Frequent words in The Time Machine
A dinner, a fire, and a man explaining that time is a fourth dimension.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| time | tiempo | The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. |
| little | pequeño | “Still they could move a little up and down,” said the Medical Man. |
| one | uno | I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. |
| came | vino | I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green… |
| said | dijo | “Is not that rather a large thing to expect us to begin upon?” said Filby, an argumentative person with red hair. |
| machine | máquina | Long ago I had a vague inkling of a machine—” |
| saw | vio | We all saw the lever turn. |
| now | ahora | “Now, it is very remarkable that this is so extensively overlooked,” continued the Time Traveller, with a slight accession of cheerfulness. |
| like | como, gustar | “Would you like to see the Time Machine itself?” asked the Time Traveller. |
| seemed | parecía | “Yes, so it seemed to me, and so I never talked of it until—” |
| man | hombre | “That,” said a very young man, making spasmodic efforts to relight his cigar over the lamp; “that . |
| thing | cosa | “Is not that rather a large thing to expect us to begin upon?” said Filby, an argumentative person with red hair. |
| white | blanco | “You can show black is white by argument,” said Filby, “but you will never convince me.” |
| felt | sintió | The fact is, the Time Traveller was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round him; you always suspected some subtle reserve, some ingenuity in ambush, behind his lucid… |
| thought | pensamiento | Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision. |
| traveller | viajero | The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. |
| still | todavía | “Still they could move a little up and down,” said the Medical Man. |
| even | incluso | But some philosophical people have been asking why three dimensions particularly—why not another direction at right angles to the other three?—and have even tried to construct a Four-Dimensional geometry. |
| first | primero | “But,” said I, “If it travelled into the past it would have been visible when we came first into this room; and last Thursday when we were here; and the Thursday before that; and so forth!” |
| hand | mano | “Some sleight-of-hand trick or other,” said the Medical Man, and Filby tried to tell us about a conjuror he had seen at Burslem, but before he had finished his preface the Time Traveller came back, and Filby’s anecdote… |
| must | debe | “You must follow me carefully. |
| went | fue | Then, getting up, he went to the tobacco jar on the mantel, and with his back to us began to fill his pipe. |
| morlocks | morlocks | I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green… |
| last | último | “Can a cube that does not last for any time at all, have a real existence?” |
| towards | hacia | Then the Time Traveller put forth his finger towards the lever. |
| people | gente | “So most people think. |
| weena | Weena | Then I tried talk, and found that her name was Weena, which, though I don’t know what it meant, somehow seemed appropriate enough. |
| found | encontró | The next Thursday I went again to Richmond—I suppose I was one of the Time Traveller’s most constant guests—and, arriving late, found four or five men already assembled in his drawing-room. |
| light | luz | The only other object on the table was a small shaded lamp, the bright light of which fell full upon the model. |
| great | gran | “But the great difficulty is this,” interrupted the Psychologist. |
| back | atrás | For instance, if I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence: I become absent-minded, as you say. |
| began | empezó | Just as we should travel down if we began our existence fifty miles above the earth’s surface.” |
| face | cara | His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. |
| way | manera | And he put it to us in this way—marking the points with a lean forefinger—as we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity. |
| away | lejos | “And you cannot move at all in Time, you cannot get away from the present moment.” |
| night | noche | Yesterday it was so high, yesterday night it fell, then this morning it rose again, and so gently upward to here. |
| well | bien | “Well, I do not mind telling you I have been at work upon this geometry of Four Dimensions for some time. |
| world | mundo | That is just where the whole world has gone wrong. |
| made | hecho | The thing the Time Traveller held in his hand was a glittering metallic framework, scarcely larger than a small clock, and very delicately made. |
| round | alrededor | The Time Traveller smiled round at us. |
| think | pensar | “So most people think. |
| eyes | ojos | His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. |
| might | podría | “One might travel back and verify the accepted account of the Battle of Hastings, for instance!” |
| mind | mente | “Well, I do not mind telling you I have been at work upon this geometry of Four Dimensions for some time. |
| perhaps | quizá | There were also perhaps a dozen candles about, two in brass candlesticks upon the mantel and several in sconces, so that the room was brilliantly illuminated. |
| long | largo | Long ago I had a vague inkling of a machine—” |
| looked | miró | The Psychologist looked at us. |
| put | poner | And he put it to us in this way—marking the points with a lean forefinger—as we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity. |
| things | cosas | These things are mere abstractions.” |
| may | puede que | “Of course a solid body may exist. |