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.
Finalmente apparve la madre del nemico, e chiamò Tom un bambino cattivo, vizioso e volgare, e gli ordinò di andarsene.
So he went away; but he said he "'lowed" to "lay" for that boy.
Così se ne andò; ma disse che aveva intenzione di "tendere un agguato" a quel ragazzo.
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;
Tornò a casa piuttosto tardi quella notte, e quando si arrampicò cautamente dalla finestra, scoprì un'imboscata, nella persona di sua zia;
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.
e quando vide in che stato erano i suoi vestiti, la sua risoluzione di trasformare la sua vacanza del sabato in una prigionia ai lavori forzati divenne adamantina nella sua fermezza.
Vocabulary
- Finalmente
- fee-nal-MEN-teh — At last; after a long wait, finally occurring
- apparve
- ap-PAR-veh — He/she appeared; past tense of apparire
- la
- lah — The; feminine singular definite article
- madre
- MAH-dreh — Mother; a female parent
- del
- del — Of the; masculine singular contraction
- nemico
- neh-MEE-koh — Enemy; a person who is hostile or opposed
- e
- eh — And; basic coordinating conjunction
- chiamò
- kyah-MÒ — He/she called; past tense of chiamare
- un
- oon — A/an; masculine singular indefinite article
- bambino
- bam-BEE-noh — Child; a young boy or small child
- cattivo
- kat-TEE-voh — Bad or naughty; describing poor behavior or character
- vizioso
- vee-TSYOH-zoh — Vicious or depraved; having corrupt or wicked habits
- volgare
- vol-GAH-reh — Vulgar; crude, common, or lacking refinement
- gli
- lyee — To him; masculine indirect object pronoun
- ordinò
- or-dee-NÒ — He/she ordered; commanded someone to do something
- di
- dee — Of/to; common preposition used in many contexts
- andarsene
- an-DAR-seh-neh — To go away; reflexive verb meaning to leave
- Così
- koh-ZEE — So/thus; indicating a result or consequence
- se
- seh — If/oneself; conditional conjunction or reflexive pronoun
- ne
- neh — Of it/from there; partitive or locative pronoun
- andò
- an-DÒ — He/she went; past tense of andare
- ma
- mah — But; conjunction indicating contrast or opposition
- disse
- DEES-seh — He/she said; past tense of dire
- che
- keh — That/which/who; subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun
- aveva
- ah-VEH-vah — He/she had; imperfect tense of avere
- intenzione
- in-ten-TSYOH-neh — Intention; a plan or purpose one has in mind
- tendere
- TEN-deh-reh — To set/lay; to stretch or set a trap
- agguato
- ag-GWAH-toh — Ambush; a surprise attack from a concealed position
- a
- ah — To/at; basic preposition indicating location or direction
- quel
- kwel — That; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- ragazzo
- rah-GAHTS-tsoh — Boy/guy; a young male person or teenager
- Tornò
- tor-NÒ — He/she returned; past tense of tornare
- casa
- KAH-zah — Home/house; a place where someone lives
- piuttosto
- pyoot-TOS-toh — Rather/quite; used to indicate a moderate degree
- tardi
- TAR-dee — Late; after the expected or usual time
- quella
- KWEL-lah — That; feminine singular demonstrative adjective
- notte
- NOT-teh — Night; the dark hours between sunset and sunrise
- quando
- KWAHN-doh — When; temporal conjunction introducing a time clause
- si
- see — Himself/herself/oneself; reflexive pronoun
- arrampicò
- ar-ram-pee-KÒ — He/she climbed; scaled upward using hands and feet
- cautamente
- kow-tah-MEN-teh — Cautiously; in a careful and wary manner
- dalla
- DAL-lah — From the; feminine singular prepositional contraction
- finestra
- fee-NES-trah — Window; an opening in a wall letting in light
- scoprì
- skoh-PREE — He/she discovered; past tense of scoprire
- imboscata
- im-bos-KAH-tah — Ambush; a surprise attack from a hidden position
- nella
- NEL-lah — In the; feminine singular prepositional contraction
- persona
- per-SOH-nah — Person; an individual human being
- sua
- SOO-ah — His/her; feminine singular possessive adjective
- zia
- TSEE-ah — Aunt; a parent's sister or uncle's wife
- vide
- VEE-deh — He/she saw; past tense of vedere
- in
- een — In/at; preposition indicating location or state
- stato
- STAH-toh — State/condition; the situation or condition of something
- erano
- EH-rah-noh — They were; imperfect tense of essere, third plural
- i
- ee — The; masculine plural definite article
- suoi
- SWOH-ee — His/her; masculine plural possessive adjective
- vestiti
- ves-TEE-tee — Clothes; garments or items of clothing worn
- risoluzione
- ree-zoh-loo-TSYOH-neh — Resolution; a firm decision or determination to act
- trasformare
- tras-for-MAH-reh — To transform; to change completely in form or nature
- vacanza
- vah-KAHN-tsah — Vacation/holiday; a period of rest from work
- sabato
- SAH-bah-toh — Saturday; the seventh day of the week
- una
- OO-nah — A/an; feminine singular indefinite article
- prigionia
- pree-joh-NEE-ah — Imprisonment; the state of being confined or captive
- ai
- ah-ee — To the; masculine plural prepositional contraction
- lavori
- lah-VOH-ree — Works/labors; tasks or jobs requiring physical effort
- forzati
- for-TSAH-tee — Forced; compelled or done under constraint or coercion
- divenne
- dee-VEN-neh — He/she became; past tense of diventare/divenire
- adamantina
- ah-dah-man-TEE-nah — Adamantine; extremely hard, unyielding, or unbreakable resolve
- fermezza
- fer-MET-tsah — Firmness; steadfast determination or strength of will
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