Peter Pan — Page 11
She explained in quite a matter-of-fact way that she thought Peter sometimes came to the nursery in the night and sat on the foot of her bed and played on his pipes to her.
Ela explicou de uma maneira bastante natural que achava que Peter às vezes vinha ao quarto das crianças à noite e sentava-se ao pé de sua cama e tocava sua flauta para ela.
Unfortunately she never woke, so she didn't know how she knew, she just knew.
Infelizmente ela nunca acordava, por isso não sabia como sabia, simplesmente sabia.
"What nonsense you talk, precious. No one can get into the house without knocking."
"Que absurdo você fala, querida. Ninguém pode entrar na casa sem bater."
"I think he comes in by the window," she said.
"Eu acho que ele entra pela janela", disse ela.
"My love, it is three floors up."
"Meu amor, fica no terceiro andar."
"Were not the leaves at the foot of the window, mother?"
"As folhas não estavam ao pé da janela, mãe?"
It was quite true; the leaves had been found very near the window.
Era bem verdade; as folhas tinham sido encontradas bem perto da janela.
Mrs. Darling did not know what to think, for it all seemed so natural to Wendy that you could not dismiss it by saying she had been dreaming.
A Sra. Darling não sabia o que pensar, pois tudo parecia tão natural para Wendy que não se podia descartar dizendo que ela havia estado sonhando.
"My child," the mother cried, "why did you not tell me of this before?"
"Minha filha", exclamou a mãe, "por que você não me contou isso antes?"
"I forgot," said Wendy lightly. She was in a hurry to get her breakfast.
"Eu esqueci", disse Wendy levemente. Ela estava com pressa para tomar seu café da manhã.
Oh, surely she must have been dreaming.
Oh, com certeza ela devia ter estado sonhando.
But, on the other hand, there were the leaves.
Mas, por outro lado, havia as folhas.
Mrs. Darling examined them very carefully; they were skeleton leaves, but she was sure they did not come from any tree that grew in England.
A Sra. Darling as examinou com muito cuidado; eram folhas esqueletizadas, mas ela tinha certeza de que não vinham de nenhuma árvore que crescesse na Inglaterra.
She crawled about the floor, peering at it with a candle for marks of a strange foot.
Ela rastejou pelo chão, examinando-o com uma vela à procura de marcas de um pé estranho.
She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls.
Ela agitou o atiçador na chaminé e bateu nas paredes.
Vocabulary
- explicou
- ex-plee-KOH — Past tense of explicar: she/he explained something.
- maneira
- mah-NAY-rah — Noun meaning way, manner, or style.
- bastante
- bah-STAHN-cheh — Adverb or adjective meaning quite, enough, or fairly.
- natural
- nah-too-RAHL — Adjective meaning natural, normal, or innate.
- achava
- ah-SHAH-vah — Imperfect tense of achar: she/he thought or believed.
- vezes
- VEH-zehs — Plural of vez: times, as in sometimes or occasionally.
- vinha
- VEEN-yah — Imperfect tense of vir: she/he used to come.
- quarto
- KWAHR-too — Noun meaning room or bedroom; also fourth.
- crianças
- kree-AHN-sahsh — Plural noun meaning children or young kids.
- noite
- NOY-cheh — Noun meaning night or nighttime.
- sentava-se
- sen-TAH-vah-seh — Reflexive imperfect of sentar: she/he used to sit down.
- pé
- peh — Noun meaning foot; ao pé de means beside or at the foot of.
- cama
- KAH-mah — Noun meaning bed, where one sleeps.
- tocava
- toh-KAH-vah — Imperfect tense of tocar: she/he used to play an instrument.
- flauta
- FLAW-tah — Noun meaning flute, a wind musical instrument.
- Infelizmente
- een-feh-leez-MEN-cheh — Adverb meaning unfortunately or sadly.
- nunca
- NOON-kah — Adverb meaning never or not ever.
- acordava
- ah-kor-DAH-vah — Imperfect tense of acordar: she/he used to wake up.
- isso
- EE-soo — Demonstrative pronoun meaning that or this thing.
- sabia
- sah-BEE-ah — Imperfect tense of saber: she/he used to know something.
- simplesmente
- seem-plehs-MEN-cheh — Adverb meaning simply, just, or plainly.
- absurdo
- ab-SOOR-doo — Adjective or noun meaning absurd, ridiculous, or nonsense.
- querida
- keh-REE-dah — Term of endearment meaning dear or darling (feminine).
- Ninguém
- neen-GENG — Indefinite pronoun meaning nobody or no one.
- entrar
- en-TRAHR — Infinitive verb meaning to enter or to come in.
- casa
- KAH-zah — Noun meaning house or home.
- sem
- seng — Preposition meaning without.
- bater
- bah-TEHR — Infinitive verb meaning to knock, hit, or bang.
- acho
- AH-shoo — First person present of achar: I think or I believe.
- entra
- EN-trah — Present tense of entrar: she/he enters or comes in.
- janela
- zhah-NEH-lah — Noun meaning window.
- disse
- DEE-seh — Past tense of dizer: she/he said something.
- amor
- ah-MOR — Noun meaning love or darling (term of endearment).
- fica
- FEE-kah — Present tense of ficar: is located, stays, or remains.
- terceiro
- tehr-SAY-roo — Ordinal adjective meaning third.
