The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 11
At last the enemy's mother appeared, and called Tom a bad, vicious, vulgar child, and ordered him away.
Endlich erschien die Mutter des Feindes und nannte Tom ein schlechtes, boshaftes, ordinäres Kind und befahl ihm, zu gehen.
So he went away; but he said he "'lowed" to "lay" for that boy.
Also ging er; aber er sagte, er gedenke, es diesem Jungen heimzuzahlen.
He got home pretty late that night, and when he climbed cautiously in at the window, he uncovered an ambuscade, in the person of his aunt;
Er kam an jenem Abend ziemlich spät nach Hause, und als er vorsichtig durch das Fenster kletterte, stieß er auf einen Hinterhalt in Gestalt seiner Tante;
and when she saw the state his clothes were in her resolution to turn his Saturday holiday into captivity at hard labor became adamantine in its firmness.
und als sie den Zustand seiner Kleider sah, wurde ihr Entschluss, seinen Samstagsurlaub in Gefangenschaft bei schwerer Arbeit zu verwandeln, von unerschütterlicher Festigkeit.
Vocabulary
- Endlich
- Finally; used to express something long awaited
- erschien
- Appeared; past tense of erscheinen
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Mutter
- Mother; female parent
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article for masculine/neuter
- Feindes
- Enemy's; genitive form of Feind meaning enemy
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- nannte
- Called; past tense of nennen, to name or call
- ein
- A/an; indefinite article for singular nouns
- schlechtes
- Bad; adjective describing poor or wicked character
- boshaftes
- Malicious; adjective meaning spiteful or wicked
- ordinäres
- Common; adjective meaning vulgar or ordinary
- Kind
- Child; a young person
- befahl
- Ordered; past tense of befehlen, to command
- ihm
- Him/it; dative personal pronoun third person singular
- zu
- To; preposition or infinitive particle
- gehen
- To go; basic verb of movement
- Also
- So/thus; connective adverb indicating consequence
- ging
- Went; simple past tense of gehen
- er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- aber
- But; coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- sagte
- Said; past tense of sagen, to say
- gedenke
- Intend/plan; first person of gedenken, to intend
- es
- It; neutral third person singular pronoun
- diesem
- This; dative form of demonstrative pronoun dieser
- Jungen
- Boy; dative/genitive form of Junge meaning boy
- heimzuzahlen
- To pay back; to take revenge on someone
- Er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- kam
- Came; past tense of kommen, to come
- an
- At/to; preposition indicating direction or location
- jenem
- That; dative form of demonstrative pronoun jener
- Abend
- Evening; the time of day after afternoon
- ziemlich
- Rather/quite; adverb expressing moderate degree
- spät
- Late; adjective or adverb meaning after expected time
- nach
- To/after; preposition indicating direction or time
- Hause
- Home; dative form used in nach Hause meaning homeward
- als
- When/as; conjunction used in past time clauses
- vorsichtig
- Carefully; adjective or adverb meaning cautious
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating passage through something
- das
- The; definite article for neuter nouns
- Fenster
- Window; an opening in a wall with glass
- kletterte
- Climbed; past tense of klettern, to climb
- stieß
- Encountered; past tense of stoßen, to bump into
- auf
- On/onto; preposition indicating surface or encounter
- einen
- A/an; accusative indefinite article masculine singular
- Hinterhalt
- Ambush; a surprise attack from a hidden position
- in
- In/into; preposition indicating location or direction
- Gestalt
- Form/shape; the appearance or figure of someone
- seiner
- His; genitive possessive pronoun third person singular
- Tante
- Aunt; the sister of one's parent
- sie
- She/they; third person pronoun singular or plural
- den
- The; accusative definite article masculine singular
- Zustand
- Condition/state; the current situation of something
- Kleider
- Clothes; plural of Kleid meaning garment or dress
- sah
- Saw; past tense of sehen, to see
- wurde
- Became; past tense of werden, to become
- ihr
- Her/their; possessive or dative pronoun
- Entschluss
- Decision/resolution; a firm determination to act
- seinen
- His; accusative possessive pronoun masculine singular
- Samstagsurlaub
- Saturday free time; leisure time on Saturday
- Gefangenschaft
- Captivity; the state of being confined or imprisoned
- bei
- At/with; preposition indicating proximity or circumstance
- schwerer
- Hard/heavy; adjective genitive form meaning difficult
- Arbeit
- Work/labor; physical or mental effort or task
- verwandeln
- To transform; to change something into another form
- von
- Of/from; preposition indicating origin or possession
- unerschütterlicher
- Unshakeable; adjective meaning absolutely firm and resolute
- Festigkeit
- Firmness/steadfastness; quality of being solid and resolute
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