Little Women — Page 7
Her father called her 'Little Miss Tranquility', and the name suited her excellently, for she seemed to live in a happy world of her own, only venturing out to meet the few whom she trusted and loved.
Su padre la llamaba 'Pequeña Señorita Tranquilidad', y el nombre le quedaba a la perfección, pues parecía vivir en un mundo feliz propio, aventurándose a salir únicamente para encontrarse con los pocos en quienes confiaba y a quienes amaba.
Amy, though the youngest, was a most important person, in her own opinion at least.
Amy, aunque era la menor, era una persona de lo más importante, al menos en su propia opinión.
A regular snow maiden, with blue eyes, and yellow hair curling on her shoulders, pale and slender, and always carrying herself like a young lady mindful of her manners.
Una auténtica doncella de las nieves, con ojos azules y cabello amarillo rizado sobre los hombros, pálida y esbelta, y que siempre se comportaba como una señorita atenta a sus modales.
What the characters of the four sisters were we will leave to be found out.
Lo que eran los caracteres de las cuatro hermanas lo dejaremos para que el lector lo descubra.
The clock struck six and, having swept up the hearth, Beth put a pair of slippers down to warm.
El reloj dio las seis y, tras barrer el hogar, Beth dejó un par de zapatillas cerca del fuego para que se calentaran.
Somehow the sight of the old shoes had a good effect upon the girls, for Mother was coming, and everyone brightened to welcome her.
De algún modo, la visión de los viejos zapatos tuvo un buen efecto en las chicas, pues la madre estaba llegando, y todas se animaron para darle la bienvenida.
Meg stopped lecturing, and lighted the lamp, Amy got out of the easy chair without being asked, and Jo forgot how tired she was as she sat up to hold the slippers nearer to the blaze.
Meg dejó de sermonear y encendió la lámpara, Amy se levantó del sillón sin que nadie se lo pidiera, y Jo olvidó lo cansada que estaba mientras se incorporaba para acercar las zapatillas más a las llamas.
"They are quite worn out. Marmee must have a new pair."
«Están muy gastadas. Marmee necesita un par nuevo.»
"I thought I'd get her some with my dollar," said Beth.
«Yo pensaba comprarle unas con mi dólar», dijo Beth.
"No, I shall!" cried Amy.
«¡No, lo haré yo!», exclamó Amy.
"I'm the oldest," began Meg, but Jo cut in with a decided, "I'm the man of the family now Papa is away, and I shall provide the slippers, for he told me to take special care of Mother while he was gone.
«Yo soy la mayor», comenzó Meg, pero Jo la interrumpió con determinación: «Yo soy el hombre de la familia ahora que papá está fuera, y yo me encargaré de las zapatillas, pues él me dijo que cuidara especialmente de madre mientras estuviera ausente.
Vocabulary
- padre
- Father; male parent
- llamaba
- Called or used to call someone by a name
- Pequeña
- Little or small; feminine adjective describing size
- Señorita
- Miss; polite title for a young unmarried woman
- Tranquilidad
- Tranquility; state of calmness and peace
- nombre
- Name; word used to identify a person or thing
- quedaba
- Suited or fit; used to say something suited someone well
- perfección
- Perfection; state of being flawless or ideal
- pues
- Conjunction meaning since, well, or because
- parecía
- Seemed or appeared to be a certain way
- vivir
- To live; to exist or dwell in a place
- mundo
- World; the earth or a particular sphere of existence
- feliz
- Happy; feeling or expressing joy and contentment
- propio
- Own; belonging exclusively to oneself
- aventurándose
- Venturing out; daring to go somewhere or do something
- salir
- To go out or leave a place
- únicamente
- Only; solely, exclusively, and nothing more
- encontrarse
- To meet up with or come across someone
- pocos
- Few; a small number of people or things
- quienes
- Relative pronoun meaning who, referring to people
- confiaba
- Trusted; had confidence or faith in someone
- amaba
- Loved; felt deep affection for someone
- aunque
- Although; even though, introducing a concessive clause
- menor
- Younger or lesser; smaller in age or importance
- persona
- Person; an individual human being
- más
- More or most; used in comparisons and superlatives
- importante
- Important; of great significance or value
- menos
- Less or least; fewer in amount or degree
- propia
- Own; belonging to oneself, feminine form
- opinión
- Opinion; a personal view or judgment on something
- auténtica
- Authentic or true; genuine, real, not fake
- doncella
- Maiden; a young unmarried woman or girl
- nieves
- Snows; plural of nieve, frozen precipitation
- ojos
- Eyes; the organs of sight in the face
- azules
- Blue; plural adjective describing a blue color
- cabello
- Hair; the hair growing on a person's head
- amarillo
