Crime and Punishment — Page 9
The furniture, all very old and of yellow wood, consisted of a sofa with a huge bent wooden back, an oval table in front of the sofa, a dressing-table with a looking-glass fixed on it between the windows, chairs along the walls and two or three half-penny prints in yellow frames, representing German damsels with birds in their hands--that was all.
Los muebles, todos muy viejos y de madera amarilla, consistían en un sofá con un enorme respaldo de madera curvado, una mesa ovalada frente al sofá, un tocador con un espejo fijo entre las ventanas, sillas a lo largo de las paredes y dos o tres grabados de medio penique en marcos amarillos, que representaban doncellas alemanas con pájaros en las manos; eso era todo.
In the corner a light was burning before a small ikon.
En el rincón ardía una luz ante un pequeño icono.
Everything was very clean; the floor and the furniture were brightly polished; everything shone.
Todo estaba muy limpio; el suelo y los muebles estaban brillantemente pulidos; todo relucía.
"Lizaveta's work," thought the young man.
«Obra de Lizaveta», pensó el joven.
There was not a speck of dust to be seen in the whole flat.
No se veía ni una mota de polvo en todo el piso.
"It's in the houses of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness," Raskolnikov thought again, and he stole a curious glance at the cotton curtain over the door leading into another tiny room, in which stood the old woman's bed and chest of drawers and into which he had never looked before.
«Es en las casas de las viejas viudas maliciosas donde uno encuentra tal limpieza», pensó Raskolnikov de nuevo, y lanzó una mirada curiosa a la cortina de algodón sobre la puerta que daba a otra habitación diminuta, en la que estaban la cama y la cómoda de la anciana y a la que nunca había mirado antes.
These two rooms made up the whole flat.
Estas dos habitaciones constituían todo el piso.
"What do you want?" the old woman said severely, coming into the room and, as before, standing in front of him so as to look him straight in the face.
«¿Qué quiere?», dijo la anciana con severidad, entrando en la habitación y, como antes, colocándose frente a él para mirarlo directamente a la cara.
"I've brought something to pawn here," and he drew out of his pocket an old-fashioned flat silver watch, on the back of which was engraved a globe; the chain was of steel.
«He traído algo para empeñar», y sacó del bolsillo un reloj de plata plano y anticuado, en cuya parte trasera estaba grabado un globo; la cadena era de acero.
"But the time is up for your last pledge. The month was up the day before yesterday.
«Pero el plazo de su última prenda ha vencido. El mes se cumplió anteayer.
Vocabulary
- muebles
- Furniture; movable household furnishings
- todos
- All; every one of a group
- muy
- Very; to a high degree
- viejos
- Old; having existed for a long time
- madera
- Wood; hard material from trees
- amarilla
- Yellow; the color of the sun
- consistían
- Consisted of; were composed or made up of
- sofá
- Sofa; upholstered seat for multiple people
- enorme
- Enormous; very large in size
- respaldo
- Backrest; the back support of a chair or sofa
- curvado
- Curved; bent in a smooth arc shape
- mesa
- Table; flat-surfaced furniture for eating or working
- ovalada
- Oval-shaped; having an elongated rounded form
- frente
- In front of; facing or opposite something
- tocador
- Dressing table; furniture used for grooming oneself
- espejo
- Mirror; reflective surface used to see oneself
- fijo
- Fixed; firmly attached and not movable
- entre
- Between; in the space separating two things
- ventanas
- Windows; openings in walls fitted with glass
- sillas
- Chairs; seats with backs for one person
- largo
- Along; length or extended dimension of something
- paredes
- Walls; vertical structures forming sides of rooms
- grabados
- Engravings or prints; decorative printed artworks
- medio
- Half; halfway or middle in measurement
- penique
- Penny; small-value coin of little worth
- marcos
- Frames; borders surrounding pictures or mirrors
- amarillos
- Yellow; plural adjective describing yellow-colored objects
- representaban
- Represented; depicted or portrayed in an image
- doncellas
- Maidens; young unmarried women or female servants
- alemanas
- German; feminine plural adjective referring to Germany
- pájaros
- Birds; feathered animals capable of flight
- manos
- Hands; body parts at the end of arms
