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JOHN REED: I have been looking for you these last ten minutes.
JANE: What do you want?
JOHN REED: Say forgive me, Master Reed.
JANE: I have done nothing wrong, Master Reed.
JOHN REED: Who gave you permission to read my book?
JANE: I wasn't aware it was yours.
JOHN REED: Everything in this house is mine. You're lucky to live here with gentleman's children like us. Your father had nothing. You should go and beg.

 

to look for something/somebody	buscar algo/a alguien
to forgive somebody	perdonar a alguien
nothing wrong	nada malo. Notar que al usar nothing el verbo está en afirmativo. Si se usara anything, el verbo iría en negativo: I haven't done anything wrong.
to give somebody permission to do something	dar permiso a alguien para hacer algo
to be aware	ser consciente de algo, darse cuenta de algo
to be lucky	tener suerte
gentleman	caballero
to beg	mendigar, pedir

 

MARY: We've lived here all our lives but the house must be shut up now.
JANE: Why?
MARY: We can't afford to keep it on. Diana and I will return to our charges in a few days and St. John will go to his parsonage.
DIANA: It'll be a hard parting for us. We may not see him again for years.
JANE: Why ever not?
MARY: He means to be a missionary. He's going to India to do God's work.
JANE: Can he not do God's work here?
MARY: This quiet parish will never do for him; he almost raves in his restlessness. It breaks our hearts.

to shut up	cerrar
to afford something	poder pagar algo
to keep something on	mantener algo
charge	cargo, responsabilidad
in a few days	en pocos días
parsonage	casa del párroco
hard	duro, difícil
parting	despedida, separación
parish	parroquia
to rave	delirar
restlessness	inquietud. Restless significa inquieto.
to break somebody's heart	partirle el alma a alguien

 

JANE: I heard a laugh outside my door loud enough to wake me. I opened it. Someone was running towards the third floor. And a candle was left burning in the middle of the floor. Shall I fetch Mrs. Fairfax, sir?
ROCHESTER: What the deuce can she do?
JANE: Then I'll wake John and Martha.
ROCHESTER: Not at all. Stay here. You're shivering. I have to go to the third floor. Don't make a sound. Sit there. I shan't be long.

to hear	oír. Las formas del pasado son heard, heard. El verbo escuchar (oír prestando atención) se dice to listen.
laugh	risa
loud enough to	lo suficientemente alto como para
to wake somebody	despertar a alguien
towards	hacia
to fetch somebody	ir a buscar a alguien
not at all	para nada
to shiver	temblar (de miedo)
shan't	Contracción de shall not

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