Crime and Punishment — Page 9
The furniture, all very old and of yellow wood, consisted of a sofa with a huge bent wooden back, an oval table in front of the sofa, a dressing-table with a looking-glass fixed on it between the windows, chairs along the walls and two or three half-penny prints in yellow frames, representing German damsels with birds in their hands--that was all.
Os móveis, todos muito velhos e de madeira amarela, consistiam em um sofá com um enorme encosto de madeira curvo, uma mesa oval em frente ao sofá, uma penteadeira com um espelho fixado nela entre as janelas, cadeiras ao longo das paredes e duas ou três gravuras baratas em molduras amarelas, representando donzelas alemãs com pássaros nas mãos -- isso era tudo.
In the corner a light was burning before a small ikon.
No canto, uma luz ardia diante de um pequeno ícone.
Everything was very clean; the floor and the furniture were brightly polished; everything shone.
Tudo estava muito limpo; o assoalho e os móveis estavam brilhantemente encerados; tudo reluzía.
"Lizaveta's work," thought the young man.
"Obra de Lizaveta", pensou o jovem.
There was not a speck of dust to be seen in the whole flat.
Não havia um único grão de poeira a ser visto em todo o apartamento.
"It's in the houses of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness," Raskolnikov thought again, and he stole a curious glance at the cotton curtain over the door leading into another tiny room, in which stood the old woman's bed and chest of drawers and into which he had never looked before.
"É nas casas de velhas viúvas malévolas que se encontra tal limpeza", pensou Raskolnikov novamente, e ele lançou um olhar curioso para a cortina de algodão sobre a porta que dava para outro quarto minúsculo, no qual ficavam a cama e a cômoda da velha e para o qual ele nunca havia olhado antes.
These two rooms made up the whole flat.
Esses dois quartos compunham todo o apartamento.
"What do you want?" the old woman said severely, coming into the room and, as before, standing in front of him so as to look him straight in the face.
"O que você quer?" disse a velha severamente, entrando no quarto e, como antes, ficando de frente para ele de modo a olhá-lo diretamente no rosto.
"I've brought something to pawn here," and he drew out of his pocket an old-fashioned flat silver watch, on the back of which was engraved a globe; the chain was of steel.
"Trouxe algo para empenhar aqui", e ele tirou do bolso um relógio de prata antiquado e plano, no verso do qual estava gravado um globo; a corrente era de aço.
"But the time is up for your last pledge. The month was up the day before yesterday.
"Mas o prazo do seu último penhor venceu. O mês terminou anteontem.
Vocabulary
- móveis
- Furniture; movable objects in a room
- todos
- All; every one of a group
- muito
- Very; extremely; a great deal
- velhos
- Old; aged; worn with time
- madeira
- Wood; material used in furniture construction
- amarela
- Yellow; describing a yellowish color
- consistiam
- Consisted of; were composed of certain elements
- sofá
- Sofa; upholstered seat for multiple people
- enorme
- Enormous; very large in size or extent
- encosto
- Backrest; back support of a chair or sofa
- curvo
- Curved; bent; not straight in shape
- mesa
- Table; flat-surfaced furniture for placing objects
- oval
- Oval; egg-shaped; elliptical in form
- frente
- Front; facing side; in front of something
- penteadeira
- Dressing table; vanity with mirror for grooming
- espelho
- Mirror; reflective glass surface for seeing oneself
- fixado
- Fixed; attached firmly to a surface
- entre
- Between; among; in the space separating two things
- janelas
- Windows; openings in a wall fitted with glass
- cadeiras
- Chairs; seats with a back and four legs
- longo
- Along; extended in length; alongside something
- paredes
- Walls; vertical structures enclosing a room
- gravuras
- Prints; pictures or engravings used as decoration
- baratas
- Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality or cost
- molduras
- Frames; borders surrounding pictures or mirrors
- amarelas
- Yellow; feminine plural form of the color yellow
- representando
- Representing; depicting; showing an image of something
- donzelas
- Maidens; young unmarried women; damsels
- alemãs
- German; feminine plural adjective referring to Germany
- pássaros
- Birds; feathered winged animals
- mãos
- Hands; body parts at the end of arms
- isso
- That; this; referring to something just mentioned
- tudo
- Everything; all things; the whole of something
