Anna Karenina — Page 3
The liberal party said that marriage is an institution quite out of date, and that it needs reconstruction; and family life certainly afforded Stepan Arkadyevitch little gratification, and forced him into lying and hypocrisy, which was so repulsive to his nature.
O partido liberal dizia que o casamento é uma instituição completamente antiquada e que precisa ser reconstruída; e a vida familiar certamente proporcionava a Stepan Arkadyevitch pouca satisfação, e o obrigava à mentira e à hipocrisia, o que era tão repugnante à sua natureza.
The liberal party said, or rather allowed it to be understood, that religion is only a curb to keep in check the barbarous classes of the people; and Stepan Arkadyevitch could not get through even a short service without his legs aching from standing up, and could never make out what was the object of all the terrible and high-flown language about another world when life might be so very amusing in this world.
O partido liberal dizia, ou antes deixava entender, que a religião é apenas um freio para conter as classes bárbaras do povo; e Stepan Arkadyevitch não conseguia assistir nem mesmo a um ofício breve sem que suas pernas doessem de tanto ficar de pé, e nunca conseguia compreender qual era o propósito de toda aquela linguagem terrível e pomposa sobre outro mundo, quando a vida podia ser tão divertida neste mundo.
And with all this, Stepan Arkadyevitch, who liked a joke, was fond of puzzling a plain man by saying that if he prided himself on his origin, he ought not to stop at Rurik and disown the first founder of his family—the monkey.
E com tudo isso, Stepan Arkadyevitch, que gostava de uma boa piada, divertia-se em desconcertar um homem simples dizendo que, se ele se orgulhava de sua origem, não deveria parar em Rurik e renegar o primeiro fundador de sua família — o macaco.
And so Liberalism had become a habit of Stepan Arkadyevitch's, and he liked his newspaper, as he did his cigar after dinner, for the slight fog it diffused in his brain.
E assim o liberalismo havia se tornado um hábito de Stepan Arkadyevitch, e ele gostava de seu jornal, assim como do seu charuto após o jantar, pela ligeira névoa que este difundia em seu cérebro.
Vocabulary
- partido
- par-tee-doo — Political party or faction; also 'broken'.
- liberal
- lee-beh-rahl — Liberal; relating to progressive or free ideals.
- dizia
- dee-zee-ah — Was saying; imperfect tense of 'dizer'.
- casamento
- kah-zah-men-too — Marriage; the union of two people.
- instituição
- ins-tee-too-ee-sow — Institution; an established organization or practice.
- completamente
- kom-pleh-tah-men-chee — Completely; entirely, in a total manner.
- antiquada
- an-tee-kwah-dah — Outdated; no longer modern or relevant.
- precisa
- preh-see-zah — Needs; requires something urgently or necessarily.
- reconstruída
- reh-kon-stroo-ee-dah — Reconstructed; rebuilt or reformed from scratch.
- vida
- vee-dah — Life; the state of being alive.
- familiar
- fah-mee-lee-ar — Family-related; pertaining to the family unit.
- certamente
- sehr-tah-men-chee — Certainly; without doubt, surely.
- proporcionava
- pro-por-see-o-nah-vah — Was providing; imperfect tense of 'proporcionar'.
- pouca
- poh-kah — Little; small amount of something (feminine).
- satisfação
- sah-chees-fah-sow — Satisfaction; a feeling of fulfillment or pleasure.
- obrigava
- o-bree-gah-vah — Was forcing; imperfect of 'obrigar', to compel.
- mentira
- men-chee-rah — Lie; a false statement intended to deceive.
- hipocrisia
- ee-po-kree-zee-ah — Hypocrisy; pretending to have virtues one lacks.
- tão
- tow — So; to such a degree or extent.
- repugnante
- reh-poog-nan-chee — Repugnant; causing disgust or strong opposition.
- natureza
- nah-too-reh-zah — Nature; one's inherent character or personality.
- antes
- an-chees — Before; earlier in time or rather.
- deixava
- day-shah-vah — Was letting; imperfect of 'deixar', to let/leave.
- entender
- en-ten-dehr — To understand; to comprehend or grasp meaning.
- religião
- reh-lee-zhow — Religion; system of beliefs and spiritual practices.
- apenas
- ah-peh-nas — Only; just, no more than that.
- freio
- fray-oo — Brake or restraint; something that controls or limits.
- conter
- kon-tehr — To contain or restrain; to hold back something.
- classes
- klah-sehs — Classes; social or economic groups of people.
- bárbaras
- bar-bah-rahs — Barbaric; uncivilized or wild (feminine plural).
- povo
- poh-voo — People; the common population or folk.
- conseguia
- kon-seh-ghee-ah — Could manage; imperfect of 'conseguir', to manage.
