Wuthering Heights — Page 3
Heathcliff, the door must bear the consequence of your servants' leisure attendance: I had hard work to make them hear me."
Heathcliff, la porta deve subire le conseguenze della pigra sorveglianza dei vostri servitori: ho fatto una gran fatica a farmi sentire."
She never opened her mouth.
Non aprì mai la bocca.
I stared—she stared also: at any rate, she kept her eyes on me in a cool, regardless manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable.
La fissai — anche lei mi fissò: in ogni caso, tenne gli occhi su di me in modo freddo e indifferente, straordinariamente imbarazzante e sgradevole.
"Sit down," said the young man, gruffly.
«Sedete,» disse il giovane, bruscamente.
"He'll be in soon."
«Arriverà presto.»
I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance.
Obbedii; e tossicchiai, e chiamai la farabutta di Juno, che si degnò, in questo secondo incontro, di muovere l'estrema punta della sua coda, in segno di riconoscere la mia conoscenza.
"A beautiful animal!" I commenced again.
«Un bell'animale!» ricominciai.
"Do you intend parting with the little ones, madam?"
«Intendete separarvi dai piccoli, signora?»
"They are not mine," said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied.
«Non sono miei,» disse l'amabile padrona di casa, in modo più repellente di quanto avrebbe potuto rispondere lo stesso Heathcliff.
"Ah, your favourites are among these?" I continued, turning to an obscure cushion full of something like cats.
«Ah, i vostri prediletti sono tra questi?» continuai, volgendomi verso un cuscino buio pieno di qualcosa che sembravano gatti.
"A strange choice of favourites!" she observed scornfully.
«Una strana scelta di prediletti!» osservò con disprezzo.
Unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits.
Sfortunatamente, era un mucchio di conigli morti.
I hemmed once more, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening.
Tossicchiai ancora una volta, e mi avvicinai al focolare, ripetendo il mio commento sulla violenza della serata.
"You should not have come out," she said, rising and reaching from the chimney-piece two of the painted canisters.
«Non avreste dovuto uscire,» disse, alzandosi e prendendo dal caminetto due dei barattoli dipinti.
Her position before was sheltered from the light; now, I had a distinct view of her whole figure and countenance.
La sua posizione precedente era riparata dalla luce; ora, avevo una visione nitida di tutta la sua figura e del suo volto.
Vocabulary
- la
- The (feminine singular article)
- porta
- Door or gate entrance
- deve
- Must or has to (third person singular)
- subire
- To suffer or undergo something
- le
- The (feminine plural article)
- conseguenze
- Consequences or results of actions
- della
- Of the (feminine singular contraction)
- pigra
- Lazy or sluggish (feminine adjective)
- sorveglianza
- Surveillance or oversight of something
- dei
- Of the (masculine plural contraction)
- vostri
- Your (plural possessive adjective)
- servitori
- Servants or attendants who serve
- ho
- I have (first person singular present)
- fatto
- Done or made (past participle)
- una
- A or one (feminine singular article)
- gran
- Great or big (shortened form)
- fatica
- Effort or hard work required
- farmi
- To make myself (reflexive infinitive)
- sentire
- To hear or feel something
- Non
- Not (negation adverb)
- aprì
- Opened (third person singular past)
- mai
- Never or ever (temporal adverb)
- bocca
- Mouth or opening for speaking
- La
- The (feminine singular article)
- fissai
- I stared or fixed gaze
- anche
- Also or even (conjunction)
- lei
- She or her (feminine pronoun)
- mi
- Me (first person singular pronoun)
- fissò
- Stared or fixed gaze (past tense)
- in
- In or inside (preposition)
- ogni
- Every or each (indefinite adjective)
- caso
- Case or situation occurring
- tenne
- Held or kept (third person singular)
- gli
- The (masculine plural article)
- occhi
- Eyes for seeing and perception
- su
- On or upon (preposition)
- di
- Of or from (preposition)
- me
- Me (first person singular pronoun)
- modo
- Manner or way of doing
- freddo
- Cold or cool (adjective)
- indifferente
- Indifferent or unconcerned attitude
- straordinariamente
- Extraordinarily or remarkably (adverb)
- imbarazzante
- Embarrassing or awkward situation
- sgradevole
- Unpleasant or disagreeable quality
- Sedete
- Sit down (plural imperative form)
- disse
- Said or spoke (third person singular)
- il
- The (masculine singular article)
- giovane
- Young or young person
- bruscamente
- Abruptly or suddenly (adverb)
- Arriverà
- Will arrive (third person singular future)
- presto
- Soon or early (adverb)
- Obbedii
- I obeyed (first person singular past)
- tossicchiai
- I coughed slightly (past tense)
- chiamai
- I called or summoned (past tense)
- farabutta
- Rogue or scoundrel person
- che
- That or which (relative pronoun)
- si
- Herself or himself (reflexive pronoun)
- questo
- This (demonstrative adjective)
- secondo
- Second or following (ordinal number)
- incontro
- Meeting or encounter with someone
- muovere
- To move or stir something
- estrema
- Extreme or utmost degree
- punta
- Point or tip of something
- sua
- Her or its (possessive adjective)
- coda
- Tail of animal
- segno
- Sign or mark of recognition
- riconoscere
- To recognize or acknowledge
- mia
- My (feminine possessive adjective)
- conoscenza
- Knowledge or acquaintance
- Un
- A or one (masculine singular)
- bell
- Beautiful or fine (shortened form)
- animale
- Animal or creature
- ricominciai
- I began again (past tense)
- Intendete
- Do you intend (plural present tense)
- separarvi
- To separate yourselves (reflexive infinitive)
- dai
- From the (masculine plural)
- piccoli
- Small or little (plural adjective)
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