Middlemarch — Page 7
She felt sure that she would have accepted the judicious Hooker, if she had been born in time to save him from that wretched mistake he made in matrimony; or John Milton when his blindness had come on; or any of the other great men whose odd habits it would have been glorious piety to endure; but an amiable handsome baronet, who said "Exactly" to her remarks even when she expressed uncertainty,—how could he affect her as a lover?
Estaba segura de que habría aceptado al juicioso Hooker, si hubiera nacido a tiempo para salvarlo de aquel lamentable error que cometió en el matrimonio; o a John Milton cuando le había sobrevenido la ceguera; o a cualquiera de los otros grandes hombres cuyos extraños hábitos habría sido una gloriosa devoción soportar; pero un afable y apuesto baronet que decía «Exactamente» a sus comentarios incluso cuando ella expresaba dudas, ¿cómo podía afectarle como amante?
The really delightful marriage must be that where your husband was a sort of father, and could teach you even Hebrew, if you wished it.
El matrimonio verdaderamente delicioso debía ser aquel en que el marido fuera una especie de padre y pudiera enseñarte incluso hebreo, si así lo deseabas.
These peculiarities of Dorothea's character caused Mr. Brooke to be all the more blamed in neighboring families for not securing some middle-aged lady as guide and companion to his nieces.
Estas peculiaridades del carácter de Dorothea hicieron que el señor Brooke fuera aún más censurado por las familias vecinas por no haber buscado a alguna dama de mediana edad como guía y compañera para sus sobrinas.
But he himself dreaded so much the sort of superior woman likely to be available for such a position, that he allowed himself to be dissuaded by Dorothea's objections, and was in this case brave enough to defy the world—that is to say, Mrs. Cadwallader the Rector's wife, and the small group of gentry with whom he visited in the northeast corner of Loamshire.
Pero él mismo temía tanto a la clase de mujer superior que probablemente estaría disponible para tal puesto, que se dejó disuadir por las objeciones de Dorothea, y en este caso tuvo el valor suficiente para desafiar al mundo, es decir, a la señora Cadwallader, esposa del rector, y al pequeño grupo de aristócratas con quienes se visitaba en el rincón noreste de Loamshire.
So Miss Brooke presided in her uncle's household, and did not at all dislike her new authority, with the homage that belonged to it.
Así pues, la señorita Brooke presidía el hogar de su tío, y no le desagradaba en absoluto su nueva autoridad, junto con el homenaje que le correspondía.
Sir James Chettam was going to dine at the Grange to-day with another gentleman whom the girls had never seen, and about whom Dorothea felt some venerating expectation.
Sir James Chettam iba a cenar hoy en la Granja con otro caballero a quien las jóvenes nunca habían visto, y respecto a quien Dorothea sentía una expectativa llena de veneración.
Vocabulary
- estaba
- was (imperfect past tense of estar)
- segura
- sure, certain, confident
- de
- of, from, about
- que
- that, which, what
- habría
- would have (conditional of haber)
- aceptado
- accepted (past participle of aceptar)
- al
- to the, at the (contraction of a+el)
- si
- if, whether
- hubiera
- had (subjunctive of haber, past)
- nacido
- born (past participle of nacer)
- tiempo
- time, weather, tense
- para
- for, in order to, by
- salvarlo
- to save him (infinitive with pronoun)
- aquel
- that, that one (distant demonstrative)
- lamentable
- lamentable, deplorable, regrettable
- error
- error, mistake, blunder
- cometió
- committed (past tense of cometer)
- en
- in, on, at, into
- el
- the (masculine singular article)
- matrimonio
- marriage, matrimony, married couple
- cuando
- when, at which time
- le
- him, her, you (indirect object pronoun)
- había
- had (imperfect of haber)
- la
- the (feminine singular article)
- cualquiera
- any, anyone, whichever
- los
- the (masculine plural article)
- otros
- others, other people
- grandes
- great, large, big
- hombres
- men, people, human beings
- cuyos
- whose (possessive relative pronoun)
- extraños
- strange, odd, unusual, foreign
- hábitos
- habits, customs, practices
- sido
- been (past participle of ser)
- una
- a, one (feminine indefinite article)
- gloriosa
- glorious, magnificent, splendid
- devoción
- devotion, dedication, loyalty
- soportar
- to bear, endure, tolerate, support
- pero
- but, however, yet
- un
- a, one (masculine indefinite article)
- decía
- said, used to say (imperfect of decir)
- Exactamente
- Exactly, precisely, quite right
- sus
- his, her, its, your (possessive adjective)
- comentarios
- comments, remarks, observations
- incluso
- even, including, moreover
- ella
- she, her (feminine personal pronoun)
- expresaba
- expressed (imperfect of expresar)
- dudas
- doubts, uncertainties, hesitations
- cómo
- how, in what way
- podía
- could, was able to (imperfect of poder)
- afectarle
- to affect him (infinitive with pronoun)
- como
- as, like, how, since
- amante
- lover, devoted person
- El
- he (masculine personal pronoun)
- verdaderamente
- truly, really, genuinely, indeed
- delicioso
- delicious, delightful, wonderful
- debía
- should, had to (imperfect of deber)
- ser
- to be, to exist
- marido
- husband, married man
- fuera
- were, was (subjunctive of ser)
- especie
- type, kind, species, sort
- padre
- father, parent, priest
- pudiera
- could, might (subjunctive of poder)
- enseñarte
- to teach you (infinitive with pronoun)
- así
- so, thus, in this way, like this
- lo
- it, that (masculine singular object pronoun)
- deseabas
- wanted, desired (imperfect of desear)
- Estas
- These (feminine plural demonstrative)
- del
- of the, from the (contraction)
- carácter
- character, nature, personality, trait
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