Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 10
I'm never sure what I'm going to be, from one minute to another!
¡Nunca estoy segura de lo que voy a ser, de un minuto a otro!
However, I've got back to my right size: the next thing is, to get into that beautiful garden—how _is_ that to be done, I wonder?
Sin embargo, he vuelto a mi tamaño correcto: lo siguiente es entrar en ese hermoso jardín—¿cómo se puede hacer eso, me pregunto?
As she said this, she came suddenly upon an open place, with a little house in it about four feet high.
Mientras decía esto, llegó de repente a un lugar abierto, con una casita de unos cuatro pies de altura.
"Whoever lives there," thought Alice, "it'll never do to come upon them _this_ size: why, I should frighten them out of their wits!"
"Quienquiera que viva ahí," pensó Alicia, "no servirá de nada encontrarlos de este tamaño: vaya, ¡los asustaría hasta sacarlos de sus cabales!"
So she began nibbling at the righthand bit again, and did not venture to go near the house till she had brought herself down to nine inches high.
Así que comenzó a mordisquear el pedazo de la derecha otra vez, y no se aventuró a acercarse a la casa hasta que se hubo reducido a nueve pulgadas de altura.
Vocabulary
- Nunca
- Never, not ever, at no time
- estoy
- I am (temporary state, location, ongoing condition)
- segura
- Sure, certain, secure, safe (feminine form)
- de
- Of, from, about (common preposition)
- lo
- It, him, the (masculine direct object pronoun)
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- voy
- I go, I am going (first person present)
- a
- To, at (preposition indicating direction or purpose)
- ser
- To be (permanent states, identity, essential characteristics)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- minuto
- Minute (unit of time, sixty seconds)
- otro
- Other, another (masculine form)
- Sin
- Without, lacking
- embargo
- However (used in phrase 'sin embargo')
- he
- I have (auxiliary verb for present perfect)
- vuelto
- Returned, turned back (past participle of volver)
- mi
- My (possessive adjective before singular noun)
- tamaño
- Size, dimension
- correcto
- Correct, right, proper
- siguiente
- Next, following
- es
- Is, he/she/it is (third person singular)
- entrar
- To enter, to go in
- en
- In, on, at (preposition of location)
- ese
- That (masculine demonstrative adjective)
- hermoso
- Beautiful, lovely, gorgeous
- jardín
- Garden, yard
- cómo
- How, in what way
- se
- Oneself, himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
- puede
- Can, is able to (third person of poder)
- hacer
- To do, to make
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- me
- Me, myself (first person object/reflexive pronoun)
- pregunto
- I ask, I wonder (first person present)
- Mientras
- While, meanwhile, during
- decía
- Said, was saying (imperfect third person)
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- llegó
- Arrived, reached, came (preterite third person)
- repente
- Suddenly (used in phrase 'de repente')
- lugar
- Place, location, spot
- abierto
- Open, opened (past participle or adjective)
- con
- With, accompanied by
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- casita
- Little house, cottage (diminutive of casa)
- unos
- Some, a few, about (masculine plural)
- cuatro
- Four (number)
- pies
- Feet (plural, unit of measurement or body part)
- altura
- Height, altitude
- Quienquiera
- Whoever, whomever, anyone who
- viva
- Lives, may live (present subjunctive of vivir)
- ahí
- There (in that place, near listener)
- pensó
- Thought (preterite third person of pensar)
- no
- No, not
- servirá
- Will serve, will be useful (future tense)
- nada
- Nothing, not anything
- encontrarlos
- To find them, to encounter them
- este
- This (masculine demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
- vaya
- Go, may go (subjunctive of ir)
- los
- The, them (masculine plural article or pronoun)
- asustaría
- Would frighten, would scare (conditional tense)
- hasta
- Until, up to, even
- sacarlos
- To take them out, to remove them
- sus
- Their, his, her, your (plural possessive)
- Así
- Thus, so, like this, in this way
- comenzó
- Began, started (preterite third person)
- mordisquear
- To nibble, to gnaw at repeatedly
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- pedazo
- Piece, bit, chunk
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- derecha
- Right (direction, opposite of left)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine form)
- vez
- Time, occasion (as in 'una vez')
- y
- And (conjunction)
- aventuró
- Ventured, risked, dared (preterite third person)
- acercarse
- To approach, to get closer, to come near
- casa
- House, home
- hubo
- There was, there were (preterite of haber)
- reducido
- Reduced, diminished, lessened (past participle)
- nueve
- Nine (number)
- pulgadas
- Inches (plural, unit of measurement)
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