A Tale of Two Cities — Page 7
You've got a dutiful mother, you have, my son.
Você tem uma mãe dedicada, tem sim, meu filho.
You've got a religious mother, you have, my boy: going and flopping herself down, and praying that the bread-and-butter may be snatched out of the mouth of her only child."
Você tem uma mãe religiosa, tem sim, meu rapaz: que vai e se prostra, e ora para que o pão com manteiga seja arrancado da boca de seu único filho."
Master Cruncher (who was in his shirt) took this very ill, and, turning to his mother, strongly deprecated any praying away of his personal board.
O jovem Cruncher (que estava de camisola) levou isso muito a mal, e, voltando-se para a mãe, protestou veementemente contra qualquer oração que pudesse afastar sua alimentação pessoal.
"And what do you suppose, you conceited female," said Mr. Cruncher, with unconscious inconsistency, "that the worth of _your_ prayers may be? Name the price that you put _your_ prayers at!"
"E o que você supõe, sua presunçosa," disse o Sr. Cruncher, com incongruência inconsciente, "que o valor das _suas_ orações pode ser? Diga o preço que você atribui às _suas_ orações!"
"They only come from the heart, Jerry. They are worth no more than that."
"Elas vêm somente do coração, Jerry. Não valem mais do que isso."
"Worth no more than that," repeated Mr. Cruncher.
"Não valem mais do que isso," repetiu o Sr. Cruncher.
"They ain't worth much, then.
"Então não valem grande coisa.
Whether or no, I won't be prayed agin, I tell you.
De qualquer forma, não vou tolerar que orem contra mim, digo-lhe.
I can't afford it.
Não posso me dar a esse luxo.
I'm not a going to be made unlucky by _your_ sneaking.
Não vou deixar que a _sua_ dissimulação me traga má sorte.
If you must go flopping yourself down, flop in favour of your husband and child, and not in opposition to 'em.
Se você insiste em se prostrar, proste-se em favor do seu marido e do seu filho, e não contra eles.
If I had had any but a unnat'ral wife, and this poor boy had had any but a unnat'ral mother, I might have made some money last week instead of being counter-prayed and countermined and religiously circumwented into the worst of luck.
Se eu tivesse tido qualquer outra esposa que não fosse desnaturada, e se este pobre menino tivesse tido qualquer outra mãe que não fosse desnaturada, eu poderia ter ganho algum dinheiro na semana passada, em vez de ser contra-orado e sabotado e religiosamente manobrado para a pior das sortes.
B-u-u-ust me!" said Mr.
M-a-a-aldi-me!" disse o Sr.
Vocabulary
- Você
- Second person singular pronoun meaning 'you'
- tem
- Third person singular of 'ter', meaning 'has/have'
- uma
- Feminine indefinite article meaning 'a/an'
- mãe
- Noun meaning 'mother'
- dedicada
- Adjective meaning 'dedicated' or 'devoted'
- sim
- Affirmative adverb meaning 'yes'
- meu
- Masculine possessive pronoun meaning 'my'
- filho
- Noun meaning 'son' or 'child'
- religiosa
- Adjective meaning 'religious' or 'devout'
- rapaz
- Noun meaning 'boy' or 'young man'
- que
- Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that/which/who'
- vai
- Third person singular of 'ir', meaning 'goes/will go'
- e
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'himself/herself'
- prostra
- Verb meaning 'prostrates', to bow down in submission
- ora
- Verb meaning 'prays'; also conjunction meaning 'now/well'
- para
- Preposition meaning 'for', 'to', or 'in order to'
- o
- Masculine definite article meaning 'the'
- pão
- Noun meaning 'bread'
- com
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- manteiga
- Noun meaning 'butter'
- seja
- Subjunctive form of 'ser', meaning 'be'
- arrancado
- Past participle of 'arrancar', meaning 'torn away/snatched'
- da
- Contraction of 'de' and 'a', meaning 'from the'
- boca
- Noun meaning 'mouth'
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- seu
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his/her/your/their'
- único
- Adjective meaning 'only' or 'unique'
- O
- Masculine definite article meaning 'the'
- jovem
- Adjective or noun meaning 'young' or 'young person'
- estava
- Imperfect of 'estar', meaning 'was' or 'were'
- camisola
- Noun meaning 'nightgown' or 'nightshirt'
- levou
- Past tense of 'levar', meaning 'took' or 'took it badly'
- isso
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this'
- muito
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'very' or 'a lot'
- a
- Feminine article or preposition meaning 'the/to/at'
- mal
- Adverb or noun meaning 'badly' or 'evil'
- voltando-se
- Reflexive gerund of 'voltar', meaning 'turning around'
- protestou
- Past tense of 'protestar', meaning 'protested'
- veementemente
- Adverb meaning 'vehemently' or 'forcefully'
- contra
- Preposition meaning 'against'
- qualquer
- Indefinite adjective meaning 'any' or 'whatever'
- oração
- Noun meaning 'prayer' or grammatically 'sentence/clause'
- pudesse
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'poder', meaning 'could/might'
- afastar
- Verb meaning 'to drive away' or 'to distance'
- sua
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his/her/your/their'
- alimentação
- Noun meaning 'food supply', 'nourishment', or 'diet'
- pessoal
- Adjective meaning 'personal'; noun meaning 'staff/people'
- E
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- você
- Second person pronoun meaning 'you'
- supõe
- Third person singular of 'supor', meaning 'supposes/assumes'
- presunçosa
- Adjective meaning 'presumptuous' or 'arrogant'
- disse
- Past tense of 'dizer', meaning 'said'
- Sr.
