The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 11
In the second place, whenever I do dine there I am always treated as a member of the family, and sent down with either no woman at all, or two.
In secondo luogo, ogni volta che ceno là sono sempre trattato come un membro della famiglia, e fatto sedere o senza nessuna donna, o con due.
In the third place, I know perfectly well whom she will place me next to, to-night.
In terzo luogo, so perfettamente bene accanto a chi mi metterà stasera.
She will place me next Mary Farquhar, who always flirts with her own husband across the dinner-table.
Mi metterà vicino a Mary Farquhar, che civetta sempre con il proprio marito attraverso la tavola da pranzo.
That is not very pleasant.
Non è molto piacevole.
Indeed, it is not even decent.
Anzi, non è nemmeno decoroso.
and that sort of thing is enormously on the increase.
e questo genere di cose è in enorme aumento.
The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous.
Il numero di donne a Londra che civettano con i propri mariti è assolutamente scandaloso.
It looks so bad.
È di pessimo effetto.
It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.
È semplicemente lavare i panni puliti in pubblico.
Besides, now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying.
Inoltre, ora che so che sei un Bunburyista incallito, voglio naturalmente parlarti del Bunburying.
I want to tell you the rules.
Voglio dirti le regole.
JACK.
JACK.
I'm not a Bunburyist at all.
Non sono affatto un Bunburyista.
If Gwendolen accepts me, I am going to kill my brother, indeed I think I'll kill him in any case.
Se Gwendolen mi accetta, ho intenzione di sopprimere mio fratello, anzi penso che lo sopprimerò in ogni caso.
Cecily is a little too much interested in him.
Cecily è un po' troppo interessata a lui.
It is rather a bore.
È piuttosto una seccatura.
So I am going to get rid of Ernest.
Quindi ho intenzione di sbarazzarmi di Ernest.
And I strongly advise you to do the same with Mr. . with your invalid friend who has the absurd name.
E vi consiglio vivamente di fare lo stesso con il signor . con il vostro amico malaticcio dal nome assurdo.
ALGERNON.
ALGERNON.
Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury.
Nulla mi indurrà a separarmi da Bunbury, e se mai vi sposerete, il che mi sembra estremamente problematico, sarete molto contenti di conoscere Bunbury.
Vocabulary
- In
- Preposition indicating location or inclusion
- secondo
- Second; according to
- luogo
- Place, location, or spot
- ogni
- Every, each; used before singular nouns
- volta
- Time, instance; as in 'ogni volta' every time
- che
- That, which, who; common conjunction and pronoun
- ceno
- I dine, I have dinner
- là
- There, over there; indicates a distant location
- sono
- I am; they are; first-person singular of essere
- sempre
- Always, ever; indicates constant occurrence
- trattato
- Treated; past participle of trattare
- come
- Like, as, how; used for comparison or manner
- un
- A, an; masculine indefinite article
- membro
- Member, part of a group or family
- della
- Of the; contraction of di and la
- famiglia
- Family; group of related people
- e
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- fatto
- Made, done; past participle of fare
- sedere
- To sit; to be seated
- o
- Or; conjunction indicating an alternative
- senza
- Without; indicates absence or lack
- nessuna
- No, none; feminine form of nessuno
- donna
- Woman, lady; adult female person
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- due
- Two; the number 2
- terzo
- Third; ordinal number following second
- so
- I know; first-person singular of sapere
- perfettamente
- Perfectly, completely; in a perfect manner
- bene
- Well, good; adverb indicating quality or health
- accanto
- Next to, beside; indicates proximity
- a
- To, at; basic preposition of location or direction
- chi
- Who, whoever; interrogative or relative pronoun
- mi
- Me, myself; first-person singular object pronoun
- metterà
- Will place, will put; future tense of mettere
- stasera
- This evening, tonight
- Mi
- Me, myself; first-person singular object pronoun
- vicino
- Near, close, nearby; indicates proximity
- civetta
- Flirt; a woman who flirts or teases men
- il
- The; masculine singular definite article
- proprio
- Own, one's very own; emphasizes possession
- marito
- Husband; a woman's male spouse
- attraverso
- Across, through; indicates passage or crossing
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- tavola
- Table; flat surface used for dining
- da
- From, by, since; versatile Italian preposition
- pranzo
- Lunch, dinner; main meal of the day
- Non
- Not; negation particle used before verbs
- è
- Is; third-person singular of essere
- molto
- Very, much, a lot; intensifier or quantity word
- piacevole
- Pleasant, agreeable, enjoyable
- Anzi
