The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 10
I had a friend who was in his hands once, and she says he is just like John and my brother, only more so!
Tôi có một người bạn đã từng ở trong tay ông ta, và cô ấy nói ông ta cũng giống như John và anh trai tôi, chỉ là còn hơn thế nữa!
Besides, it is such an undertaking to go so far.
Hơn nữa, đó là một việc quá lớn lao khi phải đi xa như vậy.
I don't feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and I'm getting dreadfully fretful and querulous.
Tôi không cảm thấy như thể có bất cứ điều gì đáng để tôi nhúc nhích, và tôi đang trở nên bực bội và hay phàn nàn một cách kinh khủng.
I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time.
Tôi khóc chẳng vì lý do gì, và khóc hầu hết thời gian.
Of course I don't when John is here, or anybody else, but when I am alone.
Tất nhiên tôi không khóc khi John ở đây, hay khi có ai khác, mà chỉ khi tôi ở một mình.
And I am alone a good deal just now. John is kept in town very often by serious cases, and Jennie is good and lets me alone when I want her to.
Và bây giờ tôi thường xuyên ở một mình. John bị giữ lại trong thành phố rất thường xuyên vì những ca bệnh nghiêm trọng, và Jennie tốt bụng để tôi yên khi tôi muốn vậy.
So I walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, and lie down up here a good deal.
Vì vậy tôi đi dạo một chút trong vườn hoặc dọc theo con đường nhỏ xinh đẹp đó, ngồi trên hiên nhà dưới những bụi hoa hồng, và nằm nghỉ ở đây nhiều.
I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. Perhaps because of the wallpaper.
Tôi đang thực sự trở nên yêu thích căn phòng này bất chấp tờ giấy dán tường. Có lẽ là vì tờ giấy dán tường đó.
It dwells in my mind so!
Nó cứ ám ảnh trong tâm trí tôi mãi!
I lie here on this great immovable bed—it is nailed down, I believe—and follow that pattern about by the hour. It is as good as gymnastics, I assure you. I start, we'll say, at the bottom, down in the corner over there where it has not been touched, and I determine for the thousandth time that I will follow that pointless pattern to some sort of a conclusion.
Tôi nằm đây trên chiếc giường lớn không thể di chuyển này — nó được đóng đinh xuống sàn, tôi tin vậy — và theo dõi hoa văn đó hàng giờ liền. Điều đó cũng tốt như tập thể dục vậy, tôi đảm bảo với bạn. Tôi bắt đầu, hãy nói là, từ phía dưới, từ góc tường đằng kia nơi nó chưa bị chạm đến, và tôi quyết định lần thứ nghìn rằng tôi sẽ theo dõi hoa văn vô nghĩa đó đến một kết luận nào đó.
Vocabulary
- Tôi
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- có
- To have; indicates existence or possession
- một
- The number one; indefinite article 'a' or 'an'
- người
- Person, human being, individual
- bạn
- Friend; also second person pronoun for peers
- đã
- Past tense marker indicating completed action
- từng
- To have once done something; ever, at some point
- ở
- To live, stay, be located at a place
- trong
- In, inside, within a space or period
- tay
- Hand; arm; also refers to a person's grasp
- ông
- Grandfather; formal pronoun for older man
- ta
- We, us; informal first or third person pronoun
- và
- Conjunction meaning 'and' connecting words or clauses
- cô
- Aunt; pronoun for young woman; Miss
- ấy
- That; third person pronoun referring to someone mentioned
- nói
- To speak, say, tell, talk
- cũng
- Also, too, as well, likewise
- giống
- Similar to, like, resembling something or someone
- như
- Like, as, similar to; comparison particle
- anh
- Older brother; pronoun for older male peer
- trai
- Male, boy; used in compounds like 'anh trai'
- tôi
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'
- chỉ
- Only, just, merely; to point at something
- là
- To be; linking verb equating subject and predicate
- còn
- Still, yet; remaining; also used as 'furthermore'
- hơn
- More than, greater than; comparative degree marker
- thế
- So, thus, like that; that way or manner
- nữa
- More, further, again; additionally, even more so
- Hơn
