Peter Pan — Page 2
Peter reached the shore without mishap, and went straight on, his legs encountering the water as if quite unaware that they had entered a new element.
Peter llegó a la orilla sin contratiempos, y siguió adelante sin detenerse, con las piernas adentrándose en el agua como si fueran completamente ajenas al hecho de haber entrado en un nuevo elemento.
Thus many animals pass from land to water, but no other human of whom I know.
Así pasan muchos animales de la tierra al agua, pero ningún otro ser humano que yo conozca.
As he swam he had but one thought: "Hook or me this time."
Mientras nadaba, no tenía más que un pensamiento: «Esta vez o Garfio o yo».
He had ticked so long that he now went on ticking without knowing that he was doing it.
Había hecho tic-tac durante tanto tiempo que ahora seguía haciéndolo sin saber que lo estaba haciendo.
Had he known he would have stopped, for to board the brig by help of the tick, though an ingenious idea, had not occurred to him.
De haberlo sabido se habría detenido, pues abordar el bergantín con ayuda del tic-tac, aunque era una idea ingeniosa, no se le había ocurrido.
On the contrary, he thought he had scaled her side as noiseless as a mouse; and he was amazed to see the pirates cowering from him, with Hook in their midst as abject as if he had heard the crocodile.
Al contrario, creía haber escalado el costado del barco en el más absoluto silencio; y quedó asombrado al ver a los piratas encogidos ante él, con Garfio en medio de ellos tan abatido como si hubiera oído al cocodrilo.
The crocodile!
¡El cocodrilo!
No sooner did Peter remember it than he heard the ticking.
No bien lo recordó Peter, oyó el tic-tac.
At first he thought the sound did come from the crocodile, and he looked behind him swiftly.
Al principio creyó que el sonido provenía del cocodrilo, y se volvió rápidamente para mirar atrás.
Then he realised that he was doing it himself, and in a flash he understood the situation.
Luego se dio cuenta de que era él mismo quien lo producía, y en un instante comprendió la situación.
"How clever of me!" he thought at once, and signed to the boys not to burst into applause.
«¡Qué listo soy!», pensó de inmediato, e hizo señas a los chicos para que no prorrumpieran en aplausos.
It was at this moment that Ed Teynte the quartermaster emerged from the forecastle and came along the deck.
Fue en ese momento cuando Ed Teynte, el contramaestre, emergió de la proa y avanzó por la cubierta.
Now, reader, time what happened by your watch.
Ahora bien, lector, mida con su reloj lo que ocurrió a continuación.
Peter struck true and deep.
Peter golpeó certero y profundo.
Vocabulary
- llegó
- He/she arrived at a place
- orilla
- Shore or bank of a body of water
- contratiempos
- Setbacks or unexpected problems encountered
- siguió
- He/she continued or kept going forward
- adelante
- Forward or ahead in direction
- detenerse
- To stop or halt one's movement
- piernas
- Legs, the limbs used for walking
- adentrándose
- Going deeper into something, penetrating further
- fueran
- Subjunctive form of ser/ir: were or went
- completamente
- Adverb meaning completely or entirely
- ajenas
- Foreign or unrelated to something, detached
- hecho
- Fact or act; something that occurred
- haber
- Auxiliary verb meaning to have done
- entrado
- Past participle of entrar: entered
- elemento
- An element or factor in a situation
- Así
- Adverb meaning thus, this way, so
- pasan
- They pass or go through something
- tierra
- Land or earth as opposed to water
- ningún
- Adjective meaning no or not any
- conozca
- Subjunctive of conocer: that I know
- Mientras
- Conjunction meaning while or as long as
- nadaba
- He/she was swimming in the water
- tenía
- He/she had; imperfect tense of tener
- pensamiento
- A thought or idea in one's mind
- vez
- Time or instance of an occurrence
- Había
- There was/had been; imperfect of haber
- durante
- Preposition meaning during or for a period
- tanto
- So much or so long, a great amount
- seguía
- He/she kept on or continued doing something
- haciéndolo
- Doing it, present participle with pronoun
- haciendo
- Present participle of hacer: doing
- haberlo
- Having it; infinitive haber with pronoun
- sabido
- Known; past participle of saber
- habría
- Would have; conditional of haber
- detenido
- Stopped; past participle of detener
- pues
- Conjunction meaning since, because, or well
- abordar
- To board a ship or approach something
- bergantín
- A two-masted sailing vessel, a brigantine
- ayuda
- Help or assistance provided to someone
- aunque
- Conjunction meaning although or even though
- ingeniosa
- Clever or ingenious, showing creative intelligence
- ocurrido
- Occurred or happened; past participle of ocurrir
- contrario
- The contrary or opposite of something stated
- creía
- He/she believed; imperfect tense of creer
- escalado
- Climbed; past participle of escalar
- costado
- Side of a ship or body
- barco
- Ship or boat used for water travel
- absoluto
- Absolute or complete, total absence of something
- silencio
- Silence, complete absence of sound
- quedó
- He/she remained or was left in state
- asombrado
- Astonished or amazed by something unexpected
- encogidos
- Cowering or huddled, shrunk with fear
- ante
- Preposition meaning before or in front of
- medio
- Middle or among, in the center of
- abatido
- Dejected or downcast, overwhelmed with fear
- hubiera
- Subjunctive of haber: had, as if had
- oído
- Heard; past participle of oír
- cocodrilo
- Crocodile, a large reptile living near water
- recordó
- He/she remembered something from the past
- oyó
- He/she heard; preterite tense of oír
- principio
- Beginning or principle, the start of something
- creyó
- He/she believed; preterite tense of creer
- sonido
- Sound, an audible noise or tone
- provenía
- It came from or originated from somewhere
- volvió
- He/she turned or returned; preterite of volver
- rápidamente
- Quickly or rapidly, in a fast manner
- mirar
- To look at or watch something
- atrás
- Behind or back, in a rear direction
- Luego
- Adverb meaning then or afterwards
- dio
- He/she gave; preterite tense of dar
- cuenta
- Account or realization; darse cuenta means to realize
- mismo
- Same or himself, used for emphasis
- quien
- Relative pronoun meaning who
- producía
- He/she was producing or making the sound
- instante
- An instant or moment, very brief time
- comprendió
- He/she understood; preterite of comprender
- situación
- Situation or circumstance one finds oneself in
- listo
- Clever or ready, intelligent and quick-thinking
- pensó
- He/she thought; preterite tense of pensar
- inmediato
- Immediate or instant, happening without delay
- e
- Conjunction meaning and, used before i-sound
- hizo
- He/she made or did; preterite of hacer
- señas
- Signs or signals made to communicate something
- chicos
- Boys or kids, young people in group
- prorrumpieran
- That they burst out into something suddenly
- aplausos
- Applause or clapping to show approval
- Fue
- It was or he/she went; preterite of ser/ir
- ese
- Demonstrative adjective meaning that (masculine)
- momento
- Moment or point in time
- cuando
- Conjunction meaning when, at the time that
- contramaestre
- Boatswain, a ship's officer managing crew
- emergió
- He/she emerged or came out from somewhere
- proa
- The bow or front part of a ship
- avanzó
- He/she advanced or moved forward
- cubierta
- Deck of a ship or cover
- lector
- Reader, a person who reads a text
- mida
- Measure; imperative/subjunctive of medir
- reloj
- Watch or clock used to measure time
- ocurrió
- It occurred or happened; preterite of ocurrir
- continuación
- Continuation, what follows next afterward
- golpeó
- He/she hit or struck something forcefully
- certero
- Accurate or precise, hitting the target exactly
- profundo
- Deep or profound, having great depth
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