A Room with a View — Page 2
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Lucy felt that she had been selfish.
Lucy sentiu que havia sido egoísta.
"Charlotte, you mustn't spoil me: of course, you must look over the Arno, too.
"Charlotte, você não deve me mimar: claro, você também deve ter vista para o Arno.
I meant that.
Era isso que eu queria dizer.
The first vacant room in the front—" "You must have it," said Miss Bartlett, part of whose travelling expenses were paid by Lucy's mother—a piece of generosity to which she made many a tactful allusion.
O primeiro quarto vago na frente—" "Você deve ficar com ele," disse Miss Bartlett, parte de cujas despesas de viagem eram pagas pela mãe de Lucy — uma gentileza à qual ela fazia muitas alusões discretas.
"No, no. You must have it."
"Não, não. Você deve ficar com ele."
"I insist on it. Your mother would never forgive me, Lucy."
"Insisto nisso. Sua mãe jamais me perdoaria, Lucy."
"She would never forgive _me_."
"Ela jamais me perdoaria _a mim_."
The ladies' voices grew animated, and—if the sad truth be owned—a little peevish.
As vozes das senhoras foram se animando e — se a triste verdade deve ser dita — tornando-se um pouco irritadiças.
They were tired, and under the guise of unselfishness they wrangled.
Estavam cansadas e, sob a aparência de altruísmo, discutiam.
Some of their neighbours interchanged glances, and one of them—one of the ill-bred people whom one does meet abroad—leant forward over the table and actually intruded into their argument.
Alguns dos seus vizinhos de mesa trocaram olhares, e um deles — um daquelas pessoas mal-educadas que se encontram no estrangeiro — inclinou-se sobre a mesa e intrometeu-se de fato na discussão delas.
He said:
Ele disse:
"I have a view, I have a view."
"Tenho vista, tenho vista."
Miss Bartlett was startled.
Miss Bartlett ficou sobressaltada.
Generally at a pension people looked them over for a day or two before speaking, and often did not find out that they would "do" till they had gone.
Geralmente, numa pensão, as pessoas as observavam por um dia ou dois antes de falar, e muitas vezes só descobriam que elas eram "adequadas" depois que elas já tinham partido.
She knew that the intruder was ill-bred, even before she glanced at him.
Ela sabia que o intruso era mal-educado, mesmo antes de olhar para ele.
He was an old man, of heavy build, with a fair, shaven face and large eyes.
Era um homem velho, de constituição robusta, com um rosto claro e barbeado e olhos grandes.
There was something childish in those eyes, though it was not the childishness of senility.
Havia algo infantil naqueles olhos, embora não fosse a infantilidade da senilidade.
What exactly it was Miss Bartlett did not stop to consider, for her glance passed on to his clothes.
O que exatamente era isso, Miss Bartlett não parou para considerar, pois seu olhar passou para as roupas dele.
These did not attract her.
Estas não a atraíram.
Vocabulary
- sentiu
- sen-CHEW — felt; past tense of sentir, to feel
- que
- keh — that; conjunction or relative pronoun
- havia
- AH-vee-ah — there was/had; past form of haver
- sido
- SEE-doo — been; past participle of ser, to be
- egoísta
- eh-goo-EES-tah — selfish; someone who thinks only of themselves
- você
- voh-SAY — you; second-person singular pronoun in Portuguese
- não
- nowng — no; negation word used to deny or refuse
- deve
- DEH-veh — must, should; expresses obligation or expectation
- mimar
- mee-MAR — to spoil, pamper; to treat someone with excess indulgence
- claro
- KLAH-roo — clear, of course; expressing agreement or obviousness
- também
- tahm-BAYM — also, too; indicating addition or inclusion
- ter
- tehr — to have; main verb of possession or existence
- vista
- VEES-tah — view, sight; what can be seen from a place
- para
- PAH-rah — for, to; preposition indicating direction or purpose
- Era
- EH-rah — was; imperfect past tense of ser, to be
- isso
- EE-soo — that; neutral demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby
- queria
