Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 12
" said Alice, as she leant against a buttercup to rest herself, and fanned herself with one of the leaves: "I should have liked teaching it tricks very much, if—if I'd only been the right size to do it!
" dijo Alicia, mientras se apoyaba contra un botón de oro para descansar, y se abanicaba con una de las hojas: "Me habría gustado muchísimo enseñarle trucos, si—si tan solo hubiera tenido el tamaño adecuado para hacerlo!
Oh dear!
¡Oh, Dios mío!
I'd nearly forgotten that I've got to grow up again!
¡Casi había olvidado que tengo que crecer de nuevo!
Let me see—how _is_ it to be managed?
Veamos—¿cómo _se_ puede lograr?
I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other; but the great question is, what?"
Supongo que debería comer o beber algo; pero la gran pregunta es, ¿qué?"
The great question certainly was, what?
La gran pregunta ciertamente era, ¿qué?
Alice looked all round her at the flowers and the blades of grass, but she did not see anything that looked like the right thing to eat or drink under the circumstances.
Alicia miró a su alrededor las flores y las briznas de hierba, pero no vio nada que pareciera lo correcto para comer o beber bajo las circunstancias.
There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself; and when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on the top of it.
Había un gran hongo creciendo cerca de ella, aproximadamente de su misma altura; y cuando hubo mirado debajo de él, y a ambos lados, y detrás de él, se le ocurrió que bien podría mirar y ver qué había en la parte superior.
She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large blue caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.
Se estiró sobre las puntas de los pies, y se asomó por el borde del hongo, y sus ojos se encontraron inmediatamente con los de una gran oruga azul, que estaba sentada en la parte superior con los brazos cruzados, fumando tranquilamente una larga pipa de agua, y sin prestar la más mínima atención a ella ni a ninguna otra cosa.
Vocabulary
- dijo
- said, told (preterite of decir)
- mientras
- while, meanwhile, as long as
- se
- reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, themselves, oneself
- apoyaba
- leaned, supported, rested against (imperfect of apoyar)
- contra
- against, versus, opposite to
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- botón
- button, bud, knob
- de
- of, from, about (common preposition)
- oro
- gold (precious metal)
- para
- for, to, in order to
- descansar
- to rest, to take a break
- y
- and (conjunction)
- abanicaba
- fanned, was fanning (imperfect of abanicar)
- con
- with, along with, by means of
- una
- a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- hojas
- leaves, sheets of paper, pages
- Me
- me, to me, myself (object pronoun)
- habría
- would have (conditional perfect of haber)
- gustado
- liked, pleased (past participle of gustar)
- muchísimo
- very much, a great deal (superlative of mucho)
- enseñarle
- to teach him/her, to show him/her
- trucos
- tricks, gimmicks, knacks
- si
- if, whether (conditional conjunction)
- tan
- so, as, such (adverb of degree)
- solo
- only, just, alone, single
- hubiera
- had, would have (past subjunctive of haber)
- tenido
- had (past participle of tener)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- tamaño
- size, dimension, magnitude
- adecuado
- adequate, suitable, appropriate, proper
- hacerlo
- to do it, to make it
- Dios
- God (deity)
- mío
- mine, my (possessive adjective, masculine)
- Casi
- almost, nearly
- había
- there was, there were, had (imperfect of haber)
- olvidado
- forgotten (past participle of olvidar)
- que
- that, which, who, than
- tengo
- I have, I possess (present tense of tener)
- crecer
- to grow, to increase in size
- nuevo
- new, novel, fresh
- Veamos
- let's see (first person plural subjunctive of ver)
- cómo
- how, in what way, as
- puede
- can, is able to (present tense of poder)
- lograr
- to achieve, to accomplish, to manage
- Supongo
- I suppose, I assume (present tense of suponer)
- debería
- should, ought to (conditional of deber)
- comer
- to eat
- o
- or (conjunction indicating alternatives)
- beber
- to drink
- algo
- something, anything, somewhat
- pero
- but, however, yet
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- gran
- great, large, big (apocopated form of grande)
- pregunta
- question, query
- es
- is (third person singular of ser/estar)
- qué
- what, which (interrogative or exclamatory pronoun)
- La
- the (feminine singular definite article, capitalized)
- ciertamente
- certainly, surely, definitely
- era
- was, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- miró
- looked, watched (preterite of mirar)
- a
- to, at, toward (preposition)
- su
- his, her, its, your, their (possessive adjective)
- alrededor
- around, surrounding, approximately
- flores
- flowers, blooms
- briznas
- blades, strands, wisps (of grass)
- hierba
- grass, herb, weed
- no
- no, not (negation adverb)
- vio
- saw, viewed (preterite of ver)
- nada
- nothing, anything (in negative contexts)
- pareciera
- seemed, appeared (imperfect subjunctive of parecer)
- lo
- it, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- correcto
- correct, right, proper
- bajo
- under, below, low, short
- circunstancias
- circumstances, conditions, situations
- Había
- there was, there were (imperfect of haber, capitalized)
- hongo
- mushroom, fungus
- creciendo
- growing (present participle of crecer)
- cerca
- near, close, nearby
- ella
- she, her (feminine pronoun)
- aproximadamente
- approximately, roughly, about
- misma
- same, very, self (feminine adjective)
- altura
- height, altitude, elevation
- cuando
- when, whenever (temporal conjunction)
- hubo
- there was, had (preterite of haber)
- mirado
- looked, watched (past participle of mirar)
- debajo
- underneath, below, beneath
- él
- he, him (masculine pronoun with accent)
- ambos
- both (plural adjective or pronoun)
- lados
- sides, flanks
- detrás
- behind, in back of
- le
- to him, to her, to you (indirect object)
- ocurrió
- occurred, happened (preterite of ocurrir)
- bien
- well, good, fine, very
- podría
- could, might (conditional of poder)
- mirar
- to look, to watch, to gaze
- ver
- to see, to view, to watch
- en
- in, on, at (preposition of location)
- parte
- part, portion, section, side
- superior
- upper, superior, higher, top
- Se
- reflexive pronoun (capitalized): himself, herself, themselves
- estiró
- stretched, extended (preterite of estirar)
- sobre
- on, over, above, about
- puntas
- tips, points, ends
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- pies
- feet (plural of pie)
- asomó
- peeked, appeared, looked out (preterite of asomar)
- por
- by, for, through, along, per
- borde
- edge, border, rim, brink
- del
- of the, from the (contraction of de + el)
- sus
- his, her, its, your, their (possessive, plural)
- ojos
- eyes
- encontraron
- found, met (preterite of encontrar)
- inmediatamente
- immediately, right away, at once
- oruga
- caterpillar, larva
- azul
- blue (color)
- estaba
- was, were (imperfect of estar)
- sentada
- seated, sitting (feminine past participle of sentar)
- brazos
- arms (body parts)
- cruzados
- crossed (past participle of cruzar)
- fumando
- smoking (present participle of fumar)
- tranquilamente
- calmly, quietly, peacefully
- larga
- long (feminine adjective)
- pipa
- pipe (for smoking), cask
- agua
- water
- sin
- without, lacking
- prestar
- to lend, to pay (attention), to provide
- más
- more, most, plus
- mínima
- minimal, slightest, least (feminine)
- atención
- attention, care, consideration
- ni
- neither, nor, not even
- ninguna
- no, not any, none (feminine)
- otra
- other, another (feminine)
- cosa
- thing, matter, object
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