Little Women — Page 8
"I'll tell you what we'll do," said Beth, "let's each get her something for Christmas, and not get anything for ourselves."
"Tôi sẽ nói cho các chị biết chúng ta sẽ làm gì," Beth nói, "hãy để mỗi người mua cho mẹ một thứ gì đó vào dịp Giáng sinh, và đừng mua gì cho bản thân mình cả."
"That's like you, dear! What will we get?" exclaimed Jo.
"Đúng là chị rồi, em yêu ơi! Chúng ta sẽ mua gì?" Jo thốt lên.
Everyone thought soberly for a minute, then Meg announced, as if the idea was suggested by the sight of her own pretty hands, "I shall give her a nice pair of gloves."
Mọi người suy nghĩ nghiêm túc một lúc, rồi Meg thông báo, như thể ý tưởng được gợi ra từ việc nhìn thấy đôi tay xinh đẹp của mình, "Tôi sẽ tặng mẹ một đôi găng tay đẹp."
"Army shoes, best to be had," cried Jo.
"Đôi giày quân đội, loại tốt nhất có thể mua được," Jo kêu lên.
"Some handkerchiefs, all hemmed," said Beth.
"Vài chiếc khăn tay, tất cả đều được viền," Beth nói.
"I'll get a little bottle of cologne. She likes it, and it won't cost much, so I'll have some left to buy my pencils," added Amy.
"Tôi sẽ mua một lọ nước hoa nhỏ. Mẹ thích nó, và nó sẽ không tốn nhiều tiền, nên tôi sẽ còn dư một ít để mua bút chì của mình," Amy thêm vào.
"How will we give the things?" asked Meg.
"Chúng ta sẽ trao những món quà đó như thế nào?" Meg hỏi.
"Put them on the table, and bring her in and see her open the bundles. Don't you remember how we used to do on our birthdays?" answered Jo.
"Đặt chúng lên bàn, rồi dẫn mẹ vào và xem mẹ mở những gói quà. Các chị không nhớ chúng ta hay làm vậy vào những ngày sinh nhật sao?" Jo trả lời.
"I used to be so frightened when it was my turn to sit in the chair with the crown on, and see you all come marching round to give the presents, with a kiss. I liked the things and the kisses, but it was dreadful to have you sit looking at me while I opened the bundles," said Beth, who was toasting her face and the bread for tea at the same time.
"Tôi thường rất sợ khi đến lượt mình ngồi trên ghế đội vương miện, và nhìn tất cả các chị diễu hành vòng quanh để tặng quà kèm theo một nụ hôn. Tôi thích những món quà và những nụ hôn đó, nhưng thật đáng sợ khi các chị ngồi nhìn tôi trong lúc tôi mở những gói quà," Beth nói, người đang vừa hơ nóng mặt mình vừa nướng bánh mì để uống trà cùng lúc.
"Let Marmee think we are getting things for ourselves, and then surprise her. We must go shopping tomorrow afternoon, Meg.
"Hãy để mẹ nghĩ rằng chúng ta đang mua đồ cho bản thân mình, rồi sau đó sẽ làm mẹ ngạc nhiên. Chúng ta phải đi mua sắm vào chiều mai, Meg.
Vocabulary
- Tôi
- Toi — First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- sẽ
- se — Future tense marker indicating something will happen
- nói
- noi — To speak or say something to someone
- cho
- cho — To give; for; allows action toward someone
- các
- cac — Plural marker used before nouns or pronouns
- chị
- chi — Older sister; respectful term for older woman
- biết
- biet — To know or be aware of something
- chúng
- chung — Plural pronoun prefix meaning 'we' or 'they'
- ta
- ta — We or I; informal first person pronoun
- làm
- lam — To do or make something; perform an action
- gì
- gi — What; used in questions asking about things
- hãy
- hay — Imperative marker urging someone to do something
- để
- de — To let, allow, or in order to do something
- mỗi
- moi — Each or every individual item or person
- người
- nguoi — Person or people; human being
- mua
- mua — To buy or purchase something
- mẹ
- me — Mother; term of address for one's mother
- một
- mot — The number one; a or an (indefinite article)
- thứ
- thu — Thing; item; ordinal number marker
- đó
- do — That; over there; referring to something specific
- vào
- vao — To enter; into; on (a time or occasion)
- dịp
- dip — Occasion or opportunity for an event
- Giáng sinh
- Giang sinh — Christmas; Christian holiday celebrating Jesus's birth
- và
- va — And; connecting words or clauses together
- đừng
- dung — Don't; negative imperative telling someone not to act
- bản thân
- ban than — Oneself; referring to one's own self
- mình
- minh — Oneself; informal first person or reflexive pronoun
- cả
- ca — All; even; entire group or amount
- Đúng
- Dung — Correct; right; exactly so
- là
- la — To be; linking verb connecting subject and predicate
- rồi
- roi — Already; then; indicates completion of an action
- em
- em — Younger sibling; junior person; 'I' used humbly
- yêu
- yeu — To love; affectionate term of endearment
- ơi
- oi — Exclamation calling attention; oh; used affectionately
- Chúng
- Chung — Plural pronoun prefix meaning 'we' or 'they'
- thốt lên
- thot len — To blurt out or exclaim something suddenly
- Mọi
- Moi — Every; all; each without exception
- suy nghĩ
- suy nghi — Thought; to think deeply about something
- nghiêm túc
- nghiem tuc — Serious; earnest; not joking or casual
- lúc
- luc — When; at the time of; moment
- thông báo
- thong bao — To announce; make an official announcement
- như thể
- nhu the — As if; as though; suggesting a comparison
- ý tưởng
- y tuong — Idea; concept; creative thought or notion
- được
- duoc — To be able to; to receive; passive marker
- gợi ra
- goi ra — To suggest or evoke an idea or feeling
- từ
- tu — From; word; since a point in time
- việc