- keh-REE-ah — wanted; imperfect past tense of querer, to want
- dizer
- dee-ZER — to say, to tell; verb of verbal expression
- primeiro
- pree-MAY-roo — first; ordinal number indicating top position in sequence
- quarto
- KWAHR-too — room, bedroom; a private chamber in a building
- vago
- VAH-goo — vacant, empty; not occupied or in use
- frente
- FREHN-cheh — front; the forward-facing side of something
- ficar
- fee-KAR — to stay, remain; to be located or to become
- com
- kong — with; preposition indicating accompaniment or inclusion
- disse
- DEE-seh — said; past tense of dizer, to say
- parte
- PAR-cheh — part, portion; a section or share of something
- despesas
- deh-SPAY-zahs — expenses; costs or money spent on something
- viagem
- vee-AH-zhayng — trip, journey; travel from one place to another
- eram
- EH-rahng — were; imperfect past plural of ser, to be
- pagas
- PAH-gahs — paid; past participle of pagar, to pay (feminine plural)
- mãe
- mahng — mother; female parent of a child
- gentileza
- zhen-chee-LAY-zah — kindness, courtesy; a generous or considerate act
- à
- ah — to the; contraction of preposition a with article a
- qual
- kwahl — which; relative pronoun used to refer to a noun
- ela
- EH-lah — she, her; third-person singular feminine pronoun
- fazia
- fah-ZEE-ah — used to make/do; imperfect past of fazer, to do
- muitas
- MOO-ee-tahs — many; large number, feminine plural form
- alusões
- ah-loo-ZOYNGZ — allusions, references; indirect mentions of something
- discretas
- dees-KREH-tahs — discreet; careful and subtle so as not to attract attention
- Insisto
- een-SEES-too — I insist; to firmly maintain a position or demand
- nisso
- NEE-soo — on that, in that; contraction of em and isso
- Sua
- SOO-ah — your, her, his; third-person or formal possessive pronoun
- jamais
- zhah-MICE — never, ever; strong negation across all time
- perdoaria
- pehr-doo-ah-REE-ah — would forgive; conditional of perdoar, to forgive
- vozes
- VOH-zehs — voices; plural of voz, the sound made when speaking
- senhoras
- sen-YOH-rahs — ladies, women; polite term for adult females
- foram
- FOH-rahng — were, went; past tense plural of ser or ir
- animando
- ah-nee-MAHN-doo — becoming lively; getting energized or excited progressively
- triste
- TREES-cheh — sad; feeling or expressing sorrow or unhappiness
- verdade
- vehr-DAH-deh — truth; something that is true or factual
- ser
- sehr — to be; fundamental verb of identity or existence
- dita
- DEE-tah — said, spoken; past participle of dizer, feminine form
- tornando
- tor-NAHN-doo — becoming, turning; progressive form of tornar, to become
- irritadiças
- ee-hee-tah-DEE-sahs — irritable, easily annoyed; prone to becoming upset quickly
- Estavam
- eh-STAH-vahng — they were; imperfect past plural of estar, to be
- cansadas
- kahn-SAH-dahs — tired, weary; feeling fatigue after effort (feminine plural)
- sob
- sohb — under, beneath; preposition indicating position below something
- aparência
- ah-pah-REHN-see-ah — appearance; how something or someone looks outwardly
- altruísmo
- ahl-troo-EEZ-moo — altruism; selfless concern for the well-being of others
- discutiam
- dees-koo-CHEE-ahng — they argued, debated; imperfect past of discutir
- Alguns
- ahl-GOONGZ — some, a few; indefinite pronoun referring to a group
- vizinhos
- vee-ZEE-nyoos — neighbors; people living nearby or at the same table
- mesa
- MAY-zah — table; piece of furniture used for dining or working
- trocaram
- troh-KAH-rahng — exchanged; past tense of trocar, to exchange or swap
- olhares
- oh-LYAH-rehs — glances, looks; plural of olhar, a brief look
- daquelas
- dah-KEH-lahs — of those; contraction of de and aquelas (feminine plural)
- pessoas
- peh-SOH-zahs — people, persons; human beings in general
- mal
- mahl — badly, poorly; in a bad or improper manner
- educadas
- eh-doo-KAH-dahs — educated, well-mannered; having good upbringing (feminine plural)
- encontram
- ehn-KOHN-trahng — find, encounter; present tense plural of encontrar
