The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 95
I had soon dressed, as well as I was able, in clothes of my own size: had soon passed through the house, where Bradshaw stared and drew back at seeing Mr. Hyde at such an hour and in such a strange array; and ten minutes later, Dr. Jekyll had returned to his own shape and was sitting down, with a darkened brow, to make a feint of breakfasting.
Pronto me vestí, lo mejor que pude, con ropa de mi talla: pronto atravesé la casa, donde Bradshaw se quedó mirando y retrocedió al ver al señor Hyde a tal hora y con tan extraño atuendo; y diez minutos después, el Dr. Jekyll había vuelto a su propia forma y estaba sentado, con el ceño fruncido, fingiendo desayunar.
Small indeed was my appetite.
Realmente pequeño era mi apetito.
This inexplicable incident, this reversal of my previous experience, seemed, like the Babylonian finger on the wall, to be spelling out the letters of my judgment; and I began to reflect more seriously than ever before on the issues and possibilities of my double existence.
Este incidente inexplicable, esta inversión de mi experiencia previa, parecía, como el dedo babilónico en la pared, estar deletreando las letras de mi juicio; y comencé a reflexionar más seriamente que nunca sobre las cuestiones y posibilidades de mi doble existencia.
That part of me which I had the power of projecting, had lately been much exercised and nourished; it had seemed to me of late as though the body of Edward Hyde had grown in stature, as though (when I wore that form) I were conscious of a more generous tide of blood; and I began to spy a danger that, if this were much prolonged, the balance of my nature might be permanently overthrown, the power of voluntary change be forfeited, and the character of Edward Hyde become irrevocably mine.
Esa parte de mí que tenía el poder de proyectar, había sido últimamente muy ejercitada y nutrida; me había parecido últimamente como si el cuerpo de Edward Hyde hubiera crecido en estatura, como si (cuando llevaba esa forma) fuera consciente de una marea más generosa de sangre; y comencé a vislumbrar un peligro de que, si esto se prolongaba mucho, el equilibrio de mi naturaleza pudiera ser permanentemente derrocado, el poder del cambio voluntario fuera perdido, y el carácter de Edward Hyde se volviera irrevocablemente mío.
The power of the drug had not been always equally displayed.
El poder de la droga no siempre se había manifestado por igual.
Vocabulary
- Pronto
- Soon, quickly
- me
- Myself, me (reflexive pronoun)
- vestí
- I dressed (past tense of vestirse)
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun)
- mejor
- Better, best
- que
- That, which, than (conjunction/relative pronoun)
- pude
- I could, I was able (past tense)
- con
- With
- ropa
- Clothes, clothing
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- talla
- Size (of clothing)
- pronto
- Soon, quickly
- atravesé
- I crossed, I went through (past tense)
- la
- The (feminine definite article)
- casa
- House, home
- donde
- Where
- se
- Himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
- quedó
- Stayed, remained (past tense)
- mirando
- Looking, watching (gerund)
- y
- And
- retrocedió
- Backed away, retreated (past tense)
- al
- To the, upon (contraction of a+el)
- ver
- To see
- señor
- Mister, sir, gentleman
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- tal
- Such, such a
- hora
- Hour, time
- tan
- So, such (adverb)
- extraño
- Strange, odd
- atuendo
- Outfit, attire, clothing
- diez
- Ten
- minutos
- Minutes
- después
- After, afterward, later
- el
- The (masculine definite article)
- Dr.
- Doctor (abbreviated title)
- había
- Had (imperfect of haber, auxiliary verb)
- vuelto
- Returned (past participle of volver)
- su
- His, her, its, their (possessive adjective)
- propia
- Own (feminine adjective)
- forma
- Form, shape
- estaba
- Was, he/she was (imperfect tense)
- sentado
- Seated, sitting
- ceño
- Frown, scowl (as in ceño fruncido)
- fruncido
- Furrowed, frowning
- fingiendo
- Pretending, feigning (gerund)
- desayunar
- To have breakfast
- Realmente
- Really, actually
- pequeño
- Small, little
- era
- Was (imperfect tense of ser)
- apetito
- Appetite
- Este
- This (masculine demonstrative)
- incidente
- Incident, event
- inexplicable
- Inexplicable, unexplainable
- esta
- This (feminine demonstrative)
- inversión
- Inversion, reversal
- experiencia
- Experience
- previa
- Previous, prior
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared (imperfect tense)
- como
- Like, as, how
- dedo
- Finger
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- pared
- Wall
- estar
- To be (location/state)
- deletreando
- Spelling out (gerund)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- letras
- Letters (of alphabet)
- juicio
- Judgment, trial
- comencé
- I began, I started (past tense)
- reflexionar
- To reflect, to think deeply
- más
- More, most
- seriamente
- Seriously
- nunca
- Never
- sobre
- About, on, over (preposition)
- cuestiones
- Questions, issues, matters
- posibilidades
- Possibilities
- doble
- Double, dual
- existencia
- Existence
- Esa
- That (feminine demonstrative)
- parte
- Part, portion
- mí
- Me (prepositional pronoun)
- tenía
- Had, possessed (imperfect tense)
- poder
- Power, ability; to be able to
- proyectar
- To project, to cast
- sido
- Been (past participle of ser)
- últimamente
- Lately, recently
- muy
- Very
- ejercitada
- Exercised, practiced (feminine past participle)
- nutrida
- Nourished, fed (feminine past participle)
- parecido
- Seemed; similar, alike
- si
- If
- cuerpo
- Body
- hubiera
- Had, would have (past subjunctive of haber)
- crecido
- Grown (past participle of crecer)
- estatura
- Stature, height
- cuando
- When
- llevaba
- Wore, carried (imperfect tense)
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative)
- fuera
- Were, would be (past subjunctive of ser)
- consciente
- Conscious, aware
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- marea
- Tide, surge
- generosa
- Generous (feminine adjective)
- sangre
- Blood
- vislumbrar
- To glimpse, to catch sight of
- un
- A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- peligro
- Danger, peril
- esto
- This (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- prolongaba
- Prolonged, extended (imperfect tense)
- mucho
- Much, a lot
- equilibrio
- Balance, equilibrium
- naturaleza
- Nature
- pudiera
- Could, might (past subjunctive of poder)
- ser
- To be (essence/identity)
- permanentemente
- Permanently
- derrocado
- Overthrown, toppled (past participle)
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction de+el)
- cambio
- Change, exchange
- voluntario
- Voluntary, willing
- perdido
- Lost (past participle of perder)
- carácter
- Character, nature
- volviera
- Would become, would turn (past subjunctive)
- irrevocablemente
- Irrevocably
- mío
- Mine (masculine possessive pronoun)
- El
- The (masculine definite article)
- droga
- Drug
- no
- No, not
- siempre
- Always
- manifestado
- Manifested, shown (past participle)
- por
- By, for, through (preposition)
- igual
- Equal, same
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