Great Expectations — Page 5
My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread and butter for us, that never varied.
Minha irmã tinha uma maneira cortante de cortar nosso pão com manteiga para nós, que nunca variava.
First, with her left hand she jammed the loaf hard and fast against her bib,—where it sometimes got a pin into it, and sometimes a needle, which we afterwards got into our mouths.
Primeiro, com a mão esquerda ela prensava o pão com força e firmeza contra seu babador,—onde às vezes entrava um alfinete, e às vezes uma agulha, que depois íamos encontrar em nossas bocas.
Then she took some butter (not too much) on a knife and spread it on the loaf, in an apothecary kind of way, as if she were making a plaster,—using both sides of the knife with a slapping dexterity, and trimming and moulding the butter off round the crust.
Então ela pegava um pouco de manteiga (não demais) numa faca e a espalhava sobre o pão, à maneira de um boticário, como se estivesse fazendo um emplastro,—usando os dois lados da faca com uma destreza de estalos, aparando e moldando a manteiga ao redor da crosta.
Then, she gave the knife a final smart wipe on the edge of the plaster, and then sawed a very thick round off the loaf: which she finally, before separating from the loaf, hewed into two halves, of which Joe got one, and I the other.
Depois, ela dava uma última e rápida limpada com a faca na borda do emplastro, e então serrava uma fatia bem grossa do pão: a qual ela finalmente, antes de separar do pão, cortava em duas metades, das quais Joe ficava com uma, e eu com a outra.
On the present occasion, though I was hungry, I dared not eat my slice.
Na ocasião presente, embora estivesse com fome, não me atrevi a comer minha fatia.
I felt that I must have something in reserve for my dreadful acquaintance, and his ally the still more dreadful young man.
Senti que devia guardar alguma coisa para meu terrível conhecido, e para seu aliado, o ainda mais terrível rapaz.
I knew Mrs. Joe's housekeeping to be of the strictest kind, and that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe.
Eu sabia que a gestão doméstica da senhora Joe era do tipo mais rígido, e que minhas buscas furtivas poderiam não encontrar nada disponível na despensa.
Therefore I resolved to put my hunk of bread and butter down the leg of my trousers.
Por isso resolvi enfiar meu pedaço de pão com manteiga pela perna das minhas calças.
The effort of resolution necessary to the achievement of this purpose I found to be quite awful.
O esforço de determinação necessário para a consecução desse propósito me pareceu verdadeiramente assustador.
Vocabulary
- irmã
- eer-MAH — Sister; female sibling
- tinha
- TEE-nyah — Had; past tense of 'ter' (to have)
- maneira
- mah-NAY-rah — Way, manner, or method of doing something
- cortante
- kor-TAN-teh — Sharp, cutting; describing a precise or keen style
- cortar
- kor-TAR — To cut; to slice something with a blade
- pão
- POWN — Bread; common baked staple food
- manteiga
- man-TAY-gah — Butter; dairy spread used on bread
- nunca
- NOON-kah — Never; at no time, negating frequency
- variava
- vah-ree-AH-vah — Varied; past imperfect of 'variar' (to vary)
- Primeiro
- pree-MAY-roo — First; indicating the initial step or order
- mão
- MOWN — Hand; the body part at the end of the arm
- esquerda
- esh-KEHR-dah — Left; the left side or left hand
- prensava
- pren-SAH-vah — Pressed; past imperfect of 'prensar' (to press)
- força
- FOR-sah — Force, strength; physical power or energy
- firmeza
- feer-MEH-zah — Firmness, steadiness; quality of being resolute
- contra
- KON-trah — Against; preposition indicating opposition or contact
- babador
- bah-bah-DOR — Bib; cloth worn to protect clothing while eating
- onde
- ON-deh — Where; relative adverb indicating location
- às vezes
- ahsh VEH-zehs — Sometimes; occasionally, not always
- entrava
- en-TRAH-vah — Entered; past imperfect of 'entrar' (to enter)
- alfinete
- al-fee-NEH-teh — Pin; small sharp fastening device used in sewing
- agulha
- ah-GOO-lyah — Needle; thin pointed tool used for sewing
- depois
- deh-POYSH — After, afterwards; indicating subsequent time or order
- íamos
- EE-ah-moos — We were going; past imperfect of 'ir' (to go)
- encontrar
- en-kon-TRAR — To find, to encounter; to come across something
- bocas
- BO-kahsh — Mouths; plural of 'boca,' the oral cavity
- Então
- en-TOWN — Then, so; adverb indicating sequence or consequence
- pegava
- peh-GAH-vah — Took, grabbed; past imperfect of 'pegar' (to grab)
- pouco
- POH-koo — A little, a bit; small quantity or degree
- demais
- deh-MYSH — Too much; exceeding the appropriate amount
- faca
- FAH-kah — Knife; sharp-bladed cutting tool or utensil
- espalhava
- esh-pah-LYAH-vah — Spread; past imperfect of 'espalhar' (to spread)
- sobre
- SOH-breh — On, over, about; preposition indicating surface or topic
- boticário
- boh-tee-KAH-ree-oo — Apothecary, pharmacist; old term for druggist
- estivesse
- esh-tee-VEH-seh — Were (subjunctive); past subjunctive of 'estar' (to be)
- fazendo
- fah-ZEN-doo — Making, doing; present participle of 'fazer'
- emplastro
- em-PLASH-troo — Plaster, poultice; medicinal paste spread on cloth
- usando
