Wuthering Heights — Page 1
Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold.
A tarde de ontem estava nublada e fria.
I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights.
Eu estava quase decidido a passá-la junto à lareira do meu escritório, em vez de atravessar charnecas e lama até Wuthering Heights.
On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B.—I dine between twelve and one o'clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five)—on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders.
Ao subir do jantar, porém, (N.B.—janto entre meio-dia e uma hora; a governanta, uma senhora maternal, aceite como parte integrante da casa, não pôde, ou não quis, compreender o meu pedido de que me servissem às cinco)—ao subir as escadas com essa preguiçosa intenção, e ao entrar no quarto, vi uma criada de joelhos, rodeada de escovas e baldes de carvão, levantando uma poeira infernal enquanto apagava as chamas com montes de cinzas.
This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles' walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower.
Este espetáculo fez-me recuar imediatamente; peguei no meu chapéu e, após uma caminhada de quatro milhas, cheguei ao portão do jardim de Heathcliff mesmo a tempo de escapar aos primeiros flocos leves de uma tempestade de neve.
On that bleak hill top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb.
No topo daquela colina desolada, a terra estava endurecida por uma geada negra, e o ar fazia-me tremer em cada membro do corpo.
Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled.
Não conseguindo retirar a corrente, saltei por cima, e, correndo pela calçada de lajes ladeada por arbustos dispersos de groselha, bati em vão à porta pedindo entrada, até que os meus nós dos dedos arderam e os cães uivaram.
"Wretched inmates!" I ejaculated, mentally, "you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.
«Miseráveis moradores!» exclamei mentalmente, «mereceis o isolamento perpétuo da vossa espécie pela vossa grosseira falta de hospitalidade.
At least, I would not keep my doors barred in the day-time.
Pelo menos, eu não manteria as minhas portas trancadas durante o dia.
I don't care—I will get in!"
Não me importo — vou entrar!»
So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently.
Assim decidido, agarrei o trinco e sacudi-o com veemência.
Vocabulary
- tarde
- tar-de — Afternoon; or late in time
- ontem
- on-tem — Yesterday; the day before today
- estava
- es-ta-va — Was; past imperfect of 'estar' (to be)
- nublada
- nu-bla-da — Cloudy; overcast sky with clouds
- fria
- fri-a — Cold; low temperature, feminine form
- quase
- kwa-ze — Almost; nearly but not quite
- decidido
- de-si-di-du — Decided; having made a firm resolution
- passá-la
- pa-sa-la — To spend it; pass time in a place
- junto
- zhun-tu — Together; near or close to something
- lareira
- la-rei-ra — Fireplace; indoor hearth for burning wood
- escritório
- es-kri-to-riu — Office; room or space used for work
- vez
- vez — Time; instance or turn of an action
- atravessar
- a-tra-ve-sar — To cross; to travel through or over
- charnecas
- shar-ne-kas — Moors; open wild heathland landscapes
- lama
- la-ma — Mud; soft wet earth or slippery ground
- até
- a-te — Until; up to a certain point or place
- subir
- su-bir — To go up; to climb or ascend
- jantar
- zhan-tar — Dinner; evening meal, or to have dinner
- porém
- po-rem — However; but, expressing contrast or exception
- janto
- zhan-tu — I dine; first-person present of 'jantar'
- entre
- en-tre — Between; in the middle of two things
- meio-dia
- mei-u-di-a — Noon; midday, twelve o'clock
- hora
- o-ra — Hour; a unit of sixty minutes
- governanta
- go-ver-nan-ta — Housekeeper; woman managing household affairs
- senhora
- se-nyo-ra — Lady; polite form of address for a woman
- maternal
- ma-ter-nal — Maternal; motherly in manner or character
- aceite
- a-sei-te — Accepted; received or approved as part
- parte
- par-te — Part; a portion or component of something
- integrante
- in-te-gran-te — Integral; forming an essential or necessary part
- pôde
- po-de — Could; past tense of 'poder' (to be able)
- quis
- kis — Wanted; past tense of 'querer' (to want)
- compreender
- kom-pre-en-der — To understand; to grasp the meaning of something
- pedido
- pe-di-du — Request; something asked or solicited from someone
- servissem
- ser-vi-sem — Served; past subjunctive of 'servir' (to serve)
- escadas
- es-ka-das — Stairs; steps used to go between floors
- preguiçosa
- pre-gi-so-za — Lazy; lacking motivation or inclination to act
- intenção
- in-ten-saw — Intention; a plan or purpose in mind
- entrar
- en-trar — To enter; to go or come inside
- quarto
- kwar-tu — Room; a bedroom or chamber in a building
- vi
- vi — I saw; past tense of 'ver' (to see)
- criada
- kri-a-da — Maid; female domestic servant in a household
- joelhos
- zhwel-yus — Knees; joints connecting thigh and lower leg
- rodeada
- ro-de-a-da — Surrounded; encircled by objects or people
- escovas
- es-ko-vas — Brushes; tools with bristles for cleaning
- baldes
- bal-des — Buckets; open containers for carrying liquids
- carvão
- kar-vow — Coal; black mineral fuel burned for heat
- levantando
- le-van-tan-du — Raising; lifting up dust or objects
- poeira
- pwe-ra — Dust; fine dry particles covering surfaces
- infernal
- in-fer-nal — Infernal; hellish, dreadful, extremely unpleasant
- enquanto
