Pollyanna: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
As 40 palavras que Eleanor H. Porter repete muitas vezes em «Pollyanna» 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.
aunt/ˈænt/tia76 vezes no livro
You know she's all the aunt I've got, and I didn't know I had her for ever so long.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/fazer cara feia, franzir o cenho44 vezes no livro
Her mistress frowned.
jelly/ˈdʒɛɫi/mocotó42 vezes no livro
Pollyanna was carrying calf's-foot jelly to Mrs. Snow to-day.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/coloquial: concluir, como por enumeração e avaliação de chances40 vezes no livro
“After all, I—I reckon I'm glad she doesn't want me to talk about father,” Pollyanna was thinking.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/escada36 vezes no livro
… Nancy,” Miss Polly was saying now, “you may clear the little room at the head of the stairs in the attic, and make up the cot bed.
niece/ˈnis/sobrinha32 vezes no livro
My niece, Miss Pollyanna Whittier, is coming to live with me.
anyhow/ˈɛniˌhaʊ/de qualquer modo, de todo modo30 vezes no livro
“Well, it's done—my part, anyhow,” she sighed.
jest/ˈdʒɛst/gracejar28 vezes no livro
But some day—some day I shall jest b'ile over; and when I do, of course it'll be good-by Nancy for me.
attic/ˈætɪk/sótão26 vezes no livro
“In the front attic.”
stern/ˈstɝn/austero, rígido, severo22 vezes no livro
“Nancy,”—Miss Polly's voice was very stern now—“when I'm talking to you, I wish you to stop your work and listen to what I have to say.”
retort/ˈɹiˌtɔɹt/replicar, repostar, retorquir21 vezes no livro
“You don't seem ter see any trouble bein' glad about everythin',” retorted Nancy, choking a little over her remembrance of Pollyanna's brave attempts to like the bare little attic room.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até20 vezes no livro
Father and the Ladies' Aid used to do it, too, till they found I always came back all right.”
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/bicha, paneleiro, viado18 vezes no livro
She said you'd think 'twas queer.
chuckle/ˈtʃəkəɫ/gracejar18 vezes no livro
Timothy chuckled softly; but Nancy was too disturbed to answer the merry flash from his eyes.
abruptly/əˈbɹəptɫi/abruptamente18 vezes no livro
Then, abruptly, her aunt opened a door and ascended another stairway.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/amanhã, manhã17 vezes no livro
My niece will arrive to-morrow at four o'clock.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/falar ou fazer som baixo e indistinto17 vezes no livro
“I'm so glad now that the screens didn't come,” she murmured, blinking up at the stars; “else I couldn't have had this!”
lamb/ˈɫæm/cordeiro, anho17 vezes no livro
Mrs. White had pictures, too, perfectly beautiful ones of roses and little girls kneeling and a kitty and some lambs and a lion—not together, you know—the lambs and the lion.
bang/ˈbæŋ/estalo, estrondo17 vezes no livro
… severe-faced woman who frowned if a knife clattered to the floor, or if a door banged—but who never thought to smile even when knives and doors were still.
carpet/ˈkɑɹpət/tapete, carpete, alcatifa16 vezes no livro
The Ladies' Aid bought it for me—and wasn't it lovely of them, when they wanted the carpet so?
stammer/ˈstæmɝ/gaguejar15 vezes no livro
“Yes, ma'am; I will, ma'am,” she stammered, righting the pitcher, and turning hastily.
hurriedly/ˈhɝidɫi/às pressas15 vezes no livro
Miss Polly Harrington entered her kitchen a little hurriedly this June morning.
crutch/ˈkɹətʃ/muleta, canadiana15 vezes no livro
“Why, we began it on some crutches that came in a missionary barrel.”
gasp/ˈɡæsp/arquejar, ofegar15 vezes no livro
gasped Nancy, surprised into an interruption.
choke/ˈtʃoʊk/sufocar, afogar, engasgar15 vezes no livro
She stopped with a little choking breath.
rejoin/ɹiˈdʒɔɪn/retrucar14 vezes no livro
Well, that isn't exactly the word I should use,” rejoined Miss Polly, stiffly.
falter/ˈfɔɫtɝ/hesitar14 vezes no livro
“Of course, ma'am; it was only that I thought a little girl here might—might brighten things up for you,” she faltered.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/senhora14 vezes no livro
Nancy had been working in Miss Polly's kitchen only two months, but already she knew that her mistress did not usually hurry.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/em voz alta14 vezes no livro
“When I ask a question, Pollyanna, I prefer that you should answer aloud not merely with your head.”
missionary/ˈmɪʃəˌnɛɹi/missionário, missionária14 vezes no livro
Jennie had preferred these—quite naturally, perhaps; so she had married the minister, and had gone south with him as a home missionary's wife.
bless/ˈbɫɛs/abençoar, bendizer, benzer14 vezes no livro
The idea of stickin' that blessed child 'way off up here in this hot little room—with no fire in the winter, too, and all this big house ter pick and choose from!
pillow/ˈpɪɫoʊ/travesseiro, almofada14 vezes no livro
… selected a nice fat soft one (it contained Miss Polly's sealskin coat) for a bed; and a thinner one to be doubled up for a pillow, and still another (which was so thin it seemed almost empty) for a covering.
clap/ˈkɫæp/bater palmas13 vezes no livro
At one of the windows, a few minutes later, Pollyanna gave a glad cry and clapped her hands joyously.
parlor/ˈpɑɹɫɝ/sala de estar13 vezes no livro
… the wide, flat tin roof of Miss Polly's sun parlor built over the porte-cochere.
ejaculate/ɪˈdʒækjuˌɫeɪt/ejacular12 vezes no livro
she ejaculated, biting her lip.
heathen/ˈhiðən/pagão, pagã12 vezes no livro
“Oh, for the heathen,” surmised Pollyanna.
prism/ˈpɹɪzəm/prisma12 vezes no livro
It came from the prism pendants encircling the old-fashioned candelabrum in her hand.
homestead/ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/casa, propriedade12 vezes no livro
Fifteen minutes later the great clock in the hallway of the Harrington homestead struck six.
erect/ɪˈɹɛkt/ereto12 vezes no livro
The old man drew himself erect.
calf/ˈkæf/bezerro, novilho, novilha12 vezes no livro
Aunt Polly says she hopes you are comfortable to-day, and she's sent you some calf's-foot jelly.”
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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