Wuthering Heights — Page 4
She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there.
Sie war schlank und anscheinend kaum dem Mädchenalter entwachsen: eine bewundernswerte Gestalt und das reizendste kleine Gesicht, das zu betrachten ich je das Vergnügen gehabt habe; zarte Züge, sehr hell; flachsblonde Locken, oder vielmehr goldene, die lose auf ihrem zarten Hals hingen; und Augen, wären sie im Ausdruck angenehm gewesen, die unwiderstehlich gewesen wären: zum Glück für mein empfängliches Herz schwebte das einzige Gefühl, das sie verrieten, zwischen Verachtung und einer Art Verzweiflung, die dort zu entdecken merkwürdig unnatürlich war.
The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.
Die Dosen waren fast außer ihrer Reichweite; ich machte eine Bewegung, ihr zu helfen; sie wandte sich mir zu, wie ein Geizhals sich wenden könnte, wenn jemand versuchte, ihm beim Zählen seines Goldes zu helfen.
She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child's ready to cry.
Sie warf den Tee zurück, Löffel und alles, und nahm wieder beleidigt auf ihrem Stuhl Platz; die Stirn gerunzelt und die rote Unterlippe vorgeschoben, wie die eines Kindes, das gleich weinen will.
Vocabulary
- Sie
- She, her, or formal 'you' pronoun
- war
- Was; past tense of 'sein' (to be)
- schlank
- Slim, slender in body shape
- anscheinend
- Apparently, seemingly, by all appearances
- kaum
- Hardly, barely, scarcely at all
- Mädchenalter
- Girlhood age, the years of being a girl
- entwachsen
- To have outgrown something, grown beyond it
- bewundernswerte
- Admirable, worthy of admiration and praise
- Gestalt
- Figure, form, or shape of a person
- reizendste
- Most charming, most delightful superlative form
- Gesicht
- Face; the front part of the head
- betrachten
- To look at, observe, or contemplate something
- je
- Ever, at any time; used in comparisons
- Vergnügen
- Pleasure, enjoyment, delight in something
- zarte
- Delicate, tender, fine and fragile
- Züge
- Features, traits; facial characteristics of a person
- hell
- Light, bright, fair in color or tone
- flachsblonde
- Flaxen blonde, pale golden hair color
- Locken
- Curls; naturally or artificially curled hair
- vielmehr
- Rather, more precisely, or to be exact
- goldene
- Golden, made of or resembling gold color
- lose
- Loose, hanging freely without being tied
- zarten
- Delicate, tender; inflected form of 'zart'
- Hals
- Neck, throat; body part below the head
- hingen
- Hung; past tense of 'hängen' (to hang)
- Augen
- Eyes; the organs of sight
- wären
- Would be; subjunctive II of 'sein'
- Ausdruck
- Expression, look conveyed through face or words
- angenehm
- Pleasant, agreeable, pleasing to the senses
- unwiderstehlich
- Irresistible, impossible to resist or oppose
- Glück
- Luck, fortune, happiness; favorable circumstance
- empfängliches
- Receptive, susceptible, open to impressions
- Herz
- Heart; organ or seat of emotions
- schwebte
- Hovered, floated; past tense of 'schweben'
- einzige
- Single, only, sole; one and no other
- Gefühl
- Feeling, emotion, sensation experienced internally
- verrieten
- Betrayed, revealed; past tense of 'verraten'
- zwischen
- Between, among; preposition indicating middle position
- Verachtung
- Contempt, scorn, disdain toward someone or something
- Art
- Kind, type, sort; way or manner of something
- Verzweiflung
- Despair, desperation, feeling of utter hopelessness
- dort
- There, over there; adverb of place
- entdecken
- To discover, detect, or find something out
- merkwürdig
- Strange, peculiar, noteworthy in an odd way
- unnatürlich
- Unnatural, artificial, not in accordance with nature
- Dosen
- Cans, tins, or small boxes as containers
- fast
- Almost, nearly, not quite completely
- außer
- Outside of, except, beyond a limit or range
- Reichweite
- Reach, range; distance one can extend to
- Bewegung
- Movement, motion; act of moving the body
- helfen
- To help, assist, aid someone in need
- wandte
- Turned; past tense of 'wenden' (to turn)
- Geizhals
- Miser, cheapskate, excessively stingy person
- wenden
- To turn, to direct; change direction or attention
- könnte
- Could; subjunctive II of 'können' (can)
- wenn
- If, when; conditional or temporal conjunction
- jemand
- Someone, somebody; indefinite pronoun for a person
- versuchte
- Tried, attempted; past tense of 'versuchen'
- Zählen
- Counting; the act of counting numbers or items
- Goldes
- Gold; genitive form of 'Gold', precious metal
- warf
- Threw; past tense of 'werfen' (to throw)
- Tee
- Tea; hot beverage made from steeped leaves
- zurück
- Back, backward; indicating return to a position
- Löffel
- Spoon; utensil used for eating or stirring
- alles
- Everything, all; indefinite pronoun for totality
- nahm
- Took; past tense of 'nehmen' (to take)
- wieder
- Again, once more; indicating repetition
- beleidigt
- Offended, insulted; feeling hurt by an affront
- Stuhl
- Chair; a piece of furniture for sitting
- Platz
- Place, seat, spot; a specific location or space
- Stirn
- Forehead; the front part of the face above eyebrows
- gerunzelt
- Furrowed, wrinkled; past participle of 'runzeln'
- Unterlippe
- Lower lip; the bottom lip of the mouth
- vorgeschoben
- Pushed forward, protruding; past participle of 'vorschieben'
- Kindes
- Child's; genitive form of 'Kind' (child)
- gleich
- Like, same, immediately; equal or similar manner
- weinen
- To cry, to weep, to shed tears
- will
- Wants, intends to; present tense of 'wollen'
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