Great Expectations — Page 3
That's what she did," said Joe, slowly clearing the fire between the lower bars with the poker, and looking at it; "she Ram-paged out, Pip."
Eso fue lo que hizo», dijo Joe, removiendo lentamente las brasas entre los barrotes inferiores con el atizador y mirándolas; «salió hecha una furia, Pip.»
"Has she been gone long, Joe?" I always treated him as a larger species of child, and as no more than my equal.
«¿Lleva mucho tiempo fuera, Joe?» Siempre lo traté como a una especie de niño mayor, y como a nada más que a mi igual.
"Well," said Joe, glancing up at the Dutch clock, "she's been on the Ram-page, this last spell, about five minutes, Pip. She's a-coming! Get behind the door, old chap, and have the jack-towel betwixt you."
«Bueno», dijo Joe, echando un vistazo al reloj de pared, «lleva con su furia, en este último rato, unos cinco minutos, Pip. ¡Ya viene! Ponte detrás de la puerta, muchacho, y pon la toalla del gancho entre vosotros.»
I took the advice. My sister, Mrs. Joe, throwing the door wide open, and finding an obstruction behind it, immediately divined the cause, and applied Tickler to its further investigation.
Seguí el consejo. Mi hermana, la señora Joe, abriendo la puerta de par en par y encontrando un obstáculo detrás de ella, adivinó de inmediato la causa y aplicó el Cosquilleador a su investigación más exhaustiva.
She concluded by throwing me—I often served as a connubial missile—at Joe, who, glad to get hold of me on any terms, passed me on into the chimney and quietly fenced me up there with his great leg.
Terminó lanzándome —yo servía a menudo como proyectil conyugal— contra Joe, quien, contento de agarrarme bajo cualquier condición, me pasó hacia la chimenea y me encerró allí tranquilamente con su enorme pierna.
"Where have you been, you young monkey?" said Mrs. Joe, stamping her foot. "Tell me directly what you've been doing to wear me away with fret and fright and worrit, or I'd have you out of that corner if you was fifty Pips, and he was five hundred Gargerys."
«¿Dónde has estado, so monillo?», dijo la señora Joe, golpeando el suelo con el pie. «Dime ahora mismo qué has estado haciendo para agotarme con angustias, sustos y preocupaciones, o te sacaría de ese rincón aunque fueras cincuenta Pips, y él fuera quinientos Gargerys.»
"I have only been to the churchyard," said I, from my stool, crying and rubbing myself.
«Solo he ido al cementerio», dije yo, desde mi taburete, llorando y frotándome.
"Churchyard!" repeated my sister. "If it warn't for me you'd have been to the churchyard long ago, and stayed there. Who brought you up by hand?
«¡El cementerio!», repitió mi hermana. «Si no fuera por mí, habrías ido al cementerio hace mucho tiempo, y allí te habrías quedado. ¿Quién te crió con tanto esfuerzo?
Vocabulary
- Eso
- Neutral demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that thing'
- fue
- Third person singular preterite of 'ser/ir', meaning 'was/went'
- lo
- Neuter pronoun or direct object pronoun meaning 'it'
- que
- Conjunction or relative pronoun meaning 'that/which'
- hizo
- Third person singular preterite of 'hacer', meaning 'did/made'
- dijo
- Third person singular preterite of 'decir', meaning 'said'
- removiendo
- Present participle of 'remover', meaning 'stirring/moving around'
- lentamente
- Adverb meaning 'slowly', describing unhurried action
- brasas
- Hot embers or glowing coals from a fire
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- barrotes
- Bars or thick rods, as in a grate or fence
- inferiores
- Adjective meaning 'lower' or 'inferior' in position
- con
- Preposition meaning 'with', indicating accompaniment
- atizador
- A fireplace poker used to stir embers
- mirándolas
- Looking at them; gerund of 'mirar' with pronoun attached
- salió
- Third person singular preterite of 'salir', meaning 'left/went out'
- hecha
- Past participle of 'hacer' (feminine), meaning 'made/turned into'
- furia
- Intense rage or fury; extreme anger
- Lleva
- Third person singular of 'llevar', meaning 'has been' (time)
- mucho
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'much/a lot'
- tiempo
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'
- fuera
- Outside; also subjunctive of 'ser/ir' meaning 'were/went'
- Siempre
- Adverb meaning 'always', indicating habitual action
- traté
- First person singular preterite of 'tratar', meaning 'I treated'
- como
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as/like/how'
- especie
- Noun meaning 'sort/kind/species' of something
- niño
- Noun meaning 'boy/child'
- mayor
- Adjective meaning 'older/larger/greater'
- nada
- Nothing; also used to negate or minimise meaning
- más
- Adverb meaning 'more', used in comparisons
- igual
- Adjective meaning 'equal/same'; noun meaning 'equal/peer'
- Bueno
- Adjective meaning 'good'; interjection meaning 'well/okay'
- echando
- Gerund of 'echar', meaning 'throwing/casting/taking a look'
- vistazo
- A quick glance or brief look at something
- reloj
- A clock or watch used to tell time
- pared
- A wall, typically an interior wall of a building
- lleva
- Third person singular of 'llevar', meaning 'has been/carries'
- este
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' (masculine singular)
- último
- Adjective meaning 'last/latest', referring to most recent
- rato
- A short while or brief period of time
- unos
- Indefinite plural article meaning 'some/about/around'
- minutos
- Minutes; plural of 'minuto', units of time
- Ya
- Adverb meaning 'already/now/soon', context-dependent
