Middlemarch — Page 11
"Then you will think it wicked in me to wear it," said Celia, uneasily.
"Então você vai achar perverso da minha parte usá-lo", disse Célia, inquieta.
"No, dear, no," said Dorothea, stroking her sister's cheek. "Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another."
"Não, querida, não", disse Doroteia, acariciando a face da irmã. "As almas também têm compleições: o que serve a uma não serve a outra."
"But you might like to keep it for mamma's sake."
"Mas talvez você queira guardá-lo em memória de mamãe."
"No, I have other things of mamma's—her sandal-wood box which I am so fond of—plenty of things. In fact, they are all yours, dear. We need discuss them no longer. There—take away your property."
"Não, tenho outras coisas de mamãe — sua caixinha de sândalo, da qual gosto tanto — muitas coisas. Na verdade, são todas suas, querida. Não precisamos discuti-las mais. Pronto — leve o que é seu."
Celia felt a little hurt. There was a strong assumption of superiority in this Puritanic toleration, hardly less trying to the blond flesh of an unenthusiastic sister than a Puritanic persecution.
Célia sentiu-se um pouco magoada. Havia uma forte presunção de superioridade nessa tolerância puritana, não muito menos irritante para a carne loira de uma irmã pouco entusiasmada do que uma perseguição puritana.
"But how can I wear ornaments if you, who are the elder sister, will never wear them?"
"Mas como posso usar ornamentos se você, que é a irmã mais velha, nunca os usará?"
"Nay, Celia, that is too much to ask, that I should wear trinkets to keep you in countenance. If I were to put on such a necklace as that, I should feel as if I had been pirouetting. The world would go round with me, and I should not know how to walk."
"Não, Célia, isso é pedir demais, que eu use bugigangas para não te deixar sem graça. Se eu pusesse um colar como aquele, sentiria como se estivesse em piruetas. O mundo giraria ao meu redor e eu não saberia como andar."
Celia had unclasped the necklace and drawn it off. "It would be a little tight for your neck; something to lie down and hang would suit you better," she said, with some satisfaction. The complete unfitness of the necklace from all points of view for Dorothea, made Celia happier in taking it.
Célia havia desafivelado o colar e o retirado. "Ficaria um pouco justo no seu pescoço; algo que repousasse e pendesse ficaria melhor em você", disse ela, com alguma satisfação. A total inadequação do colar sob todos os pontos de vista para Doroteia deixou Célia mais feliz em aceitá-lo.
Vocabulary
- Então
- en-tão — So, then; used to connect ideas or conclusions.
- você
- vo-cê — You; second person singular pronoun.
- vai
- vai — Goes; third person singular of 'ir' (to go).
- achar
- a-char — To find or to think/believe something.
- perverso
- per-ver-so — Perverse, wicked, morally corrupt.
- da
- da — Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'a'.
- minha
- mi-nha — My; feminine possessive pronoun.
- parte
- par-te — Part, side, or behalf of someone.
- usá-lo
- u-sá-lo — To use it; verb 'usar' with pronoun attached.
- disse
- dis-se — Said; past tense of 'dizer' (to say).
- inquieta
- in-qui-e-ta — Restless, uneasy, troubled in mind.
- Não
- não — No; negation particle in Portuguese.
- querida
- que-ri-da — Dear, beloved; affectionate term of address.
- acariciando
- a-ca-ri-ci-an-do — Caressing, gently stroking with affection.
- face
- fa-ce — Face; the front part of the head.
- irmã
- ir-mã — Sister; female sibling.
- almas
- al-mas — Souls; spiritual essence of living beings.
- têm
- têm — Have; third person plural of 'ter'.
- compleições
- com-plei-ções — Temperaments, constitutions, or natural dispositions.
- serve
- ser-ve — Serves, suits, or is useful for something.
- outra
- ou-tra — Other, another; feminine form of 'outro'.
- talvez
- tal-vez — Perhaps, maybe; expresses uncertainty or possibility.
- queira
- quei-ra — Want; subjunctive form of 'querer'.
- guardá-lo
- guar-dá-lo — To keep or store it safely.
- memória
- me-mó-ri-a — Memory; recollection of past events or people.
- mamãe
- ma-mãe — Mom, mommy; informal term for mother.
- coisas
- coi-sas — Things; general plural noun for objects or matters.
- caixinha
- cai-xi-nha — Small box; diminutive form of 'caixa'.
- sândalo
- sân-da-lo — Sandalwood; fragrant tropical wood.
- gosto
- gos-to — I like; first person of 'gostar', to enjoy.
- muitas
- mui-tas — Many; feminine plural form of 'muito'.
