Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 6
She began to talk with animation and excitement.
Sie begann lebhaft und aufgeregt zu reden.
Nora knew exactly what she was going to say.
Nora wusste genau, was sie sagen würde.
She had heard the story so often; but, although she had heard it hundreds and thousands of times, she was never tired of listening to the history of a trim life of which she knew absolutely nothing.
Sie hatte die Geschichte so oft gehört; aber obwohl sie sie hunderte und tausende Male gehört hatte, wurde sie es nie müde, der Geschichte eines geordneten Lebens zuzuhören, von dem sie absolut nichts wusste.
The orderly, well-dressed servants, the punctual meals, the good and abundant food, the nice dresses, the parties, the solid education, the discipline so foreign to her own existence, all--all held their proper fascination.
Das ordentliche, gut gekleidete Gesinde, die pünktlichen Mahlzeiten, das gute und reichliche Essen, die hübschen Kleider, die Gesellschaften, die solide Bildung, die ihrer eigenen Existenz so fremde Disziplin – all das, all das hatte seinen eigenen Zauber.
But although she listened with delight to these stories of a bygone time, she never envied her mother those periods of prosperity.
Aber obwohl sie diesen Geschichten aus vergangener Zeit mit Freude lauschte, beneidete sie ihre Mutter niemals um jene Zeiten des Wohlstands.
Such a life would have been a prison to her; so she thought, although she never spoke her thought aloud.
Ein solches Leben wäre ihr ein Gefängnis gewesen; so dachte sie, obwohl sie diesen Gedanken niemals laut aussprach.
Mrs. O'Shanaghgan began the old tale to-night, telling it with a little more _verve_ even than usual.
Mrs. O'Shanaghgan begann heute Abend die alte Geschichte zu erzählen, mit noch etwas mehr Schwung als gewöhnlich.
She ended at last with a sigh.
Sie endete schließlich mit einem Seufzer.
"Of course not, darling, and you make up for much; but, Nora dear, although I love my husband and my children, I hate this country.
„Natürlich nicht, mein Liebling, und ihr macht vieles wett; aber, liebe Nora, obwohl ich meinen Mann und meine Kinder liebe, hasse ich dieses Land.
She started to her feet.
Sie sprang auf die Füße.
Vocabulary
- Sie
- She, they, or you (formal pronoun)
- begann
- Past tense of 'beginnen'; began, started
- lebhaft
- Lively, vivid, animated in manner
- aufgeregt
- Excited, agitated, worked up emotionally
- reden
- To talk, speak, or converse
- wusste
- Past tense of 'wissen'; knew something
- genau
- Exactly, precisely, accurately
- sagen
- To say, tell, or express in words
- würde
- Would; conditional auxiliary verb form
- hatte
- Had; simple past of 'haben'
- Geschichte
- Story, history, or narrative account
- oft
- Often, frequently, many times
- gehört
- Past participle of 'hören'; heard
- aber
- But, however; coordinating conjunction
- obwohl
- Although, even though; subordinating conjunction
- hunderte
- Hundreds; plural of hundred
- tausende
- Thousands; plural of thousand
- Male
- Times; instances or occasions of repetition
- wurde
- Became; simple past of 'werden'
- nie
- Never; at no time
- müde
- Tired, weary, fatigued
- geordneten
- Orderly, organized, well-structured (adjective inflected)
- Lebens
- Life; genitive form of 'Leben'
- zuzuhören
- To listen to; infinitive with 'zu'
- absolut
- Absolutely, completely, utterly
- nichts
- Nothing, not anything
- ordentliche
- Neat, tidy, proper, orderly
- gut
- Good, well; positive quality
- gekleidete
- Well-dressed, clothed; past participle used as adjective
- Gesinde
- Domestic servants, household staff
- pünktlichen
- Punctual, on-time (adjective inflected)
- Mahlzeiten
- Meals; plural of 'Mahlzeit'
- reichliche
- Plentiful, abundant, ample
- Essen
- Food, meal; eating
- hübschen
- Pretty, nice, attractive (adjective inflected)
- Kleider
- Clothes, dresses; plural of 'Kleid'
- Gesellschaften
- Societies, companies, social gatherings
- solide
- Solid, sound, reliable, sturdy
- Bildung
- Education, culture, formation, cultivation
- eigenen
- Own; adjective inflected form of 'eigen'
- Existenz
- Existence, livelihood, way of life
- fremde
- Foreign, strange, alien, unfamiliar
- Disziplin
- Discipline, order, self-control
- Zauber
- Magic, charm, enchantment, spell
- Geschichten
- Stories, histories; plural of 'Geschichte'
- vergangener
- Past, gone by; genitive adjective form
- Zeit
- Time, period, era
- Freude
- Joy, pleasure, delight, happiness
- lauschte
- Listened, eavesdropped; past tense of 'lauschen'
- beneidete
- Envied; past tense of 'beneiden'
- Mutter
- Mother; female parent
- niemals
- Never, at no time whatsoever
- jene
- Those; demonstrative pronoun referring to distant things
- Zeiten
- Times, eras; plural of 'Zeit'
- Wohlstands
- Prosperity, wealth, affluence (genitive form)
- solches
- Such a; demonstrative pronoun neuter form
- Leben
- Life, existence, way of living
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive form of 'sein'
- Gefängnis
- Prison, jail, place of confinement
- gewesen
- Been; past participle of 'sein'
- dachte
- Thought; simple past of 'denken'
- Gedanken
- Thoughts, ideas; plural of 'Gedanke'
- laut
- Loud, aloud; audible, noisy
- aussprach
- Expressed, uttered aloud; past tense of 'aussprechen'
- heute
- Today, this day
- Abend
- Evening; the time after sunset
- alte
- Old; adjective inflected form of 'alt'
- erzählen
- To tell, narrate, recount a story
- noch
- Still, yet, even; adverb of continuation
- etwas
- Something, somewhat, a little
- mehr
- More; comparative of 'viel'
- Schwung
- Momentum, swing, energy, enthusiasm
- als
- Than, as, when; conjunction
- gewöhnlich
- Usually, normally, ordinarily
- endete
- Ended, concluded; past tense of 'enden'
- schließlich
- Finally, eventually, in the end
- Seufzer
- Sigh; an audible exhaled breath of emotion
- Natürlich
- Naturally, of course, certainly
- Liebling
- Darling, favorite, beloved one
- macht
- Makes, does; third-person of 'machen'
- vieles
- Much, many things; neuter pronoun form
- wett
- Even, compensated; part of 'wettmachen' (to make up for)
- liebe
- Love; first-person present of 'lieben'
- Mann
- Man, husband
- Kinder
- Children; plural of 'Kind'
- hasse
- Hate; first-person present of 'hassen'
- Land
- Country, land, region
- sprang
- Jumped, leaped; past tense of 'springen'
- Füße
- Feet; plural of 'Fuß'
Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.
Create free account →