Bleak House — Page 8

English → Pt CHAPTER I Level 9/10

Articled clerks have been in the habit of fleshing their legal wit upon it.

Os escriturários contratados têm tido o hábito de exercitar sua sagacidade jurídica sobre o assunto.

The last Lord Chancellor handled it neatly, when, correcting Mr. Blowers, the eminent silk gown who said that such a thing might happen when the sky rained potatoes, he observed, "or when we get through Jarndyce and Jarndyce, Mr. Blowers"—a pleasantry that particularly tickled the maces, bags, and purses.

O último Lorde Chanceler tratou do assunto com elegância, quando, corrigindo o Sr. Blowers, o eminente advogado de seda que disse que tal coisa poderia acontecer quando o céu chovesse batatas, observou: "ou quando terminarmos com Jarndyce e Jarndyce, Sr. Blowers" — uma graciosidade que agradou particularmente às maças, bolsas e bursas.

How many people out of the suit Jarndyce and Jarndyce has stretched forth its unwholesome hand to spoil and corrupt would be a very wide question.

Quantas pessoas fora do processo Jarndyce e Jarndyce teve sua mão perniciosa estendida para corromper e degradar seria uma questão muito ampla.

From the master upon whose impaling files reams of dusty warrants in Jarndyce and Jarndyce have grimly writhed into many shapes, down to the copying-clerk in the Six Clerks' Office who has copied his tens of thousands of Chancery folio-pages under that eternal heading, no man's nature has been made better by it.

Desde o escrivão em cujos arquivos espetados resmas de empoeirados mandados de Jarndyce e Jarndyce se contorceram sombriamente em muitas formas, até o escriturário copista no Escritório dos Seis Escrivães que copiou suas dezenas de milhares de páginas em fólio da Chancelaria sob aquele eterno cabeçalho, a natureza de nenhum homem foi melhorada por isso.

In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good.

Em trapaças, evasões, procrastinações, espoliações, perturbações, sob falsas pretensas de todo tipo, há influências que jamais podem resultar em bem.

The very solicitors' boys who have kept the wretched suitors at bay, by protesting time out of mind that Mr. Chizzle, Mizzle, or otherwise was particularly engaged and had appointments until dinner, may have got an extra moral twist and shuffle into themselves out of Jarndyce and Jarndyce.

Os próprios rapazes dos advogados que mantiveram os miseráveis litigantes à distância, alegando desde tempos imemoriais que o Sr. Chizzle, Mizzle, ou outro qualquer estava particularmente ocupado e tinha compromissos até a hora do jantar, podem ter adquirido uma torção e embaralhamento moral extra em si mesmos por causa de Jarndyce e Jarndyce.

The receiver in the cause has acquired a goodly sum of money by it but has acquired too a distrust of his own mother and a contempt for his own kind.

O administrador judicial no processo adquiriu uma boa soma de dinheiro com isso, mas também adquiriu uma desconfiança de sua própria mãe e um desprezo por seus semelhantes.

