Anne of Green Gables — Page 7

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

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

Rachel, mặc dù--hoặc có lẽ chính vì--sự khác biệt của họ.

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 là một người phụ nữ cao, gầy, người góc cạnh và không có đường cong; mái tóc đen của bà có vài sợi bạc và luôn được vấn thành một búi nhỏ chặt ở phía sau với hai chiếc kẹp tóc bằng dây thép cắm xuyên qua một cách dứt khoát.

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.

Bà trông như một người phụ nữ có kinh nghiệm hạn hẹp và lương tâm cứng nhắc, và quả thực bà như vậy; nhưng có một điều gì đó đáng chú ý ở khóe miệng bà mà, nếu được phát triển dù chỉ một chút, có thể được xem là dấu hiệu của một khiếu hài hước.

"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."

"Chúng tôi đều khỏe cả," bà Rachel nói. "Tuy nhiên tôi đã hơi lo _bà_ không được khỏe, khi tôi thấy ông Matthew ra đi hôm nay. Tôi nghĩ có lẽ ông ấy đang đến gặp bác sĩ."

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.

Môi của Marilla giật nhẹ một cách thông cảm. Bà đã đoán trước bà Rachel sẽ đến; bà biết rằng cảnh ông Matthew bỗng dưng ra đi không giải thích sẽ khiến sự tò mò của người hàng xóm không thể kìm lại được.

"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."

"Ồ không, tôi hoàn toàn khỏe mặc dù hôm qua tôi bị đau đầu nặng," bà nói. "Matthew đã đi đến Bright River. Chúng tôi đang nhận một cậu bé từ trại trẻ mồ côi ở Nova Scotia và cậu bé sẽ đến bằng tàu tối nay."

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.

Nếu Marilla nói rằng Matthew đã đến Bright River để đón một con kangaroo từ Australia thì bà Rachel cũng không thể kinh ngạc hơn được nữa.

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.

Bà thực sự bị câm lặng trong năm giây. Thật không thể nghĩ rằng Marilla đang trêu chọc bà, nhưng bà Rachel gần như buộc phải nghĩ vậy.

"Are you in earnest, Marilla?

"Bà nói thật chứ, Marilla?

