The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 29
Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she was surprised to recognise in him a certain Mr. Hyde, who had once visited her master and for whom she had conceived a dislike.
Al poco su mirada se dirigió al otro, y se sorprendió de reconocer en él a un tal señor Hyde, que una vez había visitado a su amo y por quien había concebido una aversión.
He had in his hand a heavy cane, with which he was trifling; but he answered never a word, and seemed to listen with an ill-contained impatience.
Tenía en la mano un pesado bastón, con el que jugueteaba; pero no respondió ni una palabra, y parecía escuchar con una impaciencia mal contenida.
And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a madman.
Y entonces, de repente, estalló en una gran llamarada de ira, pateando con el pie, blandiendo el bastón, y comportándose (según lo describió la criada) como un loco.
The old gentleman took a step back, with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth.
El anciano caballero dio un paso atrás, con el aire de alguien muy sorprendido y un poco herido; y ante eso el señor Hyde perdió todo control y lo derribó a golpes al suelo.
And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway.
Y al momento siguiente, con furia simiesca, pisoteaba a su víctima bajo el pie y descargaba una tormenta de golpes, bajo los cuales los huesos se quebraban audiblemente y el cuerpo saltaba sobre el camino.
At the horror of these sights and sounds, the maid fainted.
Ante el horror de estas visiones y sonidos, la criada se desmayó.
It was two o'clock when she came to herself and called for the police.
Eran las dos en punto cuando volvió en sí y llamó a la policía.
The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled.
El asesino se había ido hacía mucho tiempo; pero allí yacía su víctima en medio del callejón, increíblemente mutilada.
Vocabulary
- Al
- Contraction of 'a el'; to the (masculine singular)
- poco
- Little, small amount; short time
- su
- His, her, its, your, their (possessive adjective)
- mirada
- Gaze, look, glance
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, themselves, oneself
- dirigió
- Directed, addressed, headed toward (preterite of dirigir)
- al
- Contraction of 'a el'; to the (masculine singular)
- otro
- Other, another (masculine)
- y
- And
- sorprendió
- Surprised, amazed (preterite of sorprender)
- de
- Of, from, about
- reconocer
- To recognize, acknowledge, identify
- en
- In, on, at
- él
- Him, it (masculine pronoun with preposition)
- a
- To, at, personal 'a' marker
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- tal
- Such, such a, certain
- señor
- Mister, sir, gentleman, lord
- que
- That, which, who, than
- una
- A, an, one (feminine)
- vez
- Time, occasion; once
- había
- There was/were; had (imperfect of haber)
- visitado
- Visited (past participle of visitar)
- amo
- Master, owner, boss
- por
- For, by, through, because of
- quien
- Who, whom
- concebido
- Conceived, developed, formed (past participle)
- aversión
- Aversion, dislike, repulsion
- Tenía
- Had, possessed (imperfect of tener)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- mano
- Hand
- pesado
- Heavy, weighty, tedious
- bastón
- Cane, walking stick
- con
- With
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- jugueteaba
- Toyed with, played with (imperfect of juguetear)
- pero
- But, however
- no
- No, not
- respondió
- Responded, answered (preterite of responder)
- ni
- Nor, not even, neither
- palabra
- Word
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared (imperfect of parecer)
- escuchar
- To listen, hear
- impaciencia
- Impatience, restlessness
- mal
- Badly, poorly; bad, wrong
- contenida
- Contained, restrained, suppressed (feminine past participle)
- Y
- And
- entonces
- Then, so, at that time
- repente
- Sudden (used in 'de repente' - suddenly)
- estalló
- Exploded, burst out (preterite of estallar)
- gran
- Great, big, large (apocopated form of grande)
- llamarada
- Blaze, flare, sudden flame or outburst
- ira
- Anger, wrath, rage
- pateando
- Kicking, stamping (gerund of patear)
- pie
- Foot
- blandiendo
- Brandishing, wielding, waving (gerund of blandir)
- comportándose
- Behaving, acting (gerund of comportarse)
- según
- According to, depending on, as
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- describió
- Described (preterite of describir)
- criada
- Maid, female servant
- como
- Like, as, how
- loco
- Crazy, mad, insane person
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- anciano
- Elderly, old; elderly man
- caballero
- Gentleman, knight
- dio
- Gave (preterite of dar)
- paso
- Step, pace, passage
- atrás
- Back, backward, behind
- aire
- Air, appearance, look
- alguien
- Someone, somebody
- muy
- Very, quite, really
- sorprendido
- Surprised, astonished (past participle/adjective)
- herido
- Wounded, injured, hurt (past participle/adjective)
- ante
- Before, in front of, faced with
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- perdió
- Lost (preterite of perder)
- todo
- All, everything, whole
- control
- Control
- derribó
- Knocked down, felled, demolished (preterite of derribar)
- golpes
- Blows, hits, strikes (plural of golpe)
- suelo
- Ground, floor, soil
- momento
- Moment, instant
- siguiente
- Next, following
- furia
- Fury, rage, anger
- pisoteaba
- Trampled, stomped on (imperfect of pisotear)
- víctima
- Victim
- bajo
- Under, below, low, short
- descargaba
- Unloaded, discharged, unleashed (imperfect of descargar)
- tormenta
- Storm, tempest
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- cuales
- Which, who (plural relative pronoun)
- huesos
- Bones (plural of hueso)
- quebraban
- Broke, cracked, shattered (imperfect of quebrar)
- audiblemente
- Audibly, in an audible manner
- cuerpo
- Body, corps
- saltaba
- Jumped, bounced, leaped (imperfect of saltar)
- sobre
- On, over, about, above
- camino
- Road, path, way
- Ante
- Before, in front of, faced with
- horror
- Horror, dread, terror
- estas
- These (feminine plural demonstrative adjective)
- visiones
- Visions, sights (plural of visión)
- sonidos
- Sounds, noises (plural of sonido)
- desmayó
- Fainted, passed out (preterite of desmayar)
- Eran
- Were, they/you were (imperfect of ser)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- dos
- Two
- punto
- Point, dot; on the dot
- cuando
- When
- volvió
- Returned, came back (preterite of volver)
- sí
- Yes; herself, himself, themselves (reflexive)
- llamó
- Called, named, phoned (preterite of llamar)
- policía
- Police, police officer
- asesino
- Murderer, assassin, killer
- ido
- Gone (past participle of ir)
- hacía
- Did, made, ago (imperfect of hacer)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, long (time)
- tiempo
- Time, weather
- allí
- There, over there
- yacía
- Lay, was lying (imperfect of yacer)
- medio
- Half, middle, means, medium
- del
- Contraction of 'de el'; of the, from the
- callejón
- Alley, alleyway, narrow street
- increíblemente
- Incredibly, unbelievably
- mutilada
- Mutilated, maimed (feminine past participle)
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