The Brothers Karamazov — Page 4
It was said that the young wife showed incomparably more generosity and dignity than Fyodor Pavlovitch, who, as is now known, got hold of all her money up to twenty-five thousand roubles as soon as she received it, so that those thousands were lost to her for ever.
Dizia-se que a jovem esposa mostrou incomparavelmente mais generosidade e dignidade do que Fyodor Pavlovitch, que, como agora se sabe, apoderou-se de todo o dinheiro dela, até vinte e cinco mil rublos, assim que ela o recebeu, de modo que esses milhares se perderam para ela para sempre.
The little village and the rather fine town house which formed part of her dowry he did his utmost for a long time to transfer to his name, by means of some deed of conveyance.
A pequena aldeia e a casa na cidade bastante bela que faziam parte do seu dote, ele fez todo o possível durante muito tempo para transferi-las para o seu nome, por meio de alguma escritura de cessão.
He would probably have succeeded, merely from her moral fatigue and desire to get rid of him, and from the contempt and loathing he aroused by his persistent and shameless importunity.
Ele provavelmente teria conseguido, apenas pelo cansaço moral dela e pelo desejo de se livrar dele, e pelo desprezo e repulsa que ele despertava com a sua persistente e descarada importunação.
But, fortunately, Adelaïda Ivanovna's family intervened and circumvented his greediness.
Mas, felizmente, a família de Adelaïda Ivanovna interveio e frustrou a sua ganância.
It is known for a fact that frequent fights took place between the husband and wife, but rumor had it that Fyodor Pavlovitch did not beat his wife but was beaten by her, for she was a hot-tempered, bold, dark-browed, impatient woman, possessed of remarkable physical strength.
Sabe-se de fato que frequentes brigas ocorriam entre o marido e a esposa, mas a rumor dizia que Fyodor Pavlovitch não batia na esposa, mas era espancado por ela, pois ela era uma mulher de gênio forte, audaciosa, de sobrancelhas escuras, impaciente, dotada de notável força física.
Finally, she left the house and ran away from Fyodor Pavlovitch with a destitute divinity student, leaving Mitya, a child of three years old, in her husband's hands.
Por fim, ela abandonou a casa e fugiu de Fyodor Pavlovitch com um estudante de teologia indigente, deixando Mitya, uma criança de três anos, nas mãos do marido.
Immediately Fyodor Pavlovitch introduced a regular harem into the house, and abandoned himself to orgies of drunkenness.
Imediatamente Fyodor Pavlovitch introduziu um verdadeiro harém na casa e entregou-se a orgias de embriaguez.
Vocabulary
- Dizia-se
- It was said; impersonal reflexive past expression
- que
- That; conjunction introducing a subordinate clause
- a
- The; feminine definite article
- jovem
- Young; adjective describing a youthful person
- esposa
- Wife; a married woman partner
- mostrou
- Showed; past tense of mostrar, to show
- mais
- More; comparative adverb indicating greater degree
- generosidade
- Generosity; quality of being giving and unselfish
- e
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- dignidade
- Dignity; quality of being worthy of respect
- do
- Of the; masculine contracted preposition and article
- como
- As; how; conjunction or adverb of manner
- agora
- Now; adverb indicating the present moment
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; also if
- sabe
- Knows; third person singular of saber
- apoderou-se
- Took possession of; seized something reflexively
- de
- Of; from; basic Portuguese preposition
- todo
- All; entire; adjective meaning the whole of
- o
- The; masculine singular definite article
- dinheiro
- Money; currency used for financial transactions
- dela
- Her; of her; feminine third person possessive
- até
- Until; up to; preposition indicating limit
- vinte
- Twenty; the cardinal number 20
- cinco
- Five; the cardinal number 5
- mil
- Thousand; cardinal number 1000
- assim
- Thus; so; adverb meaning in this way
- ela
- She; feminine third person singular pronoun
- recebeu
- Received; past tense of receber, to receive
- modo
- Way; manner; method of doing something
- esses
- Those; masculine plural demonstrative adjective
- milhares
- Thousands; plural noun indicating thousands
- perderam
- They lost; third person plural past of perder
- para
- For; to; toward; common Portuguese preposition
- sempre
- Always; forever; adverb of perpetual time
- A
- The; feminine singular definite article
- pequena
- Small; little; feminine adjective of size
- aldeia
- Village; a small rural settlement or community
- casa
- House; a residential building or home
- na
- In the; feminine contracted preposition and article
- cidade
- City; a large urban settlement or town
- bastante
- Quite; rather; enough; adverb of degree
- bela
- Beautiful; pretty; feminine adjective of beauty
- faziam
- Made up; they formed; past imperfect of fazer
