Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 6
That horse is worth three hundred pounds, if she's worth a penny."
Das Pferd ist dreihundert Pfund wert, wenn es auch nur einen Penny wert ist."
Nora ran to him, clasped her arms round his neck, and kissed him once or twice.
Nora lief zu ihm, schlang die Arme um seinen Hals und küsste ihn ein- oder zweimal.
He had moved away to the other end of the room, and now he looked her full in the face.
Er hatte sich ans andere Ende des Zimmers zurückgezogen und blickte ihr nun direkt ins Gesicht.
It's not going to worry _me_.
Sie wird _mich_ nicht beunruhigen.
"Ah, he's all right; he's the right sort; a chip of the old block--eh?
„Ah, er ist in Ordnung; er ist vom richtigen Schlag; ein Splitter vom alten Block – nicht wahr?
Then, seeing that father looked at her with intense anxiety, she made a valiant effort.
Als sie sah, dass der Vater sie mit großer Besorgnis anblickte, machte sie eine tapfere Anstrengung.
Vocabulary
- Pferd
- A large domesticated animal used for riding
- dreihundert
- The number three hundred
- Pfund
- A unit of currency or weight, meaning 'pound'
- wert
- Having a specified value or worth
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when'
- auch
- Adverb meaning 'also' or 'even'
- nur
- Adverb meaning 'only' or 'just'
- Penny
- A small coin of low monetary value
- lief
- Past tense of 'laufen', meaning 'ran'
- schlang
- Past tense of 'schlingen', meaning 'wrapped' or 'wound'
- Arme
- Plural of 'Arm', the limbs extending from the shoulders
- um
- Preposition meaning 'around' or 'about'
- Hals
- The part of the body connecting head to torso
- küsste
- Past tense of 'küssen', meaning 'kissed'
- zweimal
- Adverb meaning 'twice' or 'two times'
- andere
- Adjective meaning 'other' or 'different'
- Ende
- The final point or conclusion of something
- Zimmers
- Genitive form of 'Zimmer', meaning 'of the room'
- zurückgezogen
- Past participle of 'zurückziehen', meaning 'withdrawn' or 'retreated'
- blickte
- Past tense of 'blicken', meaning 'looked' or 'glanced'
- nun
- Adverb meaning 'now' or 'at this point'
- direkt
- Adverb meaning 'directly' or 'straight'
- Gesicht
- The front part of a person's head, meaning 'face'
- beunruhigen
- To disturb, worry, or cause unease in someone
- Ordnung
- State of being correct or tidy; meaning 'order'
- richtigen
- Inflected form of 'richtig', meaning 'correct' or 'right'
- Schlag
- A blow or strike; also means 'type' or 'kind'
- Splitter
- A small sharp fragment broken off from something larger
- alten
- Inflected form of 'alt', meaning 'old'
- Block
- A solid mass or chunk; also means 'block'
- wahr
- Adjective meaning 'true' or 'real'
- Als
- Conjunction meaning 'when' referring to a past event
- sah
- Past tense of 'sehen', meaning 'saw'
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'
- Vater
- A male parent, meaning 'father'
- großer
- Inflected form of 'groß', meaning 'great' or 'large'
- Besorgnis
- A feeling of anxiety or concern about something
- anblickte
- Past tense of 'anblicken', meaning 'looked at' or 'regarded'
- tapfere
- Inflected form of 'tapfer', meaning 'brave' or 'courageous'
- Anstrengung
- A great effort or exertion made to achieve something
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