The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 8
The reason I will not exhibit this picture is that I am afraid that I have shown in it the secret of my own soul."
Der Grund, warum ich dieses Bild nicht ausstellen werde, ist, dass ich fürchte, darin das Geheimnis meiner eigenen Seele enthüllt zu haben."
Lord Henry smiled, and leaning down, plucked a pink-petalled daisy from the grass and examined it.
Lord Henry lächelte, bückte sich und pflückte ein rosafarbenes Gänseblümchen aus dem Gras und betrachtete es.
The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac-blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid air.
Der Wind schüttelte einige Blüten von den Bäumen, und die schweren Fliederdolden, mit ihren sich zusammendrängenden Sternblüten, bewegten sich in der trägen Luft hin und her.
A grasshopper began to chirrup by the wall, and like a blue thread a long thin dragon-fly floated past on its brown gauze wings.
Eine Heuschrecke begann an der Mauer zu zirpen, und wie ein blauer Faden schwebte eine lange, schlanke Libelle auf ihren braunen Gazeschwingen vorbei.
Lord Henry felt as if he could hear Basil Hallward's heart beating, and wondered what was coming.
Lord Henry hatte das Gefühl, als könne er Basil Hallwards Herzschlag hören, und fragte sich, was kommen würde.
Vocabulary
- Grund
- Reason, cause, or foundation for something.
- warum
- Interrogative or conjunction meaning 'why'.
- dieses
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' (neuter).
- Bild
- A picture, image, or painting.
- ausstellen
- To exhibit or display something publicly.
- werde
- Future auxiliary verb form meaning 'will'.
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'.
- fürchte
- First-person singular of 'fürchten', meaning 'to fear'.
- darin
- Adverb meaning 'therein' or 'in it'.
- Geheimnis
- A secret or mystery kept from others.
- meiner
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'my' (genitive feminine).
- eigenen
- Adjective meaning 'own', referring to oneself.
- Seele
- The soul or inner spiritual essence of a person.
- enthüllt
- To have revealed or uncovered something hidden.
- lächelte
- Past tense of 'lächeln', meaning 'to smile'.
- bückte
- Past tense of 'bücken', meaning 'to bend down'.
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself', 'herself', 'itself'.
- pflückte
- Past tense of 'pflücken', meaning 'to pluck or pick'.
- rosafarbenes
- Adjective meaning 'pink-colored' describing a flower.
- Gänseblümchen
- A small common daisy flower found in grass.
- Gras
- Grass, the green ground-covering plant.
- betrachtete
- Past tense of 'betrachten', meaning 'to observe carefully'.
- Wind
- Wind, the natural movement of air outdoors.
- schüttelte
- Past tense of 'schütteln', meaning 'to shake'.
- einige
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'some' or 'a few'.
- Blüten
- Plural of 'Blüte', meaning blossoms or flowers.
- Bäumen
- Dative plural of 'Baum', meaning trees.
- schweren
- Inflected adjective meaning 'heavy' or 'weighty'.
- Fliederdolden
- Lilac flower clusters hanging heavily on branches.
- ihren
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'their' (accusative/dative).
- zusammendrängenden
- Adjective meaning 'crowding together' or 'clustered tightly'.
- Sternblüten
- Star-shaped small blossoms on a flower cluster.
- bewegten
- Past tense of 'bewegen', meaning 'to move or stir'.
- trägen
- Inflected adjective meaning 'sluggish', 'lazy', or 'still'.
- Luft
- Air or atmosphere surrounding us outdoors.
- hin
- Directional particle meaning 'to' or 'toward there'.
- her
- Directional particle meaning 'from' or 'hither'.
- Heuschrecke
- A grasshopper or locust insect found outdoors.
- begann
- Past tense of 'beginnen', meaning 'to begin'.
- Mauer
- A wall, typically made of stone or brick.
- zirpen
- To chirp, the sound made by insects like crickets.
- blauer
- Inflected adjective meaning 'blue' in color.
- Faden
- A thread or filament, thin strand of material.
- schwebte
- Past tense of 'schweben', meaning 'to float or hover'.
- lange
- Adjective meaning 'long' in shape or duration.
- schlanke
- Adjective meaning 'slender' or 'slim' in shape.
- Libelle
- A dragonfly, an insect with transparent wings.
- braunen
- Inflected adjective meaning 'brown' in color.
- Gazeschwingen
- Gauze-like transparent wings of an insect.
- vorbei
- Adverb meaning 'past' or 'by', indicating passing.
- hatte
- Past tense of 'haben', meaning 'had'.
- Gefühl
- A feeling, emotion, or sensation experienced internally.
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as', 'when', or 'than'.
- könne
- Subjunctive form of 'können', meaning 'could' or 'be able'.
- Herzschlag
- A heartbeat, the rhythmic beating of the heart.
- hören
- To hear or listen to a sound or voice.
- fragte
- Past tense of 'fragen', meaning 'to ask'.
- kommen
- To come or arrive at a place or event.
- würde
- Conditional auxiliary meaning 'would', used with infinitives.
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