Pride and Prejudice — Page 9

English → Pt Preface Level 7/10

And I am not so certain that I should myself use the word "narrow" in connection with her.

E não tenho tanta certeza de que eu mesmo deveria usar a palavra "estreita" em relação a ela.

If her world is a microcosm, the cosmic quality of it is at least as eminent as the littleness.

Se o seu mundo é um microcosmo, a qualidade cósmica dele é pelo menos tão eminente quanto a pequenez.

She does not touch what she did not feel herself called to paint; I am not so sure that she could not have painted what she did not feel herself called to touch.

Ela não toca o que não sentiu ser chamada a pintar; não tenho tanta certeza de que ela não poderia ter pintado o que não sentiu ser chamada a tocar.

It is at least remarkable that in two very short periods of writing--one of about three years, and another of not much more than five--she executed six capital works, and has not left a single failure.

É pelo menos notável que em dois períodos de escrita muito curtos — um de cerca de três anos, e outro de não muito mais de cinco — ela tenha executado seis obras capitais, e não tenha deixado um único fracasso.

It is possible that the romantic paste in her composition was defective: we must always remember that hardly anybody born in her decade--that of the eighteenth-century seventies--independently exhibited the full romantic quality.

É possível que a pasta romântica em sua composição fosse deficiente: devemos sempre lembrar que quase ninguém nascido em sua década — a dos anos setenta do século XVIII — exibiu de forma independente a plena qualidade romântica.

Even Scott required hill and mountain and ballad, even Coleridge metaphysics and German to enable them to chip the classical shell.

Até Scott precisou de colina e montanha e balada, até Coleridge precisou de metafísica e do alemão para conseguir lascar a casca clássica.

Miss Austen was an English girl, brought up in a country retirement, at the time when ladies went back into the house if there was a white frost which might pierce their kid shoes, when a sudden cold was the subject of the gravest fears, when their studies, their ways, their conduct were subject to all those fantastic limits and restrictions against which Mary Wollstonecraft protested with better general sense than particular taste or judgment.

A senhorita Austen era uma jovem inglesa, criada no recolhimento do campo, na época em que as damas voltavam para dentro de casa se houvesse uma geada branca que pudesse perfurar seus sapatos de pelica, quando um resfriado repentino era motivo dos mais graves temores, quando seus estudos, seus modos, sua conduta estavam sujeitos a todos aqueles limites e restrições fantásticos contra os quais Mary Wollstonecraft protestou com melhor senso geral do que gosto ou julgamento particular.

