Wuthering Heights — Page 6
People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.
Pessoas familiarizadas com esses pântanos frequentemente perdem o caminho nessas noites; e posso dizer-lhe que não há chance de mudança por enquanto.
"Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning—could you spare me one?"
"Talvez eu possa conseguir um guia entre seus rapazes, e ele poderia ficar na Mansão até de manhã — poderia me ceder um?"
"No, I could not."
"Não, não poderia."
"Oh, indeed! Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity."
"Oh, de fato! Bem, então, devo confiar na minha própria sagacidade."
"Umph!"
"Humf!"
"Are you going to mak' the tea?" demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady.
"Vai fazer o chá?" exigiu ele, o do casaco surrado, deslocando seu olhar feroz de mim para a jovem senhora.
"Is _he_ to have any?" she asked, appealing to Heathcliff.
"_Ele_ vai receber?" ela perguntou, apelando a Heathcliff.
"Get it ready, will you?" was the answer, uttered so savagely that I started.
"Prepare-o, quer?" foi a resposta, proferida tão ferozmente que eu me sobressaltei.
The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature.
O tom com que as palavras foram ditas revelou uma natureza genuinamente má.
I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow.
Já não me sentia inclinado a chamar Heathcliff de um sujeito excelente.
When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—"Now, sir, bring forward your chair."
Quando os preparativos estavam concluídos, ele me convidou com — "Agora, senhor, aproxime sua cadeira."
And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
E todos nós, incluindo o jovem rústico, nos reunimos à mesa: um silêncio austero prevalecendo enquanto nos ocupávamos com a refeição.
I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
Pensei que, se eu havia causado aquela atmosfera sombria, era meu dever fazer um esforço para dissipá-la.
They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.
Eles não podiam sentar-se todos os dias tão sombrios e taciturnes; e era impossível, por mais mal-humorados que fossem, que o franzir de sobrancelhas universal que ostentavam fosse a sua expressão cotidiana.
Vocabulary
- Pessoas
- People; human beings in general or as a group.
- familiarizadas
- Familiar; accustomed or well-known with something.
- com
- With; expressing accompaniment or association.
- esses
- Those; plural demonstrative pronoun for distant objects.
- pântanos
- Swamps; wet, marshy areas of land.
- frequentemente
- Frequently; often; happening at regular intervals.
- perdem
- Lose; cease to have or misplace something.
- caminho
- Way; path; direction of travel or route.
- noites
- Nights; periods of darkness from evening to morning.
- posso
- I can; first person singular of poder.
- dizer-lhe
- Tell you; to communicate information to someone.
- que
- That; which; relative or conjunctive pronoun.
- não
- Not; negation; denial or refusal.
- há
- There is; there are; existence or presence.
- chance
- Chance; possibility; opportunity or likelihood of something.
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- mudança
- Change; alteration; transformation or shift.
- por
- For; by; preposition indicating cause or agent.
- enquanto
- While; meanwhile; during the time that.
- Talvez
- Perhaps; maybe; possibly; indicating uncertainty.
- eu
- I; first person singular pronoun.
- possa
- Can; may; subjunctive form of poder.
- conseguir
- Obtain; get; to succeed in acquiring something.
- um
- A; one; indefinite article or number.
- guia
- Guide; person who leads or directs others.
- entre
- Among; between; in the midst of.
- seus
- Your; his; her; possessive pronoun plural.
- rapazes
- Boys; young men; male youths or servants.
- ele
- He; it; third person singular pronoun.
- poderia
- Could; might; conditional form of poder.
- ficar
- Stay; remain; to be in a place.
- na
- In the; contraction of 'em' and 'a'.
- Mansão
- Mansion; large and stately house; grand residence.
- até
- Until; till; up to a point.
- manhã
- Morning; early part of day after sunrise.
- me
- Me; to me; object pronoun first person.
- ceder
- Yield; give in; to surrender or concede.
- Não
- No; not; negation or refusal.
- fato
- Fact; thing that is true or real.
- Bem
- Well; good; in a satisfactory manner.
- então
- Then; at that time; therefore.
- devo
- Must; should; I have to do something.
- confiar
- Trust; rely; to have confidence in someone.
- minha
- My; mine; possessive pronoun feminine singular.
- própria
- Own; very; characteristic or typical of someone.
- Vai
- Go; will go; third person future tense.
- fazer
- Make; do; to create or perform action.
- chá
- Tea; hot beverage made from leaves.
- exigiu
- Demanded; required; past tense of exigir.
- do
- Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'o'.
- casaco
- Coat; jacket; outer garment worn for warmth.
- surrado
- Worn; tattered; shabby; in poor condition.
- deslocando
- Moving; shifting; displacing from original position.
- seu
- Your; his; her; possessive pronoun singular.
- olhar
- Look; gaze; to direct one's eyes.
- feroz
- Fierce; wild; ferocious and aggressive.
- mim
- Me; myself; object pronoun after preposition.
- para
- To; for; in order to; preposition.
- jovem
- Young; youthful; of little age.
- senhora
- Lady; woman; title of respect.
- _Ele_
- He; it; third person singular pronoun.
- vai
- Goes; will go; future or present tense.
- receber
- Receive; accept; to take or get something.
- ela
- She; it; third person singular feminine pronoun.
- perguntou
- Asked; inquired; past tense of perguntar.
- apelando
- Appealing; calling on; making an appeal.
- Prepare-o
- Prepare him; imperative form with object pronoun.
- quer
- Want; wish; to desire something.
- foi
- Was; past tense of ser; simple preterite.
- resposta
- Answer; reply; response to a question.
- tão
- So; such; to such a degree.
- ferozmente
- Fiercely; wildly; in a fierce manner.
- tom
- Tone; sound quality; manner of speaking.
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