War and Peace — Page 3
The little princess went round the table with quick, short, swaying steps, her workbag on her arm, and gaily spreading out her dress sat down on a sofa near the silver samovar, as if all she was doing was a pleasure to herself and to all around her.
Die kleine Prinzessin ging mit schnellen, kurzen, wiegenden Schritten um den Tisch herum, ihre Arbeitstasche am Arm, und setzte sich, ihr Kleid fröhlich ausbreitend, auf ein Sofa neben dem silbernen Samowar, als ob alles, was sie tat, ein Vergnügen für sie selbst und für alle um sie herum wäre.
And she spread out her arms to show her short-waisted, lace-trimmed, dainty gray dress, girdled with a broad ribbon just below the breast.
Und sie breitete die Arme aus, um ihr kurztailliertes, mit Spitzen besetztes, zierliches graues Kleid zu zeigen, das knapp unterhalb der Brust mit einem breiten Band gegürtet war.
He is going to get himself killed.
Er wird sich töten lassen.
One of the next arrivals was a stout, heavily built young man with close-cropped hair, spectacles, the light-colored breeches fashionable at that time, a very high ruffle, and a brown dress coat.
Einer der nächsten Ankömmlinge war ein stämmiger, kräftig gebauter junger Mann mit kurzgeschorenem Haar, einer Brille, den zu jener Zeit modischen hellfarbigen Kniehosen, einer sehr hohen Halskrause und einem braunen Gehrock.
Vocabulary
- kleine
- Small, little (adjective, inflected form)
- Prinzessin
- A female member of a royal family
- ging
- Past tense of 'gehen'; walked or went
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with' or 'by'
- schnellen
- Quick, fast (adjective, inflected form)
- kurzen
- Short (adjective, inflected form)
- wiegenden
- Swaying, rocking (adjective, inflected form)
- Schritten
- Steps or strides taken while walking
- um
- Preposition meaning 'around' or 'at'
- Tisch
- A piece of furniture used for eating or working
- herum
- Around, in a circular direction
- ihre
- Her or their (possessive pronoun, inflected)
- Arbeitstasche
- A bag used to carry work or sewing materials
- am
- Contraction of 'an dem'; at the or on the
- Arm
- The limb extending from shoulder to hand
- setzte
- Past tense of 'setzen'; placed or sat down
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'herself' or 'himself'
- ihr
- Her or to her (pronoun or possessive)
- Kleid
- A dress or garment worn by women
- fröhlich
- Cheerful, happy, or joyful in manner
- ausbreitend
- Spreading out (present participle of 'ausbreiten')
- auf
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'onto', or 'upon'
- Sofa
- An upholstered seat for multiple people
- neben
- Preposition meaning 'next to' or 'beside'
- silbernen
- Silver (adjective, inflected form)
- Samowar
- A heated metal urn used for brewing tea
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as if' or 'when'
- ob
- Conjunction meaning 'whether' or 'as if'
- alles
- Everything, all things (indefinite pronoun)
- was
- Relative/interrogative pronoun meaning 'what'
- tat
- Past tense of 'tun'; did or performed
- Vergnügen
- Pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement
- für
- Preposition meaning 'for'
- selbst
- Intensifying pronoun meaning 'herself' or 'itself'
- alle
- All, everyone (indefinite pronoun or adjective)
- wäre
- Subjunctive II of 'sein'; would be
- breitete
- Past tense of 'breiten'; spread or stretched out
- Arme
- Arms (plural of 'Arm', the body limbs)
- aus
- Separable prefix or preposition meaning 'out of'
- kurztailliertes
- Short-waisted (adjective describing a garment's cut)
- Spitzen
- Lace or tips; decorative textile trim
- besetztes
- Trimmed or adorned (adjective, inflected form)
- zierliches
- Delicate, dainty, or petite (adjective, inflected)
- graues
- Gray (adjective, inflected form)
- zu
- Preposition or particle meaning 'to' or 'too'
- zeigen
- To show or to display something
- knapp
- Just barely; tight or just below something
- unterhalb
- Preposition meaning 'below' or 'beneath'
- Brust
- The chest or breast area of the body
- breiten
- Wide, broad (adjective, inflected form)
- Band
- A ribbon or strip used as a sash or tie
- gegürtet
- Belted or cinched with a band or sash
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; was
- wird
- Third-person singular of 'werden'; will or becomes
- töten
- To kill or to cause someone's death
- lassen
- To let, allow, or have something done
- Einer
- One of, a certain one (inflected indefinite pronoun)
- nächsten
- Next, nearest (adjective, inflected form)
- Ankömmlinge
- Arrivals or newcomers just arriving somewhere
- stämmiger
- Stocky, sturdy in build (comparative adjective)
- kräftig
- Strong, sturdy, or powerfully built
- gebauter
- Built or constructed (adjective, inflected form)
- junger
- Young (adjective, inflected form)
- Mann
- An adult male person or husband
- kurzgeschorenem
- Close-cropped or closely shaved (adjective, inflected)
- Haar
- Hair on the head or body
- Brille
- Eyeglasses worn to correct or aid vision
- jener
- That, those (demonstrative adjective, of that era)
- Zeit
- Time or era; a particular period in history
- modischen
- Fashionable, stylish (adjective, inflected form)
- hellfarbigen
- Light-colored (adjective, inflected form)
- Kniehosen
- Knee breeches, trousers ending at the knee
- sehr
- Adverb meaning 'very' or 'extremely'
- hohen
- High or tall (adjective, inflected form)
- Halskrause
- A ruffled or frilled collar worn around the neck
- braunen
- Brown (adjective, inflected form)
- Gehrock
- A frock coat, a formal tailored men's coat
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