The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 — Page 12
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"Confound him, say I—yes; I made the re-examination, however, as Dupin suggested—but it was all labor lost, as I knew it would be."
"Maldito seja ele, digo eu—sim; fiz o reexame, contudo, como Dupin sugeriu—mas foi todo trabalho perdido, como eu sabia que seria."
"How much was the reward offered, did you say?" asked Dupin.
"Quanto era a recompensa oferecida, disse você?" perguntou Dupin.
"Why, a very great deal—a very liberal reward—I don't like to say how much, precisely; but one thing I will say, that I wouldn't mind giving my individual check for fifty thousand francs to any one who could obtain me that letter.
"Ora, uma quantia muito grande—uma recompensa muito generosa—não gosto de dizer quanto, precisamente; mas uma coisa direi, que não me importaria de dar meu cheque pessoal de cinquenta mil francos a qualquer um que pudesse me obter aquela carta.
The fact is, it is becoming of more and more importance every day; and the reward has been lately doubled.
O fato é que ela está se tornando de mais e mais importância a cada dia; e a recompensa foi recentemente dobrada.
If it were trebled, however, I could do no more than I have done."
Se fosse triplicada, contudo, eu não poderia fazer mais do que já fiz."
"Why, yes," said Dupin, drawlingly, between the whiffs of his meerschaum, "I really—think, G——, you have not exerted yourself—to the utmost in this matter.
"Ora, sim," disse Dupin, de forma arrastada, entre as baforadas de seu cachimbo de espuma do mar, "eu realmente—acho, G——, que você não se esforçou—ao máximo neste assunto.
You might—do a little more, I think, eh?"
Você poderia—fazer um pouco mais, eu acho, não?"
"How?—in what way?"
"Como?—de que maneira?"
"Why—puff, puff—you might—puff, puff—employ counsel in the matter, eh?—puff, puff, puff.
"Ora—puf, puf—você poderia—puf, puf—empregar um conselheiro no assunto, não?—puf, puf, puf.
Do you remember the story they tell of Abernethy?"
Você se lembra da história que contam sobre Abernethy?"
"No; hang Abernethy!"
"Não; que se dane Abernethy!"
"To be sure! hang him and welcome.
"Com certeza! que se dane e bem-vindo.
But, once upon a time, a certain rich miser conceived the design of spunging upon this Abernethy for a medical opinion.
Mas, era uma vez, um certo avarento rico concebeu o plano de parasitar este Abernethy em busca de uma opinião médica.
Getting up, for this purpose, an ordinary conversation in a private company, he insinuated his case to the physician, as that of an imaginary individual.
Criando, para este propósito, uma conversa ordinária em uma companhia privada, ele insinuou seu caso ao médico, como sendo o de um indivíduo imaginário.
Vocabulary
- Maldito
- Cursed; damned; wretched or unfortunate.
- seja
- May be; subjunctive form of ser (to be).
- ele
- He; masculine third-person singular pronoun.
- digo
- I say; first-person singular present of dizer.
- eu
- I; first-person singular personal pronoun.
- sim
- Yes; affirmative response or agreement.
- fiz
- I made; I did; past tense of fazer.
- reexame
- Re-examination; second examination or review.
- contudo
- However; nevertheless; despite that or still.
- como
- How; in what way; also means as or like.
- sugeriu
- Suggested; past tense of sugerir.
- mas
- But; conjunction introducing contrast or exception.
- foi
- Was; past tense of ser or ir.
- todo
- All; entire; complete; every or whole.
- trabalho
- Work; labor; job or employment.
- perdido
- Lost; wasted; ruined or disappeared.
- sabia
- Knew; past tense of saber.
- que
- That; which; what; relative or subordinating conjunction.
- seria
- Would be; conditional form of ser.
- Quanto
- How much; what amount; question word.
- era
- Was; past imperfect tense of ser.
- recompensa
- Reward; compensation; payment for service or finding.
- oferecida
- Offered; feminine past participle of oferecer.
- disse
- Said; told; past tense of dizer.
- você
- You; second-person singular formal pronoun.
- perguntou
- Asked; questioned; past tense of perguntar.
- Ora
- Well; now; expression of surprise or thought.
- uma
- A; an; indefinite feminine article.
- quantia
- Amount; sum of money; quantity.
- muito
- Very; much; a lot; great degree.
- grande
- Large; big; great; of considerable size.
- generosa
- Generous; liberal; giving freely or abundantly.
- não
- No; not; negative response or particle.
- gosto
- I like; taste; preference or liking.
- de
- Of; from; preposition showing possession or origin.
- dizer
- To say; to tell; to speak or state.
- quanto
- How much; what amount; degree or extent.
- precisamente
- Precisely; exactly; with precision or accuracy.
- coisa
- Thing; object; matter or something.
- direi
- I will say; future tense of dizer.
- me
- Me; myself; first-person indirect object pronoun.
- importaria
- Would matter; would be important or significant.
- dar
- To give; to grant; to provide.
- meu
- My; mine; first-person singular possessive adjective.
- cheque
- Check; bank check; written order for payment.
- pessoal
- Personal; private; individual or relating to person.
- cinquenta
- Fifty; number between forty and sixty.
- mil
- Thousand; number 1000; a very large number.
- qualquer
- Any; whatever; some or no particular one.
- um
- A; an; one; masculine indefinite article.
- pudesse
- Could; might; subjunctive past of poder.
- obter
- To obtain; to get; to acquire.
- aquela
- That; that one; feminine demonstrative pronoun.
- carta
- Letter; written document; card or correspondence.
- fato
- Fact; reality; event or actual occurrence.
- está
- Is; present tense third person of estar.
- se
- If; whether; conditional conjunction or particle.
- tornando
- Becoming; turning; present participle of tornar.
- mais
- More; greater quantity; additional or furthermore.
- importância
- Importance; significance; consequence or relevance.
- cada
- Each; every; one by one or all.
- dia
- Day; period of twenty-four hours.
- recentemente
- Recently; lately; in recent time.
- dobrada
- Doubled; folded; increased by two times.
- Se
- If; in case; conditional conjunction.
- fosse
- Were; subjunctive past of ser or ir.
- triplicada
- Tripled; increased by three times.
- poderia
- Could; would be able; conditional of poder.
- fazer
- To make; to do; to create or perform.
- do
- Of the; contraction of de and o.
- já
- Already; yet; now or just then.
- forma
- Form; shape; way or manner.
- arrastada
- Dragged; drawn; pulled or trailing.
- entre
- Between; among; in the middle of.
- as
- The; feminine plural definite article.
- seu
- His; her; your; third-person possessive adjective.
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