Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 3
A dozen little brooks are born high among the western spruces on Coniston to score deep, cool valleys in their way through Clovelly township to the broad music of the water and fresh river-valleys full of the music of the water and fresh with the odor of the ferns.
Una docena de pequeños arroyos nacen en lo alto entre los abetos occidentales de Coniston para trazar valles profundos y frescos en su camino a través del municipio de Clovelly hasta la amplia música del agua y los frescos valles fluviales llenos de la música del agua y frescos con el aroma de los helechos.
To this day the railroad has not reached Coniston Village--nay, nor Coniston Flat, four miles nearer Brampton.
Hasta el día de hoy el ferrocarril no ha llegado al pueblo de Coniston, ni siquiera a Coniston Flat, cuatro millas más cerca de Brampton.
The village lies on its own little shelf under the forest-clad slope of the mountain, and in the midst of its dozen houses is the green triangle where the militia used to drill on June days.
El pueblo se asienta en su pequeña repisa bajo la ladera boscosa de la montaña, y en medio de su docena de casas se encuentra el triángulo verde donde la milicia solía hacer ejercicios en los días de junio.
At one end of the triangle is the great pine mast that graced no frigate of George's, but flew the stars and stripes on many a liberty day.
En un extremo del triángulo se encuentra el gran mástil de pino que no adornó ninguna fragata de Jorge, pero que ondeó las barras y estrellas en muchos días de libertad.
Across the road is Jonah Winch's store, with a platform so high that a man may step off his horse directly on to it; with its checker-paned windows, with its dark interior smelling of coffee and apples and molasses, yes, and of Endea rum--for this was before the days of the revivals.
Al otro lado del camino está la tienda de Jonah Winch, con una plataforma tan alta que un hombre puede bajarse directamente de su caballo sobre ella; con sus ventanas de vidrios en cuadros, con su oscuro interior que huele a café, manzanas y melaza, sí, y a ron de Endea, pues esto era antes de los días de los avivamientos.
How those checker-paned windows bring back the picture of that village green!
¡Cómo esas ventanas de vidrios en cuadros traen de vuelta la imagen de esa plaza del pueblo!
The meeting-house has them, lantern-like, wide and high, in three sashes--white meeting-house, seat alike of government and religion, with its terraced steeple, with its classic porches north and south.
La casa de reuniones los tiene, parecidos a faroles, anchos y altos, en tres marcos de ventana: blanca casa de reuniones, sede tanto del gobierno como de la religión, con su campanario escalonado, con sus clásicos pórticos al norte y al sur.
Vocabulary
- Una
- A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- docena
- A group of twelve items
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- pequeños
- Small (plural, masculine adjective)
- arroyos
- Small streams or brooks
- nacen
- Are born, originate (third person plural)
- en
- In, on (preposition)
- lo
- The (neuter definite article)
- alto
- High, tall (adjective)
- entre
- Between, among (preposition)
- los
- The (plural, masculine definite article)
- occidentales
- Western (adjective, plural)
- para
- For, in order to (preposition)
- trazar
- To trace, to map out
- valles
- Valleys (plural)
- profundos
- Deep (adjective, plural)
- frescos
- Fresh, cool (adjective, plural)
- su
- His, her, its, your (possessive adjective)
- camino
- Road, path, way
- través
- Through (used in a través de)
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- municipio
- Municipality, administrative division
- hasta
- Until, as far as (preposition)
- la
- The (singular, feminine definite article)
- amplia
- Spacious, ample (feminine adjective)
- música
- Music
- agua
- Water
- llenos
- Full (plural, masculine adjective)
- con
- With (preposition)
- el
- The (singular, masculine definite article)
- aroma
- Aroma, fragrance, scent
- Hasta
- Until, up to (preposition or conjunction)
- día
- Day
- hoy
- Today
- ferrocarril
- Railway, railroad
- no
- No, not (negation)
- ha
- Has (third person singular of haber)
- llegado
- Arrived, reached (past participle)
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- pueblo
- Town, village, people
- ni
- Not even, nor (conjunction)
- siquiera
- Even (used in ni siquiera)
- cuatro
- Four (number)
- millas
- Miles (plural)
- más
- More, most (adverb or adjective)
- cerca
- Near, close (adverb or adjective)
- El
- It, the (subject pronoun or article)
- se
- Reflexive pronoun (himself, herself, itself)
- asienta
- Sits, is located (third person singular)
- pequeña
- Small (feminine singular adjective)
- bajo
- Under, below (preposition or adjective)
- ladera
- Hillside, slope
- montaña
- Mountain
- medio
- Middle, half (adjective or noun)
- casas
- Houses (plural)
- encuentra
- Finds, is located (third person singular)
- triángulo
- Triangle
- verde
- Green (adjective)
- donde
- Where (adverb or conjunction)
- solía
- Used to (imperfect of soler)
- hacer
- To do, to make (infinitive)
- ejercicios
- Exercises, drills (plural)
- días
- Days (plural)
- junio
- June (month)
- En
- In (preposition)
- un
- A, an (masculine singular article)
- extremo
- Extreme, end, extremity
- gran
- Great, large (adjective)
- pino
- Pine tree
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