War and Peace — Page 9
And with the familiarity and easy grace peculiar to him, he raised the maid of honor's hand to his lips, kissed it, and swung it to and fro as he lay back in his armchair, looking in another direction.
Und mit der ihm eigenen Vertraulichkeit und ungezwungenen Anmut hob er die Hand der Ehrendame an seine Lippen, küsste sie und schwang sie hin und her, während er sich in seinem Sessel zurücklehnte und in eine andere Richtung schaute.
It shall be on your family's behalf that I'll start my apprenticeship as old maid.
Es soll im Namen Ihrer Familie sein, dass ich meine Laufbahn als alte Jungfer beginne.
Vocabulary
- Vertraulichkeit
- Noun meaning familiarity, intimacy, or confidential closeness
- ungezwungenen
- Adjective meaning unconstrained, casual, or naturally relaxed
- Anmut
- Noun meaning grace, elegance, or charming physical beauty
- hob
- Past tense of 'heben,' meaning raised or lifted something
- Ehrendame
- Noun meaning lady-in-waiting or honorary female attendant
- Lippen
- Plural noun meaning 'lips,' the facial features around mouth
- küsste
- Past tense of 'küssen,' meaning kissed someone or something
- schwang
- Past tense of 'schwingen,' meaning swung or waved something
- Sessel
- Noun meaning armchair, a comfortable upholstered seat
- zurücklehnte
- Past tense of 'zurücklehnen,' meaning leaned back in seat
- Richtung
- Noun meaning direction or course toward a specific point
- schaute
- Past tense of 'schauen,' meaning looked or gazed somewhere
- Laufbahn
- Noun meaning career, professional path, or life trajectory
- Jungfer
- Noun meaning spinster or old maid, unmarried older woman
- beginne
- First-person present of 'beginnen,' meaning I begin or start
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