Crime and Punishment — Page 10
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"I will bring you the interest for another month; wait a little."
"Tôi sẽ mang lãi cho bà thêm một tháng nữa; chờ một chút."
"But that's for me to do as I please, my good sir, to wait or to sell your pledge at once."
"Nhưng đó là tùy tôi muốn làm gì thì làm, thưa ông, chờ hay bán đồ cầm của ông ngay lập tức."
"How much will you give me for the watch, Alyona Ivanovna?"
"Bà sẽ cho tôi bao nhiêu tiền cho chiếc đồng hồ này, Alyona Ivanovna?"
"You come with such trifles, my good sir, it's scarcely worth anything.
"Ông mang đến những thứ vặt vãnh như vậy, thưa ông, nó hầu như chẳng đáng giá gì.
I gave you two roubles last time for your ring and one could buy it quite new at a jeweler's for a rouble and a half."
Lần trước tôi đã trả ông hai rúp cho chiếc nhẫn mà người ta có thể mua mới tinh tại tiệm kim hoàn với giá một rưỡi rúp."
"Give me four roubles for it, I shall redeem it, it was my father's.
"Hãy cho tôi bốn rúp, tôi sẽ chuộc lại, đó là đồ của cha tôi.
I shall be getting some money soon."
Tôi sắp có tiền rồi."
"A rouble and a half, and interest in advance, if you like!"
"Một rưỡi rúp, và tiền lãi trả trước, nếu ông muốn!"
"A rouble and a half!" cried the young man.
"Một rưỡi rúp!" người thanh niên kêu lên.
"Please yourself"--and the old woman handed him back the watch.
"Tùy ông"--và bà lão đưa trả lại chiếc đồng hồ cho anh.
The young man took it, and was so angry that he was on the point of going away; but checked himself at once, remembering that there was nowhere else he could go, and that he had had another object also in coming.
Người thanh niên cầm lấy, và tức giận đến mức suýt bỏ đi; nhưng anh ta kìm lại ngay, nhớ rằng không còn chỗ nào khác để đến, và rằng anh ta còn có một mục đích khác khi đến đây.
"Hand it over," he said roughly.
"Đưa đây," anh ta nói cộc lốc.
The old woman fumbled in her pocket for her keys, and disappeared behind the curtain into the other room.
Bà lão lục túi tìm chìa khóa, rồi biến mất sau tấm rèm vào căn phòng bên cạnh.
The young man, left standing alone in the middle of the room, listened inquisitively, thinking.
Người thanh niên, đứng một mình giữa phòng, lắng nghe một cách tò mò, suy nghĩ.
He could hear her unlocking the chest of drawers.
Anh ta có thể nghe thấy tiếng bà mở khóa ngăn kéo.
"It must be the top drawer," he reflected.
"Chắc là ngăn trên cùng," anh ta nghĩ thầm.
Vocabulary
- Tôi
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- sẽ
- Future tense marker meaning 'will'
- mang
- To bring, carry, or bear something
- lãi
- Interest earned or charged on money
- cho
- To give; preposition meaning 'for' or 'to'
- bà
- Polite term for older woman; grandmother
- thêm
- To add more; additional, extra
- một
- The number one; indefinite article 'a'
- tháng
- A month; unit of time measurement
- nữa
- More, another, additionally, yet again
- chờ
- To wait for someone or something
- chút
- A little bit; a small amount
- Nhưng
- Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'
- đó
- That, there; demonstrative pronoun for nearby objects
- là
- To be; linking verb connecting subject and predicate
- tùy
- Up to someone; depending on; optional
- tôi
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- muốn
- To want or desire something
- làm
- To do, make, or perform an action
- gì
- What; interrogative pronoun for things
- thì
- Then; conditional conjunction linking clauses
- thưa
- Respectful address; to speak politely to someone
- ông
- Polite term for older man; grandfather
- hay
- Or; also means interesting or good
- bán
- To sell goods or items
- đồ
- Thing, item, object; belongings or stuff
- cầm
- To hold; to pawn an item for money
- của
- Possessive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'
- ngay
- Right away, immediately, straight; directly
- lập
- To establish; used in compounds meaning immediately
- tức
- Immediately; also means angry or irritated
- Bà
- Polite term for older woman; grandmother
- bao
- How much, how many; an envelope or bag
- nhiêu
- How much or how many in a question
- tiền
- Money, currency used for transactions
- chiếc
- Classifier for individual objects like watches
- đồng
- Vietnamese currency unit; bronze; same
- hồ
- Lake; used in compound 'đồng hồ' meaning watch/clock
- này
- This; demonstrative adjective for nearby objects
- Ông
- Polite term for older man; grandfather
- đến
- To come, arrive; up to; preposition 'to'
- những
- Plural marker for nouns; 'those' or 'these'
- thứ
- Thing, item; ordinal number marker
- vặt
- Trivial, petty, minor; small miscellaneous things
- như
- Like, as; similar to something else
- vậy
- So, thus, like that; such a way
- nó
- Third person pronoun for things or young people
- hầu
- Almost, nearly; to serve or attend to
- chẳng
- Negation particle meaning 'not at all'
- đáng
- Worth, deserving; to be worthy of something
- giá
- Price, value, cost of an item
