Peter Pan — Page 4
How delicious to spoil it all by breaking the news in advance; so that when they enter grandly Mrs. Darling may not even offer Wendy her mouth, and Mr. Darling may exclaim pettishly, "Dash it all, here are those boys again."
Qué delicioso sería estropearlo todo revelando la noticia de antemano; de modo que cuando entren triunfalmente, la señora Darling quizás ni siquiera le ofrezca su boca a Wendy, y el señor Darling exclame malhumorado: «Maldita sea, aquí están esos chicos otra vez».
However, we should get no thanks even for this.
Sin embargo, no recibiríamos ni las gracias por ello.
We are beginning to know Mrs. Darling by this time, and may be sure that she would upbraid us for depriving the children of their little pleasure.
A estas alturas empezamos a conocer a la señora Darling, y podemos estar seguros de que nos reprendería por privar a los niños de su pequeño placer.
"But, my dear madam, it is ten days till Thursday week; so that by telling you what's what, we can save you ten days of unhappiness."
«Pero, querida señora, faltan diez días para el jueves de la semana que viene; de modo que contándole lo que hay, podemos ahorrarle diez días de infelicidad».
"Yes, but at what a cost! By depriving the children of ten minutes of delight."
«Sí, ¡pero a qué precio! Privando a los niños de diez minutos de alegría».
"Oh, if you look at it in that way!"
«¡Ah, si lo mira usted de esa manera!»
"What other way is there in which to look at it?"
«¿De qué otra manera se puede mirar?»
You see, the woman had no proper spirit.
Ya ven, la mujer no tenía el orgullo que debía.
I had meant to say extraordinarily nice things about her; but I despise her, and not one of them will I say now.
Tenía intención de decir cosas extraordinariamente amables sobre ella; pero la desprecio, y no diré ahora ninguna de ellas.
She does not really need to be told to have things ready, for they are ready.
En realidad no hace falta decirle que tenga todo listo, porque ya lo está.
All the beds are aired, and she never leaves the house, and observe, the window is open.
Todas las camas están aireadas, ella nunca abandona la casa, y fíjense, la ventana está abierta.
For all the use we are to her, we might well go back to the ship.
Para lo que le servimos, bien podríamos volver al barco.
However, as we are here we may as well stay and look on.
Sin embargo, ya que estamos aquí, bien podemos quedarnos y observar.
That is all we are, lookers-on.
Eso es todo lo que somos, simples espectadores.
Nobody really wants us.
En realidad nadie nos necesita.
Vocabulary
- Qué
- Interrogative or exclamatory word meaning 'what' or 'how'
- delicioso
- Describing something extremely pleasant or tasty
- sería
- Conditional form of 'ser'; meaning 'would be'
- estropearlo
- To ruin or spoil something completely
- todo
- Meaning 'everything' or 'all'
- revelando
- Present participle of revelar; revealing or disclosing information
- noticia
- A piece of news or new information
- antemano
- Used in phrase 'de antemano' meaning beforehand or in advance
- modo
- Manner or way of doing something
- cuando
- Conjunction meaning 'when' referring to time
- entren
- Subjunctive form of entrar; meaning 'they enter'
- triunfalmente
- Adverb meaning triumphantly or in a victorious manner
- señora
- Title of address for a woman; Mrs. or ma'am
- quizás
- Adverb expressing uncertainty; meaning perhaps or maybe
- ni
- Negative conjunction meaning 'not even' or 'nor'
- siquiera
- Used with 'ni' to mean 'not even'
- ofrezca
- Subjunctive of ofrecer; meaning 'offers' in a subordinate clause
- boca
- The mouth as a part of the face
- señor
- Title of address for a man; Mr. or sir
- exclame
- Subjunctive of exclamar; meaning 'exclaims' in subordinate clause
- malhumorado
- Adjective describing a person who is bad-tempered or grumpy
- Maldita
- Feminine adjective expressing cursed; used in exclamations of frustration
- sea
- Subjunctive of ser; meaning 'be' in subordinate clauses
- aquí
- Adverb of place meaning 'here'
- están
- Third person plural of estar; meaning 'they are'
- esos
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'those' for masculine nouns
- chicos
- Informal word for boys or kids
- otra
- Adjective meaning 'another' or 'other' for feminine nouns
- vez
- Noun meaning 'time' as in an occurrence or instance
- Sin
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- embargo
- Used in 'sin embargo' meaning however or nevertheless
- recibiríamos
- Conditional of recibir; meaning 'we would receive'
- gracias
- Noun meaning thanks; used to express gratitude
- ello
- Neuter pronoun meaning 'it' referring to an idea or situation
- estas
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'these' for feminine nouns
- alturas
- Used in 'a estas alturas' meaning at this point or stage
- empezamos
- First person plural of empezar; meaning 'we begin' or 'we started'
- conocer
- Infinitive meaning to know or be acquainted with someone
- podemos
- First person plural of poder; meaning 'we can'
- estar
