Peter Pan — Page 3
Everything being thus mapped out with almost diabolical cunning, the main body of the redskins folded their blankets around them, and in the phlegmatic manner that is to them, the pearl of manhood squatted above the children's home, awaiting the cold moment when they should deal pale death.
Estando todo así trazado con una astucia casi diabólica, el grueso de los pieles rojas se envolvió en sus mantas, y con esa manera flemática que constituye para ellos la perla de la virilidad, se agazaparon sobre el hogar de los niños, aguardando el frío momento en que habrían de dispensar la pálida muerte.
Here dreaming, though wide-awake, of the exquisite tortures to which they were to put him at break of day, those confiding savages were found by the treacherous Hook.
Allí, soñando despiertos con las exquisitas torturas a las que habrían de someterle al romper el día, aquellos confiados salvajes fueron encontrados por el traicionero Garfio.
From the accounts afterwards supplied by such of the scouts as escaped the carnage, he does not seem even to have paused at the rising ground, though it is certain that in that grey light he must have seen it: no thought of waiting to be attacked appears from first to last to have visited his subtle mind; he would not even hold off till the night was nearly spent; on he pounded with no policy but to fall to.
Por los relatos que después proporcionaron los exploradores que escaparon de la carnicería, no parece que se hubiera detenido siquiera ante el terreno elevado, aunque es seguro que en aquella luz grisácea debió de haberlo visto: ningún pensamiento de esperar a ser atacado parece haber cruzado en ningún momento su sutil mente; ni siquiera quiso aguardar a que la noche estuviera casi agotada; avanzó a trompicones sin más táctica que la de lanzarse al ataque.
What could the bewildered scouts do, masters as they were of every war-like artifice save this one, but trot helplessly after him, exposing themselves fatally to view, while they gave pathetic utterance to the coyote cry.
¿Qué podían hacer los desconcertados exploradores, maestros como eran de todo ardid guerrero salvo éste, sino trotar impotentes tras él, exponiéndose fatalmente a la vista, mientras lanzaban patéticamente el grito del coyote?
Around the brave Tiger Lily were a dozen of her stoutest warriors, and they suddenly saw the perfidious pirates bearing down upon them.
Alrededor de la valiente Lirio Tigre había una docena de sus más corpulentos guerreros, y de repente vieron a los pérfidos piratas abalanzándose sobre ellos.
Fell from their eyes then the film through which they had looked at victory.
Cayó entonces de sus ojos el velo a través del cual habían contemplado la victoria.
No more would they torture at the stake.
Ya no volverían a torturar en la hoguera.
For them the happy hunting-grounds was now.
Para ellos había llegado el momento de los felices cotos de caza.
Vocabulary
- Estando
- Being (gerund form of 'estar', to be)
- todo
- All, everything, whole
- así
- Like this, in this way, thus
- trazado
- Planned, traced, laid out
- con
- With (preposition indicating accompaniment)
- una
- A, an (feminine indefinite article)
- astucia
- Cunning, shrewdness, cleverness
- casi
- Almost, nearly
- diabólica
- Diabolical, devilish, extremely evil
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- grueso
- Bulk, majority, thick mass of something
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- pieles
- Skins, hides; here refers to Native Americans
- rojas
- Red (feminine plural adjective)
- se
- Reflexive pronoun (himself, herself, themselves)
- envolvió
- Wrapped, enveloped (third person singular preterite)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- sus
- Their, his, her (possessive adjective)
- mantas
- Blankets, cloaks used for warmth
- y
- And (conjunction)
- esa
- That (feminine singular demonstrative adjective)
- manera
- Manner, way, method of doing something
- flemática
- Phlegmatic, calm, unemotional, stoic
- que
- That, which (conjunction or relative pronoun)
- constituye
- Constitutes, makes up, represents
- para
- For, in order to (preposition)
- ellos
- They, them (third person plural pronoun)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- perla
- Pearl; jewel, something precious and valued
- virilidad
- Virility, manliness, masculine strength
- agazaparon
- Crouched, cowered, huddled down hiding
- sobre
- Over, above, on top of
- hogar
- Home, hearth, fireplace, household
- niños
- Children, boys, kids
- aguardando
- Waiting, awaiting (gerund form of aguardar)
- frío
- Cold (adjective or noun)
- momento
- Moment, instant in time
- habrían
- They would have (conditional perfect auxiliary)
- dispensar
- To dispense, grant, bestow upon someone
- pálida
- Pale, pallid (feminine adjective)
- muerte
- Death
- Allí
- There, in that place
- soñando
- Dreaming (gerund form of soñar)
- despiertos
- Awake, alert (masculine plural adjective)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- exquisitas
- Exquisite, exquisitely refined or extreme
- torturas
- Tortures, acts of inflicting severe pain
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- someterle
- To subject him, to put him through
