History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Page 1
incontinency; the evidence of his wife; a short reflection on the wisdom of our law; with other grave matters, which those will like best who understand them most.
incontinência; o testemunho de sua esposa; uma breve reflexão sobre a sabedoria de nossas leis; com outros assuntos graves, que mais agradarão àqueles que melhor os compreenderem.
Vocabulary
- incontinência
- lack of self-restraint or bodily control
- o
- masculine singular definite article meaning 'the'
- testemunho
- testimony or witness account given formally
- de
- preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- sua
- possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'your'
- esposa
- wife or married female partner
- uma
- feminine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- breve
- short or brief in duration or length
- reflexão
- thoughtful consideration or meditation on a subject
- sobre
- preposition meaning 'about' or 'on'
- a
- feminine singular definite article meaning 'the'
- sabedoria
- wisdom or deep knowledge and good judgment
- nossas
- feminine plural possessive pronoun meaning 'our'
- leis
- laws or legal rules governing a society
- com
- preposition meaning 'with'
- outros
- masculine plural adjective meaning 'other' or 'others'
- assuntos
- subjects, matters, or topics under discussion
- graves
- serious, grave, or weighty in nature
- que
- relative pronoun or conjunction meaning 'that' or 'which'
- mais
- adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'
- agradarão
- future tense of agradar; will please or satisfy
- àqueles
- contraction of 'a' and 'aqueles'; to those people
- melhor
- adjective or adverb meaning 'better' or 'best'
- os
- masculine plural definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'them'
- compreenderem
- future subjunctive of compreender; when they understand
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