Bleak House — Page 5
,* the recorded opinions and experiences of distinguished medical professors, French, English, and Scotch, in more modern days, contenting myself with observing that I shall not abandon the facts until there shall have been a considerable spontaneous combustion of the testimony on which human occurrences are usually received.**
,* as opiniões e experiências registadas de distintos professores de medicina, franceses, ingleses e escoceses, em dias mais modernos, contentando-me com a observação de que não abandonarei os factos até que haja uma considerável combustão espontânea do testemunho com base no qual os acontecimentos humanos são geralmente aceites.**
In Bleak House I have purposely dwelt upon the romantic side of familiar things.
Em Bleak House detive-me propositadamente no lado romântico das coisas familiares.
1853
1853
*Transcriber's note. This referred to a specific page in the printed book. In this Project Gutenberg edition the pertinent information is in Chapter XXX, paragraph 90.
*Nota do transcritor. Isto referia-se a uma página específica no livro impresso. Nesta edição do Project Gutenberg a informação pertinente encontra-se no Capítulo XXX, parágrafo 90.
** Another case, very clearly described by a dentist, occurred at the town of Columbus, in the United States of America, quite recently.
** Outro caso, descrito de forma muito clara por um dentista, ocorreu na cidade de Columbus, nos Estados Unidos da América, há bem pouco tempo.
The subject was a German who kept a liquor-shop and was an inveterate drunkard.
O sujeito era um alemão que tinha uma taberna e era um bêbedo inveterado.
Vocabulary
- as
- Feminine plural definite article meaning 'the'.
- opiniões
- o-pi-ni-õeş — Opinions; personal views or judgments.
- e
- ee — Conjunction meaning 'and'.
- experiências
- eş-pe-ri-en-si-aş — Experiences; events lived through personally.
- registadas
- re-jiş-ta-daş — Recorded or documented, feminine plural adjective.
- de
- de — Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'.
- distintos
- diş-tin-toş — Distinct or different; various, masculine plural.
- professores
- pro-fe-so-reş — Professors or teachers, masculine plural noun.
- medicina
- me-di-si-na — Medicine; the science of health and treatment.
- franceses
- fran-se-zeş — French people or things, masculine plural adjective.
- ingleses
- in-gle-zeş — English people or things, masculine plural adjective.
- escoceses
- eş-ko-se-zeş — Scottish people or things, masculine plural adjective.
- em
- em — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'at'.
- dias
- di-aş — Days; units of time, masculine plural noun.
- mais
- maiş — More; comparative adverb indicating greater quantity.
- modernos
- mo-der-noş — Modern; relating to recent or present times.
- contentando
- kon-ten-tan-do — Contenting or satisfying oneself, gerund form.
- me
- me — First person singular reflexive or object pronoun.
- com
- kom — Preposition meaning 'with'.
- a
- a — Feminine singular definite article meaning 'the'.
- observação
- ob-ser-va-são — Observation; the act of watching or noticing.
- que
- ke — Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that' or 'which'.
- não
- nãw — Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'.
- abandonarei
- a-ban-do-na-rei — I will abandon; future tense first person singular.
- os
- oş — Masculine plural definite article meaning 'the'.
- factos
- fa-toş — Facts; pieces of verified or true information.
- até
- a-te — Preposition meaning 'until' or 'up to'.
- haja
- a-ja — Subjunctive form of 'haver', meaning 'there be'.
- uma
- u-ma — Feminine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one'.
- considerável
- kon-si-de-ra-vel — Considerable; notably large or significant in amount.
- combustão
- kom-buş-tão — Combustion; the process of burning or igniting.
- espontânea
- eş-pon-tâ-ni-a — Spontaneous; occurring naturally without external cause.
- do
- do — Contraction of 'de' and 'o', meaning 'of the'.
- testemunho
- teş-te-mu-nyo — Testimony; evidence or witness account given.
- base
- ba-ze — Base or basis; foundational support for something.
- no
- no — Contraction of 'em' and 'o', meaning 'in the'.
- qual
- kwal — Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'that'.
- acontecimentos
- a-kon-te-si-men-toş — Events or happenings; notable occurrences in time.
- humanos
- u-ma-noş — Human; relating to people, masculine plural adjective.
