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English → It CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised Level 6/10

Rachel, in spite of--or perhaps because of--their dissimilarity.

Rachel, nonostante la loro diversità -- o forse proprio a causa di essa.

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 donna alta e magra, con spigoli e senza curve; i suoi capelli scuri mostravano qualche filo grigio ed erano sempre attorcigliati in uno stretto nodino dietro la testa, tenuto in posizione da due forcine di fil di ferro conficcate in modo aggressivo.

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.

Sembrava una donna di esperienza limitata e coscienza rigida, e tale era in effetti; ma c'era qualcosa di redentore nella sua bocca che, se fosse stato anche solo leggermente sviluppato, avrebbe potuto essere considerato indicativo di un senso dell'umorismo.

"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."

«Stiamo tutti abbastanza bene,» disse la signora Rachel. «Temevo però che _lei_ non stesse bene, quando ho visto Matthew partire oggi. Pensavo che forse stesse andando dal medico.»

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.

Le labbra di Marilla si mossero con aria comprensiva. Si era aspettata la visita della signora Rachel; sapeva che la vista di Matthew che se ne andava in modo così inspiegabile sarebbe stata troppo per la curiosità della sua vicina.

"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, sto abbastanza bene anche se ieri avevo un forte mal di testa,» disse. «Matthew è andato a Bright River. Prenderemo un bambino da un orfanotrofio in Nuova Scozia e arriverà con il treno stasera.»

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.

Se Marilla avesse detto che Matthew era andato a Bright River ad accogliere un canguro dall'Australia, la signora Rachel non avrebbe potuto essere più stupita.

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.

Rimase letteralmente ammutolita per cinque secondi. Era inimmaginabile che Marilla si stesse prendendo gioco di lei, ma la signora Rachel era quasi costretta a supporlo.

"Are you in earnest, Marilla?

«Fa sul serio, Marilla?

Vocabulary

nonostante
despite; in spite of
loro
their; theirs
diversità
diversity; difference
forse
perhaps; maybe
proprio
own; one's own; itself
causa
cause; reason
essa
it; she (feminine pronoun)
donna
woman; lady
alta
tall; high (feminine adjective)
magra
thin; lean (feminine adjective)
capelli
hair; hairs on head
scuri
dark (plural adjective)
mostravano
showed; displayed (past tense)
qualche
some; a few
filo
thread; strand; wire
grigio
gray; grey
stretto
tight; narrow; close
dietro
behind; back of
testa
head
tenuto
held; kept; maintained
posizione
position; place; location
aggressivo
aggressive; forceful; hostile
esperienza
experience; knowledge from doing
limitata
limited; restricted (feminine adjective)
coscienza
conscience; consciousness
effetti
effects; results; consequences
bocca
mouth
sviluppato
developed; developed (past participle)
considerato
considered; regarded; thought
senso
sense; feeling; meaning
umorismo
humor; sense of humor
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