The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 9
Though even that, you know, is far from explaining all," he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing.
Aunque incluso eso, ya sabe, está lejos de explicarlo todo —añadió, y con estas palabras cayó en una vena de meditación.
From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: "And you don't know if the drawer of the cheque lives there?"
De esto fue devuelto a la realidad por el señor Utterson preguntando bastante repentinamente: —¿Y usted no sabe si el librador del cheque vive allí?
"A likely place, isn't it?" returned Mr. Enfield.
—Un lugar probable, ¿no es cierto? —respondió el señor Enfield.
"But I happen to have noticed his address; he lives in some square or other."
—Pero resulta que observé su dirección; vive en alguna plaza u otra.
"And you never asked about the—place with the door?" said Mr. Utterson.
—¿Y nunca preguntó sobre el... lugar con la puerta? —dijo el señor Utterson.
"No, sir; I had a delicacy," was the reply.
—No, señor; tuve cierta delicadeza —fue la respuesta.
"I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment.
—Tengo sentimientos muy fuertes sobre hacer preguntas; se asemeja demasiado al estilo del día del juicio.
You start a question, and it's like starting a stone.
Uno comienza una pregunta, y es como echar a rodar una piedra.
You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others; and presently some bland old bird (the last you would have thought of) is knocked on the head in his own back garden and the family have to change their name.
Uno se sienta tranquilamente en la cima de una colina; y allá va la piedra, echando a rodar otras; y en poco tiempo algún apacible viejo (el último en quien habría pensado) recibe un golpe en la cabeza en su propio jardín trasero y la familia tiene que cambiar su nombre.
No sir, I make it a rule of mine: the more it looks like Queer Street, the less I ask."
No señor, tengo una regla: cuanto más parece la Calle de los Raros, menos pregunto.
"A very good rule, too," said the lawyer.
—Una muy buena regla, también —dijo el abogado.
"But I have studied the place for myself," continued Mr. Enfield.
—Pero he estudiado el lugar por mi cuenta —continuó el señor Enfield.
"It seems scarcely a house.
—Parece apenas una casa.
There is no other door, and nobody goes in or out of that one but, once in a great while, the gentleman of my adventure.
No hay otra puerta, y nadie entra o sale por esa excepto, de vez en cuando, el caballero de mi aventura.
Vocabulary
- Aunque
- Although, even though, despite the fact that
- incluso
- Even, including, moreover
- eso
- That, that thing
- ya
- Already, now, anymore
- sabe
- Knows, he/she knows (from saber)
- está
- Is, he/she/it is (from estar)
- lejos
- Far, far away, distant
- de
- Of, from, about
- explicarlo
- To explain it, explaining it
- todo
- All, everything, entire
- añadió
- Added, he/she added (from añadir)
- y
- And
- con
- With
- estas
- These (feminine plural)
- palabras
- Words
- cayó
- Fell, he/she fell (from caer)
- en
- In, on, at
- una
- A, an, one (feminine)
- vena
- Vein, vein of ore, mood
- meditación
- Meditation, contemplation, deep thought
- De
- Of, from, about
- esto
- This, this thing
- fue
- Was, went, he/she was (from ser/ir)
- devuelto
- Returned, given back (past participle)
- a
- To, at
- la
- The (feminine singular)
- realidad
- Reality, actuality, truth
- por
- By, for, through
- el
- The (masculine singular)
- señor
- Mister, sir, gentleman, lord
- preguntando
- Asking, questioning (gerund of preguntar)
- bastante
- Quite, enough, rather, fairly
- repentinamente
- Suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly
- Y
- And
- usted
- You (formal)
- no
- No, not
- si
- If, whether
- del
- Of the, from the (de + el)
- cheque
- Check, cheque (bank document)
- vive
- Lives, he/she lives (from vivir)
