The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 10
It was not conscience that made me do so: it was a sort of cowardice.
No fue la conciencia lo que me hizo hacerlo: fue una especie de cobardía.
I take no credit to myself for trying to escape."
No me atribuyo ningún mérito por haber intentado escapar."
"Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil.
"La conciencia y la cobardía son realmente la misma cosa, Basil.
Conscience is the trade-name of the firm.
La conciencia es el nombre comercial de la empresa.
That is all."
Eso es todo."
"I don't believe that, Harry, and I don't believe you do either.
"No lo creo, Harry, y tampoco creo que tú lo creas.
However, whatever was my motive—and it may have been pride, for I used to be very proud—I certainly struggled to the door.
Sin embargo, cualquiera que fuera mi motivo —y puede que haya sido el orgullo, pues yo solía ser muy orgulloso— ciertamente me abrí paso hasta la puerta.
There, of course, I stumbled against Lady Brandon.
Allí, por supuesto, me tropecé con Lady Brandon.
'You are not going to run away so soon, Mr. Hallward?' she screamed out.
«¿No va usted a marcharse tan pronto, señor Hallward?», exclamó ella.
You know her curiously shrill voice?"
¿Conoce usted su curiosamente estridente voz?"
"Yes; she is a peacock in everything but beauty," said Lord Henry, pulling the daisy to bits with his long nervous fingers.
"Sí; es un pavo real en todo menos en la belleza", dijo Lord Henry, deshojando la margarita con sus largos y nerviosos dedos.
"I could not get rid of her.
"No podía deshacerme de ella.
She brought me up to royalties, and people with stars and garters, and elderly ladies with gigantic tiaras and parrot noses.
Me llevó ante miembros de la realeza, y personas con condecoraciones y ligas, y damas mayores con tiaras gigantescas y narices de loro.
She spoke of me as her dearest friend.
Habló de mí como de su más querido amigo.
I had only met her once before, but she took it into her head to lionize me.
Solo la había conocido una vez antes, pero se le metió en la cabeza hacerme famoso.
I believe some picture of mine had made a great success at the time, at least had been chattered about in the penny newspapers, which is the nineteenth-century standard of immortality.
Creo que algún cuadro mío había tenido gran éxito en aquel momento, o al menos había sido comentado en los periódicos baratos, que es el criterio de inmortalidad del siglo XIX.
Suddenly I found myself face to face with the young man whose personality had so strangely stirred me.
De repente me encontré frente a frente con el joven cuya personalidad me había perturbado de manera tan extraña.
We were quite close, almost touching.
Estábamos muy cerca, casi tocándonos.
Our eyes met again.
Nuestros ojos se encontraron de nuevo.
Vocabulary
- fue
- Third person singular past tense of 'ser/ir'
- conciencia
- Conscience or awareness of right and wrong
- hizo
- Third person singular preterite of 'hacer', meaning 'made/did'
- hacerlo
- Infinitive 'hacer' with object pronoun, meaning 'to do it'
- especie
- A kind, sort, or species of something
- cobardía
- The quality of being cowardly; lack of courage
- atribuyo
- First person singular present of 'atribuir', meaning 'I attribute'
- ningún
- Adjective meaning 'no' or 'none' before masculine noun
- mérito
- Merit or worthiness deserving praise or credit
- haber
- Auxiliary infinitive meaning 'to have' in compound tenses
- intentado
- Past participle of 'intentar', meaning 'tried' or 'attempted'
- escapar
- To escape or flee from a situation or place
- realmente
- Adverb meaning 'really' or 'truly' emphasizing truth
- misma
- Feminine adjective meaning 'same' or 'herself'
- nombre
- A name or noun identifying a person or thing
- comercial
- Adjective meaning 'commercial' or related to trade/business
- empresa
- A business, company, or enterprise
- creo
- First person singular present of 'creer', meaning 'I believe'
- tampoco
- Adverb meaning 'neither' or 'not either'
- creas
- Second person singular present subjunctive of 'creer'
- Sin
- Preposition meaning 'without' indicating absence
- embargo
- Used in phrase 'sin embargo' meaning 'however' or 'nevertheless'
- cualquiera
- Pronoun or adjective meaning 'whatever' or 'anyone'
- fuera
- Past subjunctive of 'ser/ir' or preposition 'outside'
- motivo
- A reason, motive, or cause behind an action
- haya
- Present subjunctive of 'haber', auxiliary for compound tenses
- sido
- Past participle of 'ser', meaning 'been'
- orgullo
- Pride or a strong sense of self-worth
- pues
- Conjunction meaning 'well', 'since', or 'because'
- solía
- Imperfect of 'soler', meaning 'used to' do something
- orgulloso
- Adjective meaning 'proud' or having great self-pride
- ciertamente
- Adverb meaning 'certainly' or 'indeed' confirming something
- abrí
- First person singular preterite of 'abrir', meaning 'I opened'
- paso
- A step, pace, or passage through something
- hasta
- Preposition meaning 'until', 'up to', or 'as far as'
- puerta
- A door or gate providing entry or exit
- Allí
- Adverb meaning 'there' indicating a place
- supuesto
