A Lenda do Cavaleiro Sem Cabeça: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
As 40 palavras que Washington Irving repete muitas vezes em «A Lenda do Cavaleiro Sem Cabeça» 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.
brook/ˈbɹʊk/riacho, córrego, corgo15 vezes no livro
A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose …
haunt/ˈhɔnt/assombrar, perseguir13 vezes no livro
The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions …
goblin/ˈɡɑbɫɪn/duende, goblin, gobelim11 vezes no livro
… and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just as they came to the church bridge …
steed/ˈstid/corcel11 vezes no livro
But it is meet I should, in the true spirit of romantic story, give some account of the looks and equipments of my hero and his steed.
schoolmaster/ˈskuɫˌmæstɝ/professor rural10 vezes no livro
… a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters.
schoolhouse/ˈskuɫˌhaʊs/escola rural10 vezes no livro
His schoolhouse was a low building of one large room, rudely constructed of logs; the windows partly glazed, and partly patched with leaves of old copybooks.
saddle/ˈsædəɫ/sela, arreio9 vezes no livro
He rode with short stirrups, which brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers’ …
fearful/ˈfɪɹfəɫ/amedrontador8 vezes no livro
What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night!
pedagoguepedagogo, pedagoga7 vezes no livro
… by divers little makeshifts, in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated “by hook and by crook,” the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and was thought …
witch/ˈwɪtʃ/bruxa, estria, estrige7 vezes no livro
Certain it is, the place still continues under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people …
rival/ˈɹaɪvəɫ/rival, adversário, competidor7 vezes no livro
Certain it is, his advances were signals for rival candidates to retire, who felt no inclination to cross a lion in his amours …
spectre/ˈspɛktɝ/espectro6 vezes no livro
… which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides, by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
rustic/ˈɹəstɪk/rústico6 vezes no livro
… this sequestered glen has long been known by the name of SLEEPY HOLLOW, and its rustic lads are called the Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country.
hollow/ˈhɑɫoʊ/caivanca, depressão6 vezes no livro
The old farmers gathered together their families in their wagons, and were heard for some time rattling along the hollow roads, and over the distant hills.
dash/ˈdæʃ/traço6 vezes no livro
… and with all his overbearing roughness, there was a strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom.
drowsy/ˈdɹaʊzi/sonolento, modorrento5 vezes no livro
A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/maravilhosos5 vezes no livro
They are given to all kinds of marvellous beliefs, are subject to trances and visions, and frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air.
churchyard/ˈtʃɝtʃˌjɑɹd/cemitério5 vezes no livro
… it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard.
psalm/ˈsɑɫm/salmo5 vezes no livro
… either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits, was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow, as they sat by their doors of an evening …
beset/bɪˈsɛt/cercar5 vezes no livro
How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path!
bosom/ˈbʊzəm/seio5 vezes no livro
Though many years have elapsed since I trod the drowsy shades of Sleepy Hollow, yet I question whether I should not still find the same trees and the same families vegetating in its sheltered bosom.
cock/ˈkɑk/ave-macho5 vezes no livro
… and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew.
farmhouse/ˈfɑɹmˌhaʊs/casa de fazenda5 vezes no livro
… therefore, is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse, and the addition of a supernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats …
flutter/ˈfɫətɝ/drapejar, tremular5 vezes no livro
To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth …
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/apito, assobio, assovio5 vezes no livro
… with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity.
glare/ˈɡɫɛɹ/brilhar, reluzir5 vezes no livro
… and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare …
pumpkin/ˈpəmkɪn/abóbora, jerimum5 vezes no livro
… was found the hat of the unfortunate Ichabod, and close beside it a shattered pumpkin.
sway/ˈsweɪ/domínio5 vezes no livro
He laid aside, too, all the dominant dignity and absolute sway with which he lorded it in his little empire, the school, and became wonderfully gentle and ingratiating.
unfortunate/ənˈfɔɹtʃənət/azarado, desafortunado, infeliz5 vezes no livro
Many dismal tales were told about funeral trains, and mourning cries and wailings heard and seen about the great tree where the unfortunate Major André was taken, and which stood in the neighborhood.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite5 vezes no livro
It was often his delight, after his school was dismissed in the afternoon …
repose/ɹiˈpoʊz/repouso4 vezes no livro
A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity.
urchin/ˈɝtʃən/moleque4 vezes no livro
… but the claims of justice were satisfied by inflicting a double portion on some little tough wrong-headed, broad-skirted Dutch urchin, who sulked and swelled and grew dogged and sullen beneath the birch.
piazza/piˈæzə/varanda4 vezes no livro
… built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/Centro4 vezes no livro
From this piazza the wondering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion, and the place of usual residence.
negro/ˈniɡɹoʊ/negro, negra4 vezes no livro
It was suddenly interrupted by the appearance of a negro in tow-cloth jacket and trowsers, a round-crowned fragment of a hat …
heiress/ˈɛɹəs/herdeira4 vezes no livro
Ichabod only lingered behind, according to the custom of country lovers, to have a tête-à-tête with the heiress; fully convinced that he was now on the high road to success.
clatter/ˈkɫætɝ/chacoalhar, chocalhar4 vezes no livro
… startled out of their sleep, would listen for a moment till the hurry-scurry had clattered by, and then exclaim …
apparition/ˌæpɝˈɪʃən/aparição4 vezes no livro
The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback, without a head.
superstition/ˌsupɝˈstɪʃən/superstição4 vezes no livro
… haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country …
birch/ˈbɝtʃ/bétula, vidoeiro4 vezes no livro
… with a brook running close by, and a formidable birch-tree growing at one end of it.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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