The Great Gatsby — Page 3
This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the "creative temperament"—it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again.
Esta receptividad no tenía nada que ver con esa impresionabilidad débil que se dignifica bajo el nombre de "temperamento creativo"—era un don extraordinario para la esperanza, una disposición romántica tal como nunca he encontrado en ninguna otra persona y que no es probable que vuelva a encontrar jamás.
No—Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.
No—Gatsby resultó estar bien al final; es lo que se cebó en Gatsby, qué polvo inmundo flotaba a la estela de sus sueños lo que cerró temporalmente mi interés en las penas frustradas y las efímeras alegrías de los hombres.
My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this Middle Western city for three generations.
Mi familia ha sido gente prominente y acomodada en esta ciudad del Medio Oeste durante tres generaciones.
The Carraways are something of a clan, and we have a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, but the actual founder of my line was my grandfather's brother, who came here in fifty-one, sent a substitute to the Civil War, and started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on today.
Los Carraway son algo así como un clan, y tenemos la tradición de que descendemos de los Duques de Buccleuch, pero el verdadero fundador de mi linaje fue el hermano de mi abuelo, quien llegó aquí en el cincuenta y uno, envió a un sustituto a la Guerra Civil, y fundó el negocio mayorista de ferretería que mi padre continúa hoy en día.
I never saw this great-uncle, but I'm supposed to look like him—with special reference to the rather hard-boiled painting that hangs in father's office.
Nunca conocí a este tío abuelo, pero se supone que me parezco a él—con especial referencia al cuadro bastante severo que cuelga en la oficina de mi padre.
I graduated from New Haven in 1915, just a quarter of a century after my father, and a little later I participated in that delayed Teutonic migration known as the Great War.
Me gradué en New Haven en 1915, justo un cuarto de siglo después que mi padre, y poco después participé en esa tardía migración teutónica conocida como la Gran Guerra.
I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless.
Disfruté de la contraofensiva de tal manera que regresé inquieto.
Vocabulary
- receptividad
- Openness or willingness to receive ideas or feelings
- impresionabilidad
- Quality of being easily impressed or emotionally affected
- débil
- Weak; lacking strength or intensity
- dignifica
- To dignify; to elevate or give dignity to something
- bajo
- Under; beneath; also means 'low' or 'short'
- temperamento
- Temperament; a person's natural disposition or character
- creativo
- Creative; having the ability to produce original ideas
- don
- Gift or talent; a natural ability or special aptitude
- extraordinario
- Extraordinary; exceptional or remarkable in quality
- esperanza
- Hope; desire and expectation for something good
- disposición
- Disposition; natural tendency or inclination of character
- romántica
- Romantic; relating to idealized love or imaginative sentiment
- tal
- Such; of that kind or degree
- ninguna
- No; not any; feminine form of 'ningún'
- probable
- Probable; likely to happen or be true
- vuelva
- Subjunctive of 'volver'; to return or come back
- jamás
- Never; ever; stronger or more emphatic than 'nunca'
- resultó
- Turned out; proved to be; result of a situation
- cebó
- To bait or feed; to lure with temptation
- polvo
- Dust; fine particles of matter on surfaces
- inmundo
- Filthy; unclean; morally or physically impure
- flotaba
- Past imperfect of 'flotar'; was floating or drifting
- estela
- Wake or trail left behind by a moving object
- sueños
- Dreams; aspirations or images during sleep
- cerró
- Closed; shut; past tense of 'cerrar'
- temporalmente
- Temporarily; for a limited period of time
- penas
- Sorrows; grief or painful emotional suffering
- frustradas
- Frustrated; thwarted or prevented from being fulfilled
- efímeras
- Ephemeral; lasting only a very short time
- alegrías
- Joys; feelings of great happiness or pleasure
- prominente
- Prominent; well-known or important in society
- acomodada
- Well-off; financially comfortable or wealthy
- durante
- During; throughout a period of time
- generaciones
- Generations; successive groups born around the same time
- clan
- Clan; a close-knit family or social group
- tradición
- Tradition; customs passed down through generations
- descendemos
- We descend; to be descended from an ancestor
- Duques
- Dukes; high-ranking nobles in a European aristocracy
- verdadero
- True; real; genuine or authentic
- fundador
- Founder; person who establishes an organization or lineage
- linaje
- Lineage; ancestral line or family descent
- envió
- Sent; past tense of 'enviar,' to send
- sustituto
- Substitute; a replacement for someone or something
- Guerra
- War; armed conflict between groups or nations
- fundó
- Founded; past tense of 'fundar,' to establish
- negocio
- Business; a commercial enterprise or trade activity
- mayorista
- Wholesale; relating to selling goods in large quantities
- ferretería
- Hardware store; shop selling tools and building materials
- continúa
- Continues; to keep going or persist in an activity
- supone
- Supposes; assumes or presumes something to be true
- parezco
- I resemble; first-person of 'parecerse,' to look like
- referencia
- Reference; a mention or allusion to something
- cuadro
- Painting or picture; a framed image or portrait
- bastante
- Quite; fairly; a sufficient or considerable amount
- severo
- Severe; stern or strict in expression or manner
- cuelga
- Hangs; present tense of 'colgar,' to hang something
- oficina
- Office; a room or building for professional work
- gradué
- Graduated; past tense of 'graduarse,' to complete studies
- justo
- Just; exactly; also means fair or righteous
- cuarto
- Quarter; one-fourth of something; also means 'room'
- siglo
- Century; a period of one hundred years
- participé
- I participated; took part in an event or activity
- tardía
- Late; occurring later than expected or usual
- migración
- Migration; movement of people from one place to another
- teutónica
- Teutonic; relating to Germanic peoples or culture
- Disfruté
- I enjoyed; past tense of 'disfrutar,' to enjoy
- contraofensiva
- Counteroffensive; a military counter-attack or push-back
- manera
- Manner; way; the method or style of doing something
- regresé
- I returned; past tense of 'regresar,' to go back
- inquieto
- Restless; uneasy; unable to relax or stay still
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