Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden with one eye; but to get through was more hopeless than ever: she sat down and began to cry again.
Era todo lo que podía hacer, tumbándose de lado, mirar a través del jardín con un ojo; pero pasar a través era más imposible que nunca: se sentó y comenzó a llorar de nuevo.
"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Alice, "a great girl like you," (she might well say this), "to go on crying in this way!
"Deberías avergonzarte de ti misma", dijo Alicia, "una niña grande como tú", (bien podía decir esto), "¡seguir llorando de esta manera!
Stop this moment, I tell you!"
¡Detente ahora mismo, te lo digo!"
But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.
Pero ella continuó de todos modos, derramando galones de lágrimas, hasta que hubo un gran charco alrededor de ella, de unas cuatro pulgadas de profundidad y llegando hasta la mitad del pasillo.
After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.
Después de un rato escuchó un pequeño golpeteo de pies en la distancia, y rápidamente se secó los ojos para ver qué venía.
It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, "Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess!
Era el Conejo Blanco que regresaba, espléndidamente vestido, con un par de guantes blancos de cabritilla en una mano y un gran abanico en la otra: venía trotando con mucha prisa, murmurando para sí mismo mientras venía, "¡Oh! la Duquesa, la Duquesa!
Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!"
¡Oh! ¡qué furiosa estará si la he hecho esperar!"
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, "If you please, sir—" The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.
Alicia se sentía tan desesperada que estaba dispuesta a pedir ayuda a cualquiera; así que, cuando el Conejo se acercó a ella, comenzó, con voz baja y tímida, "Si es tan amable, señor—" El Conejo se sobresaltó violentamente, dejó caer los guantes blancos de cabritilla y el abanico, y salió corriendo hacia la oscuridad tan rápido como pudo.
Vocabulary
- Era
- Was; third person singular imperfect of ser
- todo
- All, everything, whole
- lo
- It, him; masculine singular direct object pronoun
- que
- That, which, who; relative pronoun or conjunction
- podía
- Could, was able to; imperfect of poder
- hacer
- To do, to make
- tumbándose
- Lying down, reclining; gerund of tumbarse
- de
- Of, from, by
- lado
- Side, flank
- mirar
- To look, to watch
- a
- To, at; preposition
- través
- Through; used in phrase a través de
- del
- Of the, from the; contraction of de+el
- jardín
- Garden, yard
- con
- With
- un
- A, an, one; masculine indefinite article
- ojo
- Eye
- pero
- But, however
- pasar
- To pass, to happen, to go through
- más
- More, most
- imposible
- Impossible
- nunca
- Never, ever
- se
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- sentó
- Sat down; preterite of sentarse
- y
- And
- comenzó
- Began, started; preterite of comenzar
- llorar
- To cry, to weep
- nuevo
- New, again; de nuevo means again
- Deberías
- You should; conditional of deber
- avergonzarte
- To be ashamed, to feel embarrassed; infinitive reflexive
- ti
- You; prepositional pronoun after prepositions
- misma
- Same, self; feminine form
- dijo
- Said, told; preterite of decir
- una
- A, an, one; feminine indefinite article
- niña
- Girl, child
- grande
- Big, large, great
- como
- Like, as, how
- tú
- You; informal subject pronoun
- bien
- Well, good, fine
- decir
- To say, to tell
- esto
- This; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- seguir
- To follow, to continue
- llorando
- Crying, weeping; gerund of llorar
- esta
- This; feminine demonstrative adjective
- manera
- Way, manner, fashion
- Detente
- Stop; imperative of detenerse
- ahora
- Now
- mismo
- Same, self, right now
- te
- You, yourself; object or reflexive pronoun
- digo
- I say, I tell; present of decir
- Pero
- But, however
- ella
- She, her; subject or prepositional pronoun
- continuó
- Continued; preterite of continuar
- todos
- All, every; masculine plural
- modos
- Ways, manners; de todos modos means anyway
- derramando
- Spilling, shedding; gerund of derramar
- lágrimas
- Tears; plural of lágrima
- hasta
- Until, to, up to, even
- hubo
- There was, there were; preterite of haber
- gran
- Great, large, big; apocopated form of grande
- charco
- Puddle, pool
- alrededor
- Around, about
- unas
- Some, about; feminine plural indefinite article
- cuatro
- Four
- profundidad
- Depth, deepness
- llegando
- Arriving, reaching; gerund of llegar
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- mitad
- Half, middle
- pasillo
- Hallway, corridor
- Después
- After, afterward, later
- rato
- While, moment, short time
- escuchó
- Listened, heard; preterite of escuchar
- pequeño
- Small, little
- pies
- Feet; plural of pie
- en
- In, on, at
- distancia
- Distance
- rápidamente
- Rapidly, quickly
- secó
- Dried; preterite of secar
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- ojos
- Eyes; plural of ojo
- para
- For, to, in order to
- ver
- To see
- qué
- What, which; with accent mark
- venía
- Was coming; imperfect of venir
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- Conejo
- Rabbit
- Blanco
- White; also proper name here
- regresaba
- Was returning; imperfect of regresar
- vestido
- Dressed; past participle of vestir or noun dress
- par
- Pair, couple
- guantes
- Gloves
- blancos
- White; masculine plural
- mano
- Hand
- otra
- Other, another; feminine form
- mucha
- Much, a lot of; feminine form
- prisa
- Hurry, haste
- murmurando
- Murmuring, muttering; gerund of murmurar
- sí
- Yes, himself, herself, itself; with accent
- mientras
- While, meanwhile
- furiosa
- Furious, angry; feminine form
- estará
- Will be; future of estar
- si
- If; without accent mark
- he
- I have; present of haber
- hecho
- Done, made; past participle of hacer
- esperar
- To wait, to hope, to expect
- sentía
- Felt; imperfect of sentir
- tan
- So, such, as
- desesperada
- Desperate, hopeless; feminine form
- estaba
- Was, were; imperfect of estar
- dispuesta
- Willing, ready; feminine form
- pedir
- To ask for, to request
- ayuda
- Help, aid, assistance
- cualquiera
- Anyone, any, whoever
- así
- Thus, so, like this
- cuando
- When
- acercó
- Approached; preterite of acercar
- voz
- Voice
- baja
- Low, short; feminine form
- tímida
- Shy, timid; feminine form
- Si
- If; without accent mark
- es
- Is; third person singular of ser
- amable
- Kind, friendly, nice
- señor
- Sir, mister, gentleman
- El
- The; masculine singular definite article
- sobresaltó
- Startled, was startled; preterite of sobresaltar
- violentamente
- Violently, suddenly
- dejó
- Left, let, dropped; preterite of dejar
- caer
- To fall, to drop
- salió
- Left, went out; preterite of salir
- corriendo
- Running; gerund of correr
- hacia
- Toward, towards
- oscuridad
- Darkness
- rápido
- Fast, quick, rapid
- pudo
- Could, was able to; preterite of poder
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