Peter Pan: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
As 40 palavras que J. M. Barrie repete muitas vezes em «Peter Pan» 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.
fairy/ˈfɛɹi/fada, elfo40 vezes no livro
At first Mrs. Darling did not know, but after thinking back into her childhood she just remembered a Peter Pan who was said to live with the fairies.
nursery/ˈnɝsɝi/berçário40 vezes no livro
Of course her kennel was in the nursery.
pirate/ˈpaɪɹət/pirata, corsário, bucaneiro34 vezes no livro
“There’s a pirate asleep in the pampas just beneath us,” Peter told him.
redskin/ˈɹɛdˌskɪn/pele-vermelha33 vezes no livro
I say, John, I see the smoke of the redskin camp!”
lagoon/ɫəˈɡun/laguna, albufeira30 vezes no livro
John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.
crocodile/ˈkɹɑkəˌdaɪɫ/crocodilo25 vezes no livro
When they have passed, comes the last figure of all, a gigantic crocodile.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até22 vezes no livro
It happened to be Nana’s evening off, and Mrs. Darling had bathed them and sung to them till one by one they had let go her hand and slid away into the land of sleep.
kennel/ˈkɛnəɫ/canil, casota, casinha de cachorro18 vezes no livro
Then she gave Mr. Darling such a look, not an angry look: she showed him the great red tear that makes us so sorry for noble dogs, and crept into her kennel.
crow/ˈkɹoʊ/cantar18 vezes no livro
he crowed rapturously, “oh, the cleverness of me!”
tick/ˈtɪk/fazer tique-taque18 vezes no livro
… “that crocodile would have had me before this, but by a lucky chance it swallowed a clock which goes tick tick inside it, and so before it can reach me I hear the tick and bolt.”
mermaid/ˈmɝˌmeɪd/sereia16 vezes no livro
“And, Wendy, there are mermaids.”
nest/ˈnɛst/ninho16 vezes no livro
… particularly of the Never bird that built in a tree overhanging the lagoon, and how the nest fell into the water, and still the bird sat on her eggs …
claw/ˈkɫɔ/unhar14 vezes no livro
“He has an iron hook instead of a right hand, and he claws with it.”
silly/ˈsɪɫi/boba, bobo14 vezes no livro
To this Tink replied in these words, “You silly ass,” and disappeared into the bathroom.
peep/ˈpip/espiar, espreitar13 vezes no livro
… and the Darlings had become acquainted with her in Kensington Gardens, where she spent most of her spare time peeping into perambulators, and was much hated by careless nursemaids …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar13 vezes no livro
Wendy exclaimed.
arrow/ˈæɹoʊ/flecha, seta13 vezes no livro
“Where all the arrows are pointing.”
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/muito, extremamente12 vezes no livro
They were awfully nice little night-lights, and one cannot help wishing that they could have kept awake to see Peter …
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/bravo, corajoso, valente12 vezes no livro
Wendy said “tea first” quickly, and Michael pressed her hand in gratitude, but the braver John hesitated.
stern/ˈstɝn/austero, rígido, severo11 vezes no livro
He thought Mrs. Darling was not sufficiently impressed, and he went on sternly, “I warn you of this …
plank/ˈpɫæŋk/tábua, prancha11 vezes no livro
“We will seize the children and carry them to the boat: the boys we will make walk the plank, and Wendy shall be our mother.”
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/gaveta11 vezes no livro
It is quite like tidying up drawers.
frightfully/ˈfɹaɪtfəɫi/muito, terrivelmente10 vezes no livro
Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable …
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/terrível, horrível, pavoroso10 vezes no livro
They would sit there in the empty nursery, recalling fondly every smallest detail of that dreadful evening.
chimney/ˈtʃɪmni/chaminé10 vezes no livro
She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls.
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/tremer, tiritar9 vezes no livro
“John,” he said, shuddering, “it’s most beastly stuff.
cheer/ˈtʃɪɹ/aclamar9 vezes no livro
“I am back,” he said hotly, “why do you not cheer?”
disturb/dɪˈstɝb/perturbar9 vezes no livro
She hung it out at the window, meaning “He is sure to come back for it; let us put it where he can get it easily without disturbing the children.”
beast/ˈbist/besta, fera9 vezes no livro
… black shadows moved about in them, the roar of the beasts of prey was quite different now, and above all …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/cor8 vezes no livro
It was the colour of milk; but the children did not have their father’s sense of humour, and they looked at him reproachfully as he poured the medicine into Nana’s bowl.
heartless/ˈhɑɹtɫəs/sem coração8 vezes no livro
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are …
dagger/ˈdæɡɝ/punhal, adaga8 vezes no livro
Let us pretend to lie here among the sugar-cane and watch them as they steal by in single file, each with his hand on his dagger.
hollow/ˈhɑɫoʊ/oco, vazio8 vezes no livro
Look closely, however, and you may note that there are here seven large trees, each with a hole in its hollow trunk as large as a boy.
dart/ˈdɑɹt/dardo8 vezes no livro
… no bigger than your fist, which darted about the room like a living thing and I think it must have been this light that wakened Mrs. Darling.
mainland/ˈmeɪnˌɫænd/continente8 vezes no livro
They examined the mushroom, which was of a size and solidity unknown on the mainland; they tried to pull it up …
bark/ˈbɑɹk/latido8 vezes no livro
Mr. Darling would cry, and Nana’s bark was the echo of it, but Mrs. Darling never upbraided Peter …
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite8 vezes no livro
In a moment he had recovered his shadow, and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/que não está feliz8 vezes no livro
“That is not Nana’s unhappy bark,” she said, little guessing what was about to happen; “that is her bark when she smells danger.”
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/fazer sentir-se confuso ou perplexo por não conseguir entender um assunto complicado, um problema, etc. confundir8 vezes no livro
… one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more …
sword/ˈsɔɹd/espada, gládio8 vezes no livro
… but she herself slept that night in the little house, and Peter kept watch outside with drawn sword, for the pirates could be heard carousing far away and the wolves were on the prowl.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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