Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 5
Eager steps were heard on the gravel, and the next instant Nora entered by the open window.
Eilige Schritte waren auf dem Kies zu hören, und im nächsten Augenblick trat Nora durch das offene Fenster ein.
"I don't mind if you do, Nora; my back aches a good bit."
„Es ist mir recht, wenn du das tust, Nora; mein Rücken schmerzt ziemlich.
"You, little one? Suppose you bring Black Bess down on her knees?
„Du, Kleine? Was ist, wenn du Black Bess zu Fall bringst?
Vocabulary
- Eilige
- Hurried or hasty, describing quick movement
- Schritte
- Steps or footsteps, plural of Schritt
- waren
- Were, past tense of sein (to be)
- auf
- On, upon, or onto a surface
- dem
- The, dative definite article for masculine/neuter
- Kies
- Gravel or pebbles covering a surface
- zu
- To, toward, or too (preposition/adverb)
- hören
- To hear or to listen to something
- und
- And, a basic coordinating conjunction
- im
- In the, contraction of in and dem
- nächsten
- Next or nearest, inflected form of nächst
- Augenblick
- Moment or instant in time
- trat
- Stepped or entered, past tense of treten
- durch
- Through, across, or by means of
- das
- The, neuter definite article or pronoun
- offene
- Open, adjective describing something not closed
- Fenster
- Window, an opening in a wall
- ein
- In or into, separable verb prefix here
- Es
- It, neuter third-person singular pronoun
- ist
- Is, third-person singular of sein (to be)
- mir
- Me, dative first-person singular pronoun
- recht
- Right, alright, or quite acceptable
- wenn
- When or if, introducing a conditional clause
- du
- You, informal second-person singular pronoun
- tust
- Do or act, second-person singular of tun
- mein
- My, first-person singular possessive adjective
- Rücken
- Back, the rear part of the body
- schmerzt
- Hurts or aches, third-person singular of schmerzen
- ziemlich
- Quite, fairly, or rather, indicating degree
- Du
- You, informal second-person singular pronoun
- Kleine
- Little one, affectionate term for small person
- Was
- What, interrogative or relative pronoun
- Fall
- Case, fall, or situation requiring attention
- bringst
- Bring, second-person singular of bringen
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