Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
" (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually _took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket_, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.
" (quando vi ripensò in seguito, le venne in mente che avrebbe dovuto meravigliarsi di ciò, ma sul momento tutto sembrava abbastanza naturale); ma quando il Coniglio effettivamente _tirò fuori un orologio dalla tasca del gilè_, lo guardò e poi si affrettò oltre, Alice balzò in piedi, poiché le balenò nella mente che non aveva mai visto prima un coniglio con una tasca nel gilè, né un orologio da estrarne, e ardendo di curiosità, corse attraverso il campo dietro di lui, e fortunatamente fece appena in tempo a vederlo tuffarsi in una grande tana sotto la siepe.
In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.
Un momento dopo Alice le andò dietro, senza mai pensare nemmeno per un istante a come avrebbe fatto a uscirne.
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.
La tana del coniglio andava dritta come un tunnel per un certo tratto, poi scendeva all'improvviso verso il basso, così all'improvviso che Alice non ebbe un momento per pensare di fermarsi prima di ritrovarsi a cadere in un pozzo molto profondo.
Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next.
O il pozzo era molto profondo, o stava cadendo molto lentamente, poiché mentre scendeva aveva tutto il tempo di guardarsi intorno e di chiedersi cosa sarebbe successo dopo.
Vocabulary
- quando
- kwahn-doh — at the time that; when
- vi
- vee — there; to it; a particle of place
- ripensò
- ree-pen-soh — thought back on; reconsidered something later
- in seguito
- een seh-gwee-toh — afterward; subsequently; later on
- le venne in mente
- leh ven-neh een men-teh — it occurred to her; came to her mind
- avrebbe dovuto
- ah-vreb-beh doh-voo-toh — should have; ought to have done something
- meravigliarsi
- meh-rah-vee-lyar-see — to be amazed; to wonder at something
- ciò
- choh — that; this thing; that which
- sul momento
- sool moh-men-toh — at that moment; right then and there
- sembrava
- sem-brah-vah — seemed; appeared to be at the time
- abbastanza
- ab-bah-stahn-tsah — enough; fairly; rather; sufficiently
- naturale
- nah-too-rah-leh — natural; normal; as expected
- Coniglio
- koh-nee-lyoh — rabbit; small furry burrowing mammal
- effettivamente
- ef-fet-tee-vah-men-teh — actually; indeed; in fact; effectively
- tirò fuori
- tee-roh fwoh-ree — pulled out; took out from somewhere
- orologio
- oh-roh-loh-joh — watch; clock; timepiece
- tasca
- tah-skah — pocket; small bag sewn into clothing
- gilè
- jee-leh — waistcoat; vest; sleeveless garment worn over shirt
- guardò
- gwahr-doh — looked at; observed; glanced at something
- si affrettò
- see af-fret-toh — hurried; rushed; moved quickly forward
- oltre
- ohl-treh — beyond; further on; past something
- balzò in piedi
- bahl-tsoh een pyeh-dee — jumped to her feet; leapt up suddenly
- poiché
- poy-keh — because; since; for the reason that
- balenò
- bah-leh-noh — flashed; crossed her mind suddenly
- mai
- mah-ee — never; ever; not at any time
- visto
- vees-toh — seen; past participle of vedere
- prima
- pree-mah — before; previously; earlier
- né
- neh — nor; neither; used in negative constructions
- estrarne
- es-trar-neh — to extract from it; take out of it
- ardendo
- ar-den-doh — burning; ablaze; burning with curiosity
- curiosità
- koo-ryoh-zee-tah — curiosity; desire to know or discover
- corse
- kor-seh — ran; rushed; moved quickly on foot
- attraverso
- at-trah-ver-soh — across; through; from one side to another
- campo
- kahm-poh — field; open area of land
- dietro
- dyeh-troh — behind; after; following someone
- fortunatamente
- for-too-nah-tah-men-teh — fortunately; luckily; as good fortune had it
- fece appena in tempo
- feh-cheh ap-peh-nah een tem-poh — barely had time; just managed in time
- tuffarsi
- toof-far-see — to dive; to plunge into something
- tana
- tah-nah — burrow; den; animal's underground dwelling
- siepe
- syeh-peh — hedge; row of bushes forming a barrier
- dopo
- doh-poh — after; afterward; following in time
- senza pensare
- sen-tsah pen-sah-reh — without thinking; acting without reflection
- nemmeno
- nem-meh-noh — not even; neither; not at all
- istante
- ees-tahn-teh — instant; moment; very brief period of time
- uscirne
- oo-sheer-neh — to get out of it; to exit from it
- andava dritta
- an-dah-vah dreet-tah — went straight; proceeded directly without turning
- tratto
- traht-toh — stretch; section; a portion of a path
- scendeva
- shen-deh-vah — descended; went down; sloped downward
- all'improvviso
- al-leem-prov-vee-zoh — suddenly; all at once; without warning
- verso il basso
- ver-soh eel bas-soh — downward; toward the bottom; going down
- così
- koh-zee — so; thus; in this way; therefore
- fermarsi
- fer-mar-see — to stop; to come to a halt
- ritrovarsi
- ree-troh-var-see — to find oneself; to end up somewhere
- cadere
- kah-deh-reh — to fall; to drop downward under gravity
- pozzo
- pot-tsoh — well; deep shaft dug into the ground
- profondo
- proh-fon-doh — deep; having great depth; profound
- stava cadendo
- stah-vah kah-den-doh — was falling; in the process of falling
- lentamente
- len-tah-men-teh — slowly; at a slow pace; not quickly
- mentre
- men-treh — while; as; during the time that
- guardarsi intorno
- gwahr-dar-see een-tor-noh — to look around; to observe one's surroundings
- chiedersi
- kyeh-der-see — to wonder; to ask oneself a question
- sarebbe successo
- sah-reb-beh soot-ches-soh — would have happened; conditional past of succedere
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