Peter Pan — Page 5
Every boy had adventures to tell; but perhaps the biggest adventure of all was that they were several hours late for bed.
Cada niño tenía aventuras que contar; pero quizás la mayor aventura de todas fue que llegaron a la cama con varias horas de retraso.
This so inflated them that they did various dodgy things to get staying up still longer, such as demanding bandages;
Esto los envalentonó tanto que hicieron diversas artimañas para quedarse despiertos aún más tiempo, como pedir vendajes;
but Wendy, though glorying in having them all home again safe and sound, was scandalised by the lateness of the hour, and cried, "To bed, to bed," in a voice that had to be obeyed.
pero Wendy, aunque se alegraba de tenerlos a todos de vuelta en casa sanos y salvos, estaba escandalizada por lo avanzado de la hora, y gritó: «¡A la cama, a la cama!» con una voz que había que obedecer.
Next day, however, she was awfully tender, and gave out bandages to every one, and they played till bed-time at limping about and carrying their arms in slings.
Al día siguiente, sin embargo, estuvo tremendamente cariñosa, y repartió vendajes a todos, y jugaron hasta la hora de acostarse fingiendo cojear y llevando los brazos en cabestrillo.
Vocabulary
- Cada
- Every; each one of a group or set.
- niño
- A male child; boy or young male person.
- tenía
- Had; past tense of tener (to have).
- aventuras
- Adventures; exciting or unusual experiences or events.
- que
- That; which; used to introduce relative clauses.
- contar
- To tell; to recount or narrate a story.
- pero
- But; conjunction showing contrast between ideas.
- quizás
- Perhaps; maybe; expressing uncertainty or possibility.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- mayor
- Greater; larger; or the eldest person.
- aventura
- Adventure; an exciting or unusual experience.
- de
- Of; from; indicates possession or origin.
- todas
- All; every one (feminine plural form).
- fue
- Was; past tense of ser (to be).
- llegaron
- Arrived; came to a place (past tense).
- cama
- Bed; furniture for sleeping at night.
- con
- With; preposition showing accompaniment or association.
- varias
- Several; various; more than two but not many.
- horas
- Hours; units of time equal to sixty minutes.
- retraso
- Delay; the act of being late or postponed.
- Esto
- This; neutral demonstrative pronoun for thing.
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- tanto
- So much; to such a great degree.
- hicieron
- Did; made; past tense of hacer.
- diversas
- Diverse; varied; of different kinds or types.
- para
- For; in order to; indicating purpose.
- quedarse
- To stay; to remain in a place.
- despiertos
- Awake; not sleeping (masculine plural).
- aún
- Still; yet; continuing up to a point.
- más
- More; greater in amount or degree.
- tiempo
- Time; the indefinite continued progress of existence.
- como
- Like; as; used for comparison or manner.
- pedir
- To ask for; to request something politely.
- aunque
- Although; though; despite this circumstance.
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself or themselves.
- alegraba
- Was glad; was happy (past tense).
- tenerlos
- To have them; infinitive with object pronoun.
- todos
- All; every one (masculine plural form).
- vuelta
- Return; coming back to a place.
- en
- In; at; preposition indicating location or time.
- casa
- House; home; building where people live.
- sanos
- Healthy; well; free from disease (masculine).
- salvos
- Safe; unharmed; free from danger (masculine).
- estaba
- Was; past imperfect of ser or estar.
- escandalizada
- Scandalized; shocked or outraged (feminine).
- por
- For; by; preposition indicating cause or reason.
- lo
- The; masculine singular neutral article form.
- avanzado
- Advanced; far along; progressed significantly forward.
- hora
- Hour; unit of time equal to sixty minutes.
- gritó
- Shouted; cried out loudly (past tense).
- una
- A; an; feminine singular indefinite article.
- voz
- Voice; sound produced by speaking or singing.
- había
- Had; past imperfect of haber (auxiliary).
- obedecer
- To obey; to comply with orders or rules.
- Al
- To the; contraction of a + el.
- día
- Day; period of light between sunrise and sunset.
- siguiente
- Following; next; coming immediately after.
- sin
- Without; not having; lacking or deprived of.
- estuvo
- Was; past tense of estar (to be).
- cariñosa
- Affectionate; loving; showing warm feelings (feminine).
- repartió
- Distributed; handed out; divided among (past).
- jugaron
- Played; engaged in games or activities.
- hasta
- Until; up to; as far as.
- acostarse
- To go to bed; to lie down for sleep.
- fingiendo
- Pretending; feigning; acting as if falsely.
- cojear
- To limp; to walk with difficulty or unevenly.
- llevando
- Carrying; wearing; transporting or bearing something.
- brazos
- Arms; limbs extending from shoulders to hands.
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