- Infinitive meaning to be, indicating state or condition
- seguros
- Adjective meaning sure or certain about something
- reprendería
- Conditional of reprender; meaning 'would scold' or reprimand
- privar
- Infinitive meaning to deprive someone of something
- niños
- Noun meaning children or young boys
- pequeño
- Adjective meaning small or little in size
- placer
- Noun meaning pleasure or enjoyment
- Pero
- Conjunction meaning 'but' introducing a contrast
- querida
- Adjective or address term meaning dear or beloved
- faltan
- Third person plural of faltar; meaning 'there are missing' or remaining
- diez
- The number ten
- días
- Plural of día; meaning days
- jueves
- The day of the week Thursday
- semana
- Noun meaning week as a unit of time
- viene
- Third person singular of venir; meaning 'comes' or 'is coming'
- contándole
- Gerund of contar plus pronoun; meaning 'telling him/her'
- hay
- Impersonal form of haber; meaning 'there is' or 'there are'
- ahorrarle
- Infinitive ahorrar plus pronoun; to save someone from hardship
- infelicidad
- Noun meaning unhappiness or state of being unhappy
- pero
- Conjunction meaning 'but' introducing a contrasting idea
- qué
- Exclamatory word meaning 'what' expressing emotion
- precio
- Noun meaning price or cost of something
- Privando
- Gerund of privar; meaning depriving or denying someone something
- minutos
- Plural of minuto; meaning minutes as units of time
- alegría
- Noun meaning joy, happiness, or cheerfulness
- si
- Conjunction meaning 'if' introducing a conditional clause
- mira
- Imperative of mirar; meaning 'look' as a command
- usted
- Formal second person pronoun meaning 'you'
- esa
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' for feminine nouns
- manera
- Noun meaning manner, way, or method of doing something
- puede
- Third person singular of poder; meaning 'can' or 'is possible'
- mirar
- Infinitive meaning to look at or to watch
- Ya
- Adverb meaning 'already', 'now', or 'by now'
- ven
- Third person plural of ver; meaning 'they see'
- mujer
- Noun meaning woman or wife
- tenía
- Imperfect of tener; meaning 'had' or 'used to have'
- orgullo
- Noun meaning pride or a strong sense of self-worth
- debía
- Imperfect of deber; meaning 'should have' or 'used to owe'
- Tenía
- Imperfect of tener; meaning 'had' or 'was going to'
- intención
- Noun meaning intention or plan to do something
- decir
- Infinitive meaning to say or to tell
- cosas
- Plural of cosa; meaning things or objects
- extraordinariamente
- Adverb meaning extraordinarily or in an exceptional manner
- amables
- Plural adjective meaning kind, friendly, or pleasant
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'about', 'over', or 'on top of'
- desprecio
- Noun meaning contempt, scorn, or disdain toward someone
- diré
- Future tense of decir; meaning 'I will say'
- ahora
- Adverb meaning 'now' referring to the present moment
- ninguna
- Negative adjective meaning 'none' or 'not any' for feminine nouns
- realidad
- Noun meaning reality or actual state of affairs
- hace
- Third person of hacer; used in 'hace falta' meaning it is necessary
- falta
- Used in 'hace falta' meaning it is needed or necessary
- decirle
- Infinitive decir plus pronoun; meaning to tell him/her something
- tenga
- Subjunctive of tener; meaning 'has' or 'have' in subordinate clause
- listo
- Adjective meaning ready or prepared for something
- porque
- Conjunction meaning 'because' introducing a reason
- ya
- Adverb meaning 'already' indicating something is done
- está
- Third person singular of estar; meaning 'is' indicating state
- Todas
- Plural adjective meaning 'all' for feminine nouns
- camas
- Plural of cama; meaning beds for sleeping
- aireadas
- Past participle of airear; meaning aired out or ventilated
- nunca
- Adverb meaning never or not at any time
- abandona
- Third person of abandonar; meaning 'abandons' or leaves behind
- casa
- Noun meaning house or home
- fíjense
- Imperative of fijarse; meaning 'notice' or 'pay attention'
- ventana
- Noun meaning window in a building
- abierta
- Adjective meaning open, not closed
- servimos
- First person plural of servir; meaning 'we serve' or 'we are useful'
- bien
- Adverb meaning well or correctly
- podríamos
- Conditional of poder; meaning 'we could' or 'we would be able'
- volver
- Infinitive meaning to return or go back somewhere
- barco
- Noun meaning ship or boat
- estamos
- First person plural of estar; meaning 'we are'
- quedarnos
- Reflexive infinitive of quedar; meaning 'to stay' or remain
- observar
- Infinitive meaning to observe or watch carefully
- Eso
- Neuter demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' referring to an idea
- somos
- First person plural of ser; meaning 'we are'
- simples
- Adjective meaning simple or mere without complexity
- espectadores
- Noun meaning spectators or onlookers watching an event
- nadie
- Indefinite pronoun meaning nobody or no one
- necesita
- Third person of necesitar; meaning 'needs' something
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