The Great Gatsby — Page 8
They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together.
Sie hatten ein Jahr in Frankreich verbracht, ohne besonderen Grund, und waren dann ruhelos hierhin und dorthin getrieben, überall dort, wo Menschen Polo spielten und gemeinsam reich waren.
This was a permanent move, said Daisy over the telephone, but I didn't believe it—I had no sight into Daisy's heart, but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game.
Dies sei ein dauerhafter Umzug, sagte Daisy am Telefon, aber ich glaubte es nicht – ich hatte keinen Einblick in Daisys Herz, doch ich spürte, dass Tom ewig weiter treiben würde, ein wenig wehmütig auf der Suche nach der dramatischen Aufruhr irgendeines unwiederbringlichen Footballspiels.
And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all.
Und so geschah es, dass ich an einem warmen, windigen Abend nach East Egg fuhr, um zwei alte Freunde zu besuchen, die ich kaum kannte.
Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay.
Ihr Haus war noch prächtiger als ich erwartet hatte, ein fröhliches rot-weißes georgianisches Kolonialherrenhaus mit Blick auf die Bucht.
The lawn started at the beach and ran towards the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sundials and brick walks and burning gardens—finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.
Der Rasen begann am Strand und erstreckte sich eine Viertelmeile lang zur Eingangstür hin, übersprang Sonnenuhren, gepflasterte Wege und blühende Gärten – um schließlich, als er das Haus erreichte, an der Seite in hellen Weinranken emporzustreben, als triebe ihn noch der Schwung seines Laufs.
The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold and wide open to the warm windy afternoon, and Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch.
Die Vorderseite wurde von einer Reihe französischer Fenster unterbrochen, die nun im reflektierten Gold glühten und weit offen zum warmen, windigen Nachmittag hin standen, und Tom Buchanan in Reitsachen stand mit gespreizten Beinen auf der Veranda.
He had changed since his New Haven years.
Er hatte sich seit seinen New-Haven-Jahren verändert.
Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty, with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.
Jetzt war er ein stämmiger, strohblonder Mann von dreißig Jahren, mit einem ziemlich harten Mund und einer überheblichen Art.
Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward.
Zwei glänzende, arrogante Augen hatten die Herrschaft über sein Gesicht übernommen und verliehen ihm das Aussehen, als lehne er sich stets aggressiv nach vorne.
Vocabulary
- Jahr
- A period of twelve months; year
- Frankreich
- Western European country known for culture; France
- verbracht
- Past participle of 'verbringen'; spent time somewhere
- ohne
- Preposition indicating absence or lack; without
- besonderen
- Inflected form of 'besonders'; special, particular
- Grund
- A reason, cause, or basis for something
- ruhelos
- Unable to rest or settle; restless, unsettled
- hierhin
- Adverb indicating movement toward here; to here
- dorthin
- Adverb indicating movement toward there; to there
- getrieben
- Past participle of 'treiben'; driven or pushed around
- überall
- Adverb indicating all locations; everywhere, all over
- Menschen
- Plural of 'Mensch'; human beings, people
- Polo
- Equestrian sport played with mallets and ball
- gemeinsam
- Done together or shared among people; jointly, together
- reich
- Having great wealth or resources; wealthy, rich
- sei
- Subjunctive form of 'sein'; be, is (reported speech)
- dauerhafter
- Inflected form of 'dauerhaft'; lasting, permanent, enduring
- Umzug
- The act of moving to a new residence; relocation
- Telefon
- Device used for voice communication; telephone
- glaubte
- Past tense of 'glauben'; believed, thought to be true
- Einblick
- A look into something; insight, glimpse, understanding
- Herz
- The organ that pumps blood; heart, also feelings
- doch
- Particle expressing contrast or emphasis; yet, still, but
- spürte
- Past tense of 'spüren'; sensed, felt, noticed
- ewig
- Lasting forever or a very long time; eternal, always
- weiter
- Adverb meaning further, continuing, going on
- treiben
- To drift, be driven, or wander without direction
- würde
- Conditional or reported speech form of 'werden'; would
- wenig
- A small amount or degree; little, few
- wehmütig
- Feeling gentle sadness or nostalgia; wistful, melancholy
- Suche
- The act of looking for something; search, quest
- dramatischen
- Inflected form of 'dramatisch'; dramatic, intense, striking
- Aufruhr
- A state of commotion or turbulence; turmoil, uproar
- irgendeines
- Genitive form of 'irgendeiner'; of some, of any
- unwiederbringlichen
- Inflected form of 'unwiederbringlich'; irretrievably lost, irrecoverable
- geschah
- Past tense of 'geschehen'; happened, occurred, took place
- warmen
- Inflected form of 'warm'; warm, mildly hot
- windigen
- Inflected form of 'windig'; windy, breezy
- Abend
- The time of day after afternoon; evening
- fuhr
- Past tense of 'fahren'; drove, traveled by vehicle
- Freunde
