Treasure Island — Page 6
For in these fits he was the most overriding companion ever known; he would slap his hand on the table for silence all round; he would fly up in a passion of anger at a question, or sometimes because none was put, and so he judged the company was not following his story.
Pois nessas crises ele era o companheiro mais dominador que se conhecia; ele batia a mão na mesa para fazer silêncio à volta; ele explodia numa fúria de raiva diante de uma pergunta, ou às vezes porque nenhuma era feita, e assim julgava que a companhia não estava acompanhando a sua história.
Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn till he had drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.
Nem permitia que ninguém saísse da estalagem até que ele tivesse bebido o suficiente para ficar sonolento e se arrastasse para a cama.
His stories were what frightened people worst of all.
As suas histórias eram o que mais assustava as pessoas.
Dreadful stories they were--about hanging, and walking the plank, and storms at sea, and the Dry Tortugas, and wild deeds and places on the Spanish Main.
Eram histórias terríveis -- sobre enforcamentos, e caminhar pela prancha, e tempestades no mar, e as Dry Tortugas, e feitos selvagens e lugares no Mar do Caribe.
By his own account he must have lived his life among some of the wickedest men that God ever allowed upon the sea, and the language in which he told these stories shocked our plain country people almost as much as the crimes that he described.
Segundo o seu próprio relato, ele devia ter vivido a sua vida entre alguns dos homens mais perversos que Deus jamais permitiu no mar, e a linguagem com que contava essas histórias chocava a nossa simples gente do campo quase tanto quanto os crimes que ele descrevia.
My father was always saying the inn would be ruined, for people would soon cease coming there to be tyrannized over and put down, and sent shivering to their beds; but I really believe his presence did us good.
Meu pai dizia sempre que a estalagem ficaria arruinada, pois as pessoas em breve deixariam de vir para serem tiranizadas e humilhadas, e mandadas a tremer para as suas camas; mas eu realmente acredito que a presença dele nos fez bem.
Vocabulary
- Pois
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'so, therefore'
- nessas
- Contraction of 'em' and 'essas': 'in those'
- crises
- Plural of crise; episodes of crisis or outburst
- companheiro
- A companion, fellow, or associate
- dominador
- One who dominates; domineering, controlling person
- conhecia
- Imperfect of conhecer: 'knew, was acquainted with'
- batia
- Imperfect of bater: 'was hitting, striking repeatedly'
- mão
- The hand, body part used for grasping
- mesa
- A table, flat-surfaced furniture piece
- silêncio
- Silence; the absence of sound or noise
- volta
- Around, return; used in 'à volta' meaning 'around'
- explodia
- Imperfect of explodir: 'was exploding, erupting'
- fúria
- Fury, intense rage or violent anger
- raiva
- Anger, rage; also the disease rabies
- diante
- In front of, faced with, before something
- pergunta
- A question posed to someone
- vezes
- Plural of vez: 'times, occasions'
- nenhuma
- Feminine form of nenhum: 'none, not any'
- feita
- Past participle of fazer (fem.): 'made, done'
- assim
- Adverb meaning 'thus, in this way, so'
- julgava
- Imperfect of julgar: 'was judging, believed, considered'
- companhia
- Company; people present together in a group
- acompanhando
- Gerund of acompanhar: 'following, accompanying, keeping up'
- história
- A story, narrative, or historical account
- Nem
- Conjunction meaning 'nor, not even, neither'
- permitia
- Imperfect of permitir: 'allowed, was permitting'
- ninguém
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'nobody, no one'
- saísse
- Imperfect subjunctive of sair: 'that (one) leave'
