Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 5
The other guests had taken advantage of the Queen's absence, and were resting in the shade: however, the moment they saw her, they hurried back to the game, the Queen merely remarking that a moment's delay would cost them their lives.
Los otros invitados habían aprovechado la ausencia de la Reina, y estaban descansando a la sombra: sin embargo, en el momento en que la vieron, se apresuraron a volver al juego, limitándose la Reina a observar que un momento de retraso les costaría la vida.
All the time they were playing the Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting "Off with his head!" or "Off with her head!"
Todo el tiempo que estuvieron jugando la Reina no dejó de reñir con los otros jugadores, y de gritar "¡Que le corten la cabeza!" o "¡Que le corten la cabeza!"
Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers, who of course had to leave off being arches to do this, so that by the end of half an hour or so there were no arches left, and all the players, except the King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody and under sentence of execution.
Aquellos a quienes ella sentenciaba eran puestos bajo custodia de los soldados, quienes por supuesto tenían que dejar de ser arcos para hacer esto, de manera que al cabo de media hora más o menos no quedaban arcos, y todos los jugadores, excepto el Rey, la Reina y Alicia, estaban bajo custodia y sentenciados a ejecución.
Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, and said to Alice, "Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet?"
Entonces la Reina se detuvo, completamente sin aliento, y dijo a Alicia, "¿Has visto ya a la Falsa Tortuga?"
"No," said Alice.
"No," dijo Alicia.
"I don't even know what a Mock Turtle is."
"Ni siquiera sé qué es una Falsa Tortuga."
"It's the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from," said the Queen.
"Es la cosa de la que se hace la Sopa de Falsa Tortuga," dijo la Reina.
"I never saw one, or heard of one," said Alice.
"Nunca vi una, ni oí hablar de una," dijo Alicia.
"Come on, then," said the Queen, "and he shall tell you his history."
"Ven entonces," dijo la Reina, "y él te contará su historia."
As they walked off together, Alice heard the King say in a low voice, to the company generally, "You are all pardoned."
Mientras se alejaban juntas, Alicia oyó al Rey decir en voz baja, a la compañía en general, "Todos están perdonados."
"Come, _that's_ a good thing!" she said to herself, for she had felt quite unhappy at the number of executions the Queen had ordered.
"¡Vaya, _eso_ es bueno!" se dijo a sí misma, pues se había sentido muy desdichada por el número de ejecuciones que la Reina había ordenado.
Vocabulary
- Los
- Masculine plural definite article: the
- otros
- Others, other ones
- invitados
- Guests, invited people
- habían
- They had (imperfect form of haber)
- aprovechado
- Taken advantage of, utilized
- la
- Feminine singular definite article: the
- ausencia
- Absence, state of being away
- de
- Of, from
- Reina
- Queen
- y
- And
- estaban
- They were (imperfect form of estar)
- descansando
- Resting, taking a break
- a
- To, at
- sombra
- Shade, shadow
- sin
- Without
- embargo
- However (used in phrase sin embargo)
- en
- In, on, at
- el
- Masculine singular definite article: the
- momento
- Moment, instant
- que
- That, which, who
- vieron
- They saw (preterite of ver)
- se
- Reflexive pronoun: themselves, herself, himself
- apresuraron
- They hurried, rushed
- volver
- To return, to go back
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- juego
- Game, play
- limitándose
- Limiting themselves, restricting themselves
- observar
- To observe, to watch
- un
- Masculine singular indefinite article: a, an
- retraso
- Delay, lateness
- les
- Them, to them (indirect object pronoun)
- costaría
- It would cost (conditional of costar)
- vida
- Life
- Todo
- All, everything, whole
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- estuvieron
- They were (preterite of estar)
- jugando
- Playing
- no
- No, not
- dejó
- He/she/it stopped, quit (preterite of dejar)
- reñir
- To scold, to quarrel
- con
- With
- los
- Masculine plural definite article: the
- jugadores
- Players
- gritar
- To shout, to yell
- Que
- That, which (also used in commands)
- le
- Him, her, it (indirect object pronoun)
- corten
- They cut, may they cut (subjunctive of cortar)
- cabeza
- Head
- o
- Or
- Aquellos
- Those (masculine plural)
- quienes
- Who, whom (plural)
- ella
- She, her
- sentenciaba
- She sentenced, was sentencing (imperfect of sentenciar)
- eran
- They were (imperfect of ser)
- puestos
- Placed, put (past participle of poner)
- bajo
- Under, below
- custodia
- Custody, guard
- soldados
- Soldiers
- por
- By, for, through
- supuesto
- Of course, supposed
- tenían
- They had (imperfect of tener)
- dejar
- To leave, to stop, to let
- ser
- To be (permanent states)
- arcos
- Arches, bows
- para
- For, in order to
- hacer
- To do, to make
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- manera
- Way, manner
- cabo
- End, cape (used in llevar a cabo)
- media
- Half, middle
- hora
- Hour
- más
- More, most, plus
- menos
- Less, fewer, minus
- quedaban
- They remained, were left (imperfect of quedar)
- todos
- All, everyone
- excepto
- Except, except for
- Rey
- King
- sentenciados
- Sentenced, condemned
- ejecución
- Execution
- Entonces
- Then, so
- detuvo
- He/she/it stopped (preterite of detener)
- completamente
- Completely, entirely
- aliento
- Breath, breathing
- dijo
- He/she/it said (preterite of decir)
- Has
- You have (present perfect auxiliary)
- visto
- Seen (past participle of ver)
- ya
- Already, now, yet
- Falsa
- False, fake
- Tortuga
- Turtle, tortoise
- No
- No, not
- Ni
- Neither, nor, not even
- siquiera
- Even, not even
- sé
- I know (present of saber)
- qué
- What (with accent in questions)
- es
- It is, he/she is (present of ser)
- una
- Feminine singular indefinite article: a, an, one
- Es
- It is, he/she is (present of ser)
- cosa
- Thing
- hace
- Makes, does, ago (present of hacer)
- Sopa
- Soup
- Nunca
- Never
- vi
- I saw (preterite of ver)
- ni
- Neither, nor
- oí
- I heard (preterite of oír)
- hablar
- To speak, to talk
- Ven
- Come (imperative of venir)
- entonces
- Then, so, at that time
- él
- He, him
- te
- You (object pronoun)
- contará
- He/she will tell (future of contar)
- su
- His, her, its, their, your (formal)
- historia
- Story, history
- Mientras
- While, meanwhile
- alejaban
- They moved away (imperfect of alejar)
- juntas
- Together (feminine plural)
- oyó
- He/she heard (preterite of oír)
- decir
- To say, to tell
- voz
- Voice
- baja
- Low, short, quiet
- compañía
- Company, companionship
- general
- General, overall
- Todos
- All, everyone
- están
- They are (present of estar)
- perdonados
- Pardoned, forgiven
- Vaya
- Go (subjunctive of ir), wow, well
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- bueno
- Good, well
- sí
- Yes, indeed
- misma
- Same, herself (feminine)
- pues
- Well, then, because
- había
- There was/were, he/she had (imperfect of haber)
- sentido
- Felt, sense (past participle of sentir, or noun)
- muy
- Very, quite
- desdichada
- Unhappy, unfortunate, wretched
- número
- Number
- ejecuciones
- Executions
- ordenado
- Ordered, tidy (past participle of ordenar)
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