Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 8
We stop stages and carriages on the road, with masks on, and kill the people and take their watches and money."
Paramos diligências e carruagens na estrada, com máscaras, e matamos as pessoas e tomamos seus relógios e dinheiro."
"Must we always kill the people?"
"Precisamos sempre matar as pessoas?"
"Oh, certainly.
"Oh, certamente.
It's best.
É o melhor.
Some authorities think different, but mostly it's considered best to kill them—except some that you bring to the cave here, and keep them till they're ransomed."
Algumas autoridades pensam diferente, mas geralmente considera-se melhor matá-los — exceto alguns que você traz para a caverna aqui, e os mantém até que sejam resgatados."
"Ransomed? What's that?"
"Resgatados? O que é isso?"
"I don't know.
"Não sei.
But that's what they do.
Mas é isso que eles fazem.
I've seen it in books; and so of course that's what we've got to do."
Eu vi isso nos livros; e então é claro que é isso que temos que fazer."
"But how can we do it if we don't know what it is?"
"Mas como podemos fazer isso se não sabemos o que é?"
"Why, blame it all, we've _got_ to do it.
"Ora, dane-se tudo, nós _temos_ que fazer.
Don't I tell you it's in the books?
Não estou lhe dizendo que está nos livros?
Do you want to go to doing different from what's in the books, and get things all muddled up?"
Você quer fazer diferente do que está nos livros e misturar tudo?"
"Oh, that's all very fine to _say_, Tom Sawyer, but how in the nation are these fellows going to be ransomed if we don't know how to do it to them?—that's the thing _I_ want to get at.
"Oh, é muito fácil _dizer_, Tom Sawyer, mas como diabos esses caras vão ser resgatados se não sabemos como fazer isso com eles? — é isso que _eu_ quero entender.
Now, what do you _reckon_ it is?"
Agora, o que você _acha_ que é?"
"Well, I don't know.
"Bem, não sei.
But per'aps if we keep them till they're ransomed, it means that we keep them till they're dead."
Mas talvez se os mantivermos até que sejam resgatados, significa que os mantemos até que estejam mortos."
"Now, that's something _like_.
"Ora, isso sim é _algo_.
That'll answer.
Isso resolve.
Why couldn't you said that before?
Por que você não disse isso antes?
We'll keep them till they're ransomed to death; and a bothersome lot they'll be, too—eating up everything, and always trying to get loose."
Vamos mantê-los até que sejam resgatados até a morte; e será uma turma bem chata, também — comendo tudo e sempre tentando se soltar."
"How you talk, Ben Rogers.
"Que jeito de falar, Ben Rogers.
Vocabulary
- Paramos
- We stopped; we halted at a location.
- diligências
- Stagecoaches; public coaches for passenger transportation.
- carruagens
- Carriages; horse-drawn vehicles for transportation.
- na
- In the; at the (feminine singular contraction).
- estrada
- Road; highway; a path for travel.
- com
- With; in company or association with.
- máscaras
- Masks; facial coverings or disguises.
- matamos
- We killed; we murdered or slew.
- as
- The; feminine plural definite article.
- pessoas
- People; persons or individuals.
- tomamos
- We took; we seized or captured.
- seus
- Their; his or her possessions.
- relógios
- Watches; timepieces or clocks.
- dinheiro
- Money; currency or financial resources.
- Precisamos
- We need; we require or must have.
- sempre
- Always; at all times consistently.
- matar
- To kill; to cause death.
- certamente
- Certainly; definitely or without doubt.
- melhor
- Better; superior or more advantageous.
- Algumas
- Some; a few or certain ones.
- autoridades
- Authorities; officials with power and jurisdiction.
- pensam
- They think; they consider or believe.
- diferente
- Different; not the same or distinct.
- mas
- But; however or on the other hand.
- geralmente
- Generally; usually or commonly.
- considera-se
- It is considered; one considers it.
- matá-los
- To kill them; to murder those people.
- exceto
- Except; excluding or with exception of.
- alguns
- Some; a few or certain ones.
- que
- That; which or who (relative pronoun).
- você
- You; formal or informal second person.
- traz
- Brings; carries or transports.
- para
- To; for or in order to.
- caverna
- Cave; a natural underground hollow or chamber.
- aqui
- Here; in this place or location.
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- mantém
- Keeps; maintains or holds.
- até
- Until; up to a certain point.
- sejam
- Are; subjunctive form of to be.
- resgatados
- Rescued; saved or recovered from danger.
- Resgatados
- Rescued; ransomed or recovered persons.
- isso
- That; it or that thing.
- Não
- No; negation or refusal.
- sei
- I know; I have knowledge of.
- Mas
- But; however or on the other hand.
- eles
- They; masculine plural third person pronoun.
- fazem
- They make; they do or perform.
- Eu
- I; first person singular pronoun.
- vi
- I saw; I witnessed or observed.
- nos
- In us; in the or to us.
- livros
- Books; written works or publications.
- então
- Then; at that time or therefore.
- claro
- Clear; obvious or of course.
- temos
- We have; we possess or own.
- fazer
- To make; to do or perform.
- como
- How; in what way or manner.
- podemos
- We can; we are able to.
- se
- If; in the event that.
- não
- Not; negation or refusal.
- sabemos
- We know; we have knowledge of.
- Ora
- Well; now or behold (interjection).
- tudo
- Everything; all things or the whole.
- nós
- We; first person plural pronoun.
- estou
- I am; I exist or am located.
- lhe
- Him; to him or indirect object.
- dizendo
- Saying; telling or speaking words.
- está
- Is; third person singular of to be.
- Você
- You; formal or informal second person.
- quer
- Wants; desires or wishes for.
- do
- Of the; masculine singular contraction.
- misturar
- To mix; to blend or combine.
- muito
- Very; much or to great extent.
- fácil
- Easy; simple or not difficult.
- dizer
- To say; to speak or tell.
- diabos
- Devils; demons or evil spirits.
Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.
Create free account →