The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 14
The two oarsmen bent to their work, and the little boat glided away as rapidly as possible in the midst of the thousand vessels which choke up the narrow way which leads between the two rows of ships from the mouth of the harbor to the Quai d'Orléans.
Die beiden Ruderer beugten sich über ihre Arbeit, und das kleine Boot glitt so schnell wie möglich inmitten der tausend Schiffe dahin, die den engen Weg verstopfen, der zwischen den zwei Schiffsreihen vom Eingang des Hafens zum Quai d'Orléans führt.
The shipowner, smiling, followed him with his eyes until he saw him spring out on the quay and disappear in the midst of the throng, which from five o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock at night, swarms in the famous street of La Canebière,—a street of which the modern Phocéens are so proud that they say with all the gravity in the world, and with that accent which gives so much character to what is said, "If Paris had La Canebière, Paris would be a second Marseilles."
Der Reeder, lächelnd, folgte ihm mit den Augen, bis er ihn auf den Kai springen und in der Menge verschwinden sah, die von fünf Uhr morgens bis neun Uhr abends in der berühmten Straße der Canebière wimmelt – einer Straße, auf die die modernen Phokäer so stolz sind, dass sie mit allem Ernst der Welt und mit jenem Akzent, der dem Gesagten so viel Charakter verleiht, sagen: „Hätte Paris die Canebière, wäre Paris ein zweites Marseille."
On turning round the owner saw Danglars behind him, apparently awaiting orders, but in reality also watching the young sailor,—but there was a great difference in the expression of the two men who thus followed the movements of Edmond Dantès.
Als der Reeder sich umdrehte, sah er Danglars hinter sich, der anscheinend auf Befehle wartete, in Wirklichkeit aber ebenfalls den jungen Matrosen beobachtete – doch der Ausdruck der beiden Männer, die so die Bewegungen von Edmond Dantès verfolgten, war grundverschieden.
Chapter 2.
Kapitel 2.
Vocabulary
- beiden
- Both; referring to two people or things together.
- Ruderer
- Rower; person who rows a boat.
- beugten
- Bent, leaned; past tense of beugen.
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun: themselves, oneself.
- über
- Over, above, about; common preposition.
- ihre
- Their, her; possessive pronoun.
- Arbeit
- Work, labor, task; a fundamental everyday noun.
- kleine
- Small, little; adjective describing size.
- Boot
- Boat; small watercraft.
- glitt
- Glided, slid; past tense of gleiten.
- schnell
- Fast, quickly; common adverb and adjective.
- wie
- How, as, like; comparison or question word.
- möglich
- Possible; able to happen or be done.
- inmitten
- In the middle of, amid; preposition of position.
- tausend
- Thousand; cardinal number.
- Schiffe
- Ships; plural of Schiff, large watercraft.
- dahin
- Along, away, in that direction.
- engen
- Narrow, tight; adjective describing limited space.
- Weg
- Path, way, road; common directional noun.
- verstopfen
- To block, clog, congest a passage or route.
- zwischen
- Between; preposition indicating middle position.
- Schiffsreihen
- Rows of ships; lines of vessels in a harbor.
- vom
- Contraction of von dem: from the.
- Eingang
- Entrance, entry; the way into a place.
- Hafens
- Harbor's; genitive of Hafen, a port.
- zum
- Contraction of zu dem: to the.
- führt
- Leads, guides; third-person singular of führen.
- Reeder
- Shipowner; person who owns or operates ships.
- lächelnd
- Smiling; present participle of lächeln used adverbially.
- folgte
- Followed; past tense of folgen.
- ihm
- Him, to him; dative pronoun (third person masculine).
- Augen
- Eyes; plural of Auge.
- bis
- Until, up to; preposition or conjunction of time.
- ihn
- Him; accusative pronoun (third person masculine).
- Kai
- Quay, dock; waterfront landing area.
- springen
- To jump, leap; infinitive verb of movement.
- Menge
- Crowd, multitude; large group of people.
- verschwinden
- To disappear, vanish; cease to be visible.
- sah
- Saw; past tense of sehen (to see).
- Uhr
- Clock, watch; also used to state the time.
- morgens
- In the morning; temporal adverb.
- abends
- In the evening; temporal adverb.
- berühmten
- Famous, renowned; inflected form of berühmt.
- Straße
- Street, road; a public thoroughfare.
- wimmelt
- Teems, swarms; is crowded with people or activity.
- modernen
- Modern; inflected adjective meaning contemporary.
- stolz
- Proud; feeling deep pride or satisfaction.
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause.
- allem
- Everything, all; dative form of alles.
- Ernst
- Seriousness, earnestness; sincerity of intent.
- Welt
- World; the entire earth or universe.
- jenem
- That (dative); demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.
- Akzent
- Accent; distinctive pronunciation style of a region.
- Gesagten
- What was said; nominalized past participle of sagen.
- viel
- Much, a lot; adverb or adjective of quantity.
- Charakter
- Character, personality; distinctive qualities of a person.
- verleiht
- Lends, bestows, gives; third-person singular of verleihen.
- sagen
- To say, tell; fundamental verb of communication.
- Hätte
- Would have; subjunctive II form of haben.
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive II form of sein.
- zweites
- Second; ordinal number adjective.
- Als
- When, as; subordinating conjunction for past events.
- umdrehte
- Turned around; past tense of umdrehen.
- hinter
- Behind, after; preposition of position.
- anscheinend
- Apparently, seemingly; adverb expressing appearance.
- Befehle
- Orders, commands; plural of Befehl.
- wartete
- Waited; past tense of warten.
- Wirklichkeit
- Reality; the actual state of things.
- aber
- But, however; common coordinating conjunction.
- ebenfalls
- Also, likewise, as well; adverb of addition.
- jungen
- Young; inflected adjective describing youth.
- Matrosen
- Sailors; plural of Matrose, a seaman.
- beobachtete
- Observed, watched; past tense of beobachten.
- doch
- Yet, still, indeed; modal particle for emphasis.
- Ausdruck
- Expression; visible sign of feeling or thought.
- Männer
- Men; plural of Mann.
- Bewegungen
- Movements; plural of Bewegung, motion or gesture.
- verfolgten
- Followed, tracked, pursued; past tense of verfolgen.
- grundverschieden
- Fundamentally different; completely unlike each other.
- Kapitel
- Chapter; a section or division of a book.
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