A Importância de Ser Prudente, Oscar Wilde

A Importância de Ser Prudente: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Oscar Wilde A2

As 40 palavras que Oscar Wilde repete muitas vezes em «A Importância de Ser Prudente» 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.

  1. christen/ˈkɹɪsən/batizar18 vezes no livro

    Gwendolen, I must get christened at once—I mean we must get married at once.

  2. muffin/ˈməfən/bolo inglês, muffin, queque18 vezes no livro

    [Begins to eat muffins.]

  3. guardian/ˈɡɑɹdiən/guarda, guardião14 vezes no livro

    Old Mr. Thomas Cardew, who adopted me when I was a little boy, made me in his will guardian to his grand-daughter, Miss Cecily Cardew.

  4. diary/ˈdaɪɝi/diário14 vezes no livro

    [Cecily begins to write in her diary.]

  5. aunt/ˈænt/tia14 vezes no livro

    She is my aunt.

  6. absurd/əbˈsɝd/absurdo11 vezes no livro

    it is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn’t.

  7. dine/ˈdaɪn/comer10 vezes no livro

    Bring me that cigarette case Mr. Worthing left in the smoking-room the last time he dined here.

  8. nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/bobagem, besteira, disparate10 vezes no livro

    Oh, that is nonsense!

  9. till/ˈtɪɫ/até10 vezes no livro

    I shall probably not be back till Monday.

  10. mamma/ˈmɑmə/mama9 vezes no livro

    Thanks, mamma, I’m quite comfortable where I am.

  11. darling/ˈdɑɹɫɪŋ/querido, querida9 vezes no livro

    Personally, darling, to speak quite candidly, I don’t much care about the name of Ernest .

  12. christening/ˈkɹɪsənɪŋ/batismo, batizado8 vezes no livro

    I have preached it at harvest celebrations, christenings, confirmations, on days of humiliation and festal days.

  13. cucumber/ˈkjukəmbɝ/pepino8 vezes no livro

    And, speaking of the science of Life, have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell?

  14. fond/ˈfɑnd/afeiçoado, carinhoso, meigo8 vezes no livro

    ‘From little Cecily with her fondest love.’

  15. ward/ˈwɔɹd/tutelado8 vezes no livro

    Have you told Gwendolen yet that you have an excessively pretty ward who is only just eighteen?

  16. unfortunate/ənˈfɔɹtʃənət/azarado, desafortunado, infeliz8 vezes no livro

    And I presume you know what that unfortunate movement led to?

  17. consent/kənˈsɛnt/consentimento8 vezes no livro

    In the second place, I don’t give my consent.

  18. invalid/ˈɪnvəɫəd/inválido7 vezes no livro

    I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.

  19. wicked/ˈwɪkəd/mau, malvado, bárbaro7 vezes no livro

    I have never met any really wicked person before.

  20. nephew/ˈnɛfju/sobrinho7 vezes no livro

    … no matter what her size may be, should call her own nephew her uncle, I can’t quite make out.

  21. cough/ˈkɑf/tossir7 vezes no livro

    Oh, don’t cough, Ernest.

  22. peculiarly/pɪkˈjuɫjɝɫi/peculiarmente6 vezes no livro

    I myself am peculiarly susceptible to draughts.

  23. heartless/ˈhɑɹtɫəs/sem coração6 vezes no livro

    You couldn’t be so heartless as to disown him.

  24. pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/perdão6 vezes no livro

    I beg your pardon, Algy, I suppose I shouldn’t talk about your own aunt in that way before you.

  25. clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/esperto, engenhoso, hábil6 vezes no livro

    Is that clever?

  26. sofa/ˈsoʊfə/sofá6 vezes no livro

    [Inspects them, takes two, and sits down on the sofa.]

  27. chill/ˈtʃɪɫ/fresco, frio6 vezes no livro

    You had much better say a severe chill.

  28. salversalva5 vezes no livro

    [Hands them on a salver.]

  29. kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/gentilmente5 vezes no livro

    But I’ll run over the programme I’ve drawn out, if you will kindly come into the next room for a moment.

  30. delightful/dɪˈɫaɪtfəɫ/delicioso5 vezes no livro

    How perfectly delightful!

  31. cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/capa, manto5 vezes no livro

    In the cloak-room at Victoria Station.

  32. flirt/ˈfɫɝt/flertar, dar em cima5 vezes no livro

    My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful.

  33. nowadays/ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz/hoje em dia, agora, atualmente5 vezes no livro

    My dear fellow, it isn’t easy to be anything nowadays.

  34. charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encanto, charme5 vezes no livro

    If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in my life that I would marry, I certainly won’t want to know Bunbury.

  35. sooner/ˈsunɝ/preferiria4 vezes no livro

    I’d sooner die.

  36. din/ˈdɪn/algazarra, clamor, estrépido4 vezes no livro

    … I see from your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. Worthing were dining with me, eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed.

  37. vulgar/ˈvəɫɡɝ/vulgar, comum, popular4 vezes no livro

    It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn’t a dentist.

  38. railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/ferrovia, estrada de ferro, caminho de ferro4 vezes no livro

    As for the particular locality in which the hand-bag was found, a cloak-room at a railway station might serve to conceal a social indiscretion—has probably, indeed …

  39. specially/ˈspɛʃəɫi/especialmente4 vezes no livro

    The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted.

  40. luggage/ˈɫəɡədʒ/bagagem4 vezes no livro

    He has brought his luggage with him.

Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.

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