Cranford — Page 10
He must have been upwards of sixty at the time of the first visit I paid to Cranford after I had left it as a residence.
Ele devia ter mais de sessenta anos na época da primeira visita que fiz a Cranford depois de tê-la deixado como residência.
But he had a wiry, well-trained, elastic figure, a stiff military throw-back of his head, and a springing step, which made him appear much younger than he was.
Mas ele tinha uma figura nervosa, bem treinada e elástica, um rígido porte militar na cabeça, e um passo ágil, que o faziam parecer muito mais jovem do que era.
His eldest daughter looked almost as old as himself, and betrayed the fact that his real was more than his apparent age.
Sua filha mais velha parecia quase tão velha quanto ele, e revelava o fato de que sua idade real era maior do que a aparente.
Miss Brown must have been forty; she had a sickly, pained, careworn expression on her face, and looked as if the gaiety of youth had long faded out of sight.
A senhorita Brown devia ter quarenta anos; ela tinha uma expressão doentia, sofrida e preocupada no rosto, e parecia como se a alegria da juventude tivesse desaparecido há muito tempo.
Even when young she must have been plain and hard-featured.
Mesmo quando jovem, ela devia ter sido comum e de traços duros.
Miss Jessie Brown was ten years younger than her sister, and twenty shades prettier.
A senhorita Jessie Brown era dez anos mais jovem que sua irmã, e vinte vezes mais bonita.
Her face was round and dimpled.
Seu rosto era redondo e com covinhas.
Miss Jenkyns once said, in a passion against Captain Brown (the cause of which I will tell you presently), "that she thought it was time for Miss Jessie to leave off her dimples, and not always to be trying to look like a child."
A senhorita Jenkyns disse uma vez, num arrebatamento de raiva contra o capitão Brown (cuja causa lhes contarei em breve), "que ela achava que era hora de a senhorita Jessie abandonar suas covinhas, e não estar sempre tentando parecer uma criança."
It was true there was something childlike in her face; and there will be, I think, till she dies, though she should live to a hundred.
Era verdade que havia algo infantil em seu rosto; e haverá, penso eu, até que ela morra, mesmo que venha a viver até cem anos.
Her eyes were large blue wondering eyes, looking straight at you; her nose was unformed and snub, and her lips were red and dewy; she wore her hair, too, in little rows of curls, which heightened this appearance.
Seus olhos eram grandes, azuis e admirados, olhando diretamente para você; seu nariz era indefinido e arrebitado, e seus lábios eram vermelhos e úmidos; ela usava o cabelo também em pequenas fileiras de cachos, o que acentuava esta aparência.
Vocabulary
- devia
- deh-VEE-ah — Past tense of 'dever'; should, ought to, or owed
- ter
- TEHR — Infinitive verb meaning 'to have'
- mais
- MYSH — Adverb or adjective meaning 'more' or 'most'
- sessenta
- seh-SEHN-tah — The number sixty
- anos
- AH-noos — Plural noun meaning 'years'
- época
- EH-poh-kah — Noun meaning 'era', 'time period', or 'epoch'
- primeira
- prih-MEY-rah — Feminine adjective meaning 'first'
- visita
- vee-ZEE-tah — Noun meaning 'visit' or 'a call on someone'
- fiz
- feez — First person singular past tense of 'fazer', meaning 'I did'
- depois
- deh-POYSH — Adverb or preposition meaning 'after' or 'afterwards'
- tê-la
- TEH-lah — Infinitive 'ter' with clitic pronoun; meaning 'to have it/her'
- deixado
- day-SHAH-doo — Past participle of 'deixar'; meaning 'left' or 'abandoned'
- como
- KOH-moo — Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as', 'like', or 'how'
- residência
- heh-zee-DEHN-syah — Noun meaning 'residence' or 'place of living'
- Mas
- mahsh — Conjunction meaning 'but'
- tinha
- TEEN-yah — Imperfect past tense of 'ter'; meaning 'had'
- figura
- fee-GOO-rah — Noun meaning 'figure', 'shape', or 'physique'
