Anna Karenina — Page 1
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Las familias felices se parecen todas; las familias infelices lo son cada una a su manera.
Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.
Todo era confusión en la casa de los Oblonski.
The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him.
La esposa había descubierto que el marido mantenía una aventura con una joven francesa que había sido institutriz en su familia, y le había anunciado a su marido que no podía seguir viviendo bajo el mismo techo que él.
This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and household, were painfully conscious of it.
Esta situación duraba ya tres días, y no solo los propios esposos, sino todos los miembros de la familia y del servicio doméstico, la sentían dolorosamente.
Every person in the house felt that there was no sense in their living together, and that the stray people brought together by chance in any inn had more in common with one another than they, the members of the family and household of the Oblonskys.
Todas las personas de la casa sentían que no tenía sentido que siguieran viviendo juntos, y que los desconocidos reunidos por azar en cualquier posada tenían más en común entre sí que ellos, los miembros de la familia y el servicio de los Oblonski.
The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days.
La esposa no salía de su habitación; el marido llevaba tres días sin aparecer por casa.
The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.
Los niños andaban sin control por toda la casa; la institutriz inglesa se había peleado con el ama de llaves y le escribió a una amiga pidiéndole que le buscara una nueva colocación; el cocinero se había marchado el día anterior justo a la hora de la cena; la pinche de cocina y el cochero habían dado aviso de que se irían.
Vocabulary
- familias
- Families; groups of people related by blood or marriage
- felices
- Happy; experiencing joy or contentment
- parecen
- They resemble or seem similar to one another
- todas
- All; every one of a feminine group
- infelices
- Unhappy; experiencing sadness or misfortune
- cada
- Each; every individual one in a group
- manera
- Manner; way or method of doing something
- Todo
- Everything; all things without exception
- confusión
- Confusion; state of disorder or lack of clarity
- casa
- House; a building where people live
- esposa
- Wife; a married woman in relation to her husband
- descubierto
- Discovered; found out something previously unknown
- marido
- Husband; a married man in relation to his wife
- mantenía
- Was maintaining; kept up a relationship or situation
- aventura
- Affair or adventure; romantic liaison outside marriage
- joven
- Young; a person of a youthful age
- francesa
- French; feminine adjective relating to France
- institutriz
- Governess; woman employed to educate children at home
- familia
- Family; a group of related people living together
- anunciado
- Announced; declared or made known something formally
- seguir
- To continue; to keep doing something without stopping
- viviendo
- Living; present participle of 'vivir'
- bajo
- Under; beneath or below something physically or figuratively
- mismo
- Same; identical or the very one mentioned before
- techo
- Roof or ceiling; upper covering of a building
- situación
- Situation; a set of circumstances at a given moment
- duraba
- Was lasting; continued over a period of time
- ya
- Already or now; indicating something has occurred
- días
- Days; plural of 'día,' units of time
- solo
- Only or alone; without others or exclusively
- propios
- Own; belonging to oneself, emphasizing possession
- esposos
- Spouses; married couple or husbands and wives
- sino
- But rather; conjunction contrasting a negated element
- todos
- All; every member of a masculine or mixed group
- miembros
- Members; individuals belonging to a group or household
- servicio
- Service; work done for others, often domestic staff
- doméstico
- Domestic; relating to the home or household affairs
- sentían
- Felt; imperfect past tense of 'sentir'
- dolorosamente
- Painfully; in a way that causes distress or suffering
- personas
- People; individual human beings in a group
- sentido
- Sense or meaning; felt or perceived something significant
- siguieran
- Would continue; imperfect subjunctive of 'seguir'
- juntos
- Together; in company with one another
- desconocidos
- Strangers; people who do not know each other
- reunidos
- Gathered; brought or come together in one place
- azar
- Chance; random fate or accident without planning
- cualquier
- Any; whichever one, no particular one specified
- posada
- Inn; a lodging place for travelers to stay
- común
- Common; shared by or typical of a group
- entre
- Between or among; preposition indicating a middle position
- salía
- Was going out; imperfect past tense of 'salir'
- habitación
- Room; a space within a building used for living
- llevaba
- Was wearing or carrying; imperfect past of 'llevar'
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack
- aparecer
- To appear; to come into sight or show up
- niños
- Children; young boys or kids in general
- andaban
- Were wandering; imperfect past tense of 'andar'
- control
- Control; supervision or authority over something
- inglesa
- English woman; feminine adjective relating to England
- peleado
- Fought or quarreled; had an argument with someone
- ama
- Housekeeper or mistress; woman in charge of household
- llaves
- Keys; plural of 'llave,' used to open locks
- escribió
- Wrote; preterite past tense of 'escribir'
- amiga
- Friend; feminine noun for a female friend
- pidiéndole
- Asking her; gerund of 'pedir' with indirect object pronoun
- buscara
- Would look for; imperfect subjunctive of 'buscar'
- nueva
- New; recently acquired or different from before
- colocación
- Position or placement; a job or employment situation
- cocinero
- Cook; a person who prepares food professionally
- marchado
- Left or departed; gone away from a place
- anterior
- Previous; the one before the current one
- justo
- Just or exactly; precisely at a moment or point
- hora
- Hour or time; a unit of sixty minutes
- cena
- Dinner or supper; the evening meal
- pinche
- Kitchen assistant; helper who aids the main cook
- cocina
- Kitchen; the room where food is prepared and cooked
- cochero
- Coachman; driver of a horse-drawn carriage
- aviso
- Notice or warning; formal notification of intention to leave
- irían
- Would go; conditional tense of 'ir'
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