Vocabulary

mặc: mặc — Despite, although; to wear (clothing).
dù: dù — Even though, despite; used in concessive clauses.
hoặc: hoặc — Or; used to present alternatives between options.
có: có — To have; to exist; affirmative auxiliary verb.
lẽ: lẽ — Reason, logic; used in 'có lẽ' meaning perhaps.
chính: chính — Exactly, precisely; main, principal, central.
vì: vì — Because, for the reason that; due to.
sự: sự — Nominalizer particle turning verbs/adjectives into nouns.
khác: khác — Different, other, another; to differ from something.
biệt: biệt — To distinguish, separate; difference, distinction.
của: của — Of, belonging to; possessive preposition in Vietnamese.
họ: họ — They, them; third-person plural pronoun.
là: là — To be; linking verb connecting subject and predicate.
một: một — One; the indefinite article equivalent in Vietnamese.
người: người — Person, human being; classifier for people.
phụ: phụ — Female, auxiliary; secondary or supporting role.
nữ: nữ — Woman, female; used in compound words for women.
cao: cao — Tall, high; describing height or elevation.
gầy: gầy — Thin, skinny, lean in body build.
góc: góc — Corner, angle; a sharp or angular point.
cạnh: cạnh — Edge, side; beside or next to something.
và: và — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses.
không: không — No, not; negation particle in Vietnamese.
đường: đường — Road, path; line or curve in appearance.
cong: cong — Curved, bent, not straight in shape.
mái: mái — Roof; top surface; used in 'mái tóc' meaning hair.
tóc: tóc — Hair on the human head.
đen: đen — Black; dark in color.
bà: bà — She/her (elderly woman); grandmother; respectful address.
vài: vài — A few, several; small indefinite number.
sợi: sợi — Strand, thread, fiber; classifier for hair or threads.
bạc: bạc — Silver; silver-colored; gray (of hair).
luôn: luôn — Always, constantly; at all times.
được: được — To be able to; passive marker; to receive/obtain.
vấn: vấn — To wind, wrap; to twist hair into a bun.
thành: thành — To become; into; city; successfully accomplished.
búi: búi — Bun or knot of hair tied at the back.
nhỏ: nhỏ — Small, little, tiny in size.
chặt: chặt — Tight, firm, secure; tightly fastened or bound.
ở: ở — At, in, on; to live or stay somewhere.
phía: phía — Side, direction; toward a particular direction.
sau: sau — Behind, after, back; rear position or later time.
với: với — With, together with; accompanying preposition.
hai: hai — Two; the number 2.
chiếc: chiếc — Classifier for small individual objects like pins or clips.
kẹp: kẹp — Clip, clamp, pin; to clip or fasten together.
bằng: bằng — Made of, by means of; equal, flat, level.
dây: dây — Wire, string, rope, cord.
thép: thép — Steel; strong metal material.
cắm: cắm — To stick into, to insert, to pin into something.
xuyên: xuyên — Through, across; to pierce or pass through something.
qua: qua — Through, past, across; to pass by or over.
cách: cách — Way, manner, method; distance apart from something.
dứt: dứt — Decisive, resolute; to cut off or end firmly.
khoát: khoát — Decisive, definite; used in 'dứt khoát' meaning resolute.
Bà: bà — She/her (respectful); elderly woman; ma'am.
trông: trông — To look, appear; to watch over or seem like.
như: như — Like, as, such as; used for comparisons.
kinh: kinh — Experience (in compound); surprising or awe-inspiring.
nghiệm: nghiệm — Experience, experiment; to verify or test something.
hạn: hạn — Limit, boundary, deadline; restricted or limited.
hẹp: hẹp — Narrow, limited, confined in scope or space.
lương: lương — Conscience (in 'lương tâm'); salary or wage.
tâm: tâm — Heart, mind, conscience; center of moral feeling.
cứng: cứng — Hard, rigid, stiff; inflexible in attitude.
nhắc: nhắc — To remind; to repeat; rigid (in 'cứng nhắc').
quả: quả — Indeed, truly; fruit; classifier for round objects.
thực: thực — Real, true, actual; reality or truth.
vậy: vậy — So, thus, like that; used to conclude or confirm.
nhưng: nhưng — But, however; conjunction showing contrast or exception.
điều: điều — Thing, matter, point; something abstract or conceptual.
gì: gì — What, something; interrogative or indefinite pronoun.
đó: đó — That, there; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something.
đáng: đáng — Worth, worthy of, deserving attention or merit.
chú: chú — To pay attention to; uncle (father's younger brother).
ý: ý — Meaning, idea, intention; to notice or intend.
khóe: khóe — Corner (of eye or mouth); subtle expression point.
miệng: miệng — Mouth; opening of the mouth or face.
mà: mà — But, yet, whereas; emphatic or contrastive particle.
nếu: nếu — If; conditional conjunction introducing hypothetical clause.
phát: phát — To develop, emit, issue; to grow or expand.
triển: triển — To develop, expand, unfold; growth or development.
chỉ: chỉ — Only, just, merely; to point at or indicate.
chút: chút — A little, a bit, a small amount.
thể: thể — Can, could, be able to; body or form.
xem: xem — To look at, watch, consider, examine something.
dấu: dấu — Sign, mark, trace, indicator of something.
hiệu: hiệu — Sign, signal, symbol; brand or shop name.
khiếu: khiếu — Talent, aptitude, flair for a particular skill.
hài: hài — Comic, humorous; comedy or humor genre.
hước: hước — Humor, wit; used in 'hài hước' meaning humorous.
