The Brothers Karamazov — Page 4
It was said that the young wife showed incomparably more generosity and dignity than Fyodor Pavlovitch, who, as is now known, got hold of all her money up to twenty-five thousand roubles as soon as she received it, so that those thousands were lost to her for ever.
Es hieß, dass die junge Frau unvergleichlich mehr Großzügigkeit und Würde zeigte als Fjodor Pawlowitsch, der, wie jetzt bekannt ist, sich all ihr Geld bis zu fünfundzwanzigtausend Rubel bemächtigte, sobald sie es erhielt, sodass ihr diese Tausende für immer verloren waren.
The little village and the rather fine town house which formed part of her dowry he did his utmost for a long time to transfer to his name, by means of some deed of conveyance.
Das kleine Dorf und das recht stattliche Stadthaus, die Teil ihrer Mitgift waren, versuchte er lange Zeit mit aller Kraft durch irgendeine Übertragungsurkunde auf seinen Namen umzuschreiben.
He would probably have succeeded, merely from her moral fatigue and desire to get rid of him, and from the contempt and loathing he aroused by his persistent and shameless importunity.
Er wäre wahrscheinlich erfolgreich gewesen, allein schon wegen ihrer moralischen Erschöpfung und ihres Wunsches, ihn loszuwerden, sowie wegen der Verachtung und des Abscheus, den er durch seine beharrliche und schamlose Zudringlichkeit hervorrief.
But, fortunately, Adelaïda Ivanovna's family intervened and circumvented his greediness.
Aber zum Glück griff Adelaida Iwanownas Familie ein und vereitelte seine Habgier.
It is known for a fact that frequent fights took place between the husband and wife, but rumor had it that Fyodor Pavlovitch did not beat his wife but was beaten by her, for she was a hot-tempered, bold, dark-browed, impatient woman, possessed of remarkable physical strength.
Es ist eine bekannte Tatsache, dass es häufig zu Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Mann und Frau kam, aber dem Gerücht zufolge schlug Fjodor Pawlowitsch seine Frau nicht, sondern wurde von ihr geschlagen, denn sie war eine jähzornige, kühne, dunkelbrauige, ungeduldige Frau von bemerkenswerter körperlicher Stärke.
Finally, she left the house and ran away from Fyodor Pavlovitch with a destitute divinity student, leaving Mitya, a child of three years old, in her husband's hands.
Schließlich verließ sie das Haus und lief mit einem mittellosen Theologiestudenten von Fjodor Pawlowitsch davon, wobei sie Mitja, ein dreijähriges Kind, in den Händen ihres Mannes zurückließ.
Immediately Fyodor Pavlovitch introduced a regular harem into the house, and abandoned himself to orgies of drunkenness.
Sofort führte Fjodor Pawlowitsch einen regelrechten Harem ins Haus ein und überließ sich Orgien der Trunksucht.
Vocabulary
- hieß
- Was called; past tense of 'heißen'
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- junge
- Young; adjective describing a person of little age
- Frau
- Woman; adult female person
- unvergleichlich
- Incomparably; beyond comparison, matchless
- mehr
- More; greater quantity or degree
- Großzügigkeit
- Generosity; quality of being liberal and giving
- Würde
- Dignity; quality of being worthy and honorable
- zeigte
- Showed; past tense of 'zeigen', to show
- als
- Than or when; used in comparisons or time clauses
- wie
- How or as; used in comparisons and questions
- jetzt
- Now; at the present moment
- bekannt
- Known; widely recognized or familiar
- sich
- Himself/herself/itself; reflexive pronoun
- all
- All; entirety of something
- ihr
- Her; possessive or dative pronoun for feminine
- Geld
- Money; currency used for transactions
- bis
- Until or up to; indicating limit or endpoint
- fünfundzwanzigtausend
- Twenty-five thousand; the number 25,000
- Rubel
- Rubles; Russian unit of currency
- bemächtigte
- Seized; past tense of taking possession of something
- sobald
- As soon as; immediately when something happens
- erhielt
- Received; past tense of 'erhalten', to receive
- sodass
- So that; conjunction indicating result or consequence
- diese
- These or this; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- Tausende
- Thousands; plural of thousand
- immer
- Always or forever; at all times
- verloren
- Lost; past participle of 'verlieren'
- kleine
- Small; adjective describing something of little size
- Dorf
- Village; small rural settlement
- recht
- Quite or fairly; moderately, rather
- stattliche
- Impressive; sizeable and grand in appearance
- Stadthaus
- Town house; residential house located in a town
- Teil
