O Grande Gatsby: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
The Great Gatsby
As 40 palavras que F. Scott Fitzgerald repete muitas vezes em «O Grande Gatsby» 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/inquirir27 vezes no livro
I inquired innocently.
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/mordomo20 vezes no livro
When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/cinzento17 vezes no livro
Her grey sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming discontented face.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/falar ou fazer som baixo e indistinto16 vezes no livro
If she saw me out of the corner of her eyes she gave no hint of it—indeed, I was almost surprised into murmuring an apology for having disturbed her by coming in.
policeman/pəˈɫismən/policial14 vezes no livro
When we came into the station he was next to me and his white shirt-front pressed against my arm—and so I told him I'd have to call a policeman, but he knew I lied.
taxi/ˈtæksi/táxi12 vezes no livro
Upstairs, in the solemn echoing drive she let four taxi cabs drive away before she selected a new one, lavender-colored with grey upholstery …
coup/ˈku/cupê12 vezes no livro
In the ditch beside the road, right side up but violently shorn of one wheel, rested a new coupé which had left Gatsby's drive not two minutes before.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/tênue12 vezes no livro
… when that certain girl played tennis, a faint mustache of perspiration appeared on her upper lip.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/tremer, agitar vigorosamente11 vezes no livro
The murmur trembled on the verge of coherence, sank down, mounted excitedly, and then ceased altogether.
chauffeur/ˈʃoʊfɝ/motorista, chofer10 vezes no livro
A chauffeur in a uniform of robin's egg blue crossed my lawn early that Saturday morning with a surprisingly formal note from his employer—the honor would be entirely Gatsby's, it said …
anyhow/ˈɛniˌhaʊ/de qualquer modo, de todo modo10 vezes no livro
"You see I think everything's terrible anyhow," she went on in a convinced way.
faintly/ˈfeɪntɫi/nem de leve10 vezes no livro
I am not even faintly like a rose.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/brilhar10 vezes no livro
The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold, and wide open to the warm windy afternoon …
eagerly/ˈiɡɝɫi/avidamente9 vezes no livro
asked Mrs. Wilson eagerly as he came to the taxi-window.
twilight/ˈtwaɪˌɫaɪt/crepúsculo, lusco-fusco9 vezes no livro
Tom and Miss Baker, with several feet of twilight between them strolled back into the library, as if to a vigil beside a perfectly tangible body …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar9 vezes no livro
she exclaimed surprisingly.
unfamiliar/ˌənfəˈmɪɫjɝ/estranha9 vezes no livro
They shook hands briefly and a strained, unfamiliar look of embarrassment came over Gatsby's face.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/escada acima9 vezes no livro
The last swimmers have come in from the beach now and are dressing upstairs; the cars from New York are parked five deep in the drive …
fool/ˈfuɫ/idiota, tolo, bobo9 vezes no livro
"I'd be a God Damned fool to live anywhere else."
whereupon/ˈhwɛɹəˈpɑn/ao que8 vezes no livro
The butler came back and murmured something close to Tom's ear whereupon Tom frowned, pushed back his chair and without a word went inside.
incredulous/ˌɪnˈkɹɛdʒəɫəs/incrédulo8 vezes no livro
Her host looked at her incredulously.
politely/pəˈɫaɪtɫi/com polidez8 vezes no livro
He turned me around again, politely and abruptly.
yacht/ˈjɑt/iate8 vezes no livro
A large photograph of an elderly man in yachting costume attracted me, hung on the wall over his desk.
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/gemido, suspiro8 vezes no livro
I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/ceia8 vezes no livro
Tom rang for the janitor and sent him for some celebrated sandwiches, which were a complete supper in themselves.
cocktail/ˈkɑkˌteɪɫ/coquetel8 vezes no livro
"No, thanks," said Miss Baker to the four cocktails just in from the pantry, "I'm absolutely in training."
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/omitir, esconder8 vezes no livro
She was only extemporizing but a stirring warmth flowed from her as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/resmungar8 vezes no livro
… at least I had him for a few days until he ran away, and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.
impatiently/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəntɫi/impacientemente7 vezes no livro
What was that word we—" "Well, these books are all scientific," insisted Tom, glancing at her impatiently.
solemn/ˈsɑɫəm/solene7 vezes no livro
I was rather literary in college—one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the "Yale News"—and now I was going to bring back all such things into my life and become again that most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man."
cheerful/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫ/alegre7 vezes no livro
Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay.
restless/ˈɹɛstɫəs/inquieto7 vezes no livro
I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless.
whiskey/ˈhwɪski/uísque, whisky7 vezes no livro
Meanwhile Tom brought out a bottle of whiskey from a locked bureau door.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/mal7 vezes no livro
And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all.
goodbye/ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/adeus, passe-bem, até-logo7 vezes no livro
He was saying some last word to her but the eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say goodbye.
overhead/ˈoʊvɝˈhɛd/acima7 vezes no livro
They are not perfect ovals—like the egg in the Columbus story they are both crushed flat at the contact end—but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual confusion to the gulls that fly overhead.
champagne/ʃæmˈpeɪn/champanha, champanhe, champagne7 vezes no livro
In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.
orchestra/ˈɔɹkəstɹə/orquestra7 vezes no livro
By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived—no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/fazer cara feia, franzir o cenho7 vezes no livro
objected Daisy, frowning.
fantastic/fænˈtæstɪk/fantástico7 vezes no livro
This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort …
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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