The Great Gatsby — Page 12
I looked back at my cousin, who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice.
Miré de nuevo a mi prima, quien comenzó a hacerme preguntas con su voz baja y emocionante.
It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
Era el tipo de voz que el oído sigue de arriba abajo, como si cada discurso fuera una combinación de notas que nunca volverían a tocarse.
Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget:
Su rostro era triste y hermoso, con cosas luminosas en él, ojos brillantes y una boca apasionada y radiante, pero había una emoción en su voz que los hombres que la habían amado encontraban difícil de olvidar:
a singing compulsion, a whispered "Listen," a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.
una compulsión cantarina, un susurrado «Escucha», una promesa de que había hecho cosas alegres y emocionantes apenas un momento antes y de que había cosas alegres y emocionantes rondando en la próxima hora.
I told her how I had stopped off in Chicago for a day on my way East, and how a dozen people had sent their love through me.
Le conté cómo me había detenido en Chicago durante un día en mi camino hacia el Este, y cómo una docena de personas le habían enviado su cariño a través de mí.
"Do they miss me?" she cried ecstatically.
«¿Me echan de menos?», exclamó con éxtasis.
"The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath, and there's a persistent wail all night along the north shore."
«Toda la ciudad está desolada. Todos los coches tienen la rueda trasera izquierda pintada de negro como una corona fúnebre, y hay un lamento persistente durante toda la noche a lo largo de la orilla norte.»
"How gorgeous! Let's go back, Tom. Tomorrow!" Then she added irrelevantly: "You ought to see the baby."
«¡Qué maravilla! Volvamos, Tom. ¡Mañana!» Luego añadió sin venir a cuento: «Deberías ver a la niña.»
"I'd like to."
«Me gustaría.»
"She's asleep. She's three years old. Haven't you ever seen her?"
«Está dormida. Tiene tres años. ¿No la has visto nunca?»
"Never."
«Nunca.»
"Well, you ought to see her. She's—"
«Bueno, deberías verla. Es—»
Tom Buchanan, who had been hovering restlessly about the room, stopped and rested his hand on my shoulder.
Tom Buchanan, que había estado rondando inquieto por la habitación, se detuvo y apoyó su mano en mi hombro.
"What you doing, Nick?
«¿Qué estás haciendo, Nick?
Vocabulary
- Miré
- I looked at (past tense of mirar)
- de
- of, from (preposition)
- nuevo
- again, anew (adverb)
- mi
- my (possessive adjective)
- prima
- cousin (female)
- quien
- who, whom (relative pronoun)
- comenzó
- began, started (past tense of comenzar)
- hacerme
- to make me, to ask me (infinitive)
- preguntas
- questions (plural noun)
- con
- with (preposition)
- su
- his, her, your (possessive adjective)
- voz
- voice (noun)
- baja
- low, soft (adjective)
- emocionante
- exciting, moving (adjective)
- Era
- was (past tense of ser)
- el
- the (definite article)
- tipo
- type, guy, kind (noun)
- que
- that, which, who (relative pronoun)
- oído
- heard (past participle of oír)
- sigue
- follows, continues (verb)
- arriba
- up, above (adverb)
- abajo
- down, below (adverb)
- como
- like, as (conjunction/preposition)
- si
- if (conjunction)
- cada
- each, every (adjective)
- discurso
- speech, discourse (noun)
- fuera
- were, was (past subjunctive of ser)
- una
- a, one (feminine article)
- combinación
- combination, blend (noun)
- notas
- notes, musical notes (plural noun)
- nunca
- never (adverb)
- volverían
- would return (conditional of volver)
- tocarse
- to touch each other (reflexive verb)
- Su
- his, her, your (possessive adjective)
- rostro
- face (noun)
- era
- was (past tense of ser)
- triste
- sad (adjective)
- hermoso
- beautiful, handsome (adjective)
- cosas
- things (plural noun)
- en
- in, on (preposition)
- él
- him, he (pronoun)
- ojos
- eyes (plural noun)
- brillantes
- bright, shining (adjective)
- boca
- mouth (noun)
- apasionada
- passionate (feminine adjective)
- pero
- but (conjunction)
- había
- had, was (past of haber)
- emoción
- emotion (noun)
- los
- the (masculine plural article)
- hombres
- men (plural noun)
- la
- the, her (feminine article/pronoun)
- habían
- had (past perfect of haber)
- amado
- loved (past participle)
- encontraban
- found (past tense of encontrar)
- difícil
- difficult (adjective)
- olvidar
- to forget (infinitive)
- un
- a, one (masculine article)
- Escucha
- listen (imperative of escuchar)
- promesa
- promise (noun)
- hecho
- fact, done (noun/adjective)
- alegres
- happy, joyful (adjective)
- emocionantes
- exciting, thrilling (adjective)
- apenas
- hardly, scarcely (adverb)
- momento
- moment (noun)
- antes
- before (adverb/preposition)
- próxima
- next, coming (feminine adjective)
- hora
- hour, time (noun)
- Le
- him, to him (indirect object pronoun)
- conté
- told (past tense of contar)
- cómo
- how (interrogative/relative adverb)
- me
- me (direct/indirect object pronoun)
- detenido
- stopped, detained (past participle)
- durante
- during (preposition)
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