Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 13
Don't know as I'd understand it," he demurred.
No sé si lo entendería —objetó él.
"I'll try to explain what you don't understand," said Cynthia, and her heart gave a bound at the very idea.
—Intentaré explicarte lo que no entiendas —dijo Cynthia, y su corazón dio un vuelco ante la sola idea.
"Will You?" he said, looking at her eagerly. "Will you? You mean it?"
—¿De verdad? —dijo él, mirándola con ansia—. ¿Lo hará? ¿Lo dice en serio?
"Certainly," she answered, and blushed, not knowing why. "I-I must be going," and she gathered up the reins.
—Por supuesto —respondió ella, y se ruborizó sin saber por qué—. Yo-yo debo irme —y recogió las riendas.
"When will you give it to me?"
—¿Cuándo me lo dará?
"I'll stop at the tannery when I come back from Brampton," she said, and drove on.
—Me detendré en la tenería cuando regrese de Brampton —dijo ella, y siguió adelante.
Once she gave a fleeting glance over her shoulder, and he was still standing where she had left him.
Una vez echó una mirada fugaz por encima del hombro, y él seguía de pie donde ella lo había dejado.
When she returned, in the yellow afternoon light that flowed over wood and pasture, he came out of the tannery door.
Cuando ella regresó, bañada en la luz amarilla de la tarde que se derramaba sobre el bosque y los prados, él salió por la puerta de la tenería.
Jake Wheeler or Speedy Bates, the journeyman tailoress, from whom little escaped, could not have said it was by design--thought nothing, indeed, of that part of it.
Jake Wheeler o Speedy Bates, la oficiala costurera, a quien poco se le escapaba, no habrían podido decir que fue algo premeditado; de hecho, no pensaron nada al respecto.
"As I live!" cried Speedy from the window to Aunt Lucy Prescott in the bed, "if Cynthy ain't givin' him a book as big as the Bible!"
—¡Por mi vida! —exclamó Speedy desde la ventana hacia la tía Lucy Prescott, que estaba en cama—. ¡Si Cynthy no le está dando un libro tan grande como la Biblia!
Aunt Lucy hoped, first, that it was the Bible, and second, that Jethro would read it.
La tía Lucy esperaba, en primer lugar, que fuera la Biblia, y en segundo lugar, que Jethro la leyera.
Aunt Lucy, and Established Church Coniston in general, believed in snatching brands from the burning, and who so deft as Cynthia at this kind of snatching!
La tía Lucy, y la Iglesia establecida de Coniston en general, creían en arrancar tizones del fuego, ¡y quién tan hábil como Cynthia para ese tipo de rescate!
So Cynthia herself was a hypocrite for once, and did not know it.
Así que la propia Cynthia fue hipócrita por una vez, sin saberlo.
At that time Jethro's sins were mostly of omission.
Por aquel entonces, los pecados de Jethro eran en su mayoría de omisión.
Vocabulary
- No
- Negation; no or not
- sé
- I know (first person singular of saber)
- si
- If; conditional conjunction
- lo
- It; direct object pronoun (masculine)
- entendería
- Would understand (conditional form of entender)
- él
- He; masculine third person singular pronoun
- Intentaré
- I will try; future tense of intentar
- explicarte
- To explain to you (infinitive with pronoun)
- que
- That; relative pronoun or conjunction
- entiendas
- You understand (subjunctive of entender)
- dijo
- Said; past tense of decir
- su
- His, her, or their; possessive adjective
- corazón
- Heart; the organ or seat of emotions
- dio
- Gave; past tense of dar
- un
- A or an; indefinite article (masculine)
- ante
- Before or in front of; preposition
- la
- The; definite article (feminine singular)
- sola
- Alone; solitary (feminine form of solo)
- idea
- Idea; a thought or concept
- De
- Of or from; preposition indicating possession
- verdad
- Truth; reality or factual accuracy
- mirándola
- Looking at her (present participle with pronoun)
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- ansia
- Anxiety, eagerness, or longing; intense desire
- Lo
- It; direct object pronoun (masculine)
- hará
- Will do or make; future tense of hacer
- dice
- Says or tells; present tense of decir
- en
- In or on; preposition indicating location
- serio
- Serious; grave or earnest in manner
- Por
- For or by; preposition indicating cause
- supuesto
- Of course; naturally or certainly
- respondió
- Responded or answered; past tense of responder
- ella
- She; feminine third person singular pronoun
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; indicates reflexive action
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence
- saber
- To know; fundamental verb of knowledge
- por
- For, by, or through; versatile preposition
- qué
- What or why; interrogative pronoun
- Yo
- I; first person singular pronoun
- debo
- I must or should; present tense of deber
- irme
- To leave or go away (reflexive infinitive)
- recogió
- Picked up or gathered; past tense of recoger
- las
- The; definite article (feminine plural)
- Cuándo
- When; interrogative adverb of time
- me
- Me; first person singular object pronoun
- dará
- Will give; future tense of dar
- Me
- Me; first person singular object pronoun
- detendré
- I will stop; future tense of detener
- tendría
- Would have; conditional tense of tener
- cuando
- When; temporal conjunction or relative adverb
- regrese
- I return; subjunctive form of regresar
- de
- Of or from; preposition indicating origin
- siguió
- Continued or followed; past tense of seguir
- adelante
- Forward or ahead; adverb of direction
- Una
- A or one; indefinite article (feminine)
- vez
- Time or occasion; instance of occurrence
- echó
- Threw or cast; past tense of echar
- una
- A or one; indefinite article (feminine)
- mirada
- Look or glance; act of looking
- fugaz
- Fleeting or brief; lasting a short time
- encima
- Above or over; preposition of position
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el
- hombro
- Shoulder; upper limb joint area
- seguía
- Continued or followed; imperfect tense of seguir
- pie
- Foot or standing position; lower limb
- donde
- Where; relative adverb of location
- había
- Had or there was; imperfect of haber
- dejado
- Left or allowed; past participle of dejar
- Cuando
- When; temporal conjunction or relative adverb
- regresó
- Returned or came back; past tense of regresar
- bañada
- Bathed or covered; past participle of bañar
- luz
- Light; illumination or clarity
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