Vocabulary

tenho: TEN-yoo — First person singular present of 'ter', meaning 'I have'.
tanta: TAN-tah — Feminine form of 'tanto', meaning 'so much' or 'such a lot of'.
certeza: ser-TEH-zah — Noun meaning 'certainty' or 'sureness'.
mesmo: MEZ-moo — Adjective or adverb meaning 'same', 'even', or 'really'.
deveria: deh-veh-REE-ah — Conditional form of 'dever', meaning 'should' or 'ought to'.
usar: oo-ZAR — Verb meaning 'to use' or 'to wear'.
palavra: pah-LAV-rah — Noun meaning 'word' or 'speech'.
estreita: es-TRAY-tah — Adjective meaning 'narrow', 'tight', or 'strict'.
relação: heh-lah-SOWNG — Noun meaning 'relation', 'relationship', or 'connection'.
mundo: MOON-doo — Noun meaning 'world' or 'universe'.
microcosmo: mee-kroo-KOZ-moo — Noun meaning 'microcosm', a small representative system.
qualidade: kwah-lee-DAH-jee — Noun meaning 'quality' or 'characteristic'.
cósmica: KOZ-mee-kah — Adjective meaning 'cosmic', relating to the universe.
menos: MEH-nooz — Adverb meaning 'less' or 'fewer'.
tão: towng — Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as', indicating degree.
eminente: eh-mee-NEN-chee — Adjective meaning 'eminent', 'prominent', or 'distinguished'.
quanto: KWAN-too — Pronoun or adverb meaning 'how much', 'as much as'.
pequenez: peh-keh-NEZ — Noun meaning 'smallness', 'tininess', or 'pettiness'.
toca: TOH-kah — Third person singular of 'tocar'; meaning 'she touches' or 'plays'.
sentiu: sen-CHEE-oo — Past tense of 'sentir', meaning 'felt' or 'sensed'.
chamada: shah-MAH-dah — Past participle of 'chamar', meaning 'called' or 'summoned'.
pintar: peen-TAR — Verb meaning 'to paint' or 'to depict artistically'.
poderia: poo-deh-REE-ah — Conditional form of 'poder', meaning 'could' or 'would be able to'.
pintado: peen-TAH-doo — Past participle of 'pintar', meaning 'painted'.
tocar: too-KAR — Verb meaning 'to touch' or 'to play a musical instrument'.
notável: noo-TAH-vel — Adjective meaning 'notable', 'remarkable', or 'outstanding'.
períodos: peh-REE-oh-dooz — Noun meaning 'periods' or 'spans of time'.
escrita: es-KREE-tah — Noun or adjective meaning 'writing' or 'written'.
curtos: KOOR-tooz — Adjective meaning 'short' or 'brief' (masculine plural).
cerca: SER-kah — Preposition meaning 'about', 'around', or 'approximately'.
tenha: TEN-yah — Subjunctive form of 'ter', meaning 'has' or 'have' (subjunctive).
executado: eh-zeh-koo-TAH-doo — Past participle of 'executar', meaning 'executed' or 'accomplished'.
obras: OH-brahz — Noun meaning 'works', 'pieces', or 'creations'.
capitais: kah-pee-TYSH — Adjective meaning 'capital' or 'major'; noun meaning 'capitals'.
deixado: day-SHAH-doo — Past participle of 'deixar', meaning 'left' or 'abandoned'.
único: OO-nee-koo — Adjective meaning 'unique', 'only', or 'sole'.
fracasso: frah-KAH-soo — Noun meaning 'failure', 'flop', or 'disaster'.
possível: poo-SEE-vel — Adjective meaning 'possible' or 'feasible'.
pasta: PAH-stah — Noun meaning 'folder', 'briefcase', or 'pasta'.
romântica: hoo-MAN-chee-kah — Adjective meaning 'romantic', relating to romance or Romanticism.
composição: kom-poo-zee-SOWNG — Noun meaning 'composition', 'structure', or 'arrangement'.
fosse: FOH-see — Imperfect subjunctive of 'ser/ir', meaning 'were' or 'went'.
deficiente: deh-fee-see-EN-chee — Adjective meaning 'deficient', 'lacking', or 'insufficient'.
devemos: deh-VEH-mooz — First person plural of 'dever', meaning 'we must' or 'we should'.
sempre: SEM-pree — Adverb meaning 'always' or 'ever'.
lembrar: lem-BRAR — Verb meaning 'to remember' or 'to remind'.
quase: KWAH-zee — Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'.
ninguém: neen-GENG — Pronoun meaning 'nobody', 'no one', or 'anyone'.
nascido: nah-SEE-doo — Past participle of 'nascer', meaning 'born'.
década: DEH-kah-dah — Noun meaning 'decade', a period of ten years.
século: SEH-koo-loo — Noun meaning 'century' or 'age'.
exibiu: eh-zee-BEE-oo — Past tense of 'exibir', meaning 'exhibited' or 'showed'.
forma: FOR-mah — Noun meaning 'form', 'shape', or 'manner'.
independente: een-deh-pen-DEN-chee — Adjective meaning 'independent' or 'self-sufficient'.
plena: PLEH-nah — Adjective meaning 'full', 'complete', or 'entire'.