- en-kwan-tu — While; during the time that something happens
- apagava
- a-pa-ga-va — Was extinguishing; putting out fire or flames
- chamas
- sha-mas — Flames; burning fire producing light and heat
- montes
- mon-tes — Piles; heaps or mounds of something
- cinzas
- sin-zas — Ashes; residue left after something is burned
- espetáculo
- es-pe-ta-ku-lu — Spectacle; a striking or remarkable sight
- fez-me
- fez-me — Made me; caused me to do something
- recuar
- re-kwar — To retreat; to step or move backwards
- imediatamente
- i-me-dia-ta-men-te — Immediately; at once without any delay
- peguei
- pe-gei — I grabbed; past tense of 'pegar' (to grab)
- chapéu
- sha-peu — Hat; head covering worn outdoors
- após
- a-posh — After; following in time or sequence
- caminhada
- ka-mi-nya-da — Walk; a journey made on foot
- milhas
- mi-lyas — Miles; unit of distance measurement
- cheguei
- she-gei — I arrived; past tense of 'chegar' (to arrive)
- portão
- por-tow — Gate; large door or entrance to a property
- jardim
- zhar-dim — Garden; cultivated outdoor space with plants
- mesmo
- mez-mu — Same; identical, or even used for emphasis
- tempo
- tem-pu — Time; or weather, depending on context
- escapar
- es-ka-par — To escape; to avoid or get away from
- primeiros
- pri-mei-rus — First; the earliest in a series or order
- flocos
- flo-kus — Flakes; small flat pieces, as of snow
- leves
- le-ves — Light; having little weight or intensity
- tempestade
- tem-pes-ta-de — Storm; violent weather with wind and precipitation
- neve
- ne-ve — Snow; frozen precipitation falling from clouds
- topo
- to-pu — Top; the highest point of something
- daquela
- da-ke-la — Of that; contraction of 'de + aquela'
- colina
- ko-li-na — Hill; a raised area of land, smaller than a mountain
- desolada
- de-zo-la-da — Desolate; bleak, empty, and uninhabited
- terra
- te-ra — Earth; ground, soil, or land
- endurecida
- en-du-re-si-da — Hardened; made firm or rigid by cold
- geada
- zhea-da — Frost; frozen dew covering outdoor surfaces
- negra
- ne-gra — Black; dark in colour, feminine form
- ar
- ar — Air; the atmosphere surrounding us
- fazia-me
- fa-zi-a-me — Made me; caused me to feel something
- tremer
- tre-mer — To tremble; to shake from cold or fear
- cada
- ka-da — Each; every single one individually
- membro
- mem-bru — Limb; a bodily appendage such as an arm
- corpo
- kor-pu — Body; the physical structure of a person
- conseguindo
- kon-se-gin-du — Managing; being able to accomplish something
- retirar
- re-ti-rar — To remove; to take away or withdraw
- corrente
- ko-ren-te — Chain; a series of linked metal rings
- saltei
- sal-tei — I jumped; past tense of 'saltar' (to jump)
- cima
- si-ma — Top; above or over something
- correndo
- ko-ren-du — Running; moving quickly on foot
- calçada
- kal-sa-da — Paved path; walkway with stone or cobblestone
- lajes
- la-zhes — Flagstones; flat stone slabs used for paving
- ladeada
- la-de-a-da — Flanked; bordered on both sides by something
- arbustos
- ar-bus-tus — Shrubs; small woody plants with multiple stems
- dispersos
- dis-per-sus — Scattered; spread apart without order
- groselha
- gro-ze-lya — Currant; a small tart berry-bearing shrub
- bati
- ba-ti — I knocked; past tense of 'bater' (to knock)
- vão
- vow — Opening; a doorway or window frame space
- porta
- por-ta — Door; movable barrier at an entrance
- pedindo
- pe-din-du — Asking for; requesting or begging entry
- entrada
- en-tra-da — Entry; the act of going in or entrance
- nós
- nosh — Knuckles; or 'us', depending on context
- dedos
- de-dush — Fingers; digits of the hand
- arderam
- ar-de-ram — Burned; past tense of 'arder' (to burn, sting)
- cães
- kaynsh — Dogs; domestic canine animals
- uivaram
- wi-va-ram — Howled; past tense of 'uivar' (to howl)
- Miseráveis
- mi-ze-ra-vesh — Miserable wretches; wretched or pitiful people
- moradores
- mo-ra-do-resh — Residents; people who live in a place
- exclamei
- esh-kla-mei — I exclaimed; past tense of 'exclamar'
- mentalmente
- men-tal-men-te — Mentally; in one's mind or thoughts
- mereceis
- me-re-seis — You deserve; second-person plural of 'merecer'
- isolamento
- i-zo-la-men-tu — Isolation; state of being separated from others
- perpétuo
- per-pe-tuu — Perpetual; lasting forever or indefinitely
- vossa
- vo-sa — Your; second-person plural possessive pronoun
- espécie
- es-pe-si-e — Kind; a type or species of something
- grosseira
- gro-sei-ra — Rude; coarse and lacking in manners
- falta
- fal-ta — Lack; absence or deficiency of something
- hospitalidade
- os-pi-ta-li-da-de — Hospitality; friendly welcome given to guests
- menos
- me-nus — At least; or fewer, less in quantity
- manteria
- man-te-ri-a — Would keep; conditional of 'manter' (to keep)
- portas
- por-tash — Doors; plural of porta, movable barriers
- trancadas
- tran-ka-das — Locked; secured with a lock or bolt
- durante
- du-ran-te — During; throughout the duration of a period
- importo
- im-por-tu — I care; first-person of 'importar-se' (to mind)
- vou
- vo — I go; first-person singular of 'ir' (to go)
- Assim
- a-sim — Thus; so, in this way or therefore
- agarrei
- a-ga-rei — I grabbed; past tense of 'agarrar' (to seize)
- trinco
- trin-ku — Latch; a small fastening device on a door
- sacudi-o
- sa-ku-di-u — I shook it; past tense of 'sacudir' (to shake)
- veemência
- ve-e-men-sia — Vehemence; great forcefulness or intensity
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