A Tale of Two Cities — Page 8
Cruncher, who all this time had been putting on his clothes, "if I ain't, what with piety and one blowed thing and another, been choused this last week into as bad luck as ever a poor devil of a honest tradesman met with!
Cruncher, que durante todo esse tempo estivera se vestindo, "se eu não fui, com toda essa piedade e uma coisa maldita e outra, enganado nessa última semana para ter tanta má sorte quanto qualquer pobre diabo de um honesto comerciante já teve!
Young Jerry, dress yourself, my boy, and while I clean my boots keep a eye upon your mother now and then, and if you see any signs of more flopping, give me a call.
Jovem Jerry, vista-se, meu rapaz, e enquanto eu limpo minhas botas fique de olho em sua mãe de vez em quando, e se você ver qualquer sinal de mais prostração, me chame.
For, I tell you," here he addressed his wife once more, "I won't be gone agin, in this manner.
Pois, eu lhe digo," aqui ele se dirigiu à sua esposa mais uma vez, "não vou ser enganado novamente, desta maneira.
I am as rickety as a hackney-coach, I'm as sleepy as laudanum, my lines is strained to that degree that I shouldn't know, if it wasn't for the pain in 'em, which was me and which somebody else, yet I'm none the better for it in pocket;
Estou tão bambaleante quanto uma carruagem de aluguel, estou com tanto sono quanto o láudano, meus nervos estão tão tensos que eu não saberia, se não fosse pela dor neles, qual era eu e qual era outra pessoa, e ainda assim não estou nada melhor no bolso;
and it's my suspicion that you've been at it from morning to night to prevent me from being the better for it in pocket, and I won't put up with it, Aggerawayter, and what do you say now!"
e tenho a suspeita de que você ficou nisso de manhã à noite para me impedir de ficar melhor no bolso, e não vou tolerar isso, Exasperadora, e o que você tem a dizer agora!"
Growling, in addition, such phrases as "Ah! yes! You're religious, too.
Resmungando, além disso, frases como "Ah! sim! Você também é religiosa.
You wouldn't put yourself in opposition to the interests of your husband and child, would you? Not you!"
Você não se colocaria em oposição aos interesses de seu marido e filho, colocaria? Claro que não!"
and throwing off other sarcastic sparks from the whirling grindstone of his indignation, Mr. Cruncher betook himself to his boot-cleaning and his general preparation for business.
e lançando outras faíscas sarcásticas da mó giratória de sua indignação, o Sr. Cruncher dedicou-se à limpeza de suas botas e à sua preparação geral para os negócios.
Vocabulary
- que
- that; which; what (relative pronoun)
- durante
- during; throughout a period of time
- todo
- all; every; whole; entire
- esse
- that; that one (demonstrative pronoun)
- tempo
- time; weather; period or duration
- estivera
- had been (past perfect of estar)
- se
- if; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- vestindo
- dressing; getting dressed (gerund of vestir)
- eu
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- não
- not; no (negation particle)
- fui
- went; was (past tense of ir/ser)
- com
- with; together with (preposition)
- piedade
- pity; compassion; mercy toward someone
- uma
- a; one (feminine indefinite article)
- coisa
- thing; object; matter; something
- maldita
- cursed; damned; wretched or hateful
- outra
- other; another (feminine form)
- enganado
- deceived; tricked; fooled or misled
- nessa
- in that; in this (contraction: em+essa)
- última
- last; latest; final (feminine form)
- semana
- week; seven-day period
- para
- for; to; in order to (preposition)
- ter
- to have; to possess something
- tanta
- so much; such (feminine form)
- má
- bad; evil; wicked (feminine form)
- sorte
- luck; fortune; chance or fate
- quanto
- how much; as much as; whatever
- qualquer
- any; whatever; any kind of
- pobre
- poor; impoverished; lacking money
- diabo
- devil; demon; deuce (exclamation)
- honesto
- honest; truthful; decent or upright
- comerciante
- merchant; trader; shopkeeper or businessman
- já
- already; yet; ever (adverb)
- teve
- had (past tense of ter)
- Jovem
- young; youth; young person (adjective/noun)
- vista-se
- dress yourself (imperative of vestir-se)
- meu
- my; mine (possessive pronoun)
- rapaz
- boy; young man; guy or lad
- enquanto
- while; whilst; during the time that
- limpo
- clean; neat; pure or unsoiled
- minhas
- my; mine (feminine plural possessive)
- botas
- boots; footwear (plural of bota)
- fique
- stay; remain; stay put (imperative)
- olho
- eye; sight; attention or view
- em
- in; on; at (preposition)
- sua
- your; his; her (possessive pronoun)
- mãe
- mother; female parent
- vez
- time; turn; occasion or instance
- quando
- when; whenever (interrogative/relative)
- você
- you (formal singular pronoun)
- ver
- to see; to look; to watch
- sinal
- sign; signal; indication or symbol
- mais
- more; plus; greater in amount
- prostração
- prostration; extreme exhaustion or weakness
- me
- me; myself (object pronoun)
- chame
- call; summon (imperative of chamar)
- Pois
- well; so; therefore or thus
- lhe
- him; her; you (indirect object)
- digo
- say; tell (first person present)
- aqui
- here; in this place or location
- ele
- he; him (third person pronoun)
- dirigiu
- directed; headed; managed or steered
- esposa
- wife; spouse; married woman
- vou
- go; am going (present of ir)
- ser
- to be; to exist; to become
- novamente
- again; once more; anew or afresh
- desta
- of this; from this (contraction)
- maneira
- manner; way; method or fashion
- Estou
- am (present tense of estar)
- tão
- so; very; such a degree
- carruagem
- carriage; coach; vehicle for transport
- aluguel
- rent; rental; hiring charge or fee
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