The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 14
The geniality, as was the way of the man, was somewhat theatrical to the eye; but it reposed on genuine feeling.
La giovialità, come era nel modo dell'uomo, era alquanto teatrale agli occhi; ma riposava su un sentimento genuino.
For these two were old friends, old mates both at school and college, both thorough respectors of themselves and of each other, and what does not always follow, men who thoroughly enjoyed each other's company.
Poiché questi due erano vecchi amici, vecchi compagni sia a scuola che al college, entrambi profondi estimatori di sé stessi e dell'uno dell'altro, e ciò che non sempre ne consegue, uomini che si godevano pienamente la compagnia reciproca.
After a little rambling talk, the lawyer led up to the subject which so disagreeably preoccupied his mind.
Dopo una breve conversazione divagante, l'avvocato introdusse l'argomento che così spiacevolmente lo preoccupava.
"I suppose, Lanyon," said he, "you and I must be the two oldest friends that Henry Jekyll has?"
«Suppongo, Lanyon,» disse, «che lei ed io dobbiamo essere i due amici più vecchi che Henry Jekyll abbia?»
"I wish the friends were younger," chuckled Dr. Lanyon.
«Vorrei che gli amici fossero più giovani,» ridacchiò il dottor Lanyon.
"But I suppose we are. And what of that? I see little of him now."
«Ma suppongo che lo siamo. E con ciò? Ora lo vedo poco.»
"Indeed?" said Utterson. "I thought you had a bond of common interest."
«Davvero?» disse Utterson. «Pensavo aveste un legame di interesse comune.»
"We had," was the reply.
«Lo avevamo,» fu la risposta.
"But it is more than ten years since Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me.
«Ma sono più di dieci anni che Henry Jekyll è diventato troppo fantasioso per me.
He began to go wrong, wrong in mind; and though of course I continue to take an interest in him for old sake's sake, as they say, I see and I have seen devilish little of the man.
Cominciò ad andare storto, storto nella mente; e sebbene naturalmente continui a interessarmi a lui per amor del vecchio passato, come si dice, vedo e ho visto pochissimo dell'uomo.
Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."
Simili sciocchezze non scientifiche,» aggiunse il dottore, diventando all'improvviso paonazzo, «avrebbero allontanato Damone e Pizia.»
This little spirit of temper was somewhat of a relief to Mr. Utterson.
Questo piccolo scatto d'umore fu in qualche modo un sollievo per il signor Utterson.
Vocabulary
- giovialità
- Cheerfulness, jolly and friendly disposition
- modo
- Way, manner, method
- alquanto
- Somewhat, rather, to a certain degree
- teatrale
- Theatrical, exaggeratedly dramatic in manner
- riposava
- Rested, was based upon something genuine
- sentimento
- Feeling, emotion, inner sense or sentiment
- genuino
- Genuine, authentic, real and sincere
- Poiché
- Since, because, given that
- compagni
- Companions, fellow members sharing experiences together
- sia
- Both, either, subjunctive of essere used correlatively
- entrambi
- Both, referring to two people or things together
- profondi
- Deep, profound, intense in degree or quality
- estimatori
- Admirers, those who esteem or appreciate greatly
- ciò
- This, that, demonstrative pronoun for things
- ne
- Of it, from it, partitive or pronoun particle
- consegue
- Follows, results, is a consequence of something
- godevano
- Enjoyed, took pleasure in something together
- pienamente
- Fully, completely, to the greatest extent
- compagnia
- Company, companionship, time spent together socially
- reciproca
- Mutual, reciprocal, shared between two parties
- breve
- Brief, short, lasting a short time
- conversazione
- Conversation, spoken exchange between people
- divagante
- Wandering, digressing, straying from the main topic
- avvocato
- Lawyer, attorney, legal professional
- introdusse
- Introduced, brought up a topic in conversation
- argomento
- Subject, topic, matter being discussed
- spiacevolmente
- Unpleasantly, disagreeably, in a bothersome manner
- preoccupava
- Worried, troubled, caused concern or anxiety
- Suppongo
- I suppose, I assume, I imagine
- dobbiamo
- We must, we have to, first person plural
- abbia
- Has, subjunctive form of avere
- Vorrei
- I would like, polite conditional of volere
- fossero
- Were, imperfect subjunctive plural of essere
- ridacchiò
- Chuckled, laughed lightly or quietly
- suppongo
- I suppose, I assume, first person singular
- Davvero
- Really, truly, indeed, expressing genuine surprise
- Pensavo
- I thought, I believed, imperfect of pensare
- aveste
- You had, second person plural past subjunctive
- legame
- Bond, tie, connection linking people together
- interesse
- Interest, shared concern or common topic
- comune
- Common, shared, held mutually by several people
- fu
- Was, third person singular passato remoto of essere
- risposta
- Answer, reply, response to a question
- diventato
- Become, past participle of diventare
- fantasioso
- Fanciful, whimsical, given to wild imaginative ideas
- Cominciò
- Began, started, third person singular passato remoto
- storto
- Wrong, crooked, going awry or off course
- mente
- Mind, intellect, the seat of thought
- sebbene
- Although, even though, concessive conjunction
- naturalmente
- Naturally, of course, as expected
- continui
- Continue, subjunctive present of continuare
- interessarmi
- To interest me, reflexive infinitive with pronoun
- amor
- Love, affection, shortened poetic form of amore
- passato
- Past, former times, earlier period of life
- pochissimo
- Very little, the least amount, superlative of poco
- Simili
- Such, similar, of that sort or kind
- sciocchezze
- Nonsense, foolishness, silly or absurd ideas
- scientifiche
- Scientific, relating to science, plural feminine adjective
- aggiunse
- Added, said in addition, past tense of aggiungere
- diventando
- Becoming, gerund of diventare, changing into
- improvviso
- Sudden, unexpected; all'improvviso means suddenly
- paonazzo
- Crimson, purple-red, flushed dark color in face
- avrebbero
- They would have, conditional plural of avere
- allontanato
- Driven apart, distanced, estranged from one another
- scatto
- Outburst, sudden burst of temper or irritation
- umore
- Mood, humor, state of mind or temper
- qualche
- Some, a little, a certain amount of
- sollievo
- Relief, comfort, easing of worry or tension
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