Metamorphosis — Vocabulary
Franz Kafka
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If, however, they took everything calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried he really could be at the station for eight o'clock.†9 more

Gregor's appeals to his father were of no help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder.9 more

"That was the voice of an animal", said the chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's screams.2 more

He did not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had changed, only his sister had stood up.†3 more

Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total despair,2 more

The gentlemen bent over the dishes set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the kitchen.†1 more

It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room was put out, and now it was easy to see that parents and sister had stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as they went away together on tip-toe.†1 more

But now that I see your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish whatsoever to intercede on your behalf.1 more

He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to control.†1 more

she probably even had to overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that protruded from under the couch.2 more

Then, however much mother and sister would importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes closed and refusing to get up.2 more

It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence and concentration.†1 more

Gregor went and waited immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it was;1 more

Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent in.1 more

So she refused to let her mother dissuade her.1 more

Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular line of windows piercing its facade;

And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is hard of hearing.†

His mother was not far away in front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but then she suddenly...

Long after he had finished eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister...

Perhaps only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the living room for a while?"