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.
In una sera eccezionalmente calda all'inizio di luglio, un giovane uscì dalla soffitta in cui alloggiava in Piazza S. e camminò lentamente, come in preda all'esitazione, verso il ponte K.
He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase.
Era riuscito ad evitare di incontrare la sua padrona di casa sulle scale.
His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room.
La sua soffitta si trovava sotto il tetto di un'alta casa a cinque piani ed era più simile a un ripostiglio che a una stanza.
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 padrona di casa che gli forniva la soffitta, i pasti e il servizio, viveva al piano di sotto, e ogni volta che usciva era costretto a passare davanti alla sua cucina, la cui porta era invariabilmente aperta.
And each time he passed, the young man had a sick, frightened feeling, which made him scowl and feel ashamed.
E ogni volta che passava, il giovane provava una sensazione di disagio e paura, che lo faceva aggrottare le sopracciglia e sentire in imbarazzo.
He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her.
Era irrimediabilmente indebitato con la sua padrona di casa, e aveva paura di incontrarla.
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.
Non era perché fosse codardo e abietto, tutt'altro; ma da qualche tempo si trovava in uno stato di irritabilità eccessiva, che rasentava l'ipocondria.
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.
Era diventato così completamente assorto in se stesso, e isolato dai suoi simili, che temeva di incontrare non solo la sua padrona di casa, ma chiunque altro.
He was crushed by poverty, but the anxieties of his position had of late ceased to weigh upon him.
Era schiacciato dalla povertà, ma le preoccupazioni della sua situazione avevano ultimamente cessato di gravare su di lui.
He had given up attending to matters of practical importance; he had lost all desire to do so.
Aveva smesso di occuparsi di questioni di importanza pratica; aveva perso ogni desiderio di farlo.
Nothing that any landlady could do had a real terror for him.
Niente di ciò che qualsiasi padrona di casa potesse fare rappresentava un vero terrore per lui.
Vocabulary
- in
- in, inside, within a place or time
- una
- a, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- sera
- evening, the time after sunset
- eccezionalmente
- exceptionally, unusually, in an exceptional manner
- calda
- warm, hot (feminine singular adjective)
- all
- to the, at the (contraction of a + il)
- inizio
- beginning, start, commencement of something
- di
- of, from, indicating possession or origin
- luglio
- July, the seventh month of the year
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- giovane
- young, youth; a young person or man
- uscì
- he/she went out, exited (past tense)
- dalla
- from the (feminine; contraction of da + la)
- soffitta
- attic, garret, upper floor room under roof
- in cui
- in which, where (relative clause)
- alloggiava
- he/she lodged, stayed, lived (imperfect)
- camminò
- he/she walked, went on foot (past tense)
- lentamente
- slowly, at a slow pace or speed
- come
- as, like, in the manner of; how
- preda
- prey, victim, something hunted or pursued
- esitazione
- hesitation, indecision, uncertainty in action
- verso
- towards, toward, in the direction of
- il
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- ponte
- bridge, structure spanning water or gap
- Era
- was, existed (third person singular imperfect)
- riuscito
- succeeded, managed, was able to do
- ad
- to, at (preposition, variant of a)
- evitare
- to avoid, to refrain from doing something
- incontrare
- to meet, to encounter, to come across
- la
- the (feminine singular); her, it
- sua
- his, her, its (feminine singular possessive)
- padrona
- landlady, mistress, female owner of property
- casa
- house, home, dwelling place residence
- sulle
- on the (feminine plural; su + le)
- scale
- stairs, steps, staircase in a building
- La
- the (feminine singular); her, it (object)
- si
- oneself, himself, herself (reflexive pronoun)
- trovava
- was located, was found (imperfect tense)
- sotto
- under, beneath, below a certain level
- tetto
- roof, covering of a building or house
- alta
- high, tall (feminine singular adjective)
- cinque
- five, the number 5
- piani
- floors, stories, levels in a building
- ed
- and (conjunction, variant of e)
- era
- was, existed (third person singular past)
- più
- more, greater in amount or degree
- simile
- similar, alike, resembling or comparable
- ripostiglio
- storage closet, small room for storing things
- che
- that, which, who (relative/conjunction)
- stanza
- room, chamber, a space in a building
- gli
- him, to him (indirect object pronoun)
- forniva
- provided, supplied, gave (imperfect tense)
- pasti
- meals, food eaten at regular times
- servizio
- service, assistance, help provided
- viveva
- lived, existed, spent life (imperfect)
- al
- to the, at the (contraction of a + il)
- piano
- floor, level of a building; slowly
- ogni
- every, each, all of something
- volta
- time, occasion, turn (ogni volta = each time)
- usciva
- went out, exited (imperfect tense)
- costretto
- forced, compelled, obliged to do something
- passare
- to pass, to go past, to traverse
- davanti
- in front, before, ahead of someone
- alla
- to the (feminine; contraction of a + la)
- cucina
- kitchen, cooking area in a house
- porta
- door, entrance, gate to a place
- invariabilmente
- invariably, always, without exception or change
- aperta
- open, unlocked (feminine singular adjective)
- passava
- passed, went past (imperfect tense)
- provava
- felt, experienced (imperfect tense)
- sensazione
- sensation, feeling, physical perception or emotion
- disagio
- discomfort, unease, uncomfortable feeling
- paura
- fear, fright, feeling of being afraid
- lo
- him, it (masculine singular object pronoun)
- faceva
- made, caused (imperfect tense)
- aggrottare
- to furrow, to wrinkle (brow in frown)
- le
- the (feminine plural); her, them (object)
- sopracciglia
- eyebrows, hair above the eye
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