The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 6
It is a silly habit, I dare say, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one's life.
È un'abitudine sciocca, oserei dire, ma in qualche modo sembra portare una grande quantità di romanticismo nella vita di una persona.
I suppose you think me awfully foolish about it?"
Suppongo che tu mi ritenga terribilmente sciocco a riguardo?"
"Not at all," answered Lord Henry, "not at all, my dear Basil.
"Per niente," rispose Lord Henry, "per niente, mio caro Basil.
You seem to forget that I am married, and the one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Sembra che tu dimentichi che sono sposato, e il solo fascino del matrimonio è che rende una vita di inganni assolutamente necessaria per entrambe le parti.
I never know where my wife is, and my wife never knows what I am doing.
Io non so mai dove si trova mia moglie, e mia moglie non sa mai cosa sto facendo.
When we meet—we do meet occasionally, when we dine out together, or go down to the Duke's—we tell each other the most absurd stories with the most serious faces.
Quando ci incontriamo — ci incontriamo occasionalmente, quando ceniamo fuori insieme, o andiamo dal Duca — ci raccontiamo le storie più assurde con le espressioni più serie.
My wife is very good at it—much better, in fact, than I am.
Mia moglie è molto brava in questo — molto meglio, in effetti, di me.
She never gets confused over her dates, and I always do.
Lei non si confonde mai con le date, mentre io lo faccio sempre.
But when she does find me out, she makes no row at all.
Ma quando mi scopre, non fa alcuna scenata.
I sometimes wish she would; but she merely laughs at me."
A volte vorrei che lo facesse; ma si limita a ridere di me."
"I hate the way you talk about your married life, Harry," said Basil Hallward, strolling towards the door that led into the garden.
"Odio il modo in cui parli della tua vita matrimoniale, Harry," disse Basil Hallward, passeggiando verso la porta che conduceva in giardino.
"I believe that you are really a very good husband, but that you are thoroughly ashamed of your own virtues.
"Credo che tu sia davvero un ottimo marito, ma che tu sia profondamente vergognoso delle tue stesse virtù.
You are an extraordinary fellow.
Sei un tipo straordinario.
You never say a moral thing, and you never do a wrong thing.
Non dici mai nulla di morale, e non fai mai nulla di sbagliato.
Your cynicism is simply a pose.
Il tuo cinismo è semplicemente una posa.
Vocabulary
- un
- Indefinite article; a, an
- abitudine
- Habit; a regular pattern of behavior
- sciocca
- Foolish; silly or stupid (feminine form)
- oserei
- Would I dare; conditional form of osare
- dire
- To say; to tell or speak something
- ma
- But; used to contrast ideas
- in
- In; preposition indicating location
- qualche
- Some; a few or certain things
- modo
- Way; manner or method
- sembra
- It seems; appears to be the case
- portare
- To carry; to bring or transport
- una
- A, an; indefinite article (feminine)
- grande
- Great; large or significant in size
- quantità
- Quantity; amount or number of something
- di
- Of; preposition indicating possession
- romanticismo
- Romanticism; emphasis on emotion and nature
- nella
- In the; contraction of in + la
- vita
- Life; existence or way of living
- persona
- Person; individual human being
- Suppongo
- I suppose; I assume or presume
- che
- That; relative pronoun or conjunction
- tu
- You; informal second person singular
- mi
- Me; object pronoun first person
- ritenga
- Consider; subjunctive of ritenere
- terribilmente
- Terribly; in a terrible or awful manner
- sciocco
- Foolish; silly or stupid (masculine)
- riguardo
- Regard; concern or consideration
- Per
- For; preposition indicating purpose
- niente
- Nothing; not anything at all
- rispose
- He answered; past tense of rispondere
- per
- For; preposition indicating purpose
- mio
- My; possessive adjective first person
- caro
- Dear; beloved or affectionate term
- Sembra
- It seems; appears or looks like
- dimentichi
- You forget; subjunctive of dimenticare
- sono
- I am; first person present of essere
- sposato
- Married; having entered into marriage
- il
- The; definite article masculine singular
- solo
- Only; alone or sole
- fascino
- Charm; attractive or appealing quality
- del
- Of the; contraction di + il
- matrimonio
- Marriage; legal union between two people
- rende
- Makes; renders or causes to become
- inganni
- Deceptions; acts of deceiving or betraying
- assolutamente
- Absolutely; definitely or completely necessary
- necessaria
- Necessary; required or essential (feminine)
- entrambe
- Both; two people or things together
- le
- The; definite article feminine plural
- parti
- Parties; sides or groups of people
- Io
- I; first person singular pronoun
- non
- Not; negation word in Italian
- so
- I know; first person of sapere
- mai
- Never; not at any time
- dove
- Where; at what place or location
- si
- Herself; reflexive pronoun third person
- trova
- Finds; third person of trovare
- mia
- My; possessive adjective feminine form
- moglie
- Wife; married woman or spouse
- sa
- Knows; third person of sapere
- cosa
- What; thing or object
- sto
- I am; present progressive of stare
- facendo
- Doing; present participle of fare
- Quando
- When; at what time or occasion
- ci
- Us; indirect object pronoun
- incontriamo
- We meet; first person plural of incontrarsi
- occasionalmente
- Occasionally; once in a while
- ceniamo
- We dine; first person plural of cenare
- fuori
- Outside; out of doors
- insieme
- Together; with each other
- andiamo
- We go; first person plural of andare
- dal
- From the; contraction di + al
- Duca
- Duke; nobleman or aristocratic title
- raccontiamo
- We tell; first person plural of raccontare
- storie
- Stories; narratives or tales
- più
- More; greater in amount or degree
- assurde
- Absurd; ridiculous or illogical (feminine)
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