Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 7
Now that she thought of it, there was rugged power in Jethro's face, especially when he took off the coonskin cap.
Ahora que lo pensaba, había una fuerza ruda en el rostro de Jethro, especialmente cuando se quitaba el gorro de piel de mapache.
She always nodded a greeting when she saw him in the tannery yard or on the road, and sometimes he nodded back, but oftener he had not appeared to see her.
Ella siempre saludaba con la cabeza cuando lo veía en el patio de la tenería o en el camino, y a veces él respondía con un gesto, pero con más frecuencia parecía no haberla visto.
She had thought this failure to nod stupidity, but it might after all be abstraction.
Ella había atribuido ese no saludar a la estupidez, pero después de todo podría ser distracción.
"What makes you think he has ability?" she asked, picking flowers from a bunch of arbutus she held.
—¿Qué te hace pensar que tiene capacidad? —preguntó ella, arrancando flores de un ramo de madroño que sostenía.
"He's rich, for one thing," said Jock.
—Es rico, para empezar —dijo Jock.
He had not intended a dissertation on Jethro Bass, but he felt bound to defend his statements.
No había tenido intención de hacer una disertación sobre Jethro Bass, pero se sentía obligado a defender sus afirmaciones.
"Rich!"
—¡Rico!
"Wal, he hain't poor.
—Bueno, no es pobre.
He's got as many as thirty mortgages round among the farmers--some on land, and some on cattle."
Tiene hasta treinta hipotecas repartidas entre los agricultores: algunas sobre tierras y otras sobre ganado.
"How did he make the money?" demanded Cynthia, in surprise.
—¿Cómo ganó el dinero? —preguntó Cynthia, sorprendida.
"Hides an' wool an' bark--turned 'em over an' swep' in.
—Cueros, lana y corteza: los fue acumulando y barrió con todo.
Gits a load, and Lyman Hull drives him down to Boston with that six-hoss team.
Consigue una carga y Lyman Hull lo lleva a Boston con ese tiro de seis caballos.
Lyman gits drunk, Jethro keeps sober and saves."
Lyman se emborracha, Jethro se mantiene sobrio y ahorra.
Jock began to fashion some wooden pegs with his adze, for nails were scarce in those days.
Jock comenzó a dar forma a unas clavijas de madera con su azuela, pues los clavos escaseaban en aquellos tiempos.
Still Cynthia lingered, picking flowers from the bunch.
Aun así, Cynthia se entretuvo, arrancando flores del ramo.
"What did you mean by 'fox and geese' Jock?" she said presently.
—¿Qué quisiste decir con «el zorro y las ocas», Jock? —dijo ella al cabo de un momento.
Jock laughed.
Jock se rió.
He did not belong to the Establishment, but was a Universalist; politically he admired General Jackson.
No pertenecía a la Iglesia establecida, sino que era universalista; políticamente admiraba al general Jackson.
"What'd you say if Jethro was Chairman of the next Board of Selectmen?"
—¿Qué dirías si Jethro fuera el presidente de la próxima Junta de Concejales?
Vocabulary
- Ahora
- Now; at the present moment in time
- que
- That; which; a common conjunction or relative pronoun
- lo
- It; him; neutral direct object pronoun
- pensaba
- He/she was thinking or used to think
- había
- There was/were; past perfect auxiliary verb
- una
- A; an; feminine indefinite article
- fuerza
- Force; strength; physical or emotional power
- ruda
- Rough; harsh; coarse in manner or appearance
- en
- In; on; at; common Spanish preposition of location
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- rostro
- Face; the front part of a person's head
- de
- Of; from; common Spanish preposition
- especialmente
- Especially; particularly; above other things
- cuando
- When; at the time that something occurs
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used with reflexive verbs
- quitaba
- He/she was removing or taking off something
- gorro
- Cap; hat; a soft head covering
- piel
- Skin; fur; leather; animal hide material
- mapache
- Raccoon; a North American masked wild mammal
- Ella
- She; third person singular feminine pronoun
- siempre
- Always; at all times; on every occasion
- saludaba
- He/she was greeting or used to greet someone
- con
- With; together with; in the company of
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- cabeza
- Head; the uppermost part of the body
- veía
- He/she saw or used to see something
- patio
- Courtyard; patio; open outdoor area of a building
- tenería
- Tannery; a place where animal hides are processed
- o
- Or; a disjunctive conjunction offering alternatives
- camino
- Road; path; way to travel somewhere
- y
- And; a coordinating conjunction linking elements
- a
- To; at; common Spanish preposition of direction
- veces
- Times; occasions; used in 'a veces' meaning sometimes
- él
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- respondía
- He/she was responding or used to respond
- un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article
- gesto
- Gesture; a movement expressing a feeling or reaction
- pero
- But; however; a contrasting conjunction
- más
- More; most; greater in quantity or degree
- frecuencia
- Frequency; how often something occurs or happens
- parecía
- He/she seemed or appeared to be something
- no
- No; not; a negation particle
- haberla
- To have seen or noticed her; infinitive plus pronoun
- visto
- Seen; past participle of ver, to see
- atribuido
- Attributed; assigned a cause or characteristic to something
- ese
- That; demonstrative adjective for nearby objects
- saludar
- To greet; to wave hello to someone
- estupidez
- Stupidity; foolishness; a lack of intelligence
- después
- After; later; following a point in time
- todo
- All; everything; the whole of something
- podría
- Could; might; conditional form of poder
- ser
- To be; permanent or essential state of being
- distracción
- Distraction; something that diverts one's attention away
- Qué
- What; an interrogative pronoun asking for information
- te
- You; second person singular reflexive or direct pronoun
- hace
