Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 8
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I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough, however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head against the door and cutting it.
Lo feci, senza essere dapprima consapevole di quale fosse la sua intenzione; ma quando lo vidi sollevare e soppesare il libro e mettersi in atto di scagliarlo, istintivamente mi scostai con un grido di allarme: non abbastanza in fretta, tuttavia; il volume fu lanciato, mi colpì, e caddi, battendo la testa contro la porta e ferendomi.
The cut bled, the pain was sharp: my terror had passed its climax; other feelings succeeded.
La ferita sanguinava, il dolore era acuto: il mio terrore aveva superato il suo culmine; altri sentimenti sopravvennero.
"Wicked and cruel boy!" I said.
«Ragazzo malvagio e crudele!» dissi.
"You are like a murderer—you are like a slave-driver—you are like the Roman emperors!"
«Sei come un assassino—sei come un negriero—sei come gli imperatori romani!»
I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion of Nero, Caligula, &c.
Avevo letto la Storia di Roma di Goldsmith, e mi ero fatta un'opinione su Nerone, Caligola, ecc.
Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I never thought thus to have declared aloud.
Avevo anche tracciato parallelismi in silenzio, che non avrei mai pensato di dichiarare così ad alta voce.
"What! what!" he cried.
«Come! come!» gridò.
"Did she say that to me? Did you hear her, Eliza and Georgiana? Won't I tell mama? but first—"
«Ha detto questo a me? L'avete sentita, Eliza e Georgiana? Non lo dirò alla mamma? ma prima—»
He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing.
Mi si scagliò contro a testa bassa: lo sentii afferrarmi i capelli e la spalla: si era avventato su qualcosa di disperato.
I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer.
Vedevo davvero in lui un tiranno, un assassino.
I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck, and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fear, and I received him in frantic sort.
Sentii una o due gocce di sangue dalla mia testa scorrere lungo il collo, e percepii una sofferenza alquanto pungente: queste sensazioni per il momento predominarono sulla paura, e lo affrontai in modo frenetico.
I don't very well know what I did with my hands, but he called me "Rat! Rat!" and bellowed out aloud.
Non so bene cosa abbia fatto con le mie mani, ma lui mi chiamò «Topo! Topo!» e urlò a gran voce.
Vocabulary
- Lo
- him; it (direct object pronoun)
- feci
- I did; I made (past tense of fare)
- senza
- without
- essere
- to be
- dapprima
- at first; initially
- consapevole
- aware; conscious of something
- di
- of; from (preposition)
- quale
- which; what (interrogative pronoun)
- fosse
- was (subjunctive past tense of essere)
- la
- the; her (feminine article/pronoun)
- sua
- his; her; its (possessive adjective)
- intenzione
- intention; purpose or plan
- ma
- but; however
- quando
- when; at what time
- vidi
- I saw (past tense of vedere)
- sollevare
- to lift; to raise something up
- il
- the (masculine singular article)
- libro
- book
- mettersi
- to put oneself; to begin to do
- in
- in; into (preposition)
- atto
- act; action in process
- istintivamente
- instinctively; by natural impulse
- mi
- me (indirect/direct object pronoun)
- con
- with; in company with
- un
- a; an (indefinite article)
- grido
- cry; shout or outcry
- allarme
- alarm; sudden fear or warning
- non
- not; negation
- abbastanza
- enough; sufficiently or adequately
- fretta
- haste; hurry or speed
- tuttavia
- however; nevertheless or still
- volume
- volume; book or tome
- fu
- was (past tense of essere)
- lanciato
- thrown; hurled or cast
- colpì
- hit; struck (past tense of colpire)
- caddi
- I fell; I dropped down
- battendo
- beating; hitting or striking
- testa
- head; upper part of body
- contro
- against; in opposition to
- porta
- door; entrance to a room
- La
- the; her (feminine article/pronoun)
- ferita
- wound; injury or cut
- sanguinava
- bled; was bleeding
- dolore
- pain; suffering or ache
- era
- was (imperfect tense of essere)
- acuto
- sharp; acute or severe
- mio
- my; belonging to me
- terrore
- terror; extreme fear
- aveva
- had (imperfect tense of avere)
- superato
- exceeded; surpassed or overcome
- suo
- his; her; its (possessive adjective)
- culmine
- peak; highest point or climax
- altri
- other; different or additional
- sentimenti
- feelings; emotions or sentiments
- Ragazzo
- boy; male child or youth
- malvagio
- wicked; evil or malicious
- crudele
- cruel; causing pain or suffering
- dissi
- I said; I spoke
- Sei
- you are (present tense of essere)
- come
- like; as or similar to
- assassino
- assassin; murderer or killer
- gli
- to him; him (indirect object pronoun)
- imperatori
- emperors; rulers of empires
- romani
- Roman; of or from Rome
- Avevo
- I had (pluperfect tense of avere)
- letto
- read; perused or studied
- Storia
- history; account of past events
- Roma
- Rome; capital city of Italy
- ero
- I was (imperfect tense of essere)
- fatta
- made; formed or created
- opinione
- opinion; belief or judgment
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