The Brothers Karamazov — Page 5
In the intervals he used to drive all over the province, complaining tearfully to each and all of Adelaïda Ivanovna's having left him, going into details too disgraceful for a husband to mention in regard to his own married life.
Nos intervalos, costumava percorrer toda a província, queixando-se em lágrimas a todos e a cada um de Adelaïda Ivanovna tê-lo abandonado, entrando em detalhes vergonhosos demais para que um marido os mencionasse a respeito de sua própria vida conjugal.
What seemed to gratify him and flatter his self-love most was to play the ridiculous part of the injured husband, and to parade his woes with embellishments.
O que parecia agradá-lo e lisonjear mais o seu amor-próprio era desempenhar o papel ridículo do marido ofendido e exibir suas desgraças com exageros.
"One would think that you'd got a promotion, Fyodor Pavlovitch, you seem so pleased in spite of your sorrow," scoffers said to him.
"Qualquer um pensaria que você foi promovido, Fyodor Pavlovitch, você parece tão satisfeito apesar de sua dor", diziam-lhe os escarnecedores.
Many even added that he was glad of a new comic part in which to play the buffoon, and that it was simply to make it funnier that he pretended to be unaware of his ludicrous position.
Muitos até acrescentavam que ele estava feliz com um novo papel cômico no qual fazer o bufão, e que era simplesmente para torná-lo mais engraçado que fingia não ter consciência de sua posição ridícula.
But, who knows, it may have been simplicity.
Mas, quem sabe, pode ter sido ingenuidade.
At last he succeeded in getting on the track of his runaway wife.
Por fim, conseguiu encontrar o rastro de sua esposa fugitiva.
The poor woman turned out to be in Petersburg, where she had gone with her divinity student, and where she had thrown herself into a life of complete emancipation.
A pobre mulher estava em Petersburgo, para onde havia ido com seu estudante de teologia, e onde se havia lançado a uma vida de completa emancipação.
Fyodor Pavlovitch at once began bustling about, making preparations to go to Petersburg, with what object he could not himself have said.
Fyodor Pavlovitch imediatamente começou a se agitar, fazendo preparativos para ir a Petersburgo, sem que ele próprio pudesse dizer com que objetivo.
He would perhaps have really gone; but having determined to do so he felt at once entitled to fortify himself for the journey by another bout of reckless drinking.
Talvez ele realmente fosse; mas, tendo tomado essa decisão, sentiu-se imediatamente no direito de se fortalecer para a viagem com mais uma rodada de bebedeira irresponsável.
And just at that time his wife's family received the news of her death in Petersburg.
E foi exatamente nessa época que a família de sua esposa recebeu a notícia de sua morte em Petersburgo.
Vocabulary
- Nos
- In the, at the (contraction of em + os)
- intervalos
- Intervals, gaps, breaks in time or space
- costumava
- Used to, was accustomed to doing habitually
- percorrer
- To travel through, traverse, or cover an area
- toda
- All, entire, whole of something
- província
- Province, regional administrative territory
- queixando-se
- Complaining, lamenting about something to others
- lágrimas
- Tears shed from the eyes when crying
- todos
- All, everyone, every single person
- cada
- Each, every individual one of a group
- tê-lo
- To have him (infinitive with clitic pronoun)
- abandonado
- Abandoned, deserted, left behind by someone
- entrando
- Entering, going into, getting into details
- detalhes
- Details, specific particulars of a situation
- vergonhosos
- Shameful, disgraceful, embarrassing in nature
- demais
- Too much, excessively, more than appropriate
- marido
- Husband, male spouse in a marriage
- mencionasse
- Would mention, subjunctive form of mencionar
- respeito
- Respect, regard; also concerning, with respect to
- própria
- Own, one's very own, personal
- vida
- Life, existence, way of living
- conjugal
- Conjugal, relating to marriage or married life
- parecia
- Seemed, appeared, looked like something
- agradá-lo
- To please him, give him satisfaction
- lisonjear
- To flatter, to gratify one's vanity or ego
