Middlemarch — Page 10
" She pressed her hands against the sides of her head and seemed to despair of her memory.
Ela pressionou as mãos contra as laterais da cabeça e pareceu desesperar de sua memória.
"They are here," said Celia, with whom this explanation had been long meditated and prearranged.
"Estão aqui", disse Célia, com quem essa explicação havia sido longamente meditada e combinada de antemão.
"Pray open the large drawer of the cabinet and get out the jewel-box."
"Por favor, abra a grande gaveta do armário e tire a caixa de joias."
The casket was soon open before them, and the various jewels spread out, making a bright parterre on the table.
O estojo logo se abriu diante delas, e as diversas joias foram espalhadas, formando um brilhante canteiro de flores sobre a mesa.
It was no great collection, but a few of the ornaments were really of remarkable beauty, the finest that was obvious at first being a necklace of purple amethysts set in exquisite gold work, and a pearl cross with five brilliants in it.
Não era uma grande coleção, mas alguns dos ornamentos eram de beleza verdadeiramente notável, sendo o mais fino que se destacava à primeira vista um colar de ametistas roxas incrustadas em requintada ourivesaria, e uma cruz de pérola com cinco brilhantes.
Dorothea immediately took up the necklace and fastened it round her sister's neck, where it fitted almost as closely as a bracelet; but the circle suited the Henrietta-Maria style of Celia's head and neck, and she could see that it did, in the pier-glass opposite.
Doroteia imediatamente pegou o colar e o prendeu ao redor do pescoço de sua irmã, onde se ajustou quase tão justo quanto uma pulseira; mas o círculo combinava com o estilo Henrietta Maria da cabeça e do pescoço de Célia, e ela podia ver que combinava, no espelho de parede em frente.
"There, Celia! you can wear that with your Indian muslin. But this cross you must wear with your dark dresses."
"Está bem, Célia! você pode usar isso com sua musselina indiana. Mas esta cruz você deve usar com seus vestidos escuros."
Celia was trying not to smile with pleasure. "O Dodo, you must keep the cross yourself."
Célia tentava não sorrir de prazer. "Ah, Dodo, você deve ficar com a cruz para si mesma."
"No, no, dear, no," said Dorothea, putting up her hand with careless deprecation.
"Não, não, querida, não", disse Doroteia, erguendo a mão com descuidada modéstia.
"Yes, indeed you must; it would suit you—in your black dress, now," said Celia, insistingly. "You _might_ wear that."
"Sim, de fato você deve; ficaria bem em você — com seu vestido preto, agora", disse Célia, insistentemente. "Você _poderia_ usar isso."
"Not for the world, not for the world. A cross is the last thing I would wear as a trinket." Dorothea shuddered slightly.
"De jeito nenhum, de jeito nenhum. Uma cruz é a última coisa que eu usaria como enfeite." Doroteia estremeceu levemente.
Vocabulary
- Ela
- She; female third-person singular pronoun
- pressionou
- Pressed; past tense of pressionar
- as
- The; feminine plural definite article
- mãos
- Hands; plural of mão
- contra
- Against; indicating opposition or contact
- laterais
- Lateral; sides or side-related areas
- da
- Of the; feminine singular contraction
- cabeça
- Head; upper part of body
- pareceu
- Seemed; past tense of parecer
- desesperar
- To despair; lose hope or confidence
- de
- Of; preposition indicating possession or origin
- sua
- Your, her, his; possessive adjective feminine
- memória
- Memory; ability to recall information
- Estão
- Are; third-person plural present of estar
- aqui
- Here; in this place or location
- disse
- Said; past tense of dizer
- com
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- quem
- Whom; interrogative or relative pronoun
- essa
- That; demonstrative adjective feminine
- explicação
- Explanation; statement clarifying something
- havia
- Had; past tense of haver
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser
- longamente
- Lengthily; for a long time
- meditada
- Meditated; considered carefully beforehand
- combinada
- Combined; arranged or coordinated together
- antemão
- Beforehand; in advance; de antemão
- Por
- By; preposition indicating agency
- favor
- Favor; polite request word please
- abra
- Open; imperative of abrir
- grande
- Big, large; adjective describing size
- gaveta
- Drawer; sliding compartment in furniture
- do
- Of the; masculine singular contraction
- armário
- Cabinet; furniture for storing items
- tire
- Take out; imperative of tirar
- caixa
- Box; container for holding items
- joias
- Jewels; precious or valuable items
- estojo
- Case, box; container for small items
- logo
- Soon, right away; immediately
- se
- Himself, herself; reflexive pronoun
- abriu
- Opened; past tense of abrir
- diante
- In front of; ahead of them
- delas
- Of them; feminine plural pronoun
- diversas
- Several, various; feminine plural adjective
- foram
- Were; past tense of ser/ir
- espalhadas
- Scattered, spread; feminine plural adjective
- formando
- Forming; present participle of formar
- um
- A, an; masculine singular article
- brilhante
- Brilliant; shining brightly or intelligent
- canteiro
- Flower bed; garden plot or work site
- flores
- Flowers; plural of flor
- sobre
- On, about; preposition of location
- mesa
- Table; furniture for dining
- Não
- No, not; negation adverb
- era
- Was; past tense of ser
- uma
- A, an; feminine singular article
- coleção
- Collection; group of items gathered
- mas
- But; conjunction indicating contrast
- alguns
- Some; masculine plural indefinite pronoun
- dos
- Of the; masculine plural contraction
- ornamentos
- Ornaments; decorative items or embellishments
- eram
- Were; past tense of ser
- beleza
- Beauty; quality of being beautiful
- verdadeiramente
- Truly; in a genuine or real way
- notável
- Notable; worthy of attention or remark
- sendo
- Being; present participle of ser
- mais
- More; indicating greater amount
- fino
- Fine; of high quality or thin
- que
- That, which; relative or comparative
- destacava
- Stood out; past tense of destacar
- primeira
- First; feminine ordinal number
- vista
- Sight, view; what is seen
- colar
- Necklace; jewelry worn around neck
- roxas
- Purple; color between red and blue
- incrustadas
- Encrusted; set or embedded firmly
- em
- In, on; preposition of location
- requintada
- Refined; elegant and sophisticated
- cruz
- Cross; shape formed by intersecting lines
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