The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 15
He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.
Er gönnte seinem Freund ein paar Sekunden, um seine Fassung wiederzugewinnen, und näherte sich dann der Frage, die er hatte stellen wollen.
That was the amount of information that the lawyer carried back with him to the great, dark bed on which he tossed to and fro, until the small hours of the morning began to grow large.
Das war das Maß an Information, das der Anwalt mit sich zurück zu dem großen, dunklen Bett trug, auf dem er sich hin und her wälzte, bis die frühen Morgenstunden zu vorgerückten wurden.
It was a night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.
Es war eine Nacht mit wenig Ruhe für seinen sich abmühenden Geist, der sich in bloßer Dunkelheit abmühte und von Fragen belagert wurde.
Six o'clock struck on the bells of the church that was so conveniently near to Mr. Utterson's dwelling, and still he was digging at the problem.
Sechs Uhr schlug es auf den Glocken der Kirche, die so günstig nahe an Mr. Uttersons Wohnung lag, und noch immer grübelte er über das Problem.
Hitherto it had touched him on the intellectual side alone; but now his imagination also was engaged, or rather enslaved; and as he lay and tossed in the gross darkness of the night and the curtained room, Mr. Enfield's tale went by before his mind in a scroll of lighted pictures.
Bisher hatte es ihn nur auf der intellektuellen Seite berührt; aber nun war auch seine Einbildungskraft beschäftigt, oder vielmehr versklavt; und während er dalag und sich in der tiefen Dunkelheit der Nacht und des verhängten Zimmers wälzte, zog Mr. Enfields Geschichte vor seinem Geist wie eine Rolle erleuchteter Bilder vorbei.
Vocabulary
- gönnte
- Past tense of gönnen: allowed or granted generously
- Freund
- Male friend or companion
- paar
- A few, a small number of something
- Sekunden
- Plural of Sekunde: seconds of time
- Fassung
- Composure, self-control, or mental steadiness
- wiederzugewinnen
- Infinitive: to regain or recover something lost
- näherte
- Past tense of nähern: approached or drew near
- Frage
- A question or inquiry posed to someone
- stellen
- To place, pose, or ask (a question)
- Maß
- Measure, degree, or extent of something
- Information
- Data or knowledge conveyed to someone
- Anwalt
- Lawyer or attorney who provides legal counsel
- dunklen
- Inflected form of dunkel: dark, dim
- Bett
- A piece of furniture used for sleeping
- trug
- Past tense of tragen: carried or bore
- wälzte
- Past tense of wälzen: rolled or tossed restlessly
- frühen
- Inflected form of früh: early, in the early hours
- Morgenstunden
- Plural: early hours or morning hours of the day
- vorgerückten
- Inflected form of vorgerückt: advanced, late (of hours)
- Nacht
- The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
- wenig
- Little, not much, a small amount
- Ruhe
- Rest, calm, or tranquility
- abmühenden
- Inflected participle of abmühen: toiling, struggling hard
- Geist
- Mind, spirit, or intellect of a person
- bloßer
- Inflected form of bloß: mere, bare, sheer
- Dunkelheit
- Darkness, absence of light in a space
- abmühte
- Past tense of abmühen: toiled or struggled wearily
- Fragen
- Plural of Frage: questions or inquiries
- belagert
- Past participle of belagern: besieged or overwhelmed
- Uhr
- Clock or o'clock, indicating a time of day
- schlug
- Past tense of schlagen: struck, hit, or chimed
- Glocken
- Plural of Glocke: bells, especially church bells
- Kirche
- A Christian church building or congregation
- günstig
- Favorable, convenient, or advantageously situated
- nahe
- Near, close to in distance or proximity
- Wohnung
- An apartment or dwelling place where one lives
- lag
- Past tense of liegen: lay, was situated or located
- grübelte
- Past tense of grübeln: brooded or pondered deeply
- Problem
- A difficulty or issue requiring a solution
- Bisher
- Adverb: until now, so far, up to this point
- intellektuellen
- Inflected form of intellektuell: intellectual, rational
- Seite
- Side, page, or aspect of something
- berührt
- Past participle of berühren: touched or affected emotionally
- Einbildungskraft
- Imagination or faculty of forming mental images
- beschäftigt
- Past participle of beschäftigen: occupied, engaged, or busy
- vielmehr
- Adverb: rather, more precisely, or more accurately
- versklavt
- Past participle of versklaven: enslaved or completely captivated
- während
- Conjunction or preposition: while, during
- dalag
- Past tense of daliegen: lay there motionless
- tiefen
- Inflected form of tief: deep, profound
- verhängten
- Inflected past participle of verhängen: draped, curtained off
- Zimmers
- Genitive of Zimmer: of the room
- zog
- Past tense of ziehen: pulled, drew, or moved
- Geschichte
- Story, history, or tale recounted by someone
- Rolle
- A roll or reel; also a role or scroll
- erleuchteter
- Inflected form of erleuchtet: illuminated or lit up
- Bilder
- Plural of Bild: images, pictures, or scenes
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