Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 10
It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea how to set about it; and while she was peering about anxiously among the trees, a little sharp bark just over her head made her look up in a great hurry.
Sonaba como un plan excelente, sin duda, y muy ordenado y simplemente arreglado; la única dificultad era que ella no tenía la menor idea de cómo empezar; y mientras escudriñaba ansiosamente entre los árboles, un pequeño ladrido agudo justo sobre su cabeza la hizo mirar hacia arriba con gran prisa.
An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.
Un cachorro enorme la miraba desde arriba con grandes ojos redondos, y débilmente estiraba una pata, tratando de tocarla.
"Poor little thing!" said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it; but she was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which case it would be very likely to eat her up in spite of all her coaxing.
"¡Pobrecita!" dijo Alicia, en un tono persuasivo, y trató con empeño de silbarle; pero estaba terriblemente asustada todo el tiempo ante la idea de que pudiera tener hambre, en cuyo caso sería muy probable que se la comiera a pesar de toda su persuasión.
Vocabulary
- Sonaba
- It sounded, it rang, it seemed
- como
- like, as, how
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- plan
- plan, scheme, intention
- excelente
- excellent, outstanding, superb
- sin
- without, lacking
- duda
- doubt, uncertainty, hesitation
- y
- and (conjunction)
- muy
- very, really, quite
- ordenado
- ordered, tidy, organized, arranged
- simplemente
- simply, just, merely
- arreglado
- arranged, fixed, settled, repaired
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- única
- only, sole, unique (feminine)
- dificultad
- difficulty, problem, obstacle
- era
- was, it was (imperfect tense of ser)
- que
- that, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- ella
- she, her (subject pronoun)
- no
- no, not (negation)
- tenía
- had, possessed (imperfect tense of tener)
- menor
- smaller, lesser, slightest, minor
- idea
- idea, notion, thought
- de
- of, from, about (preposition)
- cómo
- how (interrogative or exclamatory adverb)
- empezar
- to begin, to start, to commence
- mientras
- while, meanwhile, whereas
- escudriñaba
- was scrutinizing, was examining closely, was searching
- ansiosamente
- anxiously, eagerly, nervously
- entre
- between, among, amid
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- árboles
- trees
- pequeño
- small, little, tiny
- ladrido
- bark, barking (sound a dog makes)
- agudo
- sharp, high-pitched, acute, shrill
- justo
- just, exactly, right, fair
- sobre
- on, over, above, about
- su
- his, her, its, their, your (possessive)
- cabeza
- head
- hizo
- made, did, caused (preterite of hacer)
- mirar
- to look, to watch, to gaze
- hacia
- towards, toward, in direction of
- arriba
- up, upwards, above
- con
- with, in company of
- gran
- great, large, grand (apocopated form of grande)
- prisa
- hurry, haste, rush
- Un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article, capitalized)
- cachorro
- puppy, cub, young animal
- enorme
- enormous, huge, immense
- miraba
- was looking, was watching (imperfect of mirar)
- desde
- from, since, starting from
- grandes
- big, large, great (plural)
- ojos
- eyes
- redondos
- round, circular
- débilmente
- weakly, feebly, faintly
- estiraba
- was stretching, was extending (imperfect of estirar)
- una
- a, an, one (feminine singular)
- pata
- paw, leg (of animal), foot
- tratando
- trying, attempting (gerund of tratar)
- tocarla
- to touch her, to touch it
- Pobrecita
- poor little thing (feminine, diminutive of pobre)
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- en
- in, on, at (preposition)
- tono
- tone, pitch, manner of speaking
- persuasivo
- persuasive, convincing
- trató
- tried, attempted, treated (preterite of tratar)
- empeño
- determination, effort, insistence, endeavor
- silbarle
- to whistle to him/her/it
- pero
- but, however, yet
- estaba
- was, was being (imperfect of estar)
- terriblemente
- terribly, dreadfully, awfully
- asustada
- frightened, scared (feminine adjective or past participle)
- todo
- all, every, whole, entire
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- tiempo
- time, weather, period
- ante
- before, in front of, facing
- pudiera
- could, might (imperfect subjunctive of poder)
- tener
- to have, to possess, to hold
- hambre
- hunger, appetite
- cuyo
- whose, of which (relative possessive)
- caso
- case, instance, situation, event
- sería
- would be (conditional of ser)
- probable
- probable, likely
- se
- himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- comiera
- would eat, might eat (imperfect subjunctive of comer)
- a
- to, at, by (preposition)
- pesar
- despite, in spite of; to weigh
- toda
- all, every, whole (feminine singular)
- persuasión
- persuasion, convincing, urging
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