- oo-ZAN-doo — Using; present participle of 'usar' (to use)
- lados
- LAH-doos — Sides; plural of 'lado,' referring to surfaces or edges
- destreza
- desh-TREH-zah — Dexterity, skill; adeptness in using one's hands
- estalos
- esh-TAH-loos — Snaps, cracks; sharp popping sounds or movements
- aparando
- ah-pah-RAN-doo — Trimming, catching; shaping or neatening edges
- moldando
- mol-DAN-doo — Molding, shaping; forming something into a shape
- ao redor
- ow heh-DOR — Around; on all sides of something
- crosta
- KROSH-tah — Crust; hard outer layer of bread or surface
- Depois
- deh-POYSH — Then, after; indicating a following action or time
- dava
- DAH-vah — Gave; past imperfect of 'dar' (to give)
- última
- OOL-tee-mah — Last, final; the most recent or concluding one
- rápida
- HAH-pee-dah — Quick, fast; feminine adjective describing speed
- limpada
- leem-PAH-dah — Wipe, clean; act of quickly cleaning a surface
- borda
- BOR-dah — Edge, border, rim; the outer margin of something
- serrava
- seh-HAH-vah — Sawed; past imperfect of 'serrar' (to saw/slice)
- fatia
- fah-CHEE-ah — Slice; a cut piece of bread or food
- bem
- ben — Well, quite; adverb indicating quality or degree
- grossa
- GROH-sah — Thick, coarse; feminine adjective describing thickness
- qual
- kwahl — Which; relative pronoun referring to a specific thing
- finalmente
- fee-nal-MEN-teh — Finally; at last, after a process or delay
- antes
- AN-tesh — Before; prior to something in time or order
- separar
- seh-pah-RAR — To separate; to divide or pull apart something
- cortava
- kor-TAH-vah — Cut; past imperfect of 'cortar' (to cut)
- metades
- meh-TAH-dehs — Halves; two equal portions of a whole thing
- quais
- kwahysh — Which; plural relative pronoun referring to things
- ficava
- fee-KAH-vah — Kept, stayed; past imperfect of 'ficar' (to stay)
- outra
- OH-trah — Other, another; feminine pronoun indicating a different one
- ocasião
- oh-kah-zee-OWN — Occasion, moment; a particular time or opportunity
- presente
- preh-ZEN-teh — Present, current; relating to the current moment
- embora
- em-BOH-rah — Although, even though; concessive conjunction
- fome
- FOH-meh — Hunger; the sensation or state of needing food
- atrevi
- ah-treh-VEE — Dared; past tense of 'atrever-se' (to dare)
- comer
- ko-MEHR — To eat; to consume food
- Senti
- sen-CHEE — I felt; past tense of 'sentir' (to feel)
- devia
- deh-VEE-ah — Should, ought to; past imperfect of 'dever' (to owe/should)
- guardar
- gwar-DAR — To keep, save, guard; to set aside for later
- alguma
- al-GOO-mah — Some, any; feminine indefinite adjective
- coisa
- KOY-zah — Thing; a general object or matter
- terrível
- teh-HEE-vel — Terrible, dreadful; causing great fear or distress
- conhecido
- ko-nyeh-SEE-doo — Known, acquaintance; someone familiar or recognizable
- aliado
- ah-lee-AH-doo — Ally; someone on your side or aligned with you
- ainda
- ah-EEN-dah — Still, yet; continuing up to the present moment
- mais
- mysh — More; indicating greater quantity or degree
- rapaz
- hah-PAHSH — Boy, young man; a male youth or fellow
- sabia
- sah-BEE-ah — Knew; past imperfect of 'saber' (to know)
- gestão
- zhesh-TOWN — Management, administration; the running of a household
- doméstica
- doh-MESH-tee-kah — Domestic; relating to the home or household affairs
- senhora
- seh-NYOH-rah — Lady, Mrs.; polite title for a woman
- era
- EH-rah — Was; past imperfect of 'ser' (to be)
- tipo
- CHEE-poo — Type, kind; a category or sort of person or thing
- rígido
- HEE-zhee-doo — Rigid, strict; inflexible or very firm in manner
- buscas
- BOOS-kahsh — Searches; acts of looking for or seeking something
- furtivas
- foor-CHEE-vahsh — Furtive, stealthy; done secretly to avoid detection
- poderiam
- poh-deh-REE-own — Could, would be able; conditional of 'poder' (can)
- nada
- NAH-dah — Nothing; not anything at all
- disponível
- deesh-poh-NEE-vel — Available; accessible or ready for use
- despensa
- desh-PEN-sah — Pantry, larder; room or space for storing food
- Por isso
- por EE-soo — Therefore, for that reason; expressing a consequence
- resolvi
- heh-zol-VEE — I decided, resolved; past tense of 'resolver'
- enfiar
- en-fee-AR — To shove, thread, slip into; to push something through
- pedaço
- peh-DAH-soo — Piece, chunk; a portion broken or cut from something
- perna
- PEHR-nah — Leg; the lower limb of a person or trousers leg
- calças
- KAL-sahsh — Trousers, pants; garment worn on the lower body
- esforço
- esh-FOR-soo — Effort, exertion; energy applied to achieve something
- determinação
- deh-tehr-mee-nah-SOWNG — Determination; firm resolve to accomplish a goal
- necessário
- neh-seh-SAH-ree-oo — Necessary, required; indispensable for achieving something
- consecução
- kon-seh-koo-SOWNG — Achievement, attainment; the act of accomplishing a goal
- desse
- DEH-seh — Of this/that; contraction of 'de' and 'esse'
- propósito
- proh-POH-zee-too — Purpose, intention; goal or aim behind an action
- pareceu
- pah-reh-SEH-oo — Seemed, appeared; past tense of 'parecer' (to seem)
- verdadeiramente
- vehr-dah-day-rah-MEN-teh — Truly, genuinely; in a real or sincere manner
- assustador
- ah-soosh-tah-DOR — Frightening, alarming; causing fear or anxiety
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