The Great Gatsby — Page 5
"How do you get to West Egg village?" he asked helplessly.
"Como se chega à vila de West Egg?" ele perguntou, desamparado.
I told him.
Eu lhe disse.
And as I walked on I was lonely no longer.
E enquanto eu caminhava, já não me sentia solitário.
I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler.
Eu era um guia, um explorador, um colono pioneiro.
He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighbourhood.
Ele havia me conferido casualmente a liberdade da vizinhança.
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.
E assim, com o brilho do sol e as grandes explosões de folhas crescendo nas árvores, assim como as coisas crescem nos filmes em alta velocidade, eu tive aquela familiar convicção de que a vida estava recomeçando com o verão.
There was so much to read, for one thing, and so much fine health to be pulled down out of the young breath-giving air.
Havia tanto para ler, entre outras coisas, e tanta saúde revigorante a ser extraída do jovem ar vivificante.
I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities, and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint, promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan and Maecenas knew.
Comprei uma dúzia de volumes sobre bancos, crédito e títulos de investimento, e eles ficaram na minha prateleira em vermelho e dourado como dinheiro novo da casa da moeda, prometendo revelar os brilhantes segredos que somente Midas, Morgan e Mecenas conheciam.
And I had the high intention of reading many other books besides.
E eu tinha a elevada intenção de ler muitos outros livros além desses.
I was rather literary in college—one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the Yale News—and now I was going to bring back all such things into my life and become again that most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man."
Eu era bastante literário na faculdade — num ano escrevi uma série de editoriais muito solenes e óbvios para o Yale News — e agora ia trazer de volta todas essas coisas para a minha vida e me tornar novamente o mais limitado de todos os especialistas, o "homem completo".
This isn't just an epigram—life is much more successfully looked at from a single window, after all.
Isso não é apenas um epigrama — a vida é muito mais bem observada a partir de uma única janela, afinal.
It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America.
Foi uma questão de acaso que eu tivesse alugado uma casa em uma das comunidades mais estranhas da América do Norte.
Vocabulary
- Como
- How; used to ask manner or way.
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself or itself.
- chega
- Arrives; third-person singular of chegar.
- à
- Contraction of 'a' and 'a'; to the (feminine).
- vila
- Small town or village.
- de
- Of or from; common preposition.
- ele
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun.
- perguntou
- Asked; past tense of perguntar.
- desamparado
- Helpless, abandoned, or without support.
- Eu
- I; first-person singular pronoun.
- lhe
- To him/her; indirect object pronoun.
- disse
- Said; past tense of dizer.
- enquanto
- While; conjunction indicating simultaneous actions.
- caminhava
- Was walking; imperfect tense of caminhar.
- já
- Already or now; common adverb of time.
- não
- No or not; basic negation word.
- solitário
- Lonely or solitary; feeling alone.
- era
- Was; imperfect tense of ser.
- um
- A or one; indefinite article, masculine.
- guia
- Guide; person or thing that leads.
- explorador
- Explorer; one who explores new territories.
- colono
- Settler or colonist; one who colonizes.
- pioneiro
- Pioneer; first to explore or settle.
- havia
- There was/had; imperfect of haver.
- conferido
- Conferred or granted; past participle of conferir.
- casualmente
- Casually; in a relaxed, offhand manner.
- liberdade
- Freedom or liberty.
- vizinhança
- Neighborhood; surrounding area or community.
- assim
- Thus or so; in this way.
- brilho
- Brightness or shine; luminous quality.
- sol
- Sun; the star at center of solar system.
- grandes
- Large or great; plural adjective.
- explosões
- Explosions or bursts; sudden expansions.
- folhas
- Leaves; flat green parts of a plant.
- crescendo
- Growing; present participle of crescer.
- árvores
- Trees; large woody plants.
- coisas
- Things; general objects or matters.
- crescem
- Grow; third-person plural of crescer.
- filmes
- Films or movies; motion pictures.
- alta
- High or fast; feminine adjective.
- velocidade
- Speed or velocity; rate of motion.
- tive
- Had; first-person past tense of ter.
- familiar
- Familiar; well-known or recognizable feeling.
- convicção
- Conviction; strong belief or certainty.
- vida
- Life; the state of being alive.
- estava
- Was; imperfect tense of estar.
- recomeçando
- Starting over; beginning again anew.
- verão
- Summer; warmest season of the year.
