Meditações: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
Meditations
As 40 palavras que Marco Aurélio repete muitas vezes em «Meditações» 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.
thou/ˈðaʊ/tu, vós857 vezes no livro
'If thou may not continually gather thyself together, namely sometimes do it, at least once a day, the morning or the evening.
unto/ˈəntu/para474 vezes no livro
The ideal Wise Man is sufficient unto himself in all things (αὐταρκής); and knowing these truths, he will be happy even when stretched upon the rack.
thee/ˈði/ti, tu343 vezes no livro
'Why doth a little thing said or done against thee make thee sorry?
doth/ˈdɔθ/faz268 vezes no livro
'Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, thou must be good;' 'doth any man offend?
thyself/ˌðaɪˈsɛɫf/a ti mesmo223 vezes no livro
Whensoever thou wilt rejoice thyself, think and meditate upon those good parts and especial gifts, which thou hast observed in any of them that live with thee:
whatsoever/ˌhwətsoʊˈɛvɝ/qualquer que seja149 vezes no livro
… and to do my business, whatsoever it be, thoroughly …
thine/ˈðaɪn/teu71 vezes no livro
… like the Roman, bids 'study to withdraw thine heart from the love of things visible'; but it is not the busy life of duty he has in mind so much as the contempt of all worldly things …
wilt/ˈwɪɫt/quiseres42 vezes no livro
At what time soever thou wilt, it is in thy power to retire into thyself, and to be at rest, and free from all businesses.
disposition/ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/temperamentos42 vezes no livro
… as the resemblances and parallels of several virtues, eminent in the dispositions of them that live with thee, especially when all at once …
rational/ˈɹæʃənəɫ/racional41 vezes no livro
… by how much that which ministers unto it doth excel; the one being a rational substance, and a spirit …
philosopher/fəˈɫɑsəfɝ/filósofo, filósofa38 vezes no livro
Cyprus has been from time immemorial a meeting-place of the East and West, and although we cannot grant any importance to a possible strain of Phœnician blood in him (for the Phoenicians were no philosophers), yet it is quite likely that through Asia Minor he may have come in touch with the Far East.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/afeto, afeição38 vezes no livro
Desire and dislike, opinion and affection, are within the power of the will; whereas health, wealth, honour, and other such are generally not so.
hinder/ˈhɪndɝ/dificultar, frustrar34 vezes no livro
… of what kind of universe it is: And that there is nobody that can hinder thee, but that thou mayest always both do and speak those things which are agreeable to that nature …
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/logo34 vezes no livro
For all these things, if once though but for a while, they begin to please, they presently prevail, and pervert a man's mind, or turn a man from the right way.
worldly/ˈwɝɫdɫi/mundano33 vezes no livro
… bids 'study to withdraw thine heart from the love of things visible'; but it is not the busy life of duty he has in mind so much as the contempt of all worldly things, and the 'cutting away of all lower delectations.'
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honra31 vezes no livro
Two years later Faustina brought him a daughter; and soon after the tribunate and other imperial honours were conferred upon him.
conceit/kənˈsit/presunção, vaidade30 vezes no livro
To Rusticus I am beholding, that I first entered into the conceit that my life wanted some redress and cure.
behold/bɪˈhoʊɫd/eis, vede30 vezes no livro
Every man's happiness depends from himself, but behold thy life is almost at an end, whiles affording thyself no respect …
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/contrário29 vezes no livro
Secondly, when she either is averse from any man, or led by contrary desires or affections, tending to his hurt and prejudice; such as are the souls of them that are angry.
grieve/ˈɡɹiv/sofrer por28 vezes no livro
… and as it were an excrescency of the world, for to be grieved and displeased with anything that happens in the world, is direct apostacy from the nature of the universe …
indifferent/ˌɪnˈdɪfɝənt/indiferente28 vezes no livro
Those outside things which are commonly called good or bad, such as health and sickness, wealth and poverty, pleasure and pain, are to him indifferent (ἀδιάφορα).
fancy/ˈfænsi/a imaginação28 vezes no livro
Spend not the remnant of thy days in thoughts and fancies concerning other men, when it is not in relation to some common good …
conceive/kənˈsiv/conceber28 vezes no livro
By whatever means induced, he had conceived the project of proclaiming himself emperor as soon as Marcus, who was then in feeble health …
soeverque seja25 vezes no livro
… whatsoever it be, and in what respect soever it be, that it is fair and goodly …
offend/əˈfɛnd/ofender25 vezes no livro
It is against himself that he doth offend: why should it trouble thee?'
divine/dɪˈvaɪn/adivinhar25 vezes no livro
The Emperor Hadrian divined the fine character of the lad, whom he used to call not Verus but Verissimus, more Truthful than his own name.
esteem/əˈstim/estima24 vezes no livro
… (not interrupted, with any other cares and distractions,) in the study and esteem of philosophy: to be bountiful and liberal in the largest measure …
grief/ˈɡɹif/pesar, mágoa, dor24 vezes no livro
The emperors great grief was that he must needs engage in the horrors of civil strife.
apprehension/ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnʃən/apreensão22 vezes no livro
He would not hastily give over the search of the matter, as one easy to be satisfied with sudden notions and apprehensions.
whereofde que20 vezes no livro
… but that thou mayest always both do and speak those things which are agreeable to that nature, whereof thou art a part.
perchance/pɝˈtʃæns/porventura19 vezes no livro
… and of other faculties, which perchance I might have dwelt upon, if I had found myself to go on in them with success.
commend/kəˈmɛnd/elogiar, encomiar, louvar19 vezes no livro
Moreover, that he was never commended by any man, as either a learned acute man …
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/partir, sair19 vezes no livro
Whatsoever thou dost affect, whatsoever thou dost project, so do, and so project all, as one who, for aught thou knowest, may at this very present depart out of this life.
sociable/ˈsoʊʃəbəɫ/que tende a socializar ou ser sociável18 vezes no livro
… an aged man; a sociable man; a Roman …
whereby/hwɛɹˈbaɪ/pelo qual18 vezes no livro
… but also because that intellective faculty in thee, whereby thou art enabled to know the true nature of things, and to order all thy actions by that knowledge …
deed/ˈdid/ato, ação, contrato18 vezes no livro
… that whatsoever it is that hath happened unto thee, is in very deed no such thing of itself, as a misfortune …
providence/ˈpɹɑvədəns/cuidado prudente e gestão de recursos17 vezes no livro
… or if all things go by chance and fortune, yet mayest thou use thine own providence in those things that concern thee properly; and then art thou well.'
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/procurar17 vezes no livro
From Claudius Maximus, in all things to endeavour to have power of myself, and in nothing to be carried about …
emperor/ˈɛmpɝɝ/imperador17 vezes no livro
Thus the most religious of emperors came of the blood of the most pious of early kings.
likewise/ˈɫaɪˌkwaɪz/igualmente17 vezes no livro
and how many already, who once likewise prosecuted their enmities, suspected, hated, and fiercely contended, are now long ago stretched out, and reduced unto ashes?
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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