As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
As 40 palavras que Mark Twain repete muitas vezes em «As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer» 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.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/coloquial: concluir, como por enumeração e avaliação de chances76 vezes no livro
Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it’s so.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até55 vezes no livro
After struggling till both were hot and flushed, each relaxed his strain with watchful caution, and Tom said:
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/agora44 vezes no livro
Ben Rogers hove in sight presently—the very boy, of all boys, whose ridicule he had been dreading.
aunt/ˈænt/tia31 vezes no livro
“I don’t know, aunt.”
widow/ˈwɪdoʊ/viúva27 vezes no livro
“I reckon maybe we’ll tackle the old tree that’s over yonder on Cardiff Hill back of the widow’s.”
mighty/ˈmaɪti/muito26 vezes no livro
It’s mighty hard to make him work Saturdays, when all the boys is having holiday …
treasure/ˈtɹɛʒɝ/tesouro25 vezes no livro
… his pliant toes closed upon it, and he hopped away with the treasure and disappeared round the corner.
fool/ˈfuɫ/idiota, tolo, bobo23 vezes no livro
But old fools is the biggest fools there is.
tick/ˈtɪk/carrapato, carraça19 vezes no livro
“Nothing but a tick.”
pirate/ˈpaɪɹət/pirata, corsário, bucaneiro19 vezes no livro
He would be a pirate!
bout/ˈbaʊt/por volta de18 vezes no livro
… and cut the wart so as to get some blood, and then you put the blood on one piece of the bean and take and dig a hole and bury it ’bout midnight at the crossroads in the dark of the moon, and then you burn up the rest of the bean.
lick/ˈɫɪk/golpe17 vezes no livro
… and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it’s all down again and I can’t hit him a lick.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante, momento17 vezes no livro
The lad fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board-fence, and disappeared over it.
tavern/ˈtævɝn/taberna16 vezes no livro
Here—it’s the number of a room—in a tavern, you know!”
alley/ˈæɫi/bola de gude16 vezes no livro
I’ll give you a white alley!”
auntie/ˈænti/titia15 vezes no livro
I must call auntie.”
skiff/ˈskɪf/esquife15 vezes no livro
There were a great many skiffs rowing about or floating with the stream in the neighborhood of the ferryboat, but the boys could not determine what the men in them were doing.
awhile/əˈwaɪɫ/por algum tempo15 vezes no livro
The boy mused awhile over the substantial change which had taken place in his worldly circumstances, and then wended toward headquarters to report.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/buscar15 vezes no livro
“Say, Jim, I’ll fetch the water if you’ll whitewash some.”
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/consciência15 vezes no livro
Every time I let him off, my conscience does hurt me so, and every time I hit him my old heart most breaks.
ling/ˈɫɪŋ/som de campainha14 vezes no livro
Ting-a-ling-ling!”
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dólar14 vezes no livro
And they get slathers of money—most a dollar a day, Ben Rogers says.
sermon/ˈsɝmən/sermão14 vezes no livro
Two of the children always remained for the sermon voluntarily, and the other always remained too—for stronger reasons.
snatch/ˈsnætʃ/agarrar14 vezes no livro
The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger.
mile/ˈmaɪɫ/milha13 vezes no livro
It was on a hill, about a mile and a half from the village.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/melancolia13 vezes no livro
He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit.
robber/ˈɹɑbɝ/ladrão, ladra13 vezes no livro
“This ought to be a lesson to grave robbers!”
raft/ˈɹæft/jangada, balsa13 vezes no livro
A log raft in the river invited him, and he seated himself on its outer edge and contemplated the dreary vastness of the stream …
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/gemer13 vezes no livro
This was lucky; he was about to begin to groan, as a “starter,” as he called it …
circus/ˈsɝkəs/circo13 vezes no livro
“Was you ever at a circus?”
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/desconforto desconforto13 vezes no livro
… he flung it out of the window, and the voice of distress quickly thinned away and died in the distance.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/diabo13 vezes no livro
you devil!”
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milhas12 vezes no livro
There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer …
trifle/ˈtɹaɪfəɫ/ninharia12 vezes no livro
Tom was a trifle disconcerted.
dismal/ˈdɪzməɫ/inadequado, sombrio12 vezes no livro
He got it out, rumpled and wilted, and it mightily increased his dismal felicity.
lad/ˈɫæd/rapaz12 vezes no livro
He gathered quite a following of lads interested in the exhibition; and one that had cut his finger and had been a centre of fascination and homage up to this time …
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/tremer, tiritar12 vezes no livro
How his name would fill the world, and make people shudder!
sob/ˈsɑb/soluçar12 vezes no livro
The new boy went off brushing the dust from his clothes, sobbing, snuffling …
rag/ˈɹæɡ/farrapo, trapo12 vezes no livro
Huckleberry was always dressed in the cast-off clothes of full-grown men, and they were in perennial bloom and fluttering with rags.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar12 vezes no livro
Potter dropped his knife, and exclaimed:
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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