The Great Gatsby — Page 12
I looked back at my cousin, who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice.
Olhei de volta para minha prima, que começou a me fazer perguntas com sua voz baixa e emocionante.
It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
Era o tipo de voz que o ouvido acompanha para cima e para baixo, como se cada fala fosse um arranjo de notas que jamais seria tocado novamente.
Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget:
Seu rosto era triste e adorável, com coisas luminosas nele, olhos brilhantes e uma boca ardente e apaixonada, mas havia uma excitação em sua voz que os homens que tinham se importado com ela achavam difícil de esquecer:
a singing compulsion, a whispered "Listen," a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.
uma compulsão cantante, um sussurrado "Ouça", uma promessa de que ela havia feito coisas alegres e emocionantes pouco tempo antes e que havia coisas alegres e emocionantes pairando na hora seguinte.
I told her how I had stopped off in Chicago for a day on my way East, and how a dozen people had sent their love through me.
Contei a ela como havia parado em Chicago por um dia no meu caminho para o Leste, e como uma dúzia de pessoas havia mandado seus abraços por meio de mim.
"Do they miss me?" she cried ecstatically.
"Eles sentem minha falta?" ela exclamou em êxtase.
"The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath, and there's a persistent wail all night along the north shore."
"A cidade inteira está desolada. Todos os carros têm a roda traseira esquerda pintada de preto como uma coroa de luto, e há um lamento persistente a noite toda ao longo da costa norte."
"How gorgeous! Let's go back, Tom. Tomorrow!" Then she added irrelvantly: "You ought to see the baby."
"Que maravilha! Vamos voltar, Tom. Amanhã!" Então ela acrescentou de forma irrelevante: "Você deveria ver o bebê."
"I'd like to."
"Eu adoraria."
"She's asleep. She's three years old. Haven't you ever seen her?"
"Ela está dormindo. Ela tem três anos. Você nunca a viu?"
"Never."
"Nunca."
"Well, you ought to see her. She's—"
"Bem, você deveria vê-la. Ela é—"
Tom Buchanan, who had been hovering restlessly about the room, stopped and rested his hand on my shoulder.
Tom Buchanan, que havia estado circulando inquieto pelo quarto, parou e pousou a mão no meu ombro.
"What you doing, Nick?
"O que você está fazendo, Nick?
Vocabulary
- Olhei
- I looked; past tense of olhar (to look)
- de
- of; preposition indicating possession or origin
- volta
- return; turn; rotation or coming back
- para
- to; for; preposition indicating direction or purpose
- minha
- my; feminine possessive adjective
- prima
- cousin; female cousin relation
- que
- that; which; relative pronoun or conjunction
- começou
- began; started; past tense of começar
- me
- me; indirect object pronoun
- fazer
- to make; to do; common verb
- perguntas
- questions; plural of pergunta
- com
- with; preposition indicating accompaniment
- sua
- her; his; formal possessive adjective
- voz
- voice; sound produced by speaking
- baixa
- low; feminine adjective describing lowness
- emocionante
- moving; emotionally stirring or touching
- Era
- was; past tense of ser
- tipo
- type; kind; like or similar to
- ouvido
- heard; past participle of ouvir
- acompanha
- accompanies; follows; present tense of acompanhar
- cima
- top; above; upper part or surface
- baixo
- low; beneath; masculine form of baixa
- como
- how; as; like; comparison or manner
- se
- if; oneself; conditional or reflexive pronoun
- cada
- each; every; distributive adjective
- fala
- speech; talk; speaks in present tense
- fosse
- were; subjunctive past of ser
- um
- one; a; masculine indefinite article
- arranjo
- arrangement; organization; musical arrangement
- notas
- notes; musical notes or written notes
- jamais
- never; never again; emphatic negation
- seria
- would be; conditional of ser
- tocado
- touched; played music; past participle
- novamente
- again; once more; adverb of repetition
- Seu
- your; his; formal possessive adjective
- rosto
- face; countenance; facial features
- era
- was; past tense of ser
- triste
- sad; sorrowful; unhappy
- adorável
- adorable; lovely; worthy of adoration
- coisas
- things; plural of coisa
- luminosas
- luminous; bright; shining; radiant
- nele
- in it; in him; prepositional pronoun
- olhos
- eyes; plural of olho
- brilhantes
- brilliant; bright; shining; sparkling
- uma
- a; one; feminine indefinite article
- boca
- mouth; opening for eating and speaking
- ardente
- ardent; burning; passionate; intense
- apaixonada
- passionate; in love; enamored; fervent
- mas
- but; yet; conjunction showing contrast
- havia
- there was; there were; past of haver
- excitação
- excitement; agitation; emotional arousal
- em
- in; on; preposition of location
- os
- the; masculine plural definite article
- homens
- men; plural of homem
- tinham
- had; past tense of ter
- importado
- imported; mattered; past participle
- ela
- she; her; feminine personal pronoun
- achavam
- found; thought; past tense of achar
- difícil
- difficult; hard; challenging
- esquecer
- to forget; to fail to remember
- compulsão
- compulsion; irresistible urge or impulse
- cantante
- singing; singing voice or quality
- sussurrado
- whispered; murmured softly; past participle
- Ouça
- listen; imperative of ouvir
- promessa
- promise; pledge; commitment or assurance
- feito
- made; done; past participle of fazer
- alegres
- happy; joyful; cheerful; merry
- emocionantes
- moving; exciting; emotionally stirring experiences
- pouco
- little; few; small amount
- tempo
- time; period; weather or duration
- antes
- before; previously; earlier in time
- pairando
- hovering; floating; suspended in air
- na
- in the; on the; feminine prepositional article
- hora
- hour; time; moment; occasion
- seguinte
- following; next; subsequent
- Contei
- I counted; I told; past of contar
- parado
- stopped; standing; stationary; halted
- por
- by; for; through; preposition
- dia
- day; twenty-four hour period
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