Treasure Island — Page 9
But by this time we had all long ceased to pay any particular notice to the song; it was new, that night, to nobody but Dr. Livesey, and on him I observed it did not produce an agreeable effect, for he looked up for a moment quite angrily before he went on with his talk to old Taylor, the gardener, on a new cure for the rheumatics.
Ma a quel punto avevamo tutti smesso da tempo di prestare qualsiasi attenzione particolare alla canzone; era nuova, quella notte, per nessuno tranne che per il dottor Livesey, e su di lui osservai che non produceva un effetto gradevole, poiché alzò lo sguardo per un momento con una certa irritazione prima di riprendere la sua conversazione con il vecchio Taylor, il giardiniere, su un nuovo rimedio per i reumatismi.
In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we all knew to mean silence.
Nel frattempo, il capitano si animò gradualmente con la propria musica, e alla fine batté la mano sul tavolo davanti a sé in un modo che tutti sapevamo significare silenzio.
The voices stopped at once, all but Dr. Livesey's; he went on as before speaking clear and kind and drawing briskly at his pipe between every word or two.
Le voci si interruppero all'istante, tutte tranne quella del dottor Livesey; egli continuò come prima, parlando in modo chiaro e gentile e tirando vivacemente la sua pipa tra ogni parola o due.
The captain glared at him for a while, flapped his hand again, glared still harder, and at last broke out with a villainous, low oath, "Silence, there, between decks!"
Il capitano lo fissò in cagnesco per un po', batté di nuovo la mano, lo fissò ancora più duramente, e alla fine proruppe con un'orribile e bassa bestemmia: «Silenzio, laggiù, tra i ponti!»
"Were you addressing me, sir?" says the doctor; and when the ruffian had told him, with another oath, that this was so, "I have only one thing to say to you, sir," replies the doctor, "that if you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!"
«Stava parlando con me, signore?» disse il dottore; e quando il farabutto gli ebbe detto, con un'altra bestemmia, che era così, «Ho solo una cosa da dirle, signore,» rispose il dottore, «e cioè che se continua a bere rum, il mondo sarà presto liberato di un farabutto molto sporco!»
The old fellow's fury was awful.
La furia del vecchio era terribile.
He sprang to his feet, drew and opened a sailor's clasp-knife, and balancing it open on the palm of his hand, threatened to pin the doctor to the wall.
Balzò in piedi, estrasse e aprì un coltello a serramanico da marinaio, e tenendolo aperto in bilancio sul palmo della mano, minacciò di inchiodare il dottore al muro.
Vocabulary
- Ma
- Conjunction meaning 'but', introduces contrast
- a
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'to', or 'in'
- quel
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (masculine singular)
- punto
- Noun meaning 'point' or 'moment in time'
- avevamo
- First person plural imperfect of 'avere', meaning 'we had'
- tutti
- Pronoun/adjective meaning 'all' or 'everyone'
- smesso
- Past participle of 'smettere', meaning 'stopped'
- da
- Preposition meaning 'from', 'since', or 'for'
- tempo
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'
- di
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- prestare
- Verb meaning 'to pay' (attention) or 'to lend'
- qualsiasi
- Adjective meaning 'any' or 'whatever kind of'
- attenzione
- Noun meaning 'attention' or 'care'
- particolare
- Adjective meaning 'particular' or 'special'
- alla
- Contraction of 'a' + 'la', meaning 'to the'
- canzone
- Noun meaning 'song'
- era
- Third person singular imperfect of 'essere', meaning 'it was'
- nuova
- Adjective meaning 'new' (feminine singular)
- quella
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (feminine singular)
- notte
- Noun meaning 'night'
- per
- Preposition meaning 'for', 'through', or 'by'
- nessuno
- Pronoun meaning 'nobody' or 'no one'
- tranne
- Preposition meaning 'except' or 'apart from'
- che
- Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that', 'who', or 'which'
- il
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine singular)
- dottor
- Noun meaning 'doctor', used as title before a name
- e
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- su
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'upon', or 'about'
- lui
- Personal pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'
- osservai
- First person singular past tense of 'osservare', meaning 'I observed'
- non
- Negation adverb meaning 'not'
- produceva
- Third person singular imperfect of 'produrre', meaning 'it produced'
