The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 3
Thirdly, with respect to what passed at Mr Kendal's table, when the said Lismahago was so brutal in his reprehensions, I must inform you, my good Sir, that I was obliged to retire, not by fear arising from his minatory reproaches, which, as I said above, I value not of a rush; but from the sudden effect produced, by a barbel's row, which I had eaten at dinner, not knowing, that the said row is at certain seasons violently cathartic, as Galen observeth in his chapter Peri ichtos.
Em terceiro lugar, com respeito ao que se passou à mesa do Sr. Kendal, quando o dito Lismahago foi tão brutal nas suas reprimendas, devo informá-lo, meu bom Senhor, que fui obrigado a me retirar, não por medo decorrente das suas ameaçadoras censuras, as quais, como disse acima, não dou a mínima importância; mas pelo efeito repentino produzido pelas ovas de barbo, que havia comido no jantar, sem saber que as ditas ovas são, em certas épocas, violentamente catárticas, como Galeno observa no seu capítulo Peri ichtos.
Vocabulary
- terceiro
- Ordinal number meaning 'third'.
- lugar
- Noun meaning 'place' or 'position'.
- respeito
- Noun meaning 'respect' or 'regard'.
- passou
- Past tense of 'passar', meaning 'happened' or 'passed'.
- mesa
- Noun meaning 'table'.
- Sr.
- Abbreviation for 'Senhor', meaning 'Mr.'.
- quando
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'.
- dito
- Adjective meaning 'said' or 'aforementioned'.
- foi
- Past tense of 'ser/ir', meaning 'was' or 'went'.
- tão
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' (degree).
- brutal
- Adjective meaning 'brutal' or 'savage'.
- suas
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'their' (feminine plural).
- reprimendas
- Noun meaning 'reprimands' or 'rebukes'.
- devo
- First person singular of 'dever', meaning 'I must' or 'I should'.
- informá-lo
- Verb phrase meaning 'to inform him' or 'to let you know'.
- meu
- Possessive adjective meaning 'my' (masculine).
- bom
- Adjective meaning 'good'.
- Senhor
- Noun meaning 'Sir' or 'Mister', formal address.
- fui
- Past tense of 'ser/ir', meaning 'I was' or 'I went'.
- obrigado
- Adjective meaning 'obliged'; also used as 'thank you'.
- retirar
- Verb meaning 'to withdraw' or 'to leave'.
- por
- Preposition meaning 'by', 'for', or 'through'.
- medo
- Noun meaning 'fear'.
- decorrente
- Adjective meaning 'resulting from' or 'arising from'.
- ameaçadoras
- Adjective meaning 'threatening' or 'menacing' (feminine plural).
- censuras
- Noun meaning 'censures', 'criticisms', or 'reproaches'.
- quais
- Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'whom' (plural).
- como
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as' or 'how'.
- disse
- Past tense of 'dizer', meaning 'said'.
- acima
- Adverb meaning 'above' or 'previously'.
- dou
- First person singular of 'dar', meaning 'I give'.
- mínima
- Adjective meaning 'minimum' or 'slightest' (feminine).
- importância
- Noun meaning 'importance' or 'significance'.
- mas
- Conjunction meaning 'but'.
- pelo
- Contraction of 'por' and 'o', meaning 'by the' or 'through the'.
- efeito
- Noun meaning 'effect' or 'result'.
- repentino
- Adjective meaning 'sudden' or 'abrupt'.
- produzido
- Past participle of 'produzir', meaning 'produced' or 'caused'.
- ovas
- Noun meaning 'fish roe' or 'fish eggs'.
- barbo
- Noun meaning 'barbel', a type of freshwater fish.
- havia
- Past tense of 'haver', meaning 'had' or 'there was'.
- comido
- Past participle of 'comer', meaning 'eaten'.
- jantar
- Noun or verb meaning 'dinner' or 'to have dinner'.
- sem
- Preposition meaning 'without'.
- saber
- Verb meaning 'to know' or 'to be aware'.
- ditas
- Adjective meaning 'said' or 'aforementioned' (feminine plural).
- são
- Third person plural of 'ser', meaning 'are'.
- certas
- Adjective meaning 'certain' or 'specific' (feminine plural).
- épocas
- Noun meaning 'epochs', 'periods', or 'times'.
- violentamente
- Adverb meaning 'violently' or 'intensely'.
- catárticas
- Adjective meaning 'cathartic' or 'strongly purgative' (feminine plural).
- observa
- Third person singular of 'observar', meaning 'observes' or 'notes'.
- seu
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its'.
- capítulo
- Noun meaning 'chapter'.
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