Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 2
It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden with one eye; but to get through was more hopeless than ever: she sat down and began to cry again.
Era tutto quello che riusciva a fare, sdraiandosi su un fianco, per guardare nel giardino con un occhio solo; ma riuscire a passare era più impossibile che mai: si sedette e ricominciò a piangere.
"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Alice, "a great girl like you," (she might well say this), "to go on crying in this way! Stop this moment, I tell you!"
«Dovresti vergognarti di te stessa,» disse Alice, «una ragazza grande come te,» (e aveva ben ragione di dirlo), «a continuare a piangere in questo modo! Smettila adesso, te lo dico!»
But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.
Ma continuò lo stesso, versando fiumi di lacrime, finché non si formò una grande pozza tutt'intorno a lei, profonda circa dieci centimetri e che arrivava a metà del corridoio.
After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.
Dopo un po' sentì in lontananza un leggero scalpiccio di piedi, e si asciugò in fretta gli occhi per vedere cosa stesse arrivando.
It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, "Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!"
Era il Coniglio Bianco che tornava, splendidamente vestito, con un paio di guanti bianchi di capretto in una mano e un grande ventaglio nell'altra: veniva trotterellando in gran fretta, borbottando tra sé mentre avanzava, «Oh! la Duchessa, la Duchessa! Oh! come sarà furiosa se l'ho fatta aspettare!»
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, "If you please, sir—"
Alice si sentiva così disperata da essere pronta a chiedere aiuto a chiunque; così, quando il Coniglio le si avvicinò, cominciò, con una voce bassa e timida, «Se non le dispiace, signore—»
The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.
Il Coniglio trasalì violentemente, lasciò cadere i guanti bianchi di capretto e il ventaglio, e scappò via nell'oscurità più veloce che poteva.
Vocabulary
- tutto
- Everything, all, the whole
- quello
- That, that one (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)
- riusciva
- He/she managed, was able to succeed in doing
- sdraiandosi
- Lying down, stretching oneself out (gerund, reflexive)
- fianco
- Side, flank of the body
- giardino
- Garden, outdoor cultivated space
- occhio
- Eye, the organ of sight
- riuscire
- To manage, to succeed, to be able to
- passare
- To pass, to go through, to cross
- impossibile
- Impossible, not capable of happening
- sedette
- Sat down (third person singular past, 'sedersi')
- ricominciò
- Started again, began once more (past tense)
- piangere
- To cry, to weep, to shed tears
- Dovresti
- You should, you ought to (conditional of 'dovere')
- vergognarti
- To be ashamed of yourself (reflexive infinitive)
- stessa
- Herself, itself, same (feminine emphatic pronoun)
- ben
- Well, indeed, certainly (adverb, shortened form)
- ragione
- Reason, right; avere ragione means to be right
- dirlo
- To say it (infinitive 'dire' with clitic 'lo')
- continuare
- To continue, to keep doing something
- modo
- Way, manner, method of doing something
- Smettila
- Stop it! Quit it! (imperative of 'smettere', reflexive)
- adesso
- Now, at this moment
- stesso
- Same, himself; lo stesso means all the same
- versando
- Pouring, shedding (gerund of 'versare')
- fiumi
- Rivers; fiumi di lacrime means floods of tears
- lacrime
- Tears (plural of 'lacrima'), drops from crying
- finché
- Until, as long as (temporal conjunction)
- formò
- Formed, created, shaped (third person past)
- pozza
- Puddle, small pool of liquid on ground
- tutt'intorno
- All around, surrounding entirely on every side
- profonda
- Deep, profound (feminine adjective of depth)
- circa
- About, approximately, around (adverb of approximation)
- centimetri
- Centimeters (plural unit of metric measurement)
- metà
- Half, middle point of something
- corridoio
- Corridor, hallway, passage between rooms
- po'
- A little, a bit (shortened form of 'poco')
- lontananza
- Distance, far away; in lontananza means in the distance
- leggero
- Light, slight, faint, not heavy
- scalpiccio
- Pattering, shuffling sound of footsteps
- piedi
- Feet (plural of 'piede'), lower limbs
- asciugò
- Dried, wiped dry (third person past of 'asciugare')
- fretta
- Hurry, haste; in fretta means quickly
- occhi
- Eyes (plural of 'occhio')
- stesse
- Was (imperfect subjunctive of 'stare', third person)
- Coniglio
- Rabbit (the White Rabbit character in the story)
- tornava
- Was returning, came back (imperfect of 'tornare')
- splendidamente
- Splendidly, magnificently, beautifully dressed
- vestito
- Dressed, clothed; also a noun meaning suit or dress
- paio
- Pair, couple of matching items
- guanti
- Gloves (plural of 'guanto'), hand coverings
- capretto
- Kid leather, young goat; gloves made from it
- ventaglio
- Fan, handheld device used for creating a breeze
- trotterellando
- Trotting along, jogging at a light pace (gerund)
- borbottando
- Muttering, grumbling under one's breath (gerund)
- sé
- Himself, herself, oneself (reflexive stressed pronoun)
- mentre
- While, as, whilst (temporal conjunction)
- avanzava
- Advanced, moved forward, proceeded (imperfect tense)
- Duchessa
- Duchess (female noble title, a character in story)
- furiosa
- Furious, enraged, very angry (feminine adjective)
- aspettare
- To wait, to wait for someone
- disperata
- Desperate, hopeless, in despair (feminine adjective)
- pronta
- Ready, prepared, willing (feminine adjective)
- chiedere
- To ask, to request, to inquire
- aiuto
- Help, assistance, aid; also an exclamation 'help!'
- chiunque
- Anyone, whoever, anybody at all (indefinite pronoun)
- avvicinò
- Approached, drew near (third person past of 'avvicinarsi')
- voce
- Voice, the sound produced when speaking
- bassa
- Low, soft, quiet (feminine adjective of tone/height)
- timida
- Timid, shy, hesitant (feminine adjective)
- dispiace
- Sorry, it displeases; mi dispiace means I'm sorry
- signore
- Sir, mister, gentleman (form of polite address)
- trasalì
- Startled, gave a start (third person past of 'trasalire')
- violentemente
- Violently, with great force or shock
- lasciò
- Let, left, allowed (third person past of 'lasciare')
- cadere
- To fall, to drop down
- scappò
- Ran away, escaped, fled (third person past of 'scappare')
- via
- Away, off; scappò via means ran away
- nell'oscurità
- Into the darkness (preposition + noun contracted form)
- veloce
- Fast, quick, swift (adjective of speed)
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