- parte
- Part; portion; segment of a whole thing
- seu
- His; her; its; possessive adjective or pronoun
- dote
- Dowry; property a bride brings to marriage
- ele
- He; masculine third person singular pronoun
- fez
- Did; made; past tense of fazer, to do
- possível
- Possible; capable of happening or being done
- durante
- During; throughout; preposition of time duration
- muito
- Much; very; a lot; adverb of quantity
- tempo
- Time; weather; a period or duration
- transferi-las
- To transfer them; infinitive with pronoun clitic
- nome
- Name; the word identifying a person or thing
- por
- By; through; for; versatile Portuguese preposition
- meio
- Means; middle; way; method of doing something
- alguma
- Some; any; feminine indefinite adjective or pronoun
- escritura
- Deed; legal written document transferring property
- cessão
- Cession; transfer of rights or property legally
- Ele
- He; masculine third person singular pronoun
- provavelmente
- Probably; likely; adverb indicating probability
- teria
- Would have; conditional tense of ter, to have
- conseguido
- Managed; succeeded; past participle of conseguir
- apenas
- Only; just; merely; adverb of restriction
- pelo
- By the; through the; masculine contracted form
- cansaço
- Weariness; exhaustion; state of being very tired
- moral
- Moral; relating to ethics or emotional state
- desejo
- Desire; wish; strong want for something
- livrar
- To free; to rid oneself of something
- dele
- Of him; from him; masculine third person contraction
- desprezo
- Contempt; scorn; feeling of strong disrespect
- repulsa
- Repulsion; strong feeling of disgust or aversion
- despertava
- Awakened; aroused; past imperfect of despertar
- com
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- sua
- His; her; its; feminine possessive adjective
- persistente
- Persistent; continuing firmly despite opposition
- descarada
- Shameless; brazen; without shame or restraint
- Mas
- But; however; coordinating conjunction of contrast
- felizmente
- Fortunately; luckily; adverb of happy circumstance
- família
- Family; a group of related persons
- interveio
- Intervened; stepped in; past tense of intervir
- frustrou
- Frustrated; thwarted; past tense of frustrar
- ganância
- Greed; excessive desire for wealth or gain
- Sabe-se
- It is known; impersonal reflexive present form
- fato
- Fact; an established truth or real occurrence
- frequentes
- Frequent; occurring often; plural adjective
- brigas
- Fights; quarrels; plural noun for disputes
- ocorriam
- Occurred; used to happen; past imperfect of ocorrer
- entre
- Between; among; preposition of spatial relation
- marido
- Husband; a married male partner or spouse
- mas
- But; however; basic contrastive conjunction
- rumor
- Rumor; an unverified story circulating among people
- dizia
- Said; used to say; past imperfect of dizer
- não
- No; not; basic negation word in Portuguese
- batia
- Beat; used to hit; past imperfect of bater
- era
- Was; past imperfect tense of ser, to be
- espancado
- Beaten; struck; past participle of espancar
- pois
- For; because; since; causal conjunction
- uma
- A; one; feminine indefinite article
- mulher
- Woman; wife; adult female person
- gênio
- Temper; genius; spirited nature or character
- forte
- Strong; powerful; adjective of physical strength
- audaciosa
- Audacious; bold; daring; showing fearless confidence
- sobrancelhas
- Eyebrows; plural noun for the brow hairs
- escuras
- Dark; feminine plural adjective describing darkness
- impaciente
- Impatient; unable to wait calmly or tolerantly
- dotada
- Gifted; endowed; feminine past participle of dotar
- notável
- Remarkable; notable; deserving attention or recognition
- força
- Strength; force; physical or moral power
- física
- Physical; relating to the body or material world
- Por
- For; by; through; common Portuguese preposition
- fim
- End; conclusion; the final point of something
- abandonou
- Abandoned; left; past tense of abandonar
- fugiu
- Fled; ran away; past tense of fugir
- um
- A; one; masculine indefinite article
- estudante
- Student; a person engaged in studying
- teologia
- Theology; study of religion and religious belief
- indigente
- Indigent; extremely poor; lacking basic necessities
- deixando
- Leaving; abandoning; present participle of deixar
- criança
- Child; a young human being, boy or girl
- três
- Three; the cardinal number 3
- anos
- Years; plural noun for units of annual time
- nas
- In the; feminine plural contracted preposition form
- mãos
- Hands; plural of mão; body parts at wrist
- Imediatamente
- Immediately; right away; without any delay
- introduziu
- Introduced; brought in; past tense of introduzir
- verdadeiro
- True; real; genuine; adjective of authenticity
- entregou-se
- Gave himself over to; surrendered reflexively
- embriaguez
- Drunkenness; state of being intoxicated by alcohol
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