Middlemarch: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
As 40 palavras que George Eliot repete muitas vezes em «Middlemarch» 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.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/obrigar81 vezes no livro
He’s very hot on new sorts; to oblige you.”
hinder/ˈhɪndɝ/dificultar, frustrar75 vezes no livro
Certainly such elements in the character of a marriageable girl tended to interfere with her lot, and hinder it from being decided according to custom, by good looks …
till/ˈtɪɫ/até75 vezes no livro
You know, he said that he had forgotten them till then.
fond/ˈfɑnd/afeiçoado, carinhoso, meigo70 vezes no livro
“No, I have other things of mamma’s—her sandal-wood box which I am so fond of—plenty of things.
inward/ˈɪnwɝd/interior68 vezes no livro
If Miss Brooke ever attained perfect meekness, it would not be for lack of inward fire.
pity/ˈpɪti/pena, lástima63 vezes no livro
Celia felt that this was a pity.
clergyman/ˈkɫɝdʒiˌmæn/membro homem do clero clérigo61 vezes no livro
… not excepting even Monsieur Liret, the Vaudois clergyman who had given conferences on the history of the Waldenses.
dislike/dɪˈsɫaɪk/desgostar de, não gostar de61 vezes no livro
So Miss Brooke presided in her uncle’s household, and did not at all dislike her new authority, with the homage that belonged to it.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deliciar, encantar60 vezes no livro
… and was taking her usual place in the pretty sitting-room which divided the bedrooms of the sisters, bent on finishing a plan for some buildings (a kind of work which she delighted in), when Celia …
dread/ˈdɹɛd/temer59 vezes no livro
But he himself dreaded so much the sort of superior woman likely to be available for such a position, that he allowed himself to be dissuaded by Dorothea’s objections …
disagreeable/ˌdɪsəˈɡɹiəbəɫ/desagradável50 vezes no livro
But he was positively obtrusive at this moment, and his dimpled hands were quite disagreeable.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/temperamento50 vezes no livro
It was hardly a year since they had come to live at Tipton Grange with their uncle, a man nearly sixty, of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.
peculiar/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/particular, peculiar50 vezes no livro
… her eyes following the same direction as her uncle’s, she was struck with the peculiar effect of the announcement on Dorothea.
spite/ˈspaɪt/desprezo, rancor50 vezes no livro
Riding was an indulgence which she allowed herself in spite of conscientious qualms; she felt that she enjoyed it in a pagan sensuous way, and always looked forward to renouncing it.
agreeable/əˈɡɹiəbəɫ/agradável48 vezes no livro
But there may be good reasons for choosing not to do what is very agreeable,” said Dorothea.
chiefly/ˈtʃifɫi/principalmente, especialmente47 vezes no livro
… and did not regard his future wife in the light of prey, valuable chiefly for the excitements of the chase.
beforehand/bɪˈfɔɹˌhænd/de antemão, antes, adiantado46 vezes no livro
You couldn’t put the thing better—couldn’t put it better, beforehand, you know.
thoroughly/ˈθɝoʊɫi/a fundo, completamente45 vezes no livro
She was thoroughly charming to him, but of course he theorized a little about his attachment.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/esperto, engenhoso, hábil44 vezes no livro
She was usually spoken of as being remarkably clever, but with the addition that her sister Celia had more common-sense.
ignorance/ˈɪɡnɝəns/ignorância43 vezes no livro
This elevating thought lifted her above her annoyance at being twitted with her ignorance of political economy, that never-explained science which was thrust as an extinguisher over all her lights.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encanto, charme43 vezes no livro
Yet those who approached Dorothea, though prejudiced against her by this alarming hearsay, found that she had a charm unaccountably reconcilable with it.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/carruagem41 vezes no livro
When she got out of the carriage, her cheeks were pale and her eyelids red.
unpleasant/ənˈpɫɛzənt/desagradável, injucundo41 vezes no livro
He was not going to renounce his ride because of his friend’s unpleasant news—only to ride the faster in some other direction than that of Tipton Grange.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/afeto, afeição41 vezes no livro
… vanity, and merely canine affection.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/amanhã, manhã40 vezes no livro
“You can go with me to-morrow, if you like.
banker/ˈbæŋkɝ/banqueiro, banqueira40 vezes no livro
… who happened to be a manufacturer; the philanthropic banker his brother-in-law, who predominated so much in the town that some called him a Methodist …
disposition/ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/inclinações38 vezes no livro
Miss Brooke argued from words and dispositions not less unhesitatingly than other young ladies of her age.
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/consciência37 vezes no livro
… hardly more than a budding woman, but yet with an active conscience and a great mental need, not to be satisfied by a girlish instruction comparable to the nibblings and judgments of a discursive mouse.
uneasy/əˈnizi/irrequieto36 vezes no livro
Dorothea felt a little more uneasy than usual.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/depois, em seguida, mais tarde36 vezes no livro
… on plans at once narrow and promiscuous, first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned condition.
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/contrário36 vezes no livro
“On the contrary, I am often unable to decide.
bill/ˈbɪɫ/conta, promissória35 vezes no livro
For the creditor to whom he owed a hundred and sixty held a firmer security in the shape of a bill signed by Mary’s father.
aunt/ˈænt/tia35 vezes no livro
“My aunt made an unfortunate marriage.
disgust/dɪsˈɡəst/nojo, repugnância, asco34 vezes no livro
All her dear plans were embittered, and she thought with disgust of Sir James’s conceiving that she recognized him as her lover.
ignorant/ˈɪɡnɝənt/ignorante34 vezes no livro
“I am very ignorant—you will quite wonder at my ignorance,” said Dorothea.
utter/ˈətɝ/emitir, articular, balbuciar34 vezes no livro
… present in the king’s mind, but not uttered,” said Mr. Casaubon, smiling and bending his head towards Celia …
offend/əˈfɛnd/ofender34 vezes no livro
… and was unhappy: she saw that she had offended her sister, and dared not say even anything pretty about the gift of the ornaments which she put back into the box and carried away.
fool/ˈfuɫ/idiota, tolo, bobo34 vezes no livro
A man always makes a fool of himself, speechifying: there’s no excuse but being on the right side, so that you can ask a blessing on your humming and hawing.
lately/ˈɫeɪtɫi/ultimamente, recentemente34 vezes no livro
I have been using up my eyesight on old characters lately; the fact is …
backward/ˈbækwɝd/atrás33 vezes no livro
… the color rose in her cheeks, and her straw bonnet (which our contemporaries might look at with conjectural curiosity as at an obsolete form of basket) fell a little backward.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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