- Plural of 'Freund'; friends, close companions
- besuchen
- To pay a visit to someone or somewhere; visit
- kaum
- Adverb indicating near impossibility or scarcity; hardly, barely
- kannte
- Past tense of 'kennen'; knew, was acquainted with
- Haus
- A building used as a residence; house, home
- noch
- Adverb indicating continuation or addition; still, yet, even
- prächtiger
- Comparative of 'prächtig'; more magnificent, more splendid
- erwartet
- Past participle of 'erwarten'; expected, anticipated
- fröhliches
- Inflected form of 'fröhlich'; cheerful, joyful, merry
- georgianisches
- Inflected form of 'georgianisch'; of Georgian architectural style
- Kolonialherrenhaus
- A grand house in colonial architectural style; colonial mansion
- Blick
- A look or view toward something; view, gaze
- Bucht
- A curved indentation of a shoreline; bay, inlet
- Rasen
- An area of short cultivated grass; lawn, turf
- begann
- Past tense of 'beginnen'; began, started
- Strand
- The sandy or pebbly shore of water; beach, shore
- erstreckte
- Past tense of 'erstrecken'; extended, stretched out
- Viertelmeile
- A distance equal to one quarter of a mile
- lang
- Adjective or adverb indicating length or duration; long
- Eingangstür
- The main door for entering a building; front door
- hin
- Directional particle indicating movement away or toward; there
- übersprang
- Past tense of 'überspringen'; jumped over, leaped across
- Sonnenuhren
- Plural of 'Sonnenuhr'; devices that tell time using shadows; sundials
- gepflasterte
- Past participle adjective of 'pflastern'; paved, cobbled
- Wege
- Plural of 'Weg'; paths, ways, routes
- blühende
- Present participle of 'blühen'; blooming, flowering
- Gärten
- Plural of 'Garten'; cultivated outdoor spaces; gardens
- schließlich
- Adverb indicating a final outcome; finally, eventually, in the end
- erreichte
- Past tense of 'erreichen'; reached, attained, arrived at
- Seite
- One of two lateral surfaces; side, page
- hellen
- Inflected form of 'hell'; bright, light-colored
- Weinranken
- Plural of 'Weinranke'; climbing vine tendrils of a grapevine
- emporzustreben
- Infinitive meaning to strive or climb upward; to climb up
- triebe
- Subjunctive II of 'treiben'; would drive, would propel
- Schwung
- Momentum, energy, or sweep of movement; momentum, swing
- Laufs
- Genitive of 'Lauf'; of a run, of a course
- Vorderseite
- The front-facing surface of a structure; front side, façade
- wurde
- Past tense of 'werden'; became, was (passive auxiliary)
- Reihe
- A sequence or row of items; row, series, line
- französischer
- Inflected form of 'französisch'; of French origin or style
- Fenster
- An opening in a wall admitting light; window
- unterbrochen
- Past participle of 'unterbrechen'; interrupted, broken up
- nun
- Adverb indicating present moment or transition; now, at this point
- reflektierten
- Inflected past participle of 'reflektieren'; reflected (light)
- Gold
- A precious yellow metal; gold, golden color
- glühten
- Past tense of 'glühen'; glowed, shone with warm light
- weit
- Adjective or adverb indicating great extent; wide, far
- offen
- Not closed or blocked; open
- Nachmittag
- The time between noon and evening; afternoon
- standen
- Past tense of 'stehen'; stood, were standing
- Reitsachen
- Plural of 'Reitsache'; clothing or equipment for horse riding
- gespreizten
- Inflected past participle of 'spreizen'; spread apart, splayed
- Beinen
- Dative plural of 'Bein'; legs
- Veranda
- A roofed porch attached to the outside of a house
- seit
- Preposition indicating duration from a past point; since, for
- verändert
- Past participle of 'verändern'; changed, altered, transformed
- stämmiger
- Comparative of 'stämmig'; stockier, more solidly built
- strohblonder
- Inflected compound adjective; straw-blond, pale yellow-haired
- Mann
- An adult male human being; man
- dreißig
- The cardinal number thirty; 30
- ziemlich
- Adverb indicating a considerable degree; quite, rather, fairly
- harten
- Inflected form of 'hart'; hard, tough, firm
- Mund
- The opening in the face used for speech and eating; mouth
- überheblichen
- Inflected form of 'überheblich'; arrogant, condescending, haughty
- Art
- A manner, kind, or type of something; way, kind, manner
- glänzende
- Inflected present participle of 'glänzen'; shining, gleaming, bright
- arrogante
- Inflected form of 'arrogant'; showing excessive pride; arrogant
- Augen
- Plural of 'Auge'; the organs of sight; eyes
- Herrschaft
- Dominion, control, or mastery over something; dominance, control
- Gesicht
- The front part of the head with facial features; face
- übernommen
- Past participle of 'übernehmen'; taken over, assumed control
- verliehen
- Past participle of 'verleihen'; lent, awarded, conferred
- Aussehen
- The way someone or something looks; appearance, look
- lehne
- First person singular present of 'lehnen'; lean, rest against
- stets
- Adverb meaning at all times; always, constantly, ever
- aggressiv
- Displaying readiness to attack or confront; aggressive
- vorne
- Adverb indicating position at the front; forward, in front
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