The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 6
It is a very ungentlemanly thing to read a private cigarette case.
É uma coisa muito indelicada ler uma cigarreira particular.
Oh! it is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't.
Oh! é absurdo ter uma regra rígida e inflexível sobre o que se deve ler e o que não se deve.
More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.
Mais da metade da cultura moderna depende do que não se deve ler.
I am quite aware of the fact, and I don't propose to discuss modern culture.
Estou bem ciente disso, e não pretendo discutir a cultura moderna.
It isn't the sort of thing one should talk of in private.
Não é o tipo de coisa sobre a qual se deva falar em particular.
I simply want my cigarette case back.
Simplesmente quero minha cigarreira de volta.
Yes; but this isn't your cigarette case.
Sim; mas esta não é a sua cigarreira.
This cigarette case is a present from some one of the name of Cecily, and you said you didn't know any one of that name.
Esta cigarreira é um presente de alguém chamado Cecily, e você disse que não conhecia ninguém com esse nome.
Well, if you want to know, Cecily happens to be my aunt.
Bem, se você quer saber, Cecily é, por acaso, minha tia.
Your aunt!
Sua tia!
Yes. Charming old lady she is, too. Lives at Tunbridge Wells. Just give it back to me, Algy.
Sim. Uma senhora adorável, também. Mora em Tunbridge Wells. Devolva-a para mim, Algy.
[Retreating to back of sofa.] But why does she call herself little Cecily if she is your aunt and lives at Tunbridge Wells?
[Recuando para o fundo do sofá.] Mas por que ela se chama pequena Cecily se é sua tia e mora em Tunbridge Wells?
[Reading.] 'From little Cecily with her fondest love.'
[Lendo.] 'Da pequena Cecily com seu mais carinhoso amor.'
[Moving to sofa and kneeling upon it.] My dear fellow, what on earth is there in that?
[Movendo-se para o sofá e ajoelhando-se nele.] Meu caro amigo, que diabo há nisso?
Some aunts are tall, some aunts are not tall.
Algumas tias são altas, algumas tias não são altas.
That is a matter that surely an aunt may be allowed to decide for herself.
É uma questão que certamente uma tia pode ser autorizada a decidir por si mesma.
You seem to think that every aunt should be exactly like your aunt! That is absurd!
Você parece achar que toda tia deveria ser exatamente como a sua tia! Isso é absurdo!
Vocabulary
- É
- eh — Third person singular present tense of 'ser' (to be)
- uma
- oo-mah — Indefinite article, feminine singular: 'a' or 'an'
- coisa
- koy-zah — A thing or object
- muito
- mwee-too — Very, much, or a lot
- indelicada
- in-deh-lee-kah-dah — Rude, impolite, or lacking delicacy
- ler
- lehr — To read
- particular
- par-tee-koo-lar — Private, personal, or particular
- é
- eh — Third person singular present tense of 'ser'
- absurdo
- ab-soor-doo — Absurd, ridiculous, or unreasonable
- ter
- tehr — To have
- regra
- heh-grah — A rule or regulation
- rígida
- hee-zhee-dah — Rigid, strict, or inflexible
- e
- ee — Conjunction meaning 'and'
- inflexível
- in-fleh-see-vehl — Inflexible, unyielding, or unbending
- sobre
- soh-breh — About, over, or on top of
- o
- oh — Definite article, masculine singular: 'the'
- que
- keh — What, that, or which
- se
- seh — Reflexive pronoun or conditional 'if'
- deve
- deh-veh — Should, ought to, or must
- não
- now — No or not; negation word
- Mais
- mah-ees — More or plus
- da
- dah — Contraction of 'de' and 'a': of the (feminine)
- metade
- meh-tah-deh — Half of something
- cultura
- kool-too-rah — Culture, civilization, or refinement
- moderna
- moh-dehr-nah — Modern or contemporary
- depende
- deh-pen-deh — Depends on something
- do
- doo — Contraction of 'de' and 'o': of the (masculine)
- Estou
- esh-toh — I am (present tense of 'estar')
- bem
- beng — Well, fine, or good
- ciente
- see-en-teh — Aware or conscious of something
- disso
- dee-soo — Of that or about that
- pretendo
- preh-ten-doo — I intend or plan to do something
- discutir
- dees-koo-teer — To discuss or argue about something
- a
- ah — Definite article, feminine singular: 'the'
- Não
- now — No or not; negation word
- tipo
- tee-poo — Type, kind, or sort
- de
- deh — Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- qual
- kwahl — Which or what (relative pronoun)