- andar
- an-DAHR — Noun meaning floor or story of a building; also to walk.
- folhas
- FOH-lyahsh — Plural noun meaning leaves (of a plant or tree).
- estavam
- esh-TAH-vang — Imperfect tense of estar: they were (in a state or place).
- mãe
- mahng — Noun meaning mother or mom.
- Era
- EH-rah — Imperfect tense of ser: it was (describing a state or quality).
- verdade
- vehr-DAH-deh — Noun meaning truth or reality.
- tinham
- TEEN-yang — Imperfect tense of ter: they had or used to have.
- sido
- SEE-doo — Past participle of ser: been (used in compound tenses).
- encontradas
- en-kon-TRAH-dahsh — Past participle of encontrar: found or discovered (feminine plural).
- perto
- PEHR-too — Adverb or preposition meaning near, close, or nearby.
- Sra
- sehn-YO-rah — Abbreviation for Senhora: Mrs. or Madam.
- pensar
- pen-SAHR — Infinitive verb meaning to think or to reflect.
- pois
- poysh — Conjunction meaning because, since, or well (filler).
- tudo
- TOO-doo — Pronoun meaning everything or all of it.
- parecia
- pah-reh-SEE-ah — Imperfect of parecer: it seemed or it appeared to be.
- tão
- towng — Adverb meaning so or such (used before adjectives/adverbs).
- podia
- poh-DEE-ah — Imperfect of poder: she/he could or was able to.
- descartar
- desh-kar-TAHR — Infinitive verb meaning to dismiss, discard, or rule out.
- dizendo
- dee-ZEN-doo — Gerund of dizer: saying or telling (ongoing action).
- havia
- ah-VEE-ah — Imperfect of haver: there had been or she/he had.
- estado
- esh-TAH-doo — Past participle of estar: been; also noun meaning state.
- sonhando
- soh-NYAHN-doo — Gerund of sonhar: dreaming (ongoing action).
- filha
- FEEL-yah — Noun meaning daughter.
- exclamou
- esh-klah-MOH — Past tense of exclamar: she/he exclaimed or cried out.
- contou
- kon-TOH — Past tense of contar: she/he told or recounted something.
- antes
- AHN-tesh — Adverb or conjunction meaning before or previously.
- esqueci
- esh-keh-SEE — First person past tense of esquecer: I forgot something.
- levemente
- leh-veh-MEN-cheh — Adverb meaning slightly, lightly, or mildly.
- estava
- esh-TAH-vah — Imperfect of estar: she/he was (in a state or place).
- pressa
- PREH-sah — Noun meaning hurry or rush; com pressa means in a hurry.
- tomar
- toh-MAHR — Infinitive verb meaning to take or to have (food/drink).
- café
- kah-FEH — Noun meaning coffee or breakfast.
- manhã
- mah-NYAH — Noun meaning morning; café da manhã means breakfast.
- certeza
- sehr-TEH-zah — Noun meaning certainty or sure knowledge; com certeza means certainly.
- devia
- deh-VEE-ah — Imperfect of dever: she/he should have or ought to have.
- ter
- tehr — Infinitive verb meaning to have or to possess.
- outro
- OH-troo — Adjective or pronoun meaning other or another.
- lado
- LAH-doo — Noun meaning side; por outro lado means on the other hand.
- examinou
- eh-zah-mee-NOH — Past tense of examinar: she/he examined or inspected closely.
- cuidado
- kwee-DAH-doo — Noun meaning care or caution; com cuidado means carefully.
- eram
- EH-rang — Imperfect tense of ser: they were (describing qualities).
- esqueletizadas
- esh-keh-leh-tee-ZAH-dahsh — Adjective meaning skeletonized or stripped down to skeleton.
- tinha
- TEEN-yah — Imperfect tense of ter: she/he had or used to have.
- vinham
- VEEN-yang — Imperfect tense of vir: they used to come or came.
- nenhuma
- neh-NYOO-mah — Indefinite pronoun meaning none, no, or not any (feminine).
- árvore
- AHR-voh-reh — Noun meaning tree.
- crescesse
- kreh-SEH-seh — Imperfect subjunctive of crescer: that it might grow.
- Inglaterra
- een-glah-TEH-rah — Proper noun meaning England.
- rastejou
- rah-steh-ZHOH — Past tense of rastejar: she/he crawled or crept along the floor.
- chão
- showng — Noun meaning floor or ground.
- examinando-o
- eh-zah-mee-NAHN-doo-oo — Gerund with pronoun: examining it (ongoing close inspection).
- vela
- VEH-lah — Noun meaning candle; used for light in darkness.
- procura
- proh-KOO-rah — Noun or present tense of procurar: search, looking for.
- marcas
- MAHR-kahsh — Plural noun meaning marks, traces, or signs left behind.
- estranho
- esh-TRAHN-yoo — Adjective or noun meaning strange, odd, or a stranger.
- agitou
- ah-zhee-TOH — Past tense of agitar: she/he shook or waved something.
- atiçador
- ah-tee-sah-DOR — Noun meaning fire poker, a tool for tending a fireplace.
- chaminé
- shah-mee-NEH — Noun meaning chimney or fireplace.
- bateu
- bah-TEH-oo — Past tense of bater: she/he knocked or hit something.
- paredes
- pah-REH-desh — Plural noun meaning walls (of a room or building).
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