Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 5
" cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, "I do wish they _would_ put their heads down! I am so _very_ tired of being all alone here!"
" gridò Alice, scoppiando improvvisamente in lacrime, "Vorrei tanto che abbassassero la testa! Sono così _tanto_ stanca di essere qui completamente sola!"
As she said this she looked down at her hands, and was surprised to see that she had put on one of the Rabbit's little white kid gloves while she was talking.
Mentre diceva questo guardò le sue mani, e fu sorpresa di vedere che si era infilata uno dei piccoli guanti bianchi di capretto del Coniglio mentre stava parlando.
"How _can_ I have done that?" she thought.
"Come _posso_ averlo fatto?" pensò.
"I must be growing small again."
"Devo stare diventando di nuovo piccola."
She got up and went to the table to measure herself by it, and found that, as nearly as she could guess, she was now about two feet high, and was going on shrinking rapidly: she soon found out that the cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether.
Si alzò e andò al tavolo per misurarsi con esso, e scoprì che, per quanto poteva intuire, era ora alta circa sessanta centimetri, e stava continuando a rimpicciolirsi rapidamente: scoprì presto che la causa di ciò era il ventaglio che stava tenendo in mano, e lo lasciò cadere in fretta, proprio in tempo per evitare di rimpicciolirsi del tutto.
"That _was_ a narrow escape!" said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence;
"È stato davvero un bel colpo di fortuna!" disse Alice, alquanto spaventata dal cambiamento improvviso, ma molto contenta di trovarsi ancora in vita;
"and now for the garden!" and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut again, and the little golden key was lying on the glass table as before,
"e ora verso il giardino!" e corse a tutta velocità verso la piccola porta: ma, ahimè! la piccola porta era di nuovo chiusa, e la piccola chiave dorata era posata sul tavolo di vetro come prima,
"and things are worse than ever," thought the poor child, "for I never was so small as this before, never! And I declare it's too bad, that it is!"
"e le cose vanno peggio che mai," pensò la povera bambina, "perché non sono mai stata così piccola prima d'ora, mai! E devo dire che è proprio troppo, davvero!"
As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash!
Mentre pronunciava queste parole il suo piede scivolò, e un momento dopo, splash!
Vocabulary
- gridò
- She/he shouted or cried out loudly.
- scoppiando
- Bursting out, as in tears or laughter.
- improvvisamente
- Suddenly, without warning or prior notice.
- lacrime
- Tears shed from the eyes when crying.
- Vorrei
- I would like; polite expression of desire.
- tanto
- So much; very; a great deal.
- abbassassero
- That they would lower or reduce something.
- testa
- Head; the uppermost part of the body.
- Sono
- I am; first person singular of essere.
- così
- So, thus, in this way or manner.
- stanca
- Tired, weary, exhausted from effort.
- completamente
- Completely, entirely, in a total manner.
- sola
- Alone, by oneself, without company.
- Mentre
- While, during the time that something happens.
- diceva
- She/he was saying or used to say.
- guardò
- She/he looked at or watched something.
- mani
- Hands; plural of mano.
- sorpresa
- Surprised; also a noun meaning surprise.
- vedere
- To see; to perceive with the eyes.
- era
- She/he/it was; imperfect of essere.
- infilata
- Slipped on or threaded onto something.
- guanti
- Gloves worn on the hands.
- bianchi
- White; plural masculine adjective for white.
- capretto
- Kid leather; soft leather from a young goat.
- Coniglio
- Rabbit; a small burrowing mammal.
- parlando
- Speaking, talking; present gerund of parlare.
- posso
- I can; first person singular of potere.
- averlo
- To have done it; infinitive with pronoun.
- pensò
- She/he thought; past tense of pensare.
- Devo
- I must, I have to; first person of dovere.
- stare
- To be, to stay; auxiliary or state verb.
- diventando
- Becoming; present gerund of diventare.
- nuovo
- New; again when used in 'di nuovo'.
- piccola
- Small, little; feminine adjective for size.
- alzò
- She/he got up or raised something.
- andò
- She/he went; past tense of andare.
- tavolo
- Table; a piece of furniture with a surface.
- misurarsi
- To measure oneself; to compare one's size.
- scoprì
- She/he discovered or found out something.
- quanto
- How much, how many; interrogative/relative word.
- intuire
- To sense or perceive intuitively without certainty.
- alta
- Tall, high; feminine adjective for height.
- circa
- About, approximately; used with measurements.
- sessanta
- Sixty; the number 60.
- centimetri
- Centimeters; plural unit of length measurement.
- continuando
- Continuing; present gerund of continuare.
- rimpicciolirsi
- To shrink, to become progressively smaller.
- rapidamente
- Rapidly, quickly, at great speed.
- presto
- Soon, quickly; in a short time.
- causa
- Cause, reason; also because of (a causa di).
- ventaglio
- Fan; a handheld device for creating airflow.
- tenendo
- Holding; present gerund of tenere.
- lasciò
- She/he let go of or left something.
- cadere
- To fall; to drop down due to gravity.
- fretta
- Hurry, haste; urgency in doing something.
- proprio
- Just, exactly; one's own; precisely.
- tempo
- Time; also weather in other contexts.
- evitare
- To avoid, to prevent something from happening.
- davvero
- Really, truly, indeed; emphasizes truth.
- bel
- Fine, good; shortened form of bello.
- colpo
- Stroke, blow, hit; also a stroke of luck.
- fortuna
- Luck, fortune; favorable chance or outcome.
- disse
- She/he said; past tense of dire.
- alquanto
- Rather, somewhat, quite; a moderate degree.
- spaventata
- Frightened, scared; feminine past participle.
- cambiamento
- Change, transformation; a shift in state.
- improvviso
- Sudden, unexpected; happening without warning.
- contenta
- Happy, pleased, content; feminine adjective.
- trovarsi
- To find oneself; to be located somewhere.
- vita
- Life; the state of being alive.
- verso
- Toward, towards; indicating direction.
- giardino
- Garden; an outdoor area with plants.
- corse
- She/he ran; past tense of correre.
- velocità
- Speed, velocity; rate of movement.
- porta
- Door; an entrance to a room or building.
- ahimè
- Alas, unfortunately; exclamation of dismay.
- chiusa
- Closed, shut; feminine past participle of chiudere.
- chiave
- Key; a device for locking or unlocking.
- dorata
- Golden, gilded; covered or colored in gold.
- posata
- Placed, set down; also cutlery in other contexts.
- vetro
- Glass; a transparent material for windows.
- prima
- Before, first; earlier in time or order.
- cose
- Things; plural of cosa, meaning objects or matters.
- vanno
- They go; third person plural of andare.
- peggio
- Worse; comparative of male (bad).
- mai
- Never; ever; at no time.
- povera
- Poor, unfortunate; feminine adjective of compassion.
- bambina
- Little girl; a young female child.
- perché
- Why; because; used for question or reason.
- stata
- Been; feminine past participle of essere.
- d'ora
- From now; in advance (used in 'd'ora in poi').
- troppo
- Too much, too; exceeding a desirable amount.
- pronunciava
- She/he was pronouncing or uttering words.
- parole
- Words; plural of parola, units of language.
- piede
- Foot; the lower extremity of the leg.
- scivolò
- She/he slipped; past tense of scivolare.
- momento
- Moment, instant; a brief period of time.
- dopo
- After, afterwards; following in time or order.
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