Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 10
The same lulling sounds acted as a lullaby to my too keen sensations; when I placed my head upon my pillow, sleep crept over me; I felt it as it came and blessed the giver of oblivion.
Los mismos sonidos adormecedores actuaron como una nana para mis sensaciones demasiado agudas; cuando puse mi cabeza sobre mi almohada, el sueño se apoderó de mí; lo sentí mientras llegaba y bendije al dador del olvido.
Vocabulary
- mismos
- Same; identical; referring to previously mentioned subjects
- sonidos
- Sounds; audible vibrations perceived by the ear
- adormecedores
- Sleep-inducing; causing drowsiness or numbness
- actuaron
- They acted; they performed or functioned in a role
- nana
- Lullaby; soothing song sung to help sleep
- sensaciones
- Sensations; feelings perceived through the senses
- demasiado
- Too much; excessively; beyond a normal degree
- agudas
- Sharp; acute; intense or keen in perception
- puse
- I placed; I put; past tense of 'poner'
- cabeza
- Head; the upper part of the human body
- almohada
- Pillow; cushion used to support the head while sleeping
- sueño
- Sleep; dream; the state of rest during night
- apoderó
- Took hold; seized control; overpowered completely
- sentí
- I felt; I perceived emotionally or physically
- mientras
- While; during the time that something happens
- llegaba
- Was arriving; was coming; imperfect tense of 'llegar'
- bendije
- I blessed; I gave thanks to; past tense of 'bendecir'
- dador
- Giver; one who gives or bestows something
- olvido
- Oblivion; forgetfulness; the state of being forgotten
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