The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 3
All hands obeyed, and at once the eight or ten seamen who composed the crew, sprang to their respective stations at the spanker brails and outhaul, topsail sheets and halyards, the jib downhaul, and the topsail clewlines and buntlines.
Alle gehorchten, und sogleich sprangen die acht oder zehn Matrosen, aus denen die Mannschaft bestand, zu ihren jeweiligen Posten an den Besangeitauen und dem Ausholer, den Marssegelfallen und -schoten, dem Klüvернiederholder sowie den Marssegelgeitauen und Bunttauen.
The young sailor gave a look to see that his orders were promptly and accurately obeyed, and then turned again to the owner.
Der junge Matrose warf einen Blick darauf, dass seine Befehle prompt und genau befolgt wurden, und wandte sich dann wieder an den Reeder.
"Alas, sir, in the most unexpected manner.
„Ach, mein Herr, auf die unerwartetste Weise.
After a long talk with the harbor-master, Captain Leclere left Naples greatly disturbed in mind.
Nach einem langen Gespräch mit dem Hafenmeister verließ Kapitän Leclere Neapel in großer Unruhe des Geistes.
In twenty-four hours he was attacked by a fever, and died three days afterwards.
Innerhalb von vierundzwanzig Stunden wurde er von einem Fieber befallen und starb drei Tage danach.
We performed the usual burial service, and he is at his rest, sewn up in his hammock with a thirty-six-pound shot at his head and his heels, off El Giglio island.
Wir vollzogen die übliche Begräbnisfeier, und er ruht nun, eingenäht in seiner Hängematte mit einer Sechsunddreißigpfund-Kugel zu Häupten und zu Füßen, vor der Insel El Giglio.
We bring to his widow his sword and cross of honor.
Wir bringen seiner Witwe sein Schwert und sein Ehrenkreuz.
Vocabulary
- Alle
- All, everyone; refers to the entire group
- gehorchten
- Obeyed; past tense of gehorchen
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- sogleich
- Immediately, at once, without delay
- sprangen
- Jumped, leaped; past tense of springen
- die
- The; definite article, also relative pronoun
- acht
- Eight; the number 8
- oder
- Or; coordinating disjunctive conjunction
- zehn
- Ten; the number 10
- Matrosen
- Sailors, seamen; plural of Matrose
- aus
- Out of, from; preposition indicating origin
- denen
- Whom, which; dative plural relative pronoun
- Mannschaft
- Crew, team; a group working together
- bestand
- Consisted of; past tense of bestehen
- zu
- To, at; preposition or infinitive particle
- ihren
- Their; possessive pronoun in accusative/dative
- jeweiligen
- Respective, particular; adjective for each specific one
- Posten
- Post, position, station; assigned place of duty
- an
- At, on, to; preposition indicating location or direction
- dem
- The; dative singular definite article
- sowie
- As well as, and also; coordinating conjunction
- Der
- The; masculine nominative definite article
- junge
- Young; adjective describing youth or age
- Matrose
- Sailor, seaman; a member of a ship's crew
- warf
- Threw, cast; past tense of werfen
- einen
- A, one; masculine accusative indefinite article
- Blick
- Glance, look; a quick visual check
- darauf
- On it, thereupon; prepositional adverb of location
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun in nominative plural or accusative
- Befehle
- Orders, commands; plural of Befehl
- prompt
- Promptly, quickly; done without delay
- genau
- Exactly, precisely; accurate or correct
- befolgt
- Followed, obeyed; past participle of befolgen
- wurden
- Were; past tense auxiliary for passive constructions
- wandte
- Turned; past tense of wenden
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- dann
- Then, afterward; temporal adverb
- wieder
- Again, once more; adverb of repetition
- Reeder
- Shipowner; person who owns a ship or fleet
- Ach
- Oh, ah; exclamation expressing surprise or regret
- mein
- My; first-person singular possessive pronoun
- Herr
- Mister, sir, lord; formal address for a man
- auf
- On, upon, at; preposition of location or direction
- unerwartetste
- Most unexpected; superlative adjective of unerwartet
- Weise
- Way, manner, fashion; how something is done
- Nach
- After, following; preposition of time or direction
- einem
- A, one; dative singular indefinite article
- langen
- Long; adjective in inflected form describing duration
- Gespräch
- Conversation, talk; a verbal exchange between people
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- Hafenmeister
- Harbormaster; official overseeing port operations
- verließ
- Left, departed from; past tense of verlassen
- Kapitän
- Captain; commander of a ship
- Neapel
- Naples; major city and port in southern Italy
- in
- In, into; preposition of location or direction
- großer
- Great, intense; adjective in inflected form
- Unruhe
- Restlessness, anxiety, unease; disturbed mental state
- des
- Of the; genitive singular definite article
- Geistes
- Of the mind, spirit; genitive of Geist
- Innerhalb
- Within, inside of; preposition indicating time or space
- von
- Of, from, by; common preposition of origin or possession
- vierundzwanzig
- Twenty-four; the number 24
- Stunden
- Hours; plural of Stunde
- wurde
- Was, became; past tense auxiliary for passive voice
- er
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- Fieber
- Fever; elevated body temperature due to illness
- befallen
- Seized, struck; past participle meaning overtaken by illness
- starb
- Died; past tense of sterben
- drei
- Three; the number 3
- Tage
- Days; plural of Tag
- danach
- After that, thereafter; temporal adverb
- Wir
- We; first-person plural nominative pronoun
- vollzogen
- Carried out, performed; past participle of vollziehen
- übliche
- Usual, customary; adjective in inflected form
- Begräbnisfeier
- Funeral ceremony; formal service to honor the deceased
- ruht
- Rests, lies; third-person singular present of ruhen
- nun
- Now; adverb indicating the present moment
- eingenäht
- Sewn in; past participle of einnähen
- seiner
- His; genitive or dative possessive pronoun
- Hängematte
- Hammock; suspended fabric bed used on ships
- einer
- A, one; feminine or genitive indefinite article form
- Kugel
- Ball, bullet, cannonball; spherical projectile or object
- Häupten
- Head end; dative plural of Haupt, meaning head
- Füßen
- Feet; dative plural of Fuß
- vor
- Before, in front of; preposition of location or time
- der
- The; definite article in various cases
- Insel
- Island; land surrounded by water
- bringen
- To bring, to deliver; infinitive verb
- Witwe
- Widow; a woman whose husband has died
- sein
- His or to be; possessive pronoun or infinitive verb
- Schwert
- Sword; bladed weapon carried as symbol of rank
- Ehrenkreuz
- Cross of honor; military or civilian decoration award
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