The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 8
I could lick you with one hand tied behind me, if I wanted to."
Podría darte una paliza con una sola mano atada a la espalda, si quisiera."
"Well why don't you _do_ it? You _say_ you can do it."
"¿Y por qué no lo _haces_ entonces? _Dices_ que puedes hacerlo."
"Well I _will_, if you fool with me."
"Pues _lo haré_, si te metes conmigo."
"Oh yes—I've seen whole families in the same fix."
"¡Ah, sí! He visto familias enteras en el mismo apuro."
"Smarty! You think you're _some_, now, _don't_ you? Oh, what a hat!"
"¡Listillo! Crees que eres _algo_, ¿_verdad_? ¡Vaya sombrero!"
"You can lump that hat if you don't like it. I dare you to knock it off—and anybody that'll take a dare will suck eggs."
"Si no te gusta el sombrero, te lo puedes tragar. Te reto a que me lo quites, y cualquiera que acepte un reto es un gallina."
"You're a liar!"
"¡Mentiroso!"
"You're another."
"Tú también."
"You're a fighting liar and dasn't take it up."
"Eres un mentiroso pendenciero y no te atreves a admitirlo."
"Aw—take a walk!"
"¡Bah, vete a paseo!"
"Say—if you give me much more of your sass I'll take and bounce a rock off'n your head."
"Oye, como sigas insolentándote conmigo, te voy a romper una piedra en la cabeza."
"Oh, of _course_ you will."
"Ah, _claro_ que lo harás."
"Well I _will_."
"Pues _lo haré_."
"Well why don't you _do_ it then? What do you keep _saying_ you will for? Why don't you _do_ it? It's because you're afraid."
"¿Y por qué no lo _haces_ entonces? ¿Por qué no dejas de _decir_ que lo harás? ¿Por qué no lo _haces_? Es porque tienes miedo."
"I _ain't_ afraid."
"_No_ tengo miedo."
"You are."
"Sí lo tienes."
"I ain't."
"No lo tengo."
"You are."
"Sí lo tienes."
Another pause, and more eying and sidling around each other.
Otro silencio, y más miradas y movimientos laterales alrededor el uno del otro.
Presently they were shoulder to shoulder.
Al poco momento se encontraban hombro con hombro.
Tom said:
Tom dijo:
"Get away from here!"
"¡Apártate de aquí!"
"Go away yourself!"
"¡Apártate tú!"
"I won't."
"No me moveré."
"I won't either."
"Yo tampoco."
So they stood, each with a foot placed at an angle as a brace, and both shoving with might and main, and glowering at each other with hate.
Así que se quedaron plantados, cada uno con un pie colocado en ángulo a modo de apoyo, empujándose con todas sus fuerzas y mirándose con odio.
But neither could get an advantage.
Pero ninguno lograba llevar ventaja.
Vocabulary
- Podría
- Could, expressing possibility or polite suggestion
- darte
- To give you, reflexive infinitive with indirect object
- paliza
- A beating or thrashing given to someone
- sola
- Alone, only, by oneself, feminine adjective
- mano
- Hand, the body part at the end of arm
- atada
- Tied, bound, fastened, feminine past participle
- espalda
- Back, the rear part of the human body
- si
- If, conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis
- quisiera
- Would want, imperfect subjunctive of querer
- _haces_
- You do, you make, second person singular present
- entonces
- Then, so, at that time, transitional adverb
- _Dices_
- You say, you tell, second person singular present
- puedes
- You can, you are able to, present tense
- hacerlo
- To do it, infinitive with direct object pronoun
- Pues
- Well, then, so, discourse filler or connector
- _lo haré_
- I will do it, simple future first person
- metes
- You mess with, you get involved, present tense
- conmigo
- With me, prepositional pronoun first person singular
- visto
- Seen, past participle of ver, to see
- familias
- Families, plural of familia, group of relatives
- enteras
- Entire, whole, complete, feminine plural adjective
- mismo
- Same, very, itself, masculine singular adjective
- apuro
- Trouble, fix, tight spot, difficult situation
- ¡Listillo
- Smarty-pants, clever clogs, mildly mocking term
- Crees
- You believe, you think, second person present tense
- _algo_
- Something, somebody important, indefinite pronoun
- ¿_verdad_
