The Great Gatsby — Page 12
I looked back at my cousin, who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice.
Ich blickte zurück auf meine Cousine, die begann, mir Fragen in ihrer leisen, aufregenden Stimme zu stellen.
It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
Es war die Art von Stimme, der das Ohr auf und ab folgt, als ob jede Äußerung eine Anordnung von Noten wäre, die niemals wieder gespielt werden würde.
Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget:
Ihr Gesicht war traurig und lieblich mit leuchtenden Dingen darin, leuchtenden Augen und einem leuchtenden, leidenschaftlichen Mund, aber in ihrer Stimme lag eine Erregung, die Männer, denen sie etwas bedeutet hatte, nur schwer vergessen konnten:
I told her how I had stopped off in Chicago for a day on my way East, and how a dozen people had sent their love through me.
Ich erzählte ihr, wie ich auf meinem Weg nach Osten für einen Tag in Chicago Halt gemacht hatte und wie ein Dutzend Menschen ihre Grüße durch mich hatten ausrichten lassen.
Tom Buchanan, who had been hovering restlessly about the room, stopped and rested his hand on my shoulder.
Tom Buchanan, der rastlos im Zimmer umhergewandert war, blieb stehen und legte seine Hand auf meine Schulter.
"What you doing, Nick?
„Was machst du, Nick?
Vocabulary
- Ich
- First person singular pronoun; I.
- blickte
- Looked; past tense of blicken.
- zurück
- Back; backwards direction or in retrospect.
- auf
- On; upon; preposition indicating position or direction.
- meine
- My; possessive pronoun feminine or plural form.
- Cousine
- Female cousin; female relative of same generation.
- die
- The; definite article or relative pronoun.
- begann
- Began; started; past tense of beginnen.
- mir
- Me; to me; indirect object pronoun.
- Fragen
- Questions; inquiries or to ask.
- in
- In; inside; preposition of location or time.
- ihrer
- Her; of her; possessive pronoun feminine form.
- leisen
- Quiet; soft; whispered; low volume adjective.
- aufregenden
- Exciting; thrilling; arousing adjective form.
- Stimme
- Voice; sound produced by speaking or singing.
- zu
- To; too; preposition or infinitive marker.
- stellen
- To put; to place; to ask questions.
- Es
- It; third person neuter pronoun.
- war
- Was; past tense of sein to be.
- Art
- Kind; type; manner or species.
- von
- Of; from; preposition indicating origin or possession.
- der
- The; definite article masculine or relative pronoun.
- das
- The; definite article neuter or relative pronoun.
- Ohr
- Ear; organ of hearing.
- und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
- ab
- Off; away; down prefix or adverb.
- folgt
- Follows; results; third person singular present.
- als
- As; like; when; conjunction or comparison word.
- ob
- If; whether; as if; subjunctive conjunction.
- jede
- Every; each; all feminine form.
- Äußerung
- Utterance; remark; statement or expression spoken.
- eine
- A; an; one indefinite article or pronoun.
- Anordnung
- Order; arrangement; instruction or command formal.
- Noten
- Notes; grades; musical notation plural.
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive of sein.
- niemals
- Never; not ever; at no time.
- wieder
- Again; once more; returned or repeated.
- gespielt
- Played; past participle of spielen.
- werden
- To become; to get; auxiliary verb.
- würde
- Would; conditional form of werden.
- Ihr
- Her; your; possessive pronoun or pronoun.
- Gesicht
- Face; countenance; facial features.
- traurig
- Sad; sorrowful; melancholic adjective.
- lieblich
- Lovely; sweet; delightful; charming adjective.
- mit
- With; accompanied by; preposition of association.
- leuchtenden
- Shining; glowing; luminous adjective form.
- Dingen
- Things; objects; plural of Ding.
- darin
- In it; in that; therein.
- Augen
- Eyes; organs of sight plural.
- einem
- A; an; one masculine dative or neuter.
- leidenschaftlichen
- Passionate; ardent; fervent adjective form.
- Mund
- Mouth; oral cavity; lips area.
- aber
- But; however; yet conjunction.
- lag
- Lay; past tense of liegen.
- Erregung
- Excitement; agitation; arousal or stimulation.
- Männer
- Men; male persons plural.
- denen
- Whom; which; those plural dative.
- sie
- She; they; third person pronoun.
- etwas
- Something; anything; some indefinite pronoun.
- bedeutet
- Means; signifies; third person singular present.
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben.
- nur
- Only; merely; solely adverb.
- schwer
- Difficult; hard; heavy adjective or adverb.
- vergessen
- Forget; to forget; past participle.
- konnten
- Could; were able to; past plural.
- erzählte
- Told; related; past tense of erzählen.
- ihr
- Her; to her; third person feminine.
- wie
- How; as; in what way.
- meinem
- My; of mine; possessive pronoun dative.
- Weg
- Way; path; route or direction.
- nach
- After; to; towards; preposition.
- Osten
- East; direction towards rising sun.
- für
- For; in favor of; preposition.
- einen
- A; an; one masculine accusative.
- Tag
- Day; period of twenty-four hours.
- Halt
- Stop; hold; halt or stopover.
- gemacht
- Made; did; past participle of machen.
- ein
- A; an; one indefinite article.
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