Lingard
German books
Cover of Das Damengambit
B2 · 4,728 words · German

Das Damengambit

Scott Frank

The Queen's Gambit is the 2020 Netflix miniseries created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott, based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel. In 1950s Kentucky, the orphaned Beth Harmon is sent to the Methuen Home for Girls, where the custodian, Mr. Shaibel, teaches her chess in the basement. She turns out to be a prodigy. Adopted as a teenager by Alma Wheatley, Beth begins winning tournaments across America and abroad while struggling with a dependence on tranquilizers and alcohol. Over the 1960s her ambition leads her toward the world's best players, above all the Soviet champion Vasily Borgov.

Get started

Words you’ll meet

The words readers of this text looked up most, each with its meaning and the line it comes from.

hielt / hɛlt /verb

kept

niemand hielt sie vom Träumen ab.

no one kept her from dreaming.

die Stille / diː ˈʃtɪlə /noun

silence

Der Ruhm hatte sie weit gebracht – doch auch in eine Welt geführt, in der Vertrauen selten und Stille allgegenwärtig war.

Fame had taken her far – but also led her into a world where trust was rare and silence was omnipresent.

RuheSchweigenLautlosigkeit

das Waisenhaus / das ˈvaɪ̯zn̩ˌhaʊ̯s /noun

orphanage

wurde Beth in ein staatliches Waisenhaus gebracht

Beth was taken to a state orphanage

der Ruhm / deːɐ̯ ˈʁuːm /noun

fame

Der Ruhm war zur Last geworden.

The fame had become a burden.

EhreAnsehenPrestige

der Wettbewerb / deːɐ̯ ˈvɛtbəˌvɛʁp /noun

competition

Es war der angesehenste Wettbewerb des Jahres.

It was the most respected competition of the year.

KonkurrenzkampfAusscheidungskampfTurnier

schien / ˈʃiːnən /verb

seemed

der Schmerz schien weiter entfernt

the pain seemed further away

saß / zaːs /verb

sat

Das Mädchen saß nun allein.

The girl sat alone now.

verschwand / fɛɐ̯ˈʃvand /verb

disappeared

In dem Moment, in dem sie sich setzte, verschwand der Rest der Welt.

The moment she sat down, the rest of the world disappeared.

fühlte / ˈfyːltə /verb

felt

Es fühlte sich eher wie ein Gefängnis an.

It felt more like a prison.

spürenempfinden

der Geist / deːɐ̯ ɡaɪ̯st /noun

mind

Ihr Geist wurde langsamer.

Her mind slowed down.

reichte / ˈrai̯çtə /verb

handed

Beth nahm den Umschlag entgegen, den er ihr reichte.

Beth took the envelope that he handed to her.

schärfer / ˈʃɛrfɐ /adjective

sharper

Die Medizin machte die Bilder schärfer.

The medicine made the images sharper.

Similar titles

All German books
Cover of Shrek Shrek Joe Stillman Cover of Sherlock Staffel 4 Sherlock Staffel 4 Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss Cover of Materialisten Materialisten Celine Song Cover of Howls Moving Castle Howls Moving Castle Hayao Miyazaki Cover of Squid Game Staffel 2 Squid Game Staffel 2 Hwang Dong-hyuk Cover of Ruf mich bei deinem Namen Ruf mich bei deinem Namen James Ivory Cover of Oppenheimer Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan Cover of Die Vampirtagebücher Staffel 3 Die Vampirtagebücher Staffel 3 L.J. Smith Cover of Squid Game Staffel 3 Squid Game Staffel 3 Hwang Dong-hyuk Cover of Es Es Stephen King Cover of Amerikanische Götter Amerikanische Götter Neil Gaiman Cover of Emily in Paris Staffel 3 Emily in Paris Staffel 3 Darren Star