- assistir
- ah-sees-cheer — To attend or watch; to be present at something.
- nem
- neng — Not even; neither, nor.
- mesmo
- meh-zmoo — Even; same, itself, or emphasizer.
- ofício
- o-fee-see-oo — Religious service or office; a formal ceremony.
- breve
- breh-vee — Brief; short in duration or length.
- sem
- seng — Without; lacking or in the absence of.
- pernas
- pehr-nahs — Legs; the lower limbs of the human body.
- doessem
- do-ehs-seng — Would ache; imperfect subjunctive of 'doer', to hurt.
- tanto
- tan-too — So much; to such a great degree.
- ficar
- fee-kar — To stay or remain; to be in a place.
- pé
- peh — Foot; the lower extremity of the leg.
- nunca
- noon-kah — Never; at no time whatsoever.
- compreender
- kom-preh-en-dehr — To understand; to grasp or comprehend something fully.
- qual
- kwahl — Which/what; interrogative or relative pronoun.
- propósito
- pro-poh-zee-too — Purpose; an intended goal or reason behind something.
- toda
- toh-dah — All/entire; the whole of something (feminine).
- aquela
- ah-keh-lah — That; demonstrative pronoun (feminine, distant).
- linguagem
- leen-gwah-zheng — Language or speech; the manner of verbal expression.
- terrível
- teh-hee-vehl — Terrible; extremely bad or frightening.
- pomposa
- pom-poh-zah — Pompous; excessively grand or self-important in style.
- sobre
- soh-bree — About/on; preposition indicating subject or position.
- outro
- oh-troo — Other/another; a different one (masculine).
- mundo
- moon-doo — World; the earth or a realm of existence.
- quando
- kwan-doo — When; at the time that something happens.
- podia
- po-dee-ah — Could; imperfect of 'poder', to be able.
- divertida
- dee-vehr-chee-dah — Fun/enjoyable; amusing or entertaining (feminine).
- neste
- nes-chee — In this; contraction of 'em' and 'este'.
- tudo
- too-doo — Everything; all things without exception.
- isso
- ee-soo — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby thing.
- gostava
- gos-tah-vah — Liked; imperfect of 'gostar', to like.
- boa
- boh-ah — Good; of high quality or pleasant (feminine).
- piada
- pee-ah-dah — Joke; a humorous story or remark.
- divertia-se
- dee-vehr-chee-ah-see — Amused himself; reflexive imperfect of 'divertir'.
- desconcertar
- des-kon-sehr-tar — To disconcert; to confuse or unsettle someone.
- homem
- o-meng — Man; an adult male human being.
- simples
- seem-plehs — Simple; uncomplicated or of humble character.
- dizendo
- dee-zen-doo — Saying; present participle of 'dizer', to say.
- orgulhava
- or-goo-lyah-vah — Was proud; imperfect of 'orgulhar-se', to take pride.
- origem
- o-ree-zheng — Origin; the starting point or ancestry of something.
- deveria
- deh-veh-ree-ah — Should; conditional of 'dever', to ought to.
- parar
- pah-rar — To stop; to cease movement or an action.
- renegar
- reh-neh-gar — To renounce; to disown or reject someone/something.
- primeiro
- pree-may-roo — First; coming before all others in order.
- fundador
- foon-dah-dor — Founder; one who establishes an institution or dynasty.
- família
- fah-mee-lee-ah — Family; a group of related individuals.
- macaco
- mah-kah-koo — Monkey; a primate animal, used here as insult.
- assim
- ah-seeng — Thus/so; in this way or manner.
- liberalismo
- lee-beh-rah-leez-moo — Liberalism; the political ideology valuing individual freedoms.
- havia
- ah-vee-ah — Had; imperfect of 'haver', auxiliary or to have.
- tornado
- tor-nah-doo — Become/turned into; past participle of 'tornar-se'.
- hábito
- ah-bee-too — Habit; a regularly repeated behavior or custom.
- jornal
- zhor-nahl — Newspaper; a printed or digital daily publication.
- charuto
- shah-roo-too — Cigar; a rolled tobacco product for smoking.
- após
- ah-pohs — After; following in time or order.
- jantar
- zhan-tar — Dinner; the main evening meal.
- ligeira
- lee-zhay-rah — Light/slight; gentle or mild in degree (feminine).
- névoa
- neh-vo-ah — Mist/fog; a light haze obscuring clarity.
- este
- es-chee — This; demonstrative pronoun (masculine, nearby).
- difundia
- dee-foon-dee-ah — Was spreading; imperfect of 'difundir', to diffuse.
- cérebro
- seh-reh-broo — Brain; the organ of thought and mental activity.
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