- Yellow; a bright color like gold or sunshine
- rizado
- Curly; hair that forms ringlets or waves
- sobre
- Over, on top of, or about something
- hombros
- Shoulders; the joints connecting arms to the torso
- pálida
- Pale; having little color in the skin, feminine
- esbelta
- Slender; slim and gracefully thin, feminine adjective
- siempre
- Always; at all times without exception
- comportaba
- Behaved; acted or conducted oneself in a certain way
- señorita
- Young lady or miss; polite term for a young woman
- atenta
- Attentive; paying careful attention, polite, and considerate
- modales
- Manners; polite ways of behaving in social situations
- caracteres
- Characters; personalities or traits of individuals
- cuatro
- Four; the number 4
- hermanas
- Sisters; female siblings sharing the same parents
- dejaremos
- We will leave; allow someone to do something themselves
- lector
- Reader; a person who reads a text or book
- descubra
- Discovers or may discover; finds out for oneself
- reloj
- Clock or watch; a device that measures time
- dio
- Struck or gave; past tense of dar, rang the hour
- seis
- Six; the number 6
- tras
- After or behind; preposition indicating sequence or position
- barrer
- To sweep; to clean a floor with a broom
- hogar
- Home; one's house or dwelling place, hearth
- dejó
- Left or placed; put something in a specific spot
- par
- Pair; a set of two matching things
- zapatillas
- Slippers; soft comfortable shoes worn indoors
- cerca
- Near or close to; in proximity to something
- fuego
- Fire; flames produced by burning material
- calentaran
- Would warm up; subjunctive of calentar, to heat
- algún
- Some; indefinite adjective before masculine singular nouns
- modo
- Way or manner; a method or means of doing something
- visión
- Vision or sight; the act of seeing something
- viejos
- Old; worn or aged, masculine plural adjective
- zapatos
- Shoes; footwear worn on the feet
- tuvo
- Had; past tense of tener, to have or produce
- buen
- Good; positive adjective before a masculine singular noun
- efecto
- Effect; a result or impression produced by something
- chicas
- Girls; young women or female children
- madre
- Mother; female parent of a child
- llegando
- Arriving; in the process of reaching a destination
- todas
- All; every one, feminine plural form
- animaron
- Cheered up or encouraged; motivated others to act
- darle
- To give her or him; infinitive dar with indirect pronoun
- bienvenida
- Welcome; a greeting given to someone who arrives
- sermonear
- To lecture or preach; to give a lengthy moral speech
- encendió
- Lit or turned on; activated a light or flame
- lámpara
- Lamp; a device that provides artificial light
- levantó
- Lifted or raised; moved something upward
- sillón
- Armchair; a large comfortable chair with armrests
- sin
- Without; in the absence of something or someone
- nadie
- Nobody; no person at all
- pidiera
- Would ask; imperfect subjunctive of pedir, to request
- olvidó
- Forgot; failed to remember something
- cansada
- Tired; feeling fatigue or exhaustion, feminine adjective
- mientras
- While; during the time that something else happens
- incorporaba
- Was sitting up; raising oneself to an upright position
- acercar
- To bring closer or approach; to move near something
- llamas
- Flames; burning tongues of fire
- muy
- Very; intensifier used before adjectives and adverbs
- gastadas
- Worn out; used up or deteriorated from use, feminine plural
- necesita
- Needs; requires something essential or necessary
- nuevo
- New; recently made or not previously used
- pensaba
- Was thinking or planned; imperfect of pensar
- comprarle
- To buy for her or him; infinitive with indirect pronoun
- dólar
- Dollar; a unit of currency used in various countries
- dijo
- Said; past tense of decir, to say or tell
- haré
- I will do or make; future tense of hacer
- exclamó
- Exclaimed; cried out with strong emotion
- mayor
- Older or greater; comparative adjective of grande
- comenzó
- Began or started; past tense of comenzar
- pero
- But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- interrumpió
- Interrupted; broke into speech or action of another
- determinación
- Determination; firm resolve to achieve a goal
- hombre
- Man; an adult male human being
- familia
- Family; a group of related people living together
- ahora
- Now; at the present moment in time
- papá
- Dad; an informal word for father
- fuera
- Away or outside; absent from a place
- encargaré
- I will take charge; future of encargarse, to take responsibility
- cuidara
- Would take care of; imperfect subjunctive of cuidar
- especialmente
- Especially; particularly, more than usual or others
- estuviera
- Were or would be; imperfect subjunctive of estar
- ausente
- Absent; not present in a place or situation
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