Wuthering Heights — Page 4

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She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there.

Cô ấy mảnh mai, và dường như vừa mới qua tuổi thiếu nữ: một vóc dáng đáng ngưỡng mộ, và khuôn mặt nhỏ nhắn tuyệt đẹp nhất mà tôi từng có dịp chiêm ngưỡng; những nét thanh tú, rất trắng trẻo; những lọn tóc vàng hoe, hay đúng hơn là vàng óng, buông lơi trên cổ mềm mại của cô; và đôi mắt, nếu như chúng có vẻ dịu dàng trong ánh nhìn, hẳn đã không thể cưỡng lại được: may mắn thay cho trái tim dễ xúc động của tôi, tình cảm duy nhất mà chúng bộc lộ lơ lửng giữa sự khinh thường và một thứ tuyệt vọng, kỳ lạ thay lại không phù hợp chút nào khi hiện diện ở đó.

The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.

Những chiếc hộp gần như nằm ngoài tầm với của cô; tôi có động tác để giúp cô; cô quay sang nhìn tôi như cách một kẻ keo kiệt có thể quay lại nếu ai đó cố giúp hắn đếm vàng.

"I don't want your help," she snapped; "I can get them for myself."

"Tôi không cần sự giúp đỡ của anh," cô gắt lên; "Tôi tự lấy được."

"I beg your pardon!" I hastened to reply.

"Xin lỗi cô!" Tôi vội đáp lại.

"Were you asked to tea?" she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot.

"Anh có được mời uống trà không?" cô hỏi thẳng, trong khi thắt tạp dề lên chiếc váy đen gọn gàng, và đứng với một thìa trà lơ lửng trên ấm.

"I shall be glad to have a cup," I answered.

"Tôi sẽ rất vui được uống một tách," tôi trả lời.

"Were you asked?" she repeated.

"Anh có được mời không?" cô hỏi lại.

"No," I said, half smiling. "You are the proper person to ask me."

"Không," tôi nói, nửa miệng cười. "Cô mới là người thích hợp để mời tôi."

She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child's ready to cry.

Cô ném trà lại, cả thìa lẫn tất cả, rồi trở về ghế trong cơn giận dỗi; trán cô nhăn lại, và môi dưới đỏ hoe chúm ra, như một đứa trẻ sắp khóc.

