Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 9
The young Moses referred to was Moses Hatch, Junior, son of the pillar of the Church and State, and it was an open secret that he was madly in love with Cynthia.
O jovem Moisés a que se referia era Moses Hatch Júnior, filho do pilar da Igreja e do Estado, e era um segredo de polichinelo que ele estava perdidamente apaixonado por Cynthia.
Let it be said of him that he was a steady-going young man, and that he sighed for the moon.
Diga-se dele que era um jovem sensato e equilibrado, e que suspirava pela lua.
"Moses," said the girl, when they came in sight of the elms that, shaded the gable of the parsonage, "what do you think of Jethro Bass?"
"Moisés", disse a rapariga, quando avistaram os olmeiros que sombreavam o frontão da casa paroquial, "o que é que acha de Jethro Bass?"
"Jethro Bass!" exclaimed honest Moses, "whatever put him into your head, Cynthy?"
"Jethro Bass!" exclamou o honesto Moisés, "o que é que te pôs isso na cabeça, Cynthy?"
Had she mentioned perhaps, any other young man in Coniston, Moses would have been eaten with jealousy.
Se ela tivesse mencionado, talvez, qualquer outro jovem de Coniston, Moisés teria sido consumido pelo ciúme.
"Oh, Jock was joking about him. What do you think of him?"
"Oh, o Jock estava a brincar com isso. O que é que acha dele?"
"Never thought one way or t'other," he answered.
"Nunca pensei de uma maneira nem de outra", respondeu ele.
"Jethro never had much to do with the boys.
"O Jethro nunca teve muito a ver com os rapazes.
He's always in that tannery, or out buyin' of hides.
Está sempre naquela curtumaria, ou lá fora a comprar couros.
He does make a sharp bargain when he buys a hide.
Ele faz um bom negócio quando compra um couro.
We always goes shares on our'n."
Nós partilhamos sempre os nossos."
Cynthia was not only the minister's daughter,--distinction enough,--her reputation for learning was spread through the country roundabout, and at the age of twenty she had had an offer to teach school in Harwich.
Cynthia não era apenas a filha do pastor — distinção suficiente por si só —, a sua reputação de erudição estava espalhada pela região circundante, e aos vinte anos havia recebido uma proposta para lecionar numa escola em Harwich.
Vocabulary
- jovem
- Young person; adjective meaning young
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; also means 'if' as conjunction
- referia
- Imperfect tense of referir; was referring to something
- era
- Imperfect tense of ser; was, used for descriptions
- filho
- Son; male offspring of a parent
- pilar
- Pillar; a foundational or supporting figure or column
- Igreja
- Church; a Christian place of worship or institution
- Estado
- State; a political or governmental entity or body
- segredo
- Secret; information kept hidden from others
- polichinelo
- Punchinello; 'segredo de polichinelo' means open secret
- estava
- Imperfect of estar; was (in a state or condition)
- perdidamente
- Hopelessly; desperately or completely lost in feeling
- apaixonado
- In love; deeply or passionately enamored with someone
- Diga-se
- Let it be said; impersonal reflexive expression
- sensato
- Sensible; showing good judgment and reasoning ability
- equilibrado
- Balanced; emotionally or mentally stable and composed
- suspirava
- Sighed; imperfect of suspirar, to yearn or sigh
- lua
- Moon; the natural satellite orbiting the Earth
- disse
- Said; past tense of dizer, to say or tell
- rapariga
- Girl; young female person (used in European Portuguese)
- avistaram
- Spotted; past tense of avistar, to catch sight of
- olmeiros
- Elm trees; plural of olmeiro, a deciduous shade tree
- sombreavam
- Were shading; imperfect of sombrear, to cast shade
- frontão
- Pediment or gable; triangular architectural feature above entrance
- casa
- House; a building used as a home or dwelling
- paroquial
- Parochial; relating to a parish or parish church
- acha
- Thinks; third person singular present of achar, to think
- exclamou
- Exclaimed; past tense of exclamar, to cry out
- honesto
- Honest; truthful, fair, and morally upright person
- pôs
- Put; past tense of pôr, to place or set
- cabeça
- Head; the upper body part containing the brain
- tivesse
- Imperfect subjunctive of ter; had (in hypothetical context)
- mencionado
- Mentioned; past participle of mencionar, to refer to
- talvez
- Perhaps; maybe, expressing uncertainty or possibility
- qualquer
- Any; whichever, used to indicate no specific preference
- outro
- Other; another, referring to a different person or thing
- teria
- Would have; conditional of ter, to have
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser, used in compound tenses
- consumido
- Consumed; overcome or destroyed by a strong emotion
- ciúme
- Jealousy; resentful envy of another person's advantages
- brincar
- To play; to joke or engage in playful activity
- Nunca
- Never; at no time, used to negate frequency
- pensei
- I thought; first person past tense of pensar
- maneira
- Way; manner or method of doing something
- nem
- Neither; nor, used in negative correlative constructions
- outra
- Other; another (feminine), referring to a different option
- respondeu
- Replied; past tense of responder, to answer
- nunca
- Never; at no time in the past or future
- teve
- Had; past tense of ter, to have
- muito
- Much; a lot, indicating a large quantity or degree
- ver
- To see; infinitive of ver, to perceive visually
- rapazes
- Boys; plural of rapaz, young males or fellows
- sempre
- Always; at all times, without exception
- naquela
- In that; contraction of em+aquela, feminine demonstrative
- curtumaria
- Tannery; a place where animal hides are processed
- lá
- There; indicates a place distant from the speaker
- fora
- Outside; beyond a boundary or away from a place
- comprar
- To buy; to purchase goods or services for money
- couros
- Hides; plural of couro, animal skin or leather
- faz
- Does or makes; third person singular present of fazer
- bom
- Good; of high quality or favorable nature (masculine)
- negócio
- Business; a commercial enterprise or deal or transaction
- compra
- Buys; third person singular present of comprar
- couro
- Leather or hide; processed animal skin used commercially
- partilhamos
- We share; first person plural of partilhar, to share
- apenas
- Only; just, limiting to a single thing or condition
- filha
- Daughter; female offspring of a parent
- pastor
- Pastor; a minister or shepherd tending a congregation
- distinção
- Distinction; a mark of excellence or notable difference
- suficiente
- Sufficient; enough to meet a need or requirement
- si
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun used after prepositions
- só
- Alone; only, just, or by oneself
- reputação
- Reputation; the general opinion others hold about someone
- erudição
- Erudition; deep scholarly knowledge gained through extensive study
- espalhada
- Spread; dispersed or widely known across an area
- região
- Region; a geographical area with common characteristics
- circundante
- Surrounding; encircling or in the vicinity of a place
- vinte
- Twenty; the cardinal number between nineteen and twenty-one
- anos
- Years; plural of ano, a unit of time measurement
- havia
- Had; imperfect of haver, used as auxiliary verb
- recebido
- Received; past participle of receber, to receive something
- proposta
- Proposal; an offer or suggestion put forward formally
- lecionar
- To teach; to instruct students in an educational setting
- escola
- School; an institution for educating children or students
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