Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court.
Tan pronto como el jurado se hubo recuperado un poco de la conmoción de haber sido volcado, y sus pizarras y lápices habían sido encontrados y devueltos a ellos, se pusieron a trabajar muy diligentemente para escribir una historia del accidente, todos excepto la Lagartija, que parecía demasiado abrumada para hacer otra cosa que sentarse con la boca abierta, mirando hacia el techo de la corte.
"What do you know about this business?" the King said to Alice.
—¿Qué sabes tú de este asunto? —dijo el Rey a Alicia.
"Nothing," said Alice.
—Nada —dijo Alicia.
"Nothing _whatever?_" persisted the King.
—¿Nada en absoluto? —persistió el Rey.
"Nothing whatever," said Alice.
—Nada en absoluto —dijo Alicia.
"That's very important," the King said, turning to the jury.
—Eso es muy importante —dijo el Rey, volviéndose hacia el jurado.
They were just beginning to write this down on their slates, when the White Rabbit interrupted: "_Un_important, your Majesty means, of course," he said in a very respectful tone, but frowning and making faces at him as he spoke.
Estaban comenzando a escribir esto en sus pizarras, cuando el Conejo Blanco interrumpió: —Sin importancia, quiere decir Su Majestad, por supuesto —dijo en un tono muy respetuoso, pero frunciendo el ceño y haciéndole gestos mientras hablaba.
"_Un_important, of course, I meant," the King hastily said, and went on to himself in an undertone,
—Sin importancia, por supuesto, quise decir —dijo el Rey apresuradamente, y continuó para sí mismo en voz baja,
"important—unimportant—unimportant—important—" as if he were trying which word sounded best.
—importante—sin importancia—sin importancia—importante— como si estuviera probando qué palabra sonaba mejor.
Some of the jury wrote it down "important," and some "unimportant."
Algunos del jurado escribieron «importante», y otros «sin importancia».
Alice could see this, as she was near enough to look over their slates; "but it doesn't matter a bit," she thought to herself.
Alicia podía ver esto, ya que estaba lo suficientemente cerca como para mirar por encima de sus pizarras; «pero no importa en absoluto», pensó para sí misma.
At this moment the King, who had been for some time busily writing in his note-book, cackled out "Silence!" and read out from his book, "Rule Forty-two. _All persons more than a mile high to leave the court_.
En ese momento el Rey, que había estado durante algún tiempo escribiendo afanosamente en su cuaderno de notas, cacareó «¡Silencio!» y leyó de su libro: «Regla Cuarenta y dos. Todas las personas de más de una milla de altura deben abandonar la corte.
Vocabulary
- Tan
- So, as, such (used for comparisons or intensity)
- pronto
- Soon, quickly, promptly
- como
- Like, as, how
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- jurado
- Jury, sworn member of a tribunal
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, themselves, oneself
- hubo
- There was, there were (preterite of haber)
- recuperado
- Recovered, recuperated, regained
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- poco
- Little, few, a bit
- de
- Of, from, about
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- conmoción
- Shock, commotion, disturbance
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb), to exist
- sido
- Been (past participle of ser)
- volcado
- Overturned, tipped over, dumped
- y
- And
- sus
- His, her, their, your (plural possessive)
- pizarras
- Slates, blackboards, chalkboards
- lápices
- Pencils
- habían
- They had, there had been (imperfect of haber)
- encontrados
- Found, encountered (past participle, masculine plural)
- devueltos
- Returned, given back (past participle, masculine plural)
- a
- To, at, for
- ellos
- They, them (masculine)
- pusieron
- They put, placed (preterite of poner)
- trabajar
- To work
- muy
- Very, quite
- diligentemente
- Diligently, carefully, industriously
- para
- For, to, in order to
- escribir
- To write
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- historia
- Story, history, tale
- del
- Of the, from the (de + el)
- accidente
- Accident, mishap
- todos
- All, everyone, every (masculine plural)
- excepto
- Except, excluding, apart from
- Lagartija
- Lizard, small lizard
- que
- That, which, who, than