- Lần
- Time, instance, occasion of an event
- trước
- Before, previous, in front; earlier time
- đã
- Past tense marker indicating completed action
- trả
- To pay back, return, or repay something
- hai
- The number two
- rúp
- Ruble, the Russian monetary currency unit
- nhẫn
- A ring worn on the finger
- mà
- But, yet; conjunction expressing contrast or emphasis
- người
- Person, human being; people
- ta
- We, us; one; informal first person pronoun
- có
- To have; existential verb meaning 'there is'
- thể
- Can, able to; used in 'có thể' meaning 'can'
- mua
- To buy or purchase something
- mới
- New, recently; just; brand new
- tinh
- Pure, refined; used in 'mới tinh' meaning brand new
- tại
- At, in; preposition indicating location
- tiệm
- Shop, store, small retail establishment
- kim
- Gold; needle; used in 'tiệm kim hoàn' meaning jewelry store
- hoàn
- Complete; used in 'kim hoàn' meaning jewelry or goldsmith
- với
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- rưỡi
- Half; used after numbers meaning 'and a half'
- Hãy
- Imperative particle meaning 'please do' something
- bốn
- The number four
- chuộc
- To redeem or buy back a pawned item
- lại
- Again; back; directional complement meaning return
- cha
- Father; a man's title in some contexts
- sắp
- About to, soon; indicating near future action
- rồi
- Already; then; indicates completed or upcoming action
- Một
- The number one; a, an (indefinite article)
- và
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- nếu
- If; conditional conjunction introducing a condition
- thanh
- Young; clear sound; used in 'thanh niên' meaning youth
- niên
- Year; age; used in 'thanh niên' meaning young person
- kêu
- To cry out, call, shout, or make noise
- lên
- Up; directional complement indicating upward movement
- Tùy
- Up to; depending on; as one pleases
- lão
- Old person; informal or slightly contemptuous term
- đưa
- To give, hand over, or pass something
- anh
- Older brother; polite term for young man
- Người
- Person, human being; people
- lấy
- To take, get, or marry someone
- giận
- To be angry, upset, or irritated
- mức
- Level, degree, extent of something
- suýt
- Almost, nearly; narrowly avoiding something
- bỏ
- To leave, abandon, drop, or give up
- đi
- To go; directional complement indicating motion away
- nhưng
- But, however; conjunction expressing contrast
- kìm
- To restrain, hold back, suppress oneself
- nhớ
- To remember; to miss someone or something
- rằng
- That; conjunction introducing reported speech or thought
- không
- No, not; negation word in Vietnamese
- còn
- Still, yet; remaining; also, additionally
- chỗ
- Place, spot, location where something occurs
- nào
- Which, any; interrogative or indefinite pronoun
- khác
- Other, different, another; else
- để
- To place; in order to; so that
- mục
- Purpose, goal; section; used in 'mục đích'
- đích
- Destination, target; used in 'mục đích' meaning purpose
- khi
- When, at the time of an event
- đây
- Here, this place; nearby demonstrative location
- Đưa
- To give, hand over, or pass something
- nói
- To say, speak, tell, or talk
- cộc
- Blunt, curt, abrupt in speech or manner
- lục
- To rummage through, search by digging around
- túi
- Pocket, bag, pouch for carrying items
- tìm
- To look for, search, or seek something
- chìa
- Key; used in 'chìa khóa' meaning key
- khóa
- Lock; key in 'chìa khóa'; to lock something
- biến
- To disappear, vanish; to change or transform
- mất
- To lose; to disappear; gone or missing
- sau
- After, behind, later; at the back
- tấm
- Classifier for flat sheets or panels like curtains
- rèm
- Curtain, drape hanging over a window or doorway
- vào
- Into, in; directional preposition indicating entry
- căn
- Classifier for rooms or houses
- phòng
- Room, chamber in a building
- bên
- Side, beside, next to; nearby direction
- cạnh
- Beside, adjacent to; the side of something
- đứng
- To stand upright on one's feet
- mình
- Oneself, body; reflexive pronoun meaning 'self'
- giữa
- Middle, center, between; in the midst of
- lắng
- To listen attentively; to settle or calm
- nghe
- To listen, hear; to pay attention to sound
- cách
- Way, method, manner; distance apart
- tò
- Curious; used in 'tò mò' meaning curious or nosy
- mò
- To grope; used in 'tò mò' meaning curious
- suy
- To think deeply; used in 'suy nghĩ' meaning think
- nghĩ
- To think, consider, or reflect on something
- Anh
- Older brother; polite term for young man
- thấy
- To see, feel, notice, or perceive something
- tiếng
- Sound, noise; language; classifier for sounds
- mở
- To open; to turn on something
- ngăn
- Drawer; compartment; to prevent or stop
- kéo
- To pull, drag; scissors; drawer in 'ngăn kéo'
- Chắc
- Probably, surely; certain, firm, solid
- trên
- On, above, on top of; upper position
- cùng
- Together, same; topmost; at the same time
- thầm
- Silently, secretly; in a whisper or murmur
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