Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 3
After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by-and-by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.
Dopo cena tirò fuori il suo libro e mi insegnò di Mosè e dei giunchi del Nilo, e io ero impaziente di scoprire tutto su di lui; ma a poco a poco lasciò capire che Mosè era morto da un bel po' di tempo; e allora non mi importò più niente di lui, perché io non mi curo dei morti.
Pretty soon I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me.
Ben presto mi venne voglia di fumare, e chiesi alla vedova di lasciarmelo fare.
But she wouldn't.
Ma lei non volle.
She said it was a mean practice and wasn't clean, and I must try to not do it any more.
Disse che era una brutta abitudine e non era pulita, e che dovevo cercare di non farlo più.
That is just the way with some people.
È proprio così con certa gente.
They get down on a thing when they don't know nothing about it.
Si mettono contro una cosa quando non ne sanno proprio niente.
Here she was a-bothering about Moses, which was no kin to her, and no use to anybody, being gone, you see, yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it.
Eccola lì a preoccuparsi di Mosè, che non era suo parente, e che non serviva a nessuno, essendo morto, capite, eppure a trovar da ridire su di me per aver fatto una cosa che aveva qualcosa di buono.
And she took snuff, too; of course that was all right, because she done it herself.
E lei prendeva anche il tabacco da fiuto; quello, naturalmente, andava benissimo, perché lo faceva lei stessa.
Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on, had just come to live with her, and took a set at me now with a spelling-book.
Sua sorella, Miss Watson, una zitella piuttosto magra, con gli occhiali, era appena venuta a vivere con lei, e ora si accanì su di me con un libro di ortografia.
She worked me middling hard for about an hour, and then the widow made her ease up.
Mi fece sgobbare abbastanza duramente per circa un'ora, e poi la vedova la fece smettere.
I couldn't stood it much longer.
Non avrei potuto resistere ancora a lungo.
Then for an hour it was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.
Poi per un'ora fu di una noia mortale, e io ero irrequieto.
Vocabulary
- Dopo
- After; following in time or sequence
- cena
- Dinner; evening meal
- tirò
- Pulled; drew out (past tense of tirare)
- fuori
- Outside; out of; forth
- il
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- suo
- His, her, its (possessive adjective)
- libro
- Book; written work bound together
- mi
- Me; myself (indirect/direct object pronoun)
- insegnò
- Taught; instructed (past tense of insegnare)
- di
- Of; about; from (preposition)
- dei
- Of the; some (contraction of di+i)
- del
- Of the (contraction of di+il)
- io
- I; first person singular pronoun
- ero
- Was; past tense of essere
- impaziente
- Impatient; eager; unable to wait
- scoprire
- Discover; find out; uncover
- tutto
- Everything; all; the whole
- su
- On; upon; about (preposition)
- lui
- He; him (masculine pronoun)
- ma
- But; however; yet (conjunction)
- poco
- Little; small amount; few
- lasciò
- Left; allowed (past tense of lasciare)
- capire
- Understand; comprehend; grasp meaning
- che
- That; which; who (relative pronoun)
- era
- Was; past tense of essere
- morto
- Dead; deceased; past participle of morire
- da
- From; by; since (preposition)
- un
- A; an (indefinite masculine article)
- bel
- Beautiful; fine; nice (before consonants)
- po
- A bit; a while (short for poco)
- tempo
- Time; weather; period or duration
- allora
- Then; at that time; so
- non
- Not; negative particle (adverb)
- importò
- Mattered; was important (past of importare)
- più
- More; anymore; further (adverb)
- niente
- Nothing; not anything (pronoun)
- perché
- Because; why; for what reason
- curo
- Care for; treat; tend to
- morti
- Dead people; the deceased (plural)
- Ben
- Well; good; fine (adverb)
- presto
- Soon; quickly; early (adverb)
- venne
- Came; arrived (past tense of venire)
- voglia
- Desire; wish; urge to do
- fumare
- Smoke; emit smoke (verb)
- chiesi
- Asked; requested (past tense of chiedere)
- alla
- To the; at the (feminine singular)
- vedova
- Widow; woman whose husband died
- fare
- Do; make; perform (infinitive verb)
- Ma
- But; however (conjunction at sentence start)
- lei
- She; her (feminine pronoun)
- volle
- Wanted; wished (past tense of volere)
- Disse
- Said; told (past tense of dire)
- una
- A; an (indefinite feminine article)
- brutta
- Bad; ugly; unpleasant (feminine adjective)
- abitudine
- Habit; custom; regular practice
- pulita
- Clean; neat; tidy (feminine adjective)
- dovevo
- Had to; was supposed to (dovere)
- cercare
- Look for; seek; try to find
- farlo
- Do it; make it (infinitive+pronoun)
- proprio
- Own; exactly; precisely (adjective/adverb)
- così
- Like this; thus; in this way
- con
- With; together with (preposition)
- certa
- Certain; sure; particular (feminine adjective)
- gente
- People; folk; persons (noun)
- Si
- Oneself; themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- mettono
- Put; place; set (present plural)
- contro
- Against; opposite; opposed to
- cosa
- Thing; what; matter (pronoun/noun)
- quando
- When; at what time (conjunction)
- ne
- Of it; some; any (pronoun/particle)
- sanno
- Know (present plural of sapere)
- lì
- There; in that place (adverb)
- preoccuparsi
- Worry; be concerned; care about
- parente
- Relative; family member; kinsman
- serviva
- Was useful; served purpose (imperfetto)
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