Peter Pan — Page 3
She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again.
Lei voleva rischiare, qualunque cosa potesse accadere, ma non era questo il suo metodo; il suo metodo era con una matita e un pezzo di carta, e se lei lo confondeva con suggerimenti doveva ricominciare dall'inizio.
"Now don't interrupt," he would beg of her.
«Non interrompere,» la supplicava.
"I have one pound seventeen here, and two and six at the office; I can cut off my coffee at the office, say ten shillings, making two nine and six, with your eighteen and three makes three nine seven, with five naught naught in my cheque-book makes eight nine seven—who is that moving?—eight nine seven, dot and carry seven—don't speak, my own—and the pound you lent to that man who came to the door—quiet, child—dot and carry child—there, you've done it!—did I say nine nine seven? yes, I said nine nine seven; the question is, can we try it for a year on nine nine seven?"
«Ho una sterlina e diciassette qui, e due e sei in ufficio; posso rinunciare al mio caffè in ufficio, diciamo dieci scellini, facendo due nove e sei, con il tuo diciotto e tre fa tre nove sette, con cinque zero zero nel mio libretto degli assegni fa otto nove sette — chi si sta muovendo? — otto nove sette, virgola e riporto sette — non parlare, amore mio — e la sterlina che hai prestato a quell'uomo che è venuto alla porta — silenzio, piccola — virgola e riporto piccola — ecco, l'hai fatto! — ho detto nove nove sette? sì, ho detto nove nove sette; la domanda è: possiamo provarci per un anno con nove nove sette?»
"Of course we can, George," she cried.
«Certo che possiamo, George,» esclamò lei.
But she was prejudiced in Wendy's favour, and he was really the grander character of the two.
Ma lei era di parte in favore di Wendy, e lui era davvero il più nobile dei due caratteri.
"Remember mumps," he warned her almost threateningly, and off he went again.
«Ricorda gli orecchioni,» la avvertì quasi minacciosamente, e ricominciò da capo.
Vocabulary
- Lei
- You (formal singular pronoun)
- voleva
- Wanted, wished (imperfect tense)
- rischiare
- To risk, to venture into danger
- qualunque
- Any, whatever, no matter which
- cosa
- Thing, matter, situation
- potesse
- Could, might (imperfect subjunctive)
- accadere
- To happen, to occur, to take place
- ma
- But, yet, however
- non
- Not (negation adverb)
- era
- Was (imperfect tense of essere)
- questo
- This, this one, this thing
- il
- The (masculine singular article)
- suo
- His, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
- metodo
- Method, way, system of doing something
- con
- With, in company of
- una
- A, an (feminine singular article)
- matita
- Pencil, writing instrument
- un
- A, an (masculine singular article)
- pezzo
- Piece, part, chunk of something
- di
- Of, from, some (preposition)
- carta
- Paper, card, document, map
- se
- If, whether (conditional conjunction)
- lei
- She, her (feminine pronoun)
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- confondeva
- Confused, mixed up (imperfect tense)
- suggerimenti
- Suggestions, hints, recommendations
- doveva
- Had to, was supposed to (imperfect)
- ricominciare
- To restart, to begin again from start
- inizio
- Beginning, start, opening
- Non
- Not (negation adverb, capitalized)
- interrompere
- To interrupt, to break in on
- la
- Her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
- supplicava
- Begged, pleaded, implored (imperfect)
- Ho
- I have (present tense of avere)
- sterlina
- Pound (British currency unit)
- diciassette
- Seventeen (number)
- qui
- Here, in this place, at this point
- due
- Two (number)
- sei
- Six (number)
- in
- In, into, at (preposition)
- ufficio
- Office, study, room for work
- posso
- Can, am able to (present tense)
- rinunciare
- To give up, to renounce, to forfeit
- mio
- My, mine (possessive adjective)
- caffè
- Coffee, coffee shop, café
- diciamo
- Let's say, so to speak (present)
- dieci
- Ten (number)
- facendo
- Making, doing (present participle)
- nove
- Nine (number)
- tuo
- Your, yours (informal possessive adjective)
- diciotto
- Eighteen (number)
- tre
- Three (number)
- fa
- Does, makes, ago (present tense)
- sette
- Seven (number)
- cinque
- Five (number)
- zero
- Zero, naught, nothing (number)
- libretto
- Small book, booklet, passbook
- assegni
- Checks, cheques (plural)
- otto
- Eight (number)
- chi
- Who, whom (interrogative pronoun)
- si
- Oneself, himself, herself (reflexive)
- sta
- Is, stays (present tense of stare)
- muovendo
- Moving, shifting (present participle)
- parlare
- To speak, to talk, to discuss
- amore
- Love, affection, beloved person
- che
- That, which, who (relative pronoun)
- hai
- Have (present tense, informal)
- prestato
- Lent, loaned (past participle)
- uomo
- Man, male person, husband
- venuto
- Come, arrived (past participle)
- porta
- Door, gate, entrance to building
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