Vocabulary

Cô: Co — She/her; polite term for young woman
ấy: ay — That; used as a demonstrative pronoun
mảnh: manh — Slender, thin, delicate in build
mai: mai — Tomorrow; also a type of apricot blossom
và: va — And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
dường: duong — Seemingly, apparently; used with như
như: nhu — Like, as, such as; comparison word
vừa: vua — Just, recently; also means fitting/suitable
mới: moi — New, recently; just happened
qua: qua — To pass; past; through
tuổi: tuoi — Age; years old
thiếu: thieu — To lack; young, adolescent
nữ: nu — Female, woman, girl
một: mot — One; a, an (indefinite article equivalent)
vóc: voc — Stature, build, physique of a person
dáng: dang — Figure, shape, appearance, posture
đáng: dang — Worthy of, deserving; worth
ngưỡng: nguong — Threshold; used in ngưỡng mộ (admire)
mộ: mo — To admire; also means grave/tomb
khuôn: khuon — Frame, mold; used with mặt (face)
mặt: mat — Face; surface
nhỏ: nho — Small, little, tiny
nhắn: nhan — Delicate, dainty; used with nhỏ
tuyệt: tuyet — Excellent, wonderful, absolute
đẹp: dep — Beautiful, pretty, handsome
nhất: nhat — Most; superlative marker
mà: ma — But, yet; emphasizing conjunction
tôi: toi — I, me; first-person pronoun
từng: tung — Ever, once; each individually
có: co — To have; there is/are
dịp: dip — Occasion, opportunity, chance
chiêm: chiem — To gaze at, observe carefully
những: nhung — Plural marker for nouns
nét: net — Feature, trait, line; facial feature
thanh: thanh — Elegant, refined, slender
tú: tu — Graceful, beautiful, refined
rất: rat — Very, extremely; intensifier adverb
trắng: trang — White; fair-skinned
trẻo: treo — Clear, pure, fresh; used with trắng
lọn: lon — Lock or strand of hair
tóc: toc — Hair (on the head)
vàng: vang — Gold; golden color; yellow
hoe: hoe — Lightly colored, slightly golden/reddish
hay: hay — Or; interesting; good, often
đúng: dung — Correct, right, accurate
hơn: hon — More than; comparative marker
là: la — To be; is, am, are
óng: ong — Shiny, lustrous, gleaming (of hair)
buông: buong — To let fall, release, let loose
lơi: loi — Loosely, lightly; carelessly draped
trên: tren — On, above, upon
cổ: co — Neck; ancient, old
mềm: mem — Soft, gentle, supple
mại: mai — Gracefully soft; used with mềm
của: cua — Of, belonging to; possessive marker
cô: co — She, her; young woman, aunt
đôi: doi — Pair, couple; a set of two
mắt: mat — Eyes
nếu: neu — If; conditional conjunction
chúng: chung — They, them; plural pronoun
vẻ: ve — Appearance, look, expression
dịu: diu — Gentle, mild, soft
dàng: dang — Graceful; used with dịu (gentle)
trong: trong — In, inside; clear, transparent
ánh: anh — Ray, gleam, glint of light
nhìn: nhin — To look, gaze; glance
hẳn: han — Certainly, surely, definitely
đã: da — Already; past tense marker
không: khong — No, not; negation word
thể: the — Can, able to; body, form
cưỡng: cuong — To resist, force against; defy
lại: lai — Again; back; against
được: duoc — To be able to; obtained; allowed
may: may — Lucky, fortunate; to sew
mắn: man — Fortunate; used with may (lucky)
thay: thay — Instead; exclamatory particle expressing feeling
cho: cho — For, to give; allowing
trái: trai — Heart; fruit; opposite side
tim: tim — Heart (organ); purple color
dễ: de — Easy; easily prone to
xúc: xuc — To be moved, touched emotionally
động: dong — To move, stir; cave
tình: tinh — Feeling, love, emotion, sentiment
cảm: cam — Feeling, emotion; to feel
duy: duy — Only, sole; to maintain
bộc: boc — To express, reveal, burst out
lộ: lo — To reveal, expose, show
lơ: lo — Vaguely, indifferently; to ignore
lửng: lung — Suspended, halfway, in between
giữa: giua — Between, among, in the middle
sự: su — Nominalizer for abstract nouns/actions
khinh: khinh — To despise, look down on
thường: thuong — Normal, ordinary; usually; to despise
thứ: thu — Thing, item; ordinal number marker
vọng: vong — To hope, long for; admire from afar
kỳ: ky — Strange, odd; period, term
lạ: la — Strange, unusual, unfamiliar
phù: phu — To suit, match; floating
hợp: hop — To fit, suit, be appropriate
chút: chut — A little bit, a small amount
nào: nao — Which, any; interrogative/indefinite word
khi: khi — When, at the time of
hiện: hien — To appear, present; current
diện: dien — To be present; face, appearance
ở: o — To be at, live at; in, at
đó: do — There, that place; that
Những: Nhung — Plural marker for nouns (capitalized)
chiếc: chiec — Classifier for individual objects/items
hộp: hop — Box, container, case
gần: gan — Near, close, nearby
nằm: nam — To lie down; to be located
ngoài: ngoai — Outside, beyond, exterior
tầm: tam — Reach, range, scope
với: voi — With; to reach for
tác: tac — Work, action; used in compounds
để: de — To put, place; in order to
giúp: giup — To help, assist, aid
quay: quay — To turn, rotate, look back
sang: sang — To the other side; noble, bright
cách: cach — Way, method, manner; distance apart
kẻ: ke — Person (often negative); fellow
keo: keo — Stingy, miserly; glue
kiệt: kiet — Exhausted; miserly (with keo)
ai: ai — Who, someone, anyone
cố: co — To try hard, endeavor, persist
hắn: han — He/him (slightly derogatory third person)
đếm: dem — To count, enumerate
Tôi: Toi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun
cần: can — To need, require, must
đỡ: do — To help, support; to relieve/reduce
anh: anh — Older brother; you (to older male)
gắt: gat — Sharply, harshly; to snap at
lên: len — Up, upward; to go up
tự: tu — Self, by oneself; oneself
lấy: lay — To take, get; by oneself
Xin: Xin — Please; to request politely
lỗi: loi — Fault, error; xin lỗi means sorry
vội: voi — Hastily, hurriedly, in a rush
đáp: dap — To reply, respond, answer
Anh: Anh — You (to older male); older brother
mời: moi — To invite, offer politely
uống: uong — To drink
trà: tra — Tea (the beverage)
hỏi: hoi — To ask, inquire, question
thẳng: thang — Straight, direct; frankly
thắt: that — To tie, fasten; constrict
tạp: tap — Mixed, miscellaneous; apron (tạp dề)
dề: de — Apron; used in tạp dề
váy: vay — Skirt, dress
đen: den — Black, dark color
gọn: gon — Neat, tidy, compact
gàng: gang — Orderly, neat; used with gọn
đứng: dung — To stand, be standing
thìa: thia — Spoon, teaspoon
ấm: am — Warm; teapot for brewing tea
sẽ: se — Will, shall; future tense marker
vui: vui — Happy, joyful, cheerful
tách: tach — Teacup; to separate
trả: tra — To return, pay back, answer
lời: loi — Word, speech; trả lời means answer
Không: Khong — No, not; negation
nói: noi — To speak, say, tell
nửa: nua — Half; halfway
miệng: mieng — Mouth; opening
cười: cuoi — To smile, laugh, grin
người: nguoi — Person, people; human being
thích: thich — To like, enjoy, be fond of
ném: nem — To throw, toss, fling
cả: ca — All, both, even; entire
lẫn: lan — Along with, including, together with
tất: tat — All, everything; socks/stockings
rồi: roi — Already, then, afterward
trở: tro — To return, become, turn back
về: ve — To return, go back; about
ghế: ghe — Chair, seat
cơn: con — Fit, bout, spell (of emotion/weather)
giận: gian — Angry, mad, furious
dỗi: doi — To sulk, pout, be upset
trán: tran — Forehead, brow
nhăn: nhan — Wrinkled, furrowed (forehead/face)
môi: moi — Lips
dưới: duoi — Below, under, beneath
đỏ: do — Red, reddish color
chúm: chum — To pucker, purse (lips)
ra: ra — Out, outward; to go out
đứa: dua — Classifier for children; kid, child
trẻ: tre — Young, child; youthful
sắp: sap — About to, going to (near future)
khóc: khoc — To cry, weep, sob

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