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared, looked like (imperfect)
- demasiado
- Too much, excessively, overly
- abrumada
- Overwhelmed, overcome (feminine)
- hacer
- To do, to make
- otra
- Other, another (feminine)
- cosa
- Thing, matter
- sentarse
- To sit down, to seat oneself
- con
- With
- boca
- Mouth
- abierta
- Open, opened (feminine)
- mirando
- Looking, watching, staring (gerund)
- hacia
- Toward, towards, to
- techo
- Ceiling, roof
- corte
- Court, cut, courtyard
- Qué
- What, how
- sabes
- You know (present tense of saber)
- tú
- You (informal singular subject pronoun)
- este
- This (masculine demonstrative)
- asunto
- Matter, issue, affair, subject
- dijo
- Said, told (preterite of decir)
- Rey
- King
- Nada
- Nothing, not anything
- en
- In, on, at
- absoluto
- Absolute, at all, whatsoever
- persistió
- Persisted, continued (preterite of persistir)
- Eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- importante
- Important, significant
- volviéndose
- Turning around, becoming (reflexive gerund)
- Estaban
- They were, you were (imperfect of estar)
- comenzando
- Beginning, starting, commencing (gerund)
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- cuando
- When
- Conejo
- Rabbit
- Blanco
- White
- interrumpió
- Interrupted (preterite of interrumpir)
- Sin
- Without
- importancia
- Importance, significance
- quiere
- Wants, wishes, loves (present tense of querer)
- decir
- To say, to tell, to mean
- Su
- Your, his, her, their (formal possessive)
- Majestad
- Majesty (royal title)
- por
- By, for, through, because of
- supuesto
- Of course, naturally, supposed
- tono
- Tone, manner of speaking
- respetuoso
- Respectful, deferential
- pero
- But, however
- frunciendo
- Frowning, wrinkling, knitting (gerund)
- ceño
- Frown, scowl (especially in fruncir el ceño)
- haciéndole
- Doing to him/her, making him/her (gerund with pronoun)
- gestos
- Gestures, signs, grimaces
- mientras
- While, meanwhile, whereas
- hablaba
- Spoke, was speaking (imperfect of hablar)
- quise
- I wanted, I tried (preterite of querer)
- apresuradamente
- Hurriedly, hastily, quickly
- continuó
- Continued, proceeded (preterite of continuar)
- sí
- Yes; himself, herself, itself (with pronoun usage)
- mismo
- Same, self, very (masculine)
- voz
- Voice
- baja
- Low, short, soft (feminine); descends
- sin
- Without
- si
- If, whether
- estuviera
- Were, was (imperfect subjunctive of estar)
- probando
- Trying, testing, proving (gerund)
- qué
- What, which, how (with accent)
- palabra
- Word
- sonaba
- Sounded, rang (imperfect of sonar)
- mejor
- Better, best
- Algunos
- Some, a few (masculine plural)
- escribieron
- They wrote, you wrote (preterite of escribir)
- otros
- Others (masculine plural)
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect of poder)
- ver
- To see
- ya
- Already, now, yet
- estaba
- Was, were (imperfect of estar)
- lo
- The, it, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- suficientemente
- Sufficiently, enough, adequately
- cerca
- Near, close, nearby
- mirar
- To look, to watch
- encima
- Above, on top, over
- no
- No, not
- importa
- Matters, it matters; doesn't matter
- pensó
- Thought (preterite of pensar)
- misma
- Same, self, very (feminine)
- En
- In, on, at
- ese
- That (masculine demonstrative)
- momento
- Moment, instant
- había
- There was, there were; had (imperfect of haber)
- estado
- Been, state (past participle of estar; noun)
- durante
- During, for (time period)
- algún
- Some, any (masculine, shortened form)
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- escribiendo
- Writing (gerund of escribir)
- afanosamente
- Eagerly, industriously, laboriously
- su
- His, her, your, their (singular possessive)
- cuaderno
- Notebook
- notas
- Notes, grades, remarks
- cacareó
- Cackled, crowed (preterite of cacarear)
- Silencio
- Silence, quiet
- leyó
- Read (preterite of leer)
- libro
- Book
- Regla
- Rule, regulation, ruler (measuring tool)
- Cuarenta
- Forty
- dos
- Two
- Todas
- All, every (feminine plural)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- personas
- People, persons
- más
- More, most, plus
- milla
- Mile
- altura
- Height, altitude
- deben
- Must, should, ought to (present tense of deber)
- abandonar
- To abandon, to leave, to quit
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