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The Brothers Make Friends

Die Brüder schließen Freundschaft

Chapter IV. Rebellion

Kapitel IV. Rebellion

Chapter V. The Grand Inquisitor

Kapitel V. Der Großinquisitor

Chapter VI. For Awhile A Very Obscure One

Kapitel VI. Vorläufig noch sehr unklar

Chapter VII. "It's Always Worth While Speaking To A Clever Man"

Kapitel VII. „Es lohnt sich immer, mit einem klugen Mann zu sprechen"

Book VI. The Russian Monk

Buch VI. Der russische Mönch

Chapter I. Father Zossima And His Visitors

Kapitel I. Vater Zossima und seine Besucher

Chapter II. The Duel

Kapitel II. Das Duell

Chapter III. Conversations And Exhortations Of Father Zossima

Kapitel III. Gespräche und Ermahnungen des Vaters Zossima

Part III

Teil III

Book VII. Alyosha

Buch VII. Aljoscha

Chapter I. The Breath Of Corruption

Kapitel I. Der Hauch der Verwesung

Chapter II. A Critical Moment

Kapitel II. Ein kritischer Moment

Chapter III. An Onion

Kapitel III. Eine Zwiebel

Chapter IV. Cana Of Galilee

Kapitel IV. Kana in Galiläa

Book VIII. Mitya

Buch VIII. Mitja

Chapter I. Kuzma Samsonov

Kapitel I. Kusma Samsonow

Chapter II. Lyagavy

Kapitel II. Ljagawy

Chapter III. Gold-Mines

Kapitel III. Goldminen

Chapter IV. In The Dark

Kapitel IV. Im Dunkeln

Chapter V. A Sudden Resolution

Kapitel V. Ein plötzlicher Entschluss

Chapter VI. "I Am Coming, Too!"

Kapitel VI. „Ich komme auch!"

Chapter VII. The First And Rightful Lover

Kapitel VII. Der erste und rechtmäßige Liebhaber

Chapter VIII. Delirium

Kapitel VIII. Delirium

Book IX. The Preliminary Investigation

Buch IX. Die Voruntersuchung

Chapter I. The Beginning Of Perhotin's Official Career

Kapitel I. Der Beginn von Perhotins offizieller Laufbahn

Chapter II. The Alarm

Kapitel II. Der Alarm

Chapter III. The Sufferings Of A Soul, The First Ordeal

Kapitel III. Die Leiden einer Seele, die erste Prüfung

Chapter IV. The Second Ordeal

Kapitel IV. Die zweite Prüfung

Chapter V. The Third Ordeal

Kapitel V. Die dritte Prüfung

Chapter VI. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya

Kapitel VI. Der Staatsanwalt fängt Mitja

Chapter VII. Mitya's Great Secret. Received With Hisses

Kapitel VII. Mitjas großes Geheimnis. Mit Zischen empfangen

Chapter VIII. The Evidence Of The Witnesses. The Babe

Kapitel VIII. Die Aussagen der Zeugen. Das Kind

Chapter IX. They Carry Mitya Away

Kapitel IX. Sie führen Mitja ab

Part IV

Teil IV

Book X. The Boys

Buch X. Die Knaben

Chapter I. Kolya Krassotkin

Kapitel I. Kolja Krassotkin

Chapter II. Children

Kapitel II. Kinder

Chapter III. The Schoolboy

Kapitel III. Der Schüler

Chapter IV. The Lost Dog

Kapitel IV. Der verlorene Hund

Chapter V. By Ilusha's Bedside

Kapitel V. An Iljuschas Bett

Chapter VI. Precocity

Kapitel VI. Frühreife

Chapter VII. Ilusha

Kapitel VII. Iljuscha

Book XI. Ivan

Buch XI. Iwan

Chapter I. At Grushenka's

Kapitel I. Bei Gruschenjka

Chapter II. The Injured Foot

Kapitel II. Der verletzte Fuß

Chapter III. A Little Demon

Kapitel III. Ein kleiner Dämon

Chapter IV. A Hymn And A Secret

Kapitel IV. Ein Hymnus und ein Geheimnis

Chapter V. Not You, Not You!

Kapitel V. Nicht du, nicht du!

