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.**
,* le opinioni e le esperienze documentate di illustri professori di medicina, francesi, inglesi e scozzesi, in tempi più moderni, accontentandomi di osservare che non abbandonerò i fatti finché non vi sarà stata una considerevole combustione spontanea della testimonianza sulla quale gli avvenimenti umani sono solitamente ricevuti.**
In Bleak House I have purposely dwelt upon the romantic side of familiar things.
In Bleak House mi sono deliberatamente soffermato sul lato romantico delle cose familiari.
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 trascrittore. Questo si riferiva a una pagina specifica nel libro stampato. In questa edizione di Project Gutenberg le informazioni pertinenti si trovano nel Capitolo XXX, paragrafo 90.
** Another case, very clearly described by a dentist, occurred at the town of Columbus, in the United States of America, quite recently.
** Un altro caso, descritto in modo molto chiaro da un dentista, si verificò nella città di Columbus, negli Stati Uniti d'America, abbastanza di recente.
The subject was a German who kept a liquor-shop and was an inveterate drunkard.
Il soggetto era un tedesco che gestiva un negozio di liquori ed era un bevitore incallito.
Vocabulary
- le
- The (feminine plural article)
- opinioni
- Opinions or views on various subjects
- esperienze
- Experiences or practical knowledge gained
- documentate
- Documented or recorded with evidence
- di
- Of (preposition indicating possession or origin)
- illustri
- Illustrious or distinguished and renowned
- professori
- Professors or university teaching professionals
- medicina
- Medicine or the science of healing
- francesi
- French (nationality or language adjective)
- inglesi
- English (nationality or language adjective)
- scozzesi
- Scottish (nationality or language adjective)
- in
- In or within (preposition of location)
- tempi
- Times or periods in history
- più
- More (adverb for comparison or increase)
- moderni
- Modern or contemporary in style
- osservare
- To observe or notice carefully
- che
- That or which (conjunction)
- non
- Not (negation adverb)
- abbandonerò
- I will abandon or leave behind
- fatti
- Facts or deeds accomplished
- finché
- Until or as long as (conjunction)
- vi
- There or to you (adverb or pronoun)
- sarà
- Will be (future tense third person)
- stata
- Been (past participle feminine singular)
- una
- A or one (feminine indefinite article)
- considerevole
- Considerable or significant in amount
- spontanea
- Spontaneous or occurring naturally without cause
- della
- Of the (feminine singular contraction)
- testimonianza
- Testimony or evidence given witness
- sulla
- On the (feminine singular contraction)
- quale
- Which or that (relative pronoun)
- gli
- The or to him (article/pronoun)
- avvenimenti
- Events or occurrences throughout history
- umani
- Human or pertaining to humanity
- sono
- Are (present tense third person plural)
- solitamente
- Usually or habitually in normal circumstances
- ricevuti
- Received or obtained in past
- deliberatamente
- Deliberately or intentionally on purpose
- sul
- On the (masculine singular contraction)
- lato
- Side or aspect of something
- romantico
- Romantic or relating to romance
- delle
- Of the (feminine plural contraction)
- cose
- Things or objects generally
- familiari
- Familiar or well known customary
- riferiva
- Referred or mentioned specific pages
- pagina
- Page or sheet of paper
- specifica
- Specific or particular distinct clear
- libro
- Book or written literary work
- stampato
- Printed or published in book
- questa
- This (feminine singular demonstrative pronoun)
- edizione
- Edition or version of publication
- informazioni
- Information or details provided
- trovano
- Find or are found located
- Capitolo
- Chapter or section of book
- paragrafo
- Paragraph or section of text
- altro
- Other or different thing
- caso
- Case or instance example
- descritto
- Described or written about previously
- modo
- Mode or manner of doing
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