The Great Gatsby — Page 13
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"I'm a bond man."
"Sou corretor de títulos."
"Who with?"
"Com quem?"
I told him.
Eu lhe disse.
"Never heard of them," he remarked decisively.
"Nunca ouvi falar deles", ele disse com decisão.
This annoyed me.
Isso me irritou.
"You will," I answered shortly. "You will if you stay in the East."
"Vai ouvir", respondi brevemente. "Vai ouvir se ficar no Leste."
"Oh, I'll stay in the East, don't you worry," he said, glancing at Daisy and then back at me, as if he were alert for something more. "I'd be a God damned fool to live anywhere else."
"Oh, vou ficar no Leste, não se preocupe", disse ele, olhando para Daisy e depois de volta para mim, como se estivesse à espera de algo mais. "Seria um maldito idiota se morasse em qualquer outro lugar."
At this point Miss Baker said: "Absolutely!" with such suddenness that I started—it was the first word she had uttered since I came into the room.
Nesse momento a srta. Baker disse: "Absolutamente!" com tanta brusquidão que me sobressaltei — era a primeira palavra que ela pronunciara desde que eu entrara no aposento.
Evidently it surprised her as much as it did me, for she yawned and with a series of rapid, deft movements stood up into the room.
Evidentemente isso a surpreendeu tanto quanto a mim, pois ela bocejou e, com uma série de movimentos rápidos e hábeis, levantou-se e ficou de pé no centro do aposento.
"I'm stiff," she complained, "I've been lying on that sofa for as long as I can remember."
"Estou entorpecida", queixou-se ela, "estou deitada nesse sofá desde que me lembro."
"Don't look at me," Daisy retorted, "I've been trying to get you to New York all afternoon."
"Não me olhe assim", retrucou Daisy, "estou tentando levá-la a Nova York a tarde toda."
"No, thanks," said Miss Baker to the four cocktails just in from the pantry. "I'm absolutely in training."
"Não, obrigada", disse a srta. Baker aos quatro coquetéis recém-chegados da copa. "Estou absolutamente em treinamento."
Her host looked at her incredulously.
Seu anfitrião olhou para ela com incredulidade.
"You are!" He took down his drink as if it were a drop in the bottom of a glass. "How you ever get anything done is beyond me."
"Está mesmo!" Ele tomou seu drinque de um só gole, como se fosse uma gota no fundo de um copo. "Como você consegue fazer qualquer coisa está além da minha compreensão."
I looked at Miss Baker, wondering what it was she "got done." I enjoyed looking at her.
Olhei para a srta. Baker, perguntando-me o que era que ela "conseguia fazer". Eu gostava de olhar para ela.
Vocabulary
- Sou
- I am (first person singular present of ser)
- corretor
- Broker or corrector; person who buys/sells securities
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- títulos
- Titles; securities or bonds in financial context
- Com
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- quem
- Whom; who; interrogative or relative pronoun
- Eu
- I; first person singular pronoun
- lhe
- To him/her/you; indirect object pronoun
- disse
- Said; past tense of dizer (to say)
- Nunca
- Never; at no time; negation of frequency
- ouvi
- Heard; past tense of ouvir (to hear)
- falar
- To speak; to talk; verb of communication
- deles
- Of them; their; possessive pronoun for third person plural
- ele
- He; him; third person singular pronoun
- com
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- decisão
- Decision; determination; act of deciding firmly
- Isso
- That; this; demonstrative pronoun for neuter
- me
- Me; to me; first person singular object pronoun
- irritou
- Annoyed; irritated; past tense of irritar
- Vai
- Goes; will go; present tense of ir (to go)
- ouvir
- To hear; to listen; verb of auditory perception
- respondi
- Responded; answered; past tense of responder
- brevemente
- Briefly; in a short manner; adverb of brevity
- se
- If; whether; conditional conjunction or reflexive pronoun
- ficar
- To stay; to remain; to be in a location
- no
- In the; contraction of em + o
- Leste
- East; eastern direction; geographical direction
- vou
- Go; will go; first person singular of ir
- não
- No; not; negation or negative response
- preocupe
- Worry; concern; imperative of preocupar
- olhando
- Looking; watching; gerund of olhar (to look)
- para
- For; to; towards; preposition of direction
- depois
- After; afterwards; later; adverb of time
- volta
- Returns; turn; third person singular of voltar
- mim
- Me; to me; stressed first person object pronoun
- como
- As; like; how; conjunction or adverb
- estivesse
- Were; subjunctive past of estar (to be)
- espera
- Waits; expects; third person singular of esperar
- algo
- Something; anything; indefinite pronoun
- mais
- More; additional; comparative adverb or adjective
- Seria
- Would be; conditional past of ser (to be)
- um
- A; an; one; indefinite article or numeral
- maldito
- Damned; cursed; wicked; adjective
- idiota
- Idiot; fool; stupid person; noun
- morasse
- Lived; dwelt; subjunctive past of morar
- em
- In; on; inside; preposition of location
- qualquer
- Any; whatever; whichever; indefinite adjective
- outro
- Other; another; different; adjective
- lugar
- Place; location; spot; noun
- Nesse
- In that; at that time; contraction
- momento
- Moment; instant; brief period of time
- Absolutamente
- Absolutely; completely; utterly; adverb
- tanta
- So much; such a lot; feminine of tanto
- brusquidão
- Abruptness; rudeness; sudden harshness; noun
- que
- That; which; what; relative or interrogative pronoun
- sobressaltei
- Startled; jumped; past tense of sobressaltar
- era
- Was; past tense of ser (to be)
- primeira
- First; feminine of primeiro
- palavra
- Word; term; unit of speech or writing
- ela
- She; her; third person singular feminine pronoun
- pronunciara
- Pronounced; uttered; past perfect of pronunciar
- desde
- Since; from; since when; preposition
- eu
- I; first person singular pronoun
- entrara
- Entered; past perfect of entrar (to enter)
- aposento
- Room; chamber; apartment; archaic noun
- Evidentemente
- Evidently; clearly; obviously; adverb
- isso
- That; this; demonstrative pronoun
- surpreendeu
- Surprised; astonished; past tense of surpreender
- tanto
- So much; as much; such; adjective or adverb
- quanto
- As much as; how much; interrogative adverb
- pois
- Because; for; since; conjunctive particle
- bocejou
- Yawned; past tense of bacejar (to yawn)
- uma
- A; an; one; feminine indefinite article
- série
- Series; sequence; succession of things
- movimentos
- Movements; motions; actions of moving
- rápidos
- Rapid; quick; fast; plural adjective
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