Middlemarch — Page 3
She could not reconcile the anxieties of a spiritual life involving eternal consequences, with a keen interest in gimp and artificial protrusions of drapery.
No podía reconciliar las angustias de una vida espiritual que implicaba consecuencias eternas, con un vivo interés por los galones y los pliegues artificiales de las telas.
Her mind was theoretic, and yearned by its nature after some lofty conception of the world which might frankly include the parish of Tipton and her own rule of conduct there;
Su mente era teórica, y anhelaba por naturaleza alguna concepción elevada del mundo que pudiera incluir con franqueza la parroquia de Tipton y su propia norma de conducta en ella;
she was enamoured of intensity and greatness, and rash in embracing whatever seemed to her to have those aspects;
estaba enamorada de la intensidad y la grandeza, y era impulsiva al abrazar todo aquello que le parecía tener esas cualidades;
likely to seek martyrdom, to make retractations, and then to incur martyrdom after all in a quarter where she had not sought it.
propensa a buscar el martirio, a hacer retractaciones, y luego a incurrir en el martirio al fin en un ámbito donde no lo había buscado.
Certainly such elements in the character of a marriageable girl tended to interfere with her lot, and hinder it from being decided according to custom, by good looks, vanity, and merely canine affection.
Ciertamente, tales elementos en el carácter de una muchacha casadera tendían a interferir en su destino, e impedían que este se decidiera según la costumbre, por la buena apariencia, la vanidad y el afecto meramente canino.
With all this, she, the elder of the sisters, was not yet twenty, and they had both been educated, since they were about twelve years old and had lost their parents, on plans at once narrow and promiscuous, first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned condition.
Con todo esto, ella, la mayor de las hermanas, aún no había cumplido los veinte años, y ambas habían sido educadas, desde que tenían alrededor de doce años y habían perdido a sus padres, según planes a la vez estrechos y dispares, primero en una familia inglesa y después en una familia suiza en Lausana, intentando así su tío soltero y tutor remediar las desventajas de su condición de huérfanas.
It was hardly a year since they had come to live at Tipton Grange with their uncle, a man nearly sixty, of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.
Apenas hacía un año que habían venido a vivir a Tipton Grange con su tío, un hombre cercano a los sesenta años, de temperamento condescendiente, opiniones diversas y voto incierto.
Vocabulary
- No
- Negation; used to deny or refuse something.
- podía
- Could; past tense of poder, expressing ability or possibility.
- reconciliar
- To reconcile; to restore harmony between conflicting things.
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article in Spanish.
- angustias
- Anguish; plural of angustia, meaning deep distress or worry.
- de
- Of; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- una
- A; feminine singular indefinite article.
- vida
- Life; existence or way of living.
- espiritual
- Spiritual; relating to the spirit or soul.
- que
- That; relative pronoun connecting clauses.
- implicaba
- Implied; past tense of implicar, meaning to involve.
- consecuencias
- Consequences; results or effects of an action.
- eternas
- Eternal; lasting forever without end.
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association.
- un
- A; masculine singular indefinite article.
- vivo
- Lively; vivid or intense in quality or appearance.
- interés
- Interest; concern or curiosity about something.
- por
- For; preposition indicating purpose or duration.
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- artificiales
- Artificial; made by humans, not natural.
- telas
- Fabrics; woven materials used for clothing.
- Su
- His, her, its, or your; possessive adjective.
- mente
- Mind; the mental faculties or intellect.
- era
- Was; past tense of ser.
- teórica
- Theoretical; relating to ideas rather than practice.
- naturaleza
- Nature; the natural world or inherent quality.
- alguna
- Some; any or one of several things.
- concepción
- Conception; an idea or understanding.
- elevada
- Elevated; raised up or high in quality.
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el.
- mundo
- World; the earth and all its people.
- pudiera
- Could; subjunctive form of poder.
- incluir
- To include; to contain or comprise.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- su
- His, her, its, or your; possessive adjective.
- propia
- Own; belonging to oneself or itself.
- norma
- Norm; a standard or rule of behavior.
- conducta
- Conduct; behavior or manner of acting.
- en
- In; preposition indicating location or time.
- ella
- She or it; feminine third-person pronoun.
- estaba
- Was; past tense of estar.
- enamorada
- In love; enamored or infatuated.
- intensidad
- Intensity; the quality of being intense.
- impulsiva
- Impulsive; acting on impulse without thinking.
- al
- To the; contraction of a and el.
- abrazar
- To embrace; to hold close or adopt.
- todo
- All; the whole or everything.
- aquello
- That; neuter demonstrative pronoun.
- le
- To him, her, or you; indirect object pronoun.
- parecía
- Seemed; past tense of parecer.
- tener
- To have; to possess or hold.
- esas
- Those; feminine plural demonstrative adjective.
- cualidades
- Qualities; characteristics or attributes.
- buscar
- To seek; to search for or look for.
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article.
- hacer
- To make or do; fundamental action verb.
- luego
- Then; afterwards or subsequently.
- fin
- End; conclusion or purpose.
- ámbito
- Realm; scope or sphere of activity.
- donde
- Where; at or in which location.
- no
- No; negation or refusal.
- lo
- It; masculine singular direct object pronoun.
- había
- Had; past tense of haber.
- buscado
- Sought; past participle of buscar.
- Ciertamente
- Certainly; definitely or undoubtedly.
- tales
- Such; of that type or kind.
- elementos
- Elements; constituent parts or components.
- carácter
- Character; personality or moral nature.
- muchacha
- Girl; a young female person.
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