- Right, isn't it, tag question seeking agreement
- ¡Vaya
- Wow, what a, exclamation of surprise or irony
- sombrero
- Hat, a covering worn on the head
- Si
- If, conditional conjunction introducing a clause
- gusta
- Likes, pleases, third person singular of gustar
- tragar
- To swallow, to gulp down food or liquid
- reto
- I challenge, a dare or challenge to someone
- quites
- You remove, you take off, present subjunctive
- cualquiera
- Anyone, whoever, any person at all, pronoun
- acepte
- Accepts, present subjunctive of aceptar, to accept
- gallina
- Chicken, coward, hen, used to mock someone
- ¡Mentiroso
- Liar, someone who tells lies, masculine noun
- también
- Also, too, as well, additive adverb
- mentiroso
- Liar, lying, deceitful, masculine adjective or noun
- pendenciero
- Quarrelsome, troublemaker, one who picks fights
- atreves
- You dare, second person of atreverse, to dare
- admitirlo
- To admit it, infinitive with direct object pronoun
- ¡Bah
- Bah, exclamation of dismissal or contempt
- vete
- Go away, imperative of irse, leave now
- paseo
- Walk, stroll, promenade, used in dismissive expression
- Oye
- Hey, listen, imperative of oír used to get attention
- como
- As, like, if, conjunction of comparison or condition
- sigas
- You continue, you keep on, present subjunctive of seguir
- insolentándote
- Being insolent, behaving rudely toward someone, reflexive gerund
- romper
- To break, to smash, to shatter something
- piedra
- Stone, rock, hard mineral material
- cabeza
- Head, the upper part of the human body
- _claro_
- Of course, sure, clear, affirmative response word
- harás
- You will do, second person singular simple future
- dejas
- You stop, you leave, you let, present tense
- _decir_
- To say, to tell, basic verb of speech
- porque
- Because, causal conjunction explaining a reason
- miedo
- Fear, fright, the feeling of being scared
- Otro
- Another, other, masculine singular indefinite adjective
- silencio
- Silence, quietness, absence of sound or speech
- más
- More, plus, comparative adverb or adjective
- miradas
- Glances, looks, gazes exchanged between people
- movimientos
- Movements, motions, physical actions of the body
- laterales
- Lateral, sideways, side-to-side, plural adjective
- alrededor
- Around, surrounding, circling about something or someone
- otro
- Other, another, the other one, pronoun
- poco
- Little, a bit, small amount of time or quantity
- momento
- Moment, instant, a brief period of time
- encontraban
- They were, they found themselves, imperfect tense
- hombro
- Shoulder, the joint connecting arm to torso
- dijo
- Said, told, third person singular preterite of decir
- ¡Apártate
- Move away, step aside, imperative reflexive command
- aquí
- Here, in this place, adverb of location
- moveré
- I will move, first person singular simple future
- tampoco
- Neither, not either, negative additive adverb
- Así
- Thus, so, in this way, adverb of manner
- quedaron
- They stayed, they remained, preterite of quedar
- plantados
- Planted, standing firmly, rooted in place, adjective
- cada
- Each, every, distributive adjective before nouns
- pie
- Foot, the lower extremity used for walking
- colocado
- Placed, positioned, set in a certain spot
- ángulo
- Angle, corner, a geometric or positional measurement
- modo
- Way, manner, mode, method of doing something
- apoyo
- Support, backing, a base that holds something up
- empujándose
- Pushing each other, mutual pushing, reflexive gerund
- todas
- All, every, the whole of, feminine plural adjective
- fuerzas
- Strengths, forces, physical powers or energies
- mirándose
- Looking at each other, reflexive gerund of mirar
- odio
- Hate, hatred, intense dislike or animosity
- Pero
- But, however, adversative conjunction showing contrast
- ninguno
- Neither, none, not any one of them
- lograba
- Managed to, succeeded in, imperfect of lograr
- llevar
- To carry, to take, to gain an advantage
- ventaja
- Advantage, benefit, upper hand over an opponent
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