Little Women — Page 3
" And Beth looked at her rough hands with a sigh that any one could hear that time.
Y Beth miró sus manos ásperas con un suspiro que cualquiera podía escuchar en ese momento.
"I don't believe any of you suffer as I do," cried Amy, "for you don't have to go to school with impertinent girls, who plague you if you don't know your lessons, and laugh at your dresses, and label your father if he isn't rich, and insult you when your nose isn't nice."
«No creo que ninguna de ustedes sufra como yo», exclamó Amy, «porque ustedes no tienen que ir a la escuela con niñas impertinentes, que las acosan si no saben sus lecciones, y se ríen de sus vestidos, y etiquetan a su padre si no es rico, y las insultan cuando su nariz no es bonita».
"If you mean libel, I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle," advised Jo, laughing.
«Si te refieres a difamar, yo lo diría así, y no hablaría de etiquetas, como si papá fuera un frasco de pepinillos», aconsejó Jo, riendo.
"I know what I mean, and you needn't be statirical about it. It's proper to use good words, and improve your vocabilary," returned Amy, with dignity.
«Yo sé lo que quiero decir, y no tienes que ser satírica al respecto. Es correcto usar buenas palabras y mejorar tu vocabulario», respondió Amy, con dignidad.
"Don't peck at one another, children. Don't you wish we had the money Papa lost when we were little, Jo? Dear me! How happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!" said Meg, who could remember better times.
«No se peleen entre ustedes, niñas. ¿No desearías que tuviéramos el dinero que papá perdió cuando éramos pequeñas, Jo? ¡Dios mío! ¡Qué felices y buenas seríamos si no tuviéramos preocupaciones!», dijo Meg, quien podía recordar tiempos mejores.
"You said the other day you thought we were a deal happier than the King children, for they were fighting and fretting all the time, in spite of their money."
«El otro día dijiste que pensabas que éramos mucho más felices que los niños King, porque ellos estaban peleando y preocupándose todo el tiempo, a pesar de su dinero».
"So I did, Beth. Well, I think we are. For though we do have to work, we make fun of ourselves, and are a pretty jolly set, as Jo would say."
«Es verdad, Beth. Bueno, creo que lo somos. Pues aunque tengamos que trabajar, nos reímos de nosotras mismas y somos un grupo bastante alegre, como diría Jo».
"Jo does use such slang words!" observed Amy, with a reproving look at the long figure stretched on the rug.
«¡Jo usa unas palabras tan vulgares!», observó Amy, con una mirada reprobatoria hacia la larga figura tendida sobre la alfombra.
Vocabulary
- miró
- looked; past tense of mirar
- sus
- his, her, their, your (formal)
- manos
- hands
- ásperas
- rough, coarse, harsh
- con
- with
- suspiro
- sigh; a sound expressing emotion
- que
- that, which, who
- cualquiera
- anyone, any, whatever
- podía
- could, was able to; past tense
- escuchar
- to listen, to hear
- en
- in, on, at
- ese
- that, that one
- momento
- moment, instant
- No
- no, not
- creo
- I believe, I think
- ninguna
- none, not any; feminine form
- de
- of, from
- ustedes
- you all, you (plural formal)
- sufra
- suffers; subjunctive of sufrir
- como
- like, as, how
- yo
- I, me
- exclamó
- exclaimed; past tense of exclamar
- porque
- because
- no
- no, not
- tienen
- have, they have
- ir
- to go
- la
- the; feminine singular article
- escuela
- school
- niñas
- girls, little girls
- impertinentes
- impertinent, impudent, rude
- las
- the; feminine plural article
- acosan
- harass, pester; third person plural
- si
- if
- saben
- know, they know
- lecciones
- lessons, classes
- se
- themselves, oneself; reflexive pronoun
- ríen
- laugh, they laugh
- vestidos
- dresses, clothes
- etiquetan
- label, tag; third person plural
- padre
- father
- es
- is; third person singular present
- rico
- rich, wealthy
- insultan
- insult; third person plural
- cuando
- when
- nariz
- nose
- bonita
- pretty, beautiful; feminine form
- Si
- if
- te
- you; indirect/direct object pronoun
- refieres
- refer to, mean; second person singular
- difamar
- to defame, to slander
- lo
- it, him; masculine singular pronoun
- diría
- would say; conditional tense
- así
- thus, so, like that
- hablaría
- would speak; conditional tense
- etiquetas
- labels, tags
- papá
- dad, father
- fuera
- were, outside; subjunctive/conditional
- frasco
- jar, bottle
- pepinillos
- pickles, gherkins
- aconsejó
- advised; past tense of aconsejar
- riendo
- laughing; present participle
- Yo
- I, me
- sé
- I know; first person singular
- quiero
- I want; first person singular
- decir
- to say, to tell
- tienes
- have, you have
- ser
- to be
- satírica
- satirical, sarcastic; feminine form
- al
- to the, at the
- respecto
- respect, regard, concerning
- Es
- it is; third person singular
- correcto
- correct, right, proper
- usar
- to use, to wear
- buenas
- good; feminine plural form
- palabras
- words
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