The Great Gatsby — Page 6
It was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of New York—and where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land.
Era naquela ilha esguia e agitada que se estende exatamente a leste de Nova York — e onde existem, entre outras curiosidades naturais, duas formações de terra incomuns.
Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere, the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound.
A trinta e dois quilômetros da cidade, um par de ovos enormes, idênticos em contorno e separados apenas por uma baía protocolar, avança para dentro do corpo de água salgada mais domesticado do hemisfério ocidental, o grande e úmido terreiro de Long Island Sound.
They are not perfect ovals—like the egg in the Columbus story, they are both crushed flat at the contact end—but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual wonder to the gulls that fly overhead.
Eles não são ovais perfeitos — como o ovo da história de Colombo, ambos são achatados na extremidade de contato — mas sua semelhança física deve ser fonte de perpétua admiração para as gaivotas que sobrevoam o lugar.
To the wingless a more interesting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.
Para os sem asas, um fenômeno mais interessante é a dissimilaridade entre eles em todos os aspectos, exceto forma e tamanho.
I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.
Eu morava em West Egg, o — bem, o menos elegante dos dois, embora este seja um rótulo bastante superficial para expressar o contraste bizarro e não pouco sinistro entre eles.
My house was at the very tip of the egg, only fifty yards from the Sound, and squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season.
Minha casa ficava na ponta do ovo, a apenas quarenta e cinco metros do Sound, espremida entre dois lugares enormes que eram alugados por doze ou quinze mil dólares por temporada.
The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden.
O da minha direita era um empreendimento colossal por qualquer padrão — era uma imitação fiel de algum Hôtel de Ville da Normandia, com uma torre de um lado, reluzentemente novo sob uma fina barba de hera crua, uma piscina de mármore e mais de dezesseis hectares de jardins e gramados.
It was Gatsby's mansion.
Era a mansão de Gatsby.
Or, rather, as I didn't know Mr.
Ou melhor, como eu não conhecia o Sr.
Vocabulary
- Era
- Past tense of 'to be'; it was/there was
- naquela
- Contraction of 'em' and 'aquela'; in that
- ilha
- A piece of land surrounded by water
- esguia
- Slim, slender, or narrow in shape
- agitada
- Agitated, busy, or turbulent in nature
- se
- Reflexive pronoun or conditional conjunction meaning if/itself
- estende
- Extends or stretches out in a direction
- exatamente
- Precisely or exactly in a given manner
- leste
- The cardinal direction east on a compass
- Nova
- Feminine adjective meaning new; used in place names
- onde
- Relative adverb meaning where or in which
- existem
- Third-person plural of existir; they exist
- entre
- Preposition meaning between, among, or amid
- outras
- Feminine plural of outro; other or another
- curiosidades
- Curiosities or interesting, unusual natural features
- naturais
- Plural of natural; occurring in or by nature
- duas
- Feminine form of the number two
- formações
- Plural of formação; formations or structured arrangements
- terra
- Earth, land, or ground as a surface
- incomuns
- Plural of incomum; uncommon or unusual things
- trinta
- The cardinal number thirty
- dois
- Masculine form of the cardinal number two
- quilômetros
- Plural of quilômetro; unit of distance, kilometers
- da
- Contraction of 'de' and 'a'; of the (fem.)
- cidade
- An urban settlement; a city or town
- par
- A set of two matching or similar things
- ovos
- Plural of ovo; eggs laid by animals
- enormes
- Plural of enorme; very large or enormous in size
- idênticos
- Plural of idêntico; exactly alike or identical
- contorno
- The outline or contour shape of something
- separados
- Past participle of separar; separated or divided apart
- apenas
- Adverb meaning only, just, or merely
- baía
- A body of water partially enclosed by land
- protocolar
- Formal or ceremonial according to protocol
- avança
- Advances or moves forward into a space
- dentro
- Inside or within a space or boundary
- do
- Contraction of 'de' and 'o'; of the (masc.)
- corpo
- A body; physical form of a person or mass
- água
- The liquid water; essential natural substance
- salgada
- Feminine of salgado; salty or containing salt
- mais
- Adverb or adjective meaning more or most
- domesticado
- Tamed or domesticated; brought under human influence
- hemisfério
- One half of the Earth; a hemisphere
- ocidental
- Adjective meaning western or relating to the west
- grande
- Adjective meaning large, great, or big
- úmido
- Humid, moist, or damp in atmosphere or feel
- terreiro
- An open yard, ground, or outdoor gathering space
- Eles
- Third-person masculine plural pronoun; they
- não
- Negation adverb meaning no or not
- são
- Third-person plural of ser; they are
- ovais
- Plural of oval; oval-shaped or egg-shaped
- perfeitos
- Plural of perfeito; perfect or flawless in form
- como
- Conjunction or adverb meaning as, like, or how
- ovo
- A single egg; oval object laid by animals
- história
- A story, history, or narrative account
- ambos
- Pronoun meaning both of two things or people
- achatados
- Flattened or squashed at a particular end
- na
- Contraction of 'em' and 'a'; in the (fem.)
