Sense and Sensibility — Page 1
Mrs. John Dashwood now installed herself mistress of Norland; and her mother and sisters-in-law were degraded to the condition of visitors.
A senhora John Dashwood instalou-se agora como senhora de Norland; e sua mãe e cunhadas foram rebaixadas à condição de visitantes.
As such, however, they were treated by her with quiet civility; and by her husband with as much kindness as he could feel towards anybody beyond himself, his wife, and their child.
Como tal, porém, foram tratadas por ela com tranquila civilidade; e pelo marido com tanta gentileza quanto ele poderia sentir por qualquer pessoa além de si mesmo, de sua esposa e de seu filho.
He really pressed them, with some earnestness, to consider Norland as their home; and, as no plan appeared so eligible to Mrs. Dashwood as remaining there till she could accommodate herself with a house in the neighbourhood, his invitation was accepted.
Ele realmente as instou, com alguma seriedade, a considerar Norland como seu lar; e, como nenhum plano parecia tão adequado à senhora Dashwood quanto permanecer lá até que pudesse se estabelecer em uma casa na vizinhança, seu convite foi aceito.
A continuance in a place where everything reminded her of former delight, was exactly what suited her mind.
Permanecer em um lugar onde tudo lhe recordava alegrias passadas era exatamente o que convinha ao seu espírito.
In seasons of cheerfulness, no temper could be more cheerful than hers, or possess, in a greater degree, that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself.
Nas épocas de alegria, nenhum temperamento poderia ser mais alegre do que o seu, ou possuir, em maior grau, aquela sanguínea expectativa de felicidade que é a própria felicidade.
But in sorrow she must be equally carried away by her fancy, and as far beyond consolation as in pleasure she was beyond alloy.
Mas na tristeza ela se deixava igualmente levar pela fantasia, e estava tão além de qualquer consolo quanto, no prazer, estava além de qualquer mácula.
Mrs. John Dashwood did not at all approve of what her husband intended to do for his sisters.
A senhora John Dashwood não aprovava de modo algum o que seu marido pretendia fazer pelas irmãs.
To take three thousand pounds from the fortune of their dear little boy would be impoverishing him to the most dreadful degree.
Tirar três mil libras da fortuna de seu querido menino seria empobrecê-lo de maneira assustadora.
She begged him to think again on the subject.
Ela lhe pediu que reconsiderasse o assunto.
How could he answer it to himself to rob his child, and his only child too, of so large a sum?
Como poderia ele se justificar perante si mesmo por roubar de seu filho, e filho único, uma soma tão grande?
Vocabulary
- senhora
- se-nyo-ra — Formal term for a woman or lady
- instalou
- ins-ta-lou — Settled or installed oneself in a place
- se
- se — Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself/herself/itself'
- agora
- a-go-ra — Adverb meaning 'now' or 'at this moment'
- como
- ko-mo — Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as' or 'how'
- sua
- su-a — Possessive pronoun meaning 'his/her/their'
- mãe
- mãe — Noun meaning 'mother', a female parent
- cunhadas
- ku-nya-das — Plural noun meaning 'sisters-in-law'
- foram
- fo-rão — Past tense of 'ser/ir' meaning 'were' or 'went'
- rebaixadas
- re-bai-sha-das — Reduced or lowered in status or rank
- à
- a — Contraction of 'a + a', preposition meaning 'to the'
