Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 5
And so she went on, taking first one side and then the other, and making quite a conversation of it altogether; but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside, and stopped to listen.
Y así continuó, tomando primero un lado y luego el otro, y haciendo de ello toda una conversación; pero después de unos minutos escuchó una voz afuera, y se detuvo a escuchar.
"Mary Ann! Mary Ann!" said the voice.
"¡Mary Ann! ¡Mary Ann!" dijo la voz.
"Fetch me my gloves this moment!"
"¡Tráeme mis guantes en este momento!"
Then came a little pattering of feet on the stairs.
Entonces se oyó un golpeteo de pies en las escaleras.
Alice knew it was the Rabbit coming to look for her, and she trembled till she shook the house, quite forgetting that she was now about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit, and had no reason to be afraid of it.
Alicia supo que era el Conejo viniendo a buscarla, y tembló hasta que sacudió la casa, olvidando por completo que ahora era unas mil veces más grande que el Conejo, y no tenía razón para temerle.
Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice's elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure.
Al poco tiempo el Conejo llegó hasta la puerta, e intentó abrirla; pero, como la puerta se abría hacia adentro, y el codo de Alicia estaba presionado firmemente contra ella, ese intento resultó un fracaso.
Alice heard it say to itself "Then I'll go round and get in at the window."
Alicia lo oyó decirse a sí mismo "Entonces daré la vuelta y entraré por la ventana."
"_That_ you won't!" thought Alice, and, after waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just under the window, she suddenly spread out her hand, and made a snatch in the air.
"¡Eso no lo harás!" pensó Alicia, y, después de esperar hasta que creyó oír al Conejo justo debajo de la ventana, extendió repentinamente su mano, e hizo un manotazo en el aire.
She did not get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass, from which she concluded that it was just possible it had fallen into a cucumber-frame, or something of the sort.
No logró agarrar nada, pero oyó un pequeño chillido y una caída, y un estruendo de vidrios rotos, de lo cual concluyó que era muy posible que hubiera caído en un semillero de pepinos, o algo por el estilo.
Next came an angry voice—the Rabbit's—"Pat! Pat! Where are you?
A continuación vino una voz enojada—la del Conejo—"¡Pat! ¡Pat! ¿Dónde estás?
Vocabulary
- Y
- And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
- así
- So, thus, like this; in this manner
- continuó
- Continued; past tense of continuar
- tomando
- Taking, drinking; present participle of tomar
- primero
- First; ordinal number or adverb
- un
- A, an; masculine indefinite article
- lado
- Side; lateral part of something
- y
- And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
- luego
- Then, later, afterwards; temporal adverb
- el
- The; masculine definite article
- otro
- Other, another; different one
- haciendo
- Doing, making; present participle of hacer
- de
- Of, from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- ello
- It; neuter pronoun referring to something
- toda
- All, whole, entire; feminine form of todo
- una
- A, an, one; feminine indefinite article
- conversación
- Conversation; spoken exchange between people
- pero
- But; conjunction indicating contrast
- después
- After, afterwards, later; temporal adverb
- unos
- Some, a few; plural masculine indefinite article
- minutos
- Minutes; plural of minuto
- escuchó
- Heard, listened; past tense of escuchar
- voz
- Voice; sound produced when speaking
- afuera
- Outside, outdoors; exterior location
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves
- detuvo
- Stopped; past tense of detener
- a
- To, at; preposition indicating direction or location
- escuchar
- To listen, to hear; infinitive verb
- dijo
- Said; past tense of decir
- la
- The; feminine definite article
- Tráeme
- Bring me; imperative of traer with pronoun
- mis
- My; plural possessive adjective
- guantes
- Gloves; hand coverings
- en
- In, on, at; preposition of location
- este
- This; masculine demonstrative adjective
- momento
- Moment; instant or point in time
- Entonces
- Then, so; temporal or consequential adverb
- oyó
- Heard; past tense of oír
- golpeteo
- Tapping, pounding; repeated hitting sound
- pies
- Feet; plural of pie
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- escaleras
