The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 12
A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.
Um homem que se casa sem conhecer Bunbury tem uma vida muito tediosa.
JACK.
JACK.
That is nonsense. If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in my life that I would marry, I certainly won't want to know Bunbury.
Isso é absurdo. Se eu me casar com uma garota encantadora como Gwendolen, e ela é a única garota que já vi na minha vida com quem eu me casaria, certamente não vou querer conhecer Bunbury.
ALGERNON.
ALGERNON.
Then your wife will. You don't seem to realise, that in married life three is company and two is none.
Então sua esposa vai querer. Você não parece perceber que na vida conjugal três é companhia e dois é solidão.
JACK.
JACK.
[Sententiously.] That, my dear young friend, is the theory that the corrupt French Drama has been propounding for the last fifty years.
[Sentenciosamente.] Isso, meu caro jovem amigo, é a teoria que o corrupto Drama Francês vem pregando nos últimos cinquenta anos.
ALGERNON.
ALGERNON.
Yes; and that the happy English home has proved in half the time.
Sim; e que o feliz lar inglês provou em metade do tempo.
JACK.
JACK.
For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical.
Pelo amor de Deus, não tente ser cínico. É perfeitamente fácil ser cínico.
ALGERNON.
ALGERNON.
My dear fellow, it isn't easy to be anything nowadays. There's such a lot of beastly competition about. [The sound of an electric bell is heard.] Ah! that must be Aunt Augusta. Only relatives, or creditors, ever ring in that Wagnerian manner. Now, if I get her out of the way for ten minutes, so that you can have an opportunity for proposing to Gwendolen, may I dine with you to-night at Willis's?
Meu caro amigo, não é fácil ser nada hoje em dia. Há tanta concorrência detestável por aí. [Ouve-se o som de uma campainha elétrica.] Ah! deve ser a Tia Augusta. Só parentes, ou credores, tocam de maneira tão wagneriana. Agora, se eu a tirar do caminho por dez minutos, para que você tenha a oportunidade de pedir Gwendolen em casamento, posso jantar com você esta noite no Willis's?
JACK.
JACK.
I suppose so, if you want to.
Suponho que sim, se você quiser.
ALGERNON.
ALGERNON.
Yes, but you must be serious about it. I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.
Sim, mas você deve levar isso a sério. Odeio pessoas que não levam as refeições a sério. É tão superficial da parte delas.
[Enter Lane.]
[Entra Lane.]
LANE.
LANE.
Lady Bracknell and Miss Fairfax.
Lady Bracknell e Miss Fairfax.
[Algernon goes forward to meet them. Enter Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen.
[Algernon avança para recebê-las. Entram Lady Bracknell e Gwendolen.
Vocabulary
- homem
- OH-meng — An adult male person; a man
- casa
- KAH-zah — To marry; also means 'house' as a noun
- sem
- seng — Preposition meaning 'without'
- conhecer
- kohn-yeh-SAIR — To know or be acquainted with someone or something
- vida
- VEE-dah — The state of living; one's existence or life
- muito
- MWEEN-too — Adverb or adjective meaning 'very' or 'much'
- tediosa
- teh-dee-OH-zah — Causing boredom; dull and monotonous
- Isso
- EE-soo — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this'
- absurdo
- ab-SOOR-doo — Contrary to reason; ridiculous or nonsensical
- casar
- kah-ZAHR — To get married; to wed someone
- garota
- gah-ROH-tah — A young woman or girl
- encantadora
- en-kan-tah-DOH-rah — Charming, delightful, or enchanting woman
- única
- OO-nee-kah — The only one; singular and without equal
- já
- zhah — Adverb meaning 'already' or 'yet'
- casaria
- kah-zah-REE-ah — Conditional form of 'casar'; meaning 'would marry'
- certamente
- sair-tah-MEN-teh — Adverb meaning 'certainly' or 'surely'
- querer
- keh-RAIR — To want or wish for something
- Então
- en-TONG — Adverb or conjunction meaning 'then' or 'so'
- esposa
- es-POH-zah — A married woman; one's wife
- parece
- pah-REH-seh — Third person singular of 'parecer'; means 'seems'
- perceber
- pehr-seh-BAIR — To perceive, notice, or realize something
- conjugal
- kon-zhoo-GAHL — Relating to marriage or the relationship between spouses
- companhia
- kom-pahn-YEE-ah — The presence of others; companionship or company
- solidão
- so-lee-DONG — The state of being alone; loneliness or solitude
- Sentenciosamente
- sen-ten-see-oh-zah-MEN-teh — In a moralizing or pompously wise manner
