Wuthering Heights — Page 6
People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.
Menschen, die mit diesen Mooren vertraut sind, verfehlen an solchen Abenden oft ihren Weg; und ich kann Ihnen sagen, dass es im Moment keine Aussicht auf eine Änderung gibt.
The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature.
Der Ton, in dem die Worte gesprochen wurden, offenbarte eine echte schlechte Natur.
I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow.
Ich fühlte mich nicht mehr geneigt, Heathcliff einen prächtigen Kerl zu nennen.
And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
Und wir alle, einschließlich des bäuerlichen Jünglings, rückten um den Tisch herum: eine strenge Stille herrschte vor, während wir unsere Mahlzeit zu uns nahmen.
I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
Ich dachte, wenn ich die trübe Stimmung verursacht hatte, war es meine Pflicht, mich zu bemühen, sie zu zerstreuen.
They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.
Sie konnten nicht jeden Tag so grimmig und schweigsam dasitzen; und es war unmöglich, wie übellaunig sie auch sein mochten, dass das allgemeine Stirnrunzeln, das sie trugen, ihr alltägliches Gesicht war.
Vocabulary
- Menschen
- People, human beings
- die
- The (feminine singular or plural article)
- mit
- With, accompanied by
- diesen
- These, this (demonstrative pronoun)
- Mooren
- Moors, boggy or marshy areas
- vertraut
- Familiar with, acquainted with something
- sind
- Are (present tense of sein)
- verfehlen
- To miss, to fail to achieve
- an
- At, on, in (preposition)
- solchen
- Such, of that kind
- Abenden
- Evenings (dative plural of Abend)
- oft
- Often, frequently
- ihren
- Their, their way (possessive pronoun)
- Weg
- Way, path, road
- und
- And (conjunction)
- ich
- I (personal pronoun)
- kann
- Can, to be able to
- Ihnen
- You (formal dative pronoun)
- sagen
- To say, to tell
- dass
- That (conjunction)
- es
- It (neuter personal pronoun)
- im
- In the (contraction of in dem)
- Moment
- Moment, instant, at present
- keine
- No, not a (negative article)
- Aussicht
- Prospect, outlook, view
- auf
- On, upon, to (preposition)
- eine
- A, an (indefinite article feminine)
- Änderung
- Change, alteration, modification
- gibt
- Gives, there is (present of geben)
- Der
- The (masculine singular article)
- Ton
- Tone, sound, manner of speaking
- in
- In, into (preposition)
- dem
- The, that (dative masculine article)
- Worte
- Words (archaic or poetic plural)
- gesprochen
- Spoken (past participle of sprechen)
- wurden
- Were, become (past of werden)
- offenbarte
- Revealed, disclosed, made known
- echte
- True, genuine, authentic
- schlechte
- Bad, evil, wicked
- Natur
- Nature, character, disposition
- Ich
- I (capitalized personal pronoun)
- fühlte
- Felt (past tense of fühlen)
- mich
- Myself (accusative of ich)
- nicht
- Not (negation adverb)
- mehr
- More, any longer, no longer
- geneigt
- Inclined, disposed, willing
- einen
- A, one (accusative masculine article)
- prächtigen
- Magnificent, splendid, fine fellow
- Kerl
- Fellow, chap, man, guy
- zu
- To, in order to, too
- nennen
- To name, to call, to designate
- Und
- And (conjunction, capitalized)
- wir
- We (personal pronoun plural)
- alle
- All, everyone, altogether
- einschließlich
- Including, inclusive, together with
- des
- Of the, the (genitive article)
- bäuerlichen
- Rural, peasant, rustic, country-like
- Jünglings
- Youth, young man (genitive)
- rückten
- Moved, shifted, drew up
- um
- Around, about (preposition)
- den
- The (accusative masculine article)
- Tisch
- Table, desk, counter
- herum
- Around, about, round about
- strenge
- Strict, severe, stern, rigorous
- Stille
- Silence, quiet, stillness
- herrschte
- Reigned, prevailed, was in effect
- vor
- Before, in front, forth
- während
- During, whilst, while
- unsere
- Our (possessive pronoun plural)
- Mahlzeit
- Meal, mealtime, repast
- uns
- Us, ourselves (accusative/dative pronoun)
- nahmen
- Took (past tense of nehmen)
- dachte
- Thought (past tense of denken)
- wenn
- If, when (conjunction)
- trübe
- Gloomy, dull, dark, murky
- Stimmung
- Mood, atmosphere, disposition
- verursacht
- Caused, brought about, produced
- hatte
- Had (past tense of haben)
- war
- Was (past tense of sein)
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