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English → Spanish CHAPTER I. Level 4/10

Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw.

Alicia abrió la puerta y encontró que conducía a un pequeño pasillo, no mucho más grande que una ratonera: se arrodilló y miró a lo largo del pasillo hacia el jardín más encantador que jamás hayas visto.

How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head through the doorway; "and even if my head would go through," thought poor Alice, "it would be of very little use without my shoulders.

Cómo ansiaba salir de aquel oscuro vestíbulo y deambular entre aquellos lechos de flores brillantes y aquellas frescas fuentes, pero no podía ni siquiera pasar la cabeza por la entrada; "y aunque mi cabeza pasara," pensó la pobre Alicia, "sería de muy poca utilidad sin mis hombros.

Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope!

¡Oh, cómo desearía poder plegarme como un telescopio!

I think I could, if I only knew how to begin."

Creo que podría, si tan sólo supiera cómo empezar."

For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

Pues, ya ves, habían sucedido últimamente tantas cosas extraordinarias, que Alicia había empezado a pensar que muy pocas cosas en realidad eran verdaderamente imposibles.

There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, ("which certainly was not here before," said Alice,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words "DRINK ME," beautifully printed on it in large letters.

Parecía no tener sentido esperar junto a la puertecita, así que volvió a la mesa, esperando a medias encontrar otra llave sobre ella, o en todo caso un libro de instrucciones para plegar personas como telescopios: esta vez encontró una botellita sobre ella, ("que ciertamente no estaba aquí antes," dijo Alicia,) y alrededor del cuello de la botella había una etiqueta de papel, con las palabras "BÉBEME," bellamente impresas en letras grandes.

It was all very well to say "Drink me," but the wise little Alice was not going to do _that_ in a hurry.

Estaba muy bien decir "Bébeme," pero la sabia pequeña Alicia no iba a hacer _eso_ apresuradamente.

