Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 8
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I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough, however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head against the door and cutting it.
Ich tat es, zunächst nicht bewusst, was seine Absicht war; aber als ich ihn das Buch aufheben und abwägen sah und er im Begriff stand, es zu schleudern, wich ich instinktiv mit einem Schreckensschrei zur Seite: jedoch nicht schnell genug; der Band wurde geschleudert, er traf mich, und ich fiel, schlug mit dem Kopf gegen die Tür und schnitt ihn auf.
The cut bled, the pain was sharp: my terror had passed its climax; other feelings succeeded.
Die Wunde blutete, der Schmerz war heftig: mein Schrecken hatte seinen Höhepunkt überschritten; andere Gefühle traten an seine Stelle.
I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion of Nero, Caligula, &c.
Ich hatte Goldsmiths Geschichte Roms gelesen und mir meine Meinung über Nero, Caligula usw. gebildet.
Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I never thought thus to have declared aloud.
Auch hatte ich im Stillen Parallelen gezogen, die ich niemals so laut auszusprechen gedacht hatte.
He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing.
Er stürzte sich blindlings auf mich: Ich spürte, wie er mein Haar und meine Schulter packte: er hatte mit einer verzweifelten Sache begonnen.
I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer.
Ich sah in ihm wirklich einen Tyrannen, einen Mörder.
I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck, and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fear, and I received him in frantic sort.
Ich spürte, wie ein oder zwei Tropfen Blut von meinem Kopf an meinem Hals hinunterliefen, und war mir eines ziemlich stechenden Schmerzes bewusst: diese Empfindungen überwogen für den Moment die Angst, und ich empfing ihn auf wilde Weise.
Vocabulary
- Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- tat
- did; past tense of tun (to do)
- es
- it; third person singular neuter pronoun
- zunächst
- at first; initially; in the beginning
- nicht
- not; negation particle used in German
- bewusst
- conscious; aware; deliberate or intentional
- was
- what; interrogative or relative pronoun
- seine
- his; possessive pronoun third person singular
- Absicht
- intention; purpose; deliberate plan or design
- war
- was; past tense of sein (to be)
- aber
- but; however; conjunction indicating contrast
- als
- as; when; temporal or comparative conjunction
- ihn
- him; accusative form of third person singular
- das
- the; definite article for neuter nouns
- Buch
- book; written or printed work bound together
- aufheben
- to pick up; to lift; to raise something
- und
- and; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- abwägen
- to weigh; to balance; to consider carefully
- sah
- saw; past tense of sehen (to see)
- er
- he; third person singular masculine pronoun
- im
- in the; contraction of in + dem
- Begriff
- concept; idea; term or notion
- stand
- stood; past tense of stehen (to stand)
- zu
- to; at; preposition indicating direction or purpose
- schleudern
- to hurl; to throw; to fling with force
- wich
- retreated; past tense of weichen (to yield)
- instinktiv
- instinctive; done by instinct rather than thought
- mit
- with; preposition indicating accompaniment or instrument
- einem
- a; one; indefinite article dative form
- zur
- to the; contraction of zu + der
- Seite
- side; direction; flank or lateral direction
- jedoch
- however; yet; nevertheless or still
- schnell
- quickly; fast; with speed or rapidity
- genug
- enough; sufficient; adequate in quantity or degree
- der
- the; definite article for masculine nouns
- Band
- band; volume; book or bound collection
- wurde
- was; past tense of werden (to become)
- traf
- hit; struck; past tense of treffen
- mich
- me; accusative form of first person singular
- fiel
- fell; dropped; past tense of fallen
- schlug
- hit; struck; past tense of schlagen
- dem
- the; dative article for masculine or neuter
- Kopf
- head; upper part of body containing brain
- gegen
- against; towards; in opposition to something
- die
- the; definite article for feminine nouns
- Tür
- door; entrance; movable barrier to a room
- schnitt
- cut; sliced; past tense of schneiden
- auf
- open; up; preposition or adverb of direction
- Wunde
- wound; injury; break in skin from injury
- blutete
- bled; past tense of bluten (to bleed)
- Schmerz
- pain; ache; physical or emotional suffering
- heftig
- violent; intense; strong in force or degree
- mein
- my; possessive pronoun first person singular
- Schrecken
- fright; terror; intense fear or alarm
- hatte
- had; past tense of haben (to have)
- seinen
- its; possessive pronoun third person singular
- Höhepunkt
- peak; climax; highest point or culmination
- überschritten
- exceeded; surpassed; went beyond a limit
- andere
- other; different; alternative things or people
- Gefühle
- feelings; emotions; states of emotional response
- traten
- stepped; entered; past tense of treten
- an
- at; on; preposition indicating position or arrival
- Stelle
- place; position; location or site
- Geschichte
- history; story; account of past events
- gelesen
- read; past participle of lesen (to read)
- mir
- me; to me; dative of first person
- meine
- my; possessive pronoun feminine or plural
- Meinung
- opinion; view; personal belief or judgment
- über
- about; over; concerning or above something
- usw
- etc.; et cetera; and so on
- Auch
- also; too; in addition or as well
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