The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck — Page 6
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A moment afterwards there were most awful noises--barking, baying, growls and howls, squealing and groans.
Un momento dopo si udirono rumori terribili -- abbaiare, latrare, grugniti e ululati, strilli e gemiti.
And nothing more was ever seen of that foxy-whiskered gentleman.
E quel signore dai baffi di volpe non fu mai più visto.
Presently Kep opened the door of the shed, and let out Jemima Puddle-duck.
Poco dopo Kep aprì la porta del capanno e lasciò uscire Jemima Puddle-duck.
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Unfortunately the puppies rushed in and gobbled up all the eggs before he could stop them.
Purtroppo i cuccioli si precipitarono dentro e divorarono tutte le uova prima che lui potesse fermarli.
He had a bite on his ear and both the puppies were limping.
Aveva un morso sull'orecchio e tutti e due i cuccioli zoppicavano.
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Jemima Puddle-duck was escorted home in tears on account of those eggs.
Jemima Puddle-duck fu riaccompagnata a casa in lacrime a causa di quelle uova.
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She laid some more in June, and she was permitted to keep them herself: but only four of them hatched.
Ne depose altre in giugno, e le fu permesso di tenerle da sola: ma solo quattro di esse si schiusero.
Jemima Puddle-duck said that it was because of her nerves; but she had always been a bad sitter.
Jemima Puddle-duck disse che era colpa dei nervi; ma era sempre stata una cattiva chioccia.
Vocabulary
- Illustrazione
- A visual image or picture accompanying text
- momento
- A brief period of time; an instant
- dopo
- After; following in time or order
- udirono
- They heard; past tense of udire
- rumori
- Noises; sounds, often loud or disturbing
- terribili
- Terrible; frightening or extremely unpleasant
- abbaiare
- To bark; the sound a dog makes
- latrare
- To bark or yelp loudly, as a dog
- grugniti
- Grunts; low rough sounds made by animals
- ululati
- Howls; long wailing cries of animals
- strilli
- Shrieks; sharp high-pitched cries or screams
- gemiti
- Groans; low sounds expressing pain or distress
- signore
- Gentleman; a polite term for a man
- baffi
- Mustache; hair grown above the upper lip
- volpe
- Fox; a cunning wild animal
- visto
- Seen; past participle of vedere, to see
- aprì
- Opened; past tense of aprire, to open
- porta
- Door; an entrance to a room or building
- capanno
- Shed; a small simple outbuilding or hut
- lasciò
- Let; allowed someone or something to go
- uscire
- To go out; to exit a place
- Purtroppo
- Unfortunately; sadly, expressing regret about something
- cuccioli
- Puppies; young dogs or other young animals
- precipitarono
- They rushed in; they plunged or dashed inside
- divorarono
- They devoured; they ate eagerly and quickly
- uova
- Eggs; oval objects laid by female birds
- fermarli
- To stop them; to halt their actions
- morso
- Bite; wound caused by teeth on something
- orecchio
- Ear; the organ used for hearing
- zoppicavano
- They were limping; walking unevenly due to injury
- riaccompagnata
- Escorted back; accompanied back to a place
- lacrime
- Tears; drops of water shed when crying
- causa
- Because of; on account of something
- depose
- She laid; she deposited eggs in a nest
- giugno
- June; the sixth month of the year
- permesso
- Permission; authorization to do something
- tenerle
- To keep them; to hold or retain something
- schiusero
- They hatched; eggs opened to release young
- colpa
- Fault; blame for something going wrong
- nervi
- Nerves; tension or anxiety affecting behavior
- cattiva
- Bad; poor or inadequate at something
- chioccia
- Brooding hen; a hen that sits on eggs
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