Little Women — Page 10
Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun with interest.
Jo stieß einen verzweifelten Seufzer aus, und Meg lachte laut auf, während Beth ihr Brot verbrennen ließ, als sie dem Spaß mit Interesse zusah.
Then things went smoothly, for Don Pedro defied the world in a speech of two pages without a single break.
Dann ging alles glatt vonstatten, denn Don Pedro trotzte der Welt in einer Rede von zwei Seiten ohne eine einzige Unterbrechung.
Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect.
Hagar, die Hexe, sang einen schrecklichen Zauberspruch über ihrem Kessel voller köchelnder Kröten, mit unheimlicher Wirkung.
"I do think _The Witches Curse, an Operatic Tragedy_ is rather a nice thing, but I'd like to try _Macbeth_, if we only had a trapdoor for Banquo.
„Ich finde, _Der Hexenfluch, eine Operntragikomödie_ ist eine recht schöne Sache, aber ich würde gerne _Macbeth_ versuchen, wenn wir nur eine Falltür für Banquo hätten.
I always wanted to do the killing part. 'Is that a dagger that I see before me?
Ich wollte immer die Mordszene spielen. ‚Ist das ein Dolch, den ich vor mir sehe?
Vocabulary
- stieß
- Past tense of stoßen; pushed or let out.
- einen
- Indefinite article, accusative masculine: a, an.
- verzweifelten
- Desperate, despairing; adjective in inflected form.
- Seufzer
- A sigh; an audible breath expressing emotion.
- aus
- Out, from; also a separable verb prefix.
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction.
- lachte
- Laughed; past tense of lachen.
- laut
- Loud, loudly; describing volume of sound.
- auf
- Up, on, open; separable prefix or preposition.
- während
- While, during; subordinating conjunction or preposition.
- ihr
- Her, their; possessive or personal pronoun.
- Brot
- Bread; a common baked staple food.
- verbrennen
- To burn; to char something with heat.
- ließ
- Let, allowed; past tense of lassen.
- als
- When, as, than; conjunction comparing or timing events.
- sie
- She, they, her; personal pronoun.
- dem
- The; dative masculine or neuter definite article.
- Spaß
- Fun, joke; enjoyment or amusement.
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means.
- Interesse
- Interest; attention or curiosity toward something.
- zusah
- Watched, looked on; past tense of zusehen.
- Dann
- Then; indicating what happens next in sequence.
- ging
- Went; past tense of gehen.
- alles
- Everything, all; indefinite pronoun.
- glatt
- Smooth, smoothly; without problems or bumps.
- vonstatten
- Used in vonstatten gehen: to proceed, take place.
- denn
- Because, for; coordinating causal conjunction.
- trotzte
- Defied, braved; past tense of trotzen.
- der
- The; definite article or relative pronoun.
- Welt
- World; the earth or society at large.
- in
- In, into; preposition of location or direction.
- einer
- A, one; indefinite article, dative feminine.
- Rede
- Speech, address; formal spoken communication.
- von
- Of, from, by; common preposition.
- zwei
- Two; the cardinal number 2.
- Seiten
- Pages, sides; plural of Seite.
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence.
- eine
- A, one; indefinite article, feminine nominative.
- einzige
- Single, only; emphasizing uniqueness or solitude.
- Unterbrechung
- Interruption, break; a pause stopping continuity.
- die
- The; feminine or plural definite article.
- Hexe
- Witch; a woman practicing magic or sorcery.
- sang
- Sang; past tense of singen.
- schrecklichen
- Terrible, dreadful; adjective in inflected form.
- Zauberspruch
- Magic spell; an incantation or enchanted formula.
- über
- Over, above, about; preposition of position or topic.
- ihrem
- Her, their; dative possessive pronoun.
- Kessel
- Cauldron, kettle; a large pot for boiling.
- voller
- Full of; adjective used before a noun.
- köchelnder
- Simmering, bubbling; gently boiling adjective form.
- Kröten
- Toads; plural of Kröte, a warty amphibian.
- unheimlicher
- Eerie, uncanny; strange and unsettling in effect.
- Wirkung
- Effect, impact; the result produced by something.
- Ich
- I; first person singular personal pronoun.
- finde
- Find, think; first person singular of finden.
- Hexenfluch
- Witch's curse; a magical hex cast by a witch.
- Operntragikomödie_
- Opera tragicomedy; a mixed comic and tragic opera form.
- ist
- Is; third person singular of sein.
- recht
- Quite, rather, right; adverb of degree.
- schöne
- Beautiful, lovely; inflected form of schön.
- Sache
- Thing, matter; a general object or affair.
- aber
- But, however; coordinating adversative conjunction.
- ich
- I; first person singular personal pronoun.
- würde
- Would; conditional form of werden.
- gerne
- Gladly, with pleasure; willingly doing something.
- versuchen
- To try, attempt; making an effort to do.
- wenn
- If, when; conditional or temporal conjunction.
- wir
- We; first person plural personal pronoun.
- nur
- Only, just; limiting adverb.
- Falltür
- Trapdoor; a hinged door set into floor or stage.
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or beneficiary.
- hätten
- Would have; subjunctive II form of haben.
- wollte
- Wanted; past tense of wollen.
- immer
- Always, ever; adverb of frequency.
- Mordszene
- Murder scene; a scene depicting a killing.
- spielen
- To play, act; performing on stage or with others.
- Ist
- Is; third person singular of sein.
- das
- That, the; definite article or demonstrative pronoun.
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article, masculine nominative.
- Dolch
- Dagger; a short sharp-bladed weapon.
- den
- The; accusative masculine definite article or relative pronoun.
- vor
- Before, in front of; preposition of position or time.
- mir
- Me; first person singular dative pronoun.
- sehe
- See; first person singular of sehen.
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