Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 6
She was a good deal frightened by this very sudden change, but she felt that there was no time to be lost, as she was shrinking rapidly; so she set to work at once to eat some of the other bit.
Estaba bastante asustada por este cambio tan repentino, pero sintió que no había tiempo que perder, ya que se estaba encogiendo rápidamente; así que se puso a trabajar de inmediato para comer un poco del otro pedazo.
Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit.
Su barbilla estaba presionada tan cerca de su pie, que apenas había espacio para abrir la boca; pero lo hizo al fin, y logró tragar un bocado del pedazo de la izquierda.
"Come, my head's free at last!" said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.
"¡Vamos, mi cabeza está libre al fin!" dijo Alicia en un tono de deleite, que se transformó en alarma en otro momento, cuando descubrió que sus hombros no se encontraban por ninguna parte: todo lo que podía ver, cuando miró hacia abajo, era una inmensa longitud de cuello, que parecía elevarse como un tallo de un mar de hojas verdes que yacían muy por debajo de ella.
"What _can_ all that green stuff be?" said Alice.
"¿Qué _puede_ ser toda esa cosa verde?" dijo Alicia.
"And where _have_ my shoulders got to?
"¿Y dónde _se han_ ido mis hombros?
And oh, my poor hands, how is it I can't see you?"
Y oh, mis pobres manos, ¿cómo es que no puedo verlas?"
She was moving them about as she spoke, but no result seemed to follow, except a little shaking among the distant green leaves.
Las estaba moviendo mientras hablaba, pero ningún resultado parecía seguir, excepto un pequeño temblor entre las distantes hojas verdes.
Vocabulary
- Estaba
- Was (imperfect tense of estar, to be)
- bastante
- Quite, rather, enough, fairly
- asustada
- Scared, frightened (feminine)
- por
- By, for, because of, through
- este
- This (masculine)
- cambio
- Change, exchange
- tan
- So, such, as (used before adjectives/adverbs)
- repentino
- Sudden, abrupt, unexpected
- pero
- But, however
- sintió
- Felt (preterite of sentir, to feel)
- que
- That, which, who, than
- no
- No, not
- había
- There was, there were; had (imperfect of haber)
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- perder
- To lose, to waste, to miss
- ya
- Already, now, anymore
- se
- Reflexive pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, themselves
- estaba
- Was (imperfect tense of estar, to be)
- encogiendo
- Shrinking, contracting (gerund of encoger)
- rápidamente
- Rapidly, quickly, fast
- así
- So, thus, like this, in this way
- puso
- Put, placed (preterite of poner)
- a
- To, at, for (preposition)
- trabajar
- To work
- de
- Of, from, about
- inmediato
- Immediate, right away
- para
- For, to, in order to
- comer
- To eat
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- poco
- Little, bit, few, not much
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction: de + el)
- otro
- Other, another (masculine)
- pedazo
- Piece, bit, chunk
- Su
- His, her, its, your, their (possessive)
- barbilla
- Chin
- presionada
- Pressed, pressured (feminine past participle)
- cerca
- Near, close, nearby
- su
- His, her, its, your, their (possessive)
- pie
- Foot
- apenas
- Barely, hardly, scarcely, just
- espacio
- Space, room
- abrir
- To open
- la
- The (feminine singular article)
- boca
- Mouth
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- hizo
- Did, made (preterite of hacer)
- al
- To the, at the (contraction: a + el)
- fin
- End, finally
- y
- And
- logró
- Managed, achieved, succeeded (preterite of lograr)
- tragar
- To swallow
- bocado
- Bite, mouthful
- izquierda
- Left (direction)
- Vamos
- Let's go, come on (first person plural imperative)
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- cabeza
- Head
- está
- Is (third person singular of estar)
- libre
- Free, available, vacant
- dijo
- Said (preterite of decir)
- en
- In, on, at
- tono
- Tone, pitch
- deleite
- Delight, pleasure, joy
- transformó
- Transformed, changed (preterite of transformar)
- alarma
- Alarm, alert, concern
- momento
- Moment, instant
- cuando
- When
- descubrió
- Discovered, found out (preterite of descubrir)
- sus
- His, her, its, your, their (plural possessive)
- hombros
- Shoulders
- encontraban
- Were finding, were located (imperfect of encontrar)
- ninguna
- None, no, not any (feminine)
- parte
- Part, place, portion
- todo
- All, everything, whole
- podía
- Could, was able to (imperfect of poder)
- ver
- To see
- miró
- Looked, watched (preterite of mirar)
- hacia
- Toward, towards, to
- abajo
- Down, below, downstairs
- era
- Was (imperfect of ser, to be)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- inmensa
- Immense, huge, vast (feminine)
- longitud
- Length, longitude
- cuello
- Neck, collar
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- elevarse
- To rise, to elevate oneself, to go up
- como
- Like, as, how
- tallo
- Stem, stalk
- mar
- Sea, ocean
- hojas
- Leaves, sheets
- verdes
- Green (plural)
- muy
- Very, quite, really
- debajo
- Below, under, underneath
- ella
- She, her
- Qué
- What (with accent, interrogative/exclamatory)
- puede
- Can, is able to (third person singular poder)
- ser
- To be (essential qualities, identity)
- toda
- All, whole, every (feminine)
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative)
- cosa
- Thing
- verde
- Green
- Y
- And
- dónde
- Where (with accent, interrogative)
- han
- Have (third person plural of haber)
- ido
- Gone (past participle of ir)
- mis
- My (plural possessive)
- pobres
- Poor, unfortunate (plural)
- manos
- Hands
- cómo
- How (with accent, interrogative/exclamatory)
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- puedo
- I can, I am able to (first person poder)
- verlas
- To see them (ver + las, feminine plural)
- Las
- The, them (feminine plural article/pronoun)
- moviendo
- Moving (gerund of mover)
- mientras
- While, meanwhile, whereas
- hablaba
- Was speaking, spoke (imperfect of hablar)
- ningún
- No, not any (masculine, before noun)
- resultado
- Result, outcome
- seguir
- To follow, to continue
- excepto
- Except, except for
- pequeño
- Small, little (masculine)
- temblor
- Tremor, shaking, trembling
- entre
- Between, among
- las
- The (feminine plural article)
- distantes
- Distant, remote, far (plural)
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