The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 11
In the second place, whenever I do dine there I am always treated as a member of the family, and sent down with either no woman at all, or two.
Em segundo lugar, sempre que janto lá sou sempre tratado como membro da família, e enviado à mesa sem nenhuma mulher, ou com duas.
In the third place, I know perfectly well whom she will place me next to, to-night.
Em terceiro lugar, sei muito bem ao lado de quem ela me colocará esta noite.
She will place me next Mary Farquhar, who always flirts with her own husband across the dinner-table.
Ela me colocará ao lado de Mary Farquhar, que sempre flerta com o próprio marido à mesa do jantar.
That is not very pleasant.
Isso não é muito agradável.
Indeed, it is not even decent.
Na verdade, não é nem mesmo decente.
and that sort of thing is enormously on the increase.
e esse tipo de coisa está aumentando enormemente.
The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous.
A quantidade de mulheres em Londres que flertam com os próprios maridos é perfeitamente escandalosa.
It looks so bad.
Parece tão mau.
It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.
É simplesmente lavar a roupa limpa em público.
Besides, now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying.
Além disso, agora que sei que és um Bunburyista convicto, naturalmente quero falar contigo sobre o Bunburying.
I want to tell you the rules.
Quero contar-te as regras.
JACK.
JACK.
I'm not a Bunburyist at all.
Não sou de modo algum um Bunburyista.
If Gwendolen accepts me, I am going to kill my brother, indeed I think I'll kill him in any case.
Se Gwendolen me aceitar, vou matar o meu irmão; na verdade, acho que o matarei de qualquer forma.
Cecily is a little too much interested in him.
Cecily está um pouco demasiado interessada nele.
It is rather a bore.
É bastante aborrecido.
So I am going to get rid of Ernest.
Por isso vou livrar-me de Ernest.
And I strongly advise you to do the same with Mr. . with your invalid friend who has the absurd name.
E aconselho-te vivamente a fazeres o mesmo com o Sr. . com o teu amigo inválido que tem o nome absurdo.
ALGERNON.
ALGERNON.
Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury.
Nada me induzirá a separar-me de Bunbury, e se alguma vez te casares, o que me parece extremamente problemático, ficarás muito contente por conhecer Bunbury.
Vocabulary
- Em
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'at'.
- segundo
- Second; also means 'according to'.
- lugar
- Place, spot, or position.
- sempre
- Always, every time without exception.
- que
- That, which, or what; very common conjunction.
- janto
- I dine; first-person singular of jantar.
- lá
- There, in that place over yonder.
- sou
- I am; first-person singular of ser.
- tratado
- Treated; past participle of tratar.
- como
- As, like, or how.
- membro
- Member of a group or family.
- da
- Contraction of de and a, meaning 'of the'.
- família
- Family; group of related people.
- e
- And; basic coordinating conjunction.
- enviado
- Sent; past participle of enviar.
- à
- Contraction of a and a, meaning 'to the'.
- mesa
- Table; piece of furniture for dining.
- sem
- Without; preposition indicating absence.
- nenhuma
- None, no, not any (feminine form).
- mulher
- Woman or wife.
- ou
- Or; disjunctive coordinating conjunction.
- com
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment.
- duas
- Two; feminine numeral.
- terceiro
- Third; ordinal number following segundo.
- sei
- I know; first-person singular of saber.
- muito
- Very, much, a lot.
- bem
- Well; adverb of manner.
- ao
- Contraction of a and o, meaning 'to the'.
- lado
- Side; the area next to something.
- de
- Of, from; very common preposition.
- quem
- Who; interrogative or relative pronoun.
- ela
- She; third-person singular feminine pronoun.
- me
- Me; first-person singular object pronoun.
- colocará
- Will place or put; future tense of colocar.
- esta
- This; feminine demonstrative adjective or pronoun.
- noite
- Night; the dark hours after sunset.
- Ela
- She; third-person singular feminine pronoun.
- flerta
- Flirts; third-person singular of flertar.
- o
- The; masculine singular definite article.
- próprio
- Own, very own; emphasizes possession.
- marido
- Husband; a married man.
- do
- Contraction of de and o, meaning 'of the'.
- jantar
- Dinner; the main evening meal.
- Isso
- That; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things.
- não
- No, not; basic negation word.
- é
- Is; third-person singular of ser.
- agradável
- Pleasant, agreeable, nice.
- Na
- Contraction of em and a, meaning 'in the'.
- verdade
- Truth; reality or fact.
- nem
- Not even; neither, nor.
