Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 6
So Tom got out a sheet of paper that he had wrote the oath on, and read it.
Così Tom tirò fuori un foglio di carta su cui aveva scritto il giuramento, e lo lesse.
It swore every boy to stick to the band, and never tell any of the secrets; and if anybody done anything to any boy in the band, whichever boy was ordered to kill that person and his family must do it, and he mustn't eat and he mustn't sleep till he had killed them and hacked a cross in their breasts, which was the sign of the band.
Giurava ogni ragazzo di restare fedele alla banda, e di non rivelare mai nessuno dei segreti; e se qualcuno avesse fatto qualcosa a qualsiasi ragazzo della banda, qualunque ragazzo fosse stato incaricato di uccidere quella persona e la sua famiglia doveva farlo, e non doveva mangiare e non doveva dormire finché non li avesse uccisi e non avesse inciso una croce sul loro petto, che era il segno della banda.
And nobody that didn't belong to the band could use that mark, and if he did he must be sued; and if he done it again he must be killed.
E nessuno che non appartenesse alla banda poteva usare quel segno, e se lo faceva doveva essere denunciato; e se lo faceva di nuovo doveva essere ucciso.
And if anybody that belonged to the band told the secrets, he must have his throat cut, and then have his carcass burnt up and the ashes scattered all around, and his name blotted off of the list with blood and never mentioned again by the gang, but have a curse put on it and be forgot forever.
E se qualcuno che apparteneva alla banda rivelava i segreti, doveva avere la gola tagliata, e poi la sua carcassa bruciata e le ceneri sparse dappertutto, e il suo nome cancellato dalla lista col sangue e mai più menzionato dalla banda, ma maledetto e dimenticato per sempre.
Everybody said it was a real beautiful oath, and asked Tom if he got it out of his own head.
Tutti dissero che era un giuramento davvero bello, e chiesero a Tom se l'avesse inventato di testa sua.
He said, some of it, but the rest was out of pirate-books and robber-books, and every gang that was high-toned had it.
Disse che in parte sì, ma il resto era tratto da libri di pirati e libri di briganti, e ogni banda che si rispettasse ce l'aveva.
Some thought it would be good to kill the families of boys that told the secrets.
Alcuni pensarono che sarebbe stato bene uccidere le famiglie dei ragazzi che rivelassero i segreti.
Tom said it was a good idea, so he took a pencil and wrote it in.
Tom disse che era una buona idea, così prese una matita e la aggiunse.
Vocabulary
- Così
- So, thus, in this way
- tirò
- He/she pulled out, drew
- fuori
- Outside, out, beyond
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- foglio
- A sheet or piece of paper
- di
- Of, from (preposition)
- carta
- Paper, card, map
- su
- On, upon, above (preposition)
- cui
- Which, whom (relative pronoun)
- aveva
- He/she/it had (imperfect tense)
- scritto
- Written (past participle of scrivere)
- il
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- giuramento
- An oath, a solemn vow or pledge
- e
- And (conjunction)
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- lesse
- He/she read aloud (past tense)
- Giurava
- He/she swore, was swearing (imperfect)
- ogni
- Every, each (adjective)
- ragazzo
- Boy, young man, guy
- restare
- To remain, stay, to be left
- fedele
- Faithful, loyal, devoted
- alla
- To the (preposition + feminine article)
- banda
- Gang, band, group of people
- non
- Not (negation adverb)
- rivelare
- To reveal, disclose, divulge a secret
- mai
- Never, ever (time adverb)
- nessuno
- Nobody, no one, none
- dei
- Of the (masculine plural preposition+article)
- segreti
- Secrets, confidential matters (plural)
- se
- If (conditional conjunction)
- qualcuno
- Someone, somebody, anyone
- avesse
- Had (subjunctive imperfect of avere)
- fatto
- Done, made (past participle of fare)
- qualcosa
- Something, anything (indefinite pronoun)
- a
- To, at, in (preposition)
- qualsiasi
- Any, whatever, whichever (adjective)
- della
- Of the (feminine singular preposition+article)
- qualunque
- Any, whichever, whatever kind
- fosse
- Were, was (imperfect subjunctive of essere)
- stato
- Been, state (past participle or noun)
- incaricato
- Assigned, tasked, put in charge of
- uccidere
- To kill, to slay (verb)
- quella
- That (feminine singular demonstrative adjective)
- persona
- Person, individual, human being
