The Great Gatsby — Page 13
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"
I told him.
Ich nannte ihm die Firma.
This annoyed me.
Das ärgerte mich.
Evidently it surprised her as much as it did me, for she yawned and with a series of rapid, deft movements stood up into the room.
Offensichtlich überraschte es sie ebenso sehr wie mich, denn sie gähnte und erhob sich mit einer Reihe rascher, geschickter Bewegungen in den Raum.
Her host looked at her incredulously.
Ihr Gastgeber sah sie ungläubig an.
Vocabulary
- Ich
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- nannte
- Past tense of nennen; named or called something
- ihm
- Dative form of 'er'; to him
- die
- Definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Firma
- A company or business organization
- Das
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'that' or 'it'
- ärgerte
- Past tense of ärgern; annoyed or irritated someone
- mich
- Accusative form of 'ich'; me
- Offensichtlich
- Evidently or obviously, clearly apparent to everyone
- überraschte
- Past tense of überraschen; surprised or astonished someone
- es
- Neuter pronoun meaning 'it'
- sie
- Pronoun meaning 'she', 'they', or formal 'you'
- ebenso
- Just as or equally, in the same way
- sehr
- Adverb meaning 'very' or 'much'
- wie
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'how' or 'as'
- denn
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'for'
- gähnte
- Past tense of gähnen; yawned out of boredom or tiredness
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or clauses
- erhob
- Past tense of erheben; raised or lifted oneself up
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself', 'herself', or 'itself'
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with' or 'by means of'
- einer
- Indefinite article in dative feminine form; a or one
- Reihe
- A series, row, or sequence of things
- rascher
- Adjective meaning quicker or faster, swift
- geschickter
- Adjective meaning more skilled or dexterous
- Bewegungen
- Plural of Bewegung; movements or motions of the body
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- den
- Definite article in accusative masculine or dative plural
- Raum
- A room or space within a building
- Ihr
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'her', 'their', or formal 'your'
- Gastgeber
- A host who receives and entertains guests
- sah
- Past tense of sehen; saw or looked at something
- ungläubig
- Adverb or adjective meaning disbelievingly or incredulously
- an
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'to'
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