Anna Karenina — Page 5
Catching sight of that smile, Dolly shuddered as though at physical pain, broke out with her characteristic heat into a flood of cruel words, and rushed out of the room.
Scorgendo quel sorriso, Dolly rabbrividì come per un dolore fisico, scoppiò con il suo caratteristico impeto in un torrente di parole crudeli, e si precipitò fuori dalla stanza.
Since then she had refused to see her husband.
Da allora aveva rifiutato di vedere suo marito.
"It's that idiotic smile that's to blame for it all," thought Stepan Arkadyevitch.
«È quel sorriso idiota la causa di tutto,» pensò Stepan Arkad'evič.
"But what's to be done? What's to be done?" he said to himself in despair, and found no answer.
«Ma cosa si può fare? Cosa si può fare?» si disse disperato, e non trovò risposta.
Vocabulary
- Scorgendo
- Catching sight of, perceiving or noticing something.
- quel
- That, that particular (demonstrative adjective).
- sorriso
- Smile, facial expression of happiness or amusement.
- rabbrividì
- Shuddered, trembled or shivered with emotion or cold.
- come
- Like, as, in the manner of or resembling.
- per
- For, in order to, intended for a purpose.
- un
- A, an, indefinite article (masculine singular).
- dolore
- Pain, suffering or physical/emotional distress.
- fisico
- Physical, relating to the body or material.
- scoppiò
- Burst out, suddenly expressed emotion or sound.
- con
- With, accompanied by or in company of.
- il
- The, definite article (masculine singular).
- suo
- His, her, its, their (possessive adjective).
- caratteristico
- Characteristic, typical or distinctive of someone/something.
- impeto
- Impetuosity, force or vehement energy or passion.
- in
- In, inside or within a place or time.
- torrente
- Torrent, rushing stream of water or words.
- di
- Of, indicating possession or relationship between nouns.
- parole
- Words, units of language or speech.
- crudeli
- Cruel, causing pain or showing lack of kindness.
- si
- Oneself, reflexive pronoun or passive voice marker.
- precipitò
- Rushed, hurried or threw oneself forward suddenly.
- fuori
- Outside, out of or beyond a place.
- dalla
- From the, preposition from with feminine article.
- stanza
- Room, a space in a house or building.
- Da
- From, since or by (preposition indicating origin).
- allora
- Then, at that time or from that moment.
- aveva
- Had, past tense of avere (to have).
- rifiutato
- Refused, declined or rejected something.
- vedere
- To see, to perceive with eyes or understand.
- marito
- Husband, married male spouse.
- idiota
- Idiot, stupid person or foolish individual.
- la
- The, definite article (feminine singular).
- causa
- Cause, reason or legal proceeding.
- tutto
- All, everything or the whole of something.
- pensò
- Thought, considered or believed (past tense).
- Ma
- But, however or introducing a contrast.
- cosa
- What, thing or something (interrogative).
- può
- Can, is able to (present tense).
- fare
- To do, to make or to perform action.
- Cosa
- What, thing or something (interrogative).
- disse
- Said, spoke or uttered words (past tense).
- disperato
- Desperate, in a state of despair or hopelessness.
- non
- Not, negation or denial particle.
- trovò
- Found, discovered or located (past tense).
- risposta
- Answer, reply or response to question.
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