- extremidade
- The extreme end or tip of something
- contato
- Contact or point of touching between things
- mas
- Conjunction meaning but or however
- sua
- Possessive pronoun meaning his, her, or its
- semelhança
- Resemblance or similarity between two things
- física
- Physical or relating to the body or matter
- deve
- Third-person singular of dever; must or should
- ser
- Infinitive of the verb to be
- fonte
- A source, fountain, or origin of something
- perpétua
- Perpetual or lasting forever without end
- admiração
- Admiration or a feeling of wonder and respect
- gaivotas
- Plural of gaivota; seagulls, coastal sea birds
- sobrevoam
- They fly over a place from above
- lugar
- A place, spot, or location somewhere
- sem
- Preposition meaning without or lacking something
- asas
- Plural of asa; wings of birds or aircraft
- fenômeno
- A phenomenon; observable event or natural occurrence
- interessante
- Adjective meaning interesting or worthy of attention
- é
- Third-person singular of ser; is
- dissimilaridade
- Dissimilarity; the quality of being unlike or different
- eles
- Third-person masculine plural pronoun; they
- todos
- Plural of todo; all or every one of
- aspectos
- Plural of aspecto; aspects or particular features
- exceto
- Preposition meaning except or excluding something
- forma
- Shape, form, or the external appearance of something
- tamanho
- Size or the measurement of something's dimensions
- Eu
- First-person singular pronoun; I
- morava
- Past imperfect of morar; I/he/she used to live
- bem
- Adverb meaning well or quite; also a noun good
- menos
- Adverb or adjective meaning less or fewer
- elegante
- Elegant, stylish, or refined in appearance
- dos
- Contraction of 'de' and 'os'; of the (masc. pl.)
- embora
- Conjunction meaning although or even though
- este
- Demonstrative pronoun or adjective meaning this
- seja
- Subjunctive of ser; be or may be
- rótulo
- A label or tag identifying or categorizing something
- bastante
- Adverb meaning quite, enough, or rather
- superficial
- Superficial; existing only at the surface level
- expressar
- To express or convey a feeling or idea
- contraste
- A contrast or noticeable difference between things
- bizarro
- Bizarre or very strange and unusual in nature
- pouco
- A little or a small amount of something
- sinistro
- Sinister, ominous, or suggesting something threatening
- Minha
- First-person feminine possessive pronoun; my
- casa
- A house or home where someone lives
- ficava
- Past imperfect of ficar; was located or stayed
- ponta
- A tip, point, or end of something narrow
- quarenta
- The cardinal number forty
- cinco
- The cardinal number five
- metros
- Plural of metro; meters, unit of length measurement
- espremida
- Squeezed or wedged tightly into a small space
- lugares
- Plural of lugar; places, spots, or locations
- eram
- Past imperfect of ser; they were
- alugados
- Past participle of alugar; rented or leased out
- doze
- The cardinal number twelve
- ou
- Disjunctive conjunction meaning or
- quinze
- The cardinal number fifteen
- mil
- The cardinal number one thousand
- dólares
- Plural of dólar; US dollars, unit of currency
- temporada
- A season or period of time for an activity
- minha
- First-person feminine possessive pronoun; my
- direita
- The right side or right-hand direction
- era
- Past imperfect of ser; was or used to be
- empreendimento
- An enterprise, venture, or large undertaking
- colossal
- Extremely large or enormous in size or scope
- qualquer
- Any or whatever; used with nouns for generality
- padrão
- A standard, pattern, or benchmark for comparison
- imitação
- An imitation or copy of an original thing
- fiel
- Faithful or loyal; also accurate and true to original
- algum
- Masculine indefinite pronoun meaning some or any
- com
- Preposition meaning with or accompanied by
- torre
- A tower; a tall vertical structure on a building
- lado
- A side or flank of a person, object, or place
- reluzentemente
- Adverb meaning shiningly or gleaming brightly
- novo
- Adjective meaning new or recently made or acquired
- sob
- Preposition meaning under or beneath something
- fina
- Feminine of fino; thin, fine, or delicate in texture
- barba
- A beard; facial hair grown on the chin or face
- hera
- Ivy; a climbing evergreen plant that covers surfaces
- crua
- Feminine of cru; raw, uncooked, or not yet developed
- piscina
- A swimming pool for recreational or sport use
- mármore
- Marble; a hard polished stone used in construction
- dezesseis
- The cardinal number sixteen
- hectares
- Plural of hectare; unit of area equal to 10,000 m²
- jardins
- Plural of jardim; gardens or cultivated outdoor spaces
- gramados
- Plural of gramado; lawns or grass-covered areas
- mansão
- A mansion; a large impressive residential building
- Ou
- Disjunctive conjunction meaning or
- melhor
- Better or best; comparative/superlative of bom
- eu
- First-person singular pronoun; I
- conhecia
- Past imperfect of conhecer; knew or was acquainted with
- Sr
- Abbreviation of Senhor; Mr. or Sir in Portuguese
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