- More than, greater than; comparative degree marker
- đó
- That, there; demonstrative pronoun or adverb
- việc
- Task, work, matter, affair, thing to do
- quá
- Too, excessively, very; intensifier for adjectives
- lớn
- Big, large, great; grown up, adult
- lao
- To rush, dash; labor; used in 'lớn lao' meaning grand
- khi
- When, at the time of; temporal conjunction
- phải
- Must, have to; right side; to be correct
- đi
- To go, walk, travel; imperative softening particle
- xa
- Far, distant, remote in space or time
- vậy
- So, thus, like that; sentence-final confirming particle
- không
- No, not; negation word; zero
- cảm
- To feel, sense; emotion; used in 'cảm thấy'
- thấy
- To see, feel, notice, perceive something
- thể
- Can, able to; form, body; used in 'không thể'
- bất
- Negation prefix meaning 'un-', 'not', 'any'
- cứ
- Just go ahead; any; regardless, insistently continuing
- điều
- Thing, matter, point; abstract noun classifier
- gì
- What; anything; question word for things
- gì
- What; anything; question word for things
- đáng
- Worth, deserving, worthy of something
- để
- To put, place; in order to, so that
- đang
- Present tense marker indicating ongoing action
- trở
- To become, turn into; to return; used in compounds
- nên
- Should, ought to; therefore; to become
- bực
- Annoyed, irritated, frustrated feeling
- hay
- Or; interesting, good; often, frequently
- cách
- Way, method, manner; distance from a point
- kinh
- Terrible, dreadful; part of 'kinh khủng' meaning horrible
- khủng
- Horrifying, terrible; part of 'kinh khủng' meaning awful
- khóc
- To cry, weep, shed tears
- chẳng
- Not at all, doesn't; emphatic negation particle
- vì
- Because, for, due to; causal conjunction
- lý
- Reason, logic; part of 'lý do' meaning reason
- do
- Reason, cause; due to; part of 'lý do'
- hầu
- Almost, nearly; most of; to serve someone
- hết
- All, completely, finished; run out of something
- thời
- Time, era, period; weather; part of 'thời gian'
- gian
- Space, period; part of 'thời gian' meaning time
- Tất
- All, entire; part of 'tất nhiên' meaning of course
- nhiên
- Natural; part of 'tất nhiên' meaning of course
- đây
- Here, this place; near speaker demonstrative
- ai
- Who, someone, anyone; interrogative pronoun
- khác
- Different, other, another; else
- mà
- But, yet; emphatic particle; relative clause marker
- mình
- Oneself, myself; body; informal first person pronoun
- Và
- Conjunction meaning 'and' connecting words or clauses
- bây
- Now, this moment; part of 'bây giờ' meaning now
- giờ
- Hour, time; now; part of 'bây giờ'
- thường
- Often, usually, normally; ordinary, common
- xuyên
- Through, across; part of 'thường xuyên' meaning regularly
- bị
- Passive marker for negative or undesirable actions
- giữ
- To keep, hold, retain, guard something
- lại
- Again; to stay, remain; directional particle back
- thành
- City, town; to become; part of 'thành phố'
- phố
- Street, city; part of 'thành phố' meaning city
- rất
- Very, extremely, quite; intensifier adverb
- những
- Plural marker for nouns; those, these things
- ca
- Case, shift; song; used in 'ca bệnh' meaning case
- bệnh
- Disease, illness, sickness, medical condition
- nghiêm
- Strict, serious; part of 'nghiêm trọng' meaning severe
- trọng
- Important, serious; part of 'nghiêm trọng' meaning serious
- tốt
- Good, well, nice; kind, beneficial
- bụng
- Stomach, belly; heart; 'tốt bụng' means kind-hearted
- yên
- Quiet, peaceful, calm, still, tranquil
- muốn
- To want, wish, desire something
- Vì
- Because, for, due to; causal conjunction
- dạo
- To stroll, walk around leisurely; recently, lately
- chút
- A little, a bit, small amount of something
- vườn
- Garden, yard, orchard, outdoor cultivated space
- hoặc
- Or; either...or; alternative conjunction
- dọc
- Along, lengthwise; to read; vertical direction
- theo
- To follow, along; according to; by
- con
- Child; classifier for animals, rivers, roads
- đường
- Road, path, street, way, route
- nhỏ