Vocabulary

escriturários: esh-kree-too-RAH-ree-ohs — Office clerks who handle written records and documents.
contratados: kon-trah-TAH-dohs — Hired or contracted employees engaged for specific work.
têm: tayng — Third-person plural present of 'ter', meaning 'have'.
tido: CHEE-doo — Past participle of 'ter'; meaning 'had'.
hábito: AH-bee-too — A habit or regular practice done routinely.
exercitar: eh-zehr-see-TAR — To exercise or practice a skill regularly.
sagacidade: sah-gah-see-DAH-djee — Shrewdness or keen mental perception and judgment.
jurídica: zhoo-REE-djee-kah — Relating to law or legal matters.
assunto: ah-SOON-too — A subject, topic, or matter under discussion.
último: OOL-tee-moo — The last or most recent in a sequence.
Lorde: LOR-djee — Title of nobility equivalent to English 'Lord'.
Chanceler: shan-seh-LEHR — A high government official overseeing legal or state affairs.
tratou: trah-TOH — Past tense of 'tratar'; dealt with or handled something.
elegância: eh-leh-GAN-see-ah — Grace, refinement, and stylish sophistication in manner.
corrigindo: koh-hee-ZHEEN-doo — Correcting or fixing an error or statement.
eminente: eh-mee-NEN-chee — Distinguished, prominent, or highly respected in a field.
advogado: ahd-voh-GAH-doo — A lawyer or attorney who practices law professionally.
seda: SEH-dah — Silk; also refers to a silk-gowned barrister.
disse: DJEE-see — Past tense of 'dizer'; meaning 'said'.
tal: tow — Adjective meaning 'such' or 'such a thing'.
coisa: KOY-zah — A thing or object in general terms.
poderia: poh-deh-REE-ah — Conditional form of 'poder'; meaning 'could' or 'might'.
acontecer: ah-kon-teh-SEHR — To happen or occur, referring to an event.
céu: SEH-oo — The sky or heaven above the earth.
chovesse: shoh-VEH-see — Past subjunctive of 'chover'; meaning 'if it rained'.
batatas: bah-TAH-tahs — Potatoes, the common starchy root vegetable.
observou: ohb-sehr-VOH — Past tense of 'observar'; meaning 'remarked' or 'noted'.
terminarmos: tehr-mee-NAR-mohs — For us to finish or conclude something.
graciosidade: grah-see-oh-zee-DAH-djee — Gracefulness or charming wittiness in expression.
agradou: ah-grah-DOH — Past tense of 'agradar'; meaning 'pleased' someone.
particularmente: par-tee-koo-lar-MEN-chee — Particularly or especially in a specific regard.
maças: MAH-sahs — Maces; ceremonial club-like staffs used in official proceedings.
bolsas: BOHL-sahs — Bags, purses, or financial funds; also law scholarship funds.
bursas: BOOR-sahs — Bursaries or scholarship funds for academic support.
Quantas: KWAN-tahs — Interrogative meaning 'how many' (feminine plural).
pessoas: peh-SOH-ahs — People or persons in general.
fora: FOH-rah — Outside of or beyond a particular boundary or context.
processo: proh-SEH-soo — A legal case or formal judicial proceeding.
teve: TEH-vee — Past tense of 'ter'; meaning 'had'.
mão: mowng — Hand; the part of the body used for grasping.
perniciosa: pehr-nee-see-OH-zah — Harmful, destructive, or causing serious damage.
estendida: esh-ten-DJEE-dah — Extended or stretched out in a particular direction.
corromper: koh-hom-PEHR — To corrupt or morally deprave someone or something.
degradar: deh-grah-DAR — To degrade or lower the moral or social status.
seria: SEH-ree-ah — Conditional form of 'ser'; meaning 'would be'.
questão: keh-STOWNG — A question, issue, or matter requiring discussion.
ampla: AMP-lah — Broad, wide, or extensive in scope or range.
Desde: DEHZ-djee — Preposition meaning 'since' or 'from' a point in time.
escrivão: esh-kree-VOWNG — A court clerk or notary who records legal documents.
cujos: KOO-zhohs — Relative possessive pronoun meaning 'whose'.
arquivos: ar-KEE-vohs — Files, archives, or records kept in storage.
espetados: esh-peh-TAH-dohs — Skewered or impaled; here meaning spiked on a file.
resmas: REHZ-mahs — Reams of paper; large quantities of paper sheets.
empoeirados: em-poh-ay-RAH-dohs — Dusty or covered with accumulated dust over time.
mandados: man-DAH-dohs — Writs or court orders issued by legal authorities.
contorceram: kon-tor-SEH-rowng — Twisted or contorted; writhed in a distorted manner.
sombriamente: som-bree-ah-MEN-chee — Gloomily or darkly, in a somber manner.
formas: FOR-mahs — Forms, shapes, or ways of doing something.
até: ah-TEH — Preposition meaning 'until', 'up to', or 'even'.
escriturário: esh-kree-too-RAH-ree-oo — A clerk responsible for copying and filing documents.
copista: koh-PEES-tah — A copyist who transcribes documents by hand.
Escritório: esh-kree-TOH-ree-oo — An office or workplace for administrative tasks.
Escrivães: esh-kree-VOWNGZ — Plural of escrivão; court clerks or notaries.
copiou: koh-pee-OH — Past tense of 'copiar'; meaning 'copied' a document.
dezenas: deh-ZEH-nahs — Tens or dozens; groups of approximately ten items.
milhares: mee-LYAH-rehs — Thousands; large quantities numbering in the thousands.
