Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 5
If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were.
Si yo o ella llegáramos a estar Involucrados en este asunto, Él confía en ti para liberarlos, Exactamente como éramos.
My notion was that you had been (Before she had this fit) An obstacle that came between Him, and ourselves, and it.
Mi idea era que tú habías sido (Antes de que ella tuviera este ataque) Un obstáculo que se interpuso entre Él, y nosotros, y eso.
Don't let him know she liked them best, For this must ever be A secret, kept from all the rest, Between yourself and me.
No le dejes saber que ella los prefería, Pues esto debe ser siempre Un secreto, guardado de todos los demás, Entre tú y yo.
"That's the most important piece of evidence we've heard yet," said the King, rubbing his hands; "so now let the jury—"
"Esa es la pieza de evidencia más importante que hemos escuchado hasta ahora", dijo el Rey, frotándose las manos; "así que ahora que el jurado—"
"If any one of them can explain it," said Alice, (she had grown so large in the last few minutes that she wasn't a bit afraid of interrupting him,) "I'll give him sixpence. _I_ don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it."
"Si alguno de ellos puede explicarlo", dijo Alicia, (había crecido tanto en los últimos minutos que no tenía ni un poco de miedo de interrumpirlo,) "le daré seis peniques. _Yo_ no creo que haya un átomo de sentido en ello."
The jury all wrote down on their slates, "_She_ doesn't believe there's an atom of meaning in it," but none of them attempted to explain the paper.
El jurado escribió en sus pizarras, "_Ella_ no cree que haya un átomo de sentido en ello", pero ninguno de ellos intentó explicar el papel.
"If there's no meaning in it," said the King, "that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn't try to find any. And yet I don't know," he went on, spreading out the verses on his knee, and looking at them with one eye; "I seem to see some meaning in them, after all. "—_said I could not swim_—" you can't swim, can you?" he added, turning to the Knave.
"Si no hay sentido en ello", dijo el Rey, "eso nos ahorra un mundo de problemas, ya sabes, ya que no necesitamos intentar encontrar ninguno. Y sin embargo no lo sé", continuó, extendiendo los versos sobre su rodilla, y mirándolos con un ojo; "Parece que veo algún sentido en ellos, después de todo. "—_dijo que no podía nadar_—" no puedes nadar, ¿verdad?" añadió, volviéndose hacia la Sota.
The Knave shook his head sadly. "Do I look like it?" he said.
La Sota sacudió la cabeza tristemente. "¿Parezco que sí?" dijo.
Vocabulary
- Si
- If; conditional conjunction
- yo
- I; first person singular pronoun
- o
- Or; conjunction indicating alternative
- ella
- She; third person singular feminine pronoun
- llegáramos
- We arrived; imperfect subjunctive first person plural
- a
- To; preposition indicating direction or purpose
- estar
- To be; verb indicating state or location
- Involucrados
- Involved; past participle meaning engaged or implicated
- en
- In; preposition indicating location or context
- este
- This; masculine demonstrative adjective
- asunto
- Matter, issue, affair; topic or subject
- Él
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- confía
- Trusts; third person singular present tense
- ti
- You; prepositional form of second person singular
- para
- For, to; preposition indicating purpose
- liberarlos
- To free them; infinitive with pronoun attached
- Exactamente
- Exactly; adverb meaning precisely
- como
- Like, as; conjunction or adverb of comparison
- éramos
- We were; imperfect first person plural
- Mi
- My; first person singular possessive adjective
- idea
- Idea; thought or concept
- era
- Was; imperfect third person singular
- que
- That; conjunction or relative pronoun
- tú
- You; second person singular subject pronoun
- habías
- You had; pluperfect second person singular
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- Antes
- Before; adverb indicating earlier time
- de
- Of, from; preposition
- tuviera
- Had; imperfect subjunctive third person singular
- ataque
- Attack; noun meaning assault or offensive
- Un
- A, an; masculine indefinite article
- obstáculo
- Obstacle; barrier or impediment
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves
- interpuso
- Interposed; past tense meaning came between
- entre
- Between; preposition indicating position
- y
- And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
- nosotros
- We, us; first person plural pronoun
- eso
- That; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- No
- No, not; negation adverb
- le
- Him, her, you; indirect object pronoun
- dejes
- Let, allow; second person singular present subjunctive
- saber
- To know; infinitive meaning to have knowledge
- los
- The, them; masculine plural article or pronoun
- prefería
- Preferred; imperfect third person singular
- Pues
- Well, then; conjunction or interjection
- esto
