Great Expectations — Page 3
A man who had been soaked in water, and smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars; who limped, and shivered, and glared, and growled; and whose teeth chattered in his head as he seized me by the chin.
Um homem que havia sido encharcado em água, e sufocado em lama, e aleijado por pedras, e cortado por sílex, e picado por urtigas, e rasgado por espinheiros; que mancava, e tremia, e fuzilava com os olhos, e resmungava; e cujos dentes batiam em sua cabeça enquanto ele me agarrava pelo queixo.
"Oh! Don't cut my throat, sir," I pleaded in terror. "Pray don't do it, sir."
"Oh! Não corte minha garganta, senhor", supliquei aterrorizado. "Por favor, não faça isso, senhor."
"Tell us your name!" said the man. "Quick!"
"Diga-nos seu nome!" disse o homem. "Rápido!"
"Pip, sir."
"Pip, senhor."
"Once more," said the man, staring at me. "Give it mouth!"
"Mais uma vez", disse o homem, me encarando. "Diga em voz alta!"
"Pip. Pip, sir."
"Pip. Pip, senhor."
"Show us where you live," said the man. "Pint out the place!"
"Mostre-nos onde você mora", disse o homem. "Aponte o lugar!"
I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder-trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church.
Apontei para onde ficava nossa aldeia, na planície à beira da costa entre os amieiros e as árvores podadas, a uma milha ou mais da igreja.
The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets.
O homem, após me olhar por um momento, virou-me de cabeça para baixo e esvaziou meus bolsos.
There was nothing in them but a piece of bread.
Não havia nada neles além de um pedaço de pão.
When the church came to itself,—for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet,—when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling while he ate the bread ravenously.
Quando a igreja voltou a si — pois ele foi tão repentino e forte que a fez dar cambalhotas diante de mim, e eu vi o campanário sob meus pés —, quando a igreja voltou a si, digo, eu estava sentado sobre uma lápide alta, tremendo enquanto ele devorava o pão com voracidade.
"You young dog," said the man, licking his lips, "what fat cheeks you ha' got."
"Seu jovem cão", disse o homem, lambendo os lábios, "que bochechas gordas você tem."
I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years, and not strong.
Acredito que eram gordas, embora eu fosse na época pequeno para minha idade e não fosse forte.
Vocabulary
- homem
- An adult male human being
- havia
- Past form of 'haver', meaning 'had' or 'there had'
- sido
- Past participle of 'ser', meaning 'been'
- encharcado
- Soaked or drenched thoroughly with water
- água
- The liquid essential for life; water
- sufocado
- Choked or smothered, unable to breathe freely
- lama
- Wet, soft earth; mud or slime
- aleijado
- Crippled or physically disabled by injury
- pedras
- Plural of pedra; rocks or stones
- cortado
- Cut or sliced, having received a cutting wound
- sílex
- Hard rock used to make sharp cutting tools; flint
- picado
- Stung or pricked by a sharp object or insect
- urtigas
- Stinging plants that irritate skin on contact; nettles
- rasgado
- Torn or ripped apart by force
- espinheiros
- Thorny shrubs or hawthorn bushes with sharp spines
- mancava
- Was limping or walking with an uneven gait
- tremia
- Was shaking or trembling, often from cold or fear
- fuzilava
- Was flashing or shooting intense glances with eyes
- olhos
- The organs of sight; eyes
- resmungava
- Was grumbling or muttering in a discontented manner
- cujos
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whose', masculine plural form
- dentes
- Hard structures in the mouth used for chewing; teeth
- batiam
- Were chattering or knocking together repeatedly
- cabeça
- The uppermost part of the body; the head
- enquanto
- Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'as long as'
- agarrava
- Was grabbing or seizing firmly with the hand
- queixo
- The lower front part of the face; the chin
- corte
- Imperative of 'cortar'; to cut or slash
- garganta
- The passage inside the neck; the throat
- senhor
- Respectful form of address for a man; sir or mister
- supliquei
- I begged or pleaded desperately for something
- aterrorizado
- Filled with terror or extreme fear; terrified
- favor
- A kind act; used in 'por favor' meaning 'please'
- faça
- Subjunctive/imperative of 'fazer'; do or make
- Diga-nos
- Imperative: 'tell us', command to speak to a group
- nome
- A word used to identify a person; a name
- disse
- Past tense of 'dizer'; said or told someone something
- Rápido
