O chamado da selva: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
The call of the wild
As 40 palavras que Jack London repete muitas vezes em «O chamado da selva» 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.
sled/ˈsɫɛd/trenó69 vezes no livro
And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até38 vezes no livro
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
lek/ˈɫɛk/nome próprio30 vezes no livro
He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.
husky/ˈhəski/husky30 vezes no livro
They were camped near the log store, where she, in her friendly way, made advances to a husky dog the size of a full-grown wolf, though not half so large as she.
wolf/ˈwʊɫf/lobo, loba27 vezes no livro
It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.
mat/ˈmæt/companheiro25 vezes no livro
Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress.
whip/ˈhwɪp/chicote, açoite24 vezes no livro
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/arreios, arnês22 vezes no livro
It was a harness, such as he had seen the grooms put on the horses at home.
breed/ˈbɹid/mestiço20 vezes no livro
Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but François was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milhas19 vezes no livro
That day they made forty miles, the trail being packed; but the next day, and for many days to follow, they broke their own trail, worked harder, and made poorer time.
snarl/ˈsnɑɹɫ/grunhir19 vezes no livro
… he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
howl/ˈhaʊɫ/uivar18 vezes no livro
… on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors …
toil/ˈtɔɪɫ/ralar16 vezes no livro
These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
limp/ˈɫɪmp/flácido16 vezes no livro
He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.
bull/ˈbʊɫ/macho, touro16 vezes no livro
A band of twenty moose had crossed over from the land of streams and timber, and chief among them was a great bull.
bristle/ˈbɹɪsəɫ/eriçar15 vezes no livro
And Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes.
yelp/ˈjɛɫp/ganir14 vezes no livro
… a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
fang/ˈfæŋ/canino, presa13 vezes no livro
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/rosnar13 vezes no livro
But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger’s hands, he growled menacingly.
fore/ˈfɔɹ/diante12 vezes no livro
Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down.
stagger/ˈstæɡɝ/cambalear12 vezes no livro
Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.
jerk/ˈdʒɝk/puxada, sacudida12 vezes no livro
He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
sweater/ˈswɛtɝ/suéter, pulôver, blusa12 vezes no livro
A stout man, with a red sweater that sagged generously at the neck, came out and signed the book for the driver.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/ardil, astúcia, esperteza11 vezes no livro
The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
lash/ˈɫæʃ/látego11 vezes no livro
They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante, momento11 vezes no livro
It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/geada, frio10 vezes no livro
He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/discutir, querelar10 vezes no livro
… for the dog-driver was in constant apprehension of the life-and-death struggle between the two which he knew must take place sooner or later; and on more than one night the sounds of quarrelling and strife among the other dogs turned him out of his sleeping robe, fearful that Buck and Spitz were at it.
moose/ˈmus/alce10 vezes no livro
The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
whine/ˈhwaɪn/lamuriar10 vezes no livro
He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/rugido10 vezes no livro
With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/madeira10 vezes no livro
… through Sheep Camp, past the Scales and the timber line, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep …
sack/ˈsæk/saco10 vezes no livro
When they put a clothes-sack on the front of the sled, she suggested it should go on the back …
hairy/ˈhɛɹi/peludo9 vezes no livro
At other times this hairy man squatted by the fire with head between his legs and slept.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite9 vezes no livro
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/feroz, ferrenho, impetuoso9 vezes no livro
After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.
nest/ˈnɛst/covil, esconderijo9 vezes no livro
No matter how breathless the air when he dug his nest by tree or bank, the wind that later blew inevitably found him to leeward, sheltered and snug.
pole/ˈpoʊɫ/vara8 vezes no livro
François, guiding the sled at the gee-pole, sometimes exchanged places with him, but not often.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/ração8 vezes no livro
The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.
inch/ˈɪntʃ/polegada8 vezes no livro
Of this offence Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his indiscretion was when Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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