Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 3
"I know _something_ interesting is sure to happen," she said to herself, "whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does.
"Sé que _algo_ interesante seguramente sucederá", se dijo a sí misma, "siempre que como o bebo algo; así que veré qué hace esta botella.
I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for really I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!"
Espero que me haga crecer grande otra vez, porque realmente estoy bastante cansada de ser una cosita tan pequeña!"
It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected: before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken.
Así fue en efecto, y mucho más pronto de lo que había esperado: antes de haber bebido la mitad de la botella, encontró su cabeza presionando contra el techo, y tuvo que agacharse para salvar su cuello de romperse.
She hastily put down the bottle, saying to herself "That's quite enough—I hope I shan't grow any more—As it is, I can't get out at the door—I do wish I hadn't drunk quite so much!"
Dejó la botella apresuradamente, diciéndose a sí misma "Eso es suficiente—Espero que no creceré más—Tal como está, no puedo salir por la puerta—¡Ojalá no hubiera bebido tanto!"
Alas! it was too late to wish that!
¡Ay! ¡era demasiado tarde para desear eso!
She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had to kneel down on the floor: in another minute there was not even room for this, and she tried the effect of lying down with one elbow against the door, and the other arm curled round her head.
Siguió creciendo y creciendo, y muy pronto tuvo que arrodillarse en el suelo: en otro minuto no había ni siquiera espacio para esto, y probó el efecto de acostarse con un codo contra la puerta, y el otro brazo enroscado alrededor de su cabeza.
Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself "Now I can do no more, whatever happens.
Aún así siguió creciendo, y, como último recurso, sacó un brazo por la ventana, y un pie por la chimenea, y se dijo a sí misma "Ahora no puedo hacer más, pase lo que pase.
What _will_ become of me?
¿Qué _será_ de mí?
Vocabulary
- Sé
- I know (first person singular of saber)
- que
- that, which, who (conjunction or relative pronoun)
- _algo_
- something, anything (indefinite pronoun, italicized for emphasis)
- interesante
- interesting, engaging, noteworthy
- seguramente
- surely, certainly, probably
- sucederá
- will happen, will occur (future tense of suceder)
- se
- oneself, himself, herself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- a
- to, at, toward (preposition)
- sí
- yes; oneself (affirmation or reflexive pronoun)
- misma
- same, herself, itself (feminine form)
- siempre
- always, ever, all the time
- como
- like, as, how (comparison or manner)
- o
- or (conjunction)
- bebo
- I drink (first person singular of beber)
- algo
- something, anything, somewhat
- así
- thus, so, like this, in this way
- veré
- I will see (future tense of ver)
- qué
- what, which (interrogative or exclamatory)
- hace
- does, makes, ago (third person singular of hacer)
- esta
- this (feminine demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
- botella
- bottle
- Espero
- I hope, I wait, I expect
- me
- me, myself (object or reflexive pronoun)
- haga
- make, do (subjunctive form of hacer)
- crecer
- to grow, to increase in size
- grande
- big, large, great
- otra
- other, another (feminine)
- vez
- time, occasion, instance
- porque
- because, for the reason that
- realmente
- really, actually, truly
- estoy
- I am (first person singular of estar)
- bastante
- quite, enough, fairly, rather
- cansada
- tired, weary (feminine form)
- de
- of, from, about (preposition)
- ser
- to be (essence, identity, permanent state)
- una
- a, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- cosita
- little thing (diminutive of cosa)
- tan
- so, such, as (intensifier)
- pequeña
- small, little, tiny (feminine)
- Así
- thus, so, like this, in this way
- fue
- was, went (preterite of ser or ir)
- en
- in, on, at (preposition of location)
- efecto
- effect, result, indeed
- y
- and (conjunction)
- mucho
- much, a lot, very
- más
- more, most, plus
- pronto
- soon, quickly, early
- lo
- it, him, the (masculine object pronoun/article)
- había
- had, there was/were (imperfect of haber)
- esperado
- expected, waited, hoped (past participle of esperar)
- antes
- before, previously, earlier
- haber
- to have (auxiliary verb); there to be
- bebido
- drunk (past participle of beber)
- la
- the (feminine definite article); her, it
- mitad
- half, middle
- encontró
- found, encountered (preterite of encontrar)
- su
- his, her, its, their, your (possessive)
- cabeza
- head
- presionando
- pressing, pushing (gerund of presionar)
- contra
- against, versus
- el
- the (masculine definite article)
- techo
- ceiling, roof
- tuvo
- had, possessed (preterite of tener)
- agacharse
- to bend down, to crouch, to duck
- para
- for, to, in order to (preposition)
- salvar
- to save, to rescue
- cuello
- neck
- romperse
- to break, to be broken (reflexive infinitive)
- Dejó
- left, stopped, allowed (preterite of dejar)
- apresuradamente
- hurriedly, hastily, quickly
- diciéndose
- saying to herself/himself (reflexive gerund of decir)
- Eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- es
- is (third person singular of ser)
- suficiente
- enough, sufficient
- no
- no, not (negation)
- creceré
- I will grow (future tense of crecer)
- Tal
- such, such a, like that
- está
- is, is located (third person singular of estar)
- puedo
- I can, I am able (first person of poder)
- salir
- to leave, to go out, to exit
- por
- by, for, through, per (preposition)
- puerta
- door, gate
- Ojalá
- I hope, I wish, if only (expresses wish)
- hubiera
- had, would have (imperfect subjunctive of haber)
- tanto
- so much, as much, so many
- Ay
- ouch, oh, alas (interjection expressing pain/dismay)
- era
- was, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- demasiado
- too much, too, excessively
- tarde
- late, afternoon
- desear
- to wish, to desire, to want
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- Siguió
- continued, followed (preterite of seguir)
- creciendo
- growing (gerund of crecer)
- muy
- very, really, quite
- arrodillarse
- to kneel, to kneel down
- suelo
- floor, ground, soil
- otro
- other, another (masculine)
- minuto
- minute
- ni
- neither, nor, not even
- siquiera
- even, at least, not even
- espacio
- space, room
- esto
- this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- probó
- tried, tasted, proved (preterite of probar)
- acostarse
- to lie down, to go to bed
- con
- with, along with (preposition)
- un
- a, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- codo
- elbow
- brazo
- arm
- enroscado
- coiled, wrapped, twisted (past participle of enroscar)
- alrededor
- around, about, surrounding
- Aún
- still, yet, even
- siguió
- continued, followed (preterite of seguir)
- último
- last, latest, final
- recurso
- resource, recourse, resort
- sacó
- took out, removed, pulled out (preterite of sacar)
- ventana
- window
- pie
- foot
- chimenea
- chimney, fireplace
- Ahora
- now, right now, at present
- hacer
- to do, to make
- pase
- pass, happen (subjunctive form of pasar)
- Qué
- what, which, how (interrogative or exclamatory)
- _será_
- will be (future of ser, italicized for emphasis)
- mí
- me (prepositional pronoun after preposition)
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