The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 76
This person (who had thus, from the first moment of his entrance, struck in me what I can only describe as a disgustful curiosity) was dressed in a fashion that would have made an ordinary person laughable; his clothes, that is to say, although they were of rich and sober fabric, were enormously too large for him in every measurement—the trousers hanging on his legs and rolled up to keep them from the ground, the waist of the coat below his haunches, and the collar sprawling wide upon his shoulders.
Esta persona (quien había despertado en mí, desde el primer momento de su entrada, lo que sólo puedo describir como una curiosidad repugnante) estaba vestida de una manera que habría hecho risible a una persona ordinaria; sus ropas, es decir, aunque eran de tela rica y sobria, eran enormemente demasiado grandes para él en todas las medidas—los pantalones colgando de sus piernas y enrollados para evitar que tocaran el suelo, la cintura del abrigo por debajo de sus caderas, y el cuello extendido ampliamente sobre sus hombros.
Strange to relate, this ludicrous accoutrement was far from moving me to laughter.
Extraño de contar, este atuendo ridículo estaba lejos de moverme a risa.
Rather, as there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me—something seizing, surprising and revolting—this fresh disparity seemed but to fit in with and to reinforce it; so that to my interest in the man's nature and character, there was added a curiosity as to his origin, his life, his fortune and status in the world.
Más bien, como había algo anormal y mal engendrado en la esencia misma de la criatura que ahora enfrentaba—algo agarrador, sorprendente y repulsivo—esta nueva disparidad parecía sólo encajar y reforzarlo; de modo que a mi interés en la naturaleza y el carácter del hombre, se añadió una curiosidad sobre su origen, su vida, su fortuna y posición en el mundo.
These observations, though they have taken so great a space to be set down in, were yet the work of a few seconds.
Estas observaciones, aunque han tomado un espacio tan grande para ser expuestas, fueron sin embargo el trabajo de unos pocos segundos.
My visitor was, indeed, on fire with sombre excitement.
Mi visitante estaba, en efecto, ardiendo con una emoción sombría.
"Have you got it?" he cried.
"¿Lo tiene usted?" gritó.
"Have you got it?" And so lively was his impatience that he even laid his hand upon my arm and sought to shake me.
"¿Lo tiene usted?" Y tan viva era su impaciencia que incluso puso su mano sobre mi brazo y buscó sacudirme.
I put him back, conscious at his touch of a certain icy pang along my blood.
Lo aparté, consciente al contacto de una cierta punzada helada a lo largo de mi sangre.
Vocabulary
- Esta
- This (feminine singular)
- persona
- Person
- quien
- Who, whom (relative pronoun)
- había
- Had (imperfect form of haber)
- despertado
- Awakened, aroused (past participle)
- en
- In, on, at
- mí
- Me (prepositional pronoun)
- desde
- Since, from
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- primer
- First (apocopated form before masculine noun)
- momento
- Moment, instant
- de
- Of, from
- su
- His, her, their, your (possessive)
- entrada
- Entrance, entry
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun masculine)
- que
- That, which, what
- sólo
- Only, just, solely
- puedo
- I can, I am able to
- describir
- To describe
- como
- As, like, how
- una
- A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- curiosidad
- Curiosity
- repugnante
- Repugnant, disgusting
- estaba
- Was, were (imperfect of estar)
- vestida
- Dressed (feminine past participle)
- manera
- Manner, way
- habría
- Would have (conditional of haber)
- hecho
- Made, done (past participle of hacer)
- risible
- Laughable, ridiculous
- a
- To, at, for
- ordinaria
- Ordinary, common (feminine)
- sus
- His, her, their, your (plural possessive)
- ropas
- Clothes, garments
- es
- Is (third person singular of ser)
- decir
- To say, to tell
- aunque
- Although, though, even though
- eran
- Were (imperfect plural of ser)
- tela
- Fabric, cloth
