Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 10
The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the other: the only difficulty was, that her flamingo was gone across to the other side of the garden, where Alice could see it trying in a helpless sort of way to fly up into a tree.
El erizo estaba enfrascado en una pelea con otro erizo, lo cual le pareció a Alicia una excelente oportunidad para croquetear uno de ellos con el otro: la única dificultad era que su flamenco se había ido al otro lado del jardín, donde Alicia podía verlo intentando de una manera desamparada volar hasta un árbol.
By the time she had caught the flamingo and brought it back, the fight was over, and both the hedgehogs were out of sight: "but it doesn't matter much," thought Alice, "as all the arches are gone from this side of the ground."
Para cuando hubo atrapado al flamenco y lo trajo de vuelta, la pelea había terminado, y ambos erizos estaban fuera de vista: "pero no importa mucho", pensó Alicia, "ya que todos los arcos se han ido de este lado del terreno".
So she tucked it away under her arm, that it might not escape again, and went back for a little more conversation with her friend.
Así que lo metió bajo su brazo, para que no pudiera escapar de nuevo, y regresó para conversar un poco más con su amiga.
When she got back to the Cheshire Cat, she was surprised to find quite a large crowd collected round it: there was a dispute going on between the executioner, the King, and the Queen, who were all talking at once, while all the rest were quite silent, and looked very uncomfortable.
Cuando regresó donde el Gato de Cheshire, se sorprendió al encontrar una multitud bastante grande reunida alrededor de él: había una disputa en curso entre el verdugo, el Rey y la Reina, quienes estaban hablando todos a la vez, mientras que todos los demás permanecían bastante silenciosos y parecían muy incómodos.
The moment Alice appeared, she was appealed to by all three to settle the question, and they repeated their arguments to her, though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed to make out exactly what they said.
En el momento en que Alicia apareció, los tres le apelaron para que resolviera la cuestión, y le repitieron sus argumentos, aunque, como todos hablaban a la vez, le resultó muy difícil en verdad distinguir exactamente lo que decían.
Vocabulary
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- erizo
- Hedgehog; sea urchin
- estaba
- Was; he/she/it was (imperfect of estar)
- enfrascado
- Engrossed; absorbed; deeply involved in something
- en
- In; on; at (preposition of location)
- una
- A; an; one (feminine indefinite article)
- pelea
- Fight; quarrel; struggle
- con
- With; accompanied by (preposition)
- otro
- Other; another (masculine)
- lo
- It; him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- cual
- Which; that (relative pronoun)
- le
- To him/her; indirect object pronoun
- pareció
- Seemed; appeared (preterite of parecer)
- a
- To; at (preposition)
- excelente
- Excellent; outstanding; very good
- oportunidad
- Opportunity; chance; occasion
- para
- For; in order to (preposition)
- uno
- One; a; someone (masculine)
- de
- Of; from; about (preposition)
- ellos
- They; them (masculine plural pronoun)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- única
- Only; sole; unique (feminine)
- dificultad
- Difficulty; problem; obstacle
- era
- Was; used to be (imperfect of ser)
- que
- That; which; than (conjunction/relative pronoun)
- su
- His; her; their; your (possessive adjective)
- flamenco
- Flamingo; Flemish; flamenco music or dance
- se
- Himself/herself/itself; reflexive pronoun; impersonal marker
- había
- Had; there was/were (imperfect of haber)
- ido
- Gone; past participle of ir
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- lado
- Side; edge; next to
- del
- Of the; from the (contraction: de + el)
- jardín
- Garden; yard
- donde
- Where; in which (relative adverb)
- podía
