Peter Pan — Page 1
THE SHADOW
L'OMBRA
Mrs. Darling screamed, and, as if in answer to a bell, the door opened, and Nana entered, returned from her evening out.
La signora Darling urlò, e, come se in risposta a un campanello, la porta si aprì, e Nana entrò, di ritorno dalla sua serata fuori.
She growled and sprang at the boy, who leapt lightly through the window.
Ringhiò e si scagliò sul ragazzo, che saltò agilmente attraverso la finestra.
Again Mrs. Darling screamed, this time in distress for him, for she thought he was killed, and she ran down into the street to look for his little body, but it was not there; and she looked up, and in the black night she could see nothing but what she thought was a shooting star.
La signora Darling urlò di nuovo, questa volta in preda all'angoscia per lui, poiché pensava che fosse morto, e corse giù in strada a cercare il suo corpicino, ma non c'era; e alzò lo sguardo, e nel buio della notte non riuscì a vedere nulla tranne quello che le sembrò una stella cadente.
She returned to the nursery, and found Nana with something in her mouth, which proved to be the boy's shadow.
Tornò nella cameretta dei bambini, e trovò Nana con qualcosa in bocca, che si rivelò essere l'ombra del ragazzo.
As he leapt at the window Nana had closed it quickly, too late to catch him, but his shadow had not had time to get out; slam went the window and snapped it off.
Mentre saltava verso la finestra Nana l'aveva chiusa rapidamente, troppo tardi per catturarlo, ma la sua ombra non aveva avuto il tempo di uscire; la finestra sbatté e la troncò di netto.
You may be sure Mrs. Darling examined the shadow carefully, but it was quite the ordinary kind.
Potete star certi che la signora Darling esaminò l'ombra attentamente, ma era del tutto un'ombra normale.
Nana had no doubt of what was the best thing to do with this shadow.
Nana non aveva alcun dubbio su cosa fosse la cosa migliore da fare con questa ombra.
She hung it out at the window, meaning "He is sure to come back for it; let us put it where he can get it easily without disturbing the children."
La appese fuori dalla finestra, intendendo dire: «È sicuro che tornerà a prenderla; mettiamola dove possa prenderla facilmente senza disturbare i bambini».
But unfortunately Mrs. Darling could not leave it hanging out at the window, it looked so like the washing and lowered the whole tone of the house.
Ma purtroppo la signora Darling non poteva lasciarla appesa fuori dalla finestra, sembrava così tanto il bucato e abbassava tutto il tono della casa.
She thought of showing it to Mr.
Pensò di mostrarla al signor
Vocabulary
- OMBRA
- Shadow or shade cast by an object
- signora
- Mrs. or lady, polite address for a woman
- urlò
- He/she screamed or shouted loudly
- come
- As, like, or how in Italian
- se
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'whether'
- risposta
- A reply or response to something said
- campanello
- A small bell or doorbell that rings
- porta
- A door or gate of a building
- aprì
- He/she/it opened something up
- entrò
- He/she/it entered a place or room
- ritorno
- A return or coming back from somewhere
- serata
- An evening or night out spent socially
- fuori
- Outside or out, away from inside
- Ringhiò
- He/she/it growled like an animal
- scagliò
- He/she/it hurled or flung something forcefully
- ragazzo
- A boy or young man
- saltò
- He/she/it jumped or leaped quickly
- agilmente
- Nimbly or agily, with quick graceful movement
- attraverso
- Through or across a space or opening
- finestra
- A window in a wall or building
- nuovo
- New or again; di nuovo means again
- volta
- A time or occasion; questa volta means this time
- preda
- Prey or victim; in preda a means seized by
- angoscia
- Anguish or deep anxiety and distress
- poiché
- Conjunction meaning 'since' or 'because'
- pensava
- He/she was thinking or believed something
- fosse
- Subjunctive past form of 'essere', meaning 'was'
- morto
- Dead; past participle of morire, to die
- corse
- He/she ran quickly toward a destination
- giù
- Down or downward in direction
- strada
- A road or street in a town
- cercare
- To search for or look for something
- corpicino
- Little body, diminutive of corpo meaning body
- alzò
- He/she raised or lifted something upward
- sguardo
- A look or gaze directed at something
- buio
- Darkness or the dark of night
- notte
- Night or nighttime hours of darkness
- riuscì
- He/she managed or succeeded in doing something
- vedere
- To see or observe something visually
- nulla
- Nothing at all, complete absence of something
- tranne
- Except or apart from, excluding something
- sembrò
- He/she/it seemed or appeared to be something
- stella
- A star in the night sky
- cadente
- Falling; stella cadente means shooting star
- Tornò
- He/she returned or came back somewhere
- cameretta
- Small bedroom, especially a child's room
- bambini
- Children or young kids, plural of bambino
- trovò
- He/she found or discovered something
- qualcosa
- Something, an unspecified object or thing
- bocca
- The mouth of a person or animal
- rivelò
- He/she/it revealed or disclosed something hidden
- essere
- To be; infinitive of the verb 'to be'
- ombra
- Shadow or shade cast by an object
- Mentre
- While or as something was happening simultaneously
- saltava
- He/she was jumping or leaping repeatedly
- verso
- Toward or in the direction of something
- chiusa
- Closed or shut, feminine past participle of chiudere
- rapidamente
- Rapidly or quickly, with great speed
- troppo
- Too much or too, exceeding a limit
- tardi
- Late, after the expected or desired time
- catturarlo
- To capture him, to seize and hold him
- tempo
- Time or weather; enough time to do something
- uscire
- To exit or go out from a place
- sbatté
- He/she/it slammed or banged something shut
- troncò
- He/she/it cut off or severed something abruptly
- netto
- Clean or sharp; di netto means cleanly off
- Potete
- You all can or are able to do something
- certi
- Certain or sure, plural form of certo
- esaminò
- He/she examined or inspected something carefully
- attentamente
- Carefully or attentively, with close attention
- tutto
- All or everything, the whole of something
- normale
- Normal or ordinary, nothing unusual about it
- alcun
- Any or no; with negation means not any
- dubbio
- Doubt or uncertainty about something
- cosa
- Thing or what; used to ask about something
- migliore
- Better or best, comparative of buono
- fare
- To do or to make something
- appese
- He/she hung something up on a surface
- intendendo
- Intending or meaning to say something
- dire
- To say or to tell something to someone
- sicuro
- Sure or safe; certain that something will happen
- tornerà
- He/she/it will return in the future
- prenderla
- To take or fetch her or it
- mettiamola
- Let's put it in a specific place together
- dove
- Where, indicating a place or location
- possa
- Subjunctive of potere meaning he/she can or may
- facilmente
- Easily or without difficulty
- senza
- Without, lacking something or someone
- disturbare
- To disturb or bother someone
- purtroppo
- Unfortunately or sadly, expressing regret
- poteva
- He/she/it could or was able to do something
- lasciarla
- To leave it or let it remain somewhere
- appesa
- Hung up, feminine past participle of appendere
- sembrava
- It seemed or appeared to be something
- così
- So or thus, in this way or manner
- tanto
- So much or a lot of something
- bucato
- Laundry or washing, clothes hung to dry
- abbassava
- It was lowering or bringing down something
- tono
- Tone or quality; the overall feel or character
- casa
- House or home where someone lives
- Pensò
- He/she thought about something or considered it
- mostrarla
- To show it or display it to someone
- signor
- Mr. or Sir, polite address for a man
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