Crime and Punishment — Page 8
The young man must have looked at her with a rather peculiar expression, for a gleam of mistrust came into her eyes again.
Il giovane doveva averla guardata con un'espressione piuttosto peculiare, perché un barlume di diffidenza tornò a comparire nei suoi occhi.
"Raskolnikov, a student, I came here a month ago," the young man made haste to mutter, with a half bow, remembering that he ought to be more polite.
«Raskolnikov, studente, sono venuto qui un mese fa,» si affrettò a mormorare il giovane, con un mezzo inchino, ricordando che avrebbe dovuto essere più cortese.
"I remember, my good sir, I remember quite well your coming here," the old woman said distinctly, still keeping her inquiring eyes on his face.
«Ricordo, mio buon signore, ricordo benissimo la sua venuta qui,» disse la vecchia con chiarezza, tenendo ancora i suoi occhi indagatori fissi sul suo viso.
"And here... I am again on the same errand," Raskolnikov continued, a little disconcerted and surprised at the old woman's mistrust.
«E qui... sono di nuovo per lo stesso motivo,» continuò Raskolnikov, un po' sconcertato e sorpreso dalla diffidenza della vecchia.
"Perhaps she is always like that though, only I did not notice it the other time," he thought with an uneasy feeling.
«Forse è sempre così, solo che non l'avevo notato l'altra volta,» pensò con una sensazione di disagio.
The old woman paused, as though hesitating; then stepped on one side, and pointing to the door of the room, she said, letting her visitor pass in front of her:
La vecchia si fermò, come se esitasse; poi si fece da parte, e indicando la porta della stanza, disse, lasciando passare il visitatore davanti a sé:
"Step in, my good sir."
«Entri, mio buon signore.»
The little room into which the young man walked, with yellow paper on the walls, geraniums and muslin curtains in the windows, was brightly lighted up at that moment by the setting sun.
La piccola stanza in cui il giovane entrò, con la carta gialla alle pareti, gerani e tende di mussola alle finestre, era in quel momento brillantemente illuminata dal sole al tramonto.
"So the sun will shine like this _then_ too!" flashed as it were by chance through Raskolnikov's mind, and with a rapid glance he scanned everything in the room, trying as far as possible to notice and remember its arrangement.
«Quindi il sole brillerà così anche _allora_!» balenò come per caso nella mente di Raskolnikov, e con uno sguardo rapido scrutò tutto nella stanza, cercando per quanto possibile di notare e ricordare la sua disposizione.
But there was nothing special in the room.
Ma non c'era nulla di speciale nella stanza.
Vocabulary
- giovane
- jo-va-ne — Young person or adjective meaning young
- doveva
- do-ve-va — He/she had to; past imperfect of 'dovere'
- averla
- a-ver-la — To have her/it; infinitive with clitic pronoun
- guardata
- gwar-da-ta — Looked at; past participle of 'guardare'
- espressione
- es-pres-sjo-ne — Expression; a look or facial gesture conveying feeling
- piuttosto
- pjut-tos-to — Rather, quite; used to intensify an adjective
- peculiare
- pe-ku-lja-re — Peculiar, strange, distinctive in an unusual way
- barlume
- bar-lu-me — Glimmer, faint trace of something barely noticeable
- diffidenza
- dif-fi-den-tsa — Mistrust, suspicion toward someone or something
- tornò
- tor-nò — Returned, came back; past tense of 'tornare'
- comparire
- kom-pa-ri-re — To appear, to show up suddenly or unexpectedly
- occhi
- ok-ki — Eyes; plural of 'occhio'
- studente
- stu-den-te — Student; person enrolled in academic study
- venuto
- ve-nu-to — Come; past participle of 'venire'
- mese
- me-ze — Month; a unit of time equal to about four weeks
- fa
- fa — Ago; used after time expressions to indicate the past
- affrettò
- af-fret-tò — Hurried, hastened; past tense of 'affrettarsi'
- mormorare
- mor-mo-ra-re — To murmur, to speak in a low indistinct voice
- mezzo
- med-dzo — Half or middle; also used to mean 'slight/partial'
- inchino
- in-ki-no — Bow; a respectful bending of the head or body
- ricordando
- ri-kor-dan-do — Remembering; present gerund of 'ricordare'
- avrebbe
- a-vreb-be — Would have; conditional form of 'avere'
- dovuto
- do-vu-to — Had to; past participle of 'dovere' expressing obligation
- cortese
- kor-te-ze — Polite, courteous; showing good manners toward others
- Ricordo
- ri-kor-do — I remember; first person present of 'ricordare'
- signore
- sin-jo-re — Sir, mister; formal title of address for a man
- benissimo
- be-nis-si-mo — Very well, perfectly; superlative form of 'bene'
- venuta
- ve-nu-ta — Coming, arrival; feminine past participle of 'venire'
- disse
- dis-se — Said; third person past tense of 'dire'
- vecchia
- vek-kja — Old woman; feminine adjective or noun meaning old