- deva
- deh-vah — Subjunctive form of 'dever': should or ought
- falar
- fah-lar — To speak or talk
- em
- eng — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'at'
- Simplesmente
- sim-plehs-men-teh — Simply or just
- quero
- keh-roo — I want (first person singular of 'querer')
- minha
- mee-nyah — My (feminine possessive pronoun)
- volta
- vohl-tah — Return, turn, or back
- Sim
- sing — Yes
- mas
- mahs — But or however (conjunction)
- esta
- esh-tah — This (feminine demonstrative pronoun)
- sua
- soo-ah — His, her, your, or their (feminine possessive)
- Esta
- esh-tah — This (feminine demonstrative pronoun)
- um
- oong — Indefinite article, masculine singular: 'a' or 'an'
- presente
- preh-zen-teh — A gift or present; also meaning 'present' in time
- alguém
- ahl-gweng — Someone or somebody
- chamado
- shah-mah-doo — Called or named
- você
- voh-seh — You (second person singular pronoun)
- disse
- dee-seh — Said (past tense of 'dizer')
- conhecia
- koh-nyeh-see-ah — Knew or was acquainted with someone
- ninguém
- nin-gweng — Nobody or no one
- com
- kong — Preposition meaning 'with'
- esse
- eh-seh — That (masculine demonstrative pronoun)
- nome
- noh-meh — Name
- Bem
- beng — Well, fine, or good
- quer
- kehr — Wants or third person singular of 'querer'
- saber
- sah-behr — To know (a fact or information)
- por
- por — For, by, or through (preposition)
- acaso
- ah-kah-zoo — By chance or coincidence
- tia
- tee-ah — Aunt
- Sua
- soo-ah — His, her, your, or their (feminine possessive)
- Uma
- oo-mah — Indefinite article, feminine singular: 'a' or 'an'
- senhora
- seh-nyo-rah — Lady, woman, or formal address for a woman
- adorável
- ah-doh-rah-vehl — Adorable, lovely, or charming
- também
- tahm-beng — Also, too, or as well
- Mora
- moh-rah — Lives or resides (third person singular of 'morar')
- Devolva-a
- deh-vohl-vah-ah — Give it back or return it (imperative form)
- para
- pah-rah — For, to, or toward (preposition)
- mim
- ming — Me (first person singular object pronoun)
- Recuando
- heh-kwahn-doo — Retreating or moving backward
- fundo
- foon-doo — Background, depth, or bottom
- sofá
- soh-fah — A sofa or couch
- chama
- shah-mah — Calls or is named (third person of 'chamar')
- pequena
- peh-keh-nah — Small or little (feminine adjective)
- mora
- moh-rah — Lives or resides somewhere
- Lendo
- len-doo — Reading (present participle of 'ler')
- carinhoso
- kah-rin-yoh-zoo — Affectionate, loving, or caring
- amor
- ah-mor — Love or affection
- Movendo-se
- moh-ven-doo-seh — Moving oneself or shifting position
- ajoelhando-se
- ah-zhweh-lyan-doo-seh — Kneeling down before someone or something
- nele
- neh-leh — In him, on him, or in it
- Meu
- meh-oo — My (masculine possessive pronoun)
- caro
- kah-roo — Dear, expensive, or beloved
- amigo
- ah-mee-goo — Friend or companion
- diabo
- dee-ah-boo — Devil or the deuce (exclamation)
- há
- ah — There is or there are; also ago
- nisso
- nee-soo — In that or about that
- Algumas
- ahl-goo-mahs — Some or a few (feminine plural)
- tias
- tee-ahs — Aunts (plural of tia)
- são
- sowng — Are (third person plural of 'ser')
- altas
- ahl-tahs — Tall or high (feminine plural adjective)
- algumas
- ahl-goo-mahs — Some or a few (feminine plural)
- questão
- keh-stowng — Question, issue, or matter
- certamente
- sehr-tah-men-teh — Certainly, surely, or definitely
- pode
- poh-deh — Can, may, or is able to
- ser
- sehr — To be (permanent or essential characteristics)
- autorizada
- ah-too-ree-zah-dah — Authorized or permitted to do something
- decidir
- deh-see-deer — To decide or make a decision
- si
- see — Herself, himself, or oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- mesma
- mez-mah — Herself or the same (feminine pronoun/adjective)
- Você
- voh-seh — You (second person singular pronoun)
- parece
- pah-reh-seh — Seems or appears (third person of 'parecer')
- achar
- ah-shar — To find or to think/believe something
- toda
- toh-dah — Every, all, or whole (feminine adjective)
- deveria
- deh-veh-ree-ah — Should or ought to (conditional of 'dever')
- exatamente
- eh-zah-tah-men-teh — Exactly or precisely
- como
- koh-moo — Like, as, or how
- Isso
- ee-soo — That or this (neutral demonstrative pronoun)
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