Treasure Island — Page 4

English → De PART ONE--The Old Buccaneer Level 6/10

When a seaman did put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for Bristol) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour; and he was always sure to be as silent as a mouse when any such was present.

Wenn ein Seemann im Admiral Benbow einkehrte (was hin und wieder vorkam, wenn jemand die Küstenstraße nach Bristol nahm), schaute er durch die verhängte Tür nach ihm, bevor er das Wohnzimmer betrat; und er war immer sicher, so still wie eine Maus zu sein, wenn ein solcher anwesend war.

For me, at least, there was no secret about the matter, for I was, in a way, a sharer in his alarms.

Für mich zumindest war die Sache kein Geheimnis, denn ich war gewissermaßen ein Mitbeteiligter an seinen Ängsten.

He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my "weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg" and let him know the moment he appeared.

Er hatte mich eines Tages beiseitegenommen und mir einen silbernen Vierpennystück am Ersten jeden Monats versprochen, wenn ich nur mein „Wetterauge offen für einen Seemann mit einem Bein" halten und ihn in dem Moment benachrichtigen würde, in dem dieser erschiene.

Often enough when the first of the month came round and I applied to him for my wage, he would only blow through his nose at me and stare me down, but before the week was out he was sure to think better of it, bring me my four-penny piece, and repeat his orders to look out for "the seafaring man with one leg."

Oft genug, wenn der Erste des Monats kam und ich ihn um meinen Lohn bat, blies er mir nur durch die Nase und starrte mich nieder, aber bevor die Woche um war, besann er sich gewiss eines Besseren, brachte mir mein Vierpennystück und wiederholte seinen Auftrag, nach „dem Seemann mit einem Bein" Ausschau zu halten.

How that personage haunted my dreams, I need scarcely tell you.

Wie jene Gestalt meine Träume heimsuchte, brauche ich Ihnen kaum zu erzählen.

On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms, and with a thousand diabolical expressions.

In stürmischen Nächten, wenn der Wind die vier Ecken des Hauses schüttelte und die Brandung entlang der Bucht und die Klippen hinauf tobte, sah ich ihn in tausend Gestalten und mit tausend teuflischen Ausdrücken.

Vocabulary

Wenn: If; when; conditional conjunction.
ein: A; an; one indefinite article.
Seemann: Sailor; a man who works at sea.
im: In the; contraction of in dem.
Admiral: Admiral; high-ranking naval officer rank.
einkehrte: Entered; stopped by; past tense of einkehren.
was: What; relative pronoun or interrogative.
hin: There; toward; directional adverb.
und: And; basic coordinating conjunction.
wieder: Again; once more; frequency adverb.
vorkam: Occurred; happened; past tense of vorkommen.
jemand: Someone; somebody; indefinite pronoun.
die: The; definite article feminine or plural.
Küstenstraße: Coastal road; street along the coast.
nach: To; toward; after; preposition.
nahm: Took; accepted; past tense of nehmen.
schaute: Looked; watched; past tense of schauen.
er: He; male third-person singular pronoun.
durch: Through; via; across preposition.
verhängte: Curtained; hung; past tense of verhängen.
Tür: Door; entrance way into a room.
ihm: Him; to him; indirect object pronoun.
bevor: Before; prior to; temporal conjunction.
das: The; that; definite article neuter.
Wohnzimmer: Living room; main sitting area in home.
betrat: Entered; stepped into; past tense of betreten.
war: Was; past tense of sein to be.
immer: Always; constantly; continual frequency adverb.
sicher: Sure; certain; safe; secure adjective.
so: So; as; this way; manner adverb.
still: Quiet; silent; calm peaceful adjective.
wie: Like; as; how; comparison adverb.
eine: A; an; one indefinite article.
Maus: Mouse; small rodent animal.
zu: To; for; too much adverb.
sein: To be; basic auxiliary verb infinitive.
solcher: Such; of that kind demonstrative.
anwesend: Present; attendance; in attendance adjective.
Für: For; on behalf of preposition.
mich: Me; myself; direct object pronoun.
zumindest: At least; at minimum adverb.
Sache: Thing; matter; affair noun.
kein: No; not any; negation article.
Geheimnis: Secret; mystery; confidential information noun.
denn: Because; for; since causal conjunction.
ich: I; first-person singular pronoun.
gewissermaßen: In a way; sort of adverb.
an: On; at; to; preposition.
seinen: His; belonging to him possessive.
Ängsten: Fears; anxieties; plural of Angst.
hatte: Had; possessed; past tense of haben.
eines: One; of one thing pronoun.
Tages: Day's; day genitive singular noun.
beiseitegenommen: Taken aside; pulled aside verb.
mir: Me; to me indirect object.
silbernen: Silver; made of silver adjective.
am: On the; at the contracted.
Ersten: First; first day of month.
jeden: Every; each; all indefinite.
Monats: Month's; of the month genitive.
versprochen: Promised; past participle of versprechen.
nur: Only; just; merely; exclusively.
mein: My; mine possessive article.
offen: Open; opened; frank honest adjective.
mit: With; accompanied by preposition.
Bein: Leg; limb body part.
halten: Hold; keep; maintain verb infinitive.

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