- un
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an' (masculine)
- effetto
- Noun meaning 'effect' or 'impression'
- gradevole
- Adjective meaning 'pleasant' or 'agreeable'
- poiché
- Conjunction meaning 'since' or 'because'
- alzò
- Third person singular past tense of 'alzare', meaning 'he raised'
- lo
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'him'
- sguardo
- Noun meaning 'gaze' or 'glance'
- momento
- Noun meaning 'moment' or 'instant'
- con
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- una
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an' (feminine)
- certa
- Adjective meaning 'certain' or 'a certain' (feminine)
- irritazione
- Noun meaning 'irritation' or 'annoyance'
- prima
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'before' or 'first'
- riprendere
- Verb meaning 'to resume' or 'to take up again'
- la
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine singular)
- sua
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its' (feminine)
- conversazione
- Noun meaning 'conversation'
- vecchio
- Adjective meaning 'old' or noun meaning 'old man'
- giardiniere
- Noun meaning 'gardener'
- nuovo
- Adjective meaning 'new' (masculine singular)
- rimedio
- Noun meaning 'remedy' or 'cure'
- i
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine plural)
- reumatismi
- Noun meaning 'rheumatism', a joint pain condition
- Nel
- Contraction of 'in' + 'il', meaning 'in the'
- frattempo
- Noun used in 'nel frattempo', meaning 'in the meantime'
- capitano
- Noun meaning 'captain'
- si
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself', 'herself', or 'oneself'
- animò
- Third person singular past tense of 'animarsi', meaning 'he grew animated'
- gradualmente
- Adverb meaning 'gradually' or 'little by little'
- propria
- Adjective meaning 'own' or 'one's own' (feminine)
- musica
- Noun meaning 'music'
- fine
- Noun meaning 'end' or adjective meaning 'fine'
- batté
- Third person singular past tense of 'battere', meaning 'he struck'
- mano
- Noun meaning 'hand'
- sul
- Contraction of 'su' + 'il', meaning 'on the'
- tavolo
- Noun meaning 'table'
- davanti
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'in front of'
- sé
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself', 'herself', or 'itself'
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- modo
- Noun meaning 'way' or 'manner'
- sapevamo
- First person plural imperfect of 'sapere', meaning 'we knew'
- significare
- Verb meaning 'to mean' or 'to signify'
- silenzio
- Noun meaning 'silence'
- Le
- Article or pronoun meaning 'the' (feminine plural) or 'to her'
- voci
- Noun plural meaning 'voices'
- interruppero
- Third person plural past tense of 'interrompere', meaning 'they stopped'
- all'
- Contraction of 'a' + 'l'', meaning 'at the' before vowel
- istante
- Noun meaning 'instant' or 'moment'
- tutte
- Pronoun meaning 'all of them' (feminine plural)
- del
- Contraction of 'di' + 'il', meaning 'of the'
- egli
- Personal pronoun meaning 'he', formal or literary usage
- continuò
- Third person singular past tense of 'continuare', meaning 'he continued'
- come
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as', 'like', or 'how'
- parlando
- Gerund of 'parlare', meaning 'speaking' or 'talking'
- chiaro
- Adjective meaning 'clear', 'bright', or 'light'
- gentile
- Adjective meaning 'kind' or 'gentle'
- tirando
- Gerund of 'tirare', meaning 'pulling' or 'drawing'
- vivacemente
- Adverb meaning 'vigorously' or 'briskly'
- pipa
- Noun meaning 'pipe' (for smoking)
- tra
- Preposition meaning 'between', 'among', or 'within'
- ogni
- Adjective meaning 'every' or 'each'
- parola
- Noun meaning 'word'
- o
- Conjunction meaning 'or'
- due
- Number meaning 'two'
- Il
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine singular)
- fissò
- Third person singular past tense of 'fissare', meaning 'he stared at'
- cagnesco
- Adjective in 'in cagnesco', meaning with a fierce or hostile look
- po'
- Shortened form of 'poco', meaning 'a little' or 'a bit'
- ancora
- Adverb meaning 'still', 'yet', or 'again'
- più
- Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'
- duramente
- Adverb meaning 'harshly' or 'hard'
- proruppe
- Third person singular past tense of 'prorompere', meaning 'he burst out'
- un'
- Indefinite article 'una' before a vowel, meaning 'a' or 'an'
- orribile
- Adjective meaning 'horrible' or 'dreadful'
- bassa
- Adjective meaning 'low' or 'quiet' (feminine)
- bestemmia
- Noun meaning 'curse' or 'blasphemy'
- Silenzio
- Noun meaning 'silence', used as a command meaning 'quiet!'
