Dracula — Page 11
I shall never forget the last glimpse which I had of the inn-yard and its crowd of picturesque figures, all crossing themselves, as they stood round the wide archway, with its background of rich foliage of oleander and orange trees in green tubs clustered in the centre of the yard.
Tôi sẽ không bao giờ quên cái nhìn cuối cùng mà tôi có được về sân quán trọ và đám đông những hình bóng đầy màu sắc, tất cả đều làm dấu thánh giá, khi họ đứng quanh vòm cổng rộng lớn, với phông nền là tán lá phong phú của cây trúc đào và cây cam trong những chậu xanh tụ lại ở giữa sân.
Then our driver, whose wide linen drawers covered the whole front of the box-seat--"gotza" they call them--cracked his big whip over his four small horses, which ran abreast, and we set off on our journey.
Rồi người đánh xe của chúng tôi, người mà chiếc quần vải lanh rộng che phủ toàn bộ phía trước ghế ngồi -- họ gọi là "gotza" -- quất chiếc roi to của mình lên bốn con ngựa nhỏ chạy song hàng, và chúng tôi bắt đầu lên đường.
I soon lost sight and recollection of ghostly fears in the beauty of the scene as we drove along, although had I known the language, or rather languages, which my fellow-passengers were speaking, I might not have been able to throw them off so easily.
Tôi sớm quên đi những nỗi sợ hãi ma quái trong vẻ đẹp của cảnh vật khi chúng tôi đi dọc đường, mặc dù nếu tôi biết ngôn ngữ, hay đúng hơn là những ngôn ngữ mà các hành khách đồng hành đang nói, có lẽ tôi đã không thể gạt bỏ chúng dễ dàng như vậy.
Before us lay a green sloping land full of forests and woods, with here and there steep hills, crowned with clumps of trees or with farmhouses, the blank gable end to the road.
Trước mặt chúng tôi là một vùng đất xanh dốc thoải đầy rừng rậm, với những ngọn đồi dốc đứng lác đác đây đó, được tô điểm bởi những cụm cây hay những nông trại, với đầu hồi trống nhìn ra đường.
There was everywhere a bewildering mass of fruit blossom--apple, plum, pear, cherry; and as we drove by I could see the green grass under the trees spangled with the fallen petals.
Khắp nơi là một biển hoa trái cây choáng ngợp -- táo, mận, lê, anh đào; và khi chúng tôi đi qua tôi có thể thấy thảm cỏ xanh dưới những tán cây lấp lánh những cánh hoa rơi.
In and out amongst these green hills of what they call here the "Mittel Land" ran the road, losing itself as it swept round the grassy curve, or was shut out by the straggling ends of pine woods, which here and there ran down the hillsides like tongues of flame.
Con đường chạy ngoằn ngoèo giữa những ngọn đồi xanh của vùng mà họ gọi là "Mittel Land", khuất dạng khi uốn quanh những khúc cua cỏ xanh, hoặc bị che khuất bởi những rìa cây thông rải rác, nơi đây đó chạy xuống sườn đồi như những lưỡi lửa.
Vocabulary
- Tôi
- Toi — First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- sẽ
- se — Future tense marker indicating something will happen
- không
- khong — Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'
- bao
- bao — Used in expressions meaning 'ever' or 'how much'
- giờ
- gio — Means 'hour' or 'time'; used in time expressions
- quên
- quen — To forget something or someone
- cái
- cai — Classifier for objects; also means 'thing'
- nhìn
- nhin — To look at or gaze upon something
- cuối
- cuoi — Last, final, or end of something
- cùng
- cung — Together, also, or same; used in various expressions
- mà
- ma — Conjunction meaning 'but', 'yet', or 'that'
- tôi
- toi — First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- có
- co — To have or to exist; affirmative marker
- được
- duoc — To be able to; indicates successful completion of action
- về
- ve — To return; preposition meaning 'about' or 'toward'
- sân
- san — Yard, courtyard, or outdoor ground area
- quán
- quan — Small shop, inn, or roadside establishment
- trọ
- tro — To lodge or stay temporarily; rented accommodation
- và
- va — Conjunction meaning 'and' connecting words or clauses
- đám
- dam — A crowd, group, or cluster of people or things
- đông
- dong — Crowded, many people; also means 'east'
- những
- nhung — Plural marker for nouns indicating multiple items
- hình
- hinh — Shape, image, figure, or form of something
- bóng
- bong — Shadow, silhouette, or reflection of a figure
- đầy
- day — Full of, filled with, or abundant in something
- màu
- mau — Color or hue of an object
- sắc
- sac — Color, shade, or sharp quality; vivid appearance
- tất
- tat — All, every; used in 'tất cả' meaning everything
- cả
- ca — All, entire; used with 'tất' to mean everything
- đều
- deu — All equally, all without exception do something
- làm
- lam — To do, make, or perform an action
- dấu
- dau — Mark, sign, or symbol representing something
- thánh
