The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 10
There are three windows looking on the court on the first floor; none below; the windows are always shut but they're clean.
Hay tres ventanas que dan al patio en el primer piso; ninguna abajo; las ventanas están siempre cerradas pero están limpias.
And then there is a chimney which is generally smoking; so somebody must live there.
Y luego hay una chimenea que generalmente echa humo; así que alguien debe vivir allí.
And yet it's not so sure; for the buildings are so packed together about the court, that it's hard to say where one ends and another begins.
Y sin embargo no es tan seguro; porque los edificios están tan apretados alrededor del patio, que es difícil decir dónde termina uno y comienza otro.
The pair walked on again for a while in silence; and then "Enfield," said Mr. Utterson, "that's a good rule of yours."
La pareja caminó de nuevo por un rato en silencio; y entonces "Enfield," dijo el señor Utterson, "esa es una buena regla suya."
"Yes, I think it is," returned Enfield.
"Sí, creo que lo es," respondió Enfield.
"But for all that," continued the lawyer, "there's one point I want to ask. I want to ask the name of that man who walked over the child."
"Pero con todo eso," continuó el abogado, "hay un punto que quiero preguntar. Quiero preguntar el nombre de ese hombre que pisoteó al niño."
"Well," said Mr. Enfield, "I can't see what harm it would do. It was a man of the name of Hyde."
"Bueno," dijo el señor Enfield, "no veo qué daño haría. Era un hombre de nombre Hyde."
"Hm," said Mr. Utterson. "What sort of a man is he to see?"
"Hm," dijo el señor Utterson. "¿Qué clase de hombre es de ver?"
"He is not easy to describe.
"No es fácil de describir.
There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something down-right detestable.
Hay algo malo en su apariencia; algo desagradable, algo francamente detestable.
I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
Nunca vi un hombre que me disgustara tanto, y sin embargo apenas sé por qué.
He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point.
Debe estar deformado en algún lugar; da una fuerte sensación de deformidad, aunque no podría especificar el punto.
He's an extraordinary looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way.
Es un hombre de aspecto extraordinario, y sin embargo realmente no puedo nombrar nada fuera de lo común.
No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can't describe him.
No, señor; no puedo entenderlo; no puedo describirlo.
Vocabulary
- Hay
- There is, there are
- tres
- Three
- ventanas
- Windows
- que
- That, which, who
- dan
- They give, they face (from dar)
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- patio
- Courtyard, patio
- en
- In, on, at
- el
- The (masculine singular)
- primer
- First (shortened form before masculine singular noun)
- piso
- Floor, story, apartment
- ninguna
- None, not any (feminine)
- abajo
- Below, downstairs, down
- las
- The (feminine plural), them
- están
- They are (location/state, from estar)
- siempre
- Always
- cerradas
- Closed, shut (feminine plural)
- pero
- But
- limpias
- Clean (feminine plural)
- Y
- And
- luego
- Then, later, afterwards
- hay
- There is, there are
- una
- A, an, one (feminine)
- chimenea
- Chimney, fireplace
- generalmente
- Generally, usually
- echa
- It throws, emits, gives off (from echar)
- humo
- Smoke
- así
- Thus, so, like this
- alguien
- Someone, somebody
- debe
- Must, should, ought to (from deber)
- vivir
- To live
- allí
- There, over there
- sin
- Without
- embargo
- However (usually in phrase sin embargo)
- no
- No, not
- es
- It is, he/she is (from ser)
- tan
- So, as, such
- seguro
- Sure, certain, safe
- porque
- Because
- los
- The (masculine plural), them
- edificios
- Buildings
- apretados
- Tight, squeezed, crowded together (masculine plural)
- alrededor
- Around, surrounding
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction of de + el)
- difícil
- Difficult, hard
- decir
- To say, to tell
- dónde
- Where (with accent: question or indirect question)
- termina
- It ends, finishes (from terminar)
- uno
- One, a, someone
- y
- And
- comienza
- It begins, starts (from comenzar)
- otro
- Another, other (masculine)
- La
- The (feminine singular)
- pareja
- Couple, pair
- caminó
- He/she/it walked (preterite of caminar)
- de
- Of, from, about
- nuevo
- New, again (in phrase de nuevo)
- por
- For, by, through, along
- un
- A, an, one (masculine)
- rato
- A while, short time, moment
- silencio
- Silence
- entonces
- Then, so, at that time
- dijo
- He/she said, told (preterite of decir)
- señor
- Mister, sir, gentleman
- esa
- That (feminine)
- buena
- Good (feminine)
- regla
- Rule, regulation
- suya
- Yours, his, hers (feminine possessive)
- Sí
- Yes
- creo
- I believe, I think (from creer)
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object)
- respondió
- He/she answered, replied (preterite of responder)
- Pero
- But
- con
- With
- todo
- All, everything, whole
- eso
- That (neuter)
- continuó
- He/she continued (preterite of continuar)
- abogado
- Lawyer, attorney
- punto
- Point, dot, period
- quiero
- I want (from querer)
- preguntar
- To ask (a question)
- Quiero
- I want (from querer)
- nombre
- Name, noun
- ese
- That (masculine)
- hombre
- Man, human being
- pisoteó
- He/she trampled, stepped on (preterite of pisotear)
- niño
- Boy, child (masculine)
- Bueno
- Good, well, okay
- veo
- I see (from ver)
- qué
- What (with accent: question or exclamation)
- daño
- Harm, damage, hurt
- haría
- It would do, would make (conditional of hacer)
- Era
- It was, he/she was (imperfect of ser)
- Qué
- What, which, how
- clase
- Class, kind, type
- ver
- To see
- No
- No, not
- fácil
- Easy
- describir
- To describe
- algo
- Something, somewhat
- malo
- Bad, evil
- su
- His, her, its, your, their (possessive)
- apariencia
- Appearance, look
- desagradable
- Unpleasant, disagreeable
- francamente
- Frankly, honestly
- detestable
- Detestable, hateful, loathsome
- Nunca
- Never
- vi
- I saw (preterite of ver)
- me
- Me, myself (object pronoun)
- disgustara
- Would disgust me (imperfect subjunctive of disgustar)
- tanto
- So much, as much
- apenas
- Barely, hardly, scarcely
- sé
- I know (from saber)
- Debe
- Must, should (from deber)
- estar
- To be (location, state, condition)
- deformado
- Deformed, misshapen
- algún
- Some, any (shortened form before masculine noun)
- lugar
- Place, location
- da
- It gives, he/she gives (from dar)
- fuerte
- Strong, loud, intense
- sensación
- Sensation, feeling
- deformidad
- Deformity, malformation
- aunque
- Although, even though
- podría
- I/he/she could (conditional of poder)
- especificar
- To specify, to state precisely
- Es
- It is, he/she is (from ser)
- aspecto
- Aspect, appearance, look
- extraordinario
- Extraordinary, unusual
- realmente
- Really, actually, truly
- puedo
- I can, I am able (from poder)
- nombrar
- To name, to appoint
- nada
- Nothing, not anything
- fuera
- Outside, out, were (subjunctive of ser/ir)
- común
- Common, usual, ordinary
- entenderlo
- To understand it (infinitive entender + lo)
- describirlo
- To describe it (infinitive describir + lo)
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