Wuthering Heights — Page 6
People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.
Le persone che conoscono bene queste brughiere spesso perdono la strada in serate come questa; e posso dirvi che non c'è alcuna possibilità di cambiamento al momento.
"Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning—could you spare me one?"
«Forse potrei trovare una guida tra i vostri ragazzi, e potrebbe fermarsi alla Grange fino al mattino — potreste risparmiarmi uno?»
"No, I could not."
«No, non potrei.»
"Oh, indeed! Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity."
«Oh, davvero! Ebbene, allora, devo affidarmi alla mia propria perspicacia.»
"Umph!"
«Umph!»
"Are you going to mak' the tea?" demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady.
«Hai intenzione di preparare il tè?» chiese lui dal cappotto logoro, spostando il suo sguardo feroce da me alla giovane donna.
"Is _he_ to have any?" she asked, appealing to Heathcliff.
«Deve averne anche _lui_?» chiese lei, rivolgendosi a Heathcliff.
"Get it ready, will you?" was the answer, uttered so savagely that I started.
«Preparalo, vuoi?» fu la risposta, pronunciata con tale ferocia che trasalii.
The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature.
Il tono con cui le parole furono dette rivelava una natura genuinamente malvagia.
I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow.
Non mi sentivo più propenso a definire Heathcliff un uomo eccellente.
When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—"Now, sir, bring forward your chair."
Quando i preparativi furono terminati, mi invitò con — «Ora, signore, avvicini la sua sedia.»
And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
E tutti noi, compreso il giovane rustico, ci raccogliemmo attorno al tavolo: un silenzio austero prevaleva mentre consumavamo il pasto.
I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
Pensai che, se ero stato io a causare quella nube, era mio dovere fare uno sforzo per diradarla.
They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.
Non potevano stare ogni giorno così cupi e taciturni; ed era impossibile, per quanto di cattivo umore potessero essere, che il cipiglio universale che mostravano fosse il loro aspetto quotidiano.
Vocabulary
- persone
- People; human beings in a group
- conoscono
- They know; are familiar with something or someone
- bene
- Well; in a good or thorough manner
- brughiere
- Moors; open wild heathland landscapes
- spesso
- Often; frequently occurring or happening
- perdono
- They lose; fail to keep track of direction
- strada
- Road, street, or path to travel on
- serate
- Evenings; plural of serata, nighttime periods
- posso
- I can; first person singular of potere
- dirvi
- Tell you (plural); to say something to you all
- alcuna
- Any, no; feminine singular indefinite negative adjective
- possibilità
- Possibility; chance or likelihood of something occurring
- cambiamento
- Change; alteration or shift in conditions
- momento
- Moment; a point or period in time
- Forse
- Perhaps, maybe; expressing uncertainty or possibility
- potrei
- I could; conditional of potere, to be able
- trovare
- To find; to locate or discover something
- guida
- Guide; person or thing that shows the way
- tra
- Among, between; preposition indicating position
- vostri
- Your (plural); masculine plural possessive adjective
- ragazzi
- Boys, guys, young people; informal group term
- potrebbe
- He/she/it could; conditional of potere
- fermarsi
- To stop, to stay; reflexive verb of fermare
- fino
- Until, up to; preposition indicating a limit
- mattino
- Morning; the early part of the day
- potreste
- You (plural) could; conditional of potere
- risparmiarmi
- To spare me; save me from trouble or effort
- davvero
- Really, truly; expressing emphasis or sincerity
- Ebbene
- Well then; transition word expressing resignation or resolve
- allora
- Then, so; temporal or logical connective word
- devo
- I must, I have to; first person of dovere
- affidarmi
- To rely on myself; trust or entrust oneself
- propria
- Own; emphasizing personal possession or identity
- perspicacia
- Perspicacity; keen insight and sharp mental acuity
- intenzione
- Intention; a plan or purpose to do something
- preparare
- To prepare; to make or get something ready
- tè
- Tea; the hot brewed beverage
- chiese
- He/she asked; past tense of chiedere
- cappotto
- Coat; an outer garment worn for warmth
- logoro
- Worn out, shabby; deteriorated from use or age
- spostando
- Moving, shifting; gerund of spostare
- sguardo
- Gaze, look; the act of looking at someone
- feroce
- Fierce, ferocious; savage or intensely aggressive