- estalagem
- An inn or tavern providing lodging and food
- até
- Preposition/conjunction meaning 'until, up to, even'
- tivesse
- Imperfect subjunctive of ter: 'had' (hypothetical)
- bebido
- Past participle of beber: 'drunk, consumed alcohol'
- suficiente
- Adjective meaning 'sufficient, enough'
- ficar
- Infinitive meaning 'to stay, to become, to remain'
- sonolento
- Sleepy, drowsy, feeling the urge to sleep
- arrastasse
- Imperfect subjunctive of arrastar: 'dragged himself'
- cama
- A bed used for sleeping or resting
- histórias
- Plural of história: 'stories, tales, narratives'
- assustava
- Imperfect of assustar: 'frightened, was scaring'
- pessoas
- Plural of pessoa: 'people, persons'
- terríveis
- Plural of terrível: 'terrible, dreadful, horrifying'
- enforcamentos
- Plural of enforcamento: 'hangings, executions by hanging'
- caminhar
- Infinitive meaning 'to walk, to march forward'
- prancha
- A plank or board; walking the plank
- tempestades
- Plural of tempestade: 'storms, tempests'
- mar
- The sea or ocean
- feitos
- Plural of feito: 'deeds, acts, accomplishments'
- selvagens
- Plural of selvagem: 'savage, wild, uncivilized'
- lugares
- Plural of lugar: 'places, locations, spots'
- Mar
- The sea; part of 'Mar do Caribe' (Caribbean Sea)
- Segundo
- Preposition meaning 'according to'; also 'second'
- próprio
- Adjective meaning 'own, proper, very'
- relato
- An account, report, or narrative of events
- devia
- Imperfect of dever: 'must have, should have, owed'
- vivido
- Past participle of viver: 'lived, having lived'
- vida
- Life; one's existence or way of living
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between, among'
- alguns
- Indefinite plural pronoun: 'some, a few'
- homens
- Plural of homem: 'men'
- perversos
- Plural of perverso: 'wicked, perverted, evil men'
- Deus
- God; the supreme divine being
- jamais
- Adverb meaning 'never, ever' (emphatic negation)
- permitiu
- Preterite of permitir: 'allowed, permitted'
- linguagem
- Language, speech, manner of expression
- contava
- Imperfect of contar: 'told, narrated, recounted'
- chocava
- Imperfect of chocar: 'shocked, disturbed, appalled'
- simples
- Adjective meaning 'simple, plain, ordinary'
- gente
- People, folks; informal term for people collectively
- campo
- Countryside, field, rural area
- quase
- Adverb meaning 'almost, nearly'
- tanto
- Adverb or pronoun meaning 'so much, as much'
- quanto
- Conjunction meaning 'as, how much, as much as'
- crimes
- Plural of crime: 'crimes, criminal acts'
- descrevia
- Imperfect of descrever: 'was describing, depicted'
- pai
- Father; male parent
- dizia
- Imperfect of dizer: 'said, was saying, used to say'
- sempre
- Adverb meaning 'always, ever'
- ficaria
- Conditional of ficar: 'would stay, would become'
- arruinada
- Past participle of arruinar (fem.): 'ruined, destroyed'
- pois
- Conjunction meaning 'because, since, therefore'
- breve
- Adjective meaning 'brief, short; soon' (em breve)
- deixariam
- Conditional plural of deixar: 'would let, would allow'
- vir
- Infinitive meaning 'to come'
- serem
- Infinitive plural of ser: 'to be' (used with subject)
- tiranizadas
- Past participle plural (fem.) of tiranizar: 'tyrannized'
- humilhadas
- Past participle plural (fem.) of humilhar: 'humiliated'
- mandadas
- Past participle plural (fem.) of mandar: 'ordered, sent'
- tremer
- Infinitive meaning 'to tremble, to shake with fear'
- camas
- Plural of cama: 'beds'
- realmente
- Adverb meaning 'really, truly, genuinely'
- acredito
- Present first-person of acreditar: 'I believe, I think'
- presença
- Presence; the state of being present somewhere
- dele
- Contraction of 'de' and 'ele': 'of him, his'
- fez
- Preterite of fazer: 'did, made'
- bem
- Adverb or noun: 'well, good'
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