Vocabulary

Brüder
Brothers; male siblings
schließen
To close, shut, or conclude something
Freundschaft
Friendship; a close bond between people
Kapitel
Chapter; a division of a book
Rebellion
Rebellion; uprising or revolt against authority
Großinquisitor
Grand Inquisitor; head of religious inquisition
Vorläufig
Provisional, temporary, or for the time being
noch
Still, yet, or in addition
sehr
Very; to a high degree
unklar
Unclear, vague, or ambiguous
Es
It; neuter third-person pronoun
lohnt
Worth it; pays off (verb: lohnen)
sich
Reflexive pronoun: oneself, himself, herself
immer
Always; at all times without exception
mit
With; together or using something
klugen
Clever, smart, intelligent (adjective inflected)
Mann
Man; adult male person
zu
To; preposition or infinitive marker
sprechen
To speak or talk with someone
Buch
Book; written or printed publication
russische
Russian; relating to Russia (adjective)
Mönch
Monk; a male member of a monastery
Vater
Father; male parent or paternal figure
und
And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
seine
His; possessive pronoun (masculine/neuter)
Besucher
Visitors; people who come to see someone
Duell
Duel; a formal fight between two people
Gespräche
Conversations; spoken exchanges between people
Ermahnungen
Admonishments; serious warnings or moral reminders
Vaters
Father's; genitive form of Vater
Teil
Part; a section or portion of something
Hauch
Breath, whiff, or faint trace of something
Verwesung
Decomposition; decay of organic matter
kritischer
Critical; decisive or of great importance
Moment
Moment; a brief point in time
Zwiebel
Onion; a common edible bulb vegetable
in
In; preposition indicating location or time
Goldminen
Gold mines; locations where gold is extracted
Im
In the; contraction of in + dem
Dunkeln
In the dark; darkness (dative form)
plötzlicher
Sudden; happening unexpectedly and quickly
Entschluss
Decision; a firm resolution to act
Ich
I; first-person singular pronoun
komme
Come; first-person singular of kommen
auch
Also, too; additionally or as well
erste
First; ordinal number one (inflected)
rechtmäßige
Legitimate, lawful, rightful (adjective inflected)
Liebhaber
Lover; a person romantically involved with another
Delirium
Delirium; a state of mental confusion
Voruntersuchung
Preliminary investigation; initial legal inquiry
Beginn
Beginning; the start of something
von
Of, from; preposition indicating origin
offizieller
Official; relating to formal authority or position
Laufbahn
Career; a professional path or trajectory
Alarm
Alarm; a warning signal of danger
Leiden
Suffering; pain or distress endured by someone
Seele
Soul; the spiritual essence of a person
Prüfung
Test, examination, or trial of endurance
zweite
Second; ordinal number two (inflected)
dritte
Third; ordinal number three (inflected)
Staatsanwalt
Public prosecutor; state attorney in court
fängt
Catches, begins; third-person singular of fangen
großes
Great, big; adjective inflected neuter nominative
Geheimnis
Secret; something kept hidden from others
Mit
With; preposition indicating accompaniment
Zischen
Hissing; a sharp sibilant sound of disapproval
empfangen
Received; to welcome or accept someone/something
Aussagen
Statements, testimonies; accounts given officially
Zeugen
Witnesses; people who testify to events
Kind
Child; a young person or offspring
Sie
She, they, or formal you (pronoun)
führen
To lead, guide, or take away
ab
Away, off; separable prefix indicating departure
Knaben
Boys; young male children (genitive/plural)
Kinder
Children; young people, offspring
Schüler
Student, pupil; someone attending school
verlorene
Lost; missing or strayed (adjective inflected)
Hund
Dog; a common domesticated animal
An
At, by, on; preposition of location
Bett
Bed; furniture for sleeping or resting
Frühreife
Precocity; premature maturity in a child
Bei
At, near, by; preposition of proximity
verletzte
Injured, hurt; past tense of verletzen
Fuß
Foot; the lower extremity of the leg
kleiner
Small, little; adjective comparative or inflected
Dämon
Demon; an evil supernatural being or spirit
Hymnus
Hymn; a song of praise or devotion
Nicht
Not; negation particle in German
du
You; informal second-person singular pronoun
nicht
Not; negation word in German sentences
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