- Quick or fast; done with speed
- Mais
- Comparative adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'
- vez
- An instance or occasion of something happening; time
- encarando
- Facing or staring directly and intently at someone
- Diga
- Imperative of 'dizer'; say or tell something now
- voz
- Sound produced by vocal cords; voice
- alta
- High in pitch or volume; loud or elevated
- Mostre-nos
- Imperative: 'show us', command to display something
- onde
- Interrogative or relative adverb meaning 'where'
- mora
- Third-person singular of 'morar'; lives or resides somewhere
- Aponte
- Imperative of 'apontar'; point toward or indicate something
- lugar
- A specific area or position; a place or location
- Apontei
- Past tense: I pointed toward or indicated something
- ficava
- Was located or used to be situated somewhere
- aldeia
- A small rural community; a village
- planície
- A large flat area of land; a plain or flatland
- beira
- The edge or border of something; shore or brink
- costa
- The land bordering the sea; a coast or shoreline
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- amieiros
- Alder trees typically found near water and marshes
- árvores
- Large perennial plants with trunks and branches; trees
- podadas
- Trimmed or pruned, said of trees or plants
- milha
- A unit of distance equal to about 1.6 kilometers; mile
- mais
- Adverb meaning 'more' or used in comparisons
- igreja
- A building where Christians gather for worship; church
- após
- Preposition or adverb meaning 'after' or 'following'
- olhar
- To look at or gaze upon something; a glance
- momento
- A very brief period of time; a moment or instant
- virou-me
- Turned me around or flipped me over forcefully
- baixo
- Low in position or height; below or downward
- esvaziou
- Emptied out completely; drained of all contents
- bolsos
- Small pouches sewn into clothing; pockets
- nada
- Nothing; not anything at all
- além
- Beyond or in addition to something; furthermore
- pedaço
- A portion or fragment broken off from a whole; piece
- pão
- A staple baked food made from flour and water; bread
- Quando
- Temporal conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- voltou
- Past tense of 'voltar'; returned or came back
- si
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'himself'
- pois
- Conjunction meaning 'for', 'because', or 'since'
- foi
- Past tense of 'ser' or 'ir'; was or went
- tão
- Adverb of degree meaning 'so' or 'as' in comparisons
- repentino
- Happening without warning; sudden or abrupt
- forte
- Having great physical strength or intensity; strong
- fez
- Past tense of 'fazer'; made or caused something to happen
- dar
- To give or to cause something to happen
- cambalhotas
- Somersaults or tumbles performed head over heels
- diante
- In front of or before something; ahead
- vi
- Past tense of 'ver'; I saw or perceived visually
- campanário
- A tower or structure housing bells in a church; bell tower
- sob
- Preposition meaning 'under' or 'beneath'
- pés
- The lower extremities used for standing and walking; feet
- quando
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- digo
- First-person singular present of 'dizer'; I say or mean
- estava
- Imperfect tense of 'estar'; was (in a state or location)
- sentado
- Seated or in a sitting position
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'over', or 'about'
- lápide
- A flat stone marking a grave; a gravestone or tombstone
- tremendo
- Shaking or quivering continuously from cold or fear
- devorava
- Was consuming food greedily and rapidly; devoured
- voracidade
- Extreme eagerness in eating; greediness or voracity
- jovem
- A person who is not old; young or a young person
- cão
- A domesticated canine kept as a pet or working animal; dog
- lambendo
- Licking with the tongue repeatedly
- lábios
- The fleshy edges of the mouth opening; lips
- bochechas
- The fleshy sides of the face below the eyes; cheeks
- gordas
- Plump or chubby; having excess flesh or fat
- tem
- Third-person singular of 'ter'; has or possesses
- Acredito
- First-person singular of 'acreditar'; I believe or think
- eram
- Imperfect tense of 'ser'; they were (permanent state)
- embora
- Conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'
- fosse
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'ser'; were (hypothetical)
- época
- A particular period in history or one's life; era or time
- pequeno
- Little in size or age; small or young
- idade
- The length of time a person has lived; age
Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.
Create free account →