Bleak House — Page 5
,* the recorded opinions and experiences of distinguished medical professors, French, English, and Scotch, in more modern days, contenting myself with observing that I shall not abandon the facts until there shall have been a considerable spontaneous combustion of the testimony on which human occurrences are usually received.**
,* las opiniones y experiencias registradas de distinguidos profesores de medicina, franceses, ingleses y escoceses, en tiempos más modernos, contentándome con observar que no abandonaré los hechos hasta que haya habido una combustión espontánea considerable del testimonio sobre el cual los sucesos humanos son habitualmente aceptados.**
In Bleak House I have purposely dwelt upon the romantic side of familiar things.
En Casa Desolada me he detenido deliberadamente en el lado romántico de las cosas cotidianas.
1853
1853
*Transcriber's note. This referred to a specific page in the printed book. In this Project Gutenberg edition the pertinent information is in Chapter XXX, paragraph 90.
*Nota del transcriptor. Esto hacía referencia a una página específica del libro impreso. En esta edición de Project Gutenberg la información pertinente se encuentra en el Capítulo XXX, párrafo 90.
** Another case, very clearly described by a dentist, occurred at the town of Columbus, in the United States of America, quite recently.
** Otro caso, descrito con gran claridad por un dentista, ocurrió recientemente en la ciudad de Columbus, en los Estados Unidos de América.
The subject was a German who kept a liquor-shop and was an inveterate drunkard.
El sujeto era un alemán que regentaba una licorería y era un borracho empedernido.
Vocabulary
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- opiniones
- Opinions or views on a particular subject
- experiencias
- Experiences or practical knowledge gained over time
- registradas
- Recorded, documented, or registered in writing
- de
- Of, from, or belonging to (preposition)
- distinguidos
- Distinguished, notable, or prominent persons or things
- profesores
- Teachers or professors at educational institutions
- medicina
- Medicine, the science of treating diseases
- franceses
- French people or relating to France
- ingleses
- English people or relating to England
- escoceses
- Scottish people or relating to Scotland
- en
- In, on, or at (preposition)
- tiempos
- Times, periods, or eras in history
- más
- More or most (comparative/superlative adverb)
- modernos
- Modern, contemporary, or recent in time
- contentándome
- Satisfying myself or being content with something
- con
- With or accompanied by (preposition)
- observar
- To observe, watch, or notice something carefully
- que
- That, which, or what (relative pronoun)
- no
- No or not (negation)
- abandonaré
- I will abandon or leave something behind
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- hechos
- Facts, deeds, or events that actually occurred
- hasta
- Until, up to, or as far as
- haya
- May have or there is (subjunctive present)
- habido
- Had or there has been (past participle)
- una
- A or an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- combustión
- Combustion or burning process of materials
- espontánea
- Spontaneous or occurring naturally without external cause
- considerable
- Considerable, significant, or worthy of attention
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- testimonio
- Testimony, evidence, or witness statement
- sobre
- On, about, or over (preposition)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- cual
- Which or what (relative pronoun)
- sucesos
- Events, incidents, or occurrences
- humanos
- Human or pertaining to mankind
- son
- Are or they are (present tense of ser)
- habitualmente
- Usually, habitually, or ordinarily
- aceptados
- Accepted, received, or approved
- Casa
- House or home (capitalized as proper noun)
- Desolada
- Desolate or abandoned (capitalized as proper noun)
- me
- Me or myself (direct/indirect object pronoun)
- he
- Have or I have (present perfect auxiliary)
- detenido
- Stopped, detained, or halted
- deliberadamente
- Deliberately, intentionally, or on purpose
- lado
- Side, edge, or lateral part
- romántico
- Romantic or relating to romance
- cosas
- Things or objects
- cotidianas
- Daily, everyday, or ordinary
- Nota
- Note or annotation in text
- transcriptor
- Transcriber or person who transcribes text
- Esto
- This or this thing
- hacía
- Made or ago (imperfect of hacer)
- referencia
- Reference or allusion to something
- página
- Page or sheet in a book
- específica
- Specific or particular in nature
- libro
- Book or written literary work
- impreso
- Printed or published in print form
- esta
- This or this one (feminine)
- edición
- Edition or published version of work
- información
- Information or details about something
- pertinente
- Pertinent, relevant, or applicable
- encuentra
- Found or is found (present of encontrar)
- Capítulo
- Chapter or division of a book
- párrafo
- Paragraph or section of written text
- Otro
- Other or another thing
- caso
- Case, instance, or example
- descrito
- Described or portrayed in writing
- gran
- Great or large in size or importance
- claridad
- Clarity, clearness, or transparency
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