- Could; was able to (imperfect of poder)
- verlo
- To see it/him; see + lo
- intentando
- Trying; attempting (gerund of intentar)
- manera
- Way; manner; method
- desamparada
- Helpless; abandoned; forlorn (feminine)
- volar
- To fly; to soar
- hasta
- Until; up to; even (preposition/adverb)
- un
- A; an; one (masculine indefinite article)
- árbol
- Tree
- Para
- For; to; in order to (preposition)
- cuando
- When; whenever (conjunction/adverb)
- hubo
- There was/were; had (preterite of haber)
- atrapado
- Caught; trapped; past participle of atrapar
- y
- And; conjunction
- trajo
- Brought; he/she brought (preterite of traer)
- vuelta
- Turn; return; back
- terminado
- Finished; ended; past participle of terminar
- ambos
- Both; the two
- erizos
- Hedgehogs; sea urchins (plural)
- estaban
- Were; they/you all were (imperfect of estar)
- fuera
- Outside; out; were (imperfect subjunctive of ser/ir)
- vista
- View; sight; vision
- pero
- But; however (conjunction)
- no
- No; not (negation)
- importa
- Matters; it matters; it's important
- mucho
- Much; a lot; very
- pensó
- Thought; he/she thought (preterite of pensar)
- ya
- Already; now; anymore
- todos
- All; everyone; every (masculine plural)
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- arcos
- Arches; bows; hoops
- han
- Have; they/you all have (present of haber)
- este
- This; east (masculine demonstrative/noun)
- terreno
- Terrain; land; ground; field
- Así
- So; thus; like this
- metió
- Put in; inserted; he/she put (preterite of meter)
- bajo
- Under; low; beneath (preposition/adjective)
- brazo
- Arm (body part)
- pudiera
- Could; might (imperfect subjunctive of poder)
- escapar
- To escape; to flee
- nuevo
- New; again (de nuevo)
- regresó
- Returned; went back (preterite of regresar)
- conversar
- To converse; to chat; to talk
- poco
- Little; few; a bit
- más
- More; most; plus
- amiga
- Friend (feminine); girlfriend
- Cuando
- When; whenever (conjunction)
- Gato
- Cat (masculine)
- sorprendió
- Surprised; he/she surprised (preterite of sorprender)
- encontrar
- To find; to encounter; to meet
- multitud
- Crowd; multitude; throng
- bastante
- Quite; enough; fairly; rather
- grande
- Big; large; great
- reunida
- Gathered; assembled; meeting (feminine past participle)
- alrededor
- Around; surrounding; approximately
- él
- He; him (subject/object pronoun with accent)
- disputa
- Dispute; argument; quarrel
- curso
- Course; direction; progress
- entre
- Between; among (preposition)
- verdugo
- Executioner; hangman
- Rey
- King
- Reina
- Queen
- quienes
- Who; whom (plural relative pronoun)
- hablando
- Speaking; talking (gerund of hablar)
- vez
- Time; occasion; turn
- mientras
- While; meanwhile; whereas
- demás
- Rest; others; remaining
- permanecían
- Remained; stayed (imperfect of permanecer)
- silenciosos
- Silent; quiet (masculine plural adjective)
- parecían
- Seemed; appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- muy
- Very; really (adverb)
- incómodos
- Uncomfortable; uneasy (masculine plural adjective)
- En
- In; on; at (preposition)
- momento
- Moment; instant; time
- apareció
- Appeared; showed up (preterite of aparecer)
- tres
- Three (number)
- apelaron
- Appealed; they appealed (preterite of apelar)
- resolviera
- Resolve; would resolve (imperfect subjunctive of resolver)
- cuestión
- Question; matter; issue
- repitieron
- Repeated; they repeated (preterite of repetir)
- sus
- His; her; their; your (plural possessive adjective)
- argumentos
- Arguments; reasons; points
- aunque
- Although; even though; though
- como
- As; like; how; since
- hablaban
- Were speaking; they spoke (imperfect of hablar)
- resultó
- Turned out; resulted (preterite of resultar)
- difícil
- Difficult; hard; challenging
- verdad
- Truth; true; really
- distinguir
- To distinguish; to differentiate; to discern
- exactamente
- Exactly; precisely
- decían
- Were saying; they said (imperfect of decir)
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