Peter Pan — Page 3
There was a fixed rule that they must never hit back at meals, but should refer the matter of dispute to Wendy by raising the right arm politely and saying, "I complain of so-and-so;" but what usually happened was that they forgot to do this or did it too much.
Había una regla fija de que nunca debían devolver los golpes en las comidas, sino que debían referir el asunto en disputa a Wendy levantando el brazo derecho cortésmente y diciendo: «Me quejo de fulano de tal;» pero lo que solía ocurrir era que se olvidaban de hacerlo o lo hacían demasiado.
"Silence," cried Wendy when for the twentieth time she had told them that they were not all to speak at once.
—Silencio —gritó Wendy cuando por vigésima vez les había dicho que no debían hablar todos a la vez.
"Is your mug empty, Slightly darling?"
—¿Está vacía tu taza, Slightly querido?
"Not quite empty, mummy," Slightly said, after looking into an imaginary mug.
—No del todo vacía, mamá —dijo Slightly, después de mirar dentro de una taza imaginaria.
"He hasn't even begun to drink his milk," Nibs interposed.
—Ni siquiera ha empezado a beber su leche —intervino Nibs.
This was telling, and Slightly seized his chance.
Esto era revelador, y Slightly aprovechó su oportunidad.
"I complain of Nibs," he cried promptly.
—Me quejo de Nibs —exclamó enseguida.
John, however, had held up his hand first.
Sin embargo, John había levantado la mano primero.
"Well, John?"
—¿Sí, John?
"May I sit in Peter's chair, as he is not here?"
—¿Puedo sentarme en la silla de Peter, ya que él no está aquí?
"Sit in father's chair, John!" Wendy was scandalised. "Certainly not."
—¡Sentarte en la silla del padre, John! —Wendy estaba escandalizada—. De ninguna manera.
"He is not really our father," John answered. "He didn't even know how a father does till I showed him."
—En realidad no es nuestro padre —respondió John—. Ni siquiera sabía cómo actúa un padre hasta que yo se lo enseñé.
This was grumbling. "We complain of John," cried the twins.
Eso era quejarse. —Nos quejamos de John —gritaron los gemelos.
Tootles held up his hand.
Tootles levantó la mano.
He was so much the humblest of them, indeed he was the only humble one, that Wendy was specially gentle with him.
Era con mucho el más humilde de todos, es más, era el único humilde, de modo que Wendy era especialmente amable con él.
"I don't suppose," Tootles said diffidently, "that I could be father."
—No creo —dijo Tootles con timidez— que yo pudiera ser el padre.
"No, Tootles."
—No, Tootles.
Once Tootles began, which was not very often, he had a silly way of going on.
Una vez que Tootles empezaba, lo que no ocurría muy a menudo, tenía una manera tonta de continuar.
Vocabulary
- Había
- There was/were; past imperfect of haber
- regla
- Rule, regulation, or principle to follow
- fija
- Fixed, set, or firmly established
- nunca
- Never; at no time whatsoever
- debían
- They should, were supposed to, or had to
- devolver
- To return something or give back
- golpes
- Blows, hits, or strikes with force
- comidas
- Meals or food servings eaten during the day
- sino
- But rather; used after a negative statement
- referir
- To refer, report, or relate a matter to someone
- asunto
- Matter, issue, or subject to be dealt with
- disputa
- Dispute, argument, or conflict between parties
- levantando
- Raising or lifting something upward
- brazo
- Arm; the upper limb of the human body
- derecho
- Right (direction); also straight or upright
- cortésmente
- Politely, courteously, in a well-mannered way
- diciendo
- Saying; present participle of decir
- quejo
- I complain; first person singular of quejarse
- fulano
- So-and-so; a placeholder name for an unspecified person
- tal
- Such, so, such a; used as an intensifier or placeholder
- solía
- Used to; past habitual action with soler
- ocurrir
- To occur, happen, or take place
- olvidaban
- They forgot; imperfect tense of olvidar
- hacían
- They did or made; imperfect tense of hacer
- demasiado
- Too much, excessively, more than needed
- Silencio
- Silence; quiet; command to stop making noise
- gritó
- Shouted, yelled; third person singular preterite of gritar
