Oblomov: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
As 40 palavras que Ivan Gontcharov repete muitas vezes em «Oblomov» 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.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/inquirir33 vezes no livro
Oblomov inquired.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/proprietário28 vezes no livro
Your new landlady does not care for such tricks to be played upon her.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar27 vezes no livro
exclaimed Oblomov.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/amanhã, manhã23 vezes no livro
“Because each time you have sent me away, and then put matters off until the morrow.”
weep/ˈwip/chorar, lacrimejar23 vezes no livro
Rather, stretch out your hand to the fallen and raise him weep over him if he is lost beyond recall, but in no case make sport of him …
sofa/ˈsoʊfə/sofá22 vezes no livro
In it there stood a writing-table of redwood, a couple of sofas, upholstered in some silken material, and a handsome screen that was embroidered with birds and fruits unknown to Nature.
aunt/ˈænt/tia22 vezes no livro
Beside the table Oblomov could see seated the aunt of eighty who had always lived with them.
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/tristeza, pesar, mágoa21 vezes no livro
Involuntarily he would dream of Militrissa Kirbitievna, and feel attracted towards the country whereof nothing was known except that folk there went for walks, and were free from sorrow and care.
barinsenhor18 vezes no livro
“You called me just now, barin?”
intellect/ˈɪnəˌɫɛkt/intelecto18 vezes no livro
His intellect, his will, his feelings—what do they avail him?
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/mal18 vezes no livro
Zakhar retired to his room again, but had scarcely rested his hands against his pallet before stretching himself out, when once more there came a peremptory shout of “Zakhar!
courtyard/ˈkɔɹtˌjɑɹd/pátio17 vezes no livro
The courtyard looks quite dark.”
disturb/dɪˈstɝb/perturbar17 vezes no livro
Indeed, no sooner had he received the starosta’s first disturbing letter (he had done so three years ago) than he had set about devising a plan for changing and improving the administration of his property.
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/partir, sair16 vezes no livro
Zakhar departed again, and Oblomov resumed his reverie.
peasant/ˈpɛzənt/camponês16 vezes no livro
Then the peasant, doffing his sheepskin, goes out in shirtsleeves alone, and shades his eyes with’ his hand as gladly he shrugs his shoulders and drinks his fill of the gleaming sunlight.
starostastarost, starosta14 vezes no livro
The fact of the matter was that, overnight, he had received from the starosta * of his country estate an exceedingly unpleasant letter.
yawn/ˈjɔn/bocejo14 vezes no livro
said Oblomov with a yawn.
gown/ˈɡaʊn/vestido14 vezes no livro
The costume in question consisted of a dressing-gown of some Persian material—a real Eastern dressing-gown—a garment that was devoid both of tassels and velvet facings and a waist, yet so roomy that Oblomov might have wrapped himself in it once or twice over.
valet/væˈɫeɪ/manobrista, arrumador, valet13 vezes no livro
… two other rooms lay at his disposal, but seldom did he look into them save on mornings (which did not comprise by any means every morning) when his old valet happened to be sweeping out the study.
wholly/ˈhoʊɫi/totalmente13 vezes no livro
… now promoted to the dignity of a major-domo, and adorned with whiskers turned wholly grey, was laying a large …
attain/əˈteɪn/obter por meio de esforço alcançar, atingir, cumprir13 vezes no livro
When shall I attain the life of paradise—the life for which I yearn?
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deliciar, encantar13 vezes no livro
“Quite so,” said the delighted littérateur.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/amável, bondoso, gentil12 vezes no livro
… by February, detect the kindly odour of approaching spring.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/senhora12 vezes no livro
… adjudicated upon in detail, and adopted or rejected according to the final decision of the mistress.
dull/ˈdəɫ/cego, embotado, estúpido12 vezes no livro
Oblomov’s face was neither reddy nor dull nor pale, but of an indefinite hue.
wherefore/wɛɹˈfɔɹ/por quê11 vezes no livro
… and indulge in wholesale immorality; wherefore the beatings have been a just retribution.”
verstversta11 vezes no livro
Why, I know an estate, only fifty versts from yours, where the harvest of last year was so good that it cleared the owner completely of debt.
slumber/ˈsɫəmbɝ/cochilar, dormitar11 vezes no livro
… and the path more and more tangled, while the consciousness of his condition kept awaking within him less and less frequently—to arouse only for a fleecing moment his slumbering faculties.
gentry/ˈdʒɛntɹi/nobreza11 vezes no livro
… so that none but the servants trod it, and at no time did the gentry walk there.
retort/ˈɹiˌtɔɹt/replicar, repostar, retorquir11 vezes no livro
“I did not break it,” retorted Zakhar.
veranda/vɝˈændə/varanda, alpendre11 vezes no livro
The veranda actually overhangs the ravine, and to reach it one has with one hand to grasp the herbage, and, with the other, the gable before setting foot upon the structure itself.
hasten/ˈheɪsən/acelerar, apressar11 vezes no livro
Tarantiev hastened to cram the note into his pocket.
powerless/ˈpaʊɝɫəs/impotente11 vezes no livro
On a fair summer’s evening he seemed to be sitting at a tea-table on the terrace of Oblomovka—sitting under a canopy of leafy shade which the sun was powerless to penetrate.
handkerchief/ˈhæŋkɝtʃif/lenço11 vezes no livro
“My handkerchief!”
utter/ˈətɝ/emitir, articular, balbuciar11 vezes no livro
Ever since the world began, they have voiced but the querulous lament of a monster which, everlastingly doomed to torment, utters a chorus of shrill, malicious cries.
torture/ˈtɔɹtʃɝ/tortura, suplício, tormento11 vezes no livro
Yet for another halfhour he lay prone under the torture of this resolve; until eventually he decided that such tackling could best be done after tea …
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/tremer, agitar vigorosamente11 vezes no livro
On seeing his long-dead parent, the sleeping Oblomov’s form trembled with delight and affection, and from under his unconscious eyelids there stole and remained two burning tears....
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/intervalo11 vezes no livro
“Why do you not give me the accounts at intervals instead of in a batch like this?”
cease/ˈsis/cessar11 vezes no livro
Also we have been told that we are to cease to make out formal documents in duplicate.
ruin/ˈɹuən/arruinar11 vezes no livro
“That is tantamount to saying that once in that faulty vessel there dwelt the supreme element—that, ruined though the man may be, he is still a human being …
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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