Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 9
The young Moses referred to was Moses Hatch, Junior, son of the pillar of the Church and State, and it was an open secret that he was madly in love with Cynthia.
Il giovane Moses di cui si parlava era Moses Hatch Junior, figlio del pilastro della Chiesa e dello Stato, ed era un segreto di Pulcinella che fosse perdutamente innamorato di Cynthia.
Let it be said of him that he was a steady-going young man, and that he sighed for the moon.
Va detto di lui che era un giovane posato, e che sospirava per la luna.
"Moses," said the girl, when they came in sight of the elms that, shaded the gable of the parsonage, "what do you think of Jethro Bass?"
«Moses,» disse la ragazza, quando intravidero gli olmi che ombreggiavano il timpano della canonica, «cosa pensi di Jethro Bass?»
"Jethro Bass!" exclaimed honest Moses, "whatever put him into your head, Cynthy?"
«Jethro Bass!» esclamò l'onesto Moses, «cosa mai te l'ha messo in testa, Cynthy?»
Had she mentioned perhaps, any other young man in Coniston, Moses would have been eaten with jealousy.
Se avesse menzionato forse qualsiasi altro giovane di Coniston, Moses sarebbe stato divorato dalla gelosia.
"Oh, Jock was joking about him. What do you think of him?"
«Oh, Jock stava scherzando su di lui. Cosa pensi di lui?»
"Never thought one way or t'other," he answered.
«Non ci ho mai pensato né in un senso né nell'altro,» rispose lui.
"Jethro never had much to do with the boys.
«Jethro non ha mai avuto molto a che fare con i ragazzi.
He's always in that tannery, or out buyin' of hides.
È sempre in quella conceria, o in giro a comprare pelli.
He does make a sharp bargain when he buys a hide.
Sa fare un buon affare quando compra una pelle.
We always goes shares on our'n."
Noi dividiamo sempre le nostre.»
Cynthia was not only the minister's daughter,--distinction enough,--her reputation for learning was spread through the country roundabout, and at the age of twenty she had had an offer to teach school in Harwich.
Cynthia non era solo la figlia del pastore — distinzione già sufficiente — la sua fama di erudizione si era diffusa per tutto il territorio circostante, e all'età di vent'anni aveva ricevuto un'offerta per insegnare in una scuola ad Harwich.
Vocabulary
- giovane
- joh-vah-neh — Young person or adjective meaning young
- cui
- kwee — Relative pronoun meaning 'whom' or 'which'
- parlava
- par-lah-vah — Imperfect tense of parlare, 'was speaking'
- figlio
- feel-yoh — Son, male child of a parent
- pilastro
- pee-lahs-troh — Pillar or pilaster, figuratively a cornerstone figure
- Chiesa
- kyeh-zah — Church, religious institution or building
- Stato
- stah-toh — State, nation, or governmental entity
- segreto
- seh-greh-toh — Secret, something hidden or confidential
- Pulcinella
- pool-chee-nel-lah — Stock character; segreto di Pulcinella means open secret
- fosse
- fos-seh — Imperfect subjunctive of essere, meaning 'were'
- perdutamente
- per-doo-tah-men-teh — Hopelessly, madly, as in deeply in love
- innamorato
- een-nah-moh-rah-toh — In love, enamored with someone
- Va
- vah — Third person singular of andare, 'goes' or 'it must be'
- detto
- det-toh — Said, past participle of dire; noted or stated
- posato
- poh-zah-toh — Calm, composed, steady, or settled in character
- sospirava
- sos-pee-rah-vah — Was sighing, imperfect tense of sospirare
- luna
- loo-nah — Moon; colloquially refers to daydreaming or fantasy
- disse
- dees-seh — Said, past tense of dire, third person singular
- ragazza
- rah-gatz-zah — Girl, young woman, or girlfriend
- intravidero
- een-trah-vee-deh-roh — They caught a glimpse of something
- olmi
- ol-mee — Elm trees, plural of olmo
- ombreggiavano
- om-bred-jah-vah-noh — Were shading or casting shadow over something
- timpano
- teem-pah-noh — Tympanum, triangular gable end of a building
- canonica
- kah-noh-nee-kah — Rectory, residence of a parish priest
- pensi
- pen-see — You think, second person singular of pensare
- esclamò
- es-klah-moh — Exclaimed, past tense third person of esclamare
- onesto
- oh-nes-toh — Honest, upright, morally straightforward person
- messo
- mes-soh — Put, placed; past participle of mettere
- testa
- tes-tah — Head; mettere in testa means to put into one's mind
- avesse
- ah-ves-seh — Imperfect subjunctive of avere, meaning 'had'
- menzionato
- men-tsyoh-nah-toh — Mentioned, past participle of menzionare
- forse
- for-seh — Perhaps, maybe, expressing uncertainty
- qualsiasi
- kwahl-syah-zee — Any, whichever, any kind of thing
- sarebbe
- sah-reb-beh — Would be, conditional of essere
- stato
- stah-toh — Been, past participle of essere; also 'state'
- divorato
- dee-voh-rah-toh — Devoured, consumed intensely by an emotion
- gelosia
- jeh-loh-zee-ah — Jealousy, envy toward a rival in love
- stava
- stah-vah — Was, imperfect tense of stare, 'was doing'
- scherzando
- sker-tsahn-doh — Joking, teasing; gerund of scherzare
- pensato
- pen-sah-toh — Thought, past participle of pensare
- né
- neh — Neither, nor, used in negative constructions
- senso
- sen-soh — Sense, meaning, or direction
- rispose
- rees-poh-zeh — Replied, past tense of rispondere
- avuto
- ah-voo-toh — Had, past participle of avere
- ragazzi
- rah-gatz-zee — Boys, guys, young people, plural of ragazzo
- conceria
- kon-cheh-ree-ah — Tannery, a place where leather is processed
- giro
- jee-roh — Tour, round trip, or circuit to visit places
- comprare
- kom-prah-reh — To buy, to purchase something
- pelli
- pel-lee — Skins, hides, plural of pelle
- Sa
- sah — Third person singular of sapere, 'he/she knows'
- affare
- af-fah-reh — Deal, business transaction, or affair
- compra
- kom-prah — Buys, third person singular of comprare
- pelle
- pel-leh — Skin, hide, or leather material
- dividiamo
- dee-vee-dyah-moh — We divide or share something between us
- figlia
- feel-yah — Daughter, female child of a parent
- pastore
- pahs-toh-reh — Pastor, shepherd, or religious minister
- distinzione
- dees-teen-tsyoh-neh — Distinction, difference, or mark of honor
- già
- jah — Already, yet, or indeed
- sufficiente
- soof-fee-chen-teh — Sufficient, enough, adequate for a purpose
- fama
- fah-mah — Fame, reputation, or renown
- erudizione
- eh-roo-dee-tsyoh-neh — Erudition, deep scholarly knowledge and learning
- diffusa
- deef-foo-zah — Spread, diffused, widely distributed
- territorio
- ter-ree-toh-ryoh — Territory, area, or surrounding region
- circostante
- cheer-koh-stahn-teh — Surrounding, nearby, in the vicinity
- età
- eh-tah — Age, time of life of a person
- ricevuto
- ree-cheh-voo-toh — Received, past participle of ricevere
- offerta
- of-fer-tah — Offer, proposal, or bid for something
- insegnare
- een-seh-nyah-reh — To teach, to instruct others in a subject
- scuola
- skwoh-lah — School, educational institution for learning
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