The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 11
You have managed my affairs so well that I ought to allow you all the time you require for your own.
O senhor geriu os meus negócios tão bem que devo conceder-lhe todo o tempo que necessite para os seus.
Do you want any money?"
Precisa de dinheiro?"
"No, sir; I have all my pay to take—nearly three months' wages."
"Não, senhor; tenho todo o meu salário por receber — quase três meses de ordenado."
"You are a careful fellow, Edmond."
"É um rapaz prudente, Edmond."
"Say I have a poor father, sir."
"Digamos que tenho um pai pobre, senhor."
"Yes, yes, I know how good a son you are, so now hasten away to see your father.
"Sim, sim, sei bem o bom filho que é, por isso apresse-se agora a ir ver o seu pai.
I have a son too, and I should be very wroth with those who detained him from me after a three months' voyage."
Também tenho um filho, e ficaria muito irritado com aqueles que mo retivessem após uma viagem de três meses."
"Then I have your leave, sir?"
"Então tenho a sua licença, senhor?"
"Yes, if you have nothing more to say to me."
"Sim, se não tem mais nada a dizer-me."
"Nothing."
"Nada."
"Captain Leclere did not, before he died, give you a letter for me?"
"O capitão Leclere não lhe entregou, antes de morrer, uma carta para mim?"
"He was unable to write, sir.
"Ele não pôde escrever, senhor.
But that reminds me that I must ask your leave of absence for some days."
Mas isso faz-me lembrar que devo pedir-lhe alguns dias de licença."
"To get married?"
"Para casar?"
"Yes, first, and then to go to Paris."
"Sim, primeiro, e depois para ir a Paris."
"Very good; have what time you require, Dantès.
"Muito bem; tome o tempo que necessitar, Dantès.
It will take quite six weeks to unload the cargo, and we cannot get you ready for sea until three months after that; only be back again in three months, for the _Pharaon_," added the owner, patting the young sailor on the back, "cannot sail without her captain."
Levaremos bem seis semanas a descarregar a carga, e não podemos tê-lo pronto para o mar senão três meses depois disso; apenas regresse dentro de três meses, pois o _Faraó_," acrescentou o armador, dando uma palmada nas costas do jovem marinheiro, "não pode zarpar sem o seu capitão."
"Without her captain!
"Sem o seu capitão!
Vocabulary
- senhor
- Mister, sir, or formal address for a man
- geriu
- Managed or administered (third person singular past)
- negócios
- Business affairs or commercial dealings
- tão
- So or as (used in comparisons or emphasis)
- bem
- Well (adverb indicating good manner or quality)
- devo
- I must, I owe, or I should
- conceder-lhe
- To grant or allow him/her something
- todo
- All, every, or entire (masculine singular)
- tempo
- Time or weather
- necessite
- May need or require (subjunctive form of necessitar)
- Precisa
- Needs or requires (third person singular present)
- dinheiro
- Money or currency
- tenho
- I have (first person singular of ter)
- salário
- Salary or wage earned from employment
- receber
- To receive or collect something
- quase
- Almost or nearly (adverb)
- três
- Three (cardinal number)
- meses
- Months (plural of mês)
- ordenado
- Salary or wages paid regularly to an employee
- rapaz
- Boy or young man
- prudente
- Prudent, cautious, or wise in behavior
- Digamos
- Let us say or shall we say (first person plural)
- pai
- Father or dad
- pobre
- Poor, lacking money or resources
- sei
- I know (first person singular of saber)
- bom
- Good (masculine singular adjective)
- filho
- Son or child
- isso
- That (neutral demonstrative pronoun)
- apresse-se
- Hurry up (reflexive imperative of apressar)
- agora
- Now or at this moment
- ir
- To go (infinitive of the verb ir)
- ver
- To see or to visit someone
- Também
- Also, too, or as well
- ficaria
- Would stay, would be, or would remain
- muito
- Very, much, or a lot
- irritado
- Irritated, annoyed, or angry
- aqueles
- Those (masculine plural demonstrative pronoun)
- mo
- It to me (combined pronoun me + o)
- retivessem
- Held back or withheld (third person plural past subjunctive)
- após
- After or following (preposition)
- viagem
- Trip, journey, or voyage
- Então
- Then, so, or therefore (conjunction or adverb)
- licença
- Permission, leave, or license
- mais
- More or any more (adverb or adjective)
- nada
- Nothing or not anything
- dizer-me
- To tell me or to say to me
- Nada
- Nothing or not anything (emphatic or standalone)
- capitão
- Captain (title for a ship or military commander)
- lhe
- To him, to her, or to you (indirect object pronoun)
- entregou
- Handed over or delivered (third person singular past)
- antes
- Before or previously (adverb or preposition)
- morrer
- To die or to pass away
- carta
- Letter (written correspondence sent to someone)
- mim
- Me (first person singular prepositional pronoun)
- pôde
- Could or was able to (third person singular past)
- escrever
- To write (infinitive verb)
- Mas
- But (adversative conjunction)
- faz-me
- Makes me or causes me (reflexive construction)
- lembrar
- To remember or to remind someone
- pedir-lhe
- To ask him/her for something
- alguns
- Some or a few (masculine plural indefinite pronoun)
- dias
- Days (plural of dia)
- casar
- To marry or to get married
- primeiro
- First (ordinal number or adverb)
- depois
- After, afterwards, or then
- Muito
- Very, much, or a great deal
- tome
- Take (imperative form of tomar)
- necessitar
- To need or to require something
- Levaremos
- We will take or it will take us (future tense)
- seis
- Six (cardinal number)
- semanas
- Weeks (plural of semana)
- descarregar
- To unload cargo from a ship or vehicle
- carga
- Cargo, load, or freight carried by a vessel
- podemos
- We can or we are able to
- tê-lo
- To have him or it (infinitive with pronoun)
- pronto
- Ready or prepared for something
- mar
- Sea or ocean
- senão
- Otherwise, or else, or except
- disso
- Of that or about that (contraction of de + isso)
- apenas
- Only, just, or merely
- regresse
- Return or come back (subjunctive or imperative form)
- dentro
- Inside or within (adverb or preposition)
- pois
- Because, since, or well then (conjunction)
- acrescentou
- Added or remarked additionally (third person singular past)
- armador
- Shipowner or person who owns and operates ships
- dando
- Giving or delivering (present participle of dar)
- palmada
- A slap or pat on the back
- costas
- Back (the rear part of one's body)
- jovem
- Young or youth (adjective or noun)
- marinheiro
- Sailor or seaman working aboard a ship
- pode
- Can or is able to (third person singular)
- zarpar
- To set sail or depart by sea
- sem
- Without (preposition indicating absence or lack)
- Sem
- Without (emphatic standalone use of preposition)
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