The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 6
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Old Brown carried Nutkin into his house, and held him up by the tail, intending to skin him; but Nutkin pulled so very hard that his tail broke in two, and he dashed up the staircase and escaped out of the attic window.
O Velho Brown carregou Nutkin para dentro de sua casa, e o segurou pelo rabo, com a intenção de esfolá-lo; mas Nutkin puxou com tanta força que seu rabo se partiu em dois, e ele subiu correndo a escadaria e escapou pela janela do sótão.
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And to this day, if you meet Nutkin up a tree and ask him a riddle, he will throw sticks at you, and stamp his feet and scold, and shout--
E até hoje, se você encontrar Nutkin em cima de uma árvore e lhe fizer uma adivinha, ele jogará gravetos em você, e baterá os pés e ralará, e gritará--
"Cuck-cuck-cuck-cur-r-r-cuck-k-k!"
"Cuck-cuck-cuck-cur-r-r-cuck-k-k!"
Vocabulary
- Ilustração
- ee-loos-trah-SOWN — A picture or image accompanying text
- O
- oo — Masculine definite article meaning 'the'
- Velho
- VEH-lyoo — Old; an elderly person or old man
- carregou
- kah-hey-GOH — He/she carried or transported something
- para
- PAH-rah — Preposition meaning 'to,' 'for,' or 'toward'
- dentro
- DEN-troo — Inside; within a space or container
- de
- djee — Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- sua
- SOO-ah — His, her, or their; possessive pronoun
- casa
- KAH-zah — House or home; a place of residence
- e
- ee — Conjunction meaning 'and'
- o segurou
- oo seh-goo-ROH — He/she held or gripped him/it firmly
- pelo
- PEH-loo — Contraction of 'por' and 'o,' meaning 'by the'
- rabo
- HAH-boo — Tail of an animal; rear appendage
- com
- kon — Preposition meaning 'with'
- a intenção
- ah in-ten-SOWN — The intention or purpose behind an action
- mas
- mahs — Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'
- puxou
- poo-SHOH — He/she pulled or tugged with force
- tanta
- TAN-tah — So much; such a large amount of something
- força
- FOR-sah — Strength or force applied physically
- que
- kee — Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that' or 'which'
- seu
- SEH-oo — His, her, or its; third-person possessive pronoun
- se partiu
- see par-CHEW — It broke apart or split into pieces
- em dois
- en DOHYS — In two; split into two separate parts
- ele
- EH-lee — He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- subiu
- soo-BYOO — He/she went up or climbed upward
- correndo
- koh-HEN-doo — Running; moving quickly on foot
- escadaria
- es-kah-dah-REE-ah — Staircase; a flight of stairs in a building
- escapou
- es-kah-POH — He/she escaped or fled from danger
- pela
- PEH-lah — Contraction of 'por' and 'a,' meaning 'through the'
- janela
- zhah-NEH-lah — Window; an opening in a wall for light
- do
- doo — Contraction of 'de' and 'o,' meaning 'of the'
- sótão
- SOH-town — Attic; the uppermost room under the roof
- até hoje
- ah-TEH OH-zhee — Until today; up to the present day
- você
- voh-SEH — You; second-person singular pronoun in Portuguese
- encontrar
- en-kon-TRAR — To find or encounter someone or something
- cima
- SEE-mah — Top or above; upper part of something
- uma
- OO-mah — Feminine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- árvore
- AR-voh-ree — Tree; a large woody perennial plant
- lhe
- lyee — Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him/her/you'
- fizer
- fee-ZER — If you make or pose (future subjunctive form)
- adivinha
- ah-djee-VEE-nyah — Riddle or guess; a puzzle to be solved
- jogará
- zhoh-gah-RAH — He/she will throw or toss something
- gravetos
- grah-VEH-toos — Small sticks or twigs from a tree
- baterá
- bah-teh-RAH — He/she will stamp or beat repeatedly
- os pés
- oos PEHZ — The feet; lower extremities used for walking
- gritará
- gree-tah-RAH — He/she will shout or cry out loudly
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