- Part; a portion or component of a whole
- ihrer
- Her; genitive or dative possessive feminine pronoun
- Mitgift
- Dowry; property brought by bride to marriage
- versuchte
- Tried; past tense of 'versuchen', to attempt
- lange
- Long; for a great duration of time
- Zeit
- Time; the continuous progression of existence
- aller
- All of; genitive or intensifying form of 'all'
- Kraft
- Strength or force; physical or mental power
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating means or passage
- irgendeine
- Some kind of; an unspecified or indefinite thing
- Übertragungsurkunde
- Deed of transfer; legal document transferring property ownership
- Namen
- Name; word used to identify a person
- umzuschreiben
- To rewrite or transfer; to register under a new name
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive past of 'sein'
- wahrscheinlich
- Probably; likely to be true or happen
- erfolgreich
- Successful; achieving desired results or goals
- gewesen
- Been; past participle of 'sein', to be
- allein
- Alone or solely; only, by itself
- schon
- Already; indicating something has occurred earlier
- wegen
- Because of; preposition indicating reason or cause
- moralischen
- Moral; relating to ethics or principles of conduct
- Erschöpfung
- Exhaustion; state of extreme fatigue or depletion
- ihres
- Her; genitive possessive feminine pronoun
- Wunsches
- Wish; genitive of desire or longing for something
- loszuwerden
- To get rid of; to free oneself from someone
- sowie
- As well as; in addition to, and also
- Verachtung
- Contempt; feeling of strong disrespect or disdain
- Abscheus
- Disgust; genitive of strong feeling of revulsion
- beharrliche
- Persistent; continuing steadfastly despite difficulties
- schamlose
- Shameless; without shame or moral restraint
- Zudringlichkeit
- Intrusiveness; obtrusive and importunate behavior
- hervorrief
- Provoked; past tense of 'hervorrufen', to cause
- Glück
- Luck or happiness; fortunate circumstance
- griff
- Grabbed or intervened; past tense of 'greifen'
- Familie
- Family; group of related persons living together
- vereitelte
- Thwarted; past tense of frustrating someone's plans
- Habgier
- Greed; excessive desire for money or possessions
- bekannte
- Known; well-recognized or familiar fact or person
- Tatsache
- Fact; something known to be true
- häufig
- Frequent; occurring often or repeatedly
- Auseinandersetzungen
- Arguments; plural of dispute or confrontation
- zwischen
- Between; preposition indicating position among two things
- Mann
- Man or husband; adult male person
- kam
- Came; past tense of 'kommen', to come
- Gerücht
- Rumor; unverified story circulating among people
- zufolge
- According to; based on a source of information
- schlug
- Hit or beat; past tense of 'schlagen'
- sondern
- But rather; corrective conjunction replacing a negation
- wurde
- Became or was; past tense of 'werden'
- geschlagen
- Beaten; past participle of 'schlagen', to hit
- denn
- Because or for; causal conjunction explaining reason
- jähzornige
- Hot-tempered; prone to sudden outbursts of anger
- kühne
- Bold; daring and courageous in character
- dunkelbrauige
- Dark-browed; having dark eyebrows
- ungeduldige
- Impatient; unable to wait calmly or tolerate delay
- bemerkenswerter
- Remarkable; noteworthy, deserving special attention
- körperlicher
- Physical; relating to the body and its strength
- Stärke
- Strength; power or robustness of body or character
- Schließlich
- Finally; at last, after a long time
- verließ
- Left; past tense of 'verlassen', to abandon
- Haus
- House; building used as a residence
- lief
- Ran; past tense of 'laufen', to run
- mittellosen
- Penniless; without financial means or resources
- Theologiestudenten
- Theology student; person studying religious doctrine academically
- davon
- Away; away from something, off with someone
- wobei
- Whereby; in the process of which
- dreijähriges
- Three-year-old; adjective describing a child aged three
- Kind
- Child; young human being
- Händen
- Hands; plural dative of hand
- zurückließ
- Left behind; past tense of 'zurücklassen'
- Sofort
- Immediately; without any delay
- führte
- Led; past tense of 'führen', to lead
- regelrechten
- Regular; thorough, proper, full-blown
- Harem
- Harem; household of women kept by one man
- überließ
- Left to; past tense of surrendering something to someone
- Orgien
- Orgies; plural of wild, debauched celebrations
- Trunksucht
- Alcoholism; compulsive excessive drinking of alcohol
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