Peter Pan — Page 6
Darling knew it, yet he sometimes wondered uneasily whether the neighbours talked.
Darling sabia disso, mas às vezes se perguntava inquieto se os vizinhos falavam.
He had his position in the city to consider.
Ele tinha sua posição na cidade a considerar.
Nana also troubled him in another way.
Nana também o perturbava de outra maneira.
He had sometimes a feeling that she did not admire him.
Às vezes ele tinha a sensação de que ela não o admirava.
"I know she admires you tremendously, George," Mrs. Darling would assure him, and then she would sign to the children to be specially nice to father.
"Eu sei que ela o admira tremendamente, George", a senhora Darling lhe assegurava, e então ela fazia sinal às crianças para serem especialmente gentis com o pai.
Lovely dances followed, in which the only other servant, Liza, was sometimes allowed to join.
Belas danças se seguiam, nas quais a única outra serviçal, Liza, às vezes tinha permissão de participar.
Such a midget she looked in her long skirt and maid's cap, though she had sworn, when engaged, that she would never see ten again.
Ela parecia tão pequenina com sua saia longa e touca de criada, embora tivesse jurado, quando foi contratada, que nunca mais veria dez anos.
The gaiety of those romps!
A alegria daquelas brincadeiras!
And gayest of all was Mrs. Darling, who would pirouette so wildly that all you could see of her was the kiss, and then if you had dashed at her you might have got it.
E a mais alegre de todas era a senhora Darling, que pirueteava tão freneticamente que tudo o que se podia ver dela era o beijo, e se você tivesse se lançado sobre ela poderia tê-lo conseguido.
There never was a simpler happier family until the coming of Peter Pan.
Nunca houve uma família mais simples e feliz até a chegada de Peter Pan.
Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter when she was tidying up her children's minds.
A senhora Darling ouviu falar de Peter pela primeira vez quando estava arrumando as mentes de seus filhos.
It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day.
É o costume noturno de toda boa mãe, depois que seus filhos adormecem, vasculhar suas mentes e colocar as coisas em ordem para a manhã seguinte, recolocando em seus devidos lugares os muitos pensamentos que vagaram durante o dia.
If you could keep awake (but of course you can't) you would see your own mother doing this, and you would find it very interesting to watch her.
Se você conseguisse ficar acordado (mas é claro que não consegue) veria sua própria mãe fazendo isso, e acharia muito interessante observá-la.
It is quite like tidying up drawers.
É muito parecido com arrumar gavetas.
Vocabulary
- sabia
- Knew; past tense of saber
- disso
- Of that; contraction of de isso
- mas
- But; conjunction indicating contrast
- às
- At the; feminine plural contraction of a as
- vezes
- Times; instances or occasions
- se
- Himself herself themselves; reflexive pronoun
- perguntava
- Was wondering or asking himself; imperfect tense
- inquieto
- Restless uneasy or anxious
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article
- vizinhos
- Neighbors people living nearby
- falavam
- Were talking or speaking; imperfect tense
- Ele
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- tinha
- Had; imperfect tense of ter
- sua
- His her your; feminine singular possessive adjective
- posição
- Position status or standing in society
- na
- In the; feminine singular contraction of em a
- cidade
- City or town
- a
- The; feminine singular definite article
- considerar
- To consider or take into account
- também
- Also too or as well
- o
- Him; masculine singular direct object pronoun
- perturbava
- Was troubling or disturbing him; imperfect tense
- de
- Of from; common preposition
- outra
- Another or other; feminine singular adjective
- maneira
- Manner way or method
- Às
- At the; feminine plural contraction used in expressions
- ele
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- sensação
- Feeling sensation or impression
- que
- That which who; conjunction or relative pronoun
- ela
- She; third person singular feminine pronoun
- não
- No not; negation
- admirava
- Admired respected; imperfect tense of admirar
- Eu
- I; first person singular pronoun
- sei
- I know; present tense of saber
- admira
- Admires respects; present tense of admirar
- tremendamente
- Tremendously greatly or enormously
- senhora
- Lady madam; polite form of address for women
- lhe
- To him to her; indirect object pronoun
- assegurava
- Was assuring or guaranteeing; imperfect tense
- e
- And; coordinating conjunction
- então
- Then so or at that moment
- fazia
- Was making or doing; imperfect tense of fazer
- sinal
- Sign signal or gesture
- crianças
- Children kids; plural noun
- para
- For to in order to; preposition
- serem
- To be; infinitive of ser for plural subjects
- especialmente
- Especially particularly or above all
- gentis
- Kind gentle nice; plural adjective
- com
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- pai
- Father dad; masculine noun
- Belas
- Beautiful lovely; feminine plural adjective
- danças
- Dances; plural of dança
- seguiam
- Followed came after; imperfect tense of seguir
