Little Women — Page 7
Her father called her 'Little Miss Tranquility', and the name suited her excellently, for she seemed to live in a happy world of her own, only venturing out to meet the few whom she trusted and loved.
Ihr Vater nannte sie ‚Kleine Miss Ruhe', und der Name passte ihr ausgezeichnet, denn sie schien in einer glücklichen Welt für sich zu leben und wagte sich nur heraus, um die wenigen zu treffen, denen sie vertraute und die sie liebte.
Amy, though the youngest, was a most important person, in her own opinion at least.
Amy, obwohl die Jüngste, war zumindest ihrer eigenen Meinung nach eine höchst bedeutende Person.
A regular snow maiden, with blue eyes, and yellow hair curling on her shoulders, pale and slender, and always carrying herself like a young lady mindful of her manners.
Eine regelrechte Schneejungfrau, mit blauen Augen und gelbem Haar, das sich auf ihren Schultern ringelte, blass und schlank, und stets so haltend wie eine junge Dame, die auf ihre Manieren bedacht war.
What the characters of the four sisters were we will leave to be found out.
Was die Charaktere der vier Schwestern waren, wollen wir dem Leser selbst zu entdecken überlassen.
The clock struck six and, having swept up the hearth, Beth put a pair of slippers down to warm.
Die Uhr schlug sechs, und nachdem Beth den Herd gefegt hatte, legte sie ein Paar Pantoffeln zum Wärmen hin.
Somehow the sight of the old shoes had a good effect upon the girls, for Mother was coming, and everyone brightened to welcome her.
Irgendwie hatte der Anblick der alten Schuhe eine gute Wirkung auf die Mädchen, denn Mutter kam, und alle wurden fröhlicher, um sie zu begrüßen.
Meg stopped lecturing, and lighted the lamp, Amy got out of the easy chair without being asked, and Jo forgot how tired she was as she sat up to hold the slippers nearer to the blaze.
Meg hörte auf zu mahnen und zündete die Lampe an, Amy stand ohne Aufforderung aus dem Sessel auf, und Jo vergaß, wie müde sie war, als sie sich aufsetzte, um die Pantoffeln näher an die Flamme zu halten.
Vocabulary
- Ihr
- Your (formal or plural possessive pronoun)
- Vater
- Father, male parent
- nannte
- Called, named (past tense of nennen)
- sie
- She, they (personal pronoun)
- Kleine
- Little one, small girl (affectionate term)
- Ruhe
- Peace, rest, quiet
- und
- And (conjunction)
- der
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- Name
- Name, designation, title
- passte
- Fit, suited, matched (past tense)
- ihr
- Her, to her (personal pronoun dative/accusative)
- ausgezeichnet
- Excellent, outstanding, distinguished
- denn
- Because, for (conjunction)
- schien
- Seemed, appeared (past tense of scheinen)
- in
- In, into (preposition)
- einer
- A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- glücklichen
- Happy, fortunate (adjective, feminine dative)
- Welt
- World, universe, realm
- für
- For (preposition)
- sich
- Herself, oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- zu
- To, for (preposition or infinitive marker)
- leben
- To live, exist
- wagte
- Dared, ventured (past tense of wagen)
- nur
- Only, merely, just
- heraus
- Out, out from (adverb)
- um
- Around, at (preposition)
- die
- The (feminine/plural definite article)
- wenigen
- Few, a few (adjective)
- treffen
- Meet, encounter, hit
- denen
- Those, whom (relative pronoun dative)
- vertraute
- Trusted (past tense of vertrauen)
- liebte
- Loved (past tense of lieben)
- obwohl
- Although, though (subordinating conjunction)
- Jüngste
- Youngest, youngest one
- war
- Was (past tense of sein)
- zumindest
- At least, at the very least
- ihrer
- Her, her own (possessive pronoun genitive)
- eigenen
- Own (possessive adjective)
- Meinung
- Opinion, view, judgment
- nach
- After, according to (preposition)
- eine
- A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- höchst
- Highly, most, extremely
- bedeutende
- Significant, important, meaningful
- Person
- Person, individual, character
- Eine
- A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- regelrechte
- Proper, downright, veritable
- mit
- With (preposition)
- blauen
- Blue (adjective, plural or dative)
- Augen
- Eyes (plural of Auge)
- gelbem
- Yellow (adjective, neuter dative)
- Haar
- Hair (singular or collective)
- das
- That, which (relative pronoun or article)
- auf
- On, upon (preposition)
- ihren
- Her, their (possessive pronoun accusative/dative)
- Schultern
- Shoulders (plural of Schulter)
- blass
- Pale, ashen, wan
- schlank
- Slender, slim, thin
- stets
- Always, constantly, ever
- so
- So, thus, in this way
- haltend
- Holding, carrying (present participle)
- wie
- Like, as, how (comparative/question word)
- junge
- Young (adjective)
- Dame
- Lady, woman, dame
- ihre
- Her, their (possessive pronoun nominative/accusative)
- Manieren
- Manners, behavior, deportment
- Was
- What (question word or relative pronoun)
- Charaktere
- Characters, personalities (plural)
- vier
- Four (cardinal number)
- Schwestern
- Sisters (plural of Schwester)
- waren
- Were (past tense of sein, plural)
- wollen
- Want, will, intend (modal verb)
- wir
- We (personal pronoun first person plural)
- dem
- The (masculine/neuter singular dative)
- Leser
- Reader (masculine noun)
- selbst
- Self, ourselves, themselves
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