- Makes; does; third person singular of hacer
- pensar
- To think; to reflect on or consider something
- tiene
- He/she/it has; third person singular of tener
- capacidad
- Capacity; ability; skill to do something
- preguntó
- He/she asked; past tense of preguntar
- ella
- She; third person singular feminine subject pronoun
- arrancando
- Tearing off; pulling out; plucking flowers or plants
- flores
- Flowers; the blossoms of a plant
- ramo
- Bouquet; bunch of flowers arranged together
- madroño
- Strawberry tree; an evergreen Mediterranean shrub
- sostenía
- He/she was holding or supporting something steadily
- Es
- Is; third person singular present tense of ser
- rico
- Rich; wealthy; having a lot of money
- para
- For; in order to; a preposition of purpose
- empezar
- To start; to begin an activity or process
- dijo
- He/she said; past tense of decir
- No
- No; not; negation word in Spanish
- tenido
- Had; past participle of tener used with haber
- intención
- Intention; purpose; a plan to do something
- hacer
- To do; to make; a very common Spanish verb
- disertación
- Dissertation; lecture; a lengthy formal speech or essay
- sobre
- About; on top of; a Spanish preposition
- sentía
- He/she felt; past imperfect of sentir
- obligado
- Obligated; compelled; feeling duty to do something
- defender
- To defend; to protect or justify someone's position
- sus
- His; her; their; possessive adjective for third person
- afirmaciones
- Claims; statements; assertions made about something
- Rico
- Rich; wealthy; repeated for emphasis in dialogue
- Bueno
- Good; well; an interjection meaning okay or well
- es
- Is; third person singular present tense of ser
- pobre
- Poor; lacking money or resources; impoverished
- Tiene
- He/she has; third person singular of tener
- hasta
- Until; up to; as many as a certain amount
- treinta
- Thirty; the cardinal number 30
- hipotecas
- Mortgages; loans secured against property or land
- repartidas
- Distributed; spread out among various people or places
- entre
- Among; between; in the middle of two or more
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- agricultores
- Farmers; people who cultivate land for crops
- algunas
- Some; a few; feminine plural indefinite adjective
- tierras
- Lands; grounds; pieces of earth or territory
- otras
- Others; other ones; feminine plural adjective
- ganado
- Livestock; cattle; farm animals raised for use
- Cómo
- How; an interrogative adverb asking about manner
- ganó
- He/she earned or won; past tense of ganar
- dinero
- Money; currency used for buying and selling things
- sorprendida
- Surprised; astonished; feeling unexpected wonder or shock
- Cueros
- Hides; leathers; animal skins used for trade
- lana
- Wool; fiber from sheep used in textiles
- corteza
- Bark; crust; the outer layer of a tree
- fue
- Was; went; past tense of ser or ir
- acumulando
- Accumulating; gathering; building up over time
- barrió
- He/she swept; past tense of barrer, to sweep
- Consigue
- He/she gets; obtains; third person singular of conseguir
- carga
- Load; cargo; goods transported or carried somewhere
- lleva
- He/she carries or takes to a place
- tiro
- Pull; team; a set of draft animals
- seis
- Six; the cardinal number 6
- caballos
- Horses; large domesticated animals used for riding
- emborracha
- He/she gets drunk; makes someone intoxicated with alcohol
- mantiene
- He/she keeps; maintains; third person singular of mantener
- sobrio
- Sober; not intoxicated; abstemious or moderate
- ahorra
- He/she saves; economizes; puts money aside
- comenzó
- He/she began; started; past tense of comenzar
- dar
- To give; to hand something to someone
- forma
- Shape; form; the appearance or structure of something
- unas
- Some; a few; feminine plural indefinite article
- clavijas
- Pegs; wooden pins used to join or fasten
- madera
- Wood; timber; material from trees used in construction
- su
- His; her; its; singular possessive adjective
- azuela
- Adze; a woodworking tool for shaping timber
- pues
- Well; since; because; a filler or causal conjunction
- clavos
- Nails; metal fasteners used in construction
- escaseaban
- Were scarce; were in short supply back then
- aquellos
- Those; demonstrative adjective for distant plural objects
- tiempos
- Times; periods; eras in history or one's life
- Aun
- Even; still; used for emphasis in a sentence
- así
- So; like that; in this or that manner
- entretuvo
- He/she entertained or amused; past tense of entretener
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el
- quisiste
- You wanted or meant; past tense of querer
- decir
- To say; to tell; to express something in words
- zorro
- Fox; a clever wild canine animal
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- ocas
- Geese; plural of oca, a domesticated bird
- al
- To the; contraction of a and el
- cabo
- End; cape; after a moment, at the end
- momento
- Moment; a brief period of time
- rió
- He/she laughed; past tense of reír
- pertenecía
- He/she belonged to; past imperfect of pertenecer
- Iglesia
- Church; a Christian place of worship or institution
- establecida
- Established; officially recognized or founded institution
- sino
- But rather; but instead; a contrastive conjunction
- era
- Was; past imperfect tense of ser, to be
- universalista
- Universalist; relating to the belief in universal salvation
- políticamente
- Politically; in a political manner or context
- admiraba
- He/she admired; past imperfect of admirar
- general
- General; a high-ranking military officer
- dirías
- You would say; conditional tense of decir
- si
- If; a conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis
- fuera
- Were; subjunctive past of ser or ir
- presidente
- President; the leader or head of a government
- próxima
- Next; upcoming; nearest in time or space
- Junta
- Board; council; an administrative governing assembly
- Concejales
- Town councilors; elected local government officials
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