- nas
- In the; feminine plural contraction of em as
- única
- Only sole unique; feminine singular adjective
- serviçal
- Servant domestic helper or maid
- permissão
- Permission authorization or allowance
- participar
- To participate or take part in
- Ela
- She; third person singular feminine pronoun
- parecia
- Seemed appeared to be; imperfect tense
- tão
- So such very; adverb of degree
- pequenina
- Very small tiny; diminutive feminine adjective
- saia
- Skirt; feminine clothing item
- longa
- Long; feminine singular adjective
- touca
- Cap bonnet worn on the head
- criada
- Maid female servant or housemaid
- embora
- Although even though; concessive conjunction
- tivesse
- Had; past subjunctive of ter
- jurado
- Sworn; past participle of jurar to swear
- quando
- When; temporal conjunction
- foi
- Was went; preterite of ser or ir
- contratada
- Hired contracted; past participle of contratar
- nunca
- Never not ever; adverb of negation
- mais
- More anymore again; adverb
- veria
- Would see; conditional tense of ver
- dez
- Ten; the number 10
- anos
- Years; plural of ano
- A
- The; feminine singular definite article
- alegria
- Joy happiness or delight
- daquelas
- Of those; contraction of de aquelas
- brincadeiras
- Games play pranks or fun activities
- E
- And; coordinating conjunction
- alegre
- Happy cheerful or joyful
- todas
- All every; feminine plural pronoun or adjective
- era
- Was; imperfect tense of ser
- pirueteava
- Was pirouetting spinning around in dance
- freneticamente
- Frantically frenetically with wild energy
- tudo
- Everything all; indefinite pronoun
- podia
- Could was able to; imperfect of poder
- ver
- To see; infinitive verb
- dela
- Of her hers; contraction of de ela
- beijo
- Kiss; act of kissing
- você
- You; second person singular pronoun
- lançado
- Thrown launched; past participle of lançar
- sobre
- Over above on top of; preposition
- poderia
- Could would be able to; conditional of poder
- tê-lo
- To have it; infinitive with clitic pronoun
- conseguido
- Achieved managed obtained; past participle of conseguir
- Nunca
- Never; adverb of negation
- houve
- There was existed; preterite of haver
- uma
- A an; feminine singular indefinite article
- família
- Family; group of related people
- simples
- Simple ordinary plain; adjective
- feliz
- Happy content joyful; adjective
- até
- Until up to even; preposition or conjunction
- chegada
- Arrival the act of arriving
- ouviu
- Heard; preterite tense of ouvir
- falar
- To speak or talk; infinitive verb
- pela
- By the through; feminine contraction of por a
- primeira
- First; feminine ordinal number adjective
- vez
- Time occasion or instance
- estava
- Was being; imperfect tense of estar
- arrumando
- Tidying arranging organizing; gerund of arrumar
- as
- The; feminine plural definite article
- mentes
- Minds; plural of mente
- seus
- His her their; masculine plural possessive adjective
- filhos
- Children sons offspring; plural noun
- É
- Is; third person singular present of ser
- costume
- Custom habit or usual practice
- noturno
- Nocturnal nightly done at night
- toda
- Every all each; feminine singular adjective
- boa
- Good kind virtuous; feminine singular adjective
- mãe
- Mother mom; feminine noun
- depois
- After afterwards then; adverb or preposition
- adormecem
- Fall asleep; present tense plural of adormecer
- vasculhar
- To rummage search through or go through
- suas
- Their her your; feminine plural possessive adjective
- colocar
- To place put or set something somewhere
- coisas
- Things objects or matters; plural noun
- em
- In on at; common preposition
- ordem
- Order arrangement or organization
- manhã
- Morning; the early part of the day
- seguinte
- Following next; adjective indicating sequence
- recolocando
- Putting back replacing; gerund of recolocar
- devidos
- Due proper respective; masculine plural adjective
- lugares
- Places spots locations; plural noun
- muitos
- Many numerous a lot of; masculine plural adjective
- pensamentos
- Thoughts ideas reflections; plural noun
- vagaram
- Wandered roamed drifted; preterite of vagar
- durante
- During throughout; preposition indicating time span
- dia
- Day; period from morning to night
- Se
- If; conditional conjunction
- conseguisse
- Could manage; past subjunctive of conseguir
- ficar
- To stay remain or become; infinitive verb
- acordado
- Awake not sleeping; past participle of acordar
- é
- Is; third person singular present of ser
- claro
- Clear of course obvious; adjective or adverb
- consegue
- Manages succeeds is able to; present of conseguir
- própria
- Own herself; feminine singular adjective
- fazendo
- Doing making; gerund of fazer
- isso
- This that; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- acharia
- Would find think; conditional of achar
- muito
- Very much a lot; adverb of degree
- interessante
- Interesting engaging or fascinating; adjective
- observá-la
- To observe her watch her; infinitive with clitic
- parecido
- Similar alike resembling; past participle of parecer
- arrumar
- To tidy organize or arrange; infinitive verb
- gavetas
- Drawers compartments in furniture; plural noun
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