Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 7
The players all played at once without waiting for turns, quarrelling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs; and in a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about, and shouting "Off with his head!" or "Off with her head!" about once in a minute.
Los jugadores jugaban todos a la vez sin esperar turnos, peleándose todo el tiempo y luchando por los erizos; y en muy poco tiempo la Reina estaba furiosa, y andaba dando pisotones por ahí, gritando "¡Que le corten la cabeza!" o "¡Que le corten la cabeza!" como una vez por minuto.
Alice began to feel very uneasy: to be sure, she had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute, "and then," thought she, "what would become of me?
Alicia comenzó a sentirse muy inquieta: sin duda, todavía no había tenido ninguna disputa con la Reina, pero sabía que podría suceder en cualquier momento, "y entonces," pensó ella, "¿qué sería de mí?
They're dreadfully fond of beheading people here; the great wonder is, that there's any one left alive!"
Aquí son terriblemente aficionados a decapitar gente; lo sorprendente es que quede alguien vivo!"
She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether she could get away without being seen, when she noticed a curious appearance in the air: it puzzled her very much at first, but, after watching it a minute or two, she made it out to be a grin, and she said to herself "It's the Cheshire Cat: now I shall have somebody to talk to."
Estaba buscando alguna manera de escapar, y preguntándose si podría irse sin ser vista, cuando notó una curiosa aparición en el aire: la desconcertó mucho al principio, pero, después de observarla un minuto o dos, distinguió que era una sonrisa, y se dijo a sí misma "Es el Gato de Cheshire: ahora tendré con quién hablar."
"How are you getting on?" said the Cat, as soon as there was mouth enough for it to speak with.
"¿Cómo te va?" dijo el Gato, tan pronto como hubo boca suficiente para hablar con ella.
Alice waited till the eyes appeared, and then nodded.
Alicia esperó hasta que aparecieron los ojos, y entonces asintió.
"It's no use speaking to it," she thought, "till its ears have come, or at least one of them.
"No sirve de nada hablarle," pensó, "hasta que hayan aparecido sus orejas, o al menos una de ellas.
Vocabulary
- Los
- Masculine plural definite article meaning 'the'
- jugadores
- Players, people who play games or sports
- jugaban
- They were playing, imperfect tense of jugar
- todos
- All, everyone, every one of them
- a
- To, at, preposition indicating direction or location
- la
- Feminine singular definite article meaning 'the'
- vez
- Time, occasion, instance (as in 'at once')
- sin
- Without, lacking, preposition indicating absence
- esperar
- To wait, to hope, to expect
- turnos
- Turns, shifts, rounds in a sequence
- peleándose
- Fighting each other, quarreling, struggling with one another
- todo
- All, entire, whole, every part of something
- el
- Masculine singular definite article meaning 'the'
- tiempo
- Time, weather, period or duration
- y
- And, conjunction connecting words or phrases
- luchando
- Fighting, struggling, wrestling, battling
- por
- For, by, through, because of, preposition
- en
- In, on, at, preposition indicating location
- muy
- Very, quite, extremely, intensifying adverb
- poco
- Little, few, not much, small amount
- Reina
- Queen, female monarch or royal ruler
- estaba
- Was, were, imperfect tense of estar
- furiosa
- Furious, angry, enraged, very mad
- andaba
- Was walking, was going around, imperfect of andar
- dando
- Giving, gerund form of dar
- ahí
- There, in that place, at that spot
- gritando
- Shouting, yelling, screaming, crying out
- Que
- That, which, conjunction or relative pronoun
- le
- Him, her, to him/her, indirect object pronoun
- corten
- Cut, subjunctive form of cortar
- cabeza
- Head, the uppermost part of the body
- o
- Or, conjunction indicating alternative or choice
- como
- Like, as, how, conjunction or adverb
- una
- A, an, one, feminine singular indefinite article
- minuto
- Minute, sixty seconds, short time period
- comenzó
- Began, started, preterite tense of comenzar
- sentirse
- To feel, to sense oneself, reflexive verb
- inquieta
- Restless, uneasy, anxious, worried
- duda
- Doubt, uncertainty, lack of conviction
- todavía
- Still, yet, up to now, even now
- no
- No, not, negation adverb
- había
- Had, there was/were, imperfect of haber
