The Brothers Karamazov — Page 3
And a pliable imagination persuaded her, we must suppose, for a brief moment, that Fyodor Pavlovitch, in spite of his parasitic position, was one of the bold and ironical spirits of that progressive epoch, though he was, in fact, an ill-natured buffoon and nothing more.
E uma imaginação maleável a persuadiu, devemos supor, por um breve momento, que Fyodor Pavlovitch, apesar de sua posição parasitária, era um dos espíritos audazes e irônicos daquela época progressista, embora fosse, na verdade, um bufão malévolo e nada mais.
What gave the marriage piquancy was that it was preceded by an elopement, and this greatly captivated Adelaïda Ivanovna's fancy.
O que dava sabor ao casamento era o fato de ter sido precedido por uma fuga, e isso cativou enormemente a imaginação de Adelaïda Ivanovna.
Fyodor Pavlovitch's position at the time made him specially eager for any such enterprise, for he was passionately anxious to make a career in one way or another.
A posição de Fyodor Pavlovitch naquela época o tornava especialmente ávido por qualquer empreendimento desse tipo, pois ele desejava ardentemente fazer carreira de um jeito ou de outro.
To attach himself to a good family and obtain a dowry was an alluring prospect.
Ligar-se a uma boa família e obter um dote era uma perspectiva sedutora.
As for mutual love it did not exist apparently, either in the bride or in him, in spite of Adelaïda Ivanovna's beauty.
Quanto ao amor mútuo, aparentemente ele não existia, nem na noiva nem nele, apesar da beleza de Adelaïda Ivanovna.
This was, perhaps, a unique case of the kind in the life of Fyodor Pavlovitch, who was always of a voluptuous temper, and ready to run after any petticoat on the slightest encouragement.
Este foi, talvez, um caso único em seu gênero na vida de Fyodor Pavlovitch, que era sempre de temperamento voluptuoso e pronto a correr atrás de qualquer saia ao menor incentivo.
She seems to have been the only woman who made no particular appeal to his senses.
Ela parece ter sido a única mulher que não exerceu nenhum apelo particular sobre seus sentidos.
Immediately after the elopement Adelaïda Ivanovna discerned in a flash that she had no feeling for her husband but contempt.
Logo após a fuga, Adelaïda Ivanovna percebeu num instante que não nutria pelo marido nenhum sentimento além do desprezo.
The marriage accordingly showed itself in its true colors with extraordinary rapidity.
O casamento revelou assim sua verdadeira face com extraordinária rapidez.
Although the family accepted the event pretty quickly and apportioned the runaway bride her dowry, the husband and wife began to lead a most disorderly life, and there were everlasting scenes between them.
Embora a família tivesse aceitado o ocorrido com bastante rapidez e concedido à noiva fugitiva seu dote, o marido e a esposa passaram a levar uma vida extremamente desordenada, e havia intermináveis cenas entre eles.
Vocabulary
- uma
- Indefinite article; one (feminine)
- imaginação
- Imagination; the faculty of imagining things
- maleável
- Malleable; flexible and adaptable to change
- persuadiu
- Persuaded; convinced someone to do something
- devemos
- We must; we should do something
- supor
- To suppose; to assume something as true
- por
- For; by; to place or put down
- um
- Indefinite article; one (masculine)
- breve
- Brief; short in duration or length
- momento
- Moment; a short period of time
- que
- That; which; what (relative pronoun)
- apesar
- Despite; in spite of something
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession
- sua
- His; her; its; your (possessive pronoun)
- posição
- Position; a place or social status
- era
- Was; past tense of ser (to be)
- dos
- Of the; contraction of de + os
- espíritos
- Spirits; ghosts or immaterial beings
- audazes
- Bold; daring and adventurous (plural)
- irônicos
- Ironic; using irony or sarcasm (plural)
- daquela
- Of that; from that (feminine demonstrative)
- época
- Epoch; a period of time in history
- progressista
- Progressive; favoring social or political progress
- embora
- Although; even though; however
- fosse
- Were; subjunctive past of ser (to be)
- na
- In the; contraction of em + a
- verdade
- Truth; the quality of being truthful
- nada
- Nothing; not anything at all
- mais
- More; additional or greater amount
- dava
- Gave; past tense of dar (to give)
- sabor
- Flavor; taste or savor of something
- ao
- To the; contraction of a + o
- casamento
- Marriage; union of two people
- fato
- Fact; something known to be true
- ter
- To have; to possess something
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser (to be)
- precedido
- Preceded; came before something else
- fuga
- Flight; escape or elopement
- isso
- That; this thing (demonstrative pronoun)
- cativou
- Captivated; attracted and held attention
- enormemente
- Enormously; to a very great extent
- naquela
- In that; contraction of em + aquela
- tornava
- Made; turned into (past tense of tornar)
- especialmente
- Especially; particularly or specifically
- qualquer
- Any; whichever one (indefinite pronoun)
- desse
- Of that; contraction of de + esse
- tipo
- Type; a kind or category
- pois
- Because; for the reason that
- ele
- He; male personal pronoun
- desejava
- Desired; wished for something
- fazer
- To make; to do or perform
- carreira
- Career; profession or occupation path
- jeito
- Way; manner or fashion of doing
- ou
- Or; one or the other choice
- outro
- Other; different one or another
- Ligar-se
- To tie oneself; to connect with
- boa
- Good; satisfactory or favorable (feminine)
- família
- Family; parents and their children
- obter
- To obtain; to get or acquire
- perspectiva
- Perspective; view or outlook on something
- Quanto
- As for; regarding; how much
- amor
- Love; affection or romantic feeling
- mútuo
- Mutual; reciprocal between two parties
- aparentemente
- Apparently; seemingly or ostensibly
- não
- No; not; negative response or negation
- existia
- Existed; was present or in being
- nem
- Nor; neither one nor other
- noiva
- Bride; woman about to marry
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