Peter Pan — Page 13
He did not alarm her, for she thought she had seen him before in the faces of many women who have no children.
Non la spaventò, perché lei credeva di averlo già visto in passato nei volti di molte donne che non hanno figli.
Perhaps he is to be found in the faces of some mothers also.
Forse lo si può trovare anche nei volti di alcune madri.
But in her dream he had rent the film that obscures the Neverland, and she saw Wendy and John and Michael peeping through the gap.
Ma nel suo sogno egli aveva squarciato il velo che oscura l'Isola che non c'è, e lei vide Wendy, John e Michael che spiavano attraverso la fessura.
The dream by itself would have been a trifle, but while she was dreaming the window of the nursery blew open, and a boy did drop on the floor.
Il sogno da solo sarebbe stato una cosa da nulla, ma mentre lei stava sognando la finestra della cameretta dei bambini si spalancò, e un ragazzo cadde sul pavimento.
He was accompanied by a strange light, no bigger than your fist, which darted about the room like a living thing and I think it must have been this light that wakened Mrs. Darling.
Era accompagnato da una strana luce, non più grande di un pugno, che guizzava per la stanza come una cosa viva, e penso che sia stata proprio quella luce a svegliare la signora Darling.
She started up with a cry, and saw the boy, and somehow she knew at once that he was Peter Pan.
Si alzò di scatto con un grido, vide il ragazzo, e in qualche modo capì immediatamente che era Peter Pan.
If you or I or Wendy had been there we should have seen that he was very like Mrs. Darling's kiss.
Se voi o io o Wendy fossimo stati lì, avremmo visto che somigliava moltissimo al bacio della signora Darling.
He was a lovely boy, clad in skeleton leaves and the juices that ooze out of trees but the most entrancing thing about him was that he had all his first teeth.
Era un bellissimo ragazzo, vestito di foglie scheletrite e della linfa che trasuda dagli alberi, ma la cosa più affascinante di lui era che aveva ancora tutti i suoi denti da latte.
When he saw she was a grown-up, he gnashed the little pearls at her.
Quando vide che lei era un'adulta, digrignò verso di lei quelle piccole perle.
Vocabulary
- Non
- Negation word meaning 'not' in Italian
- la
- Feminine definite article or direct object pronoun 'her/it'
- spaventò
- Third person singular past tense of 'to frighten'
- perché
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'because' or 'why'
- lei
- Third person singular feminine pronoun meaning 'she/her'
- credeva
- She/he believed; imperfect tense of 'credere'
- di
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- averlo
- Infinitive 'avere' combined with pronoun 'lo', meaning 'to have it/him'
- già
- Adverb meaning 'already' or 'yet'
- visto
- Past participle of 'vedere', meaning 'seen'
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- passato
- Noun or adjective meaning 'past' or 'past time'
- nei
- Contraction of 'in' and 'i', meaning 'in the' (masculine plural)
- volti
- Plural noun meaning 'faces' or 'countenances'
- molte
- Feminine plural adjective meaning 'many'
- donne
- Plural noun meaning 'women'
- che
- Relative pronoun or conjunction meaning 'that/who/which'
- non
- Negation word meaning 'not'
- hanno
- Third person plural present tense of 'avere', meaning 'they have'
- figli
- Plural noun meaning 'children' or 'sons'
- Forse
- Adverb meaning 'perhaps' or 'maybe'
- lo
- Masculine singular direct object pronoun meaning 'it/him'
- si
- Reflexive or impersonal pronoun used in various constructions
- può
- Third person singular of 'potere', meaning 'can/may'
- trovare
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to find' or 'to encounter'
- anche
- Adverb meaning 'also', 'too', or 'even'
- alcune
- Feminine plural indefinite adjective meaning 'some/a few'
- madri
- Plural noun meaning 'mothers'
- Ma
- Conjunction meaning 'but', introducing a contrast
- nel
- Contraction of 'in' and 'il', meaning 'in the' (masculine singular)
- suo
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his/her/its' (masculine singular)
- sogno
- Noun meaning 'dream'; also first person of 'sognare'
- egli
- Formal third person masculine singular pronoun meaning 'he'
- aveva
- Third person singular imperfect of 'avere', meaning 'he/she had'
- squarciato
- Past participle of 'squarciare', meaning 'torn apart/ripped open'
- il
- Masculine singular definite article meaning 'the'
- velo
- Noun meaning 'veil' or 'thin covering'
- oscura
- Feminine adjective meaning 'dark', 'obscure', or 'mysterious'
- l'
- Elided definite article 'la' or 'lo' before a vowel
- Isola
- Noun meaning 'island', often used as a proper noun
- c'è
- Contraction of 'ci' and 'è', meaning 'there is'
- e
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- vide
- Third person singular past tense of 'vedere', meaning 'saw'
- spiavano
- They were spying; imperfect tense of 'spiare'
- attraverso
- Preposition meaning 'through' or 'across'
- fessura
- Noun meaning 'crack', 'slit', or 'narrow opening'
- Il
- Masculine singular definite article meaning 'the'
- da
- Preposition meaning 'from', 'by', or 'since'
- solo
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'alone', 'only', or 'just'
- sarebbe
- Third person singular conditional of 'essere', meaning 'would be'
- stato
- Past participle of 'essere', meaning 'been'; also 'state/nation'
- una
- Feminine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- cosa