Vocabulary

abrió
opened (past tense of abrir)
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
puerta
door
y
and (conjunction)
encontró
found, discovered (past tense of encontrar)
que
that, which (relative pronoun or conjunction)
conducía
led to, conducted (imperfect tense of conducir)
a
to, at (preposition)
un
a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
pequeño
small, little (adjective)
pasillo
hallway, corridor, passage
no
no, not (negation)
mucho
much, a lot, very
más
more, most (comparative)
grande
big, large, great
una
a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
se
himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
arrodilló
knelt down (past tense of arrodillarse)
y
and (conjunction)
miró
looked, watched (past tense of mirar)
a
to, at (preposition)
lo
it, the (masculine singular definite article/pronoun)
largo
long, length
del
of the, from the (contraction: de+el)
pasillo
hallway, corridor, passage
hacia
toward, towards (preposition)
el
the (masculine singular definite article)
jardín
garden, yard
más
more, most (comparative)
encantador
charming, delightful, enchanting
que
that, which (relative pronoun)
jamás
never, ever (emphatic)
hayas
have (present subjunctive of haber, second person)
visto
seen (past participle of ver)
Cómo
how (interrogative or exclamatory adverb)
ansiaba
longed for, yearned (imperfect of ansiar)
salir
to leave, to go out, to exit
de
of, from, about (preposition)
aquel
that (masculine demonstrative adjective, distant)
oscuro
dark, obscure
vestíbulo
vestibule, entrance hall, lobby
y
and (conjunction)
deambular
to wander, to stroll, to roam
entre
between, among (preposition)
aquellos
those (masculine plural demonstrative adjective)
de
of, from (preposition)
flores
flowers
brillantes
bright, shining, brilliant
y
and (conjunction)
aquellas
those (feminine plural demonstrative adjective)
frescas
fresh, cool
fuentes
fountains, sources
pero
but, however (conjunction)
no
no, not (negation)
podía
could, was able (imperfect of poder)
ni
neither, nor, not even
siquiera
even, at least
pasar
to pass, to happen, to go through
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
cabeza
head
por
by, for, through (preposition)
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
entrada
entrance, entry
y
and (conjunction)
aunque
although, even though, even if
mi
my (possessive adjective)
cabeza
head
pasara
passed, went through (imperfect subjunctive of pasar)
pensó
thought (past tense of pensar)
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
pobre
poor, unfortunate
de
of, from (preposition)
muy
very, really (adverb)
poca
little, few (feminine)
utilidad
utility, usefulness, use
sería
would be (conditional of ser)
sin
without (preposition)
mis
my (plural possessive adjective)
hombros
shoulders
cómo
how (interrogative or exclamatory adverb)
desearía
would wish, would desire (conditional of desear)
poder
to be able, can, power
como
like, as, how
un
a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
Creo
I believe, I think (present of creer)
que
that, which (conjunction)
podría
could, might (conditional of poder)
si
if, whether (conjunction)
tan
so, as, such (adverb)
sólo
only, just, alone
supiera
knew, would know (imperfect subjunctive of saber)
cómo
how (interrogative adverb)
empezar
to begin, to start
Pues
well, then, since, for
ya
already, now, yet
ves
you see (present of ver)
le
him, her, you, to him/her (pronoun)
habían
had, they had (imperfect of haber)
sucedido
happened, occurred (past participle of suceder)
últimamente
lately, recently
tantas
so many (feminine plural)
cosas
things
extraordinarias
extraordinary, unusual
que
that, which (conjunction)
había
had, there was (imperfect of haber)
empezado
started, begun (past participle of empezar)
a
to, at (preposition)
pensar
to think, to consider
que
that, which (conjunction)
muy
very, really (adverb)
pocas
few, little (feminine plural)
cosas
things
en
in, on, at (preposition)
realidad
reality, actually, in fact
eran
were, they were (imperfect of ser)
verdaderamente
truly, really, genuinely
imposibles
impossible
Parecía
seemed, appeared (imperfect of parecer)
no
no, not (negation)
tener
to have, to hold, to possess
mucho
much, a lot, very
sentido
sense, meaning, feeling
esperar
to wait, to hope, to expect
junto
together, next to, near
a
to, at (preposition)
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
así
so, thus, like this, this way
que
that, which (conjunction)
volvió
returned, came back (past tense of volver)
a
to, at (preposition)
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
mesa
table, desk
esperando
hoping, waiting, expecting (gerund of esperar)
a
to, at (preposition)
medias
half, partially, stockings
encontrar
to find, to meet, to encounter
otra
other, another (feminine)
llave
key
sobre
on, over, about (preposition)
ella
she, her, it (feminine pronoun)
o
or (conjunction)
en
in, on, at (preposition)
todo
all, every, everything
caso
case, instance, event
un
a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
libro
book
de
of, from (preposition)
instrucciones
instructions, directions
para
for, to, in order to (preposition)
a
to, at (preposition)
las
the (feminine plural definite article)
personas
people, persons
como
like, as, how
esta
this (feminine demonstrative adjective)
vez
time, occasion, turn
encontró
found, discovered (past tense of encontrar)
una
a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
Que
That, which (conjunction)
ciertamente
certainly, surely, definitely
no
no, not (negation)
estaba
was, was being (imperfect of estar)
aquí
here
antes
before, previously, earlier
dijo
said, told (past tense of decir)
y
and (conjunction)
alrededor
around, about
del
of the, from the (contraction: de+el)
cuello
neck
de
of, from (preposition)
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
botella
bottle
había
had, there was (imperfect of haber)
una
a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
etiqueta
label, tag
de
of, from (preposition)
papel
paper
con
with (preposition)
las
the (feminine plural definite article)
palabras
words
bellamente
beautifully, nicely
impresas
printed, impressed (past participle of imprimir)
en
in, on, at (preposition)
grandes
big, large, great (plural)
letras
letters, characters
Estaba
was, was being (imperfect of estar)
muy
very, really (adverb)
bien
well, good, fine (adverb)
decir
to say, to tell, to speak
pero
but, however (conjunction)
la
the (feminine singular definite article)
sabia
wise, sage (feminine adjective)
pequeña
small, little (feminine adjective)
no
no, not (negation)
iba
was going (imperfect of ir)
a
to, at (preposition)
hacer
to do, to make
apresuradamente
hastily, hurriedly, quickly
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