The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 11
At last the enemy's mother appeared, and called Tom a bad, vicious, vulgar child, and ordered him away.
Por fin apareció la madre del enemigo, y llamó a Tom un niño malo, vicioso y vulgar, y le ordenó que se marchara.
So he went away; but he said he "'lowed" to "lay" for that boy.
Así que se fue; pero dijo que pensaba "ajustar cuentas" con ese chico.
He got home pretty late that night, and when he climbed cautiously in at the window, he uncovered an ambuscade, in the person of his aunt; and when she saw the state his clothes were in her resolution to turn his Saturday holiday into captivity at hard labor became adamantine in its firmness.
Llegó a casa bastante tarde esa noche, y cuando se coló con cautela por la ventana, descubrió una emboscada en la persona de su tía; y cuando ella vio el estado en que estaban sus ropas, su resolución de convertir su día festivo del sábado en cautiverio de trabajos forzados se volvió adamantina en su firmeza.
Vocabulary
- Por
- Preposition meaning 'by,' 'for,' or 'through'
- fin
- End or conclusion of something
- apareció
- He/she appeared or showed up
- madre
- Mother; female parent
- enemigo
- Enemy; a person who is hostile toward another
- llamó
- He/she called or named someone
- niño
- Boy; a young male child
- malo
- Bad; having negative or harmful qualities
- vicioso
- Vicious or depraved; given to bad habits
- vulgar
- Vulgar; crude or lacking refinement
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'him,' 'her,' or 'you'
- ordenó
- He/she ordered or commanded someone to do something
- marchara
- Subjunctive form of 'marchar'; to leave or go away
- Así
- Thus or so; in this or that manner
- fue
- Past tense of 'ser' or 'ir'; was or went
- pero
- Conjunction meaning 'but' indicating contrast
- dijo
- He/she said; past tense of 'decir'
- pensaba
- He/she was thinking or intended something
- ajustar
- To settle or adjust; often used with 'cuentas' meaning settle scores
- cuentas
- Accounts or scores; 'ajustar cuentas' means to settle scores
- ese
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that'
- chico
- Boy or kid; an informal word for a young male
- Llegó
- He/she arrived or reached a place
- casa
- House or home; a place of residence
- bastante
- Quite or enough; a moderate to considerable degree
- tarde
- Late or afternoon; after the expected time
- esa
- Feminine demonstrative adjective meaning 'that'
- noche
- Night; the period of darkness after sunset
- cuando
- When; a conjunction indicating time
- coló
- He/she sneaked or slipped in stealthily
- cautela
- Caution or care taken to avoid danger
- por
- Preposition meaning 'through,' 'by,' or 'for'
- ventana
- Window; an opening in a wall for light and air
- descubrió
- He/she discovered or uncovered something hidden
- emboscada
- Ambush; a surprise attack from a concealed position
- persona
- Person; an individual human being
- tía
- Aunt; the sister of one's parent
- vio
- He/she saw; past tense of 'ver'
- estado
- State or condition; how something currently is
- estaban
- They were; imperfect tense of 'estar'
- ropas
- Clothes or garments worn on the body
- resolución
- Resolution or firm decision to do something
- convertir
- To convert or transform something into another form
- día
- Day; a 24-hour period of time
- festivo
- Holiday or festive; relating to a celebration or day off
- sábado
- Saturday; the seventh day of the week
- cautiverio
- Captivity; the state of being held prisoner or confined
- trabajos
- Works or labors; tasks requiring effort
- forzados
- Forced; done under compulsion or against one's will
- volvió
- He/she returned or became something again
- adamantina
- Adamantine; extremely hard or unyielding in determination
- firmeza
- Firmness or steadfastness; resolute strength of character
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