Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 6
There was not a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, "Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!"
No había un momento que perder: Alice salió como el viento, y llegó justo a tiempo para oírle decir, al doblar una esquina, "¡Oh mis orejas y bigotes, qué tarde se está haciendo!"
She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.
Ella iba muy cerca detrás cuando dobló la esquina, pero el Conejo ya no se veía: se encontró en un vestíbulo largo y bajo, que estaba iluminado por una hilera de lámparas que colgaban del techo.
There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.
Había puertas por todo alrededor del vestíbulo, pero todas estaban cerradas con llave; y cuando Alice hubo recorrido todo un lado y subido por el otro, probando cada puerta, caminó tristemente por el medio, preguntándose cómo iba a salir de nuevo.
Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas!
De repente se encontró con una mesita de tres patas, toda hecha de vidrio macizo; no había nada sobre ella excepto una pequeña llave dorada, y el primer pensamiento de Alice fue que podría pertenecer a una de las puertas del vestíbulo; pero, ¡ay!
either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them.
o las cerraduras eran demasiado grandes, o la llave era demasiado pequeña, pero en cualquier caso no abría ninguna de ellas.
However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!
Sin embargo, a la segunda vuelta, se encontró con una cortina baja que no había notado antes, y detrás de ella había una puertecita de unas quince pulgadas de alto: probó la pequeña llave dorada en la cerradura, y para su gran deleite ¡encajó!
Vocabulary
- No
- No, not
- había
- there was, there were (imperfect of haber)
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- momento
- moment, instant
- que
- that, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- perder
- to lose, to waste, to miss
- salió
- went out, left, departed (preterite of salir)
- como
- like, as, how
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- viento
- wind
- y
- and
- llegó
- arrived, reached (preterite of llegar)
- justo
- just, exactly, fair
- a
- to, at (preposition)
- tiempo
- time, weather
- para
- for, to, in order to
- oírle
- to hear him/her (infinitive oír plus pronoun)
- decir
- to say, to tell
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- doblar
- to turn, to fold, to double
- una
- a, an, one (feminine singular)
- esquina
- corner (of a street or building)
- mis
- my (plural possessive adjective)
- orejas
- ears
- bigotes
- whiskers, mustaches
- qué
- what, how (exclamatory or interrogative)
- tarde
- late, afternoon
- se
- oneself, himself, herself (reflexive pronoun)
- está
- is (third person singular of estar)
- haciendo
- doing, making (present participle of hacer)
- Ella
- she, her
- iba
- was going, went (imperfect of ir)
- muy
- very, quite
- cerca
- close, near, nearby
- detrás
- behind, in back
- cuando
- when
- dobló
- turned, folded (preterite of doblar)
- la
- the, her, it (feminine singular)
- pero
- but, however
- Conejo
- Rabbit (proper name or common noun)
- ya
- already, now, yet
- no
- no, not
- veía
- saw, could see (imperfect of ver)
- encontró
- found, met (preterite of encontrar)
- en
- in, on, at
- vestíbulo
- hall, vestibule, lobby
- largo
- long, lengthy
- bajo
- low, short, under
- estaba
- was, were (imperfect of estar)
- iluminado
- illuminated, lit up
- por
- by, for, through, per
- hilera
- row, line, file
- de
- of, from, about
- lámparas
- lamps, lights
- colgaban
- hung, were hanging (imperfect of colgar)
- del
- of the, from the (contraction de + el)
- techo
- ceiling, roof
- Había
- there was, there were (imperfect of haber)
- puertas
- doors
- todo
- all, everything, whole
- alrededor
- around, surrounding
- todas
- all, every (feminine plural)
- estaban
- were, they were (imperfect of estar)
- cerradas
- closed, shut
- con
- with
- llave
- key
- hubo
- there was, there were (preterite of haber)
- recorrido
- traveled, toured, covered (past participle of recorrer)
- lado
- side
- subido
- gone up, climbed (past participle of subir)
- otro
- other, another
- probando
- trying, testing, proving (present participle of probar)
- cada
- each, every
- puerta
- door
- caminó
- walked, traveled (preterite of caminar)
- tristemente
- sadly, sorrowfully
- medio
- half, middle, medium, means
- preguntándose
- wondering, asking oneself (present participle of preguntarse)
- cómo
- how, what, why
- salir
- to leave, to go out, to exit
- nuevo
- new, another
- De
- of, from, about
- repente
- sudden, suddenly (usually in phrase 'de repente')
- mesita
- small table, little table (diminutive of mesa)
- tres
- three
- patas
- legs (of furniture or animals), paws
- toda
- all, entire, whole (feminine singular)
- hecha
- made, done (feminine past participle of hacer)
- vidrio
- glass (material)
- macizo
- solid, massive
- nada
- nothing, not anything
- sobre
- on, upon, about, over
- ella
- she, her, it (feminine pronoun)
- excepto
- except, except for
- pequeña
- small, little (feminine)
- dorada
- golden, gilded (feminine)
- primer
- first (apocopated form of primero)
- pensamiento
- thought, thinking
- fue
- was, went (preterite of ser or ir)
- podría
- could, might, would be able (conditional of poder)
- pertenecer
- to belong, to pertain
- las
- the, them (feminine plural)
- ay
- alas, oh (interjection expressing pain or regret)
- o
- or
- cerraduras
- locks, fastenings
- eran
- were, they were (imperfect of ser)
- demasiado
- too much, too, excessively
- grandes
- big, large, great (plural)
- era
- was, it was (imperfect of ser)
- cualquier
- any, whatever, whichever
- caso
- case, situation, instance
- abría
- opened, was opening (imperfect of abrir)
- ninguna
- none, no, not any (feminine)
- ellas
- they, them (feminine plural pronoun)
- Sin
- without
- embargo
- however (usually in phrase 'sin embargo')
- segunda
- second (feminine)
- vuelta
- turn, return, lap, revolution
- cortina
- curtain
- baja
- low, short (feminine); goes down
- notado
- noticed, noted (past participle of notar)
- antes
- before, previously
- puertecita
- small door, little door (diminutive of puerta)
- unas
- some, a few, about (feminine plural)
- quince
- fifteen
- pulgadas
- inches
- alto
- tall, high, loud
- probó
- tried, tested, tasted (preterite of probar)
- cerradura
- lock (of a door)
- su
- his, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
- gran
- great, big, large (apocopated form of grande)
- deleite
- delight, pleasure
- encajó
- fit, fitted, inserted (preterite of encajar)
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