The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 3
He replied, he could be in no danger of wanting while his father's tenderness remained, which he and his wife should always cultivate with the utmost veneration; and he was persuaded his allowance would be suitable to the dignity and circumstances of his family, and to the provision already made for his brothers and sisters, who were happily settled under his protection.
Er antwortete, er könne keine Not leiden, solange die Zuneigung seines Vaters andauere, die er und seine Frau stets mit größter Ehrerbietung pflegen würden; und er sei überzeugt, dass seine Apanage der Würde und den Verhältnissen seiner Familie sowie der bereits für seine Brüder und Schwestern getroffenen Versorgung angemessen sein werde, die glücklich unter seinem Schutz untergebracht seien.
So saying, he left my father in a situation easily imagined.
So sprechend, ließ er meinen Vater in einer Lage zurück, die man sich leicht vorstellen kann.
Vocabulary
- antwortete
- Past tense of antworten: he answered, replied
- könne
- Subjunctive I of können: he could, be able to
- Not
- Noun: hardship, distress, need, poverty
- leiden
- Verb: to suffer, endure, bear hardship
- solange
- Conjunction: as long as, while a condition holds
- Zuneigung
- Noun: affection, fondness, warm feeling toward someone
- andauere
- Subjunctive I of andauern: to continue, persist, last
- stets
- Adverb: always, constantly, at all times
- größter
- Superlative adjective: greatest, utmost, highest degree
- Ehrerbietung
- Noun: reverence, deep respect, deference toward someone
- pflegen
- Verb: to care for, tend, nurse someone
- würden
- Conditional auxiliary: would (Konjunktiv II of werden)
- sei
- Subjunctive I of sein: he/she/it be, is (reported)
- überzeugt
- Adjective or past participle: convinced, certain, persuaded
- Apanage
- Noun: financial allowance granted to a noble family member
- Würde
- Noun: dignity, honor, noble rank or status
- Verhältnissen
- Dative plural of Verhältnis: circumstances, conditions, relations
- sowie
- Conjunction: as well as, and also, in addition to
- bereits
- Adverb: already, previously, by this point in time
- getroffenen
- Past participle adjective of treffen: provisions made, arrangements taken
- Versorgung
- Noun: provision, financial support, maintenance, care
- angemessen
- Adjective: appropriate, suitable, proportionate, fitting
- werde
- Subjunctive I of werden: will be, shall become
- Schutz
- Noun: protection, shelter, safeguarding from harm
- untergebracht
- Past participle of unterbringen: housed, accommodated, placed somewhere
- seien
- Subjunctive I plural of sein: they be, are (reported)
- sprechend
- Present participle of sprechen: speaking, while speaking
- ließ
- Past tense of lassen: left, let, caused to remain
- Lage
- Noun: situation, position, condition, state of affairs
- vorstellen
- Verb: to imagine, picture, introduce oneself or something
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