The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 4
Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole.
A tia Em, muito assustada, abriu o alçapão no chão e desceu a escada até o pequeno e escuro buraco.
Dorothy caught Toto at last and started to follow her aunt.
Dorothy finalmente pegou Toto e começou a seguir sua tia.
When she was halfway across the room there came a great shriek from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor.
Quando ela estava no meio do cômodo, veio um grande uivo do vento, e a casa sacudiu tão forte que ela perdeu o equilíbrio e caiu de repente no chão.
Then a strange thing happened.
Então uma coisa estranha aconteceu.
The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air.
A casa girou duas ou três vezes e subiu lentamente pelo ar.
Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
Dorothy sentiu como se estivesse subindo em um balão.
The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the exact center of the cyclone.
Os ventos do norte e do sul se encontraram onde a casa estava, e fizeram dela o centro exato do ciclone.
In the middle of a cyclone the air is generally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it remained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
No centro de um ciclone o ar geralmente está parado, mas a grande pressão do vento em todos os lados da casa a elevou cada vez mais alto, até que ela estava no topo do ciclone; e lá permaneceu e foi carregada a quilômetros e quilômetros de distância com a mesma facilidade com que se carrega uma pena.
It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily.
Estava muito escuro, e o vento uivava horrivelmente ao seu redor, mas Dorothy descobriu que estava se movendo com bastante facilidade.
After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle.
Depois das primeiras voltas, e uma outra vez quando a casa balançou violentamente, ela sentiu como se estivesse sendo embalada suavemente, como um bebê em um berço.
Toto did not like it.
Toto não gostou nada disso.
Vocabulary
- tia
- tee-ah — Female relative, parent's sister
- muito
- moo-ee-too — Adverb meaning 'very' or 'much'
- assustada
- ah-soos-tah-dah — Frightened or scared, feminine form
- abriu
- ah-bree-oo — Past tense of 'abrir': opened something
- alçapão
- al-sah-pown — Trapdoor or hatch in a floor
- chão
- shown — The floor or ground surface
- desceu
- deh-seh-oo — Past tense of 'descer': went down
- escada
- eh-skah-dah — Staircase or ladder for climbing
- até
- ah-teh — Preposition meaning 'until' or 'up to'
- pequeno
- peh-keh-noo — Adjective meaning small or little
- escuro
- eh-skoo-roo — Dark or lacking light
- buraco
- boo-rah-koo — A hole or opening in a surface
- finalmente
- fee-nal-men-teh — Adverb meaning 'finally' or 'at last'
- pegou
- peh-goh — Past tense of 'pegar': grabbed or caught
- começou
- koh-meh-soh — Past tense of 'começar': began or started
- seguir
- seh-geer — Infinitive verb meaning to follow or continue
- Quando
- kwan-doo — Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- estava
- eh-stah-vah — Imperfect past tense of 'estar': was
- meio
- meh-yoo — Middle or center of something
- cômodo
- koh-moh-doo — A room inside a house or building
- veio
- veh-yoo — Past tense of 'vir': came toward someone
- grande
- gran-deh — Adjective meaning large, big, or great
- uivo
- oo-ee-voo — A howl or wailing sound from wind
- vento
- ven-too — Moving air; wind in meteorological sense
- casa
- kah-zah — A house or home where people live
- sacudiu
- sah-koo-dee-oo — Past tense of 'sacudir': shook violently
- tão
- town — Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' in comparisons
- forte
- for-teh — Strong, powerful, or intense in degree
- perdeu
- per-deh-oo — Past tense of 'perder': lost something
- equilíbrio
- eh-kee-lee-bree-oo — Balance or state of bodily equilibrium
- caiu
- kah-ee-oo — Past tense of 'cair': fell down suddenly
- repente
- heh-pen-teh — Used in 'de repente': suddenly or unexpectedly
- Então
- en-town — Adverb meaning 'then' or 'so' in sequence
- coisa
- koy-zah — A thing or object in general
- estranha
- eh-strahn-yah — Strange, odd, or unusual in nature
- aconteceu
- ah-kon-teh-seh-oo — Past tense of 'acontecer': happened or occurred
- girou