- viene
- Third person singular present of 'venir', meaning 'comes'
- Ponte
- Imperative of 'ponerse', meaning 'put yourself/stand'
- detrás
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'behind/at the back'
- puerta
- A door, entrance to a room or building
- muchacho
- A boy or young lad; informal term of address
- pon
- Informal imperative of 'poner', meaning 'put/place'
- toalla
- A towel used for drying oneself
- gancho
- A hook used to hang things on a wall
- vosotros
- Second person plural pronoun meaning 'you all' (Spain)
- Seguí
- First person singular preterite of 'seguir', meaning 'I followed'
- consejo
- Advice or counsel given to guide someone
- hermana
- Sister; a female sibling
- señora
- A married woman; title of address meaning 'Mrs/ma'am'
- abriendo
- Gerund of 'abrir', meaning 'opening' a door or object
- par
- A pair or couple; both sides of something
- encontrando
- Gerund of 'encontrar', meaning 'finding/encountering'
- obstáculo
- An obstacle or hindrance blocking one's path
- adivinó
- Third person preterite of 'adivinar', meaning 'guessed/figured out'
- inmediato
- Adjective meaning 'immediate'; 'de inmediato' means 'immediately'
- causa
- A cause or reason behind an event
- aplicó
- Third person preterite of 'aplicar', meaning 'applied/used'
- Cosquilleador
- A tickler; something used to tickle or irritate
- investigación
- An investigation or thorough inquiry into something
- exhaustiva
- Adjective meaning 'exhaustive/thorough', leaving nothing out
- Terminó
- Third person preterite of 'terminar', meaning 'ended/finished'
- lanzándome
- Gerund of 'lanzar' with pronoun; meaning 'hurling me'
- servía
- Imperfect of 'servir', meaning 'served/was used as'
- menudo
- 'A menudo' means 'often'; also means 'small/minute'
- proyectil
- A projectile or object hurled through the air
- conyugal
- Adjective meaning 'conjugal/marital', relating to marriage
- contra
- Preposition meaning 'against', indicating opposition
- quien
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who/whom'
- contento
- Adjective meaning 'happy/content/pleased'
- agarrarme
- Infinitive 'agarrar' with pronoun; meaning 'to grab me'
- bajo
- Preposition meaning 'under'; adjective meaning 'short/low'
- cualquier
- Adjective meaning 'any/whatever', before a noun
- condición
- A condition or circumstance; state of being
- pasó
- Third person preterite of 'pasar', meaning 'passed/pushed'
- hacia
- Preposition meaning 'toward/towards' a direction
- chimenea
- A fireplace or chimney in a home
- encerró
- Third person preterite of 'encerrar', meaning 'locked/shut in'
- allí
- Adverb meaning 'there', indicating a specific place
- tranquilamente
- Adverb meaning 'calmly/quietly', in a peaceful manner
- enorme
- Adjective meaning 'enormous/huge/very large'
- pierna
- A leg; one of the lower limbs of the body
- Dónde
- Interrogative adverb meaning 'where'
- estado
- Past participle of 'estar', meaning 'been'; also 'state'
- so
- Colloquial intensifier before insults, meaning 'you (big)...'
- monillo
- A little monkey; used as an insult for a child
- golpeando
- Gerund of 'golpear', meaning 'hitting/striking/banging'
- suelo
- The floor or ground; also first person of 'soler'
- pie
- A foot; the lower extremity of the leg
- Dime
- Imperative of 'decir' with pronoun; meaning 'tell me'
- ahora
- Adverb meaning 'now', referring to the present moment
- mismo
- Adjective meaning 'same/itself'; intensifies nouns or pronouns
- qué
- Interrogative pronoun meaning 'what'
- haciendo
- Gerund of 'hacer', meaning 'doing/making'
- para
- Preposition meaning 'for/in order to', indicating purpose
- agotarme
- Infinitive 'agotar' with pronoun; meaning 'to exhaust me'
- angustias
- Anguish, distress, or acute anxieties; plural of 'angustia'
- sustos
- Frights or sudden scares; plural of 'susto'
- preocupaciones
- Worries or concerns; plural of 'preocupación'
- sacaría
- Conditional of 'sacar', meaning 'I would take out/pull out'
- ese
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (masculine singular)
- rincón
- A corner of a room or enclosed space
- aunque
- Conjunction meaning 'although/even if/even though'
- fueras
- Second person singular imperfect subjunctive of 'ser/ir'
- cincuenta
- The number fifty
- quinientos
- The number five hundred
- Solo
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'alone/only/just'
- ido
- Past participle of 'ir', meaning 'gone'
- cementerio
- A cemetery or graveyard where the dead are buried
- dije
- First person singular preterite of 'decir', meaning 'I said'
- desde
- Preposition meaning 'from/since', indicating origin or time
- taburete
- A stool; a seat without a back or arms
- llorando
- Gerund of 'llorar', meaning 'crying/weeping'
- frotándome
- Gerund of 'frotar' with pronoun; meaning 'rubbing myself'
- repitió
- Third person preterite of 'repetir', meaning 'repeated/said again'
- Si
- Conjunction meaning 'if', introducing a conditional clause
- por
- Preposition meaning 'for/by/through/because of'
- habrías
- Second person singular conditional of 'haber', meaning 'you would have'
- hace
- Third person of 'hacer'; used with time meaning 'ago'
- quedado
- Past participle of 'quedar', meaning 'stayed/remained/been left'
- Quién
- Interrogative pronoun meaning 'who'
- crió
- Third person preterite of 'criar', meaning 'raised/brought up'
- tanto
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'so much/so many'
- esfuerzo
- Effort or exertion put into a task or action
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