- On the contrary, rather; corrects previous statement
- non
- Not; negation particle used before verbs
- nemmeno
- Not even; strengthens negation emphatically
- decoroso
- Decent, proper, respectable; conforming to decorum
- questo
- This; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- genere
- Kind, type, sort; category of things
- di
- Of, from; very common Italian preposition
- cose
- Things; plural of cosa
- in
- In, into; preposition of location or state
- enorme
- Enormous, huge; very large in size or degree
- aumento
- Increase, rise, growth in number or amount
- Il
- The; masculine singular definite article
- numero
- Number, quantity; count of items
- donne
- Women; plural of donna
- Londra
- London; capital city of England
- civettano
- They flirt; third-person plural of civettare
- i
- The; masculine plural definite article
- propri
- Own; masculine plural of proprio
- mariti
- Husbands; plural of marito
- assolutamente
- Absolutely, completely; in an absolute manner
- scandaloso
- Scandalous, shocking, outrageous
- È
- Is; third-person singular of essere
- pessimo
- Terrible, very bad; superlative of cattivo
- effetto
- Effect, impression; result of an action
- semplicemente
- Simply, just; in a simple or plain manner
- lavare
- To wash; to clean with water
- panni
- Clothes, laundry; garments to be washed
- puliti
- Clean, washed; plural past participle of pulire
- pubblico
- Public; open to or involving the general public
- Inoltre
- Furthermore, moreover, in addition
- ora
- Now, hour; current time or moment
- sei
- You are; second-person singular of essere
- incallito
- Hardened, inveterate; deeply habituated to something
- voglio
- I want; first-person singular of volere
- naturalmente
- Naturally, of course; in a natural manner
- parlarti
- To talk to you; infinitive with clitic pronoun
- del
- Of the; masculine singular contraction of di+il
- Voglio
- I want; first-person singular of volere
- dirti
- To tell you; infinitive with clitic pronoun
- le
- The; feminine plural definite article
- regole
- Rules, regulations; guidelines to be followed
- affatto
- At all, completely; used in negative sentences
- Se
- If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis
- accetta
- Accepts, agrees; third-person singular of accettare
- ho
- I have; first-person singular of avere
- intenzione
- Intention, plan; deliberate aim or purpose
- sopprimere
- To suppress, eliminate, do away with
- mio
- My, mine; masculine singular possessive adjective
- fratello
- Brother; male sibling
- anzi
- On the contrary, rather; corrects previous statement
- penso
- I think, I believe; first-person singular of pensare
- lo
- Him, it; masculine singular direct object pronoun
- sopprimerò
- I will suppress; future tense of sopprimere
- caso
- Case, chance, situation; particular instance
- po'
- A little, a bit; short form of poco
- troppo
- Too, too much; exceeds appropriate amount
- interessata
- Interested; feminine past participle of interessare
- lui
- He, him; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- piuttosto
- Rather, quite; indicates preference or moderate degree
- una
- A, an; feminine indefinite article
- seccatura
- Nuisance, bother, annoyance
- Quindi
- Therefore, so, thus; indicates logical consequence
- sbarazzarmi
- To get rid of myself of; rid oneself of something
- E
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- vi
- You, yourselves; second-person plural object pronoun
- consiglio
- I advise; advice or council
- vivamente
- Strongly, warmly, earnestly; in a lively manner
- fare
- To do, to make; fundamental Italian verb
- stesso
- Same, himself; used for emphasis or similarity
- signor
- Mr., sir; title of address for a man
- vostro
- Your; second-person plural possessive adjective
- amico
- Friend; male companion or close acquaintance
- malaticcio
- Sickly, unhealthy; chronically or slightly ill
- dal
- From the; masculine singular contraction of da+il
- nome
- Name; word used to identify a person or thing
- assurdo
- Absurd, ridiculous; contrary to reason or logic
- Nulla
- Nothing; not anything at all
- indurrà
- Will induce, will lead; future of indurre
- separarmi
- To separate me, to part me from something
- se
- If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis
- mai
- Ever, never; used with negation or questions
- sposerete
- You will marry; second-person plural future of sposare
- sembra
- It seems, it appears; third-person singular of sembrare
- estremamente
- Extremely, very greatly; to a great degree
- problematico
- Problematic, doubtful; likely to cause difficulties
- sarete
- You will be; second-person plural future of essere
- contenti
- Happy, satisfied, pleased; masculine plural of contento
- conoscere
- To know, to meet; to be acquainted with someone
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