The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 43
On the 8th of January Utterson had dined at the doctor's with a small party; Lanyon had been there; and the face of the host had looked from one to the other as in the old days when the trio were inseparable friends.
El 8 de enero Utterson había cenado en casa del doctor con un pequeño grupo; Lanyon había estado allí; y el rostro del anfitrión había mirado de uno a otro como en los viejos tiempos cuando el trío eran amigos inseparables.
On the 12th, and again on the 14th, the door was shut against the lawyer.
El día 12, y de nuevo el 14, la puerta se cerró ante el abogado.
"The doctor was confined to the house," Poole said, "and saw no one."
"El doctor estaba confinado en la casa", dijo Poole, "y no veía a nadie".
On the 15th, he tried again, and was again refused; and having now been used for the last two months to see his friend almost daily, he found this return of solitude to weigh upon his spirits.
El día 15, lo intentó de nuevo, y fue rechazado otra vez; y habiendo estado acostumbrado durante los últimos dos meses a ver a su amigo casi diariamente, encontró que este regreso de la soledad pesaba sobre su ánimo.
The fifth night he had in Guest to dine with him; and the sixth he betook himself to Dr. Lanyon's.
La quinta noche tuvo a Guest a cenar con él; y la sexta se dirigió a casa del Dr. Lanyon.
There at least he was not denied admittance; but when he came in, he was shocked at the change which had taken place in the doctor's appearance.
Allí al menos no se le negó la entrada; pero cuando entró, se sorprendió por el cambio que había tenido lugar en la apariencia del doctor.
He had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face.
Tenía su sentencia de muerte escrita legiblemente en su rostro.
The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer's notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind.
El hombre rozagante se había vuelto pálido; su carne había desaparecido; estaba visiblemente más calvo y más viejo; y sin embargo no eran tanto estos signos de una rápida decadencia física lo que llamó la atención del abogado, como una mirada en los ojos y una cualidad en los modales que parecían testificar algún terror profundamente arraigado en la mente.
It was unlikely that the doctor should fear death; and yet that was what Utterson was tempted to suspect.
Era improbable que el doctor temiera la muerte; y sin embargo eso era lo que Utterson se sentía tentado a sospechar.
Vocabulary
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- enero
- January (first month of the year)
- había
- Had (imperfect tense of haber, auxiliary verb)
- cenado
- Dined, had dinner (past participle of cenar)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition of place)
- casa
- House, home (noun)
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el)
- doctor
- Doctor (medical professional or title)
- con
- With (preposition)
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- pequeño
- Small, little (adjective)
- grupo
- Group (noun)
- estado
- Been, state (past participle of estar; also noun)
- allí
- There (adverb of place)
- y
- And (conjunction)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- rostro
- Face (noun)
- anfitrión
- Host (person who receives guests)
- mirado
- Looked at, watched (past participle of mirar)
- uno
- One (number or pronoun)
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- otro
- Other, another (adjective or pronoun)
- como
- Like, as, how (adverb or conjunction)
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- viejos
- Old (adjective, plural)
- tiempos
- Times, periods (noun, plural)
- cuando
- When (adverb or conjunction)
- trío
- Trio, threesome (noun)
- eran
- Were (imperfect tense of ser, third person plural)
- amigos
- Friends (noun, plural)
- inseparables
- Inseparable (adjective, plural)
- día
- Day (noun)
- nuevo
- New (adjective)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- puerta
- Door (noun)
- se
- Reflexive or passive pronoun (third person)
- cerró
- Closed, shut (preterite of cerrar)
- ante
- Before, in front of (preposition)
- abogado
- Lawyer (noun)
- estaba
- Was (imperfect tense of estar)