- Small, little, tiny, young in size
- xinh
- Pretty, cute, lovely in appearance
- đẹp
- Beautiful, attractive, good-looking, pretty
- ngồi
- To sit, be seated somewhere
- trên
- On, above, upper; on top of something
- hiên
- Porch, veranda, eave of a house
- nhà
- House, home, building; family, household
- dưới
- Under, below, beneath; lower position
- bụi
- Bush, shrub; dust; part of 'bụi hoa hồng' rosebush
- hoa
- Flower, blossom; floral pattern
- hồng
- Pink, rose color; rose flower
- nằm
- To lie down, recline, be situated
- nghỉ
- To rest, take a break, have time off
- nhiều
- Many, much, a lot, numerous, plenty
- thực
- Really, truly, actual; part of 'thực sự' meaning truly
- sự
- Matter, thing, fact; nominalizing particle
- yêu
- To love; affection toward person or thing
- thích
- To like, enjoy, be fond of something
- căn
- Classifier for rooms, houses, apartments
- phòng
- Room, chamber; to prevent, guard against
- này
- This, these; near-speaker demonstrative pronoun
- tờ
- Classifier for flat things like paper, newspapers
- giấy
- Paper, document; sheet of paper
- dán
- To paste, glue, stick onto a surface
- tường
- Wall of a room or building
- Có
- To have; indicates existence or possession
- lẽ
- Reason; 'có lẽ' means perhaps, maybe, probably
- Nó
- It, he, she; third person pronoun informal
- ám
- To haunt, obsess; dark; 'ám ảnh' means haunting
- ảnh
- Photo, image; part of 'ám ảnh' meaning obsession
- tâm
- Mind, heart, center; part of 'tâm trí' meaning mind
- trí
- Mind, intelligence; part of 'tâm trí' meaning mind
- mãi
- Forever, always, continuously, persistently
- chiếc
- Classifier for single objects like beds, bicycles
- giường
- Bed, sleeping furniture
- di
- To move, migrate; part of 'di chuyển' meaning to move
- chuyển
- To move, transfer, shift position or direction
- nó
- It, he, she; informal third person pronoun
- được
- To be able to; passive marker; successfully done
- đóng
- To close, shut; to nail; to pack something
- đinh
- Nail, tack; 'đóng đinh' means to nail down
- xuống
- Down, downward; to descend, go down
- sàn
- Floor, ground surface inside a building
- tin
- To believe, trust; news, information
- dõi
- To follow, trace, track; 'theo dõi' means to monitor
- văn
- Literature, writing; culture; part of compounds
- hàng
- Row, line; goods, merchandise; shop
- liền
- Immediately, right away; continuously, consecutively
- Điều
- Thing, matter, point; abstract noun classifier
- tập
- To practice, exercise; volume, episode
- đảm
- To ensure, undertake; brave; part of 'đảm bảo'
- bảo
- To tell, say; to guarantee; part of 'đảm bảo'
- với
- With, together with; to, toward someone
- bắt
- To catch, begin; 'bắt đầu' means to start
- đầu
- Head; beginning; 'bắt đầu' means to begin
- hãy
- Please, let's; imperative marker for suggestions
- từ
- From, since; word, term in language
- phía
- Side, direction, towards a direction
- góc
- Corner, angle of a room or shape
- đằng
- Direction, side, over there; part of compounds
- kia
- Over there, that one; far demonstrative pronoun
- nơi
- Place, location, spot, where something exists
- chưa
- Not yet; have not done something so far
- chạm
- To touch, reach, contact a surface or point
- đến
- To arrive, reach, come to; until, up to
- quyết
- To decide, determine; resolute; part of 'quyết định'
- định
- To plan, intend, decide; fixed; 'quyết định' decision
- lần
- Time, instance, occurrence; turn in a sequence
- thứ
- Ordinal number marker; rank, order, type
- nghìn
- Thousand; one thousand in number
- rằng
- That; complementizer introducing reported speech
- sẽ
- Future tense marker indicating upcoming action
- vô
- Without, lacking; to enter; part of 'vô nghĩa'
- nghĩa
- Meaning, sense; righteous; 'vô nghĩa' means meaningless
- kết
- To conclude, end, tie; part of 'kết luận'
- luận
- Conclusion, argument; part of 'kết luận' meaning conclusion
- nào
- Which, any, what; interrogative or indefinite pronoun
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