Crime and Punishment — Page 1
On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.
En una tarde excepcionalmente calurosa a principios de julio, un joven salió de la buhardilla en la que se alojaba en la plaza S. y caminó lentamente, como si dudara, hacia el puente K.
He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase.
Había logrado evitar encontrarse con su casera en la escalera.
His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room.
Su buhardilla estaba bajo el tejado de una casa alta de cinco pisos y se parecía más a un armario que a una habitación.
The landlady who provided him with garret, dinners, and attendance, lived on the floor below, and every time he went out he was obliged to pass her kitchen, the door of which invariably stood open.
La casera que le proporcionaba la buhardilla, las comidas y el servicio vivía en el piso de abajo, y cada vez que salía se veía obligado a pasar por delante de su cocina, cuya puerta estaba invariablemente abierta.
And each time he passed, the young man had a sick, frightened feeling, which made him scowl and feel ashamed.
Y cada vez que pasaba, el joven sentía una sensación de malestar y miedo que le hacía fruncir el ceño y sentirse avergonzado.
He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her.
Estaba desesperadamente endeudado con su casera y tenía miedo de encontrársela.
This was not because he was cowardly and abject, quite the contrary; but for some time past he had been in an overstrained irritable condition, verging on hypochondria.
No era porque fuera cobarde y abyecto, todo lo contrario; sino porque desde hacía algún tiempo se encontraba en un estado de irritabilidad extrema que rozaba la hipocondría.
He had become so completely absorbed in himself, and isolated from his fellows that he dreaded meeting, not only his landlady, but anyone at all.
Se había ensimismado y aislado de sus semejantes de tal manera que temía encontrarse no solo con su casera, sino con cualquier persona.
He was crushed by poverty, but the anxieties of his position had of late ceased to weigh upon him.
Estaba aplastado por la pobreza, pero las angustias de su situación habían dejado últimamente de pesarle.
He had given up attending to matters of practical importance; he had lost all desire to do so.
Había dejado de ocuparse de los asuntos de importancia práctica; había perdido todo deseo de hacerlo.
Nothing that any landlady could do had a real terror for him.
Nada de lo que pudiera hacer ninguna casera le causaba un terror verdadero.
Vocabulary
- En
- In; at; on (preposition indicating location or time)
- una
- A; an (feminine indefinite article)
- tarde
- Afternoon; evening (time of day)
- excepcionalmente
- Exceptionally; unusually; in an exceptional manner
- calurosa
- Hot; warm (feminine adjective describing temperature)
- principios
- Beginning; start; principles or early part of period
- de
- Of; from (preposition indicating possession or origin)
- julio
- July (seventh month of the year)
- un
- A; an (masculine indefinite article)
- joven
- Young; youth (adjective or noun for young person)
- salió
- He/she left; went out (preterite of salir)
- la
- The (feminine definite article)
- buhardilla
- Attic; garret (room under the roof of building)
- que
- That; which; who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- se
- Himself; herself; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- alojaba
- Lodged; was staying (imperfect of alojar)
- plaza
- Square; plaza (public open space in town)
- caminó
- Walked; he/she walked (preterite of caminar)
- lentamente
- Slowly; in a slow manner (adverb)
- como
- As; like; how (preposition, conjunction, or interrogative)
- si
- If; whether (conditional conjunction)
- dudara
- Doubted; hesitated (imperfect subjunctive of dudar)
- hacia
- Towards; toward (preposition indicating direction)
- el
- The (masculine definite article)
- puente
- Bridge (structure spanning over water or gap)
- Había
- There was; there were; had (imperfect of haber)
- logrado
- Achieved; managed; succeeded (past participle of lograr)
- evitar
- To avoid; to prevent (infinitive verb)
- encontrarse
- To meet; to find oneself (reflexive infinitive verb)
- con
- With (preposition indicating accompaniment or association)
- su
- His; her; your; their (possessive adjective)
- casera
- Landlady; housekeeper (feminine noun for female landlord)
- escalera
- Staircase; stairs (structure with steps between levels)
- estaba
- Was; he/she/it was (imperfect of estar)
- bajo
- Under; beneath; low (preposition or adjective)
- tejado
- Roof; roofing (covering of building structure)
- casa
- House; home (building where people live)
- alta
- High; tall (feminine adjective describing height)
- cinco
- Five (number 5)
- pisos
- Floors; stories (levels of building)
- parecía
- Seemed; appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- más
- More; most (comparative or superlative adverb)
- armario
- Wardrobe; closet (furniture for storing clothes)
- habitación
- Room; bedroom (space in building used for living)
- le
- Him; her; you (indirect object pronoun)
- proporcionaba
- Provided; supplied (imperfect of proporcionar)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- comidas
- Meals; foods (plural of comida)
- servicio
- Service; utilities (act or system of serving)
- vivía
- Lived; was living (imperfect of vivir)
- piso
- Floor; story; apartment (level of building)
- abajo
- Below; downstairs; down (adverb of location)
- cada
- Each; every (adjective indicating individual items)
- vez
- Time; occasion (instance or occurrence)
- salía
- Left; went out (imperfect of salir)
- veía
- Saw; was seeing (imperfect of ver)
- obligado
- Forced; obliged; compelled (past participle of obligar)
- pasar
- To pass; to go through (infinitive verb)
- por
- By; for; through (preposition)
- delante
- In front; ahead (adverb indicating forward position)
- cocina
- Kitchen; cooking (room where food is prepared)
- cuya
- Whose (feminine relative possessive adjective)
- puerta
- Door (entrance or exit to room or building)
- invariablemente
- Invariably; always; without exception or change
- abierta
- Open; opened (feminine adjective or past participle)
- pasaba
- Passed; was passing (imperfect of pasar)
- sentía
- Felt; was feeling (imperfect of sentir)
- sensación
- Sensation; feeling (physical or emotional perception)
- malestar
- Discomfort; uneasiness (state of physical or mental discomfort)
- miedo
- Fear; fright (emotion of being afraid)
- hacía
- Made; did (preterite of hacer)
- fruncir
- To furrow; to wrinkle (infinitive verb)
- ceño
- Frown; brow (facial expression of displeasure)
- sentirse
- To feel; to feel oneself (reflexive infinitive verb)
- avergonzado
- Ashamed; embarrassed (adjective expressing shame)
- desesperadamente
- Desperately; in desperate manner (adverb)
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