Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Chapters 47 - 61
examples or paraphrases
German
in a row /rəʊ/
He saw four red cars in a row.
aufs Mal
a psychologist
Psychologists help people
with all sorts of emotional
problems.
On a bad day Christopher
takes no risks.
He likes putting things like
numbers etc. in a nice order.
He walks up the steps two at
a time..
Observant people notice a
lot.
Scientists use evidence – or
hard facts – for their theories..
People committing a murder
are murderers.
You can give each letter a
value of 1 – 26.
Can you add up all these
numbers?
Apart from the weather,
England is a lovely country.
To become an astronaut you
have to be in the air force.
In the army you have to take
lots of orders.
As a soldier you have to be
prepared to kill human
beings.
If someone gets murdered,
you have to find out who did
it.
In the US supermarket trolleys
are much bigger than in
Switzerland.
/sɑɪ’kɒlɒdʒɪst/
to take no risks
to put things in a nice order
two at a time
observant
evidence
to commit a murder
a value
to add up
apart from (+ ing)
the air force
take orders
a human being
to be (un)likely to happen
a trolley
a donkey
ein Psychologe
keine Risiken eingehen
die Dinge schön ordnen
zwei aufs Mal
aufmerksam
Beweismaterial
einen Mord verüben
einen Wert
(auf)addieren
ausser
die Luftwaffe
Befehle ausüben
ein Mensch
(un)wahrscheinlich sein
Einkaufswagen
ein Esel
an animal sanctuary
Stray dogs are usually taken
to an animal sanctuary.
ein Tierheim
a spazzer (coll.)
He told me I was a spazzer.
hier: geistig Behinderter; ein
Spastiker
jealous
a pond
a competition
Jane is jealous of Ellen,
because James prefers Ellen.
an area of water smaller
than a lake, often artificially
made
As a child I always used to
hate competitions.
eifersüchtig
ein Teich
ein Wettkampf; Konkurrenz
to end up in prison
Terry is most likely to end up
in prison.
a digression
to be meant to do sth
Abschweifung; Exkurs
I was meant to be writing a
story.
a lino cut
to expect
to ride/rode/ridden a bicycle
im Gefängnis landen
etwas tun sollen
ein Linoleumschnitt
Nobody expected Mother's
death.
I ride my bicycle to school
every day.
erwarten
Fahrrad fahren
healthy
to be high in fibre
Vegetables are high in fibre.
viel Ballaststoff enthalten
to be low in saturated fat
Fish is low in saturated fats.
wenig gesättigte Fettstoffe
enthalten
an aneurysm
ein Aneurysma
an embolism
eine Embolie
a blood clot
ein Blutklumpen
a blood vessel
ein Blutgefäss
a muscle
ein Muskel
to reverse (a car)
rückwärtsbewegen
to (not) be sb's fault
(nicht) jemandes Fehler sein
the bosom
der Busen
to beat/beat/beaten sb
even though
to stay out of other people's
business
to break a rule
I beat Mike at tennis today!
I decided to find more, even
though Father had told me
not to.
He had also told me to stay
out of other people's
business.
People break rules all the
time.
jem. schlagen
obwohl
sich nicht in andrer Leute
Angelegenheiten
einmischen
eine Regel missachten
to wear a seatbelt
eine Sicherheitsgurte tragen
the crusades
die Kreuzzüge
the staff
das Personal
a swing
eine Schaukel
slippers
to spill sth
Mrs Shears wore some
slippers and a sweatshirt.
She spilled some tea onto
the carpet.
Pantoffeln
etwas verschütten
to climb over a wall
über eine Mauer klettern
a shed
ein Schuppen
a padlock
ein Vorhängeschloss
to lock sth
to have some good luck
You'd better lock your things
in or else they might be
stolen.
I had some good luck today
– I found a £100 in the street!
a tool
a spade
etwas abschliessen;
verriegeln
Glück haben
ein Werkzeug
To work in a garden you
need lots of tools, like
spades, rakes and clippers.
a rake
ein Spaten
ein Rechen
a red herring
What they told us about the
incident was only a red herring.
ein Ablenkungsmanöver
to come to a conclusion
He came to the conclusion that
the whole story was a lie.
zu einem Schluss kommen
to feed/fed/fed
a vicar
gravity
Dogs have to be fed once a
day.
We were married by our
local vicar.
Isaac Newton found out the
laws of gravity.
füttern
ein Pfarrer in der Church of
England
Schwerkraft
electromagnetic waves
We get information about things
in space through e. waves.
elektromagnetische Wellen
a (gravitational) singularity
A gravitational singularity is,
approximately, a place where
quantities which are used to
measure the gravitational field
become infinite.
Raum-Zeit-Singularität
rubbish
to rot
to bury
to dig up (dug/dug)
a coffin
to grind (ground/ground)
to turn into sth
ash
a funeral
a chimney
You shouldn't put glass into
the rubbish.
Meat starts rotting when you
leave it outside the fridge.
The children buried the dead
bird in the garden.
It's time we dug up those
potatoes.
In our culture dead bodies
are put into coffins.
Shall I grind a little black
pepper over your pizza?
The city wants to turn the
children's home into a
school.
When you burn wood, it turns
into ash.
Funerals are usually held at a
church.
Old houses often have lots of
chimneys.
Abfall
verfaulen; verwesen
begraben; beerdigen
ausgraben
Sarg
mahlen; zerreiben
zu etw. verwandeln;
umwandeln
Asche
Beerdigung; Begräbnis
Kamin