Frequent words in Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins starts the story at the Admiral Benbow inn.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| said | dijo | “Well, then,” said he, “this is the berth for me. |
| one | uno | I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his… |
| now | ahora | When a seaman did put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for Bristol) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour; and he was always sure… |
| man | hombre | I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his… |
| captain | capitán | You mought call me captain. |
| like | como, gustar | Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for a glass of rum. |
| silver | plata | He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my “weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg” and let him know the moment he appeared. |
| doctor | médico | NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR: HOW THE SHIP WAS ABANDONED . |
| well | bien | “Well, then,” said he, “this is the berth for me. |
| time | tiempo | Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only… |
| good | bueno | My father was always saying the inn would be ruined, for people would soon cease coming there to be tyrannized over and put down, and sent shivering to their beds; but I really believe his presence did us good. |
| hand | mano | I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his… |
| old | viejo | Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only… |
| still | todavía | Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only… |
| two | dos | PART TWO The Sea Cook |
| long | largo | In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us, for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted, and still my father never plucked up the heart to… |
| sea | mar | I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his… |
| last | último | At first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this question, but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them. |
| back | atrás | Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only… |
| hands | manos | I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his… |
| i’ll | futuro de I | I’ll stay here a bit,” he continued. |
| little | pequeño | My father told him no, very little company, the more was the pity. |
| cried | gritó | Here you, matey,” he cried to the man who trundled the barrow; “bring up alongside and help up my chest. |
| men | hombres | “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!” |
| first | primero | Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only… |
| come | venir | Livesey came late one afternoon to see the patient, took a bit of dinner from my mother, and went into the parlour to smoke a pipe until his horse should come down from the hamlet, for we had no stabling at the old… |
| jim | Jim | NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS: THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE . |
| squire | escudero | Squire Trelawney, Dr. |
| way | manera | For me, at least, there was no secret about the matter, for I was, in a way, a sharer in his alarms. |
| began | empezó | At first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this question, but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them. |
| know | saber | He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my “weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg” and let him know the moment he appeared. |
| ship | barco | NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR: HOW THE SHIP WAS ABANDONED . |
| came | vino | I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his… |
| lay | yacía | Lay me back.” |
| say | decir | If ever he mentioned it, the captain blew through his nose so loudly that you might say he roared, and stared my poor father out of the room. |
| made | hecho | At first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this question, but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them. |
| side | lado | When I returned with the rum, they were already seated on either side of the captain’s breakfast-table--Black Dog next to the door and sitting sideways so as to have one eye on his old shipmate and one, as I thought,… |
| much | mucho | Much company, mate?” |
| don’t | no | “It’s the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness, and what I have to say to you is this; one glass of rum won’t kill you, but if you take one you’ll take another and… |
| house | casa | Mostly he would not speak when spoken to, only look up sudden and fierce and blow through his nose like a fog-horn; and we and the people who came about our house soon learned to let him be. |
| island | isla | Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only… |
| take | tomar | Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only… |
| never | nunca | Now the leg would be cut off at the knee, now at the hip; now he was a monstrous kind of a creature who had never had but the one leg, and that in the middle of his body. |
| round | alrededor | I remember him looking round the cove and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards: |
| that’s | eso es | “That’s you, Bill,” returned Black Dog, “you’re in the right of it, Billy. |
| get | conseguir | You and me’ll just go back into the parlour, sonny, and get behind the door, and we’ll give Bill a little surprise--bless his ’art, I say again.” |
| head | cabeza | “I’m a plain man; rum and bacon and eggs is what I want, and that head up there for to watch ships off. |
| great | gran | One of the cocks of his hat having fallen down, he let it hang from that day forth, though it was a great annoyance when it blew. |
| john | John | |
| thought | pensamiento | At first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this question, but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them. |