Sense and Sensibility — Page 6
To be tied down to the regular payment of such a sum, on every rent day, is by no means desirable: it takes away one's independence.
Estar atado al pago regular de tal suma, en cada día de renta, no es en absoluto deseable: le quita a uno su independencia.
"Undoubtedly; and after all you have no thanks for it.
—Indudablemente; y después de todo no se lo agradecen a usted.
They think themselves secure, you do no more than what is expected, and it raises no gratitude at all.
Ellos se consideran seguros, usted no hace más que lo que se espera, y eso no despierta gratitud alguna.
If I were you, whatever I did should be done at my own discretion entirely.
Si yo fuera usted, todo lo que hiciera lo haría enteramente a mi propia discreción.
I would not bind myself to allow them any thing yearly.
No me comprometería a darles nada anualmente.
It may be very inconvenient some years to spare a hundred, or even fifty pounds from our own expenses."
Puede ser muy inconveniente en algunos años prescindir de cien, o incluso cincuenta libras de nuestros propios gastos.
"I believe you are right, my love; it will be better that there should be no annuity in the case;
—Creo que tiene usted razón, amor mío; será mejor que no haya ninguna anualidad en este asunto;
whatever I may give them occasionally will be of far greater assistance than a yearly allowance, because they would only enlarge their style of living if they felt sure of a larger income, and would not be sixpence the richer for it at the end of the year.
lo que pudiera darles ocasionalmente será de mucha mayor ayuda que una asignación anual, porque solo ampliarían su estilo de vida si tuvieran la certeza de contar con mayores ingresos, y no serían ni un penique más ricos al final del año.
It will certainly be much the best way.
Sin duda será la mejor manera.
A present of fifty pounds, now and then, will prevent their ever being distressed for money, and will, I think, be amply discharging my promise to my father."
Un regalo de cincuenta libras, de vez en cuando, evitará que alguna vez se vean angustiados por dinero, y creo que cumplirá ampliamente con mi promesa a mi padre.
"To be sure it will.
—Desde luego que sí.
Indeed, to say the truth, I am convinced within myself that your father had no idea of your giving them any money at all.
En verdad, a decir verdad, estoy convencida en mi fuero interno de que su padre no tenía ninguna intención de que usted les diera dinero alguno.
Vocabulary
- Estar
- To be; to exist in a location or state
- atado
- Tied; bound; constrained by obligation
- al
- To the; contraction of 'a' and 'el'
- pago
- Payment; act of paying money owed
- regular
- Regular; ordinary; to regulate or control
- de
- Of; from; indicating possession or origin
- tal
- Such; that kind of; of that nature
- suma
- Sum; total amount of money or quantity
- en
- In; on; within a location or time
- cada
- Each; every single one in a group
- día
- Day; twenty-four hour period of time
- renta
- Income; annuity; revenue from property or investment
- no
- No; not; negation of statement or action
- es
- Is; third person singular present of 'ser'
- absoluto
- Absolute; complete; total without any qualification
- le
- Him; her; indirect object pronoun third person
- quita
- Takes away; removes; third person singular present
- uno
- One; a person; numeric value of unity
- su
- His; her; your; its; possessive adjective
- independencia
- Independence; freedom from control of others
- Indudablemente
- Undoubtedly; without question; certainly true or valid
- después
- After; later; following in time sequence
- todo
- All; everything; the whole of something
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; themselves; passive voice marker
- lo
- It; him; direct object pronoun neutral
- agradecen
- They thank; are grateful for something
- usted
- You; formal second person singular pronoun
- Ellos
- They; masculine plural personal pronoun
- consideran
- They consider; think of; regard something
- seguros
- Secure; safe; certain; sure about something
- hace
- Makes; does; third person singular present verb
- más
- More; additional; greater in quantity amount
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun; conjunction
- espera
- Waits; hopes for; expects something happen
- eso
- That; that thing; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- despierta
- Awakens; arouses; wakes up from sleep
- gratitud
- Gratitude; thankfulness; appreciation for someone's kindness
- alguna
- Some; any; a certain feminine form
- Si
- If; in case that; conditional conjunction
- yo
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- fuera
- Were; past subjunctive of ser; outside
- hiciera
- Did; made; past subjunctive of hacer verb
- haría
- Would do; conditional form of hacer verb
- mi
- My; first person singular possessive adjective
- propia
- Own; proper; one's very self female
- discreción
- Discretion; prudence; carefulness in judgment and action
- No
- No; not; negation of statement
- me
- Me; first person singular object pronoun
- darles
- To give them; infinitive with pronoun
- nada
- Nothing; not anything; naught or zero
- anualmente
- Annually; every year; once per year
- Puede
- Can; is able to; third person singular
- ser
- To be; exist; essential nature of thing
- muy
- Very; much; to a great degree
- inconveniente
- Inconvenient; unsuitable; problematic or difficult circumstance
- algunos
- Some; a few; certain plural masculine
- años
- Years; plural of año; twelve month period
- cien
- One hundred; numeric value centum
- incluso
- Even; including; moreover; as well
- cincuenta
- Fifty; numeric value half of hundred
- libras
- Pounds; plural of libra; currency unit
- nuestros
- Our; first person plural possessive adjective
- propios
- Own; proper; appropriate; fitting or suitable
- gastos
- Expenses; costs; plural of gasto spending
- Creo
- I believe; I think; first person present
- tiene
- Has; possesses; third person singular present
- razón
- Reason; right; correctness; logical basis
- amor
- Love; affection; deep feeling of attachment
- mío
- Mine; my own; first person possessive
- será
- Will be; future tense of ser
- mejor
- Better; superior; more advantageous or preferable
- haya
- May have; present subjunctive of haber
- ninguna
- None; not any; feminine form of ninguno
- este
- This; this one; demonstrative pronoun masculine
- asunto
- Matter; subject; issue; topic of discussion
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