Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 3
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The Squire strode to the mantelpiece, pulled a bell-cord which hung from the ceiling, a distant bell was heard ringing in noisy fashion, and a moment afterward Pegeen put in her head.
Der Squire schritt zum Kaminsims, zog an einer Glockenstrippe, die von der Decke hing, in der Ferne war eine Klingel zu hören, die lautstark läutete, und einen Moment später streckte Pegeen ihren Kopf herein.
Vocabulary
- schritt
- Walked or stepped (past tense of schreiten)
- zum
- To the (contraction of zu dem)
- Kaminsims
- Mantelpiece or shelf above a fireplace
- zog
- Pulled or drew (past tense of ziehen)
- an
- On, at, or to (common preposition or prefix)
- einer
- A, one (indefinite article, dative feminine or genitive)
- Glockenstrippe
- Bell pull or rope used to ring a bell
- von
- From or of (common German preposition)
- Decke
- Ceiling or blanket (common household noun)
- hing
- Hung or was suspended (past tense of hängen)
- Ferne
- Distance or far away (refers to remote space)
- war
- Was (past tense of sein, to be)
- Klingel
- A small bell or doorbell
- zu
- To or too (preposition or infinitive particle)
- hören
- To hear or to listen
- lautstark
- Loudly or in a loud, powerful manner
- läutete
- Rang or chimed (past tense of läuten)
- Moment
- A moment or instant of time
- später
- Later or afterwards (comparative of spät)
- streckte
- Stretched or extended (past tense of strecken)
- ihren
- Her (accusative possessive pronoun, feminine/plural)
- Kopf
- Head (the body part above the neck)
- herein
- In here or inside (directional adverb toward speaker)
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