The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 10
In an instant both boys were rolling and tumbling in the dirt, gripped together like cats; and for the space of a minute they tugged and tore at each other's hair and clothes, punched and scratched each other's nose, and covered themselves with dust and glory.
Im nächsten Augenblick wälzten sich beide Jungen im Staub, aneinandergepackt wie Katzen; und eine Minute lang zerrten und rissen sie an den Haaren und Kleidern des anderen, stießen und kratzten sich gegenseitig die Nase, und bedeckten sich mit Staub und Ruhm.
Presently the confusion took form, and through the fog of battle Tom appeared, seated astride the new boy, and pounding him with his fists.
Bald nahm das Durcheinander eine bestimmte Form an, und durch den Nebel des Kampfes erschien Tom, rittlings auf dem neuen Jungen sitzend und auf ihn mit den Fäusten einschlagend.
The boy only struggled to free himself.
Der Junge versuchte nur, sich loszureißen.
He was crying—mainly from rage.
Er weinte – hauptsächlich vor Wut.
To which Tom responded with jeers, and started off in high feather, and as soon as his back was turned the new boy snatched up a stone, threw it and hit him between the shoulders and then turned tail and ran like an antelope.
Worauf Tom mit Spott antwortete und in bester Stimmung davonzog, und sobald er den Rücken zugewandt hatte, schnappte sich der neue Junge einen Stein, warf ihn und traf ihn zwischen die Schultern, drehte sich dann um und rannte davon wie eine Antilope.
Tom chased the traitor home, and thus found out where he lived.
Tom jagte den Verräter nach Hause und erfuhr so, wo er wohnte.
He then held a position at the gate for some time, daring the enemy to come outside, but the enemy only made faces at him through the window and declined.
Er bezog dann eine Weile lang eine Stellung am Tor und forderte den Feind heraus, herauszukommen, aber der Feind schnitt ihm nur durch das Fenster Grimassen und lehnte ab.
Vocabulary
- nächsten
- Next, nearest; closest in sequence or time
- Augenblick
- Moment, instant; a very brief period of time
- wälzten
- Rolled, wallowed; past tense of wälzen
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun: themselves, oneself
- beide
- Both; referring to two people or things
- Jungen
- Boys; plural of Junge, young males
- Staub
- Dust; fine dry particles on a surface
- wie
- Like, as, how; used for comparison
- Katzen
- Cats; plural of Katze, domestic feline animals
- eine
- One, a; indefinite article feminine form
- Minute
- Minute; sixty-second unit of time
- lang
- Long; extended in duration or length
- zerrten
- Tugged, yanked; pulled forcefully in past tense
- rissen
- Tore, ripped; past tense of reißen
- sie
- They, she; third person pronoun
- an
- At, on, to; common German preposition
- den
- The; definite article accusative/dative masculine or plural
- Haaren
- Hairs; dative plural of Haar
- Kleidern
- Clothes; dative plural of Kleid, garments
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article masculine/neuter
- anderen
- Other's; genitive form of the other
- stießen
- Pushed, poked; past tense of stoßen
- kratzten
- Scratched; past tense of kratzen
- gegenseitig
- Mutually, reciprocally; done to each other
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural
- Nase
- Nose; the facial organ for smelling
- bedeckten
- Covered; past tense of bedecken
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- Ruhm
- Glory, fame; great honor or renown
- Bald
- Soon; in a short period of time
- nahm
- Took; past tense of nehmen
- das
- The, that; definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- Durcheinander
- Chaos, confusion; a disordered jumble of things
- bestimmte
- Certain, specific; defined or particular in nature
- Form
- Form, shape; the structure or arrangement of something
- durch
- Through; moving from one side to another
- Nebel
- Fog, mist; thick atmospheric water vapor
- Kampfes
- Of the fight; genitive of Kampf, battle
- erschien
- Appeared; past tense of erscheinen
- auf
- On, upon, onto; preposition of position or direction
- dem
- The; dative definite article masculine/neuter
- neuen
- New; adjective declined, referring to the newcomer
- sitzend
- Sitting; present participle of sitzen
- ihn
- Him; accusative third person masculine pronoun
- Fäusten
- Fists; dative plural of Faust
- Der
- The; definite article nominative masculine
- Junge
- Boy; a young male person
- versuchte
- Tried, attempted; past tense of versuchen
- nur
- Only, just; limiting or restrictive adverb
- Er
- He; third person masculine singular pronoun
- weinte
- Cried, wept; past tense of weinen
- hauptsächlich
- Mainly, primarily; for the most part
- vor
- Before, in front of, out of; preposition
- Wut
- Rage, fury; intense uncontrolled anger
- Worauf
- Whereupon; after which, in response to which
- Spott
- Mockery, scorn; contemptuous ridicule of someone
- antwortete
- Answered, responded; past tense of antworten
- in
- In, into; common preposition of location
- bester
- Best; superlative of gut in declined form
- Stimmung
- Mood, atmosphere; the emotional tone of a situation
- sobald
- As soon as; immediately when a condition is met
- er
- He; third person masculine singular pronoun
- Rücken
- Back; the rear part of the human body
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben
- schnappte
- Grabbed, snatched; past tense of schnappen
- einen
- A, one; indefinite article accusative masculine
- Stein
- Stone, rock; a hard naturally occurring mineral object
- warf
- Threw; past tense of werfen
- traf
- Hit, struck; past tense of treffen
- zwischen
- Between; in the space separating two things
- Schultern
- Shoulders; dative plural of Schulter
- drehte
- Turned; past tense of drehen
- dann
- Then; at that time or afterward
- um
- Around, at, for; versatile German preposition
- rannte
- Ran; past tense of rennen
- davon
- Away, off; away from a place or situation
- jagte
- Chased, hunted; past tense of jagen
- Verräter
- Traitor; one who betrays another person
- nach
- After, to, according to; common German preposition
- Hause
- Home; dative form, used in 'nach Hause'
- erfuhr
- Found out, learned; past tense of erfahren
- so
- So, thus; in this way or to such a degree
- wo
- Where; interrogative or relative adverb of place
- wohnte
- Lived, resided; past tense of wohnen
- bezog
- Took up; past tense of beziehen, to occupy a position
- Weile
- While, a while; a short period of time
- Stellung
- Position, stance; a place taken up for a purpose
- am
- At the, by the; contraction of an dem
- Tor
- Gate, goal; a large door or entrance structure
- forderte
- Demanded, challenged; past tense of fordern
- Feind
- Enemy, foe; a person who is hostile to another
- heraus
- Out, forth; out from inside a place
- herauszukommen
- To come out; to exit from an enclosed space
- aber
- But, however; coordinating conjunction of contrast
- schnitt
- Cut; past tense of schneiden, also pulled faces
- ihm
- Him, to him; dative third person masculine pronoun
- Fenster
- Window; a glass-paned opening in a wall
- Grimassen
- Grimaces; distorted facial expressions made mockingly
- lehnte
- Leaned; past tense of lehnen, or declined (ablehnen)
- ab
- Off, away; separable verb prefix indicating refusal
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