The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 12
It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over, to sit close by the fire, a volume of some dry divinity on his reading desk, until the clock of the neighbouring church rang out the hour of twelve, when he would go soberly and gratefully to bed.
Es war seine Gewohnheit an einem Sonntag, wenn diese Mahlzeit beendet war, dicht am Feuer zu sitzen, einen Band irgendeiner trockenen Theologie auf seinem Lesepult, bis die Uhr der benachbarten Kirche die Stunde von zwölf schlug, woraufhin er nüchtern und dankbar zu Bett gehen würde.
On this night however, as soon as the cloth was taken away, he took up a candle and went into his business room.
An diesem Abend jedoch, sobald das Tischtuch abgenommen worden war, nahm er eine Kerze und ging in sein Arbeitszimmer.
There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document endorsed on the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will and sat down with a clouded brow to study its contents.
Dort öffnete er seinen Tresor, entnahm dem verborgensten Teil desselben ein Dokument, das auf dem Umschlag als Dr. Jekylls Testament bezeichnet war, und setzte sich mit gerunzelter Stirn hin, um dessen Inhalt zu studieren.
The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it;
Das Testament war eigenhändig geschrieben, denn Mr. Utterson hatte es zwar jetzt, da es fertiggestellt war, in seine Obhut genommen, sich jedoch geweigert, bei dessen Abfassung auch nur die geringste Hilfe zu leisten;
it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his "friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case of Dr. Jekyll's "disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months," the said Edward Hyde should step into the said Henry Jekyll's shoes without further delay and free from any burthen or obligation beyond the payment of a few small sums to the members of the doctor's household.
es sah nicht nur vor, dass im Falle des Ablebens von Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., usw., all sein Besitz in die Hände seines „Freundes und Wohltäters Edward Hyde" übergehen sollte, sondern auch, dass im Falle von Dr. Jekylls „Verschwinden oder unerklärtem Fehlen für einen drei Kalendermonate übersteigenden Zeitraum" der besagte Edward Hyde unverzüglich und frei von jeglicher Last oder Verpflichtung, abgesehen von der Zahlung einiger kleiner Summen an die Mitglieder des Haushalts des Doktors, in die Fußstapfen des besagten Henry Jekyll treten solle.
This document had long been the lawyer's eyesore.
Dieses Dokument war dem Anwalt seit langem ein Dorn im Auge.
Vocabulary
- war
- Was; past tense of 'sein' (to be)
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun, masculine/neuter form
- Gewohnheit
- Habit; a regular or customary practice
- an
- On, at; preposition indicating time or position
- Sonntag
- Sunday; the seventh day of the week
- wenn
- When, if; conjunction introducing conditional or temporal clause
- diese
- This, these; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- Mahlzeit
- Meal; a specific occasion when food is eaten
- beendet
- Finished, ended; past participle of 'beenden'
- dicht
- Close, dense; near or tightly packed
- am
- At the, on the; contraction of 'an dem'
- Feuer
- Fire; combustion producing heat and light
- zu
- To, at, too; preposition or particle with infinitive
- sitzen
- To sit; to be in a seated position
- Band
- Volume; a single book within a series
- irgendeiner
- Some, any; an unspecified one of something
- trockenen
- Dry; lacking moisture or dull and uninteresting
- Theologie
- Theology; academic study of religious belief and doctrine
- auf
- On, upon; preposition indicating position or direction
- Lesepult
- Reading stand; a lectern or book rest for reading
- bis
- Until, up to; conjunction or preposition of time
- Uhr
- Clock, watch; device for measuring time
- benachbarten
- Neighboring; adjacent or nearby in location
- Kirche
- Church; a building for Christian worship
- Stunde
- Hour; a period of sixty minutes
- von
- Of, from, by; preposition indicating origin or possession
- zwölf
- Twelve; the cardinal number 12
- schlug
- Struck, hit; past tense of 'schlagen'
- woraufhin
- Whereupon; following which event or action
- nüchtern
- Sober; clear-headed, without alcohol or excess
- dankbar
- Grateful, thankful; feeling or showing appreciation
- Bett
- Bed; furniture for sleeping or resting
- gehen
- To go; to move or travel to a place
- würde
- Would; subjunctive form of 'werden' indicating conditionality
- An
- On, at; preposition indicating time or location
- Abend
- Evening; the time of day after afternoon
- jedoch
- However, yet; conjunction expressing contrast
- sobald
- As soon as; conjunction indicating immediacy of action
- Tischtuch
- Tablecloth; a cloth covering placed over a table
- abgenommen
- Removed, taken off; past participle of 'abnehmen'
- worden
- Been; auxiliary past participle used in passive constructions
- nahm
- Took; past tense of 'nehmen' (to take)
- Kerze
- Candle; a wax stick burned for light
- ging
- Went; past tense of 'gehen' (to go)
- sein
- His, its; possessive pronoun or infinitive 'to be'
- Arbeitszimmer
- Study, office; a private room for working
- Dort
- There; adverb indicating a specific location