Até: ah-TEH — Preposition or adverb meaning 'until', 'even', or 'up to'.
precisou: preh-see-ZOH — Past tense of 'precisar', meaning 'needed' or 'required'.
colina: koo-LEE-nah — Noun meaning 'hill' or 'small elevated landform'.
montanha: mon-TAN-yah — Noun meaning 'mountain' or 'large hill'.
balada: bah-LAH-dah — Noun meaning 'ballad', a narrative song or poem.
metafísica: meh-tah-FEE-zee-kah — Noun meaning 'metaphysics', philosophical study of reality.
alemão: ah-leh-MOWNG — Adjective or noun meaning 'German', relating to Germany.
conseguir: kon-seh-GHEER — Verb meaning 'to manage to', 'to achieve', or 'to succeed in'.
lascar: lahs-KAR — Verb meaning 'to chip', 'to splinter', or 'to flake off'.
casca: KAH-skah — Noun meaning 'bark', 'shell', 'peel', or 'crust'.
clássica: KLAH-see-kah — Adjective meaning 'classical', relating to classical tradition.
senhorita: sen-yoh-REE-tah — Noun meaning 'Miss', a title for an unmarried woman.
era: EH-rah — Imperfect past of 'ser', meaning 'was' or 'used to be'.
jovem: ZHO-veng — Adjective or noun meaning 'young' or 'youth'.
inglesa: een-GLEH-zah — Adjective or noun meaning 'English' (feminine form).
criada: kree-AH-dah — Past participle of 'criar', meaning 'raised', 'bred', or 'created'.
recolhimento: heh-kol-yee-MEN-too — Noun meaning 'seclusion', 'retirement', or 'withdrawal'.
campo: KAM-poo — Noun meaning 'countryside', 'field', or 'rural area'.
época: EH-poo-kah — Noun meaning 'era', 'epoch', or 'time period'.
damas: DAH-mahz — Noun meaning 'ladies' or 'noblewomen'.
voltavam: vol-TAH-vang — Imperfect past of 'voltar', meaning 'used to return' or 'went back'.
dentro: DEN-troo — Adverb or preposition meaning 'inside' or 'within'.
houvesse: oh-VEH-see — Imperfect subjunctive of 'haver', meaning 'there were' or 'if there was'.
geada: zheh-AH-dah — Noun meaning 'frost' or 'white frost on surfaces'.
branca: BRAN-kah — Adjective meaning 'white' (feminine form).
pudesse: poo-DEH-see — Imperfect subjunctive of 'poder', meaning 'could' (subjunctive).
perfurar: per-foo-RAR — Verb meaning 'to pierce', 'to perforate', or 'to puncture'.
sapatos: sah-PAH-tooz — Noun meaning 'shoes' or 'footwear'.
pelica: peh-LEE-kah — Noun meaning 'kid leather' or 'fine soft leather'.
resfriado: hes-free-AH-doo — Noun or adjective meaning 'cold' (illness) or 'chilled'.
repentino: heh-pen-CHEE-noo — Adjective meaning 'sudden', 'abrupt', or 'unexpected'.
motivo: moo-CHEE-voo — Noun meaning 'motive', 'reason', or 'cause'.
graves: GRAH-vez — Adjective meaning 'serious', 'grave', or 'severe' (plural).
temores: teh-MOH-rez — Noun meaning 'fears', 'dreads', or 'apprehensions'.
estudos: es-TOO-dooz — Noun meaning 'studies' or 'academic pursuits'.
modos: MOH-dooz — Noun meaning 'manners', 'ways', or 'modes'.
conduta: kon-DOO-tah — Noun meaning 'conduct', 'behavior', or 'manner of acting'.
estavam: es-TAH-vang — Imperfect past of 'estar', meaning 'were' or 'used to be'.
sujeitos: soo-ZHAY-tooz — Adjective meaning 'subject to', 'subjected', or 'liable to'.
aqueles: ah-KEH-lez — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'those' (masculine plural).
limites: lee-MEE-chez — Noun meaning 'limits', 'boundaries', or 'restrictions'.
restrições: hes-tree-SOYNGZ — Noun meaning 'restrictions', 'constraints', or 'limitations'.
fantásticos: fan-TAH-stee-kooz — Adjective meaning 'fantastic', 'absurd', or 'extraordinary'.
contra: KON-trah — Preposition meaning 'against' or 'contrary to'.
quais: kwysh — Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'who' (plural).
protestou: proh-tes-TOH — Past tense of 'protestar', meaning 'protested' or 'objected'.
melhor: mel-YOR — Adjective or adverb meaning 'better' or 'best'.
senso: SEN-soo — Noun meaning 'sense', 'judgment', or 'common sense'.
geral: zheh-RAL — Adjective meaning 'general', 'broad', or 'overall'.
gosto: GOH-stoo — Noun meaning 'taste', 'preference', or 'liking'.
julgamento: zhool-gah-MEN-too — Noun meaning 'judgment', 'verdict', or 'assessment'.
particular: par-chee-koo-LAR — Adjective meaning 'particular', 'specific', or 'private'.

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