The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 6
It is a silly habit, I dare say, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one's life.
É um hábito tolo, ousaria dizer, mas de alguma forma parece trazer uma grande dose de romance à vida de alguém.
I suppose you think me awfully foolish about it?"
Suponho que você me acha terrivelmente tolo a esse respeito?"
"Not at all," answered Lord Henry, "not at all, my dear Basil.
"De modo algum", respondeu Lord Henry, "de modo algum, meu caro Basil.
You seem to forget that I am married, and the one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Você parece esquecer que sou casado, e o único encanto do casamento é que ele torna uma vida de enganos absolutamente necessária para ambas as partes.
I never know where my wife is, and my wife never knows what I am doing.
Nunca sei onde está minha esposa, e minha esposa nunca sabe o que estou fazendo.
When we meet—we do meet occasionally, when we dine out together, or go down to the Duke's—we tell each other the most absurd stories with the most serious faces.
Quando nos encontramos — e nos encontramos ocasionalmente, quando jantamos fora juntos, ou vamos à casa do Duque — contamos um ao outro as histórias mais absurdas com as expressões mais sérias.
My wife is very good at it—much better, in fact, than I am.
Minha esposa é muito boa nisso — muito melhor, na verdade, do que eu.
She never gets confused over her dates, and I always do.
Ela nunca se confunde com as datas, e eu sempre me confundo.
But when she does find me out, she makes no row at all.
Mas quando ela me descobre, não faz nenhuma cena.
I sometimes wish she would; but she merely laughs at me."
Às vezes eu desejaria que ela fizesse; mas ela apenas ri de mim."
"I hate the way you talk about your married life, Harry," said Basil Hallward, strolling towards the door that led into the garden.
"Odeio a maneira como você fala sobre sua vida conjugal, Harry", disse Basil Hallward, caminhando em direção à porta que dava para o jardim.
"I believe that you are really a very good husband, but that you are thoroughly ashamed of your own virtues.
"Acredito que você é realmente um marido muito bom, mas que tem uma vergonha profunda de suas próprias virtudes.
You are an extraordinary fellow.
Você é um sujeito extraordinário.
You never say a moral thing, and you never do a wrong thing.
Você nunca diz nada de moral, e nunca faz nada de errado.
Your cynicism is simply a pose.
Seu cinismo é simplesmente uma pose.
Vocabulary
- hábito
- A habit or regular practice
- tolo
- Foolish or silly; a fool
- ousaria
- Conditional of 'ousar'; would dare to say
- dizer
- To say or to tell something
- forma
- Form, shape, or way of doing something
- parece
- Seems or appears to be something
- trazer
- To bring something to someone or somewhere
- dose
- A dose or amount of something
- romance
- Romance or a romantic feeling; also a novel
- vida
- Life, existence, or way of living
- alguém
- Someone or somebody, an unspecified person
- Suponho
- First-person present of 'supor'; I suppose
- acha
- Third-person of 'achar'; finds or thinks something
- terrivelmente
- Terribly, in a terrible or extreme manner
- respeito
- Respect, or 'a esse respeito' means in that regard
- modo
- Mode, manner, or way of doing something
- algum
- Some or any; 'de modo algum' means not at all
- respondeu
- Past tense of 'responder'; he/she replied or answered
- caro
- Dear or expensive; used as a term of address
- esquecer
- To forget something or someone
- casado
- Married; adjective describing marital status
- único
- Unique, sole, or only one of something
- encanto
- Charm, enchantment, or delight
- casamento
- Marriage or wedding ceremony
- torna
- Third-person of 'tornar'; makes or turns something into
- enganos
- Deceptions, mistakes, or acts of deceit
- absolutamente
- Absolutely, completely, or without any doubt
- necessária
- Necessary or essential; feminine adjective form
- ambas
- Both; feminine plural referring to two parties
- partes
- Parts or parties involved in something
- Nunca
- Never; negation of frequency in time
- sei
- First-person of 'saber'; I know something
- onde
- Where; interrogative or relative adverb of place
- esposa
- Wife or spouse (female)
- nunca
- Never; used to negate habitual actions
- sabe
- Third-person of 'saber'; he/she/it knows
- fazendo
- Gerund of 'fazer'; doing or making something
- Quando
- When; temporal conjunction or adverb
- encontramos
- We meet or encounter each other; first-person plural
- ocasionalmente
- Occasionally, sometimes but not often
- quando
- When; temporal subordinating conjunction
- jantamos
- We dine or have dinner; first-person plural
- fora
- Outside or out; away from a place
- juntos
- Together; in company with one another
- casa
- House, home, or residence
- Duque
- Duke; a nobleman of high rank
- contamos
- We tell or count; first-person plural of 'contar'
- histórias
- Stories, tales, or histories
- absurdas
- Absurd or ridiculous; feminine plural adjective
- expressões
- Expressions, looks, or facial gestures
- sérias
- Serious; feminine plural adjective form
- nisso
- Contraction of 'em + isso'; in that or at that
- melhor
- Better or best; comparative/superlative of 'bom'
- verdade
- Truth or reality; honest statement
- confunde
- Third-person of 'confundir'; confuses or mixes up
- datas
- Dates; specific days on the calendar
- sempre
- Always or ever; at all times
- confundo
- First-person of 'confundir'; I confuse or mix up
- descobre
- Third-person of 'descobrir'; discovers or finds out
- nenhuma
- None or not any; feminine form of negation
- cena
- Scene; dramatic outburst or theatrical display
- vezes
- Times; 'às vezes' means sometimes or occasionally
- desejaria
- Conditional of 'desejar'; would wish or desire
- fizesse
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'fazer'; if she would do
- apenas
- Only, just, or merely
- ri
- Third-person of 'rir'; laughs or smiles at something
- mim
- First-person prepositional pronoun meaning 'me'
- Odeio
- First-person of 'odiar'; I hate or detest something
- maneira
- Manner, way, or style of doing something
- fala
- Third-person of 'falar'; speaks or talks about
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'about' or 'over'
- conjugal
- Conjugal; relating to marriage or married life
- disse
- Past tense of 'dizer'; said or told something
- caminhando
- Gerund of 'caminhar'; walking toward somewhere
- direção
- Direction or course toward a destination
- porta
- Door or gate of a building or room
- dava
- Imperfect of 'dar'; gave or led to somewhere
- jardim
- Garden; an outdoor cultivated space
- Acredito
- First-person of 'acreditar'; I believe or trust
- realmente
- Really or truly; emphasizing truth of a statement
- marido
- Husband; male spouse in a marriage
- vergonha
- Shame or embarrassment felt about something
- profunda
- Deep or profound; feminine adjective form
- próprias
- Own; feminine plural adjective meaning one's own
- virtudes
- Virtues; moral qualities or admirable characteristics
- sujeito
- Subject or fellow; an individual person
- extraordinário
- Extraordinary; beyond what is usual or expected
- diz
- Third-person of 'dizer'; says or tells something
- nada
- Nothing; absence of anything
- moral
- Moral; relating to ethics or right conduct
- errado
- Wrong or incorrect; morally or factually mistaken
- cinismo
- Cynicism; a distrustful or mocking attitude
- simplesmente
- Simply or merely; in a simple straightforward way
- pose
- A pose or affectation; pretended attitude
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