Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 11
Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.
Casi sin saber lo que hacía, recogió un palito y se lo ofreció al cachorro; entonces el cachorro saltó por el aire con las cuatro patas a la vez, con un ladrido de placer, y se lanzó sobre el palo, e hizo como que lo sacudía; luego Alicia se escondió detrás de un gran cardo, para evitar que la atropellaran; y en el momento en que apareció por el otro lado, el cachorro se lanzó de nuevo sobre el palo, y dio una voltereta en su prisa por alcanzarlo; entonces Alicia, pensando que era muy parecido a jugar con un caballo de tiro, y esperando a cada momento ser pisoteada bajo sus patas, corrió alrededor del cardo otra vez; entonces el cachorro comenzó una serie de cortas embestidas contra el palo, corriendo un poquito hacia adelante cada vez y retrocediendo mucho, y ladrando roncamente todo el tiempo, hasta que al fin se sentó bastante lejos, jadeando, con la lengua colgando de la boca, y sus grandes ojos medio cerrados.
This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape; so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out of breath, and till the puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the distance.
Esto le pareció a Alicia una buena oportunidad para escapar; así que se marchó enseguida, y corrió hasta que estuvo bastante cansada y sin aliento, y hasta que el ladrido del cachorro sonaba muy débil en la distancia.
"And yet what a dear little puppy it was!
"¡Y sin embargo qué cachorro tan encantador era!
Vocabulary
- Casi
- Almost, nearly
- sin
- Without
- saber
- To know, to taste
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun)
- que
- That, which, what
- hacía
- He/she/it was doing, used to do
- recogió
- He/she/it picked up, gathered
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- palito
- Small stick, little twig
- y
- And
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, themselves
- ofreció
- He/she/it offered
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- cachorro
- Puppy, young animal
- entonces
- Then, at that time
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- saltó
- He/she/it jumped, leaped
- por
- By, for, through, per
- aire
- Air
- con
- With
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- cuatro
- Four
- patas
- Paws, legs (of animals)
- a
- To, at
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- vez
- Time, occasion; turn
- ladrido
- Bark, barking (noun)
- de
- Of, from
- placer
- Pleasure
- lanzó
- He/she/it threw, launched
- sobre
- On, over, about
- palo
- Stick, pole
- e
- And (used before words starting with i/hi)
- hizo
- He/she/it did, made
- como
- Like, as, how
- sacudía
- He/she/it was shaking, used to shake
- luego
- Then, later, afterwards
- escondió
- He/she/it hid
- detrás
- Behind
- gran
- Great, big, grand (apocopated form)
- para
- For, in order to
- evitar
- To avoid, to prevent
- atropellaran
- They would run over, trample (subjunctive)
- en
- In, on, at
- momento
- Moment, instant
- apareció
- He/she/it appeared, showed up
- otro
- Other, another
- lado
- Side
- nuevo
- New
- dio
- He/she/it gave
- una
- A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- su
- His, her, its, their (possessive)
- prisa
- Hurry, haste
- alcanzarlo
- To reach it, catch up to it
- pensando
- Thinking (gerund)
- era
- He/she/it was, used to be
- muy
- Very, quite
- parecido
- Similar, alike
- jugar
- To play
- caballo
- Horse
- tiro
- Shot, pull; draft (as in draft horse)
- esperando
- Waiting, hoping (gerund)
- cada
- Each, every
- ser
- To be; being (noun)
- pisoteada
- Trampled, stepped on (feminine past participle)
- bajo
- Under, below; low
- sus
- His, her, its, their (plural possessive)
- corrió
- He/she/it ran
- alrededor
- Around
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine)
- comenzó
- He/she/it began, started
- serie
- Series, sequence
- cortas
- Short (feminine plural)
- contra
- Against
- corriendo
- Running (gerund)
- poquito
- A little bit, tiny amount
- hacia
- Toward, towards
- adelante
- Forward, ahead
- retrocediendo
- Retreating, backing up (gerund)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very
- ladrando
- Barking (gerund)
- todo
- All, every, whole
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- hasta
- Until, up to, even
- fin
- End
- sentó
- He/she/it sat down
- bastante
- Quite, enough, rather
- lejos
- Far, far away
- lengua
- Tongue, language
- colgando
- Hanging (gerund)
- boca
- Mouth
- grandes
- Big, large, great (plural)
- ojos
- Eyes
- medio
- Half, middle; means
- cerrados
- Closed (plural masculine past participle)
- Esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- le
- To him/her/you (indirect object pronoun)
- pareció
- It seemed, appeared to be
- buena
- Good (feminine)
- oportunidad
- Opportunity, chance
- escapar
- To escape
- así
- Thus, so, like this
- marchó
- He/she/it left, went away
- enseguida
- Immediately, right away
- estuvo
- He/she/it was (preterite of estar)
- cansada
- Tired (feminine)
- aliento
- Breath
- sonaba
- It sounded, was sounding
- débil
- Weak, faint
- distancia
- Distance
- Y
- And
- embargo
- However, nevertheless (sin embargo); seizure
- qué
- What, how (with accent for questions/exclamations)
- tan
- So, such, as
- encantador
- Charming, delightful, enchanting
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