- mesmo
- Even, same, very; intensifying adverb.
- decente
- Decent, proper, respectable.
- esse
- That; masculine demonstrative pronoun or adjective.
- tipo
- Type, kind, sort of thing.
- coisa
- Thing; general object or matter.
- está
- Is; third-person singular of estar.
- aumentando
- Increasing, growing; gerund of aumentar.
- enormemente
- Enormously, greatly, to a huge extent.
- A
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- quantidade
- Quantity, amount, number of something.
- mulheres
- Women; plural of mulher.
- em
- In, at; common preposition of location.
- flertam
- Flirt; third-person plural of flertar.
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- próprios
- Own; plural of próprio, emphasizing possession.
- maridos
- Husbands; plural of marido.
- perfeitamente
- Perfectly, completely, absolutely.
- escandalosa
- Scandalous, shocking, disgraceful (feminine).
- Parece
- It seems, it appears; from parecer.
- tão
- So, as; adverb of degree.
- mau
- Bad, evil, wicked (masculine form).
- É
- Is; third-person singular of ser.
- simplesmente
- Simply, just, merely.
- lavar
- To wash; cleaning with water.
- a
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- roupa
- Clothing, laundry; garments worn on body.
- limpa
- Clean; free from dirt (feminine).
- público
- Public; open to everyone, not private.
- Além
- Beyond, besides, moreover.
- disso
- Of that; contraction of de and isso.
- agora
- Now; at the present moment.
- és
- You are; second-person singular of ser.
- um
- A, an, one; masculine indefinite article.
- convicto
- Convinced, committed, confirmed believer.
- naturalmente
- Naturally, of course, obviously.
- quero
- I want; first-person singular of querer.
- falar
- To speak, to talk.
- contigo
- With you; second-person singular prepositional pronoun.
- sobre
- About, on, over; preposition of topic.
- Quero
- I want; first-person singular of querer.
- contar-te
- To tell you; contar with clitic te.
- as
- The; feminine plural definite article.
- regras
- Rules, regulations, guidelines.
- Não
- No, not; basic negation word.
- modo
- Way, manner, mode.
- algum
- Some, any; indefinite adjective or pronoun.
- Se
- If; conditional conjunction.
- aceitar
- To accept, to agree to something.
- vou
- I am going; first-person singular of ir.
- matar
- To kill; to cause someone's death.
- meu
- My; first-person singular masculine possessive.
- irmão
- Brother; male sibling.
- na
- Contraction of em and a, meaning 'in the'.
- acho
- I think, I find; first-person of achar.
- matarei
- I will kill; future tense of matar.
- qualquer
- Any, whatever; indefinite determiner.
- forma
- Form, way, manner, shape.
- pouco
- Little, a bit; small amount.
- demasiado
- Too much, excessively.
- interessada
- Interested; feminine past participle of interessar.
- nele
- In him; contraction of em and ele.
- bastante
- Quite, enough, rather, fairly.
- aborrecido
- Annoying, boring, irritating, tiresome.
- Por
- For, by, through; common preposition.
- isso
- That; neuter demonstrative pronoun.
- livrar-me
- To free myself, to get rid of.
- E
- And; basic coordinating conjunction.
- aconselho-te
- I advise you; aconselhar with clitic te.
- vivamente
- Strongly, earnestly, heartily.
- fazeres
- To do, to make; second-person singular infinitive.
- Sr.
- Mr.; abbreviation of Senhor.
- teu
- Your; second-person singular masculine possessive.
- amigo
- Friend; a close acquaintance.
- inválido
- Invalid; a person in poor or failing health.
- tem
- Has; third-person singular of ter.
- nome
- Name; word used to identify someone.
- absurdo
- Absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical.
- Nada
- Nothing; not anything at all.
- induzirá
- Will induce, persuade; future of induzir.
- separar-me
- To separate myself; reflexive use of separar.
- se
- If; conditional conjunction or reflexive pronoun.
- alguma
- Some, any; feminine indefinite adjective.
- vez
- Time, occasion; instance of something happening.
- te
- You; second-person singular object clitic pronoun.
- casares
- To marry; second-person singular personal infinitive of casar.
- parece
- It seems, it appears; from parecer.
- extremamente
- Extremely, very much, to the highest degree.
- problemático
- Problematic, troublesome, difficult to deal with.
- ficarás
- You will be or stay; future of ficar.
- contente
- Glad, happy, content, pleased.
- por
- For, by, through; common preposition.
- conhecer
- To know, to meet, to be acquainted with.
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