The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 110
I sent out for a fresh supply and mixed the draught; the ebullition followed, and the first change of colour, not the second; I drank it and it was without efficiency.
Envié por un nuevo suministro y mezclé la bebida; siguió la ebullición, y el primer cambio de color, no el segundo; la bebí y no tuvo eficacia.
You will learn from Poole how I have had London ransacked; it was in vain; and I am now persuaded that my first supply was impure, and that it was that unknown impurity which lent efficacy to the draught.
Sabrá por Poole cómo he hecho registrar todo Londres; fue en vano; y ahora estoy convencido de que mi primer suministro era impuro, y que fue esa impureza desconocida la que dio eficacia a la bebida.
About a week has passed, and I am now finishing this statement under the influence of the last of the old powders.
Ha pasado aproximadamente una semana, y ahora estoy terminando esta declaración bajo la influencia de los últimos polvos antiguos.
This, then, is the last time, short of a miracle, that Henry Jekyll can think his own thoughts or see his own face (now how sadly altered!) in the glass.
Esta es, pues, la última vez, a menos que ocurra un milagro, que Henry Jekyll puede pensar sus propios pensamientos o ver su propio rostro (¡ahora cuán tristemente alterado!) en el espejo.
Nor must I delay too long to bring my writing to an end; for if my narrative has hitherto escaped destruction, it has been by a combination of great prudence and great good luck.
Tampoco debo demorarme demasiado en terminar mi escrito; pues si mi narración ha escapado hasta ahora de la destrucción, ha sido por una combinación de gran prudencia y gran buena suerte.
Should the throes of change take me in the act of writing it, Hyde will tear it in pieces; but if some time shall have elapsed after I have laid it by, his wonderful selfishness and circumscription to the moment will probably save it once again from the action of his ape-like spite.
Si las convulsiones del cambio me sorprenden en el acto de escribirlo, Hyde lo hará pedazos; pero si ha transcurrido algo de tiempo después de que lo haya dejado a un lado, su maravilloso egoísmo y su limitación al momento probablemente lo salvarán una vez más de la acción de su rencor simiesco.
And indeed the doom that is closing on us both has already changed and crushed him.
Y en verdad la perdición que se cierne sobre nosotros dos ya lo ha cambiado y aplastado.
Vocabulary
- Envié
- I sent
- por
- for, by, through
- un
- a, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- nuevo
- new
- suministro
- supply, provision
- y
- and
- mezclé
- I mixed
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- bebida
- drink, beverage
- siguió
- continued, followed (third person singular preterite)
- ebullición
- boiling, ebullition
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- primer
- first (apocopated form before masculine singular noun)
- cambio
- change, exchange
- de
- of, from
- color
- color
- no
- no, not
- segundo
- second
- bebí
- I drank
- tuvo
- had, held (third person singular preterite of tener)
- eficacia
- efficacy, effectiveness
- Sabrá
- will know (third person singular future tense)
- cómo
- how
- he
- I have (first person singular present of haber)
- hecho
- done, made (past participle of hacer)
- registrar
- to search, register, record
- todo
- all, everything, whole
- fue
- was, went (third person singular preterite)
- en
- in, on, at
- vano
- vain, futile
- ahora
- now
- estoy
- I am (first person singular present of estar)
- convencido
- convinced
- que
- that, which, who
- mi
- my (possessive adjective)
- era
- was, era
- impuro
- impure
- esa
- that (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- impureza
- impurity
- desconocida
- unknown (feminine)
- dio
- gave (third person singular preterite of dar)
- a
- to, at
- Ha
- has (third person singular present of haber)
- pasado
- past, passed
- aproximadamente
- approximately
- una
- a, an, one (feminine)
- semana
- week
- terminando
- finishing, ending (gerund)
- esta
- this (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- declaración
- declaration, statement
- bajo
- under, low
- influencia
- influence
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- últimos
- last, latest (masculine plural)
- polvos
- powders, dust (plural)
- antiguos
- ancient, old (masculine plural)
- Esta
- This (feminine demonstrative pronoun or adjective)
- es
- is (third person singular present of ser)
- pues
- then, therefore, well
- última
- last, final (feminine)
- vez
- time, occasion
- menos
- less, minus, fewer
- ocurra
- occurs, happens (third person singular present subjunctive)
- milagro
- miracle
- puede
- can, is able to (third person singular)
- pensar
- to think
- sus
- his, her, their, your (plural possessive)
- propios
- own (masculine plural)
- pensamientos
- thoughts
- o
- or
- ver
- to see
- su
- his, her, its, their, your (possessive)
- propio
- own
- rostro
- face
- cuán
- how (exclamatory, before adjectives/adverbs)
- tristemente
- sadly
- alterado
- altered, changed, disturbed
- espejo
- mirror
- Tampoco
- neither, not either
- debo
- I must, I should (first person present)
- demorarme
- to delay myself, to take too long
- demasiado
- too much, excessively
- terminar
- to finish, to end
- escrito
- written, writing (past participle or noun)
- si
- if
- narración
- narration, narrative
- ha
- has (third person singular present of haber)
- escapado
- escaped (past participle)
- hasta
- until, up to, even
- destrucción
- destruction
- sido
- been (past participle of ser)
- combinación
- combination
- gran
- great, big (apocopated form before singular noun)
- prudencia
- prudence, caution
- buena
- good (feminine)
- suerte
- luck, fortune
- Si
- If
- las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- convulsiones
- convulsions, seizures
- del
- of the (contraction of de + el)
- me
- me, myself (object pronoun)
- sorprenden
- surprise (third person plural present)
- acto
- act, action
- escribirlo
- to write it
- lo
- it, him (direct object pronoun)
- hará
- will do, will make (third person singular)
- pedazos
- pieces, bits
- pero
- but
- transcurrido
- elapsed, passed (time)
- algo
- something, somewhat
- tiempo
- time, weather
- después
- after, afterwards
- haya
- has, have (present subjunctive of haber)
- dejado
- left, quit (past participle of dejar)
- lado
- side
- maravilloso
- marvelous, wonderful
- egoísmo
- egoism, selfishness
- limitación
- limitation
- al
- to the (contraction of a + el)
- momento
- moment
- probablemente
- probably
- salvarán
- will save (third person plural future)
- más
- more, most, plus
- acción
- action
- rencor
- rancor, resentment, grudge
- Y
- And
- verdad
- truth
- perdición
- perdition, ruin, downfall
- se
- himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- cierne
- looms, hovers (third person singular present)
- sobre
- over, above, on
- nosotros
- we, us
- dos
- two
- ya
- already, now
- cambiado
- changed (past participle)
- aplastado
- crushed, overwhelmed (past participle)
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