- giovane
- Young; adjective describing youth or a young person
- donna
- Woman; an adult female person
- Deve
- He/she must; third person singular of dovere
- averne
- To have some of it; avere with partitive pronoun
- anche
- Also, too, even; additive adverb
- rivolgendosi
- Turning to, addressing; reflexive gerund of rivolgere
- Preparalo
- Prepare it; imperative form with direct object pronoun
- vuoi
- You want; second person singular of volere
- fu
- Was; third person singular past absolute of essere
- risposta
- Answer, reply; a response to a question or request
- pronunciata
- Pronounced, uttered; past participle of pronunciare
- tale
- Such; adjective indicating degree or similarity
- ferocia
- Ferocity; intense savageness or fierceness
- trasalii
- I startled; first person past absolute of trasalire
- tono
- Tone; quality or manner of voice or expression
- cui
- Which, whom; relative pronoun used after preposition
- parole
- Words; units of spoken or written language
- furono
- Were; third person plural past absolute of essere
- dette
- Said, spoken; past participle of dire, feminine plural
- rivelava
- Revealed; imperfect tense of rivelare
- natura
- Nature; the inherent character or quality of something
- genuinamente
- Genuinely; in a truly authentic or sincere manner
- malvagia
- Wicked, evil; deeply immoral or villainous
- sentivo
- I felt, I heard; imperfect of sentire
- più
- More, anymore; comparative adverb
- propenso
- Inclined, prone; disposed toward something
- definire
- To define, to call; to describe or classify something
- uomo
- Man; an adult male human being
- eccellente
- Excellent; of very high quality or distinction
- Quando
- When; temporal conjunction or interrogative adverb
- preparativi
- Preparations; arrangements made in advance
- terminati
- Finished, completed; past participle of terminare, plural
- invitò
- He/she invited; third person past absolute of invitare
- Ora
- Now; at the present moment
- signore
- Sir, mister; formal title of address for a man
- avvicini
- Bring closer, draw near; subjunctive of avvicinarsi
- sedia
- Chair; a piece of furniture for sitting
- tutti
- All, everyone; inclusive plural pronoun or adjective
- compreso
- Including, included; past participle of comprendere
- rustico
- Rustic person; a rough or rural individual
- raccogliemmo
- We gathered; first person plural past absolute of raccogliere
- attorno
- Around; surrounding or encircling something
- tavolo
- Table; a flat surface furniture piece for dining
- silenzio
- Silence; absence of sound or noise
- austero
- Austere, stern; severely simple or forbidding in manner
- prevaleva
- Prevailed, dominated; imperfect of prevalere
- mentre
- While, whereas; temporal or contrastive conjunction
- consumavamo
- We consumed; imperfect of consumare, to eat or use
- pasto
- Meal; a sitting at which food is eaten
- Pensai
- I thought; first person past absolute of pensare
- se
- If, whether; conditional conjunction
- ero
- I was; first person singular imperfect of essere
- stato
- Been; past participle of essere, also 'state'
- causare
- To cause; to bring about or produce an effect
- nube
- Cloud; a mass of water vapor or metaphorical gloom
- dovere
- Duty, obligation; also the verb 'must, to have to'
- fare
- To do, to make; fundamental Italian verb
- sforzo
- Effort, attempt; exertion of energy toward a goal
- diradarla
- To thin it out, dispel it; to clear or dissipate
- potevano
- They could; third person plural imperfect of potere
- stare
- To stay, to be; verb indicating state or position
- ogni
- Every, each; distributive adjective
- giorno
- Day; a 24-hour period
- così
- So, thus, like this; adverb of manner
- cupi
- Gloomy, dark, somber; masculine plural adjective
- taciturni
- Taciturn, silent; habitually saying little, uncommunicative
- impossibile
- Impossible; not able to occur or be done
- quanto
- How much, as much as; comparative or interrogative word
- cattivo
- Bad, wicked; negative quality in person or thing
- umore
- Mood, humor; one's emotional state at a given time
- potessero
- They could; subjunctive imperfect of potere
- essere
- To be; fundamental Italian auxiliary and copular verb
- cipiglio
- Scowl, frown; a stern or angry facial expression
- universale
- Universal; applying to or shared by everyone present
- mostravano
- They showed; imperfect of mostrare, to show or display
- fosse
- Were (subjunctive); imperfect subjunctive of essere
- aspetto
- Appearance, aspect; the way someone or something looks
- quotidiano
- Daily, everyday; occurring or done each day
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