- zhee-roh — Past tense of 'girar': spun or rotated
- vezes
- veh-zes — Plural of 'vez': times or occasions
- subiu
- soo-bee-oo — Past tense of 'subir': rose or went up
- lentamente
- len-tah-men-teh — Adverb meaning slowly or at a slow pace
- ar
- ar — Air or atmosphere surrounding the earth
- sentiu
- sen-tee-oo — Past tense of 'sentir': felt or perceived
- como
- koh-moo — Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as' or 'like'
- estivesse
- eh-stee-veh-seh — Imperfect subjunctive of 'estar': were being
- subindo
- soo-been-doo — Present participle of 'subir': rising upward
- balão
- bah-lown — A balloon that floats in the air
- ventos
- ven-toos — Plural of 'vento': winds or gusts of air
- norte
- nor-teh — Cardinal direction: north on a compass
- sul
- sool — Cardinal direction: south on a compass
- encontraram
- en-kon-trah-rowm — Past tense of 'encontrar': met or came together
- onde
- on-deh — Relative adverb meaning 'where' or 'in which'
- fizeram
- fee-zeh-rowm — Past tense of 'fazer': made or did something
- centro
- sen-troo — The center or middle point of something
- exato
- eh-zah-too — Exact, precise, or perfectly accurate
- ciclone
- see-kloh-neh — A powerful rotating storm or cyclone
- geralmente
- zheh-ral-men-teh — Adverb meaning generally or usually in context
- parado
- pah-rah-doo — Still, stopped, or motionless in place
- mas
- mas — Conjunction meaning 'but' showing contrast
- pressão
- preh-sown — Pressure or force applied to a surface
- todos
- toh-doos — Plural adjective meaning all or everyone
- lados
- lah-doos — Plural of 'lado': sides of an object
- elevou
- eh-leh-voh — Past tense of 'elevar': lifted or raised up
- cada
- kah-dah — Adjective meaning 'each' or 'every' item
- vez
- vez — Time or instance of something occurring
- mais
- mah-ees — Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most' in comparisons
- alto
- al-too — High, tall, or elevated in position
- topo
- toh-poo — The top or highest point of something
- lá
- lah — Adverb meaning 'there' indicating a distant place
- permaneceu
- per-mah-neh-seh-oo — Past tense of 'permanecer': stayed or remained
- foi
- foy — Past tense of 'ir' or 'ser': went or was
- carregada
- kah-heh-gah-dah — Carried or transported, feminine past participle
- quilômetros
- kee-loh-meh-troos — Plural of quilômetro: kilometers of distance
- distância
- dees-tan-see-ah — Distance or space between two points
- mesma
- mez-mah — Feminine adjective meaning 'same' or 'very'
- facilidade
- fah-see-lee-dah-deh — Ease or the quality of being easy
- carrega
- kah-heh-gah — Present tense of 'carregar': carries or transports
- pena
- peh-nah — A feather from a bird's plumage
- Estava
- eh-stah-vah — Imperfect past tense of 'estar': was being
- uivava
- oo-ee-vah-vah — Imperfect of 'uivar': was howling loudly
- horrivelmente
- oh-hee-vel-men-teh — Adverb meaning horribly or terribly loud
- redor
- heh-dor — Used in 'ao redor': around or surrounding something
- descobriu
- des-koh-bree-oo — Past tense of 'descobrir': discovered or realized
- movendo
- moh-ven-doo — Present participle of 'mover': moving or shifting
- bastante
- bas-tan-teh — Adverb meaning quite, enough, or rather much
- Depois
- deh-poys — Adverb meaning 'after' or 'afterward' in time
- primeiras
- pree-meh-ras — Feminine plural of 'primeiro': first or initial
- voltas
- vol-tahs — Plural of 'volta': turns or rotations made
- outra
- oh-trah — Feminine adjective meaning 'another' or 'other'
- quando
- kwan-doo — Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- balançou
- bah-lan-soh — Past tense of 'balançar': swayed or rocked
- violentamente
- vee-oh-len-tah-men-teh — Adverb meaning violently or with great force
- sendo
- sen-doo — Present participle of 'ser': being something
- embalada
- em-bah-lah-dah — Rocked or cradled gently, feminine past participle
- suavemente
- soo-ah-veh-men-teh — Adverb meaning gently or softly and smoothly
- bebê
- beh-beh — A baby or very young infant
- berço
- ber-soo — A cradle or crib for a baby
- gostou
- gos-toh — Past tense of 'gostar': liked or enjoyed something
- nada
- nah-dah — Pronoun meaning 'nothing' or 'not at all'
- disso
- dee-soo — Contraction of 'de' and 'isso': 'of that'
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