Treasure Island — Page 11
It was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and heavy gales; and it was plain from the first that my poor father was little likely to see the spring.
Es war ein bitterkalter Winter, mit langen, harten Frösten und heftigen Stürmen; und es war von Anfang an klar, dass mein armer Vater den Frühling kaum erleben würde.
He sank daily, and my mother and I had all the inn upon our hands, and were kept busy enough without paying much regard to our unpleasant guest.
Er verfiel täglich, und meine Mutter und ich hatten das ganze Gasthaus auf unseren Schultern und waren beschäftigt genug, ohne unserem unangenehmen Gast viel Beachtung zu schenken.
It was one January morning, very early--a pinching, frosty morning--the cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward.
Es war an einem Januarmorgen, sehr früh – ein beißend frostiger Morgen – die Bucht ganz grau vom Raureif, das Plätschern sanft auf die Steine schlagend, die Sonne noch tief und nur die Hügelkuppen berührend und weit hinaus aufs Meer leuchtend.
The captain had risen earlier than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of the old blue coat, his brass telescope under his arm, his hat tilted back upon his head.
Der Kapitän war früher als gewöhnlich aufgestanden und den Strand hinuntergegangen, sein Entermesser schwingend unter den breiten Schößen des alten blauen Mantels, sein Messingteleskop unter dem Arm, seinen Hut nach hinten auf dem Kopf geneigt.
I remember his breath hanging like smoke in his wake as he strode off, and the last sound I heard of him as he turned the big rock was a loud snort of indignation, as though his mind was still running upon Dr. Livesey.
Ich erinnere mich, wie sein Atem wie Rauch hinter ihm hing, als er davonschritt, und das letzte Geräusch, das ich von ihm hörte, als er um den großen Felsen bog, war ein lautes Schnauben der Entrüstung, als ob seine Gedanken noch immer bei Dr. Livesey weilten.
Well, mother was upstairs with father and I was laying the breakfast-table against the captain's return when the parlour door opened and a man stepped in on whom I had never set my eyes before.
Nun, Mutter war oben bei Vater, und ich deckte den Frühstückstisch für die Rückkehr des Kapitäns, als die Salontür aufging und ein Mann eintrat, den ich noch nie zuvor gesehen hatte.
He was a pale, tallowy creature, wanting two fingers of the left hand, and though he wore a cutlass, he did not look much like a fighter.
Er war eine blasse, talgige Gestalt, der zwei Finger der linken Hand fehlten, und obwohl er ein Entermesser trug, sah er nicht sehr wie ein Kämpfer aus.
Vocabulary
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; meant 'was'.
- bitterkalter
- Bitterly cold, intensely freezing temperature.
- Winter
- The coldest season of the year.
- langen
- Adjective meaning 'long', here in dative plural.
- harten
- Adjective meaning 'hard' or 'harsh', dative plural.
- Frösten
- Plural of 'Frost'; periods of freezing cold weather.
- heftigen
- Adjective meaning 'violent' or 'fierce', dative plural.
- Stürmen
- Plural of 'Sturm'; severe windstorms or tempests.
- Anfang
- Noun meaning 'beginning' or 'start'.
- klar
- Adjective meaning 'clear' or 'obvious'.
- armer
- Adjective meaning 'poor' or 'unfortunate', here nominative.
- Vater
- Noun meaning 'father'.
- Frühling
- Noun meaning 'spring', the season after winter.
- kaum
- Adverb meaning 'barely' or 'hardly'.
- erleben
- Verb meaning 'to experience' or 'to live to see'.
- würde
- Conditional auxiliary verb meaning 'would'.
- verfiel
- Past tense of 'verfallen'; declined or deteriorated in health.
- täglich
- Adverb meaning 'daily' or 'every day'.
- Mutter
- Noun meaning 'mother'.
- hatten
- Past tense of 'haben'; meaning 'had'.
- ganze
- Adjective meaning 'whole' or 'entire'.
- Gasthaus
- Noun meaning 'inn' or 'guesthouse'.
- Schultern
- Plural of 'Schulter'; shoulders of the body.
- waren
- Past tense plural of 'sein'; meaning 'were'.
- beschäftigt
- Adjective/past participle meaning 'busy' or 'occupied'.
- genug
- Adverb meaning 'enough' or 'sufficiently'.
- ohne
- Preposition meaning 'without'.
- unangenehmen
- Adjective meaning 'unpleasant' or 'disagreeable'.
- Gast
- Noun meaning 'guest' or 'visitor'.
- Beachtung
- Noun meaning 'attention' or 'notice' given to someone.
- schenken
- Verb meaning 'to give' or 'to pay' attention.
- Januarmorgen
- Compound noun meaning 'a January morning'.
- früh
- Adverb meaning 'early' in time.
- beißend
- Adjective meaning 'biting' or 'piercing', as of cold.
- frostiger
- Adjective meaning 'frosty' or 'freezing cold'.
- Morgen
- Noun meaning 'morning'.
- Bucht
- Noun meaning 'bay', a coastal inlet of water.
- ganz
- Adjective meaning 'completely' or 'entirely'.
- grau
- Adjective meaning 'gray' in color.
- Raureif
- Noun meaning 'hoarfrost', white frost crystals on surfaces.
- Plätschern
- Noun/verb meaning 'lapping' or 'splashing' of water.
- sanft
- Adjective meaning 'gentle' or 'softly'.
