Peter Pan — Page 10
Left so fearfully alone, any other man would have lain with his eyes shut where he fell: but the gigantic brain of Hook was still working, and under its guidance he crawled on the knees along the deck as far from the sound as he could go.
Quedando tan espantosamente solo, cualquier otro hombre habría permanecido con los ojos cerrados donde cayó: pero el gigantesco cerebro de Garfio seguía funcionando, y bajo su guía avanzó a gatas por la cubierta tan lejos del sonido como pudo llegar.
The pirates respectfully cleared a passage for him, and it was only when he brought up against the bulwarks that he spoke.
Los piratas le abrieron respetuosamente el paso, y solo fue cuando chocó contra la borda que habló.
"Hide me!" he cried hoarsely.
«¡Escóndedme!», gritó con voz ronca.
They gathered round him, all eyes averted from the thing that was coming aboard.
Se agruparon a su alrededor, con todos los ojos apartados de la criatura que subía a bordo.
They had no thought of fighting it.
No tenían ningún deseo de combatirla.
It was Fate.
Era el Destino.
Only when Hook was hidden from them did curiosity loosen the limbs of the boys so that they could rush to the ship's side to see the crocodile climbing it.
Solo cuando Garfio quedó oculto a su vista la curiosidad liberó los miembros de los chicos de modo que pudieron correr hacia la borda del barco para ver al cocodrilo trepando por ella.
Then they got the strangest surprise of the Night of Nights; for it was no crocodile that was coming to their aid.
Entonces se llevaron la sorpresa más extraña de la Noche de las Noches; pues no era ningún cocodrilo lo que acudía en su ayuda.
It was Peter.
Era Peter.
He signed to them not to give vent to any cry of admiration that might rouse suspicion.
Les hizo señas de que no dieran rienda suelta a ningún grito de admiración que pudiera despertar sospechas.
Then he went on ticking.
Luego siguió haciendo tictac.
Vocabulary
- Quedando
- Remaining or staying in a particular state
- tan
- So, as; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs
- espantosamente
- Frightfully, terrifyingly, in a horrifying manner
- solo
- Alone, by oneself, without company
- cualquier
- Any, whichever; used before a noun
- otro
- Other, another; referring to a different one
- hombre
- Man; adult male human being
- habría
- Would have; conditional form of haber
- permanecido
- Remained, stayed; past participle of permanecer
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- los
- The; definite article, masculine plural form
- ojos
- Eyes; the organs used for seeing
- cerrados
- Closed, shut; past participle used as adjective
- donde
- Where; relative adverb indicating location
- cayó
- Fell; third person singular preterite of caer
- pero
- But; coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- el
- The; definite article, masculine singular form
- gigantesco
- Gigantic, enormous, of very great size
- cerebro
- Brain; the organ of thought and intelligence
- de
- Of, from; common preposition indicating possession or origin
- seguía
- Continued, kept on; imperfect tense of seguir
- funcionando
- Functioning, working, operating continuously
- y
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- bajo
- Under, beneath; preposition indicating guidance or direction
- su
- His, her, its, their; possessive adjective
- guía
- Guidance, direction; also means guide or leader
- avanzó
- Advanced, moved forward; preterite of avanzar
- a
- To, at; very common Spanish preposition
- gatas
- On all fours; used in phrase a gatas
- por
- Through, along, by; preposition with many uses
- la
- The; definite article, feminine singular form
- cubierta
- Deck; the flat surface of a ship
- lejos
- Far, away from; adverb of distance
- del
- Of the, from the; contraction of de + el
- sonido
- Sound; noise perceived by hearing
- como
- As, like, as much as; comparative conjunction
- pudo
- Could, was able to; preterite of poder
- llegar
- To arrive, to reach a destination or point
- Los
- The; definite article, masculine plural form
- piratas
- Pirates; sea robbers or buccaneers
- le
- Him, her, to him/her; indirect object pronoun
- abrieron
- Opened; third person plural preterite of abrir
- respetuosamente
- Respectfully, in a manner showing deference