- Havia
- There was; imperfect of haver, existence.
- tanto
- So much; indicates large quantity.
- para
- For or to; common preposition.
- ler
- To read; infinitive of ler.
- entre
- Between or among; spatial/logical preposition.
- outras
- Others; feminine plural of outro.
- tanta
- So much; feminine singular of tanto.
- saúde
- Health; physical or mental well-being.
- revigorante
- Invigorating; refreshing and energizing.
- ser
- To be; fundamental verb of being.
- extraída
- Extracted or drawn out; feminine past participle.
- jovem
- Young; youthful person or adjective.
- ar
- Air; the atmosphere or breeze.
- vivificante
- Life-giving or vitalizing; enlivening the senses.
- Comprei
- Bought; first-person past tense of comprar.
- uma
- A or one; indefinite article, feminine.
- dúzia
- Dozen; a group of twelve items.
- volumes
- Volumes or books; individual book units.
- sobre
- About or on; preposition of topic.
- bancos
- Banks; financial institutions or benches.
- crédito
- Credit; financial trust or loan capacity.
- títulos
- Titles or bonds; securities or headings.
- investimento
- Investment; allocation of resources for profit.
- ficaram
- Stayed or remained; past tense of ficar.
- minha
- My; first-person feminine possessive pronoun.
- prateleira
- Shelf; flat surface for storing objects.
- vermelho
- Red; the color red.
- dourado
- Golden; having the color of gold.
- dinheiro
- Money; currency used for transactions.
- novo
- New; recently made or acquired.
- casa
- House or home; dwelling place.
- moeda
- Coin or currency; monetary unit.
- prometendo
- Promising; pledging or giving assurance of.
- revelar
- To reveal; to uncover or disclose something.
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- brilhantes
- Brilliant or shining; bright and impressive.
- segredos
- Secrets; hidden or confidential information.
- somente
- Only or solely; exclusively.
- conheciam
- Knew; imperfect tense of conhecer.
- tinha
- Had; imperfect tense of ter.
- elevada
- Elevated or high; lofty in degree.
- intenção
- Intention; a plan or purpose.
- muitos
- Many; large number, masculine plural.
- outros
- Others; masculine plural of outro.
- livros
- Books; written or printed works.
- além
- Beyond or besides; further than.
- desses
- Of those; contraction of de + esses.
- bastante
- Quite or enough; sufficiently.
- literário
- Literary; relating to literature or writing.
- faculdade
- University faculty or college; higher education institution.
- num
- In a; contraction of em + um.
- ano
- Year; period of twelve months.
- escrevi
- Wrote; first-person past tense of escrever.
- série
- Series; a sequence or set of items.
- editoriais
- Editorials; opinion articles in a publication.
- muito
- Very or much; high degree of something.
- solenes
- Solemn; serious and dignified in tone.
- óbvios
- Obvious; clearly apparent or evident.
- agora
- Now; at the present moment.
- ia
- Was going; imperfect of ir.
- trazer
- To bring; to carry something here.
- volta
- Back or return; coming back around.
- todas
- All; feminine plural of todo.
- essas
- Those; feminine plural demonstrative pronoun.
- tornar
- To turn or become; to make again.
- novamente
- Again; once more, anew.
- mais
- More; greater in quantity or degree.
- limitado
- Limited; restricted in scope or range.
- todos
- All or everyone; masculine plural of todo.
- especialistas
- Specialists or experts; those with specialized knowledge.
- homem
- Man; adult male person.
- completo
- Complete or whole; lacking nothing.
- Isso
- That; demonstrative pronoun for nearby concept.
- apenas
- Only or just; limiting to one thing.
- bem
- Well; in a good or proper manner.
- observada
- Observed; noticed or watched carefully.
- partir
- From or to leave; starting point.
- única
- Unique or sole; only one of kind.
- janela
- Window; opening in wall for light.
- afinal
- After all; in the end, finally.
- Foi
- Was or went; past tense of ser/ir.
- questão
- Question or matter; issue under consideration.
- acaso
- Chance or coincidence; random occurrence.
- tivesse
- Had; past subjunctive of ter.
- alugado
- Rented; past participle of alugar.
- das
- Of the; contraction of de + as.
- comunidades
- Communities; groups sharing common location or interests.
- estranhas
- Strange or foreign; unusual feminine plural adjective.
- Norte
- North; cardinal direction opposite south.
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