- rica
- Rich, wealthy (feminine)
- y
- And
- sobria
- Sober, restrained, modest (feminine)
- enormemente
- Enormously, hugely
- demasiado
- Too much, excessively
- grandes
- Big, large (plural)
- para
- For, in order to
- él
- He, him (subject or prepositional pronoun)
- todas
- All, every (feminine plural)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- medidas
- Measurements, measures
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- pantalones
- Pants, trousers
- colgando
- Hanging (gerund)
- piernas
- Legs
- enrollados
- Rolled up (masculine plural past participle)
- evitar
- To avoid, to prevent
- tocaran
- Touched, would touch (imperfect subjunctive)
- suelo
- Floor, ground
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- cintura
- Waist, waistline
- del
- Of the (contraction: de + el)
- abrigo
- Coat, overcoat
- por
- By, for, through
- debajo
- Below, underneath
- caderas
- Hips
- cuello
- Neck, collar
- extendido
- Extended, spread out (past participle)
- ampliamente
- Widely, broadly, extensively
- sobre
- On, over, about
- hombros
- Shoulders
- Extraño
- Strange, odd (adjective or verb)
- contar
- To count, to tell, to recount
- este
- This (masculine singular)
- atuendo
- Outfit, attire, getup
- ridículo
- Ridiculous, absurd
- lejos
- Far, far away
- moverme
- To move myself (infinitive with pronoun)
- risa
- Laughter, laugh
- Más
- More, most
- bien
- Well, good, rather
- algo
- Something, somewhat
- anormal
- Abnormal, unusual
- mal
- Bad, badly, wrong
- engendrado
- Engendered, spawned, begotten (past participle)
- esencia
- Essence, core
- misma
- Same, very (feminine singular)
- criatura
- Creature, being
- ahora
- Now
- enfrentaba
- Faced, confronted (imperfect)
- sorprendente
- Surprising, astonishing
- repulsivo
- Repulsive, repelling
- esta
- This (feminine singular)
- nueva
- New (feminine singular)
- disparidad
- Disparity, difference, inequality
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared (imperfect)
- encajar
- To fit, to fit in
- reforzarlo
- To reinforce it, to strengthen it
- modo
- Way, manner, mode
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- interés
- Interest
- naturaleza
- Nature
- carácter
- Character, nature, personality
- hombre
- Man, human
- se
- Reflexive or reciprocal pronoun
- añadió
- Added (preterite)
- origen
- Origin, source
- vida
- Life
- fortuna
- Fortune, luck, wealth
- posición
- Position, status
- mundo
- World
- Estas
- These (feminine plural)
- observaciones
- Observations, remarks
- han
- Have (third person plural of haber)
- tomado
- Taken (past participle of tomar)
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- espacio
- Space, room
- tan
- So, as, such
- grande
- Big, large, great
- ser
- To be (infinitive)
- expuestas
- Exposed, exhibited (feminine plural past participle)
- fueron
- Were (preterite plural of ser)
- sin
- Without
- embargo
- However (in phrase sin embargo)
- trabajo
- Work, job (noun or verb)
- unos
- Some, a few (masculine plural)
- pocos
- Few, little (plural)
- segundos
- Seconds
- Mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- visitante
- Visitor
- efecto
- Effect, result
- ardiendo
- Burning (gerund)
- con
- With
- emoción
- Emotion, feeling
- sombría
- Somber, gloomy, dark (feminine)
- Lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun)
- tiene
- Has, have (third person singular)
- usted
- You (formal singular)
- gritó
- Shouted, yelled (preterite)
- Y
- And
- viva
- Alive, live (feminine or subjunctive)
- era
- Was, were (imperfect of ser)
- impaciencia
- Impatience
- incluso
- Even, including
- puso
- Put, placed (preterite)
- mano
- Hand
- brazo
- Arm
- buscó
- Sought, searched, tried (preterite)
- sacudirme
- To shake me (infinitive with pronoun)
- aparté
- I moved away, I withdrew (preterite)
- consciente
- Conscious, aware
- al
- To the (contraction: a + el)
- contacto
- Contact, touch
- cierta
- Certain, a certain (feminine)
- punzada
- Pang, stab, stitch
- helada
- Frozen, icy (feminine or noun)
- largo
- Long (adjective or noun)
- sangre
- Blood
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