A Tale of Two Cities — Page 11
The resemblance was not lessened by the accidental circumstance, that the mature Jerry bit and spat out straw, while the twinkling eyes of the youthful Jerry were as restlessly watchful of him as of everything else in Fleet-street.
A semelhança não foi diminuída pela circunstância acidental de que o maduro Jerry mordia e cuspia palha, enquanto os olhos cintilantes do jovem Jerry o observavam com a mesma inquieta atenção com que observavam tudo o mais na Fleet-street.
The head of one of the regular indoor messengers attached to Tellson's establishment was put through the door, and the word was given:
A cabeça de um dos mensageiros internos regulares ligados ao estabelecimento de Tellson foi enfiada pela porta, e a palavra foi dada:
"Porter wanted!"
"Precisa-se de porteiro!"
"Hooray, father! Here's an early job to begin with!"
"Viva, pai! Aqui está um trabalho cedo para começar!"
Having thus given his parent God speed, young Jerry seated himself on the stool, entered on his reversionary interest in the straw his father had been chewing, and cogitated.
Tendo assim desejado boa sorte ao seu progenitor, o jovem Jerry sentou-se no banco, assumiu o seu interesse reversível na palha que o pai havia estado a mastigar, e cogitou.
"Al-ways rusty! His fingers is al-ways rusty!" muttered young Jerry.
"Sem-pre enferrujado! Os dedos dele são sem-pre enferrujados!" murmurou o jovem Jerry.
"Where does my father get all that iron rust from? He don't get no iron rust here!
"De onde é que o meu pai tira toda essa ferrugem? Ele não apanha nenhuma ferrugem aqui!
Vocabulary
- semelhança
- se-me-LYAN-sa — Similarity or resemblance between two things
- diminuída
- di-mi-NWEE-da — Reduced or lessened in degree or amount
- circunstância
- sir-kun-STAN-sya — A condition or fact surrounding an event
- acidental
- a-si-den-TAL — Happening by chance; not planned or intended
- maduro
- ma-DOO-ro — Mature, ripe, or fully developed in age
- mordia
- mor-JEE-a — Past tense of 'morder': was biting something
- cuspia
- KOOS-pya — Past tense of 'cuspir': was spitting something out
- palha
- PA-lya — Straw; dried stalks of grain or similar plant
- enquanto
- en-KWAN-to — Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'whereas'
- cintilantes
- sin-ti-LAN-tes — Sparkling or twinkling with bright flashes of light
- observavam
- ob-zer-VA-vowng — Were observing or watching attentively with care
- inquieta
- in-kYEH-ta — Restless, uneasy, or anxiously unsettled in manner
- atenção
- a-ten-SOWNG — Attention; the act of carefully focusing one's mind
- mensageiros
- men-sa-ZHAY-ros — Messengers; people who carry or deliver messages
- internos
- in-TER-nos — Internal; belonging or relating to the inside
- regulares
- re-gu-LA-res — Regular; occurring at fixed intervals or consistently
- ligados
- li-GA-dos — Connected or linked to something or someone
- estabelecimento
- es-ta-be-le-SI-men-to — Establishment; a business or institution formally set up
- enfiada
- en-FYA-da — Threaded or inserted through a narrow opening
- dada
- DA-da — Given; past participle of 'dar' meaning 'to give'
- Precisa-se
- pre-SEE-za-se — One needs; impersonal construction indicating a requirement
- porteiro
- por-TAY-ro — Doorman or porter; person who guards an entrance
- Viva
- VEE-va — Hurray; exclamation expressing joy or celebration
- cedo
- SEH-do — Early; before the usual or expected time
- começar
- ko-me-SAR — To begin or start doing something
- assim
- a-SING — Thus or so; in this way or manner
- desejado
- de-ze-ZHA-do — Wished or desired; past participle of 'desejar'
- sorte
- SOR-te — Luck or fortune; chance outcome of events
- progenitor
- pro-zhe-ni-TOR — Parent or ancestor; one who begets offspring
- sentou-se
- sen-TOH-se — Sat down; reflexive past tense of 'sentar'
- banco
- BAN-ko — Bench or bank; seat or financial institution
- assumiu
- a-su-MYOO — Assumed or took on a role or responsibility
- reversível
- re-ver-SEE-vel — Reversible; capable of being reversed or undone
- mastigar
- mas-ti-GAR — To chew; to grind food with the teeth
- cogitou
- ko-zhi-TOH — Pondered or thought deeply about something
- Sem-pre
- SEM-pre — Always; at all times without exception
- enferrujado
- en-fe-rru-ZHA-do — Rusty; covered with or affected by rust
- dedos
- DEH-dos — Fingers or toes; digits of the hand or foot
- enferrujados
- en-fe-rru-ZHA-dos — Plural of rusty; covered with rust or corroded
- murmurou
- mur-mu-ROH — Murmured; spoke softly or indistinctly in low tones
- tira
- TEE-ra — Strip or band; also third person of 'tirar' (to remove)
- ferrugem
- fe-ROO-zheng — Rust; reddish-brown coating formed on iron or steel
- apanha
- a-PA-nya — Catches or picks up; third person of 'apanhar'
- nenhuma
- ne-NYOO-ma — None or not any; feminine negative indefinite pronoun
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