- öffnete
- Opened; past tense of 'öffnen' (to open)
- Tresor
- Safe, vault; a secure container for valuables
- entnahm
- Removed, took out; past tense of 'entnehmen'
- verborgensten
- Most hidden; superlative of 'verborgen' (hidden, concealed)
- Teil
- Part, section; a portion of a whole
- desselben
- Of the same; genitive form of 'derselbe'
- Dokument
- Document; an official written record or paper
- Umschlag
- Envelope, cover; a paper wrapper for documents
- als
- As, than, when; conjunction for comparison or time
- Testament
- Will, testament; a legal document stating final wishes
- bezeichnet
- Labeled, designated; past participle of 'bezeichnen'
- setzte
- Set, placed, sat; past tense of 'setzen'
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- gerunzelter
- Furrowed, wrinkled; adjective describing a furrowed brow
- Stirn
- Forehead, brow; the front part of the face
- hin
- There, away; directional particle indicating movement
- um
- In order to, around; preposition or conjunction of purpose
- dessen
- Whose, of it; genitive relative or demonstrative pronoun
- Inhalt
- Content, contents; what is contained within something
- studieren
- To study; to examine or read carefully
- eigenhändig
- Handwritten, in one's own hand; done personally
- geschrieben
- Written; past participle of 'schreiben' (to write)
- denn
- Because, for; conjunction explaining a reason
- hatte
- Had; past tense of 'haben' (to have)
- zwar
- Indeed, admittedly; particle conceding a point
- jetzt
- Now; at the present moment
- da
- There, since, because; adverb or conjunction
- fertiggestellt
- Completed, finished; past participle of 'fertigstellen'
- Obhut
- Care, custody; safe-keeping or guardianship of something
- genommen
- Taken; past participle of 'nehmen' (to take)
- geweigert
- Refused; past participle of 'weigern' (to refuse)
- bei
- At, with, during; preposition indicating proximity or occasion
- Abfassung
- Drafting, composition; the act of writing a document
- auch
- Also, even; adverb indicating addition or emphasis
- nur
- Only, just; adverb limiting or restricting meaning
- geringste
- Slightest, least; superlative of 'gering' (minor, small)
- Hilfe
- Help, assistance; support given to someone in need
- leisten
- To provide, render; to perform or supply something
- sah
- Saw; past tense of 'sehen' (to see)
- nicht
- Not; negation particle used in German sentences
- vor
- Before, in front of; preposition of time or place
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- Falle
- Case, instance; a particular situation or event
- Ablebens
- Death, decease; genitive form of 'Ableben' (passing away)
- usw.
- Etc.; abbreviation of 'und so weiter' (and so on)
- all
- All, entire; referring to the totality of something
- Besitz
- Property, possession; things owned by a person
- Hände
- Hands; plural of 'Hand', human body extremity
- Freundes
- Friend's, of the friend; genitive of 'Freund'
- Wohltäters
- Benefactor's; genitive of 'Wohltäter' (benefactor, patron)
- übergehen
- To pass over, transfer; to transition into another's possession
- sollte
- Should, was supposed to; past subjunctive of 'sollen'
- sondern
- But rather; conjunction contrasting after a negation
- Verschwinden
- Disappearance; the act of vanishing without explanation
- oder
- Or; coordinating conjunction presenting an alternative
- unerklärtem
- Unexplained; dative form of 'unerklärte' (unexplained)
- Fehlen
- Absence; the state of being missing or absent
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or duration
- drei
- Three; the cardinal number 3
- Kalendermonate
- Calendar months; months as counted on a calendar
- übersteigenden
- Exceeding, surpassing; present participle of 'übersteigen'
- Zeitraum
- Period, timespan; a defined stretch of time
- besagte
- Said, aforementioned; referring to something previously mentioned
- unverzüglich
- Immediately, without delay; prompt or instant action
- frei
- Free, clear; without restriction or encumbrance
- jeglicher
- Any, every; genitive of 'jeglicher' (any whatsoever)
- Last
- Burden, charge; a weight or obligation on someone
- Verpflichtung
- Obligation, duty; a binding commitment or responsibility
- abgesehen
- Except for, apart from; disregarding or excluding something
- Zahlung
- Payment; the act of paying a sum of money
- einiger
- Some, a few; indefinite pronoun in genitive case
- kleiner
- Small, minor; adjective describing small size or amount
- Summen
- Sums; plural of 'Summe' (a total amount of money)
- Mitglieder
- Members; plural of 'Mitglied' (member of a group)
- Haushalts
- Household's; genitive of 'Haushalt' (household, home)
- Doktors
- Doctor's; genitive form of 'Doktor' (doctor)
- Fußstapfen
- Footsteps; traces left behind, often used figuratively
- besagten
- Said, aforementioned; dative plural of 'besagt'
- treten
- To step, enter; to move into a position or role
- solle
- Should; subjunctive form of 'sollen' (to be supposed to)
- Anwalt
- Lawyer, attorney; a licensed legal professional
- seit
- Since, for; preposition indicating duration of time
- langem
- Long; dative form of 'lang' in 'seit langem' (for a long time)
- Dorn
- Thorn; a sharp spike, often used in idioms
- Auge
- Eye; the organ of sight; also used in idioms
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