Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 8

English → Vi CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day. Level 9/10

and the breath of the whale is frequently attended with such an insupportable smell, as to bring on a disorder of the brain." —_Ulloa's South America_.

và hơi thở của cá voi thường đi kèm với một mùi hôi không thể chịu đựng được, đến mức gây ra chứng rối loạn não bộ." —_Ulloa's South America_.

"To fifty chosen sylphs of special note, We trust the important charge, the petticoat. Oft have we known that seven-fold fence to fail, Tho' stuffed with hoops and armed with ribs of whale." —_Rape of the Lock_.

"Cho năm mươi tiên nữ được chọn lọc đặc biệt, Chúng ta giao phó trọng trách quan trọng, chiếc váy lót. Ta đã biết bao lần chứng kiến hàng rào bảy lớp thất bại, Dù được nhồi bằng vòng và trang bị bằng xương sườn cá voi." —_Rape of the Lock_.

"If we compare land animals in respect to magnitude, with those that take up their abode in the deep, we shall find they will appear contemptible in the comparison. The whale is doubtless the largest animal in creation." —_Goldsmith, Nat. Hist_.

"Nếu chúng ta so sánh các loài động vật trên cạn về kích thước với những loài cư ngụ ở vùng biển sâu, chúng ta sẽ thấy chúng trông thật tầm thường trong sự so sánh đó. Cá voi chắc chắn là loài động vật lớn nhất trong tạo hóa." —_Goldsmith, Nat. Hist_.

"If you should write a fable for little fishes, you would make them speak like great whales." —_Goldsmith to Johnson_.

"Nếu bạn viết một câu chuyện ngụ ngôn cho những con cá nhỏ, bạn sẽ khiến chúng nói chuyện như những con cá voi khổng lồ." —_Goldsmith to Johnson_.

"In the afternoon we saw what was supposed to be a rock, but it was found to be a dead whale, which some Asiatics had killed, and were then towing ashore. They seemed to endeavor to conceal themselves behind the whale, in order to avoid being seen by us." —_Cook's Voyages_.

"Vào buổi chiều, chúng tôi nhìn thấy thứ được cho là một tảng đá, nhưng hóa ra đó là một con cá voi chết, mà một số người châu Á đã săn được và đang kéo vào bờ. Họ dường như cố gắng giấu mình sau con cá voi để tránh bị chúng tôi nhìn thấy." —_Cook's Voyages_.

"The larger whales, they seldom venture to attack. They stand in so great dread of some of them, that when out at sea they are afraid to mention even their names, and carry dung, lime-stone, juniper-wood, and some other articles of the same nature in their boats, in order to terrify and prevent their too near approach.

"Những con cá voi lớn hơn, họ hiếm khi dám tấn công. Họ sợ hãi một số trong chúng đến mức khi ra biển họ không dám nhắc đến tên chúng, và mang theo phân, đá vôi, gỗ cây bách xù, và một số vật phẩm khác có tính chất tương tự trên thuyền, nhằm xua đuổi và ngăn chặn chúng đến quá gần.