- Stairs, staircase; steps connecting floors
- supo
- Knew, found out; past tense of saber
- que
- That, which; relative pronoun or conjunction
- era
- Was; imperfect tense of ser
- Conejo
- Rabbit; small long-eared mammal
- viniendo
- Coming; present participle of venir
- buscarla
- To look for her; buscar plus pronoun
- tembló
- Trembled, shook; past tense of temblar
- hasta
- Until, up to, even; preposition or adverb
- sacudió
- Shook; past tense of sacudir
- casa
- House, home; dwelling place
- olvidando
- Forgetting; present participle of olvidar
- por
- For, by, through; preposition with multiple meanings
- completo
- Complete, completely; entire or totally
- ahora
- Now; at the present time
- unas
- Some; feminine plural indefinite article
- mil
- Thousand; number 1000
- veces
- Times; plural of vez
- más
- More; comparative adverb
- grande
- Big, large, great; adjective of size
- no
- No, not; negation adverb
- tenía
- Had; imperfect tense of tener
- razón
- Reason; logic or justification
- para
- For, to; preposition indicating purpose
- temerle
- To fear him/it; temer with indirect object pronoun
- Al
- To the; contraction of a plus el
- poco
- Little, few; small amount
- tiempo
- Time; duration or period
- llegó
- Arrived; past tense of llegar
- puerta
- Door; entrance or exit
- e
- And; variant of y before words starting with i
- intentó
- Tried, attempted; past tense of intentar
- abrirla
- To open it; abrir plus pronoun
- como
- As, like, how; comparative or manner conjunction
- abría
- Opened; imperfect tense of abrir
- hacia
- Toward, towards; preposition of direction
- adentro
- Inside, inward; toward the interior
- codo
- Elbow; joint between upper arm and forearm
- estaba
- Was; imperfect tense of estar
- presionado
- Pressed; past participle of presionar
- firmemente
- Firmly; in a solid or stable manner
- contra
- Against; preposition indicating opposition or contact
- ella
- She, her; third person feminine pronoun
- ese
- That; masculine demonstrative adjective
- intento
- Attempt, try; noun from intentar
- resultó
- Resulted, turned out; past tense of resultar
- fracaso
- Failure; lack of success
- lo
- It, him; masculine direct object pronoun
- decirse
- To say to oneself; reflexive form of decir
- sí
- Yes; affirmative response
- mismo
- Same, self; reflexive intensifier
- daré
- I will give; future tense of dar
- vuelta
- Turn, return; rotation or trip
- entraré
- I will enter; future tense of entrar
- ventana
- Window; opening in a wall
- Eso
- That; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- harás
- You will do; future tense of hacer
- pensó
- Thought; past tense of pensar
- esperar
- To wait, to hope; infinitive verb
- creyó
- Believed, thought; past tense of creer
- oír
- To hear; infinitive verb
- al
- To the; contraction of a plus el
- justo
- Just, right, fair; exactly or precisely
- debajo
- Below, underneath; beneath something
- extendió
- Extended, stretched; past tense of extender
- repentinamente
- Suddenly, unexpectedly; without warning
- su
- His, her, its, your; possessive adjective
- mano
- Hand; body part at end of arm
- hizo
- Did, made; past tense of hacer
- manotazo
- Swat, slap; strike with the hand
- aire
- Air; atmosphere or gas we breathe
- No
- No, not; negation word
- logró
- Achieved, managed; past tense of lograr
- agarrar
- To grab, to grasp; to seize
- nada
- Nothing; no thing or not at all
- pequeño
- Small, little; of reduced size
- chillido
- Scream, shriek; high-pitched cry
- caída
- Fall; act of falling or drop
- estruendo
- Crash, loud noise; clamor or din
- vidrios
- Glass pieces; plural of vidrio
- rotos
- Broken; plural of roto
- cual
- Which; relative pronoun
- concluyó
- Concluded; past tense of concluir
- muy
- Very, quite; adverb intensifying adjectives
- posible
- Possible; able to happen or exist
- hubiera
- Had (been); past subjunctive of haber
- caído
- Fallen; past participle of caer
- semillero
- Seedbed, nursery; place where seeds are planted
- pepinos
- Cucumbers; plural of pepino
- o
- Or; conjunction indicating alternative
- algo
- Something; some thing or somewhat
- estilo
- Style, kind; manner or type
- A
- To, at; preposition of direction or location
- continuación
- Continuation; what follows next
- vino
- Came; past tense of venir
- enojada
- Angry; feminine form of enojado
- del
- Of the, from the; contraction of de plus el
- Dónde
- Where; interrogative adverb of place
- estás
- You are; present tense of estar
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