Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name "W. RABBIT," engraved upon it.
Mientras decía esto, llegó a una linda casita, en cuya puerta había una brillante placa de latón con el nombre "W. RABBIT" grabado en ella.
She went in without knocking, and hurried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and gloves.
Entró sin llamar y subió apresuradamente las escaleras, con gran temor de encontrarse con la verdadera Mary Ann y ser echada de la casa antes de haber encontrado el abanico y los guantes.
"How queer it seems," Alice said to herself, "to be going messages for a rabbit!
"Qué extraño parece", se dijo Alicia, "estar haciendo recados para un conejo!
I suppose Dinah'll be sending me on messages next!"
Supongo que Dinah me estará enviando a hacer recados después!"
And she began fancying the sort of thing that would happen: "'Miss Alice!
Y comenzó a imaginarse el tipo de cosas que sucederían: "'Señorita Alicia!
Come here directly, and get ready for your walk!'
Venga aquí inmediatamente y prepárese para su paseo!'
'Coming in a minute, nurse!
'Ya voy en un minuto, niñera!
But I've got to see that the mouse doesn't get out.'
Pero tengo que asegurarme de que el ratón no se escape.'
Only I don't think," Alice went on, "that they'd let Dinah stop in the house if it began ordering people about like that!"
Pero no creo", continuó Alicia, "que dejarían a Dinah quedarse en la casa si empezara a dar órdenes a la gente de esa manera!"
By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass.
Para entonces había encontrado el camino a una pequeña habitación ordenada con una mesa en la ventana, y sobre ella (como había esperado) un abanico y dos o tres pares de diminutos guantes blancos de cabritilla: tomó el abanico y un par de guantes, y estaba a punto de salir de la habitación, cuando su mirada cayó sobre una botellita que estaba cerca del espejo.
There was no label this time with the words "DRINK ME," but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips.
Esta vez no había ninguna etiqueta con las palabras "BÉBEME", pero sin embargo la descorchó y se la llevó a los labios.
Vocabulary
- Mientras
- While, meanwhile
- decía
- Said, was saying (imperfect tense of decir)
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- llegó
- Arrived, reached (preterite tense of llegar)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- linda
- Pretty, beautiful, lovely
- casita
- Little house, small house (diminutive of casa)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- cuya
- Whose, of which (feminine relative possessive)
- puerta
- Door
- había
- There was, there were (imperfect of haber)
- brillante
- Shiny, bright, brilliant
- placa
- Plaque, plate, sign
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- latón
- Brass (metal)
- con
- With (preposition)
- el
- The (masculine definite article)
- nombre
- Name
- grabado
- Engraved, carved, recorded
- ella
- She, her, it (feminine pronoun)
- Entró
- Entered, went in (preterite of entrar)
- sin
- Without (preposition)
- llamar
- To call, to knock, to ring
- y
- And (conjunction)
- subió
- Went up, climbed (preterite of subir)
- apresuradamente
- Hurriedly, hastily, quickly
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- escaleras
- Stairs, staircase
- gran
- Great, big, large (apocopated form of grande)
- temor
- Fear, dread
- encontrarse
- To meet, to find oneself, to encounter
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- verdadera
- True, real, genuine
- ser
- To be (permanent characteristics, identity)
- echada
- Thrown out, expelled, kicked out
- casa
- House, home
- antes
- Before, previously
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb), there to be
- encontrado
- Found, encountered (past participle of encontrar)
- abanico
- Fan (handheld cooling device)
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- guantes
- Gloves
- Qué
- What, how (exclamatory or interrogative)
- extraño
- Strange, odd, weird
- parece
- Seems, appears (present tense of parecer)
- se
- Oneself, himself, herself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- dijo
- Said, told (preterite of decir)
- estar
- To be (temporary states, location, progressive tenses)
- haciendo
- Doing, making (gerund of hacer)
- recados
- Errands, messages
- para
- For, in order to (preposition)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- conejo
- Rabbit
- Supongo
- I suppose, I assume (present tense of suponer)
- que
- That, which, what (conjunction or relative pronoun)
- me
- Me, to me (direct or indirect object pronoun)
- estará
- Will be (future progressive of estar)
- enviando
- Sending (gerund of enviar)
- hacer
- To do, to make
- después
- After, afterwards, later
- Y
- And (conjunction, capitalized)
- comenzó
- Began, started (preterite of comenzar)
- imaginarse
- To imagine, to picture oneself
- tipo
- Type, kind, sort, guy
- cosas
- Things
- sucederían
- Would happen, would occur (conditional of suceder)
- Señorita
- Miss, young lady (formal address)
- Venga
- Come (formal command of venir)
- aquí
- Here
- inmediatamente
- Immediately, right away
- prepárese
- Get ready, prepare yourself (formal reflexive command)
- su
- Your, his, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
- paseo
- Walk, stroll, outing
- Ya
- Already, now, right away
- voy
- I go, I'm going (present tense of ir)
- minuto
- Minute
- niñera
- Nanny, babysitter
- Pero
- But, however
- tengo
- I have (present tense of tener)
- asegurarme
- To make sure, to assure myself
- ratón
- Mouse
- no
- No, not
- escape
- Escape, escapes (verb or noun)
- creo
- I believe, I think (present tense of creer)
- continuó
- Continued (preterite of continuar)
- dejarían
- Would let, would allow (conditional of dejar)
- quedarse
- To stay, to remain
- si
- If, whether (conjunction)
- empezara
- Started, began (imperfect subjunctive of empezar)
- dar
- To give
- órdenes
- Orders, commands
- gente
- People
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- manera
- Way, manner
- Para
- For, in order to (preposition, capitalized)
- entonces
- Then, at that time
- camino
- Road, path, way
- pequeña
- Small, little (feminine)
- habitación
- Room, bedroom
- ordenada
- Tidy, neat, orderly
- mesa
- Table
- ventana
- Window
- sobre
- On, upon, over, about (preposition)
- como
- Like, as, how
- esperado
- Expected, hoped for (past participle of esperar)
- dos
- Two
- o
- Or (conjunction)
- tres
- Three
- pares
- Pairs, couples
- diminutos
- Tiny, very small
- blancos
- White (masculine plural)
- tomó
- Took, grabbed (preterite of tomar)
- par
- Pair, couple
- estaba
- Was, were (imperfect of estar)
- punto
- Point, dot, period
- salir
- To leave, to go out, to exit
- cuando
- When, whenever
- mirada
- Look, glance, gaze
- cayó
- Fell, dropped (preterite of caer)
- botellita
- Small bottle, little bottle (diminutive)
- cerca
- Near, close, nearby
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction of de+el)
- espejo
- Mirror
- Esta
- This (feminine demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
- vez
- Time, occasion
- ninguna
- None, not any (feminine)
- etiqueta
- Label, tag, etiquette
- palabras
- Words
- pero
- But, however
- embargo
- However, nevertheless (usually in sin embargo)
- descorchó
- Uncorked, opened (preterite of descorchar)
- llevó
- Took, carried, brought (preterite of llevar)
- labios
- Lips
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