The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 3
For all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, counted them the chief jewel of each week, and not only set aside occasions of pleasure, but even resisted the calls of business, that they might enjoy them uninterrupted.
Trotz alledem legten die beiden Männer den größten Wert auf diese Ausflüge, betrachteten sie als das kostbarste Gut jeder Woche, und setzten nicht nur Vergnügungen beiseite, sondern widerstanden sogar den Anforderungen des Geschäfts, damit sie dieselben ungestört genießen könnten.
It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a by-street in a busy quarter of London.
Es traf sich bei einem dieser Spaziergänge, dass ihr Weg sie eine Nebenstraße in einem belebten Viertel Londons entlangführte.
The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving trade on the weekdays.
Die Straße war klein und was man ruhig nennt, aber sie trieb an Wochentagen einen florierenden Handel.
The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still, and laying out the surplus of their gains in coquetry; so that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen.
Die Bewohner schienen alle wohlhabend zu sein und wetteiferten alle darin, es noch besser zu machen, wobei sie den Überschuss ihrer Einnahmen in äußerlichen Schmuck steckten; so dass die Ladenfronten entlang dieser Durchgangsstraße mit einer einladenden Miene dastanden, wie Reihen lächelnder Verkäuferinnen.
Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.
Selbst am Sonntag, wenn sie ihre üppigeren Reize verschleierte und vergleichsweise menschenleer dalag, leuchtete die Straße im Gegensatz zu ihrer schmutzigen Umgebung hervor, wie ein Feuer in einem Wald; und mit ihren frisch gestrichenen Fensterläden, gut polierten Messingschildern und der allgemeinen Sauberkeit und Fröhlichkeit fiel sie dem Auge des Passanten sofort auf und gefiel ihm.
Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.
Zwei Türen von einer Ecke entfernt, auf der linken Seite in Richtung Osten, wurde die Häuserreihe durch den Eingang eines Hofes unterbrochen; und genau an dieser Stelle schob ein gewisser unheimlicher Gebäudeklotz seinen Giebel auf die Straße vor.
Vocabulary
- Trotz
- Despite; in spite of something
- alledem
- All of that; all those things combined
- legten
- Placed or put; past tense of legen
- beiden
- Both; referring to two people or things
- Männer
- Men; plural of Mann
- größten
- Greatest; superlative form of groß
- Wert
- Value or worth placed on something
- Ausflüge
- Excursions or outings; plural of Ausflug
- betrachteten
- Regarded or considered; past tense of betrachten
- kostbarste
- Most precious or most valuable thing
- Gut
- Good or asset; a valued possession
- jeder
- Every or each; indefinite pronoun
- Woche
- Week; a period of seven days
- setzten
- Set aside or placed; past tense of setzen
- Vergnügungen
- Pleasures or amusements; plural of Vergnügung
- beiseite
- Aside; to one side, set apart
- sondern
- But rather; used after negation
- widerstanden
- Resisted or withstood; past tense of widerstehen
- sogar
- Even; emphasizing something surprising or extreme
- Anforderungen
- Demands or requirements; plural of Anforderung
- Geschäfts
- Business or trade; genitive of Geschäft
- damit
- So that; in order that something happens
- dieselben
- The same ones; demonstrative pronoun
- ungestört
- Undisturbed or without interruption
- genießen
- To enjoy; to take pleasure in something
- könnten
- Could; subjunctive form of können
- traf
- It happened; past tense of treffen (sich treffen)
- Spaziergänge
- Walks or strolls; plural of Spaziergang
- Weg
- Path or way; route taken
- Nebenstraße
- Side street; smaller road off main thoroughfare
- belebten
- Lively or busy; adjective from beleben
- Viertel
- Quarter or neighborhood; district of a city
- entlangführte
- Led along; past tense of entlangführen
- Straße
- Street or road; a public thoroughfare
- klein
- Small or little; basic size adjective
- ruhig
- Quiet or calm; peaceful in character
- nennt
- Calls or names; third person of nennen
- trieb
- Conducted or drove; past tense of treiben
- Wochentagen
- Weekdays; the working days of the week