- This; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- debe
- Must, should; third person singular present
- ser
- To be; infinitive indicating essence or identity
- siempre
- Always; adverb meaning at all times
- secreto
- Secret; noun or adjective meaning hidden
- guardado
- Kept, guarded; past participle
- todos
- All, everyone; masculine plural adjective or pronoun
- demás
- Others, rest; adjective or pronoun
- Entre
- Between, among; preposition
- Esa
- That; feminine demonstrative adjective
- es
- Is; third person singular present
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- pieza
- Piece; part or item
- evidencia
- Evidence; proof or testimony
- más
- More, most; comparative or superlative adverb
- importante
- Important; adjective meaning significant
- hemos
- We have; first person plural present perfect
- escuchado
- Heard; past participle of listen
- hasta
- Until, even; preposition or adverb
- ahora
- Now; adverb indicating current time
- dijo
- Said; third person singular preterite
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- Rey
- King; male monarch
- frotándose
- Rubbing himself; gerund with reflexive pronoun
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- manos
- Hands; plural of hand
- así
- Thus, so; adverb indicating manner
- jurado
- Jury; noun, or sworn past participle
- alguno
- Some, any; indefinite adjective or pronoun
- ellos
- They, them; third person masculine plural pronoun
- puede
- Can; third person singular present
- explicarlo
- Explain it; infinitive with pronoun attached
- había
- Had; imperfect auxiliary verb
- crecido
- Grown; past participle of grow
- tanto
- So much; adverb or adjective of quantity
- últimos
- Last, latest; masculine plural adjective
- minutos
- Minutes; plural of minute
- no
- No, not; negation adverb
- tenía
- Had; imperfect third person singular
- ni
- Nor, not even; conjunction
- un
- A, an; masculine indefinite article
- poco
- Little, few; adjective or adverb of quantity
- miedo
- Fear; noun meaning fright or dread
- interrumpirlo
- Interrupt him; infinitive with pronoun attached
- daré
- I will give; future first person singular
- seis
- Six; cardinal number
- peniques
- Pennies; plural of penny
- _Yo_
- I; emphasized first person singular pronoun
- creo
- I believe; first person singular present
- haya
- There is; present subjunctive of haber
- átomo
- Atom; smallest particle of element
- sentido
- Sense, meaning; noun or past participle
- ello
- It; neuter third person pronoun
- El
- The; masculine singular definite article
- escribió
- Wrote; third person singular preterite
- sus
- His, her, their; possessive adjective plural
- pizarras
- Slates, blackboards; plural of slate
- _Ella_
- She; emphasized third person singular feminine pronoun
- cree
- Believes; third person singular present
- pero
- But; adversative conjunction
- ninguno
- None, no one; negative pronoun
- intentó
- Tried; third person singular preterite
- explicar
- To explain; infinitive
- papel
- Paper; noun, or role
- hay
- There is, there are; impersonal verb
- nos
- Us; first person plural object pronoun
- ahorra
- Saves; third person singular present
- mundo
- World; noun meaning earth or globe
- problemas
- Problems; plural of problem
- ya
- Already, now; adverb of time
- sabes
- You know; second person singular present
- necesitamos
- We need; first person plural present
- intentar
- To try; infinitive
- encontrar
- To find; infinitive
- Y
- And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence
- embargo
- However; noun used in phrase sin embargo
- lo
- It, him; masculine singular object pronoun
- sé
- I know; first person singular present
- continuó
- Continued; third person singular preterite
- extendiendo
- Extending; gerund of extend
- versos
- Verses; plural of verse
- sobre
- On, about; preposition
- su
- His, her, their; possessive adjective singular
- rodilla
- Knee; noun
- mirándolos
- Looking at them; gerund with pronoun
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- ojo
- Eye; noun
- Parece
- It seems; third person singular present
- veo
- I see; first person singular present
- algún
- Some; apocopated form of alguno
- después
- After; adverb or preposition of time
- todo
- All, everything; adjective or pronoun
- podía
- Could; imperfect third person singular
- nadar_
- Swim; emphasized infinitive
- puedes
- You can; second person singular present
- nadar
- To swim; infinitive
- verdad
- Truth; noun, or right in tag questions
- añadió
- Added; third person singular preterite
- volviéndose
- Turning; gerund with reflexive pronoun
- hacia
- Toward; preposition indicating direction
- Sota
- Jack, knave; card suit figure
- La
- The; feminine singular definite article
- sacudió
- Shook; third person singular preterite
- cabeza
- Head; noun
- tristemente
- Sadly; adverb meaning in sorrowful manner
- Parezco
- I seem; first person singular present
- sí
- Yes; affirmative adverb
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