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- romper
- To break, to dawn (romper el día = daybreak)
- día
- Day
- aquellos
- Those (masculine plural demonstrative adjective)
- confiados
- Trusting, unsuspecting, confident (plural)
- salvajes
- Savages, wild people (plural noun/adjective)
- fueron
- Were, went (third person plural preterite)
- encontrados
- Found, encountered (past participle of encontrar)
- por
- By, for, through (preposition)
- traicionero
- Treacherous, traitorous, deceitful
- Por
- By, through, because of (preposition)
- relatos
- Accounts, stories, narratives
- después
- Afterward, later, then
- proporcionaron
- Provided, supplied, gave (third person plural preterite)
- exploradores
- Scouts, explorers, rangers
- escaparon
- Escaped, fled (third person plural preterite)
- carnicería
- Carnage, massacre, butchery, slaughter
- no
- No, not (negation)
- parece
- It seems, appears (third person singular present)
- hubiera
- Had (imperfect subjunctive of haber)
- detenido
- Stopped, halted (past participle of detener)
- siquiera
- Even, at least (used in negative contexts)
- ante
- Before, in front of, faced with
- terreno
- Terrain, ground, territory, land
- elevado
- Elevated, high, raised (past participle/adjective)
- aunque
- Although, even though, even if
- es
- Is (third person singular present of ser)
- seguro
- Sure, certain, safe
- aquella
- That (feminine singular demonstrative adjective)
- luz
- Light
- grisácea
- Grayish, having a gray hue
- debió
- Must have, should have (preterite of deber)
- haberlo
- To have seen him (infinitive with pronoun)
- visto
- Seen (past participle of ver)
- ningún
- No, not any (masculine singular adjective)
- pensamiento
- Thought, thinking, idea
- esperar
- To wait, to hope, to expect
- ser
- To be (infinitive)
- atacado
- Attacked (past participle of atacar)
- haber
- To have (auxiliary infinitive)
- cruzado
- Crossed, passed through (past participle)
- su
- His, her, their (possessive adjective)
- sutil
- Subtle, keen, sharp (adjective)
- mente
- Mind, intellect
- ni
- Nor, neither, not even (conjunction)
- quiso
- Wanted, tried (third person singular preterite of querer)
- aguardar
- To wait for, to await
- noche
- Night
- estuviera
- Were, would be (imperfect subjunctive of estar)
- agotada
- Exhausted, depleted, spent (feminine adjective)
- avanzó
- Advanced, moved forward (third person preterite)
- trompicones
- Stumbling, tripping along clumsily
- sin
- Without (preposition)
- más
- More, additional (adverb/adjective)
- táctica
- Tactic, strategy, plan of action
- lanzarse
- To throw oneself, to launch oneself into
- ataque
- Attack, assault
- Qué
- What, how (interrogative pronoun/adjective)
- podían
- Could, were able to (imperfect of poder)
- hacer
- To do, to make
- desconcertados
- Disconcerted, confused, thrown off balance
- maestros
- Masters, experts, teachers
- como
- As, like, how (conjunction/adverb)
- eran
- Were (third person plural imperfect of ser)
- ardid
- Ruse, trick, cunning stratagem
- guerrero
- Warrior, fighter (noun/adjective)
- salvo
- Except, save for, barring
- éste
- This one (masculine demonstrative pronoun)
- sino
- But rather, but instead (conjunction)
- trotar
- To trot, to jog along
- impotentes
- Powerless, helpless, unable to act
- tras
- After, behind, following (preposition)
- él
- He, him (third person singular pronoun)
- exponiéndose
- Exposing themselves (reflexive gerund of exponer)
- fatalmente
- Fatally, inevitably, disastrously
- vista
- Sight, view, vision
- mientras
- While, meanwhile, as (conjunction)
- lanzaban
- Launched, hurled, let out (imperfect tense)
- patéticamente
- Pathetically, pitifully, in a pitiful manner
- grito
- Shout, cry, yell
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- coyote
- Coyote (North American wild canine)
- Alrededor
- Around, surrounding (adverb/preposition)
- valiente
- Brave, valiant, courageous
- había
- There was/were (imperfect of haber)
- docena
- Dozen, a group of twelve
- corpulentos
- Corpulent, large-bodied, stout (masculine plural)
- guerreros
- Warriors, fighters (masculine plural noun)
- repente
- Suddenly (de repente = all of a sudden)
- vieron
- Saw (third person plural preterite of ver)
- pérfidos
- Perfidious, treacherous, faithless (plural)
- piratas
- Pirates (plural noun)
- abalanzándose
- Hurling themselves, lunging forward at
- Cayó
- Fell (third person singular preterite of caer)
- entonces
- Then, at that moment, therefore
- ojos
- Eyes
- velo
- Veil, covering that obscures vision
- través
- Through (a través de = through, across)
- cual
- Which, whom (relative pronoun)
- habían
- Had (third person plural pluperfect auxiliary)
- contemplado
- Contemplated, envisioned, gazed upon
- victoria
- Victory, triumph
- Ya
- Already, now, no longer (adverb)
- volverían
- They would return (conditional of volver)
- torturar
- To torture, to inflict pain upon
- hoguera
- Bonfire, stake, large fire
- Para
- For, by, in order to (preposition)
- llegado
- Arrived, reached (past participle of llegar)
- felices
- Happy, joyful (plural adjective)
- cotos
- Reserves, preserves, hunting grounds
- caza
- Hunt, hunting, game
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