Bleak House — Page 6
A sallow prisoner has come up, in custody, for the half-dozenth time to make a personal application "to purge himself of his contempt," which, being a solitary surviving executor who has fallen into a state of conglomeration about accounts of which it is not pretended that he had ever any knowledge, he is not at all likely ever to do.
Un prigioniero dall'incarnato giallastro è comparso, in stato di detenzione, per la sesta volta a fare una richiesta personale "per purgarsi del suo oltraggio", cosa che, essendo un esecutore testamentario superstite solitario caduto in uno stato di confusione riguardo a conti dei quali non si pretende che avesse mai alcuna conoscenza, è del tutto improbabile che riesca mai a fare.
In the meantime his prospects in life are ended.
Nel frattempo le sue prospettive di vita sono finite.
Another ruined suitor, who periodically appears from Shropshire and breaks out into efforts to address the Chancellor at the close of the day's business and who can by no means be made to understand that the Chancellor is legally ignorant of his existence after making it desolate for a quarter of a century, plants himself in a good place and keeps an eye on the judge, ready to call out "My Lord!" in a voice of sonorous complaint on the instant of his rising.
Un altro litigante rovinato, che periodicamente compare dallo Shropshire e si lancia in tentativi di rivolgersi al Cancelliere alla chiusura della giornata lavorativa e che non può in alcun modo essere fatto capire che il Cancelliere è legalmente ignaro della sua esistenza dopo averla resa desolata per un quarto di secolo, si piazza in un buon posto e tiene d'occhio il giudice, pronto a gridare "Milord!" con voce di sonora lamentela nell'istante in cui questi si alza.
A few lawyers' clerks and others who know this suitor by sight linger on the chance of his furnishing some fun and enlivening the dismal weather a little.
Alcuni impiegati di studio legale e altri che conoscono questo litigante di vista indugiamo nella speranza che egli possa offrire un po' di svago e rallegrare un poco il tempo tetro.
Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on.
Jarndyce contro Jarndyce si trascina avanti.
This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means.
Questo spauracchio di una causa è diventato, col tempo, così complicato che nessun uomo vivente sa cosa significhi.
The parties to it understand it least, but it has been observed that no two Chancery lawyers can talk about it for five minutes without coming to a total disagreement as to all the premises.
Le parti in causa la capiscono meno di tutti, ma è stato osservato che non esistono due avvocati della Cancelleria capaci di parlarne per cinque minuti senza giungere a un totale disaccordo su tutte le premesse.
Vocabulary
- Un
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- prigioniero
- Prisoner; person held in captivity or confinement
- dall
- Contraction of 'da il'; from the or by the
- incarnato
- Incarnate; embodied or made flesh in physical form
- comparso
- Appeared; past participle of comparire to appear
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in', 'at', or 'to'
- stato
- State; condition or situation of something
- di
- Preposition meaning 'of', 'from', or 'about'
- detenzione
- Detention; act of holding someone in custody
- per
- Preposition meaning 'for', 'by', or 'through'
- la
- Definite article 'the' for feminine singular nouns
- sesta
- Sixth; ordinal number following fifth in sequence
- volta
- Time; occasion or instance of something happening
- fare
- To make, do, or perform an action
- una
- Indefinite article 'a' for feminine singular nouns
- richiesta
- Request; act of asking for something politely
- personale
- Personal; concerning a specific individual or private
- del
- Contraction of 'di il'; of the or from the
- suo
- His, her, its, or your; possessive adjective
- cosa
- Thing; object or matter under consideration
- che
- That; relative pronoun introducing dependent clause
- essendo
- Being; present participle of essere to be
- solitario
- Solitary; alone or existing by oneself
- caduto
- Fallen; having dropped or come down from above
- uno
- One; number between zero and two numerically
- confusione
- Confusion; state of being unclear or disordered
- riguardo
- Regard; consideration or respect toward something
- conti
- Accounts; records of money received and spent
- dei
- Contraction of 'di i'; of the or from the
- quali
- Which; relative pronoun referring to things
- non
- Not; negation or denial in Italian sentences
- si
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself or indirect object
- pretende
- Pretends or claims; asserts something without evidence
- avesse
- Had; past subjunctive of avere to have
- mai
- Never; not at any time or ever
- alcuna
- Any; some or certain thing or person
- conoscenza
- Knowledge; awareness or understanding of facts
- tutto
- Everything; all things or the whole amount
- improbabile
- Unlikely; not probable or probably not happening
- riesca
- Succeeds; present subjunctive of riuscire to succeed
- Nel
- Contraction of 'in il'; in the or at the
- frattempo
- Meanwhile; during the intervening time or period
- le
- Definite article 'the' for feminine plural nouns
- sue
- Her, his, its, or your; possessive plural
- prospettive
- Prospects; likely future possibilities or outcomes
- vita
- Life; existence from birth to death period
- sono
- Are; present tense of essere to be
- finite
- Finished; come to an end or completed
- altro
- Other; additional or different from current one
- rovinato
- Ruined; completely destroyed or utterly defeated
- periodicamente
- Periodically; at regular intervals or recurring times
- compare
- Appears; present tense of comparire to appear
- dallo
- Contraction of 'da lo'; from the or by the
- lancia
- Throws; third person singular of lanciare
- tentativi
- Attempts; efforts to accomplish or achieve something
- rivolgersi
- To address; turn toward or direct to someone
- al
- Contraction of 'a il'; to the or at the
- alla
- Contraction of 'a la'; to the at the
- chiusura
- Closure; act of closing or shutting something
- della
- Contraction of 'di la'; of the from the
- giornata
- Day; period of twenty-four hours in calendar
- lavorativa
- Working; relating to or used for work
- può
- Can; third person singular of potere able
- alcun
- Any; some or a certain thing or person
- modo
- Way; manner or method of doing something
- essere
- To be; fundamental verb of existence or identity
- fatto
- Made; past participle of fare to make
- capire
- To understand; comprehend or grasp meaning fully
- il
- Definite article 'the' for masculine singular nouns
- legalmente
- Legally; in accordance with law or regulation
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