- allí
- There, over there
- Un
- A, an, one (masculine)
- lugar
- Place, location, spot
- probable
- Probable, likely
- es
- Is, he/she/it is (from ser)
- cierto
- Certain, true, sure
- respondió
- Responded, answered, replied (from responder)
- Pero
- But, however
- resulta
- Turns out, results, proves (from resultar)
- que
- That, which, who
- observé
- I observed, I noticed (from observar)
- su
- His, her, its, your (formal), their
- dirección
- Address, direction
- alguna
- Some, any (feminine singular)
- plaza
- Square, plaza, town square
- u
- Or (before words starting with o-)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine)
- nunca
- Never, not ever
- preguntó
- Asked, questioned (from preguntar)
- sobre
- About, on, over, concerning
- puerta
- Door, doorway, gate
- dijo
- Said, told, he/she said (from decir)
- No
- No, not
- tuve
- I had, I had to (from tener)
- cierta
- Certain, a certain (feminine)
- delicadeza
- Delicacy, tact, sensitivity
- respuesta
- Answer, response, reply
- Tengo
- I have, I possess (from tener)
- sentimientos
- Feelings, sentiments
- muy
- Very, really, quite
- fuertes
- Strong, powerful (plural)
- hacer
- To do, to make
- preguntas
- Questions
- se
- Oneself, himself, herself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- asemeja
- Resembles, is similar (from asemejar)
- demasiado
- Too much, excessively
- al
- To the (a + el)
- estilo
- Style, manner, fashion
- día
- Day
- juicio
- Judgment, trial, opinion
- Uno
- One, someone
- comienza
- Begins, starts (from comenzar)
- pregunta
- Question, asks (noun or verb)
- como
- Like, as, how
- echar
- To throw, to cast, to toss
- rodar
- To roll, to rotate
- piedra
- Stone, rock
- sienta
- Sits, may sit (from sentar/sentarse)
- tranquilamente
- Calmly, peacefully, quietly
- cima
- Summit, top, peak
- colina
- Hill
- allá
- There, over there (farther than allí)
- va
- Goes, he/she goes (from ir)
- echando
- Throwing, tossing (gerund of echar)
- otras
- Others (feminine plural)
- poco
- Little, few, not much
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- algún
- Some, any (masculine, before noun)
- apacible
- Peaceful, gentle, mild
- viejo
- Old, elderly, old man
- último
- Last, latest, final
- quien
- Who, whom, the one who
- habría
- Would have, there would be (conditional)
- pensado
- Thought (past participle of pensar)
- recibe
- Receives, gets (from recibir)
- un
- A, an, one (masculine)
- golpe
- Blow, hit, strike, knock
- cabeza
- Head
- propio
- Own, proper, characteristic
- jardín
- Garden, yard
- trasero
- Back, rear, behind
- familia
- Family
- tiene
- Has, have, possesses (from tener)
- cambiar
- To change, to exchange, to alter
- nombre
- Name
- tengo
- I have, I possess (from tener)
- regla
- Rule, ruler, regulation
- cuanto
- As much, how much, the more
- más
- More, most, plus
- parece
- Seems, appears, looks like (from parecer)
- Calle
- Street, road
- los
- The (masculine plural)
- Raros
- Strange, odd, rare (plural)
- menos
- Less, fewer, minus
- pregunto
- I ask, I question (from preguntar)
- Una
- A, an, one (feminine)
- buena
- Good (feminine)
- también
- Also, too, as well
- abogado
- Lawyer, attorney
- he
- I have (auxiliary verb for present perfect)
- estudiado
- Studied (past participle of estudiar)
- mi
- My
- cuenta
- Account, bill, count
- continuó
- Continued, went on (from continuar)
- Parece
- Seems, appears, looks like (from parecer)
- apenas
- Hardly, barely, scarcely
- casa
- House, home
- hay
- There is, there are (from haber)
- nadie
- Nobody, no one
- entra
- Enters, goes in (from entrar)
- o
- Or
- sale
- Leaves, goes out (from salir)
- esa
- That (feminine)
- excepto
- Except, except for, excluding
- vez
- Time, occasion, instance
- cuando
- When
- caballero
- Gentleman, knight
- aventura
- Adventure, venture
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