The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 1
As I have nothing more at heart than to convince you I am incapable of forgetting, or neglecting the friendship I made at college, now begin that correspondence by letters, which you and I agreed, at parting, to cultivate.
Como não tenho nada mais a peito do que convencê-lo de que sou incapaz de esquecer ou negligenciar a amizade que fiz na faculdade, começo agora aquela correspondência por cartas, que você e eu concordamos, ao nos despedirmos, em cultivar.
I begin it sooner than I intended, that you may have it in your power to refute any idle reports which may be circulated to my prejudice at Oxford, touching a foolish quarrel, in which I have been involved on account of my sister, who had been some time settled here in a boarding-school.
Começo-a mais cedo do que pretendia, para que você tenha o poder de refutar quaisquer rumores ociosos que possam ser espalhados em meu prejuízo em Oxford, relativos a uma tola briga em que me envolvi por causa de minha irmã, que há algum tempo estava instalada aqui num internato.
When I came hither with my uncle and aunt (who are our guardians) to fetch her away, I found her a fine tall girl, of seventeen, with an agreeable person; but remarkably simple, and quite ignorant of the world.
Quando vim aqui com meu tio e minha tia (que são nossos tutores) para buscá-la, encontrei-a uma bela moça alta, de dezessete anos, de aparência agradável; mas notavelmente ingênua e completamente ignorante do mundo.
This disposition, and want of experience, had exposed her to the addresses of a person--I know not what to call him, who had seen her at a play; and, with a confidence and dexterity peculiar to himself, found means to be recommended to her acquaintance.
Esta disposição, e falta de experiência, a havia exposto às investidas de uma pessoa — não sei como chamá-la — que a tinha visto numa peça de teatro; e, com uma confiança e destreza que lhe eram peculiares, encontrou meios de ser apresentado a ela.
It was by the greatest accident I intercepted one of his letters; as it was my duty to stifle this correspondence in its birth, I made it my business to find him out, and tell him very freely my sentiments of the matter.
Foi pelo maior dos acasos que interceptei uma de suas cartas; como era meu dever sufocar esta correspondência em seu nascedouro, tratei de encontrá-lo e dizer-lhe com toda a franqueza meus sentimentos sobre o assunto.
The spark did not like the stile I used, and behaved with abundance of mettle.
O rapaz não gostou do tom que usei, e portou-se com grande ardor.
Vocabulary
- Como
- How; in what manner or way
- não
- No; not; negation particle
- tenho
- I have; first person singular present of ter
- nada
- Nothing; not anything at all
- mais
- More; additional; greater in quantity
- peito
- Chest; breast; front part of body
- do
- Of the; contraction of de and o
- que
- That; which; what; than
- convencê-lo
- To convince him; persuade him
- de
- Of; from; by; preposition
- sou
- I am; first person singular present of ser
- incapaz
- Incapable; unable; lacking capacity or skill
- esquecer
- To forget; cease to remember
- ou
- Or; used to present alternative options
- negligenciar
- To neglect; fail to give attention
- amizade
- Friendship; mutual affection between people
- fiz
- I made; I did; past tense of fazer
- na
- In the; on the; feminine contraction
- faculdade
- University; college; institution of higher education
- começo
- Beginning; start; commencement
- agora
- Now; at the present time
- aquela
- That; that one; feminine demonstrative
- correspondência
- Correspondence; letters; written communication
- por
- By; for; through; preposition
- cartas
- Letters; written messages; mail
- você
- You; second person singular pronoun
- eu
- I; first person singular pronoun
- concordamos
- We agreed; we concurred; past tense
- ao
- To the; at the; contraction
- nos
- Us; ourselves; reflexive or object pronoun
- despedirmos
- We said goodbye; we bid farewell
- em
- In; at; within; preposition
- cultivar
- To cultivate; develop; nurture relationships
- Começo-a
- I begin it; I start it
- cedo
- Early; in good time; soon
- pretendia
- I intended; I meant; I aimed
- para
- For; to; in order to; preposition
- tenha
- May have; let have; subjunctive of ter
- poder
- To be able; can; power
- refutar
- To refute; disprove; argue against
- quaisquer
- Any; whatever; whichever kind
- rumores
- Rumors; gossip; unverified reports
- ociosos
- Idle; useless; unfounded without substance
- possam
- May be able; can; subjunctive form
- ser
- To be; to exist; verb
- espalhados
- Spread; scattered; disseminated
- meu
- My; mine; possessive adjective
- prejuízo
- Prejudice; harm; detriment; damage
- relativos
- Related; relative; concerning
- uma
- A; an; feminine indefinite article
- tola
- Foolish; silly; stupid woman
- briga
- Fight; quarrel; argument; dispute
- me
- Me; myself; object pronoun
- envolvi
- I involved; I engaged; I implicated
- causa
- Cause; reason; matter; purpose
- minha
- My; mine; feminine possessive adjective
- irmã
- Sister; female sibling
- há
- There is; there are; ago
- algum
- Some; any; a certain
- tempo
- Time; weather; period; duration
- estava
- Was; I was; she was
- instalada
- Installed; settled; established
- aqui
- Here; in this place
- num
- In a; contraction of em and um
- internato
- Boarding school; residential school
- Quando
- When; at what time
- vim
- I came; past tense of vir
- com
- With; together with; accompanied by
- tio
- Uncle; male relative
- tia
- Aunt; female relative
- são
- Are; third person plural of ser
- nossos
- Our; ours; plural possessive adjective
- tutores
- Guardians; tutors; legal protectors
- buscá-la
- To fetch her; to look for her
- encontrei-a
- I found her; I met her
- bela
- Beautiful; lovely; handsome
- moça
- Young woman; girl; maiden
- alta
- Tall; high; lofty
- dezessete
- Seventeen; number 17
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