- paso
- Step, passage, way; space allowed to pass
- fue
- Was, went; preterite of ser or ir
- cuando
- When; temporal conjunction or adverb
- chocó
- Crashed, collided; preterite of chocar
- contra
- Against; preposition indicating opposition or contact
- borda
- Ship's rail or side; edge of a vessel
- que
- That, which, who; very common conjunction or pronoun
- habló
- Spoke; third person singular preterite of hablar
- Escóndedme
- Hide me; imperative command to conceal the speaker
- gritó
- Shouted, yelled; preterite of gritar
- voz
- Voice; sound produced when speaking or singing
- ronca
- Hoarse, raspy; describing a rough or harsh voice
- Se
- Themselves, himself, herself; reflexive pronoun
- agruparon
- Gathered, grouped together; preterite of agruparse
- alrededor
- Around, surrounding; preposition or adverb of location
- todos
- All, everyone; referring to an entire group
- apartados
- Moved away, stepped aside; withdrawn from something
- criatura
- Creature, being; any living or imagined entity
- subía
- Was climbing, was going up; imperfect of subir
- bordo
- Aboard, on board; on a ship or vessel
- No
- No, not; basic negation word
- tenían
- Had, possessed; imperfect tense of tener
- ningún
- No, none, not any; negative adjective before noun
- deseo
- Desire, wish; a strong want for something
- combatirla
- To fight it, to combat it; infinitive with pronoun
- Era
- Was, it was; imperfect tense of ser
- Destino
- Destiny, fate; inevitable future or outcome
- Solo
- Only, just; adverb limiting scope
- quedó
- Remained, stayed; preterite of quedar
- oculto
- Hidden, concealed; adjective describing something unseen
- vista
- Sight, view; visual perception or line of vision
- curiosidad
- Curiosity; desire to know or learn something
- liberó
- Freed, liberated; preterite of liberar
- miembros
- Members, limbs; parts of a group or body
- chicos
- Boys, kids; informal term for young people
- modo
- Way, manner, mode; how something is done
- pudieron
- Were able to, could; preterite plural of poder
- correr
- To run; to move quickly on foot
- hacia
- Toward, towards; preposition indicating direction
- barco
- Ship, boat; large vessel for water travel
- para
- For, in order to; preposition of purpose or recipient
- ver
- To see; to perceive with the eyes
- al
- To the; contraction of a + el
- cocodrilo
- Crocodile; large reptile living near water
- trepando
- Climbing, scaling; present participle of trepar
- ella
- She, her; third person singular feminine pronoun
- Entonces
- Then, at that moment; temporal connective adverb
- se
- Themselves, reflexive; used with reflexive verbs
- llevaron
- Took, carried; preterite plural of llevar
- sorpresa
- Surprise; unexpected event causing astonishment
- más
- More, most; comparative or superlative adverb
- extraña
- Strange, odd, unusual; describing something peculiar
- Noche
- Night; the dark period between sunset and sunrise
- las
- The; definite article, feminine plural form
- Noches
- Nights; plural of noche, dark periods of day
- pues
- Because, well, then; causal or discourse connector
- no
- No, not; basic negation word
- era
- Was; imperfect tense of ser, third person singular
- lo
- It, him; direct object pronoun, neuter form
- acudía
- Was coming, arrived; imperfect of acudir
- en
- In, on, at; common preposition of location
- ayuda
- Help, assistance, aid offered to someone
- Les
- Them, to them; indirect object pronoun plural
- hizo
- Made, did; preterite of hacer
- señas
- Signs, signals; gestures used to communicate
- dieran
- Give, that they give; imperfect subjunctive of dar
- rienda
- Rein; strap used to control a horse
- suelta
- Free, loose; dar rienda suelta means to let loose
- grito
- Shout, cry, yell; a loud vocal expression
- admiración
- Admiration, wonder; feeling of impressed amazement
- pudiera
- Could, might; imperfect subjunctive of poder
- despertar
- To awaken, to arouse; to cause to wake up
- sospechas
- Suspicions; feelings that something is wrong or hidden
- Luego
- Then, afterwards, later; adverb of sequence
- siguió
- Continued, kept on; preterite of seguir
- haciendo
- Doing, making; present participle of hacer
- tictac
- Tick-tock; the rhythmic sound of a clock
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