- cuando
- When; conjunction introducing a time clause
- vigésima
- Twentieth; ordinal number, feminine form
- vez
- Time, instance, or occasion of something
- dicho
- Said, told; past participle of decir
- hablar
- To speak, talk, or converse
- todos
- Everyone, all, everybody; masculine plural adjective
- vacía
- Empty, void; feminine adjective describing lack of contents
- taza
- Cup; a small container used for drinking
- querido
- Dear, beloved; term of endearment
- todo
- All, everything, complete; masculine singular form
- mamá
- Mom, mother; informal term for one's mother
- dijo
- Said, told; third person singular preterite of decir
- después
- After, afterwards, then; indicating sequence in time
- mirar
- To look at, watch, or observe something
- dentro
- Inside, within; indicating location interior
- imaginaria
- Imaginary, not real; feminine adjective
- Ni
- Not even, neither; negative conjunction
- siquiera
- Even, at least; used to emphasize negation
- empezado
- Started, begun; past participle of empezar
- beber
- To drink; to consume a liquid
- leche
- Milk; white liquid produced by mammals
- intervino
- Intervened, chimed in; preterite of intervenir
- revelador
- Revealing, telling; shedding light on a situation
- aprovechó
- Took advantage of; preterite of aprovechar
- oportunidad
- Opportunity, chance, favorable moment
- exclamó
- Exclaimed, cried out; preterite of exclamar
- enseguida
- Right away, immediately, without delay
- Sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack
- embargo
- Sin embargo: however, nevertheless, nonetheless
- levantado
- Raised, lifted; past participle of levantar
- mano
- Hand; the end part of the arm
- primero
- First; ordinal number indicating the initial position
- Puedo
- I can, I am able to; first person of poder
- sentarme
- To sit down; reflexive infinitive of sentar
- silla
- Chair; a piece of furniture for sitting
- ya
- Already, now, or soon; temporal adverb
- aquí
- Here; in this place or location
- Sentarte
- To sit yourself; reflexive infinitive of sentar
- padre
- Father; male parent
- escandalizada
- Shocked, scandalized; feminine past participle of escandalizar
- ninguna
- No, none, not any; feminine negative adjective
- manera
- Way, manner, or method of doing something
- realidad
- Reality, truth; what actually exists or occurs
- nuestro
- Our; first person plural possessive adjective
- respondió
- Responded, answered; preterite of responder
- sabía
- Knew; third person singular imperfect of saber
- cómo
- How; interrogative or exclamative adverb
- actúa
- Acts, behaves; third person singular present of actuar
- hasta
- Until, even, up to; preposition or adverb
- enseñé
- I taught; first person singular preterite of enseñar
- quejarse
- To complain, grumble, or protest about something
- quejamos
- We complain; first person plural present of quejarse
- gritaron
- They shouted or yelled; preterite of gritar
- gemelos
- Twins; two siblings born at the same time
- levantó
- Raised, lifted; third person singular preterite of levantar
- mucho
- Much, a lot; indicating large quantity or degree
- más
- More; comparative adverb indicating greater degree
- humilde
- Humble, modest; lacking arrogance or pride
- único
- Only, unique, sole; the one and only
- modo
- Way, mode, or manner of doing something
- especialmente
- Especially, particularly; to a greater degree
- amable
- Kind, friendly, pleasant in manner toward others
- creo
- I believe, I think; first person singular of creer
- timidez
- Shyness, timidity; quality of being easily intimidated
- pudiera
- Could, might be able to; imperfect subjunctive of poder
- ser
- To be; fundamental linking verb expressing essence
- empezaba
- Was beginning, used to begin; imperfect of empezar
- ocurría
- Was happening, used to occur; imperfect of ocurrir
- menudo
- A menudo: often, frequently, many times
- tenía
- Had; third person singular imperfect of tener
- tonta
- Foolish, silly, dumb; feminine adjective
- continuar
- To continue, keep going, carry on doing something
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