- são
- sãw — Third person plural of 'ser', meaning 'are'.
- geralmente
- je-ral-men-te — Generally; usually or in most cases.
- aceites
- a-sei-teş — Accepted; received or acknowledged as valid.
- Em
- em — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'at', capitalized.
- detive
- de-ti-ve — I dwelt on or detained; past tense first person.
- propositadamente
- pro-po-zi-ta-da-men-te — Deliberately or intentionally; done on purpose.
- lado
- la-do — Side; one of two or more aspects of something.
- romântico
- ro-mân-ti-ko — Romantic; relating to romance, imagination, or idealism.
- das
- daş — Contraction of 'de' and 'as', meaning 'of the'.
- coisas
- koi-zaş — Things; objects or matters in general.
- familiares
- fa-mi-li-a-reş — Familiar things; well-known or everyday occurrences.
- Nota
- no-ta — Note; a short written remark or annotation.
- transcritor
- tran-ş-kri-tor — Transcriber; person who copies or transcribes text.
- Isto
- iş-to — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby thing.
- referia
- re-fe-ri-a — Referred to; past imperfect tense third person singular.
- se
- se — Reflexive pronoun meaning 'itself' or 'oneself'.
- página
- pa-ji-na — Page; a single side of a leaf in a book.
- específica
- eş-pe-si-fi-ka — Specific; particular or clearly defined, feminine adjective.
- livro
- li-vro — Book; a written or printed work of pages.
- impresso
- im-pre-so — Printed; produced by a printing process, adjective.
- Nesta
- neş-ta — Contraction of 'em' and 'esta', meaning 'in this'.
- edição
- e-di-são — Edition; a version of a published work.
- informação
- in-for-ma-são — Information; facts or knowledge about a subject.
- pertinente
- per-ti-nen-te — Pertinent or relevant; directly related to the matter.
- encontra
- en-kon-tra — Finds or is found; third person singular present.
- Capítulo
- ka-pi-tu-lo — Chapter; a main division of a book.
- parágrafo
- pa-ra-gra-fo — Paragraph; a distinct section of written text.
- Outro
- o-tro — Another or other; referring to a different one.
- caso
- ka-zo — Case; an instance or example of something occurring.
- descrito
- deş-kri-to — Described; explained or portrayed in written detail.
- forma
- for-ma — Form or way; manner in which something is done.
- muito
- mui-to — Very or much; indicating a high degree.
- clara
- kla-ra — Clear; easy to understand, feminine singular adjective.
- por
- por — Preposition meaning 'by' or 'through'.
- um
- um — Masculine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one'.
- dentista
- den-tiş-ta — Dentist; a medical professional treating teeth.
- ocorreu
- o-ko-reu — Occurred; happened, past tense third person singular.
- na
- na — Contraction of 'em' and 'a', meaning 'in the'.
- cidade
- si-da-de — City; a large urban settlement or municipality.
- nos
- noş — Contraction of 'em' and 'os', meaning 'in the'.
- Estados
- eş-ta-doş — States; political or administrative territorial divisions.
- Unidos
- u-ni-doş — United; joined together, masculine plural adjective.
- da
- da — Contraction of 'de' and 'a', meaning 'of the'.
- América
- a-me-ri-ka — America; the continent or United States of America.
- há
- a — There is or ago; present tense of 'haver'.
- bem
- bem — Well or quite; adverb indicating degree or manner.
- pouco
- po-ko — Little or few; a small amount of something.
- tempo
- tem-po — Time or weather; a measurable duration or period.
- O
- o — Masculine singular definite article meaning 'the'.
- sujeito
- su-jei-to — Subject or fellow; a person or grammatical subject.
- era
- e-ra — Was; past imperfect tense of 'ser', meaning 'to be'.
- alemão
- a-le-mão — German; a person from Germany or German language.
- tinha
- ti-nya — Had; past imperfect tense of 'ter', meaning 'to have'.
- taberna
- ta-ber-na — Tavern; a place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- bêbedo
- be-be-do — Drunk or drunkard; a person habitually intoxicated.
- inveterado
- in-ve-te-ra-do — Inveterate; deeply habitual or long-established in behavior.
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