Vocabulary

và: và — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or phrases.
hơi: hơi — Breath, vapor, or slight amount of something.
thở: thở — To breathe; the act of breathing.
của: của — Possessive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'.
cá: cá — Fish; general term for aquatic fish species.
voi: voi — Elephant; large land mammal with a trunk.
thường: thường — Usually, normally, or commonly occurring.
đi: đi — To go; to walk or travel somewhere.
kèm: kèm — To accompany or come along with something.
với: với — Preposition meaning 'with' or 'together with'.
một: một — The number one; indefinite article meaning 'a/an'.
mùi: mùi — Smell, scent, or odor of something.
hôi: hôi — Stinky, foul-smelling, having a bad odor.
không: không — No, not; negation word in Vietnamese.
thể: thể — Can, able to; used to express ability or possibility.
chịu: chịu — To endure, tolerate, or bear something difficult.
đựng: đựng — To contain or hold something; to endure.
được: được — To be able to; indicates success or permission.
đến: đến — To arrive at; to the extent of; until.
mức: mức — Level, degree, or extent of something.
gây: gây — To cause, trigger, or bring about something.
ra: ra — Out, outward; directional particle away from speaker.
chứng: chứng — Symptom or syndrome; medical condition indicator.
rối: rối — Disordered, confused, tangled, or chaotic.
loạn: loạn — Chaos, disorder, or disruption of normal function.
não: não — Brain; the organ of thought and cognition.
bộ: bộ — Department, set, or system; classifier for collections.
Cho: cho — To give; for; to allow or permit something.
năm: năm — Five; also means 'year' in Vietnamese.
mươi: mươi — Tens digit marker; used in numbers like fifty.
tiên: tiên — Fairy, celestial being, or divine female spirit.
nữ: nữ — Female, woman, or feminine gender designation.
chọn: chọn — To choose, select, or pick from options.
lọc: lọc — To filter, screen, or carefully select items.
đặc: đặc — Special, thick, concentrated, or dense in quality.
biệt: biệt — Special, particular, or distinctive; to depart farewell.
Chúng: chúng — We, they; plural pronoun for a group.
ta: ta — We, us; first-person plural pronoun in Vietnamese.
giao: giao — To hand over, assign, or entrust to someone.
phó: phó — To entrust, delegate; deputy or vice- prefix.
trọng: trọng — Important, significant, weighty, or of great value.
trách: trách — Responsibility, duty, or to blame someone.
quan: quan — Official, government officer; to observe or concern.
chiếc: chiếc — Classifier for individual objects like vehicles or clothing.
váy: váy — Skirt or dress worn as clothing.
lót: lót — Lining, underlayer, or to line the inside.
Ta: ta — I, we; first-person pronoun used in formal speech.
đã: đã — Past tense marker indicating completed action.
biết: biết — To know, to be aware of something.
bao: bao — How many, how much; many times or instances.
lần: lần — Time, instance, or occurrence of an action.
kiến: kiến — Ant; small insect; also means 'to see/view'.
hàng: hàng — Row, line, goods, merchandise, or rank.
rào: rào — Fence, barrier, or enclosure around an area.
bảy: bảy — The number seven in Vietnamese counting.
lớp: lớp — Layer, class, or grade level in school.
thất: thất — To fail, lose; the number seven (Sino-Vietnamese).
bại: bại — To be defeated, fail, or suffer a loss.
Dù: dù — Even though, although, regardless of circumstances.
nhồi: nhồi — To stuff, cram, or pack tightly into something.
bằng: bằng — Made of, by means of, equal to something.
vòng: vòng — Ring, hoop, circle, or round shape object.
trang: trang — Page; to decorate or adorn; elegant appearance.
bị: bị — Passive marker; to suffer or undergo something negative.
xương: xương — Bone; the skeletal structure inside the body.
sườn: sườn — Rib; side of the body or slope of hill.
Nếu: nếu — If; conditional conjunction introducing hypothetical situations.
chúng: chúng — They, them; third-person plural pronoun.
so: so — To compare; to measure against something else.
sánh: sánh — To compare or match; used with 'so' for comparison.
các: các — Plural marker for definite nouns; the various.
loài: loài — Species, kind, or type of living organism.
động: động — Moving, active; used in compound for 'animal'.
vật: vật — Animal, creature, or physical object/thing.
trên: trên — On, above, or on top of something.
cạn: cạn — Dry, shallow, or depleted of water; land-based.
về: về — About, regarding; to return home or go back.
kích: kích — To stimulate, trigger; size in compound words.
thước: thước — Measurement unit; ruler tool for measuring length.
những: những — Plural marker; those, these; indicating multiple items.
cư: cư — To reside, dwell, or live in a place.
ngụ: ngụ — To reside, inhabit, or temporarily stay somewhere.
ở: ở — To live at, be located at a place.
vùng: vùng — Region, zone, area, or geographical territory.
biển: biển — Sea, ocean; large body of saltwater.
sâu: sâu — Deep, profound; deeply into something or far down.
sẽ: sẽ — Future tense marker; will, shall do something.
thấy: thấy — To see, notice, or perceive something visually.
trông: trông — To look, appear, or seem a certain way.
thật: thật — Really, truly, genuinely; real and not fake.
tầm: tầm — Range, reach, scope; mediocre or average level.