- thanh — Holy, sacred; relating to saints or religion
- giá
- gia — Price, value; also a cross in religious context
- khi
- khi — When; a conjunction indicating time of action
- họ
- ho — They, them; third person plural pronoun
- đứng
- dung — To stand upright in a position
- quanh
- quanh — Around, surrounding a place or object
- vòm
- vom — Arch, vault, or dome-shaped architectural structure
- cổng
- cong — Gate, entrance, or large doorway to a place
- rộng
- rong — Wide, broad, or spacious in dimension
- lớn
- lon — Large, big, or great in size
- với
- voi — With, together with; preposition of accompaniment
- phông
- phong — Background, backdrop, or setting of a scene
- nền
- nen — Background, foundation, or base of something
- là
- la — To be; the main linking verb in Vietnamese
- tán
- tan — Canopy or spreading crown of a tree
- lá
- la — Leaf of a plant or tree
- phong
- phong — Maple tree; also means wind or style
- phú
- phu — Rich, abundant, or wealthy in resources
- của
- cua — Possessive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'
- cây
- cay — Tree, plant, or general term for vegetation
- trúc
- truc — Bamboo plant; a common plant in Vietnamese culture
- đào
- dao — Peach tree or peach fruit
- cam
- cam — Orange fruit or orange color
- trong
- trong — Inside, in, or within a space or container
- chậu
- chau — Pot, basin, or container for plants or water
- xanh
- xanh — Green or blue color; used for nature descriptions
- tụ
- tu — To gather, congregate, or collect in one place
- lại
- lai — Again; directional particle indicating returning action
- ở
- o — To be at, to live at, or to stay somewhere
- giữa
- giua — In the middle of, between, or among things
- Rồi
- Roi — Then, afterward; indicates sequence of events
- người
- nguoi — Person, human being; classifier for people
- đánh
- danh — To hit, beat, or drive; various action meanings
- xe
- xe — Vehicle, car, or any means of transportation
- chúng
- chung — They, them; plural pronoun often for objects or groups
- chiếc
- chiec — Classifier for vehicles and single objects
- quần
- quan — Pants, trousers, or lower-body clothing garment
- vải
- vai — Fabric, cloth, or textile material
- lanh
- lanh — Linen fabric; a type of plant-based cloth material
- che
- che — To cover, shield, or protect from something
- phủ
- phu — To cover over or spread across a surface
- toàn
- toan — Entire, whole, or completely covering something
- bộ
- bo — Set, part, or the whole of a category
- phía
- phia — Side, direction, or part of something
- trước
- truoc — Front, before, or in advance of something
- ghế
- ghe — Chair, seat, or bench for sitting
- ngồi
- ngoi — To sit down in a chair or position
- gọi
- goi — To call, name, or summon someone or something
- quất
- quat — To whip or strike with a lash or rod
- roi
- roi — Whip, cane, or rod used for striking
- to
- to — Large, big; describes size of something
- mình
- minh — Self, oneself; also an intimate pronoun for 'I'
- lên
- len — Up, upward; directional particle indicating upward motion
- bốn
- bon — The number four
- con
- con — Classifier for animals; also means child or offspring
- ngựa
- ngua — Horse, the animal used for riding or pulling
- nhỏ
- nho — Small, little, or young in size
- chạy
- chay — To run or move quickly from place to place
- song
- song — Parallel; also means to live or river
- hàng
- hang — Row, line, or rank of people or things
- bắt
- bat — To catch, begin, or start an action
- đầu
- dau — Head; also beginning or start of something
- đường
- duong — Road, street, or path for traveling
- sớm
- som — Early, soon; describes early time of day
- đi
- di — To go, walk, or travel somewhere
- nỗi
- noi — A feeling or emotion, often negative or intense
- sợ
- so — To be afraid or fearful of something
- hãi
- hai — Frightened, terrified; used in compound with 'sợ'
- ma
- ma — Ghost, spirit, or supernatural being
- quái
- quai — Strange, weird, or monstrous in appearance
- vẻ
- ve — Appearance, look, or expression of something
- đẹp
- dep — Beautiful, pretty, or attractive in appearance
- cảnh
- canh — Scenery, scene, or view of a landscape
- vật
- vat — Object, creature, or thing in general
- dọc
- doc — Along, lengthwise, or running the length of something
- mặc
- mac — To wear clothing; also despite or regardless
- dù
- du — Even though, although; concessive conjunction
- nếu
- neu — If; conditional conjunction for hypothetical situations
- biết
- biet — To know a fact or how to do something
- ngôn
- ngon — Language, speech; used in compound 'ngôn ngữ'
- ngữ
- ngu — Language, grammar; used in compound 'ngôn ngữ'
- hay
- hay — Or; also means interesting, good, or often
- đúng
