Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 1
Alice's Evidence
La declaración de Alicia
"Here!" cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the jurymen on to the heads of the crowd below, and there they lay sprawling about, reminding her very much of a globe of goldfish she had accidentally upset the week before.
—¡Aquí! —gritó Alicia, olvidando por completo en la agitación del momento lo mucho que había crecido en los últimos minutos, y se levantó de un salto tan precipitadamente que volcó el banco del jurado con el borde de su falda, tirando a todos los jurados sobre las cabezas de la multitud que estaba abajo, y allí quedaron desparramados, recordándole mucho a una pecera que había volcado accidentalmente la semana anterior.
"Oh, I _beg_ your pardon!" she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would die.
—¡Oh, les pido perdón! —exclamó en un tono de gran consternación, y comenzó a recogerlos de nuevo tan rápido como pudo, pues el accidente de los peces dorados seguía rondando por su cabeza, y tenía una vaga idea de que debían ser recogidos inmediatamente y devueltos al banco del jurado, o morirían.
"The trial cannot proceed," said the King in a very grave voice, "until all the jurymen are back in their proper places—_all_," he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said so.
—El juicio no puede continuar —dijo el Rey con voz muy grave—, hasta que todos los jurados estén de vuelta en sus lugares apropiados... todos —repitió con gran énfasis, mirando fijamente a Alicia mientras lo decía.
Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that, in her haste, she had put the Lizard in head downwards, and the poor little thing was waving its tail about in a melancholy way, being quite unable to move.
Alicia miró el banco del jurado y vio que, en su prisa, había puesto a la Lagartija cabeza abajo, y la pobre criatura estaba agitando su cola de un modo melancólico, siendo completamente incapaz de moverse.
She soon got it out again, and put it right; "not that it signifies much," she said to herself; "I should think it would be _quite_ as much use in the trial one way up as the other.
Pronto la sacó de nuevo y la puso correctamente; —no es que signifique mucho —se dijo a sí misma—; creo que sería igual de útil en el juicio de una manera que de la otra.
Vocabulary
- La
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- declaración
- Statement, declaration, testimony
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- Aquí
- Here (adverb of place)
- gritó
- Shouted, yelled (preterite third person singular)
- olvidando
- Forgetting (present participle/gerund)
- por
- For, by, through (preposition)
- completo
- Complete, completely (adjective/adverb)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- agitación
- Agitation, excitement, commotion
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- momento
- Moment, instant
- lo
- It, him, the (masculine article/pronoun)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very (adverb/adjective)
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun/conjunction)
- había
- Had, there was/were (imperfect of haber)
- crecido
- Grown (past participle of crecer)
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- últimos
- Last, latest, final (masculine plural adjective)
- minutos
- Minutes (noun)
- y
- And (conjunction)
- se
- Oneself, himself, herself (reflexive pronoun)
- levantó
- Stood up, got up (preterite third person)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- salto
- Jump, leap (noun)
- tan
- So, such, as (adverb)
- precipitadamente
- Hastily, hurriedly, rashly
- volcó
- Overturned, knocked over (preterite third person)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- banco
- Bench, bank (noun)
- jurado
- Jury, juror (noun)
- con
- With (preposition)
- borde
- Edge, border, rim (noun)
- su
- His, her, its, your (possessive adjective)
- falda
- Skirt (noun)
- tirando
- Throwing, pulling, knocking (present participle)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- todos
- All, everyone (masculine plural pronoun/adjective)
- jurados
- Jurors (masculine plural noun)
- sobre
- On, over, about (preposition)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- cabezas
- Heads (feminine plural noun)
- multitud
- Crowd, multitude (noun)
- estaba
