Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 1
The world has made such comet-like advance
O mundo fez um avanço tão semelhante ao de um cometa
Lately on science, we may almost hope,
Ultimamente na ciência, que quase podemos esperar,
Before we die of sheer decay, to learn
Antes de morrermos de pura decadência, aprender
Something about our infancy; when lived
Algo sobre nossa infância; quando viveu
That great, original, broad-eyed, sunken race,
Aquela grande, original, de olhos abertos, raça submersa,
Whose knowledge, like the sea-sustaining rocks,
Cujo conhecimento, como as rochas que sustentam o mar,
Hath formed the base of this world's fluctuous lore
Formou a base do saber flutuante deste mundo
FESTUS.
FESTUS.
Frontpiece: The Profile of Atlantis
Frontispício: O Perfil de Atlântida
CONTENTS.
CONTEÚDO.
Vocabulary
- mundo
- moon-doo — The world or earth as a whole.
- fez
- fez — Past tense of 'fazer'; made or did.
- avanço
- ah-van-soo — An advance, progress, or forward movement.
- tão
- towng — So or such; used to intensify adjectives.
- semelhante
- seh-meh-lyan-chee — Similar or resembling something else closely.
- cometa
- koh-meh-tah — A comet; celestial body with a luminous tail.
- Ultimamente
- ool-chee-mah-men-chee — Lately or recently; in the most recent period.
- ciência
- see-en-see-ah — Science; systematic study of the natural world.
- quase
- kwah-zee — Almost or nearly; not quite but very close.
- podemos
- poh-deh-mooss — We can or we are able to do something.
- esperar
- esh-peh-rar — To wait or to hope for something expected.
- Antes
- an-chees — Before; prior to a specific time or event.
- morrermos
- moh-heh-mooss — For us to die; subjunctive form of 'morrer'.
- pura
- poo-rah — Pure, clean, or unmixed; entirely without contamination.
- decadência
- deh-kah-den-see-ah — Decadence or decline; deterioration of morals or culture.
- aprender
- ah-pren-dehr — To learn; to acquire knowledge or a skill.
- Algo
- al-goo — Something; an unspecified thing or matter.
- sobre
- soh-breh — About or over; regarding a particular subject.
- nossa
- noh-sah — Our; possessive pronoun (feminine singular form).
- infância
- een-fan-see-ah — Childhood or infancy; early period of life.
- quando
- kwan-doo — When; at the time that something occurs.
- viveu
- vee-veh-oo — Lived; past tense of 'viver' (he/she lived).
- Aquela
- ah-keh-lah — That (feminine); demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.
- grande
- gran-jee — Great or large; significant in size or importance.
- original
- oh-ree-zhee-nal — Original; first or earliest form of something.
- olhos
- oh-lyooss — Eyes; the organs used for seeing.
- abertos
- ah-behr-tooss — Open; not closed, wide or receptive.
- raça
- hah-sah — Race or breed; a group sharing common ancestry.
- submersa
- soob-mehr-sah — Submerged; sunken or covered beneath water.
- Cujo
- koo-zhoo — Whose; relative possessive pronoun indicating ownership.
- conhecimento
- koh-nyeh-see-men-too — Knowledge or understanding; awareness of facts or skills.
- rochas
- hoh-shahss — Rocks; solid mineral formations found in nature.
- sustentam
- sooss-ten-tahng — They sustain or support; hold up from below.
- mar
- mar — The sea or ocean; large body of salt water.
- Formou
- for-moh — Formed or shaped; past tense of 'formar'.
- base
- bah-zee — Base or foundation; the bottom supporting structure.
- saber
- sah-behr — Knowledge or wisdom; also infinitive meaning to know.
- flutuante
- floo-too-an-chee — Floating; drifting on or near a surface.
- deste
- des-chee — Contraction of 'de' and 'este'; of this (masculine).
- Frontispício
- fron-chees-pee-see-oo — Frontispiece; an illustration facing a book's title page.
- Perfil
- pehr-feel — Profile; an outline or side view of something.
- Atlântida
- at-lan-chee-dah — Atlantis; the legendary sunken ancient civilization.
- CONTEÚDO
- kon-teh-oo-doo — Content or contents; material included in something.
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