- dung — Correct, right, accurate in meaning or fact
- hơn
- hon — More than; comparative particle in Vietnamese
- các
- cac — Plural marker for definite nouns referring to specific group
- hành
- hanh — To travel; action or journey-related compound word
- khách
- khach — Guest, passenger, or customer visiting a place
- đồng
- dong — Fellow, same; also Vietnamese currency unit
- đang
- dang — Present tense marker indicating ongoing action now
- nói
- noi — To speak, say, or talk about something
- lẽ
- le — Reason, sense; used in 'có lẽ' meaning perhaps
- đã
- da — Past tense marker indicating completed action
- thể
- the — Able to, can; used in 'có thể' meaning possible
- gạt
- gat — To push aside, dismiss, or sweep away something
- bỏ
- bo — To abandon, discard, or leave something behind
- dễ
- de — Easy, simple, not difficult to do
- dàng
- dang — Easily; used with 'dễ' to mean effortlessly
- như
- nhu — Like, as, similar to something else
- vậy
- vay — So, thus, that way; indicates manner or conclusion
- Trước
- Truoc — Front, before; indicates position or time preceding
- mặt
- mat — Face; front surface or ahead of something
- một
- mot — The number one; indefinite article in Vietnamese
- vùng
- vung — Region, zone, or area of land
- đất
- dat — Land, soil, earth, or ground surface
- dốc
- doc — Slope, incline, or steep gradient of terrain
- thoải
- thoai — Gently sloping, gradual; describes mild terrain gradient
- rừng
- rung — Forest, jungle, or dense woodland area
- rậm
- ram — Dense, thick, bushy; describes dense vegetation
- ngọn
- ngon — Top, tip, or peak; classifier for hills and flames
- đồi
- doi — Hill, small elevated landform in landscape
- lác
- lac — Scattered, sporadic; used in 'lác đác' meaning sparse
- đây
- day — Here, this place; close demonstrative adverb
- đó
- do — There, that place; distal demonstrative adverb
- tô
- to — To color, paint, or decorate a surface
- điểm
- diem — Point, spot; to embellish or decorate something
- bởi
- boi — By, because of; indicates cause or agent
- cụm
- cum — Cluster, clump, or group of plants or buildings
- nông
- nong — Agricultural, farming; shallow or relating to farms
- trại
- trai — Farm, camp, or rural dwelling place
- hồi
- hoi — A while ago, period of time; to return
- trống
- trong — Empty, vacant, or bare; also a drum instrument
- ra
- ra — Out, outward; directional particle indicating exit
- Khắp
- Khap — Everywhere, throughout, all over a place
- nơi
- noi — Place, location, or spot somewhere
- biển
- bien — Sea, ocean; also a large expanse or sign
- hoa
- hoa — Flower, blossom; used in many compound words
- trái
- trai — Fruit; also left side or opposite direction
- choáng
- choang — Overwhelmed, dazzled, or dizzy from abundance
- ngợp
- ngop — Overwhelmed, flooded; feeling of being swamped
- táo
- tao — Apple fruit; a common orchard fruit
- mận
- man — Plum fruit; common Vietnamese orchard fruit
- lê
- le — Pear fruit; smooth sweet orchard fruit
- anh
- anh — Older brother; pronoun for older male person
- qua
- qua — To pass through or go across something
- thấy
- thay — To see or perceive something visually
- thảm
- tham — Carpet, mat; also tragic or dreadful in meaning
- cỏ
- co — Grass, weeds, or ground-level vegetation
- dưới
- duoi — Under, below, or beneath something
- lấp
- lap — To glitter or fill up; used in 'lấp lánh'
- lánh
- lanh — Sparkling, glittering; used in compound 'lấp lánh'
- cánh
- canh — Petal, wing, or field; classifier for flat objects
- rơi
- roi — To fall down, drop, or descend naturally
- Con
- Con — Classifier for animals, rivers; also child
- ngoằn
- ngoan — Winding, twisting; used in 'ngoằn ngoèo' meaning zigzag
- ngoèo
- ngeo — Zigzag, serpentine; used with 'ngoằn' for winding paths
- khuất
- khuat — Hidden from view, concealed, or out of sight
- dạng
- dang — Form, shape; to appear or disappear from view
- uốn
- uon — To bend, curve, or wind in a direction
- khúc
- khuc — Bend, curve; section or portion of a path
- cua
- cua — Curve, turn; also crab the seafood animal
- hoặc
- hoac — Or; presents an alternative option or choice
- bị
- bi — Passive marker indicating negative or undesirable action
- rìa
- ria — Edge, border, or rim of an area or object
- thông
- thong — Pine tree; also means to communicate or clear
- rải
- rai — To scatter, spread, or distribute over an area
- rác
- rac — Garbage, scattered; 'rải rác' means scattered about
- xuống
- xuong — Down, downward; directional particle indicating descent
- sườn
- suon — Slope, hillside; rib or flank of a hill
- lưỡi
- luoi — Tongue; blade of a tool or flame shape
- lửa
- lua — Fire, flame, or burning light source
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