The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 9
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Danglars turned very red.
Danglars wurde sehr rot.
At this moment the young man returned; Danglars withdrew.
In diesem Moment kehrte der junge Mann zurück; Danglars zog sich zurück.
"I really must ask you to excuse me, M. Morrel. My first visit is due to my father, though I am not the less grateful for the honor you have done me.
„Ich muss Sie wirklich um Entschuldigung bitten, M. Morrel. Mein erster Besuch gilt meinem Vater, obwohl ich deshalb nicht weniger dankbar für die Ehre bin, die Sie mir erwiesen haben.
Vocabulary
- wurde
- past tense of 'werden'; became or was
- sehr
- very; to a high degree
- rot
- the color red
- diesem
- dative form of 'dieser'; this (dative case)
- Moment
- a brief period of time; moment
- kehrte
- past tense of 'kehren'; turned or returned
- junge
- adjective meaning young
- Mann
- an adult male person; man
- zurück
- back; in the direction of return
- zog
- past tense of 'ziehen'; pulled or moved
- Ich
- first person singular pronoun; I
- muss
- modal verb expressing necessity; must
- Sie
- formal second person pronoun; you (formal)
- wirklich
- truly; in actual fact; really
- Entschuldigung
- an expression of apology; excuse or sorry
- Mein
- possessive pronoun meaning my
- erster
- ordinal adjective meaning first
- Besuch
- the act of visiting someone; visit
- gilt
- third person singular of 'gelten'; applies or is valid
- meinem
- dative form of 'mein'; my (dative case)
- Vater
- a male parent; father
- obwohl
- subordinating conjunction meaning although or even though
- deshalb
- adverb meaning therefore or for that reason
- nicht
- negation word meaning not
- weniger
- comparative of 'wenig'; less or fewer
- dankbar
- feeling or showing gratitude; grateful
- Ehre
- high regard or respect; honor
- erwiesen
- past participle of 'erweisen'; shown or demonstrated
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