Cranford — Page 8
True, it was to discover the cause of a smoking chimney, before the fire was lighted; but still Captain Brown walked upstairs, nothing daunted, spoke in a voice too large for the room, and joked quite in the way of a tame man about the house.
É verdade que era para descobrir a causa de uma chaminé fumegante, antes que o fogo fosse aceso; mas ainda assim o Capitão Brown subiu as escadas, sem se intimidar minimamente, falou com uma voz grande demais para o cômodo, e brincou exatamente como um homem domesticado em casa.
He had been blind to all the small slights, and omissions of trivial ceremonies, with which he had been received.
Ele havia sido indiferente a todos os pequenos desaforos e às omissões de cerimônias triviais com que fora recebido.
He had been friendly, though the Cranford ladies had been cool; he had answered small sarcastic compliments in good faith; and with his manly frankness had overpowered all the shrinking which met him as a man who was not ashamed to be poor.
Ele havia sido amigável, embora as damas de Cranford tivessem sido frias; havia respondido a pequenos elogios sarcásticos de boa-fé; e com sua franqueza viril havia superado toda a retração com que era recebido como um homem que não se envergonhava de ser pobre.
And, at last, his excellent masculine common sense, and his facility in devising expedients to overcome domestic dilemmas, had gained him an extraordinary place as authority among the Cranford ladies.
E, por fim, seu excelente bom senso masculino e sua habilidade em idear expedientes para superar dilemas domésticos lhe haviam conquistado um lugar extraordinário como autoridade entre as damas de Cranford.
He himself went on in his course, as unaware of his popularity as he had been of the reverse; and I am sure he was startled one day when he found his advice so highly esteemed as to make some counsel which he had given in jest to be taken in sober, serious earnest.
Ele mesmo seguia seu caminho, tão alheio à sua popularidade quanto havia sido à impopularidade anterior; e tenho certeza de que ficou surpreso certo dia ao descobrir que seu conselho era tão bem considerado a ponto de fazer com que uma orientação dada em tom de brincadeira fosse levada com toda a seriedade.
It was on this subject: An old lady had an Alderney cow, which she looked upon as a daughter.
Era sobre este assunto: Uma senhora idosa tinha uma vaca Alderney, que ela considerava como uma filha.
You could not pay the short quarter of an hour call without being told of the wonderful milk or wonderful intelligence of this animal.
Não se podia fazer uma breve visita de um quarto de hora sem ser informado sobre o maravilhoso leite ou a maravilhosa inteligência desse animal.
Vocabulary
- verdade
- Truth; reality or fact
- que
- What; which; that (relative pronoun)
- era
- Was; past tense of ser
- para
- For; in order to; toward
- descobrir
- To discover; to uncover or reveal
- causa
- Cause; reason or motive
- de
- Of; from; about (preposition)
- uma
- A; an (feminine indefinite article)
- chaminé
- Chimney; smoke duct in building
- antes
- Before; previously or earlier
- fogo
- Fire; flames or burning
- fosse
- Were; subjunctive past of ser
- aceso
- Lit; burning or on fire
- mas
- But; however or yet
- ainda
- Still; yet or even so
- assim
- So; thus or in this way
- Capitão
- Captain; military rank or ship leader
- subiu
- Climbed; went up or ascended
- as
- The; feminine plural definite article
- escadas
- Stairs; steps for ascending or descending
- sem
- Without; lacking or minus
- se
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun
- intimidar
- To intimidate; to frighten or threaten
- falou
- Spoke; past tense of falar
- com
- With; accompanied by or using
- voz
- Voice; sound of speaking
- grande
- Large; big or great in size
- demais
- Too much; excessively or overly
- cômodo
- Room; convenient or comfortable space
- brincou
- Joked; past tense of brincar
- exatamente
- Exactly; precisely or just so
- como
- How; like or as
- um
- A; an (masculine indefinite article)
- homem
- Man; adult male person
- domesticado
- Domesticated; tame or accustomed
- em
- In; inside or at location
- casa
- House; home or residence
- Ele
- He; male third person pronoun
- havia
- Had; past tense of haver
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- indiferente
- Indifferent; unconcerned or detached
- todos
- All; everyone or every one
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article
- pequenos
- Small; little or tiny things
- às
- To the; at the feminine plural
- omissões
- Omissions; things left out or excluded
- cerimônias
- Ceremonies; formal rituals or procedures
- triviais
- Trivial; unimportant or commonplace
- fora
- Was; past tense of ser or out
- recebido
- Received; past participle of receber
- amigável
- Friendly; pleasant or cordial manner
- embora
- Although; even though or albeit
- damas
- Ladies; women or female persons
- tivessem
- Had; subjunctive past of ter
- frias
- Cold; cool or frigid
- respondido
- Responded; past participle of responder
- elogios
- Compliments; praise or flattery
- sarcásticos
- Sarcastic; mocking or ironic remarks
- boa-fé
- Good faith; sincere or honest intentions
- sua
- His; her or its possessive
- franqueza
- Frankness; honesty or candid speech
- viril
- Virile; manly or masculine
- superado
- Overcome; surpassed or transcended
- toda
- All; entire or whole
- retração
- Retraction; withdrawal or reserve
- não
- Not; negation or refusal
- envergonhava
- Embarrassed; past tense of envergonhar
- ser
- To be; exist or become
- pobre
- Poor; lacking money or wealth
- por
- By; through or for reason
- fim
- End; conclusion or final part
- seu
- His; your or its possessive
- excelente
- Excellent; outstanding or superior quality
- bom
- Good; positive or favorable quality
- senso
- Sense; perception or judgment
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