- Used in 'por supuesto' meaning 'of course' naturally
- tropecé
- First person preterite of 'tropezar', meaning 'I stumbled/ran into'
- usted
- Formal second person singular pronoun meaning 'you'
- marcharse
- Reflexive infinitive meaning 'to leave' or 'to go away'
- tan
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' in comparisons
- pronto
- Adverb meaning 'soon' or 'quickly' indicating time
- señor
- Title of respect meaning 'Mr.' or 'sir'
- exclamó
- Third person preterite of 'exclamar', meaning 'she exclaimed'
- Conoce
- Third person singular present of 'conocer', meaning 'knows'
- curiosamente
- Adverb meaning 'curiously' or 'strangely' in an odd way
- estridente
- Adjective meaning 'strident', shrill, or harsh-sounding
- voz
- A voice or the sound produced when speaking
- pavo
- A turkey; used in 'pavo real' meaning peacock
- real
- Adjective meaning 'real', 'royal', or 'true'
- menos
- Adverb meaning 'less' or 'fewer' in comparisons
- belleza
- Beauty or the quality of being visually pleasing
- dijo
- Third person singular preterite of 'decir', meaning 'said'
- deshojando
- Present participle of 'deshojar', meaning 'plucking petals off'
- margarita
- A daisy flower with white petals and yellow center
- largos
- Plural adjective meaning 'long' describing length
- nerviosos
- Plural adjective meaning 'nervous' or 'tense'
- dedos
- Fingers or toes on a hand or foot
- podía
- Imperfect of 'poder', meaning 'could' or 'was able to'
- deshacerme
- Reflexive infinitive meaning 'to get rid of' or 'to free myself'
- llevó
- Third person preterite of 'llevar', meaning 'took' or 'led'
- ante
- Preposition meaning 'before' or 'in front of'
- miembros
- Members of a group or organization
- realeza
- Royalty or the class of royal family members
- condecoraciones
- Decorations or medals awarded for service or honor
- ligas
- Garters or leagues; here referring to orders of honor
- damas
- Ladies or noblewomen of high social standing
- mayores
- Older people or those of greater age or rank
- tiaras
- Decorative crowns or headpieces worn by women
- gigantescas
- Feminine plural adjective meaning 'gigantic' or 'enormous'
- narices
- Plural of 'nariz', meaning 'noses'
- loro
- A parrot; a bird known for repeating sounds
- Habló
- Third person preterite of 'hablar', meaning 'spoke'
- querido
- Adjective meaning 'dear' or 'beloved' expressing affection
- Solo
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'only', 'alone', or 'just'
- había
- Imperfect of 'haber', auxiliary meaning 'had' or 'there was'
- conocido
- Past participle of 'conocer', meaning 'known' or 'met'
- vez
- A time or instance of something occurring
- antes
- Adverb meaning 'before' indicating prior time
- metió
- Third person preterite of 'meter', meaning 'put' or 'got into'
- cabeza
- The head; also used idiomatically for ideas in mind
- hacerme
- Infinitive 'hacer' with reflexive pronoun, meaning 'to make me'
- famoso
- Adjective meaning 'famous' or widely known
- Creo
- First person singular present of 'creer', meaning 'I believe'
- algún
- Indefinite adjective meaning 'some' or 'any'
- cuadro
- A painting or picture; also a square or frame
- mío
- First person possessive pronoun meaning 'mine'
- tenido
- Past participle of 'tener', meaning 'had'
- gran
- Adjective meaning 'great' or 'big' before a noun
- éxito
- Success or a favorable outcome of an endeavor
- aquel
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' referring to distant thing
- momento
- A moment or brief period of time
- comentado
- Past participle of 'comentar', meaning 'commented' or 'discussed'
- periódicos
- Newspapers or periodical publications
- baratos
- Plural adjective meaning 'cheap' or inexpensive
- criterio
- A criterion or standard used for judgment
- inmortalidad
- Immortality or the state of living forever
- siglo
- A century or period of one hundred years
- repente
- Used in 'de repente' meaning 'suddenly' or 'all at once'
- encontré
- First person preterite of 'encontrar', meaning 'I found/met'
- frente
- Front, forehead, or facing position opposite something
- joven
- A young person or adjective meaning 'young'
- cuya
- Relative possessive pronoun meaning 'whose' feminine form
- personalidad
- Personality or the distinctive character of a person
- perturbado
- Past participle of 'perturbar', meaning 'disturbed' or 'troubled'
- manera
- A manner, way, or method of doing something
- extraña
- Adjective meaning 'strange', 'odd', or 'foreign'
- Estábamos
- First person plural imperfect of 'estar', meaning 'we were'
- cerca
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'near' or 'close by'
- casi
- Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly' indicating approximation
- tocándonos
- Present participle of 'tocar' with pronoun, 'touching each other'
- Nuestros
- First person plural possessive adjective meaning 'our'
- ojos
- Eyes, the organs of sight on a face
- encontraron
- Third person plural preterite of 'encontrar', meaning 'met/found'
- nuevo
- Adjective meaning 'new'; used in 'de nuevo' meaning 'again'
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