trong: trong — Inside, within, in; also means clear or transparent.
sự: sự — Nominalizer for abstract nouns; event, matter, affair.
đó: đó — That, there; demonstrative pronoun indicating something nearby.
Cá: cá — Fish; aquatic animal living in water bodies.
chắc: chắc — Sure, certain, firm, or solid in confidence.
chắn: chắn — To block, obstruct, or bar something from passing.
là: là — To be; linking verb identifying or classifying something.
lớn: lớn — Large, big, great in size or importance.
nhất: nhất — Most; superlative marker meaning the greatest or best.
tạo: tạo — To create, make, or form something new.
hóa: hóa — To become, transform; nature or chemistry related.
bạn: bạn — Friend; second-person pronoun meaning 'you' casually.
viết: viết — To write; to compose text or characters.
câu: câu — Sentence; classifier for sentences or fishing lines.
chuyện: chuyện — Story, tale, matter, or topic of discussion.
ngôn: ngôn — Language, speech, or words; verbal expression.
con: con — Child, offspring; classifier for animals or small objects.
nhỏ: nhỏ — Small, little, young, or minor in size.
khiến: khiến — To cause, make, or lead someone to do something.
nói: nói — To speak, say, or talk about something.
như: như — Like, as, such as; comparing similarity between things.
khổng: khổng — Enormous, gigantic; used in compound 'khổng lồ'.
lồ: lồ — Used with 'khổng' meaning enormous or gigantic.
to: to — Big, large; describing something of great size.
Vào: vào — Into, at, during; to enter or go inside.
buổi: buổi — Session, period of day; morning, afternoon, or evening.
chiều: chiều — Afternoon, evening; direction; to indulge someone.
tôi: tôi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun formal usage.
nhìn: nhìn — To look at, gaze, or observe something visually.
thứ: thứ — Ordinal number marker; rank or type of something.
tảng: tảng — Classifier for large rocks or chunks of material.
đá: đá — Rock, stone; also means to kick with foot.
nhưng: nhưng — But, however; conjunction showing contrast or exception.
chết: chết — To die, dead; cessation of life functions.
mà: mà — But, yet; connective showing contrast or continuation.
số: số — Number, quantity; fate or destiny in context.
người: người — Person, human being, people in general.
châu: châu — Continent or region; jewel in classical usage.
Á: á — Asia; used in 'châu Á' meaning Asian continent.
săn: săn — To hunt, chase, or pursue game animals.
đang: đang — Progressive tense marker; currently doing an action.
kéo: kéo — To pull, drag, or draw something toward oneself.
vào: vào — Into, inward; to enter or go inside something.
bờ: bờ — Shore, bank, or edge of water body.
Họ: họ — They, them; third-person plural pronoun in Vietnamese.
dường: dường — Seemingly, apparently; it appears or seems like.
cố: cố — To try hard, make effort; deceased relative.
gắng: gắng — To strive, endeavor, or exert effort to do.
giấu: giấu — To hide, conceal, or keep something secret.
mình: mình — Oneself, body, self; intimate pronoun for spouse.
sau: sau — After, behind, later; at the back of something.
để: để — In order to, so that; to place or put.
tránh: tránh — To avoid, evade, or stay away from something.
Những: những — Those, these; plural marker for multiple items.
hơn: hơn — More than, comparatively greater than something else.
họ: họ — They, them; clan or family name surname.
hiếm: hiếm — Rare, scarce, seldom occurring in nature.
khi: khi — When, at the time of a particular event.
dám: dám — To dare, have courage to do something bold.
tấn: tấn — Metric ton; to attack in compound 'tấn công'.
công: công — Attack, work, effort, or public/common use.
sợ: sợ — To fear, be afraid of something or someone.
hãi: hãi — Frightened, terrified; extreme fear or dread.
nhắc: nhắc — To mention, remind, or bring up a topic.
tên: tên — Name; person's given name or title identifier.
mang: mang — To carry, bring, or bear something along.
theo: theo — To follow, according to, along with something.
phân: phân — Excrement, manure; to divide or analyze something.
vôi: vôi — Lime, calcium oxide used in construction or whitewash.
gỗ: gỗ — Wood, timber; material from trees for building.
cây: cây — Tree, plant; classifier for long thin objects.
bách: bách — Hundred; cypress tree in botanical context.
phẩm: phẩm — Product, item, quality; goods of certain character.
khác: khác — Other, different, another, or alternative option.
có: có — To have, possess; there is/are something present.
tính: tính — Nature, characteristic, personality; to calculate or plan.
chất: chất — Quality, substance, material, or chemical property.
tương: tương — Similar, mutual; soybean sauce in culinary context.
tự: tự — Self, oneself; similar, like; autonomy or freedom.
thuyền: thuyền — Boat, small vessel for traveling on water.
nhằm: nhằm — To aim at, intend, target a specific purpose.
xua: xua — To drive away, shoo, or dispel something undesired.
đuổi: đuổi — To chase away, expel, or dismiss someone.
ngăn: ngăn — To prevent, block, or stop something from happening.
chặn: chặn — To block, intercept, or obstruct a path.
quá: quá — Too, excessively, overly; beyond a normal degree.
gần: gần — Near, close, nearby in distance or relationship.

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