Cartas de Napoleão a Josefina, 1796-1812: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812
As 40 palavras que Napoleão Bonaparte repete muitas vezes em «Cartas de Napoleão a Josefina, 1796-1812» 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.
surrender/sɝˈɛndɝ/rendição46 vezes no livro
You cannot have inspired a boundless love without sharing it, for a cultured mind and a soul like yours cannot requite complete surrender and devotion with the death-blow.
cannon/ˈkænən/canhão43 vezes no livro
Austrians lose 2000 men and 20 cannon.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/amanhã, manhã32 vezes no livro
I am at Port Maurice, near Oneille; to-morrow I shall be at Albenga.
cheerful/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫ/alegre32 vezes no livro
Tell me you are cheerful, in good health, and very affectionate.
bulletin/ˈbʊɫɪtən/boletim30 vezes no livro
For generations it was the fashion to consider "as false as a bulletin" peculiar to Napoleon's despatches; but the publication of Napoleon's correspondence, by order of Napoleon III., has changed all that.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/afeto, afeição28 vezes no livro
… and the Emperor felt and spoke, not in his discourses or his proclamations—the official garb of his thought—but in the free outpourings of the most passionate or the most tender affections....
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milésimo27 vezes no livro
Napoleon was sometimes 1200 miles away from home; he had to gauge the effect of his bulletins from one end to the other of the largest effective empire that the world has ever seen …
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encanto, charme27 vezes no livro
A child as charming as its mamma will soon see the daylight, and will pass many years in your arms.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até25 vezes no livro
Napoleon raged and stormed about the Tallien friendship, till his final mandate in 1806; and then it was too late.
retreat/ɹiˈtɹit/retirada24 vezes no livro
The enemy made a general sortie on June 16th; it has killed or wounded two hundred of our men, but lost five hundred of its own in a precipitous retreat.
correspondence/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndəns/correspondência23 vezes no livro
… in the words of an eminent but unsympathetic divine, know something of the "domestic side of the monster," first hand from his own correspondence, confirmed or corrected by contemporaries.
grief/ˈɡɹif/pesar, mágoa, dor23 vezes no livro
My soul is broken with grief, and there is no rest for your lover.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honra21 vezes no livro
Like Medea, one of whose other exploits he had evoked in a bulletin, he could say—but to his honour and not to his shame—
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/caracterizado por ou que sente profunda aflição ou angústia20 vezes no livro
You do not speak of your wretched indigestion—I hate it.
despatchexpedir19 vezes no livro
Carlyle was the first to point out that his despatches are as instinct with genius as his conquests—his very words have "Austerlitz battles" in them.
favour/ˈfeɪvɝ/favor19 vezes no livro
From the days of his new power—political power, first the Consulate and then the Empire—he lavished gifts and favours even on the most undeserving of his early comrades.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/amado19 vezes no livro
Every moment separates me further from you, my beloved, and every moment I have less energy to exist so far from you.
spite/ˈspaɪt/desprezo, rancor19 vezes no livro
He appeared to have no relish for anything gay; and in spite of the prepossessing amenity of his manners, an observation struck me often, he seemed to be of bronze.
subjoinacrescentar18 vezes no livro
I shall subjoin a copy of it."
franc/ˈfɹæŋk/franco18 vezes no livro
May 9th.—Capitulation of Parma by the Grand Duke, who pays ransom of 2 million francs, 1600 artillery horses, food, and 20 paintings.
artillery/ɑɹˈtɪɫɝi/artilharia17 vezes no livro
The Emperor will have to create a second army: artillery, pontoons, baggage, everything is taken.
glory/ˈɡɫɔɹi/glória17 vezes no livro
"The letters of Napoleon can add nothing to his glory, but they better enable us to comprehend his prodigious destiny …
courier/ˈkɝiɝ/mensageiro, estafeta16 vezes no livro
Soul of my life, write me by every courier, else I shall not know how to exist.
siege/ˈsidʒ/cerco, assédio, sítio16 vezes no livro
"By declaring that his public life dated from the siege of Toulon, Napoleon has himself determined the point of departure which the Commission should choose.
jealous/ˈdʒɛɫəs/que suspeita de rivalidade amorosa16 vezes no livro
… to go into the country; and in spite of that you give me to understand that you are jealous of me, who am here …
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/depois, em seguida, mais tarde16 vezes no livro
At last when Bonaparte drew up plans—afterwards followed—for the invasion of Piedmont, Schérer replied roughly that he who had drawn up the plan of campaign had better come and execute it.
thee/ˈði/ti, tu15 vezes no livro
My waking thoughts are all of thee.
grieve/ˈɡɹiv/afligir15 vezes no livro
But I am most truly grieved to know that you are in pain.
prosper/ˈpɹɑspɝ/prosperar15 vezes no livro
We must admire The Man[3] who found within the fields of France the command of the Tropics, and who needed nothing but time to prosper Corsican cotton and Solingen steel.
destiny/ˈdɛstəni/destino15 vezes no livro
"The letters of Napoleon can add nothing to his glory, but they better enable us to comprehend his prodigious destiny, the prestige that he exercised over his contemporaries—'le culte universel dont sa mémoire est l'objet …
realise/ˈɹiəˌɫaɪz/percebeu14 vezes no livro
It has realised that the most conspicuous (éclatant) homage to render to this incomparable genius was to make him known in his entirety.
affectionate/əˈfɛkʃənət/afetuoso14 vezes no livro
… and to arrive at Brescia on July 25th, where the most affectionate of lovers awaits you.
cavalry/ˈkævəɫɹi/cavalaria14 vezes no livro
May 30th-31st.—Bonaparte defeats Beaulieu at Borghetto, crosses the Mincio, and makes French cavalry fight (a new feature for the Republican troops).
conquer/ˈkɑŋkɝ/conquistar14 vezes no livro
Beaten at sea, he has but two weapons left against England—to "conquer her by land," or to stir up a maritime rival who will sooner or later avenge him.
uneasy/əˈnizi/irrequieto14 vezes no livro
Yes, my kind, kind love, I am not jealous, but sometimes uneasy.
vexed/ˈvɛkst/aborrecido13 vezes no livro
Are you vexed?
splendid/ˈspɫɛndɪd/esplêndido13 vezes no livro
Of his goodness we have the well-weighed verdict of Lord Acton, that it was "the most splendid that has appeared on earth."
reinforcement/ˌɹiɪnˈfɔɹsmənt/reforços13 vezes no livro
July 9th.—Bonaparte asks Kellermann for reinforcements.
genius/ˈdʒinjəs/gênio, génio, crânio13 vezes no livro
Let us then each to his task, and each try, as best he may, to weigh in honest scales the modern Hannibal—"our last great man,"[4] "the mightiest genius of two thousand years."[5]
heir/ˈɛɹ/herdeiro12 vezes no livro
This is the third pilgrimage Josephine has made, under the doctor's orders, to Plombières; but the longed-for heir will have to be sought for elsewhere, by fair means or foul.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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