Anne of Green Gables — Page 7
Rachel, in spite of--or perhaps because of--their dissimilarity.
Rachel, a pesar de --o quizás a causa de-- su disimilitud.
Marilla was a tall, thin woman, with angles and without curves; her dark hair showed some gray streaks and was always twisted up in a hard little knot behind with two wire hairpins stuck aggressively through it.
Marilla era una mujer alta y delgada, con ángulos y sin curvas; su cabello oscuro mostraba algunas canas y siempre estaba recogido en un pequeño y apretado moño detrás, con dos horquillas de alambre clavadas agresivamente en él.
She looked like a woman of narrow experience and rigid conscience, which she was; but there was a saving something about her mouth which, if it had been ever so slightly developed, might have been considered indicative of a sense of humor.
Parecía una mujer de experiencia limitada y conciencia rígida, lo cual era cierto; pero había algo redentor en su boca que, de haber estado algo más desarrollado, podría haberse considerado indicativo de un sentido del humor.
"We're all pretty well," said Mrs. Rachel. "I was kind of afraid _you_ weren't, though, when I saw Matthew starting off today. I thought maybe he was going to the doctor's."
"Todos estamos bastante bien", dijo la señora Rachel. "Aunque me temía que _usted_ no lo estuviera, cuando vi a Matthew partir hoy. Pensé que quizás iba al médico".
Marilla's lips twitched understandingly. She had expected Mrs. Rachel up; she had known that the sight of Matthew jaunting off so unaccountably would be too much for her neighbor's curiosity.
Los labios de Marilla se movieron con complicidad. Había esperado la visita de la señora Rachel; sabía que ver a Matthew marcharse de manera tan inexplicable sería demasiado para la curiosidad de su vecina.
"Oh, no, I'm quite well although I had a bad headache yesterday," she said. "Matthew went to Bright River. We're getting a little boy from an orphan asylum in Nova Scotia and he's coming on the train tonight."
"Oh, no, estoy bastante bien aunque ayer tuve un fuerte dolor de cabeza", dijo. "Matthew fue a Bright River. Vamos a recibir a un niño de un orfanato en Nueva Escocia y llegará en el tren esta noche".
If Marilla had said that Matthew had gone to Bright River to meet a kangaroo from Australia Mrs. Rachel could not have been more astonished.
Si Marilla hubiera dicho que Matthew había ido a Bright River a recibir a un canguro de Australia, la señora Rachel no podría haberse quedado más asombrada.
She was actually stricken dumb for five seconds. It was unsupposable that Marilla was making fun of her, but Mrs. Rachel was almost forced to suppose it.
De hecho, se quedó muda durante cinco segundos. Era inconcebible que Marilla se estuviera burlando de ella, pero la señora Rachel casi se vio obligada a suponerlo.
"Are you in earnest, Marilla?
"¿Habla usted en serio, Marilla?
Vocabulary
- pesar
- To weigh; regret or sorrow.
- de
- Of; from; belonging to.
- quizás
- Perhaps; maybe; possibly.
- causa
- Cause; reason; lawsuit or legal case.
- su
- His; her; your; their; its.
- era
- Was; past tense of ser.
- una
- A; an; one female indefinite article.
- mujer
- Woman; female person; wife.
- alta
- Tall; high; elevated in stature.
- delgada
- Thin; slender; slim in appearance.
- con
- With; accompanied by; together with.
- ángulos
- Angles; corners; geometric angular shapes.
- sin
- Without; lacking; devoid of something.
- curvas
- Curves; bends; rounded or arched shapes.
- cabello
- Hair; head hair; human hair.
- oscuro
- Dark; dark-colored; lacking brightness.
- mostraba
- Showed; displayed; revealed; exhibited something.
- algunas
- Some; a few; certain feminine plural.
- canas
- Gray hairs; white hairs on head.
- siempre
- Always; ever; continuously; at all times.
- estaba
- Was; remained; past tense of estar.
- recogido
- Gathered; collected; pinned up neatly.
- pequeño
- Small; tiny; little in size.
- apretado
- Tight; firmly pressed; compressed closely.
- moño
- Bun; knot of hair on head.
- detrás
- Behind; in back of; after.
- horquillas
- Hairpins; clips for securing hair.
- alambre
- Wire; metal wire; cord material.
- clavadas
- Nailed; stuck; driven in firmly.
- agresivamente
- Aggressively; in an aggressive or hostile manner.
- Parecía
- Seemed; appeared to be; looked like.
- experiencia
- Experience; practical knowledge; lived event.
- limitada
- Limited; restricted; bounded; finite.
- conciencia
- Conscience; awareness; moral consciousness.
- rígida
- Rigid; stiff; inflexible; strict.
- boca
- Mouth; oral opening; lips area.
- haber
- To have; auxiliary verb; existence.
- estado
- State; condition; been; past participle.
- desarrollado
- Developed; evolved; advanced; mature.
- podría
- Could; would be able; might.
- considerado
- Considered; regarded; thought to be.
- indicativo
- Indicative; suggestive; showing indication of.
- sentido
- Sense; feeling; meaning; direction.
- humor
- Humor; mood; wit; comedy.
- Todos
- Everyone; all people; all things.
- estamos
- We are; present tense of estar.
- bastante
- Quite; fairly; rather; enough.
- bien
- Well; good; fine; properly.
- dijo
- Said; told; spoke; past tense.
- señora
- Mrs.; madam; lady; woman.
- Aunque
- Although; though; even though.
- temía
- Feared; was afraid; dreaded.
- estuviera
- Were; might be; subjunctive of estar.
- cuando
- When; whenever; at the time.
- vi
- Saw; looked at; perceived visually.
- partir
- To leave; to depart; to split.
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