- estrangeiro
- eh-strahn-ZHAY-roo — foreign, abroad; relating to another country
- inclinou
- een-klee-NOH — leaned; past tense of inclinar, to lean or tilt
- intrometeu
- een-troh-meh-TEH-oo — interfered, intruded; forced oneself into others' affairs
- fato
- FAH-too — fact; something known to be true or real
- discussão
- dees-koo-SAHNG — discussion, argument; exchange of differing opinions
- delas
- DEH-lahs — of them, theirs; contraction of de and elas (feminine)
- Tenho
- TEHN-yoo — I have; first-person present of ter, to have
- ficou
- fee-KOH — stayed, became; past tense of ficar, to stay or become
- sobressaltada
- soh-breh-sahl-TAH-dah — startled, alarmed; suddenly frightened or surprised
- Geralmente
- zheh-rahl-MEHN-cheh — generally, usually; in most cases or as a rule
- numa
- NOO-mah — in a; contraction of em and uma, feminine
- pensão
- pehn-SAHNG — guesthouse, boarding house; accommodation with meals provided
- observavam
- ohb-sehr-VAH-vahng — they observed; imperfect past of observar, to watch
- antes
- AHN-chehs — before; indicating a time or action prior to another
- falar
- fah-LAR — to speak, to talk; verb of verbal communication
- vezes
- VAY-zehs — times; plural of vez, indicating frequency or repetition
- descobriam
- dehs-koh-BREE-ahng — they discovered; imperfect past of descobrir, to discover
- adequadas
- ah-deh-KWAH-dahs — adequate, suitable; appropriate for the situation (feminine plural)
- depois
- deh-POYZ — after, afterwards; following in time or order
- tinham
- CHEEN-yahng — they had; imperfect past plural of ter, to have
- partido
- par-CHEE-doo — departed, left; past participle of partir, to leave
- sabia
- sah-BEE-ah — knew; imperfect past of saber, to know a fact
- intruso
- een-TROO-zoo — intruder; someone who enters without permission or invitation
- educado
- eh-doo-KAH-doo — polite, well-mannered; having good manners and courtesy
- mesmo
- MEHZ-moo — same, even, really; used for emphasis or similarity
- olhar
- oh-LYAR — to look; to direct one's eyes toward something
- homem
- OH-mehng — man; adult male human being
- velho
- VEHL-yoo — old; having lived or existed for a long time
- constituição
- kohn-stee-too-ee-SAHNG — constitution, build; physical structure or bodily makeup
- robusta
- hoh-BOOS-tah — robust, strong; physically sturdy and healthy (feminine)
- rosto
- HOHS-too — face; the front part of the human head
- barbeado
- bar-bee-AH-doo — shaved; face with beard removed, clean-shaven
- olhos
- OH-lyoos — eyes; organs of sight, plural of olho
- grandes
- GRAHN-dehs — large, big; of considerable size (plural form)
- Havia
- AH-vee-ah — there was/were; imperfect past of haver indicating existence
- algo
- AHL-goo — something; an unspecified or unknown thing
- infantil
- een-fahn-CHEEL — childlike, infantile; relating to or resembling a child
- naqueles
- nah-KEH-lehs — in those; contraction of em and aqueles (masculine plural)
- embora
- ehm-BOH-rah — although, even though; conjunction expressing concession
- fosse
- FOH-seh — were; imperfect subjunctive of ser, used in hypotheticals
- infantilidade
- een-fahn-chee-lee-DAH-deh — childishness; quality of being childlike or immature
- senilidade
- seh-nee-lee-DAH-deh — senility; mental decline associated with old age
- exatamente
- eh-zah-tah-MEHN-cheh — exactly, precisely; in an accurate or correct manner
- parou
- pah-ROH — stopped; past tense of parar, to stop or halt
- considerar
- kohn-see-deh-RAR — to consider, think about; to reflect upon or evaluate
- pois
- poyz — because, for, so; causal or explanatory conjunction
- seu
- seh-oo — his, her, your, its; third-person possessive pronoun (masculine)
- passou
- pah-SOH — passed, went; past tense of passar, to pass or move
- roupas
- HOH-pahs — clothes, clothing; garments worn on the body
- Estas
- EHS-tahs — these; feminine plural demonstrative pronoun nearby
- atraíram
- ah-trah-EE-rahng — attracted; past tense of atrair, to attract or draw in
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