Little Women — Page 10

English → It CHAPTER ONE Level 6/10

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 seguì, ma protese le mani rigidamente davanti a sé, e si trascinò avanti come se fosse mossa da un meccanismo, e il suo "Ahi!" era più suggestivo di spilli conficcati in lei che di paura e angoscia.

Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun with interest.

Jo emise un gemito disperato, e Meg rise apertamente, mentre Beth lasciò bruciare il suo pane mentre guardava il divertimento con interesse.

"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."

"È inutile! Fai del tuo meglio quando arriverà il momento, e se il pubblico ride, non dare la colpa a me. Andiamo, Meg."

Then things went smoothly, for Don Pedro defied the world in a speech of two pages without a single break.

Poi le cose andarono lisce, poiché Don Pedro sfidò il mondo in un discorso di due pagine senza una sola interruzione.

Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect.

Hagar, la strega, intonò un'orribile incantazione sul suo calderone pieno di rospi sobbollenti, con un effetto inquietante.

Roderigo rent his chains asunder manfully, and Hugo died in agonies of remorse and arsenic, with a wild, "Ha! Ha!"

Roderigo spezzò virilmente le sue catene, e Hugo morì tra le agonie del rimorso e dell'arsenico, con un selvaggio, "Ah! Ah!"

"It's the best we've had yet," said Meg, as the dead villain sat up and rubbed his elbows.

"È il migliore che abbiamo avuto finora," disse Meg, mentre il villain morto si raddrizzò a sedere e si strofinò i gomiti.

"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.

"Non capisco come tu possa scrivere e recitare cose così splendide, Jo. Sei un vero Shakespeare!" esclamò Beth, che credeva fermamente che le sue sorelle fossero dotate di un meraviglioso genio in tutto.

"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.

"Non proprio," rispose Jo modestamente. "Penso davvero che _La Maledizione delle Streghe, una Tragedia Operistica_ sia una cosa piuttosto bella, ma mi piacerebbe provare il _Macbeth_, se solo avessimo una botola per Banquo.

I always wanted to do the killing part. 'Is that a dagger that I see before me?

Ho sempre voluto fare la parte dell'omicidio. 'È questo un pugnale che vedo davanti a me?

Vocabulary

seguì: Followed; past tense of seguire.
ma: But; common conjunction in Italian.
protese: Stretched out; extended forward with effort.
le: The; feminine plural definite article.
mani: Hands; plural of mano.
rigidamente: Rigidly; in a stiff or inflexible manner.
davanti: In front of; before or ahead.
sé: Herself; oneself; reflexive pronoun.
si: Reflexive pronoun; oneself in various contexts.
trascinò: Dragged; pulled along with effort.
avanti: Forward; ahead; in front direction.
come: Like; as; comparative conjunction.
se: If; conditional conjunction.
fosse: Were; past subjunctive of essere.
mossa: Moved; set in motion.
da: By; from; preposition of origin.
un: A; an; masculine indefinite article.
meccanismo: Mechanism; mechanical system or device.
il: The; masculine singular definite article.
suo: Her; his; possessive adjective.
Ahi: Alas; exclamation of distress.
era: Was; past tense of essere.
più: More; greater in degree or quantity.
suggestivo: Suggestive; evocative; appealing to imagination.
di: Of; from; preposition indicating possession.
spilli: Pins; sharp pointed fastening objects.
conficcati: Stuck in; driven into; embedded.
in: In; inside; preposition of location.
lei: Her; she; feminine pronoun.
che: That; which; relative pronoun.
paura: Fear; fright; emotion of being afraid.
angoscia: Anguish; deep anxiety or distress.
emise: Emitted; gave out; uttered sounds.
gemito: Groan; moan; sound of distress.
disperato: Desperate; in complete despair or hopelessness.
rise: Laughed; past tense of ridere.
apertamente: Openly; frankly; in clear manner.
mentre: While; during the time that.
lasciò: Let; allowed; past tense of lasciare.
bruciare: Burn; consume with fire.
pane: Bread; baked staple grain food.
guardava: Watched; looked at; past imperfect.
divertimento: Amusement; entertainment; enjoyable activity.
con: With; accompanied by; preposition.
interesse: Interest; attention or concern about something.
inutile: Useless; pointless; without useful purpose.
Fai: Do; make; imperative of fare.
del: Of the; contraction of di+il.
tuo: Your; possessive adjective singular.
meglio: Better; best; superior quality.
quando: When; at what time; conjunction.
arriverà: Will arrive; future tense of arrivare.
momento: Moment; brief period of time.
pubblico: Public; open to all people.
ride: Laughs; present tense of ridere.
non: Not; negation particle in Italian.
dare: Give; to provide or hand over.
la: The; feminine singular definite article.
colpa: Blame; fault; responsibility for wrongdoing.
me: Me; myself; first person object pronoun.
Andiamo: Let's go; imperative of andare.
Poi: Then; afterward; afterwards.
cose: Things; matters; plural of cosa.
andarono: Went; past tense of andare.
lisce: Smooth; even; without roughness.
poiché: Because; since; causal conjunction.
sfidò: Challenged; defied; past tense of sfidare.
mondo: World; earth; society of people.
discorso: Speech; discourse; spoken statement.
due: Two; number 2.
pagine: Pages; sheets of printed paper.
senza: Without; lacking; absence of something.
una: A; one; feminine indefinite article.
sola: Alone; only; sole.

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