Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 9
"I don't like the look of it at all," said the King: "however, it may kiss my hand if it likes."
"No me gusta nada su aspecto," dijo el Rey: "sin embargo, puede besar mi mano si quiere."
"I'd rather not," the Cat remarked.
"Preferiría no hacerlo," observó el Gato.
"Don't be impertinent," said the King, "and don't look at me like that!"
"No seas impertinente," dijo el Rey, "¡y no me mires así!"
He got behind Alice as he spoke.
Se colocó detrás de Alicia mientras hablaba.
"A cat may look at a king," said Alice.
"Un gato puede mirar a un rey," dijo Alicia.
"I've read that in some book, but I don't remember where."
"He leído eso en algún libro, pero no recuerdo dónde."
"Well, it must be removed," said the King very decidedly, and he called the Queen, who was passing at the moment, "My dear! I wish you would have this cat removed!"
"Bueno, debe ser removido," dijo el Rey muy decididamente, y llamó a la Reina, que pasaba en ese momento, "¡Querida! ¡Deseo que hagas remover a este gato!"
The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small.
La Reina tenía solo una manera de resolver todas las dificultades, grandes o pequeñas.
"Off with his head!" she said, without even looking round.
"¡Que le corten la cabeza!" dijo, sin siquiera mirar alrededor.
"I'll fetch the executioner myself," said the King eagerly, and he hurried off.
"Yo mismo iré a buscar al verdugo," dijo el Rey ansiosamente, y se marchó apresuradamente.
Alice thought she might as well go back, and see how the game was going on, as she heard the Queen's voice in the distance, screaming with passion.
Alicia pensó que bien podría regresar, y ver cómo iba el juego, ya que escuchó la voz de la Reina a lo lejos, gritando con pasión.
She had already heard her sentence three of the players to be executed for having missed their turns, and she did not like the look of things at all, as the game was in such confusion that she never knew whether it was her turn or not.
Ya la había oído sentenciar a tres de los jugadores a ser ejecutados por haberse perdido sus turnos, y no le gustaba nada el aspecto de las cosas, ya que el juego estaba en tal confusión que nunca sabía si era su turno o no.
So she went in search of her hedgehog.
Así que fue en busca de su erizo.
Vocabulary
- No
- No; not
- me
- Me; to me; myself
- gusta
- Like; pleases (from gustar, to like)
- nada
- Nothing; not at all
- su
- His; her; its; your (formal); their
- aspecto
- Appearance; aspect; look
- dijo
- Said; told (past tense of decir)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- Rey
- King
- sin
- Without
- embargo
- However (in phrase sin embargo); embargo
- puede
- Can; is able to (from poder)
- besar
- To kiss
- mi
- My
- mano
- Hand
- si
- If
- quiere
- Wants; wishes (from querer)
- Preferiría
- Would prefer (conditional form of preferir)
- hacerlo
- To do it; do it
- observó
- Observed; remarked (past tense of observar)
- Gato
- Cat
- seas
- Be (subjunctive form of ser, you be)
- impertinente
- Impertinent; rude; insolent
- y
- And
- mires
- Look (subjunctive form of mirar)
- así
- Like this; thus; so
- Se
- Himself; herself; itself; themselves; reflexive pronoun
- colocó
- Placed; positioned (past tense of colocar)
- detrás
- Behind
- de
- Of; from; about
- mientras
- While; meanwhile
- hablaba
- Was speaking; spoke (imperfect of hablar)
- Un
- A; an; one (masculine indefinite article)
- gato
- Cat
- mirar
- To look; to watch
- a
- To; at
- un
- A; an; one (masculine)
- rey
- King
- He
- I have (present perfect auxiliary from haber)
- leído
- Read (past participle of leer)
- eso
- That
- en
- In; on; at
- algún
- Some; any (masculine form before noun)
- libro
- Book
- pero
- But
- recuerdo
- Remember; memory
- dónde
- Where (with accent, interrogative or exclamatory)
- Bueno
- Good; well; okay
- debe
- Must; should; ought to (from deber)
- ser
- To be (permanent or essential characteristics)
- removido
- Removed; taken away
- muy
- Very
- decididamente
- Decidedly; definitely; firmly
- llamó
- Called; named (past tense of llamar)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- Reina
- Queen
- que
- That; which; who
- pasaba
- Was passing; passed (imperfect of pasar)
- ese
- That (masculine demonstrative)
- momento
- Moment; instant
- Querida
- Dear; darling; beloved
- Deseo
- I wish; I desire; wish; desire
- hagas
- Do; make (subjunctive form of hacer)
- remover
- To remove; to take away
- este
- This (masculine demonstrative)
- La
- The (feminine); her (as direct object)
- tenía
- Had; used to have (imperfect of tener)
- solo
- Only; alone; just
- una
- A; an; one (feminine)
- manera
- Way; manner; method
- resolver
- To resolve; to solve
- todas
- All (feminine plural)
- las
- The (feminine plural); them (feminine)
- dificultades
- Difficulties; problems
- grandes
- Big; large; great
- o
- Or
- pequeñas
- Small; little (feminine plural)
- Que
- That; which; may (introducing subjunctive command)
- le
- To him; to her; to you
- corten
- Cut (subjunctive form of cortar)
- cabeza
- Head
- siquiera
- At least; even
- alrededor
- Around; surrounding
- Yo
- I
- mismo
- Same; self; myself
- iré
- I will go (future tense of ir)
- buscar
- To look for; to search
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- ansiosamente
- Anxiously; eagerly
- marchó
- Marched; left; went away (past tense)
- apresuradamente
- Hurriedly; hastily
- pensó
- Thought (past tense of pensar)
- bien
- Well; good; very
- podría
- Could; might (conditional of poder)
- regresar
- To return; to go back
- ver
- To see
- cómo
- How; what (with accent, interrogative or exclamatory)
- iba
- Was going; went (imperfect of ir)
- juego
- Game; play
- ya
- Already; now; yet
- escuchó
- Heard; listened (past tense of escuchar)
- voz
- Voice
- lo
- It; him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- lejos
- Far; far away; distant
- gritando
- Shouting; screaming; yelling
- con
- With
- pasión
- Passion
- Ya
- Already; now; yet
- había
- There was; there were; had (imperfect haber)
- oído
- Heard (past participle of oír); ear
- tres
- Three
- los
- The (masculine plural); them (masculine)
- jugadores
- Players
- por
- For; by; through
- haberse
- To have (infinitive reflexive, having oneself)
- perdido
- Lost (past participle of perder)
- sus
- His; her; its; your; their (plural)
- turnos
- Turns; shifts
- gustaba
- Liked; was pleasing (imperfect of gustar)
- cosas
- Things
- estaba
- Was (imperfect of estar)
- tal
- Such; such a
- confusión
- Confusion
- nunca
- Never
- sabía
- Knew; used to know (imperfect of saber)
- era
- Was (imperfect of ser)
- turno
- Turn; shift
- Así
- So; thus; like this
- fue
- Was; went (preterite of ser or ir)
- busca
- Searches; looks for; search
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