- condição
- kon-di-são — Noun meaning 'condition' or 'status'
- visitantes
- vi-zi-tan-tes — Plural noun meaning 'visitors' or 'guests'
- tal
- tal — Pronoun or adjective meaning 'such' or 'such a'
- porém
- po-rém — Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'nevertheless'
- tratadas
- tra-ta-das — Treated or dealt with in a certain manner
- por
- por — Preposition meaning 'by' or 'through'
- tranquila
- tran-ki-la — Adjective meaning 'calm' or 'quiet'
- civilidade
- si-vi-li-da-de — Noun meaning 'civility' or 'politeness'
- pelo
- pe-lo — Contraction of 'por + o' meaning 'by the'
- marido
- ma-ri-do — Noun meaning 'husband', a married male partner
- tanta
- tan-ta — Adjective meaning 'so much' or 'as much'
- gentileza
- jen-ti-le-za — Noun meaning 'kindness' or 'gentleness'
- quanto
- kwan-to — Pronoun or adverb meaning 'how much' or 'as much'
- poderia
- po-de-ri-a — Conditional form of 'poder' meaning 'could'
- sentir
- sen-tir — Verb meaning 'to feel' or 'to sense'
- qualquer
- kwal-ker — Adjective meaning 'any' or 'whatever'
- pessoa
- pe-so-a — Noun meaning 'person' or 'individual'
- além
- a-lém — Preposition or adverb meaning 'beyond' or 'besides'
- si
- si — Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself' or 'herself'
- mesmo
- mez-mo — Adjective meaning 'same' or 'even'
- esposa
- es-po-za — Noun meaning 'wife', a married female partner
- seu
- se-u — Possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its'
- filho
- fi-lyo — Noun meaning 'son' or male child
- realmente
- re-al-men-te — Adverb meaning 'really' or 'truly'
- instou
- ins-tou — Urged or pressed someone to do something
- alguma
- al-gu-ma — Indefinite adjective meaning 'some' or 'any'
- seriedade
- se-ri-e-da-de — Noun meaning 'seriousness' or 'earnestness'
- considerar
- kon-si-de-rar — Verb meaning 'to consider' or 'to think about'
- lar
- lar — Noun meaning 'home' or 'dwelling place'
- nenhum
- ne-nyum — Adjective meaning 'no' or 'none' or 'neither'
- plano
- pla-no — Noun meaning 'plan' or 'scheme'
- parecia
- pa-re-si-a — Imperfect tense of 'parecer' meaning 'seemed'
- tão
- tão — Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' in comparisons
- adequado
- a-de-kwa-do — Adjective meaning 'adequate' or 'suitable'
- permanecer
- per-ma-ne-ser — Verb meaning 'to remain' or 'to stay'
- lá
- la — Adverb meaning 'there' indicating a distant place
- até
- a-te — Preposition meaning 'until' or 'up to'
- pudesse
- pu-de-se — Imperfect subjunctive of 'poder' meaning 'could'
- estabelecer
- es-ta-be-le-ser — Verb meaning 'to establish' or 'to settle'
- casa
- ka-za — Noun meaning 'house' or 'home'
- vizinhança
- vi-zi-nyan-sa — Noun meaning 'neighborhood' or 'vicinity'
- convite
- kon-vi-te — Noun meaning 'invitation' to attend something
- foi
- foi — Past tense of 'ser/ir' meaning 'was' or 'went'
- aceito
- a-sei-to — Past participle meaning 'accepted' or 'approved'
- lugar
- lu-gar — Noun meaning 'place' or 'location'
- onde
- on-de — Relative adverb meaning 'where'
- tudo
- tu-do — Pronoun meaning 'everything' or 'all'
- lhe
- lye — Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him/her/you'
- recordava
- re-kor-da-va — Imperfect tense meaning 'reminded' or 'recalled'
- alegrias
- a-le-gri-as — Plural noun meaning 'joys' or 'happinesses'
- passadas
- pa-sa-das — Adjective meaning 'past' or 'gone by'
- era
- e-ra — Imperfect tense of 'ser' meaning 'was'
