Anna Karenina — Page 3
He pulled up the blind and rang the bell loudly.
Ele levantou a persiana e tocou a campainha com força.
It was at once answered by the appearance of an old friend, his valet, Matvey, carrying his clothes, his boots, and a telegram.
Foi imediatamente atendido pela aparição de um velho conhecido, seu criado, Matvey, trazendo suas roupas, suas botas e um telegrama.
Matvey was followed by the barber with all the necessaries for shaving.
Matvey foi seguido pelo barbeiro com tudo o que era necessário para o barbear.
"Are there any papers from the office?" asked Stepan Arkadyevitch, taking the telegram and seating himself at the looking-glass.
"Há algum papel do escritório?" perguntou Stepan Arkadyevitch, pegando o telegrama e sentando-se diante do espelho.
"On the table," replied Matvey, glancing with inquiring sympathy at his master; and, after a short pause, he added with a sly smile, "They've sent from the carriage-jobbers."
"Estão na mesa", respondeu Matvey, lançando um olhar de curiosa simpatia ao seu senhor; e, após uma breve pausa, acrescentou com um sorriso malicioso: "Mandaram recado dos fornecedores de carruagens."
Stepan Arkadyevitch made no reply, he merely glanced at Matvey in the looking-glass.
Stepan Arkadyevitch não respondeu, limitou-se a olhar para Matvey pelo espelho.
In the glance, in which their eyes met in the looking-glass, it was clear that they understood one another.
Naquele olhar, em que seus olhos se encontraram no espelho, ficou claro que se entendiam mutuamente.
Stepan Arkadyevitch's eyes asked: "Why do you tell me that? don't you know?"
Os olhos de Stepan Arkadyevitch perguntavam: "Por que você me diz isso? Você não sabe?"
Matvey put his hands in his jacket pockets, thrust out one leg, and gazed silently, good-humoredly, with a faint smile, at his master.
Matvey enfiou as mãos nos bolsos do paletó, avançou uma perna e ficou olhando em silêncio, de bom humor, com um leve sorriso, para o seu senhor.
"I told them to come on Sunday, and till then not to trouble you or themselves for nothing," he said.
"Eu lhes disse para virem no domingo, e que até lá não o incomodassem nem se incomodassem à toa", disse ele.
He had obviously prepared the sentence beforehand.
Era evidente que havia preparado a frase com antecedência.
Stepan Arkadyevitch saw Matvey wanted to make a joke and attract attention to himself.
Stepan Arkadyevitch percebeu que Matvey queria fazer uma piada e chamar a atenção para si mesmo.
Tearing open the telegram, he read it through, guessing at the words, misspelt as they always are in telegrams, and his face brightened.
Abrindo o telegrama, leu-o inteiro, adivinhando as palavras, grafadas com erros como sempre acontece nos telegramas, e seu rosto se iluminou.
Vocabulary
- levantou
- Raised or lifted something up
- persiana
- Window blind or shutter covering
- tocou
- Rang or touched something
- campainha
- Small bell or doorbell device
- força
- Strength, force, or power
- imediatamente
- Immediately, without any delay
- atendido
- Attended to or answered
- aparição
- Appearance or sudden arrival of someone
- velho
- Old or elderly person
- conhecido
- Acquaintance or someone well known
- criado
- Servant or domestic worker
- trazendo
- Bringing something along to someone
- roupas
- Clothes or garments worn on body
- botas
- Boots worn on feet
- telegrama
- Telegram or written telegraph message
- seguido
- Followed by someone or something
- barbeiro
- Barber who cuts hair and shaves
- tudo
- Everything or all things
- necessário
- Necessary or required for a purpose
- barbear
- To shave one's face or beard
- Há
- There is or there are
- algum
- Some or any indefinite quantity
- papel
- Paper or written document
- escritório
- Office or workplace for administrative work
- perguntou
- Asked a question to someone
- pegando
- Grabbing or taking hold of something
- sentando-se
- Sitting oneself down somewhere
- diante
- In front of or before something
- espelho
- Mirror used for reflection
- mesa
- Table used for eating or working
- respondeu
- Answered or replied to someone
- lançando
- Throwing or casting a glance
- olhar
- A glance or look at someone
- curiosa
- Curious or inquisitive in manner
- simpatia
- Sympathy or warm friendly feeling
- senhor
- Sir or formal address for a man
- após
- After or following a time or event
- breve
- Brief or short in duration
- pausa
- Pause or short break in activity
- acrescentou
- Added or appended to what was said
- sorriso
- Smile expressed on someone's face
- malicioso
- Mischievous or slyly knowing in manner
- Mandaram
- They sent or ordered something
- recado
- Message or note sent to someone
- fornecedores
- Suppliers or vendors who provide goods
- carruagens
- Carriages or horse-drawn vehicles
- limitou-se
- Limited or restricted oneself to something
- Naquele
- Contraction meaning 'in that' moment or place
- olhos
- Eyes on a person's face
- encontraram
- Met or encountered each other
- ficou
- Stayed or became, past tense of 'ficar'
- claro
- Clear or evident in meaning
- entendiam
- Understood each other mutually
- mutuamente
- Mutually or reciprocally between two parties
- perguntavam
- Were asking or questioning repeatedly
- diz
- Says or tells in present tense
- sabe
- Knows something in present tense
- enfiou
- Inserted or slipped something into a place
- mãos
- Hands on a person's body
- bolsos
- Pockets in clothing for storing items
- paletó
- Jacket or suit coat worn over shirt
- avançou
- Advanced or moved forward
- perna
- Leg of a person or animal
- olhando
- Looking at or gazing at something
- silêncio
- Silence or absence of sound
- humor
- Mood or sense of humor
- leve
- Light or gentle in weight or manner
- lhes
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to them'
- disse
- Said or told something to someone
- virem
- To come, subjunctive form for 'they come'
- domingo
- Sunday, the first day of the week
- até
- Until or up to a point in time
- lá
- There, referring to a distant place
- incomodassem
- Would bother or disturb someone
- nem
- Not even or neither in negation
- toa
- Used in 'à toa' meaning pointlessly or randomly
- evidente
- Evident or obviously clear to observe
- havia
- There had been or he had, past form
- preparado
- Prepared or made ready in advance
- frase
- Phrase or sentence in language
- antecedência
- Advance notice or prior preparation time
- percebeu
- Noticed or realized something
- queria
- Wanted or wished for something
- fazer
- To do or to make something
- piada
- Joke or humorous remark
- chamar
- To call or draw someone's attention
- atenção
- Attention or notice given to something
- si
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself/herself'
- mesmo
- Himself or same, emphasizing identity
- Abrindo
- Opening something such as a letter
- leu-o
- Read it, past tense with pronoun attached
- inteiro
- Entire or whole without any omission
- adivinhando
- Guessing or figuring out unclear content
- palavras
- Words in spoken or written language
- grafadas
- Written or spelled out in text
- erros
- Errors or mistakes made in writing
- sempre
- Always or at all times
- acontece
- Happens or occurs as a matter of course
- telegramas
- Telegrams or written telegraph messages
- rosto
- Face or facial features of a person
- iluminou
- Lit up or brightened with expression
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