Little Women — Page 10
Amy followed, but she poked her hands out stiffly before her, and jerked herself along as if she went by machinery, and her "Ow!" was more suggestive of pins being run into her than of fear and anguish.
Amy la siguió, pero extendió las manos rígidamente ante ella, y se sacudía como si fuera movida por una máquina, y su «¡Ay!» evocaba más la idea de que le clavaban alfileres que la de miedo y angustia.
Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun with interest.
Jo lanzó un gemido desesperado, y Meg se echó a reír abiertamente, mientras Beth dejaba que su pan se quemara mientras observaba la diversión con interés.
"It's no use! Do the best you can when the time comes, and if the audience laughs, don't blame me. Come on, Meg."
«¡No hay manera! Haz lo mejor que puedas cuando llegue el momento, y si el público se ríe, no me culpes. Vamos, Meg.»
Then things went smoothly, for Don Pedro defied the world in a speech of two pages without a single break.
Luego las cosas transcurrieron sin problemas, pues Don Pedro desafió al mundo en un discurso de dos páginas sin una sola pausa.
Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect.
Hagar, la bruja, entonó una horrible invocación sobre su caldero lleno de sapos hirvientes, con un efecto espeluznante.
Roderigo rent his chains asunder manfully, and Hugo died in agonies of remorse and arsenic, with a wild, "Ha! Ha!"
Roderigo rompió sus cadenas valientemente, y Hugo murió entre agonías de remordimiento y arsénico, con un desenfrenado «¡Ja! ¡Ja!»
"It's the best we've had yet," said Meg, as the dead villain sat up and rubbed his elbows.
«Es lo mejor que hemos hecho hasta ahora», dijo Meg, mientras el malvado muerto se incorporaba y se frotaba los codos.
"I don't see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You're a regular Shakespeare!" exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things.
«¡No entiendo cómo puedes escribir y actuar cosas tan espléndidas, Jo. Eres un verdadero Shakespeare!» exclamó Beth, quien creía firmemente que sus hermanas estaban dotadas de un talento maravilloso para todo.
"Not quite," replied Jo modestly. "I do think _The Witches Curse, an Operatic Tragedy_ is rather a nice thing, but I'd like to try _Macbeth_, if we only had a trapdoor for Banquo.
«No del todo», respondió Jo modestamente. «Sí creo que _La maldición de las brujas, una tragedia operática_ es algo bastante bueno, pero me gustaría intentar _Macbeth_, si tan solo tuviéramos una trampilla para Banquo.
I always wanted to do the killing part. 'Is that a dagger that I see before me?
Siempre he querido hacer la parte del asesinato. '¿Es eso un puñal lo que veo ante mí?
Vocabulary
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- siguió
- Followed; continued; past tense of seguir
- pero
- But; however; conjunction used for contrast
- extendió
- Extended; stretched out; past tense of extender
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- manos
- Hands; plural of mano
- rígidamente
- Rigidly; stiffly; in a rigid manner
- ante
- Before; in front of; facing something
- ella
- She; her; feminine third-person pronoun
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; used with reflexive verbs
- sacudía
- Shook; trembled; past tense of sacudir
- como
- Like; as; similar to or in the manner of
- si
- If; conditional conjunction; or whether
- fuera
- Were; subjunctive form of ser; might be
- movida
- Moved; driven; feminine past participle of mover
- por
- By; for; through; preposition indicating cause or means
- una
- A; an; feminine singular indefinite article
- máquina
- Machine; mechanical device for performing work
- su
- His; her; its; their; possessive adjective
- Ay
- Oh; alas; exclamation of pain or surprise
- evocaba
- Evoked; recalled; brought to mind; past of evocar
- más
- More; greater quantity or degree
- idea
- Idea; thought; concept or mental image
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- que
- That; which; what; relative pronoun
- le
- Him; her; you; indirect object pronoun
- clavaban
- Drove; nailed; stuck in; past of clavar
- alfileres
- Pins; needles; pointed fastening devices
- miedo
- Fear; fright; feeling of dread or anxiety
- angustia
- Anguish; distress; severe emotional suffering or pain
- lanzó
- Launched; threw; cast; past tense of lanzar
- un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article
- gemido
- Moan; groan; sound expressing pain or distress
- desesperado
- Desperate; hopeless; without hope or remedy
- echó
- Threw; cast; started; past tense of echar
- reír
- To laugh; to find something amusing
- abiertamente
- Openly; frankly; in a candid manner
- mientras
- While; meanwhile; during the time that
- dejaba
- Let; allowed; allowed to happen; past of dejar
- pan
- Bread; loaf; staple carbohydrate food item
- quemara
- Burned; charred; past subjunctive of quemar
- observaba
- Observed; watched; noticed; past of observar
- diversión
- Amusement; entertainment; source of enjoyment or fun
- con
- With; accompanied by; in company of
- interés
- Interest; concern; attention or curiosity about something
- No
- No; not; negation or refusal
- hay
- There is; there are; present tense of haber
- manera
- Way; manner; method or means of doing something
- Haz
- Do; make; imperative form of hacer
- lo
- It; that; masculine singular direct object pronoun
- mejor
- Better; best; superior in quality or performance
- puedas
- Can; may; present subjunctive of poder
- cuando
- When; at what time; conjunction indicating time
- llegue
- Arrive; come; present subjunctive of llegar
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- momento
- Moment; instant; brief period of time
- público
- Public; audience; relating to people generally
- ríe
- Laugh; laughs; present tense of reír
- culpes
- Blame; accuse; present subjunctive of culpar
- Vamos
- Let's go; we go; present tense of ir
- Luego
- Later; then; afterwards; subsequently
- cosas
- Things; matters; objects; plural of cosa
- transcurrieron
- Elapsed; passed; went by; past of transcurrir
- sin
- Without; lacking; in the absence of
- Don
- Title of respect; form of address for men
- desafió
- Challenged; defied; past tense of desafiar
- al
- To the; contraction of a + el
- mundo
- World; earth; people in general
- en
- In; on; at; preposition indicating location
- discurso
- Speech; discourse; formal address or spoken text
- dos
- Two; number 2; cardinal number
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