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- sua
- His, her, its (feminine possessive adjective)
- famiglia
- Family, relatives, household members
- doveva
- Had to, was supposed to (imperfect)
- farlo
- To do it, to make it happen
- mangiare
- To eat, to consume food
- dormire
- To sleep, to rest at night
- finché
- Until, as long as (conjunction)
- li
- Them (masculine plural object pronoun)
- uccisi
- Killed (plural past participle of uccidere)
- inciso
- Carved, engraved, cut into a surface
- una
- A, an (feminine indefinite article)
- croce
- Cross, crucifix (symbol or shape)
- sul
- On the (masculine singular preposition+article)
- loro
- Their, them, they (pronoun/adjective)
- petto
- Chest, breast (body part)
- che
- That, which, who (conjunction/pronoun)
- era
- Was, it was (imperfect of essere)
- segno
- Sign, mark, symbol, indication
- E
- And (conjunction, capitalized here)
- appartenesse
- Belonged to (imperfect subjunctive of appartenere)
- poteva
- Could, was able to (imperfect of potere)
- usare
- To use, to employ, to make use of
- quel
- That (masculine singular demonstrative adjective)
- faceva
- Did, made, was doing (imperfect of fare)
- essere
- To be (infinitive, auxiliary verb)
- denunciato
- Reported, denounced, turned in to authorities
- nuovo
- New, again (adjective or adverb)
- ucciso
- Killed (past participle, singular)
- apparteneva
- Belonged to (imperfect of appartenere)
- rivelava
- Was revealing, disclosed (imperfect tense)
- i
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- avere
- To have (infinitive, auxiliary verb)
- gola
- Throat, gullet, gorge
- tagliata
- Cut, slashed (feminine past participle)
- poi
- Then, afterwards, later (adverb)
- carcassa
- Carcass, corpse, remains of a body
- bruciata
- Burned, set on fire (feminine past participle)
- le
- The (feminine plural article) or to her
- ceneri
- Ashes, cinders remaining after burning
- sparse
- Scattered, spread about (plural past participle)
- dappertutto
- Everywhere, all over the place
- suo
- His, her, its (masculine possessive adjective)
- nome
- Name, given name of a person
- cancellato
- Cancelled, erased, deleted, crossed out
- dalla
- From the (feminine singular preposition+article)
- lista
- List, roster, written enumeration
- col
- With the (masculine singular preposition+article)
- sangue
- Blood (noun)
- più
- More, no longer, anymore (adverb)
- menzionato
- Mentioned, referred to (past participle)
- ma
- But, however (conjunction)
- maledetto
- Cursed, damned, accursed (adjective)
- dimenticato
- Forgotten, no longer remembered (past participle)
- per
- For, through, in order to (preposition)
- sempre
- Always, forever, ever (adverb)
- Tutti
- Everyone, all, everybody (plural pronoun)
- dissero
- They said (past tense of dire)
- davvero
- Really, truly, indeed (adverb)
- bello
- Beautiful, great, wonderful (adjective)
- chiesero
- They asked (past tense of chiedere)
- l'avesse
- Had it (elided form, imperfect subjunctive)
- inventato
- Invented, made up, created (past participle)
- testa
- Head, mind (body part or figurative)
- Disse
- He/she said (past tense of dire)
- in
- In, into, at (preposition)
- parte
- Part, portion, share (noun)
- sì
- Yes (affirmative particle)
- resto
- Rest, remainder, the rest of it
- tratto
- Drawn, taken, derived (past participle)
- da
- From, by, since (preposition)
- libri
- Books (plural of libro)
- pirati
- Pirates (plural noun)
- briganti
- Bandits, outlaws, brigands (plural noun)
- si
- Himself, herself, oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- rispettasse
- Respected, would respect (imperfect subjunctive)
- ce
- There, it (unstressed pronoun particle)
- l'aveva
- Had it (contracted pronoun + imperfect)
- Alcuni
- Some, a few (plural indefinite adjective)
- pensarono
- They thought (past tense of pensare)
- sarebbe
- Would be (conditional of essere)
- bene
- Good, well (adverb or noun)
- famiglie
- Families (plural of famiglia)
- ragazzi
- Boys, guys, young men (plural)
- rivelassero
- They would reveal (imperfect subjunctive)
- disse
- He/she said (past tense of dire)
- buona
- Good (feminine singular adjective)
- idea
- Idea, thought, notion, concept
- così
- So, thus, therefore (adverb)
- prese
- He/she took (past tense of prendere)
- matita
- Pencil (writing instrument)
- aggiunse
- He/she added (past tense of aggiungere)
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