All Quiet on the Western Front — Vocabulary
Erich Maria Remarque
translated by: A.W. Wheen Fawcett Crest
(Edited)

The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy.p.11.9alternate pages3 more

I think no more of the dead man, he is of no consequence to me now.p.226.7alternate pages3 more

...there is a double ration of sausage and bread.p.1.5alternate pages11 more

Our peasants are hard and cunning when they bargain.p.191.9alternate pages9 more

They are one of the new regiments, composed almost entirely of young fellows just called up.p.129.3alternate pages2 more

Kemmerich felt embarrassed, for she was the least composed of all;p.15.2alternate pages2 more

Had we gone into the trenches without this period of training most of us would certainly have gone mad. Only thus were we prepared for what awaited us. We did not break down, but adapted ourselves;p.26.8alternate pages3 more

The birds too are just as carefree, they have long since accustomed themselves to the war.p.128.1alternate pages6 more

He did indeed always refer to us as swine, but there was, nevertheless, a certain respect in his tone.p.26.2alternate pages3 more

"That's none of your business," retorts Himmelstoss.p.89.6alternate pages5 more

By evening the voice dwindles to a croaking. But it persists still through the whole night.p.125.8alternate pages5 more

At the head of the queue of course were the hungriest—p.3.1alternate pages3 more

I tell her he was shot through the heart and died instantaneously.p.180.6alternate pages3 more

But so long as we have to stay here in the field, the front-line days, when they are past, sink down in us like a stone; they are too grievous for us to be able to reflect on them at once.p.138.8alternate pages2 more

  "It isn't any use to the Kaiser either. He has everything he can want already."
  "I'm not so sure about that," contradicts Kat, "he has not had a war up till now. And every full-grown emperor requires at least one war, otherwise he would not become famous."p.206.1alternate pages

But when I begin to cut the shirt the eyes open once more and the cry is in them again and the demented expression, so that I must close them, press them shut and whisper: "I want to help you, Comrade, camerade, camerade, camerade—" eagerly repeating the word, to make him understand.p.220.5alternate pages1 more

It is a great brotherhood, which adds something of the good-fellowship of the folk-song, of the feeling of solidarity of convicts, and of the desperate loyalty to one another of men condemned to death, to a condition of life arising out of the midst of danger...p.272.6alternate pages

With us food is pretty scarce and none too good at that—turnips cut into six pieces and boiled in water, and unwashed carrot tops—mouldy potatoes are tit-bits... Everything gets eaten, notwithstanding,p.189.8alternate pages

Their figures are bent, their faces full of grief, despair, haste, and resignation.p.239.8alternate pages4 more

Afterwards I accompany them both to the railway station.p.198.3alternate pages1 more