Chúng: chúng — We/us (inclusive or exclusive); they/them (plural).
tôi: tôi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun (formal/neutral).
đều: đều — All, both, each; evenly distributed among all.
khỏe: khỏe — Healthy, well, strong in physical condition.
cả: cả — All, entire; emphasis particle meaning everything included.
nói: nói — To say, speak, talk; to communicate verbally.
Tuy: tuy — Although, though; used in 'tuy nhiên' meaning however.
nhiên: nhiên — However, yet; natural (in compounds); used with 'tuy'.
đã: đã — Past tense marker indicating completed action.
hơi: hơi — Slightly, a bit, rather; mildly to a degree.
lo: lo — To worry, be anxious or concerned about something.
khi: khi — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction.
thấy: thấy — To see, notice, feel, perceive something.
ông: ông — He/him (elderly man); grandfather; respectful address.
ra: ra — To go out, come out; outward directional particle.
đi: đi — To go, leave; directional particle away from speaker.
hôm: hôm — Day (used in time expressions like 'hôm nay').
nay: nay — Now, today; current time reference word.
Tôi: tôi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun (neutral/formal).
nghĩ: nghĩ — To think, believe, consider something mentally.
ấy: ấy — That, those; demonstrative or third-person reference.
đang: đang — Present progressive marker indicating ongoing action.
đến: đến — To come, arrive, reach; up to a point.
gặp: gặp — To meet, encounter, see someone in person.
bác: bác — Doctor (informal); aunt/uncle (older than parents).
sĩ: sĩ — Professional suffix; scholar; used in 'bác sĩ' (doctor).
Môi: môi — Lip(s); the fleshy part of the mouth.
giật: giật — To twitch, jerk, flinch; sudden small movement.
nhẹ: nhẹ — Lightly, gently, slightly; not heavy or intense.
thông: thông — To understand, communicate; thorough or fluent.
cảm: cảm — To feel, sense; sympathy or emotion.
đoán: đoán — To guess, predict, speculate about something.
trước: trước — Before, in front, previously; prior in time or space.
sẽ: sẽ — Will, shall; future tense marker in Vietnamese.
biết: biết — To know, to be aware of something.
rằng: rằng — That; complementizer introducing reported speech/thought.
cảnh: cảnh — Scene, scenery, situation; landscape or circumstance.
bỗng: bỗng — Suddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly.
dưng: dưng — Suddenly (in 'bỗng dưng'); without apparent reason.
giải: giải — To explain, solve, release; to clarify something.
thích: thích — To explain (in 'giải thích'); to like or enjoy.
khiến: khiến — To cause, make, prompt someone to do something.
tò: tò — Curious (used in 'tò mò'); inquisitive feeling.
mò: mò — Curious (in 'tò mò'); to grope or search blindly.
hàng: hàng — Row, line, goods; neighbor (in 'hàng xóm').
xóm: xóm — Neighborhood, hamlet; small residential community.
kìm: kìm — To restrain, hold back, suppress an urge or feeling.
lại: lại — Again; back; directional particle toward speaker.
Ồ: ồ — Oh!; exclamation of surprise or realization.
hoàn: hoàn — Complete, whole; used in 'hoàn toàn' meaning completely.
toàn: toàn — Completely, entirely, totally; used in 'hoàn toàn'.
bị: bị — Passive marker for negative/unfavorable events; to suffer.
đau: đau — To hurt, ache, be in pain; painful sensation.
đầu: đầu — Head; first, beginning; top part of body.
nặng: nặng — Heavy, severe, serious; intense in degree.
nhận: nhận — To receive, accept, recognize, take in something.
cậu: cậu — Boy, young male; you (informal); uncle (mother's brother).
bé: bé — Small, little; child, baby; young and tiny.
từ: từ — From, since; word; gentle or kind.
trại: trại — Camp, farm, institution; orphanage or institution.
trẻ: trẻ — Young, child; youthful; children in general.
mồ: mồ — Grave, tomb; orphan (in 'mồ côi').
côi: côi — Orphan; alone without parents; used in 'mồ côi'.
tàu: tàu — Train, ship, vessel; large mode of transport.
tối: tối — Tonight, dark, evening; the nighttime period.
Nếu: nếu — If; conditional conjunction for hypothetical situations.
để: để — To put, place; in order to; to let/allow.
đón: đón — To pick up, welcome, receive someone arriving.
con: con — Child, young animal; classifier for animals.
thì: thì — Then; topic marker; conditional result particle.
cũng: cũng — Also, too, as well; equally or likewise.
ngạc: ngạc — Surprised (in 'ngạc nhiên'); astonished or shocked.
nhiên: nhiên — Surprised (in 'ngạc nhiên'); natural or spontaneous.
hơn: hơn — More than, -er; comparative degree marker.
nữa: nữa — More, anymore, further, additionally, also.
câm: câm — Mute, silent; unable to speak; speechless.
lặng: lặng — Silent, quiet, still; without sound or movement.
trong: trong — In, inside, within; clear or transparent.
năm: năm — Five; year; the number 5.
giây: giây — Second (unit of time); instant moment.
Thật: thật — Really, truly, indeed; genuine or truthful.
trêu: trêu — To tease, taunt, make fun of someone.
chọc: chọc — To tease, poke, provoke; to stir up annoyance.
gần: gần — Near, close, almost; nearly reaching a state.
buộc: buộc — To force, compel, oblige; to tie or bind.
phải: phải — Must, have to; right, correct; obliged to do.
thật: thật — Really, truly, serious; genuine or actual.
chứ: chứ — Right?, isn't it?; tag question or emphasis particle.

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