- verdade
- ver-da-de — Truth; what is real or factually correct.
- todas
- to-das — All; feminine plural form of 'todo'.
- precisamos
- pre-ci-sa-mos — We need; first person plural of 'precisar'.
- discuti-las
- dis-cu-ti-las — To discuss them; verb with feminine plural pronoun.
- Pronto
- pron-to — Done, ready; used to indicate completion.
- leve
- le-ve — Take it; imperative of 'levar', or light/slight.
- seu
- seu — Your or his/her; possessive pronoun.
- sentiu-se
- sen-tiu-se — Felt; reflexive past tense of 'sentir'.
- pouco
- pou-co — A little, a bit; small amount.
- magoada
- ma-go-a-da — Hurt, offended, emotionally wounded.
- Havia
- ha-vi-a — There was/were; imperfect of 'haver'.
- forte
- for-te — Strong, powerful, intense.
- presunção
- pre-sun-ção — Presumption, arrogance, assumption of superiority.
- superioridade
- su-pe-ri-o-ri-da-de — Superiority; being above others in quality.
- tolerância
- to-le-rân-ci-a — Tolerance; acceptance of differences or others' views.
- puritana
- pu-ri-ta-na — Puritan; strictly moral or austere in lifestyle.
- irritante
- ir-ri-tan-te — Irritating, annoying, causing frustration.
- carne
- car-ne — Flesh, meat; physical body or earthly nature.
- loira
- loi-ra — Blonde; having light-colored or golden hair.
- entusiasmada
- en-tu-si-as-ma-da — Enthusiastic, excited, filled with eagerness.
- perseguição
- per-se-gui-ção — Persecution, pursuit, harassment of someone.
- ornamentos
- or-na-men-tos — Ornaments, decorations, adornments worn on body.
- velha
- ve-lha — Old woman; elderly female person.
- usará
- u-sa-rá — Will use; future tense of 'usar'.
- pedir
- pe-dir — To ask for, to request something.
- demais
- de-mais — Too much, excessively; beyond acceptable limits.
- bugigangas
- bu-gi-gan-gas — Trinkets, knickknacks, cheap ornamental items.
- deixar
- dei-xar — To leave, let, or allow something to happen.
- graça
- gra-ça — Grace, charm, humor; elegance or appeal.
- pusesse
- pu-ses-se — Put on; past subjunctive of 'pôr'.
- colar
- co-lar — Necklace; jewelry worn around the neck.
- sentiria
- sen-ti-ri-a — Would feel; conditional tense of 'sentir'.
- estivesse
- es-ti-ves-se — Were; past subjunctive of 'estar'.
- piruetas
- pi-ru-e-tas — Pirouettes, spinning movements; whirling around.
- mundo
- mun-do — World; the earth or all of existence.
- giraria
- gi-ra-ri-a — Would spin; conditional tense of 'girar'.
- redor
- re-dor — Around, surrounding area; used in 'ao redor'.
- saberia
- sa-be-ri-a — Would know; conditional tense of 'saber'.
- andar
- an-dar — To walk, to move on foot.
- desafivelado
- des-a-fi-ve-la-do — Unbuckled, unfastened; removed from a clasp.
- retirado
- re-ti-ra-do — Removed, withdrawn, taken away.
- Ficaria
- fi-ca-ri-a — Would stay or fit; conditional of 'ficar'.
- justo
- jus-to — Just right, fitting, snug; fair or exact.
- pescoço
- pes-co-ço — Neck; the body part connecting head to torso.
- algo
- al-go — Something; an unspecified thing or matter.
- repousasse
- re-pou-sas-se — Would rest; past subjunctive of 'repousar'.
- pendesse
- pen-des-se — Would hang; past subjunctive of 'pender'.
- melhor
- me-lhor — Better; comparative form of 'bom' (good).
- satisfação
- sa-tis-fa-ção — Satisfaction; feeling of fulfillment or contentment.
- total
- to-tal — Total, complete, absolute, entire.
- inadequação
- in-a-de-qua-ção — Inadequacy; state of being unsuitable or insufficient.
- sob
- sob — Under, beneath; preposition indicating position below.
- pontos
- pon-tos — Points, aspects, viewpoints; plural of 'ponto'.
- vista
- vis-ta — View, sight; used in 'ponto de vista' (viewpoint).
- deixou
- dei-xou — Left, let, made; past tense of 'deixar'.
- feliz
- fe-liz — Happy, glad, pleased.
- aceitá-lo
- a-cei-tá-lo — To accept it; verb 'aceitar' with pronoun attached.
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