- viec — Work; task; matter; thing to be done
- nhìn thấy
- nhin thay — To see; to catch sight of something
- đôi
- doi — Pair; couple; two matching items together
- tay
- tay — Hand; arm; someone skilled at something
- xinh đẹp
- xinh dep — Beautiful; pretty; attractive in appearance
- của
- cua — Of; belonging to; possessive particle
- tặng
- tang — To give as a gift; to present something
- găng
- gang — Gloves; protective hand covering
- giày
- giay — Shoes; footwear worn on the feet
- quân đội
- quan doi — Military; army; armed forces of a country
- loại
- loai — Type; kind; category of things
- tốt nhất
- tot nhat — Best; highest quality among all options
- có
- co — To have; there is; existence marker
- kêu
- keu — To call out; to cry; to make a sound
- Vài
- Vai — A few; several; small number of things
- chiếc
- chiec — Classifier for individual items like hats or shoes
- khăn
- khan — Scarf; cloth; handkerchief; towel
- tất
- tat — Socks; stockings worn on the feet
- đều
- deu — All; equally; every one without exception
- viền
- vien — Border; trim; edge around something
- lọ
- lo — Small bottle; jar; vial for liquids
- nước hoa
- nuoc hoa — Perfume; fragrant liquid worn on the body
- nhỏ
- nho — Small; little; young; tiny in size
- Mẹ
- Me — Mother; term of address for one's mother
- thích
- thich — To like; to enjoy; to be fond of
- nó
- no — It; he; she; third person pronoun (informal)
- không
- khong — No; not; negation word in Vietnamese
- tốn
- ton — To cost; to spend; to waste resources
- nhiều
- nhieu — Many; much; a large quantity of something
- tiền
- tien — Money; currency used for buying things
- nên
- nen — Should; therefore; so; as a result
- tôi
- toi — First person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- còn
- con — Still; remaining; yet; also additionally
- dư
- du — Extra; leftover; surplus amount remaining
- ít
- it — Few; little; a small amount of something
- bút chì
- but chi — Pencil; writing instrument with graphite core
- thêm
- them — More; additional; to add to something
- trao
- trao — To hand over; to give; to present formally
- những
- nhung — Plural marker for nouns; those; some things
- món quà
- mon qua — Gift; present given to someone on occasion
- thế nào
- the nao — How; in what way; asking about manner
- hỏi
- hoi — To ask; to inquire about something
- Đặt
- Dat — To place; to set down; to order something
- bàn
- ban — Table; to discuss; to plan something
- dẫn
- dan — To lead; to guide someone somewhere
- xem
- xem — To watch; to look at; to see something
- mở
- mo — To open; to turn on; to begin something
- gói
- goi — Package; to wrap; a parcel or bundle
- Các
- Cac — Plural marker used before nouns or pronouns
- nhớ
- nho — To remember; to miss someone or something
- hay
- hay — Or; interesting; often; whether (conjunction)
- vậy
- vay — So; thus; like that; is that so
- ngày
- ngay — Day; date; daytime period of 24 hours
- nhật
- nhat — Daily; sun; relating to Japan or daily records
- sao
- sao — Why; star; how come; used in questions
- trả lời
- tra loi — To answer; to reply to a question
- thường
- thuong — Usually; often; normally; ordinary
- rất
- rat — Very; extremely; intensifier before adjectives
- sợ
- so — To fear; to be afraid of something
- khi
- khi — When; at the time that something happens
- đến
- den — To arrive; to come to; until a point
- lượt
- luot — Turn; round; one's chance or opportunity
- ngồi
- ngoi — To sit; to be seated in a position
- trên
- tren — On; above; on top of something
- ghế
- ghe — Chair; seat; place to sit
- vương miện
- vuong mien — Crown; royal headpiece worn by royalty
- diễu hành
- dieu hanh — To parade; march in a public procession
- vòng quanh
- vong quanh — Around; going in a circle or loop
- kèm theo
- kem theo — Accompanied by; along with; attached to something
- nụ hôn
- nu hon — A kiss; affectionate pressing of lips together
- nhưng
- nhung — But; however; conjunction showing contrast
- thật
- that — Really; truly; genuinely; in fact
- đáng
- dang — Worth; deserving; worthy of something
- trong
- trong — Inside; in; within; clear (of liquids)
- đang
- dang — Progressive marker indicating ongoing action now
- vừa
- vua — Just; recently; both; moderate in degree
- hơ
- ho — To warm near a heat source; to toast
- nóng
- nong — Hot; warm; high in temperature
- mặt
- mat — Face; surface; front side of something
- nướng
- nuong — To grill; to bake; to toast over heat
- bánh mì
- banh mi — Bread; Vietnamese baguette sandwich
- uống
- uong — To drink a liquid or beverage
- trà
- tra — Tea; hot beverage made from tea leaves
- cùng
- cung — Together; along with; same; simultaneously
- Hãy
- Hay — Imperative marker urging someone to do something
- rằng
- rang — That; used to introduce a reported clause
- đồ
- do — Thing; stuff; item; belongings or objects
- sau
- sau — After; behind; later; following in time
- ngạc nhiên
- ngac nhien — Surprised; astonished; feeling unexpected amazement
- phải
- phai — Must; have to; right side; correct
- đi
- di — To go; imperative softener; direction marker
- sắm
- sam — To shop for; to buy; to acquire things
- chiều
- chieu — Afternoon; evening; direction; to indulge someone
- mai
- mai — Tomorrow; apricot blossom; future time
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