The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 6
Well, the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the sawbones; and there you might have supposed would be an end to it.
Bueno, la niña no estaba muy mal, más asustada, según el matasanos; y allí uno podría haber supuesto que sería el fin de ello.
But there was one curious circumstance.
Pero había una circunstancia curiosa.
I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight.
Yo había tomado una aversión a mi caballero a primera vista.
So had the child's family, which was only natural.
También la familia de la niña, lo cual era sólo natural.
But the doctor's case was what struck me.
Pero el caso del doctor fue lo que me impactó.
He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe.
Él era el típico boticario seco y cortante, sin edad ni color particulares, con un fuerte acento de Edimburgo y tan emocional como una gaita.
Well, sir, he was like the rest of us; every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him.
Bueno, señor, él era como el resto de nosotros; cada vez que miraba a mi prisionero, yo veía a ese matasanos ponerse enfermo y blanco con el deseo de matarlo.
I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best.
Yo sabía lo que estaba en su mente, tal como él sabía lo que estaba en la mía; y siendo matar algo fuera de cuestión, hicimos lo siguiente mejor.
We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this as should make his name stink from one end of London to the other.
Le dijimos al hombre que podíamos y haríamos tal escándalo de esto que haría que su nombre apestara de un extremo de Londres al otro.
If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them.
Si él tenía algún amigo o algún crédito, nos comprometimos a que los perdiera.
And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could for they were as wild as harpies.
Y todo el tiempo, mientras se lo lanzábamos al rojo vivo, estábamos manteniendo a las mujeres alejadas de él lo mejor que podíamos porque ellas estaban tan salvajes como arpías.
Vocabulary
- Bueno
- Well, good, okay (interjection or adjective)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- niña
- Girl, young female child
- no
- No, not (negation word)
- estaba
- Was, used to be (imperfect tense of estar)
- muy
- Very, quite (adverb of degree)
- mal
- Bad, badly, ill, wrong
- más
- More, most, plus (comparative adverb)
- asustada
- Frightened, scared (feminine past participle)
- según
- According to, depending on (preposition)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- y
- And (conjunction)
- allí
- There, in that place (adverb)
- uno
- One, someone (numeral or indefinite pronoun)
- podría
- Could, might (conditional form of poder)
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb), there to be
- supuesto
- Supposed, assumed (past participle of suponer)
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- sería
- Would be (conditional form of ser)
- fin
- End, finish, conclusion
- de
- Of, from, about (preposition)
- ello
- It, that (neuter pronoun)
- Pero
- But, however (conjunction)
- había
- There was, there were (imperfect of haber)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- circunstancia
- Circumstance, situation, condition
- curiosa
- Curious, strange, odd (feminine adjective)
- Yo
- I (first person singular subject pronoun)
- tomado
- Taken (past participle of tomar)
- aversión
- Aversion, dislike, repulsion
- a
- To, at, for (preposition)
- mi
- My (possessive adjective, singular)
- caballero
- Gentleman, knight, sir
- primera
- First (feminine ordinal adjective)
- vista
- Sight, view, vision
- También
- Also, too, as well
- familia
- Family, household, relatives
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- cual
- Which, who (relative pronoun)
- era
- Was, used to be (imperfect of ser)
- sólo
- Only, just, solely (adverb)
- natural
- Natural, normal, innate
- caso
- Case, instance, situation
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- doctor
- Doctor, physician
- fue
- Was, went (preterite of ser or ir)
- me
- Me, myself (reflexive or object pronoun)
- impactó
- Impacted, struck, shocked (preterite of impactar)
- Él
- He (third person masculine subject pronoun)
- típico
- Typical, characteristic, representative
- seco
- Dry, arid, curt
- cortante
- Cutting, sharp, curt
- sin
- Without, lacking (preposition)
- edad
- Age, era, period
- ni
- Nor, neither, not even
- color
- Color, hue, shade
- particulares
- Particular, specific, private (plural adjective)
- con
- With, in company of (preposition)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- fuerte
- Strong, loud, intense
- acento
- Accent, stress, emphasis
- tan
- So, as, such (comparative adverb)
- emocional
- Emotional, sentimental
- como
- Like, as, how (adverb or conjunction)
- señor
- Mister, sir, gentleman, lord
- él
- He, him (subject or prepositional pronoun)
- resto
- Rest, remainder, leftover
- nosotros
- We, us (first person plural pronoun)
- cada
- Each, every (adjective)
- vez
- Time, occasion, instance
- miraba
- Looked at, watched (imperfect of mirar)
- prisionero
- Prisoner, captive, inmate
- yo
- I (first person singular subject pronoun)
- veía
- Saw, used to see (imperfect of ver)
- ese
- That (masculine demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
- ponerse
- To become, to put on, to get
- enfermo
- Sick, ill, unwell
- blanco
- White, blank, target
- deseo
- Desire, wish, longing
- matarlo
- To kill him (infinitive matar + lo)
- sabía
- Knew, used to know (imperfect of saber)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- su
- His, her, its, your, their (possessive)
- mente
- Mind, intellect, understanding
- tal
- Such, so, like that
- mía
- Mine (feminine possessive pronoun)
- siendo
- Being (gerund of ser)
- matar
- To kill, to murder
- algo
- Something, anything, somewhat
- fuera
- Outside, were, was (imperfect subjunctive of ser)
- cuestión
- Question, matter, issue
- hicimos
- We did, we made (preterite of hacer)
- siguiente
- Following, next, subsequent
- mejor
- Better, best (comparative adjective)
- Le
- To him, to her, to you (indirect object pronoun)
- dijimos
- We told, we said (preterite of decir)
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- hombre
- Man, human being
- podíamos
- We could, we were able (imperfect of poder)
- haríamos
- We would do, we would make (conditional)
- escándalo
- Scandal, uproar, outrage
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- haría
- Would do, would make (conditional of hacer)
- nombre
- Name, noun, reputation
- extremo
- Extreme, end, utmost
- otro
- Other, another (adjective or pronoun)
- Si
- If, whether (conjunction)
- tenía
- Had, used to have (imperfect of tener)
- algún
- Some, any (apocopated form of alguno)
- amigo
- Friend, buddy, pal
- o
- Or (conjunction)
- crédito
- Credit, credibility, loan
- nos
- Us, ourselves (object or reflexive pronoun)
- comprometimos
- We committed, we compromised (preterite of comprometer)
- los
- The, them (masculine plural article or pronoun)
- perdiera
- Would lose, lost (imperfect subjunctive of perder)
- Y
- And (conjunction)
- todo
- All, everything, every
- tiempo
- Time, weather, period
- mientras
- While, whereas, meanwhile
- se
- Himself, herself, itself, yourself (reflexive pronoun)
- lanzábamos
- We threw, we launched (imperfect of lanzar)
- rojo
- Red, crimson (color)
- vivo
- Alive, living, vivid
- estábamos
- We were (imperfect of estar)
- manteniendo
- Maintaining, keeping (gerund of mantener)
- las
- The, them (feminine plural article or pronoun)
- mujeres
- Women, wives (plural of mujer)
- alejadas
- Away, distant, removed (feminine plural past participle)
- porque
- Because, since, for (conjunction)
- ellas
- They, them (feminine plural pronoun)
- estaban
- They were (imperfect of estar)
- salvajes
- Wild, savage, fierce (plural adjective)
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