- florierenden
- Flourishing or thriving; prosperous trade adjective
- Handel
- Trade or commerce; business transactions
- Bewohner
- Residents or inhabitants; people living there
- schienen
- Seemed or appeared; past tense of scheinen
- wohlhabend
- Wealthy or well-off; financially comfortable
- wetteiferten
- Competed or rivaled; past tense of wetteifern
- darin
- In it or therein; refers to something mentioned
- noch
- Still or even; adverb of degree or time
- besser
- Better; comparative of gut
- wobei
- Whereby or in doing so; conjunctive adverb
- Überschuss
- Surplus or excess; amount beyond what is needed
- Einnahmen
- Income or revenues; money earned
- äußerlichen
- External or outward; relating to outward appearance
- Schmuck
- Decoration or jewelry; ornamental adornment
- steckten
- Put or invested; past tense of stecken
- Ladenfronten
- Shop fronts; facades of commercial establishments
- entlang
- Along; preposition indicating movement beside something
- Durchgangsstraße
- Through road or main thoroughfare; transit street
- einladenden
- Inviting or welcoming; appealing appearance adjective
- Miene
- Expression or look; appearance of a face
- dastanden
- Stood there; past tense of dastehen
- Reihen
- Rows or lines; plural of Reihe
- lächelnder
- Smiling; adjective from lächeln in genitive
- Verkäuferinnen
- Female saleswomen; plural of Verkäuferin
- Selbst
- Even or itself; emphasizing particle or pronoun
- Sonntag
- Sunday; the seventh day of the week
- wenn
- When or if; subordinating conjunction
- üppigeren
- More lavish or lush; comparative of üppig
- Reize
- Charms or attractions; plural of Reiz
- verschleierte
- Veiled or concealed; past tense of verschleiern
- vergleichsweise
- Comparatively or relatively; by comparison adverb
- menschenleer
- Deserted or empty of people; devoid of people
- dalag
- Lay there; past tense of daliegen
- leuchtete
- Gleamed or shone; past tense of leuchten
- Gegensatz
- Contrast or opposite; in opposition to something
- schmutzigen
- Dirty or filthy; adjective from schmutzig
- Umgebung
- Surroundings or environment; area around something
- hervor
- Forth or out; separable prefix indicating prominence
- Feuer
- Fire; flames or blaze
- Wald
- Forest or wood; area with many trees
- frisch
- Freshly or newly; adverb indicating recent action
- gestrichenen
- Painted; past participle of streichen, adjective form
- Fensterläden
- Window shutters; plural of Fensterladen
- polierten
- Polished; past participle adjective of polieren
- Messingschildern
- Brass plaques; dative plural of Messingschild
- allgemeinen
- General or overall; adjective in declined form
- Sauberkeit
- Cleanliness or tidiness; state of being clean
- Fröhlichkeit
- Cheerfulness or gaiety; state of being cheerful
- fiel
- Fell or caught; past tense of fallen
- Auge
- Eye; the organ of sight
- Passanten
- Passersby; people walking past a place
- sofort
- Immediately or at once; without delay
- gefiel
- Pleased or was liked; past tense of gefallen
- Türen
- Doors; plural of Tür
- Ecke
- Corner; where two walls or streets meet
- entfernt
- Away or distant; separated by a certain distance
- linken
- Left; adjective referring to left side
- Seite
- Side or page; lateral surface or direction
- Richtung
- Direction; the way something is headed
- Osten
- East; cardinal direction
- wurde
- Was or became; past tense of werden
- Häuserreihe
- Row of houses; a terrace of buildings
- durch
- Through or by; preposition indicating passage
- Eingang
- Entrance or entry; a way into a building
- Hofes
- Courtyard; genitive of Hof
- unterbrochen
- Interrupted or broken up; past participle of unterbrechen
- genau
- Exactly or precisely; indicating exactness
- Stelle
- Spot or place; a specific location or position
- schob
- Pushed or shoved; past tense of schieben
- gewisser
- A certain; indefinite adjective indicating something specific
- unheimlicher
- Sinister or eerie; unsettling, comparative of unheimlich
- Gebäudeklotz
- Block of a building; large squat structure
- Giebel
- Gable; triangular part of a building's end wall
- vor
- In front of or before; preposition of position
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