Frankenstein: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
As 40 palavras que Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley repete muitas vezes em «Frankenstein» e que ficam fora das 4 mil mais comuns do inglês. Aprenda antes e os primeiros capítulos ficam bem mais fáceis. Cada uma vem com a pronúncia, a tradução e uma frase do livro.
misery/ˈmɪzɝi/desgraça, miséria63 vezes no livro
… yet I have found a man who, before his spirit had been broken by misery, I should have been happy to have possessed as the brother of my heart.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/miserável63 vezes no livro
He said little, but when he spoke I read in his kindling eye and in his animated glance a restrained but firm resolve not to be chained to the miserable details of commerce.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/procurar56 vezes no livro
… if I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/desespero, desesperação51 vezes no livro
But he is generally melancholy and despairing, and sometimes he gnashes his teeth, as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppresses him.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/casa pequena51 vezes no livro
… when the gates of Geneva were shut, and she was forced to remain several hours of the night in a barn belonging to a cottage, being unwilling to call up the inhabitants …
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/afeto, afeição48 vezes no livro
… and I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as romantic, and affection enough for me to endeavour to regulate my mind.
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/sensação44 vezes no livro
I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite43 vezes no livro
… I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/semblante, aparência39 vezes no livro
… if anyone performs an act of kindness towards him or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were …
fiend/ˈfind/diabo, demónio, demônio33 vezes no livro
Because he knows a frightful fiend
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/trabalho, labuta32 vezes no livro
I am practically industrious—painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance and labour—but besides this there is a love for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous …
bestow/bɪˈstoʊ/alojar, conceder, conferir30 vezes no livro
… on which he had designed to pass the remainder of his life; but he bestowed the whole on his rival, together with the remains of his prize-money to purchase stock …
agony/ˈæɡəni/agonia30 vezes no livro
With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me …
grief/ˈɡɹif/pesar, mágoa, dor29 vezes no livro
For my own part, I begin to love him as a brother, and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/gentileza27 vezes no livro
Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/homicida, assassino, assassina27 vezes no livro
This picture is gone, and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/calmaria27 vezes no livro
… and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe.
wretch/ˈɹɛtʃ/coitado, desgraçado, miserável24 vezes no livro
How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?
cottagermoradores de casa pequena24 vezes no livro
The girl was young and of gentle demeanour, unlike what I have since found cottagers and farmhouse servants to be.
revenge/ɹiˈvɛndʒ/vingança24 vezes no livro
When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/amado24 vezes no livro
Heaven bless my beloved sister!
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/caracterizado por ou que sente profunda aflição ou angústia23 vezes no livro
I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
anguish/ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/angústia, agonia23 vezes no livro
… and was exposed to all the damps and dews of night; Elizabeth also suffered extreme anguish.
hop/ˈhɑp/esperanças23 vezes no livro
My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/tremor23 vezes no livro
It is impossible to communicate to you a conception of the trembling sensation, half pleasurable and half fearful, with which I am preparing to depart.
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/partir, sair23 vezes no livro
I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there …
sympathy/ˈsɪmpəθi/compaixão23 vezes no livro
… while it renders his conduct the more astonishing, detracts from the interest and sympathy which otherwise he would command.
conceive/kənˈsiv/conceber23 vezes no livro
Yet do not suppose, because I complain a little or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know, that I am wavering in my resolutions.
vengeance/ˈvɛndʒəns/vingança21 vezes no livro
“Come, Victor; not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness, that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds.
utter/ˈətɝ/completo, total21 vezes no livro
Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/familiarizar20 vezes no livro
You are well acquainted with my failure and how heavily I bore the disappointment.
commence/kəˈmɛns/começar20 vezes no livro
These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat, with his holiday mates …
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/tristeza, pesar, mágoa20 vezes no livro
… in some degree, recompensing her for the sorrows she had endured, but which gave inexpressible grace to his behaviour to her.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar20 vezes no livro
you will exclaim.
creator/kɹiˈeɪtɝ/criador, criadora19 vezes no livro
We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/melancolia18 vezes no livro
… his full-toned voice swells in my ears; his lustrous eyes dwell on me with all their melancholy sweetness; I see his thin hand raised in animation …
procure/pɹoʊkˈjʊɹ/obter, conseguir18 vezes no livro
… but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months, and in the meantime he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant’s house.
consolation/ˌkɑnsəˈɫeɪʃən/consolação, consolo18 vezes no livro
This expectation will now be the consolation of your father.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/continuamente18 vezes no livro
… my men are bold and apparently firm of purpose, nor do the floating sheets of ice that continually pass us, indicating the dangers of the region towards which we are advancing …
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/inocência18 vezes no livro
How much more a murdered that could destroy radiant innocence!
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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