- caro
- KAH-roo — Dear or beloved; also means 'expensive'
- jovem
- ZHO-veng — A young person; youthful in age
- amigo
- ah-MEE-goo — A person one knows well; a friend
- teoria
- teh-oh-REE-ah — A system of ideas explaining something; a theory
- corrupto
- koh-ROOP-too — Morally depraved or dishonest; corrupt
- Drama
- DRAH-mah — A play or theatrical work; dramatic genre
- Francês
- fran-SAYS — Relating to France; French language or person
- pregando
- preh-GAN-doo — Present participle of 'pregar'; meaning 'preaching'
- últimos
- OOL-tee-moos — Adjective meaning 'last' or 'most recent' (plural)
- cinquenta
- sin-KWEN-tah — The number fifty
- feliz
- feh-LEEZ — Experiencing happiness or joy; happy
- lar
- lahr — A place of residence; home or hearth
- inglês
- in-GLAYS — Relating to England; English language or person
- provou
- proh-VOH — Past tense of 'provar'; meaning 'proved' or 'tasted'
- metade
- meh-TAH-deh — One of two equal parts; half
- tempo
- TEM-poo — The indefinite continued progression of time
- amor
- ah-MOHR — Deep affection or romantic feeling; love
- Deus
- DEH-oos — The supreme being; God
- tente
- TEN-teh — Imperative of 'tentar'; meaning 'try' or 'attempt'
- cínico
- SEE-nee-koo — Distrustful of human sincerity; cynical
- perfeitamente
- pehr-fay-tah-MEN-teh — Adverb meaning 'perfectly' or 'completely'
- fácil
- FAH-seel — Requiring little effort or difficulty; easy
- nada
- NAH-dah — Pronoun or noun meaning 'nothing'
- hoje
- OH-zheh — Adverb referring to the current day; today
- Há
- ah — Third person singular of 'haver'; means 'there is/are'
- tanta
- TAN-tah — Determiner meaning 'so much' or 'so many' (feminine)
- concorrência
- kon-koh-HREN-see-ah — The act of competing; rivalry or competition
- detestável
- deh-tes-TAH-vel — Worthy of strong dislike; detestable or hateful
- aí
- ah-EE — Adverb indicating a nearby place; there or around
- Ouve-se
- OH-veh seh — Reflexive form of 'ouvir'; meaning 'one hears'
- som
- song — Vibrations perceived by the ear; sound
- campainha
- kam-pah-EEN-yah — A small bell or doorbell that rings to signal
- elétrica
- eh-LEH-tree-kah — Relating to electricity; electric or electrical
- deve
- DEH-veh — Third person singular of 'dever'; means 'must' or 'should'
- Tia
- CHEE-ah — A female sibling of one's parent; aunt
- parentes
- pah-REN-chees — People related by blood or marriage; relatives
- credores
- kreh-DOH-rees — People to whom money is owed; creditors
- tocam
- TOH-kang — Third person plural of 'tocar'; meaning 'they ring' or 'play'
- maneira
- mah-NAY-rah — A way or method of doing something; manner
- tirar
- tee-RAHR — To remove or take away something from a place
- caminho
- kah-MEEN-yoo — A route or path from one place to another
- tenha
- TEN-yah — Subjunctive form of 'ter'; meaning 'may have'
- oportunidade
- oh-por-too-nee-DAH-deh — A favorable time or circumstance; an opportunity
- pedir
- peh-JEER — To ask for or request something from someone
- casamento
- kah-zah-MEN-too — The ceremony or state of being married; marriage
- posso
- POH-soo — First person singular of 'poder'; means 'I can'
- jantar
- zhahn-TAHR — To have dinner; the evening meal
- noite
- NOY-cheh — The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
- Suponho
- soo-POHN-yoo — First person singular of 'supor'; meaning 'I suppose'
- quiser
- kee-ZAIR — Future subjunctive of 'querer'; meaning 'if one wants'
- levar
- leh-VAHR — To carry or take something or someone somewhere
- sério
- SEH-ree-oo — Demanding careful consideration; serious or grave
- Odeio
- oh-DAY-oo — First person singular of 'odiar'; meaning 'I hate'
- pessoas
- peh-SOH-ahs — Human beings in general; people or persons
- levam
- LEH-vang — Third person plural of 'levar'; meaning 'they take'
- refeições
- heh-fay-SOYNS — Occasions when food is eaten; meals
- superficial
- soo-pehr-fee-see-AHL — Existing or occurring at the surface; shallow or superficial
- parte
- PAHR-cheh — A portion of a whole; a part or section
- Entra
- EN-trah — Third person singular of 'entrar'; meaning 'enters'
- avança
- ah-VAN-sah — Third person singular of 'avançar'; meaning 'advances'
- recebê-las
- heh-seh-BEH lahs — To receive them; to greet or welcome female guests
- Entram
- EN-trang — Third person plural of 'entrar'; meaning 'they enter'
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