- amor-próprio
- Self-esteem, pride, self-love, personal vanity
- desempenhar
- To perform, play a role, carry out a function
- papel
- Paper; also role or part played by someone
- ridículo
- Ridiculous, absurd, laughable, deserving mockery
- ofendido
- Offended, wronged, hurt by someone's actions
- exibir
- To exhibit, display, show off to others
- desgraças
- Misfortunes, miseries, calamities, disgraceful situations
- exageros
- Exaggerations, overstatements beyond the truth
- Qualquer
- Anyone, any, whichever one of many
- pensaria
- Would think, conditional tense of pensar
- promovido
- Promoted, advanced to a higher position
- parece
- Seems, appears, looks like (present tense)
- tão
- So, such, as (intensifying adverb)
- satisfeito
- Satisfied, content, pleased with a situation
- apesar
- Despite, in spite of, notwithstanding
- dor
- Pain, ache, suffering physical or emotional
- diziam-lhe
- They said to him, told him (imperfect tense)
- escarnecedores
- Mockers, those who scoff or ridicule others
- Muitos
- Many, a large number of people or things
- até
- Even, until, up to, as far as
- acrescentavam
- Added, further stated, appended to what was said
- feliz
- Happy, joyful, content
- novo
- New, young, another, fresh
- cômico
- Comic, comedian, something funny or humorous
- qual
- Which, who, that (relative pronoun)
- bufão
- Buffoon, jester, clown who entertains by foolishness
- simplesmente
- Simply, merely, just, in a simple manner
- torná-lo
- To make him, to render him something
- engraçado
- Funny, amusing, comical, humorous
- fingia
- Pretended, feigned, acted as if something were true
- consciência
- Conscience, awareness, consciousness of something
- posição
- Position, situation, standing in a context
- ridícula
- Ridiculous, absurd (feminine form)
- ingenuidade
- Naivety, ingenuousness, simpleness of character
- fim
- End, finally, purpose or conclusion
- conseguiu
- Managed to, succeeded in, accomplished something
- encontrar
- To find, to meet, to encounter someone
- rastro
- Trail, track, trace left behind by someone
- esposa
- Wife, female spouse in a marriage
- fugitiva
- Fugitive, runaway, one who has fled
- pobre
- Poor, unfortunate, lacking money or luck
- mulher
- Woman, wife, female adult person
- onde
- Where, in which place
- havia
- Had, there had been (past tense of haver)
- estudante
- Student, person enrolled in academic studies
- teologia
- Theology, study of religion and religious belief
- lançado
- Thrown, launched, plunged into something
- completa
- Complete, total, full, entire
- emancipação
- Emancipation, liberation from control or restrictions
- imediatamente
- Immediately, at once, without any delay
- começou
- Began, started (past tense of começar)
- agitar
- To agitate, stir, move about excitedly
- preparativos
- Preparations, arrangements made before an event
- sem
- Without, lacking (preposition)
- pudesse
- Could, were able to (subjunctive of poder)
- dizer
- To say, to tell, to express in words
- objetivo
- Objective, goal, aim, purpose
- Talvez
- Perhaps, maybe, possibly
- realmente
- Really, truly, actually, in reality
- fosse
- Were, would be (subjunctive of ser/ir)
- tendo
- Having (gerund of ter, auxiliary verb)
- tomado
- Taken, made (past participle of tomar)
- essa
- That (feminine demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
- decisão
- Decision, resolution, choice made deliberately
- sentiu-se
- Felt himself, felt (reflexive past tense of sentir)
- direito
- Right, entitlement; also straight, law
- fortalecer
- To strengthen, fortify, reinforce
- viagem
- Trip, journey, travel to a destination
- rodada
- Round (of drinks), series, turn
- bebedeira
- Drunken binge, bout of heavy drinking
- irresponsável
- Irresponsible, reckless, lacking sense of duty
- exatamente
- Exactly, precisely, just right
- nessa
- In that (contraction of em + essa)
- época
- Era, time period, epoch, specific moment in history
- família
- Family, group of related people
- recebeu
- Received, got, was given something
- notícia
- News, piece of information about an event
- morte
- Death, the end of life
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