- tenido
- Had, past participle of tener
- ninguna
- None, no, not any, feminine negative adjective
- disputa
- Dispute, argument, quarrel, disagreement
- con
- With, in the company of, preposition
- pero
- But, however, conjunction indicating contrast
- sabía
- Knew, was aware, imperfect tense of saber
- que
- That, which, who, relative pronoun or conjunction
- podría
- Could, might, would be able to, conditional
- suceder
- To happen, to occur, to take place
- cualquier
- Any, whichever, whatever, indefinite adjective
- momento
- Moment, instant, point in time
- entonces
- Then, so, at that time, therefore
- pensó
- Thought, preterite tense of pensar
- ella
- She, her, feminine subject pronoun
- qué
- What, which, interrogative pronoun with accent
- sería
- Would be, conditional tense of ser
- de
- Of, from, about, preposition indicating possession or origin
- mí
- Me, myself, prepositional pronoun with accent
- Aquí
- Here, in this place, at this location
- son
- Are, they are, third person plural of ser
- terriblemente
- Terribly, dreadfully, extremely, very badly
- aficionados
- Fans, enthusiasts, fond of something
- gente
- People, folks, persons in general
- lo
- It, him, the, masculine singular article/pronoun
- sorprendente
- Surprising, amazing, astonishing, remarkable
- es
- Is, third person singular of ser
- quede
- Remain, stay, subjunctive form of quedar
- alguien
- Someone, somebody, an unspecified person
- vivo
- Alive, living, live, not dead
- Estaba
- Was, were, imperfect tense of estar
- buscando
- Looking for, searching, seeking, gerund of buscar
- alguna
- Some, any, a certain, feminine indefinite adjective
- manera
- Way, manner, method, means of doing something
- escapar
- To escape, to flee, to get away
- preguntándose
- Wondering, asking oneself, questioning reflexively
- si
- If, whether, conditional conjunction
- irse
- To leave, to go away, reflexive of ir
- ser
- To be, infinitive of permanent state verb
- vista
- Seen, past participle of ver; also view/sight
- cuando
- When, at the time that, conjunction
- notó
- Noticed, observed, preterite tense of notar
- curiosa
- Curious, odd, strange, interesting
- aparición
- Appearance, apparition, act of appearing
- aire
- Air, atmosphere, breeze, gas around us
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very much, great quantity
- al
- To the, contraction of a + el
- principio
- Beginning, start, principle, initial point
- después
- After, afterwards, later, then
- observarla
- To observe it/her, infinitive with attached pronoun
- un
- A, an, one, masculine singular indefinite article
- dos
- Two, the number 2
- distinguió
- Distinguished, made out, preterite of distinguir
- era
- Was, used to be, imperfect of ser
- sonrisa
- Smile, facial expression of happiness
- se
- Oneself, himself, herself, reflexive pronoun
- dijo
- Said, told, preterite tense of decir
- sí
- Yes, affirmative answer; also herself/himself with accent
- misma
- Same, herself, self, feminine form
- Es
- Is, third person singular of ser
- Gato
- Cat, feline animal
- ahora
- Now, at present, at this moment
- tendré
- Will have, future tense of tener
- quién
- Who, whom, interrogative pronoun with accent
- hablar
- To speak, to talk, to converse
- Cómo
- How, in what way, interrogative adverb with accent
- te
- You, yourself, object pronoun informal singular
- va
- Goes, is going, third person of ir
- tan
- So, as, such, adverb of degree
- pronto
- Soon, quickly, early, promptly
- hubo
- There was, preterite tense of haber
- boca
- Mouth, opening, entrance
- suficiente
- Enough, sufficient, adequate amount
- para
- For, to, in order to, preposition of purpose
- esperó
- Waited, hoped, preterite tense of esperar
- hasta
- Until, up to, as far as, preposition
- aparecieron
- Appeared, showed up, preterite of aparecer
- ojos
- Eyes, organs of sight
- asintió
- Nodded, assented, preterite tense of asentir
- No
- No, not, negation word
- sirve
- Serves, is useful, works, third person of servir
- nada
- Nothing, anything, not at all
- hablarle
- To speak to him/her, infinitive with attached pronoun
- hayan
- Have, subjunctive plural form of haber
- aparecido
- Appeared, past participle of aparecer
- sus
- His, her, their, its, possessive adjective plural
- orejas
- Ears, organs for hearing
- menos
- Less, fewer, minus, at least
- ellas
- They, them, feminine plural pronoun
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