Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 6
she was up to her chin in salt water.
ela estava com água salgada até o queixo.
Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, "and in that case I can go back by railway," she said to herself.
Sua primeira ideia foi que ela havia de alguma forma caído no mar, "e nesse caso posso voltar de trem", disse ela para si mesma.
(Alice had been to the seaside once in her life, and had come to the general conclusion, that wherever you go to on the English coast you find a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in the sand with wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, and behind them a railway station.)
(Alice havia ido à beira-mar uma vez na vida, e havia chegado à conclusão geral de que onde quer que se vá na costa inglesa, encontra-se uma série de cabines de banho no mar, algumas crianças cavando na areia com pás de madeira, depois uma fileira de casas de hospedagem, e atrás delas uma estação de trem.)
However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.
Porém, ela logo percebeu que estava na poça de lágrimas que havia chorado quando tinha nove pés de altura.
"I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out.
"Queria não ter chorado tanto!", disse Alice, enquanto nadava, tentando encontrar uma saída.
"I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!
"Serei punida por isso agora, suponho, afogando-me nas minhas próprias lágrimas!
That _will_ be a queer thing, to be sure!
Isso _será_ uma coisa estranha, com certeza!
However, everything is queer to-day."
Porém, tudo está estranho hoje."
Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself.
Bem naquele momento, ela ouviu algo se agitando na poça um pouco mais adiante, e nadou mais perto para ver o que era: a princípio pensou que devia ser uma morsa ou um hipopótamo, mas então se lembrou de quão pequena ela estava agora, e logo percebeu que era apenas um rato que havia escorregado para dentro como ela mesma.
"Would it be of any use, now," thought Alice, "to speak to this mouse?
"Seria de alguma utilidade, agora", pensou Alice, "falar com este rato?
Vocabulary
- estava
- Past continuous form of 'estar': was (temporary state)
- salgada
- Adjective meaning salty, containing salt
- queixo
- Noun meaning chin, lower part of the face
- havia
- Past form of 'haver': there was, had occurred
- caído
- Past participle of 'cair': fallen, dropped down
- nesse
- Contraction of 'em' and 'esse': in that (masculine)
- si
- Reflexive pronoun meaning herself, himself, oneself
- mesma
- Adjective/pronoun meaning same, herself (emphatic feminine)
- ido
- Past participle of 'ir': gone, having traveled somewhere
- beira-mar
- Compound noun meaning seaside, shoreline, edge of sea
- chegado
- Past participle of 'chegar': arrived, reached a destination
- conclusão
- Noun meaning conclusion, final decision, or reasoned outcome
- geral
- Adjective meaning general, broad, applying to most cases
- vá
- Subjunctive form of 'ir': may go, wherever one goes
- costa
- Noun meaning coast, shoreline, or coastal region
- encontra-se
- Reflexive verb form meaning one finds, is found there
- série
- Noun meaning series, sequence, or set of things
- cabines
- Noun meaning cabins, small booths or changing rooms
- cavando
- Gerund of 'cavar': digging, excavating in the ground
- areia
- Noun meaning sand, granular material found on beaches
- pás
- Noun meaning shovels, spades used for digging
- fileira
- Noun meaning row, line, or series of objects
- hospedagem
- Noun meaning lodging, accommodation, place to stay overnight
- Porém
- Conjunction meaning however, but, yet, nevertheless
- percebeu
- Past tense of 'perceber': realized, noticed, became aware
- poça
- Noun meaning puddle, small pool of liquid on ground
- lágrimas
- Noun meaning tears, drops of liquid from weeping
- chorado
- Past participle of 'chorar': cried, wept, shed tears
- altura
- Noun meaning height, elevation, or tall measurement
- enquanto
- Conjunction meaning while, as long as, during the time
- nadava
- Imperfect past of 'nadar': was swimming, used to swim
- tentando
- Gerund of 'tentar': trying, attempting, making an effort
- saída
- Noun meaning exit, way out, or departure point
- Serei
- Future tense of 'ser': I will be, future existence
- punida
- Past participle of 'punir': punished (feminine), penalized
- suponho
- First person of 'supor': I suppose, I assume, I guess
- afogando-me
- Reflexive gerund of 'afogar': drowning myself, being submerged
- próprias
- Adjective meaning own, one's own (feminine plural)
- _será_
- Emphasized future of 'ser': will be, shall certainly be
- certeza
- Noun meaning certainty, sureness, confidence in something
- naquele
- Contraction of 'em' and 'aquele': in that (masculine, distant)
- ouviu
- Past tense of 'ouvir': heard, perceived a sound
- agitando
- Gerund of 'agitar': stirring, moving, shaking in water
- adiante
- Adverb meaning ahead, further on, in front, forward
- nadou
- Past tense of 'nadar': swam, propelled through water
- princípio
- Noun meaning beginning, principle, or starting point
- devia
- Imperfect of 'dever': should, ought to, was supposed to
- morsa
- Noun meaning walrus, large marine mammal with tusks
- hipopótamo
- Noun meaning hippopotamus, large semi-aquatic African mammal
- lembrou
- Past tense of 'lembrar': remembered, recalled to memory
- quão
- Adverb meaning how (much/little), to what degree
- rato
- Noun meaning rat or mouse, a small rodent
- escorregado
- Past participle of 'escorregar': slipped, slid unintentionally
- Seria
- Conditional of 'ser': would be, expressing hypothetical state
- utilidade
- Noun meaning usefulness, utility, practical benefit or value
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