- Noun meaning 'thing' or 'matter'; also 'what' in questions
- nulla
- Pronoun or noun meaning 'nothing' or 'null'
- ma
- Conjunction meaning 'but', introducing a contrast
- mentre
- Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'whereas'
- stava
- Third person singular imperfect of 'stare', meaning 'was/stayed'
- sognando
- Gerund of 'sognare', meaning 'dreaming'
- finestra
- Noun meaning 'window'
- della
- Contraction of 'di' and 'la', meaning 'of the' (feminine singular)
- cameretta
- Diminutive noun meaning 'small bedroom' or 'children's room'
- dei
- Contraction of 'di' and 'i', meaning 'of the' (masculine plural)
- bambini
- Plural noun meaning 'children' or 'kids'
- spalancò
- Third person singular past tense of 'spalancare', meaning 'flung open'
- un
- Masculine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- ragazzo
- Noun meaning 'boy' or 'young man'
- cadde
- Third person singular past tense of 'cadere', meaning 'fell'
- sul
- Contraction of 'su' and 'il', meaning 'on the' (masculine singular)
- pavimento
- Noun meaning 'floor' or 'pavement inside a building'
- Era
- Third person singular imperfect of 'essere', meaning 'was'
- accompagnato
- Past participle of 'accompagnare', meaning 'accompanied'
- strana
- Feminine adjective meaning 'strange' or 'unusual'
- luce
- Noun meaning 'light'
- più
- Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'; also 'no longer' with negation
- grande
- Adjective meaning 'big', 'large', or 'great'
- pugno
- Noun meaning 'fist' or a 'fistful' of something
- guizzava
- It darted or flashed; imperfect tense of 'guizzare'
- per
- Preposition meaning 'for', 'through', or 'by'
- stanza
- Noun meaning 'room' within a building
- come
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'how', 'like', or 'as'
- viva
- Adjective meaning 'alive' or 'living'; also exclamation 'long live'
- penso
- First person singular present of 'pensare', meaning 'I think'
- sia
- Third person singular subjunctive of 'essere', meaning 'may be'
- stata
- Feminine past participle of 'essere', meaning 'been'
- proprio
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'exactly', 'own', or 'truly'
- quella
- Feminine singular demonstrative pronoun/adjective meaning 'that'
- a
- Preposition meaning 'to', 'at', or 'in'
- svegliare
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to wake up' or 'to awaken someone'
- signora
- Noun meaning 'lady', 'Mrs.', or 'woman'
- Si
- Reflexive pronoun or response particle meaning 'yes'
- alzò
- Third person singular past tense of 'alzarsi', meaning 'got up'
- scatto
- Noun meaning 'sudden movement', 'snap', or 'click'
- con
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- grido
- Noun meaning 'cry', 'shout', or 'scream'
- qualche
- Indefinite adjective meaning 'some' or 'any' (singular sense)
- modo
- Noun meaning 'way', 'manner', or 'method'
- capì
- Third person singular past tense of 'capire', meaning 'understood'
- immediatamente
- Adverb meaning 'immediately' or 'at once'
- era
- Third person singular imperfect of 'essere', meaning 'was'
- Se
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'whether'
- voi
- Second person plural pronoun meaning 'you' (plural)
- o
- Conjunction meaning 'or'
- io
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- fossimo
- First person plural imperfect subjunctive of 'essere', meaning 'were'
- stati
- Masculine plural past participle of 'essere', meaning 'been'
- lì
- Adverb meaning 'there' (at that place)
- avremmo
- First person plural conditional of 'avere', meaning 'we would have'
- somigliava
- It resembled; imperfect tense of 'somigliare'
- moltissimo
- Superlative adverb meaning 'very much' or 'a great deal'
- al
- Contraction of 'a' and 'il', meaning 'to the' (masculine singular)
- bacio
- Noun meaning 'kiss'
- bellissimo
- Superlative adjective meaning 'very beautiful' or 'gorgeous'
- vestito
- Noun meaning 'dress/outfit'; past participle of 'vestire' ('dressed')
- foglie
- Plural noun meaning 'leaves' of a plant or tree
- scheletrite
- Adjective meaning 'skeletal' or 'stripped to the skeleton'
- linfa
- Noun meaning 'sap' of a tree or 'lymph' in biology
- trasuda
- It oozes or seeps through; present tense of 'trasudare'
- dagli
- Contraction of 'da' and 'gli', meaning 'from the' (masculine plural)
- alberi
- Plural noun meaning 'trees'
- affascinante
- Adjective meaning 'fascinating', 'charming', or 'captivating'
- lui
- Third person masculine singular pronoun meaning 'he/him'
- ancora
- Adverb meaning 'still', 'yet', or 'again'
- tutti
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everyone'
- i
- Masculine plural definite article meaning 'the'
- suoi
- Masculine plural possessive adjective meaning 'his/her/its'
- denti
- Plural noun meaning 'teeth'
- latte
- Noun meaning 'milk'; in 'denti da latte' means 'milk teeth'
- Quando
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- un'
- Elided feminine indefinite article before a vowel, meaning 'a/an'
- adulta
- Feminine noun or adjective meaning 'adult woman'
- digrignò
- Third person singular past tense of 'digrignare', meaning 'gnashed'
- verso
- Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'in the direction of'
- quelle
- Feminine plural demonstrative pronoun/adjective meaning 'those'
- piccole
- Feminine plural adjective meaning 'small' or 'little'
- perle
- Plural noun meaning 'pearls'
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