Pride and Prejudice — Page 10

English → Pt Preface Level 7/10

Miss Austen, too, drew back when the white frost touched her shoes; but I think she would have made a pretty good journey even in a black one.

A Srta. Austen também recuou quando a geada branca tocou seus sapatos; mas acho que ela teria feito uma viagem muito boa mesmo em uma negra.

For if her knowledge was not very extended, she knew two things which only genius knows.

Pois se seu conhecimento não era muito extenso, ela sabia duas coisas que somente o gênio conhece.

The one was humanity, and the other was art.

Uma era a humanidade, e a outra era a arte.

On the first head she could not make a mistake; her men, though limited, are true, and her women are, in the old sense, "absolute."

No primeiro ponto ela não podia errar; seus homens, embora limitados, são verdadeiros, e suas mulheres são, no sentido antigo, "absolutas".

As to art, if she has never tried idealism, her realism is real to a degree which makes the false realism of our own day look merely dead-alive.

Quanto à arte, se ela nunca tentou o idealismo, seu realismo é real a um grau que faz o falso realismo do nosso tempo parecer meramente morto-vivo.

Take almost any Frenchman, except the late M. de Maupassant, and watch him laboriously piling up strokes in the hope of giving a complete impression.

Tome quase qualquer francês, exceto o falecido Sr. de Maupassant, e observe-o acumulando laboriosamente pinceladas na esperança de dar uma impressão completa.

You get none; you are lucky if, discarding two-thirds of what he gives, you can shape a real impression out of the rest.

Você não obtém nenhuma; você tem sorte se, descartando dois terços do que ele oferece, consegue formar uma impressão real com o restante.

But with Miss Austen the myriad, trivial, unforced strokes build up the picture like magic.

Mas com a Srta. Austen as inúmeras, triviais e espontâneas pinceladas constroem a imagem como por magia.

Nothing is false; nothing is superfluous.

Nada é falso; nada é supérfluo.

When (to take the present book only) Mr. Collins changed his mind from Jane to Elizabeth "while Mrs. Bennet was stirring the fire" (and we know how Mrs. Bennet would have stirred the fire), when Mr. Darcy "brought his coffee-cup back himself," the touch in each case is like that of Swift--"taller by the breadth of my nail"--which impressed the half-reluctant Thackeray with just and outspoken admiration.

Quando (para tomar apenas o livro em questão) o Sr. Collins mudou de ideia de Jane para Elizabeth "enquanto a Sra. Bennet estava mexendo o fogo" (e sabemos como a Sra. Bennet teria mexido o fogo), quando o Sr. Darcy "trouxe ele mesmo sua xícara de café de volta", o toque em cada caso é como o de Swift -- "mais alto pela largura de minha unha" -- o que impressionou o hesitante Thackeray com uma admiração justa e franca.

Vocabulary

também: Also; in addition; too.
recuou: Drew back; retreated; moved backward.
quando: When; at what time; during which.
geada: Frost; frozen dew on ground or plants.
branca: White; feminine form of branco.
tocou: Touched; played a musical instrument.
seus: His, her, its, their; possessive pronoun plural.
sapatos: Shoes; footwear worn on feet.
mas: But; however; yet; conjunction showing contrast.
acho: I think; I believe; I find.
que: That; which; what; relative pronoun.
ela: She; her; feminine personal pronoun.
teria: Would have; conditional form of ter.
feito: Made; done; past participle of fazer.
uma: A; an; feminine indefinite article.
viagem: Journey; trip; voyage; travel.
muito: Much; very; a lot; greatly.
boa: Good; well; feminine form of bom.
mesmo: Same; even; itself; same person.
em: In; on; at; within; preposition.
negra: Black; dark; feminine form of negro.
Pois: Because; for; since; therefore.
se: If; whether; reflexive pronoun.
seu: His; her; its; your; possessive pronoun.
conhecimento: Knowledge; understanding; familiarity with subject.
não: No; not; negation; denial.
era: Was; past tense of ser.
extenso: Extensive; broad; wide-ranging; vast.
sabia: Knew; past tense of saber.
duas: Two; feminine form of dois.
coisas: Things; objects; matters; plural of coisa.
somente: Only; solely; just; merely.
gênio: Genius; talent; gift; brilliant person.
conhece: Knows; is acquainted with; recognizes.
Uma: A; an; feminine indefinite article.
humanidade: Humanity; mankind; human nature; compassion.
outra: Other; another; different; feminine form.
arte: Art; craft; skill; creative work.
No: In the; at the; contraction of em+o.
primeiro: First; initial; before others.
ponto: Point; dot; period; location.
podia: Could; was able to; might.
errar: To err; to make mistakes; to wander.
homens: Men; males; mankind; plural of homem.
embora: Although; though; even if; however.
limitados: Limited; restricted; bounded; finite.
são: Are; third person plural of ser.
verdadeiros: True; genuine; authentic; real.
suas: His; her; its; their; possessive.
mulheres: Women; females; plural of mulher.
sentido: Sense; meaning; direction; feeling.
antigo: Ancient; old; former; traditional.
absolutas: Absolute; complete; total; unrestricted.
Quanto: How much; as much as; regarding.
nunca: Never; not ever; at no time.
tentou: Tried; attempted; endeavored; past tense.
idealismo: Idealism; pursuit of ideals; idealistic philosophy.
realismo: Realism; practical viewpoint; realistic philosophy.
real: Real; actual; true; royal.
um: A; an; one; masculine article.
grau: Degree; level; grade; extent.
faz: Makes; does; creates; third person.
falso: False; fake; fraudulent; untrue.
do: Of the; from the; contraction.
nosso: Our; ours; our own; belonging to us.
tempo: Time; weather; period; era.
parecer: To seem; to appear; opinion.
meramente: Merely; purely; simply; solely.
morto: Dead; deceased; lifeless; killed.
vivo: Alive; living; lively; vigorous.
Tome: Take; take up; grasp; imperative.
quase: Almost; nearly; about; approximately.
qualquer: Any; whatever; whichever; any at all.
francês: French; Frenchman; relating to France.
exceto: Except; save; excluding; with exception.
falecido: Deceased; late; dead; departed.

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