- Abbreviation for 'Senhor', meaning 'Mr.'
- incongruência
- Noun meaning 'incongruence' or 'inconsistency'
- inconsciente
- Adjective meaning 'unconscious' or 'unaware'
- valor
- Noun meaning 'value', 'worth', or 'courage'
- das
- Contraction of 'de' and 'as', meaning 'of the' (feminine plural)
- _suas_
- Emphasized possessive meaning 'your own' (feminine plural)
- orações
- Plural noun meaning 'prayers'
- pode
- Third person singular of 'poder', meaning 'can/may'
- ser
- Infinitive meaning 'to be'
- Diga
- Imperative of 'dizer', meaning 'tell me' or 'say'
- preço
- Noun meaning 'price' or 'cost'
- atribui
- Third person singular of 'atribuir', meaning 'attributes/assigns'
- às
- Contraction of 'a' and 'as', meaning 'to the' (feminine plural)
- Elas
- Third person plural feminine pronoun meaning 'they'
- vêm
- Third person plural of 'vir', meaning 'come'
- somente
- Adverb meaning 'only' or 'solely'
- do
- Contraction of 'de' and 'o', meaning 'of the/from the'
- coração
- Noun meaning 'heart'
- Não
- Negative adverb meaning 'no' or 'not'
- valem
- Third person plural of 'valer', meaning 'are worth'
- mais
- Adverb meaning 'more' or 'anymore'
- repetiu
- Past tense of 'repetir', meaning 'repeated'
- Então
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'then', 'so', or 'therefore'
- não
- Negative adverb meaning 'no' or 'not'
- grande
- Adjective meaning 'great', 'big', or 'large'
- coisa
- Noun meaning 'thing'
- De
- Preposition meaning 'of', 'from', or 'by'
- forma
- Noun meaning 'form', 'way', or 'manner'
- vou
- First person singular of 'ir', meaning 'I go/I am going'
- tolerar
- Verb meaning 'to tolerate' or 'to put up with'
- orem
- Subjunctive/imperative plural of 'orar', meaning 'pray'
- mim
- First person singular pronoun (prepositional) meaning 'me'
- digo-lhe
- 'I tell you'; first person of 'dizer' with indirect object pronoun
- posso
- First person singular of 'poder', meaning 'I can'
- me
- First person singular reflexive/object pronoun meaning 'me/myself'
- dar
- Infinitive meaning 'to give'
- esse
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (near listener)
- luxo
- Noun meaning 'luxury'
- deixar
- Verb meaning 'to let', 'to allow', or 'to leave'
- _sua_
- Emphasized possessive meaning 'your own' (singular)
- dissimulação
- Noun meaning 'dissimulation', 'deceit', or 'concealment'
- traga
- Subjunctive/imperative of 'trazer', meaning 'bring'
- má
- Feminine adjective meaning 'bad' or 'evil'
- sorte
- Noun meaning 'luck', 'fate', or 'fortune'
- Se
- Conjunction meaning 'if'; also reflexive pronoun 'oneself'
- insiste
- Third person singular of 'insistir', meaning 'insists'
- em
- Preposition meaning 'in', 'at', or 'on'
- prostrar
- Verb meaning 'to prostrate', to bow low in submission
- proste-se
- Reflexive imperative of 'prostrar', meaning 'prostrate yourself'
- favor
- Noun meaning 'favor'; used in 'por favor' meaning 'please'
- marido
- Noun meaning 'husband'
- eles
- Third person plural masculine pronoun meaning 'they'
- eu
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- tivesse
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'ter', meaning 'had' (hypothetical)
- tido
- Past participle of 'ter', meaning 'had'
- outra
- Feminine adjective meaning 'other' or 'another'
- esposa
- Noun meaning 'wife' or 'spouse'
- fosse
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'ser/ir', meaning 'were/went' (hypothetical)
- desnaturada
- Adjective meaning 'unnatural', 'heartless', or 'cruel'
- este
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' (masculine singular)
- pobre
- Adjective meaning 'poor' or 'unfortunate'
- menino
- Noun meaning 'boy' or 'little boy'
- poderia
- Conditional of 'poder', meaning 'could' or 'would be able'
- ter
- Infinitive meaning 'to have'
- ganho
- Past participle of 'ganhar', meaning 'earned' or 'won'
- algum
- Indefinite adjective meaning 'some' or 'any'
- dinheiro
- Noun meaning 'money'
- na
- Contraction of 'em' and 'a', meaning 'in the' (feminine)
- semana
- Noun meaning 'week'
- passada
- Adjective meaning 'last' or 'past' (feminine)
- vez
- Noun meaning 'time', 'turn', or 'occasion'
- sabotado
- Past participle of 'sabotar', meaning 'sabotaged'
- religiosamente
- Adverb meaning 'religiously' or 'devoutly'
- manobrado
- Past participle of 'manobrar', meaning 'maneuvered' or 'manipulated'
- pior
- Comparative adjective meaning 'worse' or 'worst'
- sortes
- Plural noun meaning 'fates', 'fortunes', or 'lots'
- Sr
- Abbreviation for 'Senhor', meaning 'Mr.' or 'Sir'
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