- nervosa
- nehr-VOH-zah — Adjective meaning 'nervous', 'wiry', or 'tense'
- bem
- behn — Adverb meaning 'well' or 'very'
- treinada
- tray-NAH-dah — Past participle adjective meaning 'trained' or 'conditioned'
- elástica
- eh-LAHS-tee-kah — Adjective meaning 'elastic', 'flexible', or 'supple'
- rígido
- HEE-zhee-doo — Adjective meaning 'rigid', 'stiff', or 'strict'
- porte
- POHR-chee — Noun meaning 'bearing', 'posture', or 'carriage'
- militar
- mee-lee-TAHR — Adjective meaning 'military' or relating to armed forces
- cabeça
- kah-BEH-sah — Noun meaning 'head'
- passo
- PAH-soo — Noun meaning 'step', 'pace', or 'gait'
- ágil
- AH-zheel — Adjective meaning 'agile', 'nimble', or 'quick'
- faziam
- fah-ZEE-ahm — Imperfect past tense of 'fazer'; meaning 'they/you made'
- parecer
- pah-reh-SEHR — Infinitive meaning 'to seem' or 'to appear'
- muito
- MWEEY-too — Adverb meaning 'very', 'much', or 'a lot'
- jovem
- ZHOH-vehn — Adjective or noun meaning 'young' or 'youth'
- era
- EH-rah — Imperfect past tense of 'ser'; meaning 'was' or 'were'
- Sua
- SOO-ah — Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'your'
- filha
- FEEL-yah — Noun meaning 'daughter'
- velha
- VEHL-yah — Adjective meaning 'old' (feminine)
- parecia
- pah-reh-SEE-ah — Imperfect past tense of 'parecer'; meaning 'seemed' or 'appeared'
- quase
- KWAH-zee — Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'
- tão
- tahwn — Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' in comparisons
- quanto
- KWAHN-too — Pronoun or adverb meaning 'how much' or 'as much as'
- revelava
- heh-veh-LAH-vah — Imperfect past tense of 'revelar'; meaning 'revealed' or 'showed'
- fato
- FAH-too — Noun meaning 'fact' or 'event'
- idade
- ee-DAH-dee — Noun meaning 'age'
- real
- heh-AHL — Adjective meaning 'real', 'true', or 'actual'
- maior
- my-OHR — Comparative adjective meaning 'greater' or 'older'
- aparente
- ah-pah-REHN-chee — Adjective meaning 'apparent', 'seeming', or 'visible'
- senhorita
- sehn-yoh-REE-tah — Noun meaning 'Miss' or an unmarried young woman
- quarenta
- kwah-REHN-tah — The number forty
- expressão
- ehs-preh-SAHWN — Noun meaning 'expression' or 'look on one's face'
- doentia
- doo-ehn-CHEE-ah — Adjective meaning 'sickly', 'unhealthy', or 'ailing'
- sofrida
- soh-FREE-dah — Adjective meaning 'suffering', 'pained', or 'long-suffering'
- preocupada
- preh-oh-koo-PAH-dah — Adjective meaning 'worried', 'concerned', or 'preoccupied'
- rosto
- HOHS-too — Noun meaning 'face'
- se
- seh — Reflexive pronoun or conjunction meaning 'if' or 'oneself'
- alegria
- ah-leh-GREE-ah — Noun meaning 'joy', 'happiness', or 'cheer'
- juventude
- zhoo-vehn-TOO-dee — Noun meaning 'youth' or 'young age'
- tivesse
- chee-VEH-see — Imperfect subjunctive of 'ter'; meaning 'had' (hypothetical)
- desaparecido
- deh-zah-pah-reh-SEE-doo — Past participle of 'desaparecer'; meaning 'disappeared' or 'vanished'
- há
- ah — Third person present of 'haver'; meaning 'there is/are' or 'ago'
- tempo
- TEHM-poo — Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'
- Mesmo
- MEHZ-moo — Adverb or adjective meaning 'even', 'same', or 'itself'
- quando
- KWAHN-doo — Conjunction meaning 'when'
- sido
- SEE-doo — Past participle of 'ser'; meaning 'been'
- comum
- koh-OOHN — Adjective meaning 'common', 'ordinary', or 'usual'
- traços
- TRAH-soos — Plural noun meaning 'features', 'traits', or 'lines'
- duros
- DOO-roos — Plural adjective meaning 'hard', 'harsh', or 'tough'
- dez
- dehsh — The number ten
- irmã
- eer-MAHWN — Noun meaning 'sister'
- vinte
- VEEN-chee — The number twenty
- vezes
- VEH-zehs — Plural noun meaning 'times'; used in comparisons
- bonita
- boh-NEE-tah — Adjective meaning 'pretty', 'beautiful', or 'attractive'
- Seu
- SEH-oo — Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'your'
- redondo
- heh-DOHN-doo — Adjective meaning 'round' or 'circular'
