Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 8

English → Pt CHAPTER I Level 7/10

I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough, however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head against the door and cutting it.

Fiz isso, sem perceber no início qual era a sua intenção; mas quando o vi levantar e equilibrar o livro e se preparar para arremessá-lo, instintivamente me desviei com um grito de alarme: não a tempo, porém; o volume foi atirado, acertou em mim, e eu caí, batendo a cabeça contra a porta e cortando-a.

The cut bled, the pain was sharp: my terror had passed its climax; other feelings succeeded.

O corte sangrou, a dor era aguda: meu terror havia ultrapassado o seu auge; outros sentimentos se sucederam.

"Wicked and cruel boy!" I said.

"Menino mau e cruel!" eu disse.

"You are like a murderer—you are like a slave-driver—you are like the Roman emperors!"

"Você é como um assassino — você é como um feitor de escravos — você é como os imperadores romanos!"

I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion of Nero, Caligula, &c.

Eu havia lido a História de Roma de Goldsmith, e havia formado minha opinião sobre Nero, Calígula, etc.

Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I never thought thus to have declared aloud.

Também havia traçado paralelos em silêncio, que nunca pensei em declarar em voz alta.

"What! what!" he cried.

"O quê! o quê!" ele exclamou.

"Did she say that to me? Did you hear her, Eliza and Georgiana? Won't I tell mama? but first—"

"Ela disse isso para mim? Vocês a ouviram, Eliza e Georgiana? Não vou contar para a mamãe? mas primeiro—"

He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing.

Ele correu em disparada na minha direção: senti-o agarrar meu cabelo e meu ombro: ele havia se lançado contra uma criatura desesperada.

I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer.

Eu realmente via nele um tirano, um assassino.

I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck, and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fear, and I received him in frantic sort.

Senti uma ou duas gotas de sangue da minha cabeça escorrerem pelo meu pescoço, e estava consciente de um sofrimento um tanto pungente: essas sensações predominaram por um momento sobre o medo, e o enfrentei de maneira frenética.

I don't very well know what I did with my hands, but he called me "Rat! Rat!" and bellowed out aloud.

Não sei muito bem o que fiz com minhas mãos, mas ele me chamou de "Rato! Rato!" e berrou em voz alta.

Vocabulary

Fiz: Past tense of fazer; I did or I made.
isso: That; it; refers to something previously mentioned.
sem: Without; preposition indicating absence or lack.
perceber: To perceive, understand, or notice something.
no: In the; contraction of em + o.
início: Beginning; start; the initial part of something.
qual: Which; what; interrogative or relative pronoun.
era: Was; past tense of ser for third person.
sua: His, her, or your; possessive pronoun.
intenção: Intention; purpose; what someone intends to do.
mas: But; conjunction used to contrast ideas.
quando: When; at what time; temporal conjunction.
vi: Saw; past tense of ver; I saw.
levantar: To lift, raise, or stand up.
equilibrar: To balance; to keep in equilibrium or stability.
livro: Book; written work bound together.
se: Himself, herself, oneself; reflexive pronoun.
preparar: To prepare; to get ready for something.
para: For; in order to; preposition showing purpose.
arremessá-lo: To throw it; to hurl or toss it.
instintivamente: Instinctively; done by instinct without conscious thought.
me: Me; objective pronoun referring to the speaker.
desviei: Dodged; moved aside to avoid something.
com: With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association.
um: A, an; indefinite article for masculine nouns.
grito: Cry; shout; a loud vocal sound.
de: Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
alarme: Alarm; sudden fear or warning of danger.
não: No; not; negation or refusal.
tempo: Time; period; duration of events.
porém: However; yet; conjunction showing contrast.
volume: Volume; book; physical quantity of space.
foi: Was; past tense of ser.
atirado: Thrown; past participle of atirar.
acertou: Hit; struck; past tense of acertar.
em: In; on; preposition indicating location.
mim: Me; objective pronoun after prepositions.
eu: I; first person singular pronoun.
caí: Fell; past tense of cair.
batendo: Hitting; beating; present participle of bater.
cabeça: Head; upper part of the human body.
contra: Against; in opposition to; preposition.
porta: Door; entrance to a room or building.
cortando-a: Cutting it; opening a wound in the head.
corte: Cut; wound; opening made by cutting.
sangrou: Bled; past tense of sangrar.
dor: Pain; physical or emotional suffering.
aguda: Sharp; acute; intense and severe.
meu: My; possessive adjective for masculine nouns.
terror: Terror; extreme fear; intense dread.
havia: Had; past tense of haver.
ultrapassado: Exceeded; surpassed; gone beyond limits.
seu: His, her, their; possessive pronoun.
auge: Peak; zenith; highest point or climax.
outros: Others; different people or things.
sentimentos: Feelings; emotions; emotional states or reactions.
sucederam: Followed; came after; past tense of suceder.
Menino: Boy; young male child.
mau: Bad; evil; morally wrong.
cruel: Cruel; unkind; causing suffering intentionally.
disse: Said; past tense of dizer.
Você: You; second person singular pronoun.
como: Like; as; how; comparison or manner.
assassino: Murderer; assassin; one who kills.
feitor: Overseer; foreman; slave driver supervisor.
escravos: Slaves; enslaved people; those in bondage.
os: The; masculine plural definite article.
imperadores: Emperors; supreme rulers; monarchs of empires.
romanos: Romans; people of ancient Rome civilization.
Eu: I; first person singular pronoun.
lido: Read; past participle of ler.
História: History; study of past events and societies.
Roma: Rome; ancient city and empire.
formado: Formed; shaped; past participle of formar.
minha: My; possessive adjective for feminine nouns.
opinião: Opinion; belief; personal judgment about something.
sobre: About; on; concerning; preposition.

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