- laggiù
- Adverb meaning 'down there' or 'over there'
- ponti
- Noun plural meaning 'decks' (on a ship) or 'bridges'
- Stava
- Third person singular imperfect of 'stare', meaning 'he was'
- me
- Personal pronoun meaning 'me' (after preposition)
- signore
- Noun meaning 'sir' or 'gentleman', polite form of address
- disse
- Third person singular past tense of 'dire', meaning 'he/she said'
- dottore
- Noun meaning 'doctor', used as a title or form of address
- quando
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- farabutto
- Noun meaning 'scoundrel' or 'rogue'
- gli
- Pronoun meaning 'to him' or article 'the' (masculine plural)
- ebbe
- Third person singular past tense of 'avere', meaning 'he had'
- detto
- Past participle of 'dire', meaning 'said'
- altra
- Adjective meaning 'other' or 'another' (feminine)
- così
- Adverb meaning 'so', 'thus', or 'like this'
- Ho
- First person singular present of 'avere', meaning 'I have'
- solo
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'only', 'alone', or 'just'
- cosa
- Noun meaning 'thing' or pronoun meaning 'what'
- dirle
- Infinitive 'dire' with formal pronoun 'le', meaning 'to tell you'
- rispose
- Third person singular past tense of 'rispondere', meaning 'he/she replied'
- cioè
- Conjunction meaning 'that is' or 'namely'
- se
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or reflexive pronoun 'himself'
- continua
- Third person singular present of 'continuare', meaning 'he continues'
- bere
- Verb meaning 'to drink'
- rum
- Noun meaning 'rum', an alcoholic spirit
- mondo
- Noun meaning 'world'
- sarà
- Third person singular future of 'essere', meaning 'it will be'
- presto
- Adverb meaning 'soon' or 'quickly'
- liberato
- Past participle of 'liberare', meaning 'freed' or 'rid'
- molto
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'very', 'much', or 'a lot'
- sporco
- Adjective meaning 'dirty' or 'filthy'
- La
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine singular)
- furia
- Noun meaning 'fury' or 'rage'
- terribile
- Adjective meaning 'terrible' or 'dreadful'
- Balzò
- Third person singular past tense of 'balzare', meaning 'he leaped up'
- piedi
- Noun plural meaning 'feet'
- estrasse
- Third person singular past tense of 'estrarre', meaning 'he pulled out'
- aprì
- Third person singular past tense of 'aprire', meaning 'he opened'
- coltello
- Noun meaning 'knife'
- serramanico
- Noun meaning 'jack-knife' or 'folding knife'
- marinaio
- Noun meaning 'sailor' or 'seaman'
- tenendolo
- Gerund of 'tenere' with pronoun, meaning 'holding it'
- aperto
- Past participle of 'aprire', meaning 'open'
- bilancio
- Noun meaning 'balance'; here likely meaning balanced in the palm
- palmo
- Noun meaning 'palm' (of the hand)
- della
- Contraction of 'di' + 'la', meaning 'of the' (feminine)
- minacciò
- Third person singular past tense of 'minacciare', meaning 'he threatened'
- inchiodare
- Verb meaning 'to nail' or 'to pin'
- al
- Contraction of 'a' + 'il', meaning 'to the' or 'on the'
- muro
- Noun meaning 'wall'
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