crimped, curled, or ruffled
- gespannte
- Adjective meaning eager, tense, or rapt attention
- Aufmerksamkeit
- Attention, attentiveness, or mindfulness
- Liebes-
- Prefix relating to love; love-related
- Abenteuerpassagen
- Adventure passages or exciting story excerpts
- Märchen
- Fairy tales or folk stories for children
- Balladen
- Plural of Ballade; ballads or narrative poems
- nährte
- Past tense of nähren; nourished or fed
- entdeckte
- Past tense of entdecken; discovered or found out
- Seiten
- Plural of Seite; pages or sides
- Graf
- A count or earl; noble title
- Knien
- Dative plural of Knie; on one's knees
- damals
- Adverb meaning at that time or back then
- zumindest
- Adverb meaning at least or at minimum
- Art
- A type, kind, manner, or way
- fürchtete
- Past tense of fürchten; feared or was afraid of
- außer
- Preposition meaning except, besides, or apart from
- Unterbrechung
- An interruption or break in continuity
- bald
- Adverb meaning soon or before long
- Tür
- A door or entrance
- Frühstückszimmers
- Genitive of Frühstückszimmer; of the breakfast room
- öffnete
- Past tense of öffnen; opened or unlocked
- Buh
- Exclamation used to startle someone; boo
- Trübsal
- Gloom, sorrow, or melancholy distress
- rief
- Past tense of rufen; called out or shouted
- Stimme
- A voice or voting ballot
- inne
- Particle in innhalten; paused or stopped momentarily
- fand
- Past tense of finden; found or discovered
- Zimmer
- A room in a building or house
- anscheinend
- Adverb meaning apparently or seemingly
- leer
- Adjective meaning empty or vacant
- steckt
- Third person present of stecken; is hiding or stuck
- fuhr
- Past tense of fahren; drove, went, or continued
- fort
- Adverb meaning away, forward, or continued on
- Schwestern
- Plural of Schwester; sisters
- zurufend
- Present participle of zurufen; calling out to someone
- Regen
- Rain or precipitation
- hinausgelaufen
- Past participle of hinauslaufen; ran outside or out
- böses
- Adjective inflected meaning evil, wicked, or bad
- Tier
- An animal or creature
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