- chiarezza
- kja-ret-tsa — Clarity, clearness; quality of being clear or distinct
- tenendo
- te-nen-do — Holding, keeping; present gerund of 'tenere'
- indagatori
- in-da-ga-to-ri — Inquisitive, probing; eyes that examine carefully
- fissi
- fis-si — Fixed, staring; adjective describing an unmoving gaze
- viso
- vi-zo — Face; the front part of a person's head
- stesso
- stes-so — Same; adjective emphasizing identity or sameness
- motivo
- mo-ti-vo — Reason, motive; cause behind an action or behavior
- continuò
- kon-ti-nwò — Continued; third person past tense of 'continuare'
- po'
- pò — A little, a bit; shortened form of 'poco'
- sconcertato
- skon-tʃer-ta-to — Disconcerted, confused; thrown off by something unexpected
- sorpreso
- sor-pre-zo — Surprised; past participle of 'sorprendere'
- Forse
- for-se — Perhaps, maybe; expresses uncertainty or possibility
- sempre
- sem-pre — Always; adverb indicating constant or repeated occurrence
- solo
- so-lo — Only, alone; adjective or adverb limiting to one
- avevo
- a-ve-vo — I had; first person imperfect tense of 'avere'
- notato
- no-ta-to — Noticed; past participle of 'notare'
- volta
- vol-ta — Time, occasion; as in 'un'altra volta' meaning another time
- pensò
- pen-sò — Thought; third person past tense of 'pensare'
- sensazione
- sen-sa-tsjo-ne — Sensation, feeling; a physical or emotional perception
- disagio
- di-za-dʒo — Discomfort, unease; feeling of awkwardness or distress
- fermò
- fer-mò — Stopped; third person past tense of 'fermare'
- esitasse
- e-zi-tas-se — Were hesitating; imperfect subjunctive of 'esitare'
- poi
- poi — Then, afterwards; adverb indicating subsequent action
- fece
- fe-tʃe — Did, made; third person past tense of 'fare'
- parte
- par-te — Side, part; 'farsi da parte' means to step aside
- indicando
- in-di-kan-do — Indicating, pointing; present gerund of 'indicare'
- porta
- por-ta — Door; entrance to a room or building
- stanza
- stan-tsa — Room; an enclosed space within a building
- lasciando
- la-ʃan-do — Letting, leaving; present gerund of 'lasciare'
- passare
- pas-sa-re — To pass, to go through; common movement verb
- visitatore
- vi-zi-ta-to-re — Visitor; a person who comes to see someone
- davanti
- da-van-ti — In front of, ahead; preposition indicating position
- sé
- se — Oneself, herself; reflexive pronoun used after prepositions
- Entri
- en-tri — Come in; formal imperative of 'entrare'
- piccola
- pik-ko-la — Small, little; feminine adjective describing size
- cui
- kwi — Which, whom; relative pronoun used after prepositions
- entrò
- en-trò — Entered; third person past tense of 'entrare'
- carta
- kar-ta — Paper, wallpaper; here referring to wallpaper on walls
- gialla
- djal-la — Yellow; feminine adjective describing color
- pareti
- pa-re-ti — Walls; plural of 'parete', interior walls of a room
- gerani
- dʒe-ra-ni — Geraniums; plural of 'geranio', a common flowering plant
- tende
- ten-de — Curtains; window coverings made of fabric
- mussola
- mus-so-la — Muslin; a lightweight cotton fabric used for curtains
- finestre
- fi-nes-tre — Windows; plural of 'finestra'
- momento
- mo-men-to — Moment; a very short period of time
- brillantemente
- bril-lan-te-men-te — Brilliantly; adverb meaning in a bright or shining manner
- illuminata
- il-lu-mi-na-ta — Lit up, illuminated; past participle of 'illuminare'
- sole
- so-le — Sun; the star at the center of our solar system
- tramonto
- tra-mon-to — Sunset; the time when the sun descends below the horizon
- Quindi
- kwin-di — Therefore, so, then; conjunction indicating consequence
- brillerà
- bril-le-rà — Will shine; third person future tense of 'brillare'
- allora
- al-lo-ra — Then, at that time; temporal adverb
- balenò
- ba-le-nò — Flashed; past tense of 'balenare', to flash or strike suddenly
- caso
- ka-zo — Case, chance; here used in 'per caso' meaning by chance
- mente
- men-te — Mind; the faculty of thought and consciousness
- sguardo
- zgwar-do — Glance, gaze; a look directed at something
- rapido
- ra-pi-do — Quick, rapid, fast; adjective describing speed
- scrutò
- skru-tò — Scrutinized; past tense of 'scrutare', to examine closely
- cercando
- tʃer-kan-do — Trying, seeking; present gerund of 'cercare'
- quanto
- kwan-to — As much as, how much; quantity or degree word
- possibile
- pos-si-bi-le — Possible; adjective indicating something that can happen
- ricordare
- ri-kor-da-re — To remember, to recall; to retain something in memory
- disposizione
- dis-po-zi-tsjo-ne — Arrangement, layout; the way things are positioned or organized
- nulla
- nul-la — Nothing; pronoun indicating the absence of anything
- speciale
- spe-tʃa-le — Special, particular; standing out from the ordinary
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