Crime and Punishment — Page 4
In the words of a Russian critic, who seeks to explain the feeling inspired by Dostoevsky: "He was one of ourselves, a man of our blood and our bone, but one who has suffered and has seen so much more deeply than we have his insight impresses us as wisdom... that wisdom of the heart which we seek that we may learn from it how to live.
En palabras de un crítico ruso, que busca explicar el sentimiento inspirado por Dostoievski: "Él era uno de los nuestros, un hombre de nuestra sangre y nuestros huesos, pero alguien que ha sufrido y ha visto con tanta mayor profundidad que nosotros que su perspicacia nos impresiona como sabiduría... esa sabiduría del corazón que buscamos para aprender de ella cómo vivir.
All his other gifts came to him from nature, this he won for himself and through it he became great.
Todos sus demás dones le vinieron de la naturaleza, este lo conquistó por sí mismo y a través de él se hizo grande.
Vocabulary
- palabras
- Words; units of spoken or written language
- crítico
- Critic; person who analyzes and judges works
- ruso
- Russian; relating to Russia or its people
- busca
- Seeks or looks for something or someone
- explicar
- To explain; to make something clear or understandable
- sentimiento
- Feeling or emotion experienced internally
- inspirado
- Inspired; filled with creative or emotional motivation
- era
- Was; past imperfect tense of 'ser' (to be)
- nuestros
- Ours; first-person plural possessive adjective (masculine)
- hombre
- Man; adult male human being
- nuestra
- Our; first-person plural possessive adjective (feminine)
- sangre
- Blood; red fluid circulating in the body
- huesos
- Bones; hard structures forming the skeletal framework
- alguien
- Someone; an unspecified or unknown person
- sufrido
- Suffered; past participle of sufrir, to endure pain
- visto
- Seen; past participle of ver, to see
- tanta
- So much; feminine form of tanto indicating quantity
- mayor
- Greater or older; comparative adjective indicating superiority
- profundidad
- Depth; quality of being profound or deep
- perspicacia
- Insight or shrewdness; keen ability to perceive clearly
- impresiona
- Impresses; causes admiration or a strong effect
- sabiduría
- Wisdom; deep knowledge and good judgment accumulated
- esa
- That; demonstrative adjective (feminine singular, near listener)
- corazón
- Heart; organ or symbol of emotion and feeling
- buscamos
- We seek or look for something important
- aprender
- To learn; to acquire knowledge or a skill
- cómo
- How; interrogative or exclamatory adverb of manner
- vivir
- To live; to exist and experience life
- Todos
- All or everyone; indicating the entire group
- demás
- Other or remaining; referring to the rest of something
- dones
- Gifts or talents; natural abilities bestowed upon someone
- vinieron
- Came; third-person plural preterite of venir
- naturaleza
- Nature; the natural world or innate character
- este
- This; demonstrative adjective or pronoun (masculine singular)
- conquistó
- Conquered or achieved; won through great effort
- sí
- Himself or herself; reflexive pronoun used with prepositions
- mismo
- Himself or same; emphasizing identity or self
- través
- Through; used in 'a través de' meaning across
- hizo
- Made or became; preterite of hacer (to make/do)
- grande
- Great or large; describing impressive size or stature
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