- confinado
- Confined (past participle or adjective)
- dijo
- Said (preterite of decir)
- no
- No, not (negative adverb)
- veía
- Saw, was seeing (imperfect of ver)
- nadie
- Nobody, no one (indefinite pronoun)
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun, masculine)
- intentó
- Tried, attempted (preterite of intentar)
- fue
- Was, went (preterite of ser/ir)
- rechazado
- Rejected, turned away (past participle of rechazar)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine adjective)
- vez
- Time, occasion (noun, as in once)
- habiendo
- Having (present participle of haber)
- acostumbrado
- Accustomed, used to (past participle of acostumbrar)
- durante
- During, for (preposition of time)
- últimos
- Last, latest (adjective, plural)
- dos
- Two (number)
- meses
- Months (noun, plural)
- ver
- To see (infinitive verb)
- su
- His, her, its, your (possessive adjective)
- amigo
- Friend (noun, singular)
- casi
- Almost, nearly (adverb)
- diariamente
- Daily (adverb)
- encontró
- Found, met (preterite of encontrar)
- que
- That, which (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- este
- This (masculine demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
- regreso
- Return (noun)
- soledad
- Solitude, loneliness (noun)
- pesaba
- Weighed (imperfect of pesar)
- sobre
- On, over, about (preposition)
- ánimo
- Spirit, mood (noun)
- La
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- quinta
- Fifth (ordinal number, feminine)
- noche
- Night (noun)
- tuvo
- Had (preterite of tener)
- cenar
- To dine, have dinner (infinitive verb)
- él
- He, him (subject or prepositional pronoun)
- sexta
- Sixth (ordinal number, feminine)
- dirigió
- Directed, headed toward (preterite of dirigir)
- Allí
- There (adverb of place)
- al
- To the (contraction of a + el)
- menos
- Less, fewer, at least (adverb or adjective)
- le
- Him, her, you (indirect object pronoun)
- negó
- Denied, refused (preterite of negar)
- entrada
- Entrance, entry (noun)
- pero
- But (conjunction)
- entró
- Entered (preterite of entrar)
- sorprendió
- Surprised (preterite of sorprender)
- por
- By, for, through (preposition)
- cambio
- Change (noun)
- tenido
- Had (past participle of tener)
- lugar
- Place (noun)
- apariencia
- Appearance (noun)
- Tenía
- Had (imperfect of tener, third person singular)
- sentencia
- Sentence, judgment (noun)
- muerte
- Death (noun)
- escrita
- Written (past participle of escribir, feminine)
- legiblemente
- Legibly, readably (adverb)
- hombre
- Man (noun)
- vuelto
- Turned, become (past participle of volver)
- pálido
- Pale (adjective)
- carne
- Flesh, meat (noun)
- desaparecido
- Disappeared (past participle of desaparecer)
- visiblemente
- Visibly (adverb)
- más
- More, most (adverb or adjective)
- calvo
- Bald (adjective)
- viejo
- Old (adjective)
- sin
- Without (preposition)
- embargo
- However (noun; in phrase sin embargo)
- tanto
- So much, as much (adverb or adjective)
- estos
- These (masculine plural demonstrative adjective)
- signos
- Signs (noun, plural)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- rápida
- Rapid, fast (adjective, feminine)
- decadencia
- Decay, decline (noun)
- física
- Physical (adjective, feminine)
- llamó
- Called (preterite of llamar)
- atención
- Attention (noun)
- mirada
- Gaze, look (noun)
- ojos
- Eyes (noun, plural)
- cualidad
- Quality (noun)
- modales
- Manners (noun, plural)
- parecían
- Seemed (imperfect of parecer, third person plural)
- testificar
- To testify, bear witness (infinitive verb)
- algún
- Some (masculine singular indefinite adjective, before noun)
- terror
- Terror, fear (noun)
- profundamente
- Deeply, profoundly (adverb)
- arraigado
- Rooted, deeply ingrained (past participle of arraigar)
- mente
- Mind (noun)
- Era
- Was (imperfect of ser, third person singular)
- improbable
- Unlikely, improbable (adjective)
- temiera
- Feared (imperfect subjunctive of temer)
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- era
- Was (imperfect of ser, third person singular)
- sentía
- Felt (imperfect of sentir)
- tentado
- Tempted (past participle of tentar)
- sospechar
- To suspect (infinitive verb)
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