- eso
- That; neuter demonstrative pronoun referring to something
- todo
- Everything, all; the entirety of something
- rincón
- Corner; angle where two walls or surfaces meet
- ardía
- Burned; past tense of 'arder', to burn or glow
- luz
- Light; visible illumination from a source
- ante
- Before, in front of; preposition of position
- pequeño
- Small; little in size or extent
- icono
- Icon; religious image or sacred devotional object
- Todo
- Everything; all things considered together
- limpio
- Clean; free from dirt or stains
- suelo
- Floor or ground; the surface beneath one's feet
- brillantemente
- Brilliantly; in a bright or shining manner
- pulidos
- Polished; made smooth and shiny by rubbing
- relucía
- Gleamed; shone brightly with reflected light
- Obra
- Work; labor or handiwork of a person
- pensó
- Thought; past tense of 'pensar', to think
- joven
- Young person or youth; someone of young age
- ni
- Nor, not even; negative conjunction
- mota
- Speck or mote; tiny particle of dust
- polvo
- Dust; fine particles settling on surfaces
- piso
- Floor or apartment; level of a building
- casas
- Houses; residential buildings where people live
- viejas
- Old; feminine plural adjective for aged things
- viudas
- Widows; women whose husbands have died
- maliciosas
- Malicious; having spiteful or ill-intentioned character
- donde
- Where; relative adverb indicating location
- encuentra
- Finds; encounters or comes across something
- tal
- Such; of that kind or degree
- limpieza
- Cleanliness; the state of being clean and tidy
- nuevo
- New; recently appeared or not previously known
- lanzó
- Threw or cast; directed something quickly outward
- mirada
- Glance or look; a directed gaze at something
- curiosa
- Curious; showing eager interest in something
- cortina
- Curtain; fabric hung to cover a window or door
- algodón
- Cotton; soft natural fiber used in fabric
- sobre
- Over, above, on; preposition of position
- puerta
- Door; movable barrier for entering or exiting rooms
- otra
- Another; a different or additional one
- habitación
- Room; enclosed space within a building
- diminuta
- Tiny; extremely small in size
- cama
- Bed; furniture used for sleeping
- cómoda
- Chest of drawers; storage furniture with multiple drawers
- anciana
- Elderly woman; an old woman
- nunca
- Never; at no time or not ever
- mirado
- Looked at; past participle of 'mirar', to look
- antes
- Before; previously in time
- Estas
- These; feminine plural demonstrative adjective
- habitaciones
- Rooms; enclosed spaces within a dwelling
- constituían
- Constituted; made up or formed the whole
- Qué
- What; interrogative pronoun asking for information
- quiere
- Wants; third-person present of 'querer', to want
- dijo
- Said; past tense of 'decir', to say
- severidad
- Severity; stern or harsh manner of behavior
- entrando
- Entering; present participle of 'entrar', to enter
- colocándose
- Positioning oneself; placing oneself deliberately somewhere
- mirarlo
- To look at him; infinitive with attached pronoun
- directamente
- Directly; in a straight or immediate manner
- cara
- Face; the front part of a person's head
- traído
- Brought; past participle of 'traer', to bring
- algo
- Something; an unspecified thing or item
- empeñar
- To pawn; to pledge an item as loan collateral
- sacó
- Took out; past tense of 'sacar', to take out
- bolsillo
- Pocket; small pouch sewn into clothing
- reloj
- Watch or clock; device for measuring time
- plata
- Silver; a precious white metallic element
- plano
- Flat; having a level, smooth surface
- anticuado
- Old-fashioned; outdated in style or design
- cuya
- Whose; relative possessive pronoun, feminine singular
- parte
- Part; a portion or section of something
- trasera
- Back or rear; the part at the back
- grabado
- Engraved; decorated with an incised design
- globo
- Globe; a spherical representation of the earth
- cadena
- Chain; connected series of metal links
- acero
- Steel; strong alloy of iron and carbon
- plazo
- Term or deadline; a set period of time
- última
- Last; final in a series or order
- prenda
- Pledge or pawned item; item given as collateral
- vencido
- Expired or due; past participle of 'vencer'
- mes
- Month; one of twelve divisions of the year
- cumplió
- Was completed; past tense of 'cumplir', to expire or fulfill
- anteayer
- The day before yesterday; two days ago
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