- Steine
- Plural of 'Stein'; stones or rocks.
- schlagend
- Participle meaning 'striking' or 'hitting' against something.
- Sonne
- Noun meaning 'sun'.
- noch
- Adverb meaning 'still', 'yet', or 'only'.
- tief
- Adjective meaning 'deep' or 'low'.
- Hügelkuppen
- Plural noun meaning 'hilltops' or 'crests of hills'.
- berührend
- Participle meaning 'touching' or 'grazing' a surface.
- weit
- Adjective meaning 'far' or 'wide'.
- hinaus
- Adverb meaning 'out' or 'outward' into the distance.
- Meer
- Noun meaning 'sea' or 'ocean'.
- leuchtend
- Participle meaning 'shining' or 'glowing' brightly.
- Kapitän
- Noun meaning 'captain' of a ship or vessel.
- früher
- Comparative adverb meaning 'earlier' than usual.
- gewöhnlich
- Adverb meaning 'usually' or 'as is customary'.
- aufgestanden
- Past participle of 'aufstehen'; meaning 'gotten up' or 'risen'.
- Strand
- Noun meaning 'beach' or 'shore'.
- hinuntergegangen
- Past participle meaning 'gone down' toward the shore.
- sein
- Infinitive meaning 'to be' or possessive pronoun 'his'.
- Entermesser
- Noun meaning 'cutlass', a short curved naval sword.
- schwingend
- Participle meaning 'swinging' or 'brandishing' something.
- breiten
- Adjective meaning 'wide' or 'broad', here dative plural.
- Schößen
- Plural of 'Schoß'; coat-tails or flaps of a coat.
- alten
- Adjective meaning 'old', here in genitive case.
- blauen
- Adjective meaning 'blue', here in genitive case.
- Mantels
- Genitive of 'Mantel'; of a coat or cloak.
- Messingteleskop
- Compound noun meaning 'brass telescope'.
- Arm
- Noun meaning 'arm', a limb of the human body.
- Hut
- Noun meaning 'hat' worn on the head.
- hinten
- Adverb meaning 'back' or 'toward the rear'.
- Kopf
- Noun meaning 'head'.
- geneigt
- Past participle meaning 'tilted' or 'inclined' at an angle.
- erinnere
- Present tense of 'erinnern'; meaning 'I remember'.
- Atem
- Noun meaning 'breath' exhaled from lungs.
- Rauch
- Noun meaning 'smoke'.
- hinter
- Preposition meaning 'behind' or 'after'.
- hing
- Past tense of 'hängen'; meaning 'hung' or 'lingered'.
- davonschritt
- Past tense meaning 'strode away' or 'walked off'.
- letzte
- Adjective meaning 'last' or 'final'.
- Geräusch
- Noun meaning 'sound' or 'noise'.
- hörte
- Past tense of 'hören'; meaning 'heard'.
- großen
- Adjective meaning 'large' or 'big', here accusative.
- Felsen
- Noun meaning 'rock' or 'cliff'.
- bog
- Past tense of 'biegen'; meaning 'turned' or 'bent around'.
- lautes
- Adjective meaning 'loud', here nominative neuter.
- Schnauben
- Noun/verb meaning 'snorting' sound of contempt or effort.
- Entrüstung
- Noun meaning 'indignation' or 'outrage'.
- ob
- Conjunction meaning 'whether' or 'if'.
- Gedanken
- Plural of 'Gedanke'; thoughts or ideas in the mind.
- immer
- Adverb meaning 'always' or 'still'.
- weilten
- Past tense of 'weilen'; meaning 'dwelled' or 'lingered'.
- Nun
- Adverb meaning 'now' or 'well' as a discourse marker.
- oben
- Adverb meaning 'upstairs' or 'above'.
- deckte
- Past tense of 'decken'; meaning 'set' or 'laid' a table.
- Frühstückstisch
- Compound noun meaning 'breakfast table'.
- Rückkehr
- Noun meaning 'return' back to a place.
- Kapitäns
- Genitive of 'Kapitän'; meaning 'of the captain'.
- Salontür
- Compound noun meaning 'parlour door' or 'sitting room door'.
- aufging
- Past tense of 'aufgehen'; meaning 'opened' or 'swung open'.
- Mann
- Noun meaning 'man'.
- eintrat
- Past tense of 'eintreten'; meaning 'entered' a room.
- nie
- Adverb meaning 'never'.
- zuvor
- Adverb meaning 'before' or 'previously'.
- gesehen
- Past participle of 'sehen'; meaning 'seen'.
- hatte
- Past tense of 'haben'; meaning 'had'.
- blasse
- Adjective meaning 'pale' or 'pallid' in complexion.
- talgige
- Adjective meaning 'tallowy' or 'greasy', waxy-pale appearance.
- Gestalt
- Noun meaning 'figure' or 'form' of a person.
- Finger
- Noun meaning 'fingers' of the hand.
- linken
- Adjective meaning 'left', referring to the left hand.
- Hand
- Noun meaning 'hand'.
- fehlten
- Past tense of 'fehlen'; meaning 'were missing'.
- obwohl
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'.
- trug
- Past tense of 'tragen'; meaning 'wore' or 'carried'.
- sah
- Past tense of 'sehen'; meaning 'looked' or 'appeared'.
- Kämpfer
- Noun meaning 'fighter' or 'combatant'.
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