- Was, were (imperfect of estar)
- abajo
- Below, down, downstairs (adverb)
- allí
- There (adverb of place)
- quedaron
- Remained, stayed, were left (preterite third person)
- desparramados
- Scattered, spread out (adjective/past participle)
- recordándole
- Reminding him/her (gerund with pronoun)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- pecera
- Fishbowl, aquarium (noun)
- volcado
- Overturned, knocked over (past participle)
- accidentalmente
- Accidentally (adverb)
- semana
- Week (noun)
- anterior
- Previous, prior, former (adjective)
- les
- To them, you (indirect object pronoun)
- pido
- I ask for, I request (first person)
- perdón
- Pardon, forgiveness, sorry (noun)
- exclamó
- Exclaimed, cried out (preterite third person)
- tono
- Tone (noun)
- gran
- Great, grand, big (apocopated adjective)
- consternación
- Consternation, dismay (noun)
- comenzó
- Began, started (preterite third person)
- recogerlos
- To pick them up, gather them (infinitive)
- nuevo
- New, again (adjective)
- rápido
- Fast, quick, rapid (adjective/adverb)
- como
- As, like, how (conjunction/adverb)
- pudo
- Could, was able to (preterite third person)
- pues
- Well, then, since, because (conjunction)
- accidente
- Accident (noun)
- peces
- Fish (plural noun)
- dorados
- Golden, goldfish (adjective/noun)
- seguía
- Continued, followed, kept on (imperfect third person)
- rondando
- Prowling, hovering, circling (present participle)
- cabeza
- Head (noun)
- tenía
- Had, possessed (imperfect third person)
- vaga
- Vague, faint (feminine adjective)
- idea
- Idea, notion (noun)
- debían
- Should, ought to, must (imperfect third person)
- ser
- To be (infinitive of permanent state)
- recogidos
- Picked up, gathered (past participle)
- inmediatamente
- Immediately, right away (adverb)
- devueltos
- Returned, given back (past participle)
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- o
- Or (conjunction)
- morirían
- Would die (conditional third person plural)
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- juicio
- Trial, judgment (noun)
- no
- No, not (negation adverb)
- puede
- Can, is able to (third person singular)
- continuar
- To continue, proceed (infinitive)
- dijo
- Said, told (preterite third person)
- Rey
- King (noun)
- voz
- Voice (noun)
- muy
- Very, really, quite (adverb)
- grave
- Serious, grave, deep (adjective)
- hasta
- Until, up to, even (preposition/conjunction)
- estén
- Are, may be (present subjunctive of estar)
- vuelta
- Return, turn, back (noun)
- sus
- Their, his, her, your (possessive adjective)
- lugares
- Places, locations (masculine plural noun)
- apropiados
- Appropriate, suitable, proper (adjective)
- repitió
- Repeated (preterite third person singular)
- énfasis
- Emphasis, stress (noun)
- mirando
- Looking, watching (present participle)
- fijamente
- Fixedly, intently, steadily (adverb)
- mientras
- While, meanwhile, whereas (conjunction)
- decía
- Said, was saying (imperfect third person)
- miró
- Looked at, watched (preterite third person)
- vio
- Saw (preterite third person singular)
- prisa
- Hurry, haste, rush (noun)
- puesto
- Put, placed, position (past participle/noun)
- Lagartija
- Lizard (noun)
- pobre
- Poor (adjective)
- criatura
- Creature, being (noun)
- agitando
- Waving, shaking (present participle)
- cola
- Tail, queue, line (noun)
- modo
- Way, manner, mode (noun)
- melancólico
- Melancholic, sad, gloomy (adjective)
- siendo
- Being (present participle of ser)
- completamente
- Completely, totally (adverb)
- incapaz
- Incapable, unable (adjective)
- moverse
- To move (reflexive infinitive)
- Pronto
- Soon, quickly, ready (adverb/adjective)
- sacó
- Took out, removed (preterite third person)
- puso
- Put, placed, set (preterite third person)
- correctamente
- Correctly, properly (adverb)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- signifique
- Means, signifies (present subjunctive third person)
- sí
- Yes, itself, himself, herself (adverb/pronoun)
- misma
- Same, herself, very (feminine adjective/pronoun)
- creo
- I believe, think (first person singular)
- sería
- Would be (conditional of ser)
- igual
- Equal, same, alike (adjective/adverb)
- útil
- Useful, helpful (adjective)
- manera
- Way, manner, mode (noun)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine adjective/pronoun)
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