- exatamente
- e-za-ta-men-te — Adverb meaning 'exactly' or 'precisely'
- convinha
- kon-vi-nya — Imperfect of 'convir' meaning 'suited' or 'befitted'
- espírito
- es-pi-ri-to — Noun meaning 'spirit' or 'mind'
- épocas
- e-po-kas — Plural noun meaning 'times' or 'periods' or 'eras'
- alegria
- a-le-gri-a — Noun meaning 'joy' or 'happiness'
- temperamento
- tem-pe-ra-men-to — Noun meaning 'temperament' or 'disposition'
- ser
- ser — Verb meaning 'to be' indicating permanent states
- mais
- mais — Adverb meaning 'more' used in comparisons
- alegre
- a-le-gre — Adjective meaning 'cheerful' or 'joyful'
- possuir
- po-su-ir — Verb meaning 'to possess' or 'to have'
- maior
- ma-ior — Adjective meaning 'greater' or 'larger'
- grau
- grau — Noun meaning 'degree' or 'level' of something
- aquela
- a-ke-la — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' (feminine)
- sanguínea
- san-gwi-ne-a — Adjective meaning 'sanguine' or 'optimistic'
- expectativa
- es-pek-ta-ti-va — Noun meaning 'expectation' or 'anticipation'
- felicidade
- fe-li-si-da-de — Noun meaning 'happiness' or 'bliss'
- própria
- pro-pri-a — Adjective meaning 'own' or 'characteristic of'
- tristeza
- tris-te-za — Noun meaning 'sadness' or 'sorrow'
- deixava
- dei-sha-va — Imperfect tense meaning 'let' or 'allowed'
- igualmente
- i-gwal-men-te — Adverb meaning 'equally' or 'likewise'
- levar
- le-var — Verb meaning 'to take' or 'to carry'
- fantasia
- fan-ta-zi-a — Noun meaning 'fantasy' or 'imagination'
- estava
- es-ta-va — Imperfect tense of 'estar' meaning 'was'
- consolo
- kon-so-lo — Noun meaning 'consolation' or 'comfort'
- prazer
- pra-zer — Noun meaning 'pleasure' or 'enjoyment'
- mácula
- ma-ku-la — Noun meaning 'stain' or 'blemish'
- aprovava
- a-pro-va-va — Imperfect tense meaning 'approved' of something
- modo
- mo-do — Noun meaning 'way' or 'manner' of doing
- pretendia
- pre-ten-di-a — Imperfect tense meaning 'intended' to do something
- fazer
- fa-zer — Verb meaning 'to do' or 'to make'
- irmãs
- ir-mãs — Plural noun meaning 'sisters'
- Tirar
- ti-rar — Verb meaning 'to take away' or 'to remove'
- três
- tres — Cardinal number meaning 'three'
- mil
- mil — Number meaning 'thousand'
- libras
- li-bras — Plural noun meaning 'pounds' (currency)
- fortuna
- for-tu-na — Noun meaning 'fortune' or 'wealth'
- querido
- ke-ri-do — Adjective meaning 'dear' or 'beloved'
- menino
- me-ni-no — Noun meaning 'boy' or 'young child'
- seria
- se-ri-a — Conditional of 'ser' meaning 'would be'
- empobrecê
- em-po-bre-se — To impoverish or make poor (truncated form)
- lo
- lo — Object pronoun meaning 'him' or 'it'
- maneira
- ma-nei-ra — Noun meaning 'way' or 'manner'
- assustadora
- a-sus-ta-do-ra — Adjective meaning 'frightening' or 'alarming'
- pediu
- pe-di-u — Past tense of 'pedir' meaning 'asked' or 'requested'
- reconsiderasse
- re-kon-si-de-ra-se — Imperfect subjunctive meaning 'reconsider' something
- assunto
- a-sun-to — Noun meaning 'subject' or 'matter' or 'issue'
- justificar
- jus-ti-fi-kar — Verb meaning 'to justify' or 'to give reason'
- perante
- pe-ran-te — Preposition meaning 'before' or 'in front of'
- roubar
- rou-bar — Verb meaning 'to steal' or 'to rob'
- único
- u-ni-ko — Adjective meaning 'only' or 'unique' or 'sole'
- soma
- so-ma — Noun meaning 'sum' or 'amount' of money
- grande
- gran-de — Adjective meaning 'large' or 'great' or 'big'
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