páginas: PAH-zhee-nahs — Pages of a book, document, or manuscript.
fólio: FOH-lee-oo — A folio; a large sheet of paper folded once.
Chancelaria: shan-seh-lah-REE-ah — The Chancery court handling equity and legal proceedings.
sob: sohb — Preposition meaning 'under' or 'beneath'.
aquele: ah-KEH-lee — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' (masculine).
eterno: eh-TEHR-noo — Eternal or everlasting, seemingly without end.
cabeçalho: kah-beh-SAH-lyoo — A heading or title at the top of a document.
natureza: nah-too-REH-zah — Nature; the inherent character or essence of something.
nenhum: nen-YOOM — Adjective or pronoun meaning 'no' or 'none'.
homem: OH-meng — A man or human being (masculine singular).
foi: foy — Past tense of 'ser/ir'; meaning 'was' or 'went'.
melhorada: meh-lyoh-RAH-dah — Improved or made better in some way.
isso: EE-soo — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this'.
trapaças: trah-PAH-sahs — Tricks, cheats, or acts of fraudulent deception.
evasões: eh-vah-ZOWNGZ — Evasions; deliberate avoidance of obligations or truth.
procrastinações: proh-krahs-chee-nah-SOWNGZ — Acts of procrastination; intentional delays in legal matters.
espoliações: esh-poh-lee-ah-SOWNGZ — Spoliation; wrongful seizure or destruction of property.
perturbações: pehr-toor-bah-SOWNGZ — Disturbances or disruptions causing disorder and confusion.
falsas: FAHL-sahs — False or untrue (feminine plural adjective).
pretensas: preh-TEN-sahs — Pretended or feigned; not genuine or real.
todo: TOH-doo — Adjective meaning 'all' or 'every'.
tipo: CHEE-poo — Type, kind, or sort of something.
há: ah — Third-person singular of 'haver'; meaning 'there is/are'.
influências: een-floo-EN-see-ahs — Influences; forces that affect behavior or outcomes.
jamais: zhah-MAYZ — Never or not ever; a strong negation in time.
podem: POH-deng — Third-person plural of 'poder'; meaning 'can' or 'may'.
resultar: heh-zool-TAR — To result in or lead to a particular outcome.
bem: beng — Well; in a good or positive manner.
próprios: PROH-pree-ohs — Own; belonging specifically to oneself (masculine plural).
rapazes: hah-PAH-zehs — Boys or young men; plural of rapaz.
advogados: ahd-voh-GAH-dohs — Lawyers or attorneys practicing law professionally.
mantiveram: man-chee-VEH-rowng — Past tense of 'manter'; meaning 'kept' or 'maintained'.
miseráveis: mee-zeh-RAH-vayz — Miserable people; wretched or pitiable litigants.
litigantes: lee-chee-GAN-chehs — Litigants; parties involved in a lawsuit or legal dispute.
distância: djees-TAN-see-ah — Distance; the space or interval between two points.
alegando: ah-leh-GAN-doo — Alleging or claiming something as an excuse or reason.
desde: DEHZ-djee — Preposition meaning 'since' or 'from' a point in time.
tempos: TEM-pohs — Times or periods of time (plural of tempo).
imemoriais: ee-meh-moh-ree-AYZ — Immemorial; beyond the reach of memory or record.
outro: OH-troo — Another or other (masculine singular adjective/pronoun).
qualquer: kwaw-KEHR — Any or whatever; referring to an unspecified person.
estava: esh-TAH-vah — Past imperfect of 'estar'; meaning 'was' (temporary state).
ocupado: oh-koo-PAH-doo — Busy or occupied with tasks or engagements.
tinha: CHEEN-yah — Past imperfect of 'ter'; meaning 'had'.
compromissos: kom-proh-MEE-sohs — Commitments, engagements, or obligations to attend.
hora: OH-rah — Hour or time of day.
jantar: zhang-TAR — Dinner; the main evening meal of the day.
ter: tehr — Infinitive meaning 'to have'.
adquirido: ahd-kee-REE-doo — Acquired or obtained something over time.
torção: tor-SOWNG — A twist or distortion; a warping of something.
embaralhamento: em-bah-rah-lyah-MEN-too — A shuffling or muddling; mixing things into confusion.
moral: moh-RAL — Moral; relating to principles of right and wrong.
extra: EX-trah — Extra or additional beyond what is standard.
si: see — Reflexive pronoun meaning 'themselves' or 'oneself'.
mesmos: MEHZ-mohs — Same or themselves; used for emphasis (masculine plural).
causa: KAW-zah — A cause, case, or legal matter being argued.
administrador: ahd-mee-nees-trah-DOR — An administrator or manager overseeing affairs or estates.
judicial: zhoo-djee-see-AW — Judicial; relating to courts of law or justice.
adquiriu: ahd-kee-REE-oo — Past tense of 'adquirir'; meaning 'acquired' something.
boa: BOH-ah — Good (feminine singular adjective).
soma: SOH-mah — A sum or total amount of money.
dinheiro: djeen-YAY-roo — Money; currency used for financial transactions.
desconfiança: desh-kon-fee-AN-sah — Distrust or suspicion towards someone or something.
própria: PROH-pree-ah — Own; belonging to oneself (feminine singular).
mãe: mang — Mother; a female parent.
desprezo: desh-PREH-zoo — Contempt or disdain towards others.
semelhantes: seh-meh-LYAN-chehs — Fellow human beings; those similar to oneself.

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