Little Women — Page 10

English → Pt CHAPTER ONE Level 6/10

Amy followed, but she poked her hands out stiffly before her, and jerked herself along as if she went by machinery, and her "Ow!" was more suggestive of pins being run into her than of fear and anguish.

Amy a seguiu, mas ela esticou as mãos rigidamente à sua frente, e se sacudiu como se fosse movida por maquinaria, e o seu "Ai!" era mais sugestivo de alfinetes sendo espetados nela do que de medo e angústia.

Jo gave a despairing groan, and Meg laughed outright, while Beth let her bread burn as she watched the fun with interest.

Jo soltou um gemido desesperado, e Meg riu abertamente, enquanto Beth deixou o seu pão queimar enquanto assistia à diversão com interesse.

"It's no use! Do the best you can when the time comes, and if the audience laughs, don't blame me. Come on, Meg."

"Não adianta! Faça o melhor que puder quando chegar a hora, e se o público rir, não me culpe. Vamos, Meg."

Then things went smoothly, for Don Pedro defied the world in a speech of two pages without a single break.

Depois as coisas correram bem, pois Dom Pedro desafiou o mundo num discurso de duas páginas sem uma única pausa.

Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect.

Hagar, a bruxa, entoou uma terrível cantilena sobre a sua panela cheia de sapos a ferver, com um efeito estranho.

Roderigo rent his chains asunder manfully, and Hugo died in agonies of remorse and arsenic, with a wild, "Ha! Ha!"

Rodrigo partiu as suas correntes varonilmente, e Hugo morreu em agonia de remorso e arsênico, com um selvagem, "Ha! Ha!"

"It's the best we've had yet," said Meg, as the dead villain sat up and rubbed his elbows.

"É o melhor que já tivemos", disse Meg, enquanto o vilão morto se sentou e esfregou os cotovelos.

"I don't see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You're a regular Shakespeare!" exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things.

"Não entendo como você consegue escrever e representar coisas tão esplêndidas, Jo. Você é um verdadeiro Shakespeare!" exclamou Beth, que acreditava firmemente que suas irmãs eram dotadas de um talento maravilhoso em tudo.

"Not quite," replied Jo modestly. "I do think _The Witches Curse, an Operatic Tragedy_ is rather a nice thing, but I'd like to try _Macbeth_, if we only had a trapdoor for Banquo.

"Não bem", respondeu Jo modestamente. "Acho que _A Maldição das Bruxas, uma Tragédia de Ópera_ é uma coisa bastante boa, mas gostaria de tentar _Macbeth_, se ao menos tivéssemos um alçapão para Banquo.

I always wanted to do the killing part. 'Is that a dagger that I see before me?

Sempre quis fazer a parte do assassinato. 'É isso um punhal que vejo à minha frente?

Vocabulary

seguiu: Followed; went after someone or something.
mas: But; however; used to contrast ideas.
ela: She; feminine third-person singular pronoun.
esticou: Stretched; extended or pulled tightly outward.
as: The; feminine plural definite article.
mãos: Hands; plural of hand; upper limbs.
rigidamente: Rigidly; in a stiff or inflexible manner.
sua: Your or her; feminine possessive adjective.
frente: Front; forward direction or face of something.
se: Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves.
sacudiu: Shook; moved rapidly back and forth.
como: Like; how; as if; in what manner.
fosse: Were; subjunctive past tense of to be.
movida: Moved; propelled by force or motivation.
por: By; for; through; preposition indicating agent or cause.
maquinaria: Machinery; mechanical equipment or system of machines.
seu: His or her; masculine possessive adjective.
Ai: Ouch; exclamation expressing pain or distress.
era: Was; past tense of to be.
mais: More; additional; used to form comparatives.
sugestivo: Suggestive; implying or hinting at something indirectly.
de: Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
alfinetes: Pins; small pointed fastening devices or needles.
sendo: Being; present participle of to be.
espetados: Stuck; pierced or jabbed with pointed objects.
nela: In her; on her; preposition plus pronoun.
do: Of the; contraction of de and o.
que: That; which; what; relative or interrogative pronoun.
medo: Fear; feeling of anxiety or apprehension.
angústia: Anguish; severe mental pain or distress.
soltou: Released; let go; freed from restraint.
um: A or an; masculine singular indefinite article.
gemido: Groan; low sound expressing pain or suffering.
desesperado: Desperate; in a state of despair or hopelessness.
riu: Laughed; expressed amusement with audible sounds.
abertamente: Openly; without concealment or reservation; frankly.
enquanto: While; during the time that; whereas.
deixou: Left; allowed or permitted something to happen.
pão: Bread; baked food made from flour and water.
queimar: Burn; consume with fire or heat.
assistia: Watched; observed attentively; witnessed events happening.
diversão: Amusement; entertainment or enjoyable activity or pastime.
com: With; accompanied by; in company of.
interesse: Interest; concern or curiosity about something.
Não: No; not; negation or refusal word.
adianta: Helps; makes progress; benefits or advantages.
Faça: Make or do; imperative form of fazer.
melhor: Better; superior in quality or excellence.
puder: Can; be able; subjunctive of poder.
quando: When; at what time; during period.
chegar: Arrive; reach a destination or point.
hora: Hour; time or period of sixty minutes.
público: Public; open to all people in general.
rir: Laugh; express amusement with audible sounds.
culpe: Blame; hold responsible for fault or wrong.
Vamos: Let's go; we go; come on.
Depois: After; later; subsequently in time sequence.
coisas: Things; objects or matters of concern.
correram: Ran; moved quickly on foot or flowed.
bem: Well; good; properly or satisfactorily.
pois: Because; for; therefore; causal conjunction.
Dom: Lord; title of respect for nobleman.
desafiou: Challenged; dared or confronted with difficulty.
mundo: World; planet Earth or realm of existence.
num: In a; contraction of em and um.
discurso: Speech; formal address or spoken communication.
duas: Two; number between one and three.
páginas: Pages; numbered divisions of book or document.
sem: Without; in the absence of something.
única: Only; sole; one and only existing.
pausa: Pause; temporary stop or break in action.

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