- canto
- Corner; angle where two walls or surfaces meet
- luz
- Light; illumination from a natural or artificial source
- ardia
- Was burning; flickered; past tense of 'arder'
- diante
- Before; in front of; positioned ahead of something
- pequeno
- Small; little; of minimal size or extent
- ícone
- Icon; small religious image venerated in Orthodox tradition
- Tudo
- Everything; all things without exception
- limpo
- Clean; free from dirt or stains
- assoalho
- Floor; wooden surface covering the bottom of a room
- brilhantemente
- Brilliantly; in a shining or gleaming manner
- encerados
- Waxed; polished with wax to a shine
- reluzía
- Gleamed; shone brightly; past tense of 'reluzir'
- Obra
- Work; handiwork; result of labor or effort
- pensou
- Thought; past tense of 'pensar'; mentally considered
- jovem
- Young man; youth; person of young age
- havia
- There was; there were; past of 'haver'
- único
- Single; only one; unique without others
- grão
- Grain; tiny particle of dust or matter
- poeira
- Dust; fine particles settling on surfaces
- visto
- Seen; past participle of 'ver'; perceived visually
- todo
- Entire; whole; all of something
- apartamento
- Apartment; residential dwelling within a larger building
- casas
- Houses; residential buildings where people live
- viúvas
- Widows; women whose husbands have died
- malévolas
- Malevolent; evil-minded; wishing harm to others
- encontra
- Finds; one encounters; comes across something
- tal
- Such; such a; of that kind or degree
- limpeza
- Cleanliness; tidiness; state of being clean
- novamente
- Again; once more; a second time
- lançou
- Cast; threw; directed a glance at something
- olhar
- Glance; look; act of directing eyes at something
- curioso
- Curious; inquisitive; showing interest in something
- cortina
- Curtain; cloth hanging to cover a door or window
- algodão
- Cotton; soft natural fiber used in textiles
- sobre
- Over; above; on top of; concerning something
- porta
- Door; entrance or exit of a room or building
- dava
- Led to; opened into; past tense of 'dar'
- outro
- Other; another; a different one
- quarto
- Room; bedroom; enclosed space within a dwelling
- minúsculo
- Tiny; minuscule; extremely small in size
- qual
- Which; that; referring to a previously mentioned noun
- ficavam
- Were located; stayed; past tense of 'ficar'
- cama
- Bed; furniture used for sleeping and resting
- cômoda
- Chest of drawers; furniture for storing clothing
- velha
- Old woman; elderly female person
- nunca
- Never; at no time; not ever
- olhado
- Looked; past participle of 'olhar'; gazed at
- antes
- Before; previously; earlier in time
- Esses
- These; those; masculine plural demonstrative pronoun
- quartos
- Rooms; bedrooms; enclosed spaces in a dwelling
- compunham
- Made up; composed; formed the entirety of something
- quer
- Want; wish; third person singular of 'querer'
- disse
- Said; spoke; past tense of 'dizer'
- severamente
- Severely; sternly; in a harsh or strict manner
- entrando
- Entering; coming in; gerund of 'entrar'
- ficando
- Staying; remaining; gerund of 'ficar'
- modo
- Way; manner; method of doing something
- olhá-lo
- Looking at him; to gaze directly at him
- diretamente
- Directly; straight; without deviation or evasion
- rosto
- Face; front part of the human head
- Trouxe
- Brought; past tense of 'trazer'; carried here
- algo
- Something; an unspecified thing or object
- empenhar
- To pawn; to pledge an item as loan collateral
- aqui
- Here; in this place; at this location
- tirou
- Took out; removed; past tense of 'tirar'
- bolso
- Pocket; small pouch sewn into clothing
- relógio
- Watch; clock; device used for measuring time
- prata
- Silver; precious grey-white metallic element
- antiquado
- Old-fashioned; outdated; no longer modern in style
- plano
- Flat; level; having a smooth even surface
- verso
- Back; reverse side of an object or coin
- gravado
- Engraved; etched; carved with a decorative design
- globo
- Globe; sphere; round ball-shaped decorative design
- corrente
- Chain; linked series of metal rings
- aço
- Steel; strong hard alloy of iron and carbon
- prazo
- Deadline; term; period of time for an obligation
- último
- Last; final; most recent of a series
- penhor
- Pledge; pawned item used as loan collateral
- venceu
- Expired; matured; past tense of 'vencer'
- mês
- Month; one of twelve divisions of the calendar year
- terminou
- Ended; finished; past tense of 'terminar'
- anteontem
- The day before yesterday; two days ago
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