- covinhas
- koh-VEEN-yahs — Plural noun meaning 'dimples' on the face or cheeks
- disse
- DEE-see — Third person singular past tense of 'dizer'; meaning 'said'
- vez
- vehsh — Noun meaning 'time', 'occasion', or 'turn'
- num
- noohn — Contraction of 'em' and 'um', meaning 'in a'
- arrebatamento
- ah-heh-bah-tah-MEHN-too — Noun meaning 'outburst', 'rapture', or 'fit of passion'
- raiva
- HYE-vah — Noun meaning 'anger', 'fury', or 'rage'
- contra
- KOHN-trah — Preposition meaning 'against'
- capitão
- kah-pee-TAHWN — Noun meaning 'captain' (military or naval rank)
- cuja
- KOO-zhah — Relative possessive pronoun meaning 'whose' (feminine)
- causa
- KOW-zah — Noun meaning 'cause' or 'reason'
- lhes
- lyehsh — Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to them' or 'to you'
- contarei
- kohn-tah-RAY — Future tense of 'contar'; meaning 'I will tell' or 'recount'
- breve
- BREH-vee — Adjective meaning 'brief', 'short'; 'em breve' means 'soon'
- achava
- ah-SHAH-vah — Imperfect past tense of 'achar'; meaning 'thought' or 'found'
- hora
- OH-rah — Noun meaning 'hour' or 'time'
- abandonar
- ah-bahn-doh-NAHR — Infinitive meaning 'to abandon' or 'to give up'
- estar
- ehs-TAHR — Infinitive meaning 'to be' (state or condition)
- sempre
- SEHM-preh — Adverb meaning 'always'
- tentando
- tehn-TAHN-doo — Gerund of 'tentar'; meaning 'trying' or 'attempting'
- criança
- kree-AHN-sah — Noun meaning 'child' or 'kid'
- verdade
- vehr-DAH-dee — Noun meaning 'truth'
- havia
- ah-VEE-ah — Imperfect past tense of 'haver'; meaning 'there was/were'
- algo
- AHL-goo — Pronoun meaning 'something'
- infantil
- een-fahn-CHEEL — Adjective meaning 'childlike', 'infantile', or 'childish'
- haverá
- ah-veh-RAH — Future tense of 'haver'; meaning 'there will be'
- penso
- PEHN-soo — First person present of 'pensar'; meaning 'I think'
- até
- ah-TEH — Preposition or adverb meaning 'until', 'up to', or 'even'
- morra
- MOH-hah — Present subjunctive of 'morrer'; meaning 'dies' (hypothetical)
- venha
- VEHN-yah — Present subjunctive of 'vir'; meaning 'comes' (hypothetical)
- viver
- vee-VEHR — Infinitive meaning 'to live'
- cem
- sehn — The number one hundred
- olhos
- OHL-yoos — Plural noun meaning 'eyes'
- eram
- EH-rahm — Imperfect past tense of 'ser'; meaning 'were' (plural)
- grandes
- GRAHN-deesh — Plural adjective meaning 'large', 'big', or 'great'
- azuis
- ah-ZOO-eesh — Plural adjective meaning 'blue'
- admirados
- ahd-mee-RAH-doos — Adjective meaning 'wide-eyed', 'wondering', or 'admiring'
- olhando
- ohl-YAHN-doo — Gerund of 'olhar'; meaning 'looking' or 'gazing'
- diretamente
- dee-reh-tah-MEHN-chee — Adverb meaning 'directly' or 'straight'
- você
- voh-SEH — Second person pronoun meaning 'you'
- nariz
- nah-REESH — Noun meaning 'nose'
- indefinido
- een-deh-fee-NEE-doo — Adjective meaning 'undefined', 'vague', or 'indeterminate'
- arrebitado
- ah-heh-bee-TAH-doo — Adjective meaning 'turned-up' or 'upturned' (of a nose)
- lábios
- LAH-byoos — Plural noun meaning 'lips'
- vermelhos
- vehr-MEHL-yoos — Plural adjective meaning 'red'
- úmidos
- OO-mee-doos — Plural adjective meaning 'moist', 'damp', or 'dewy'
- usava
- oo-ZAH-vah — Imperfect past tense of 'usar'; meaning 'wore' or 'used'
- cabelo
- kah-BEH-loo — Noun meaning 'hair' (on the head)
- também
- tahm-BEHN — Adverb meaning 'also', 'too', or 'as well'
- pequenas
- peh-KEH-nahs — Plural adjective meaning 'small' or 'little' (feminine)
- fileiras
- fee-LAY-rahs — Plural noun meaning 'rows', 'lines', or 'ranks'
- cachos
- KAH-shoos — Plural noun meaning 'curls' or 'ringlets' of hair
- acentuava
- ah-sehn-too-AH-vah — Imperfect past of 'acentuar'; meaning 'accentuated' or 'emphasized'
- esta
- EHS-tah — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' (feminine)
- aparência
- ah-pah-REHN-syah — Noun meaning 'appearance' or 'look'
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