O Pequeno Príncipe: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
The Little Prince
As 40 palavras que Antoine de Saint-Exupéry repete muitas vezes em «O Pequeno Príncipe» 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.
prince/ˈpɹɪns/príncipe184 vezes no livro
He has gone to sleep…” And that is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.
sheep/ˈʃip/ovelha41 vezes no livro
It said: “If you please — draw me a sheep!”
geographer/dʒiˈɑɡɹəfɝ/geógrafo, geógrafa23 vezes no livro
“I am a geographer,” said the old gentleman.
baobabembondeiro, baobá, calabaceira20 vezes no livro
It was in this way that I heard, on the third day, about the catastrophe of the baobabs.
lamplighter/ˈɫæmˌpɫaɪtɝ/acendedor de lampiões17 vezes no livro
There was just enough room on it for a street lamp and a lamplighter.
volcano/vɑɫˈkeɪnoʊ/vulcão15 vezes no livro
He carefully cleaned out his active volcanoes.
sunset/ˈsənˌsɛt/pôr do sol, pôr-do-sol, ocaso15 vezes no livro
Bit by bit I came to understand the secrets of your sad little life… For a long time you had found your only entertainment in the quiet pleasure of looking at the sunset.
tame/ˈteɪm/domesticado14 vezes no livro
“I am not tamed.”
constrictor/kənˈstɹɪktɝ/sucuri13 vezes no livro
It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal.
thorn/ˈθɔɹn/espinho, acúleo13 vezes no livro
“Even flowers that have thorns?”
explorer/ɪksˈpɫɔɹɝ/explorador, exploradora13 vezes no livro
Here is an explorer!”
conceited/kənˈsitəd/convencido11 vezes no livro
The second planet was inhabited by a conceited man.
tipplerbêbado10 vezes no livro
The next planet was inhabited by a tippler.
switchmanchaveira8 vezes no livro
“Good morning”, said the railway switchman.
yawn/ˈjɔn/bocejar8 vezes no livro
And, after working with all this painstaking precision, she yawned and said: “Ah!
extinct/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/de uma formação geológica: que não está mais ativa8 vezes no livro
He also had one volcano that was extinct.
inhabit/ˌɪnˈhæbət/habitar, morar, viver8 vezes no livro
Remember, I had crashed in the desert a thousand miles from any inhabited region.
magnificent/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/magnífico8 vezes no livro
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/mil7 vezes no livro
The first night, then, I went to sleep on the sand, a thousand miles from any human habitation.
pulley/ˈpʊɫi/roldana, polia7 vezes no livro
“Everything is ready for use: the pulley, the bucket, the rope…” He laughed, touched the rope, and set the pulley to working.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/acendeu7 vezes no livro
And he lighted his lamp again.
globe/ˈɡɫoʊb/globo7 vezes no livro
… and added to himself, “This flower is a very complex creature…” “At night I want you to put me under a glass globe.
bushes/ˈbʊʃəz/arbustos5 vezes no livro
“It is true, isn’t it, that sheep eat little bushes?”
muzzle/ˈməzəɫ/focinheira, açaimo, açaime5 vezes no livro
I will draw you a muzzle for your sheep.
asteroid/ˈæstɝˌɔɪd/asteroide, planetoide, asteróide5 vezes no livro
I have serious reason to believe that the planet from which the little prince came is the asteroid known as B-612.
obey/oʊˈbeɪ/obedecer5 vezes no livro
… “if I ordered a general to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not obey me, that would not be the fault of the general.
butterfly/ˈbətɝˌfɫaɪ/borboleta, panapaná5 vezes no livro
Does he collect butterflies?”
disturb/dɪˈstɝb/perturbar5 vezes no livro
Again the little prince disturbed my thoughts: “And you actually believe that the flowers — ” “Oh, no!”
pencil/ˈpɛnsəɫ/lápis5 vezes no livro
And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing.
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/elefante, elefanta, elefoa5 vezes no livro
It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/estranha4 vezes no livro
What a queer idea!”
thirst/ˈθɝst/sede4 vezes no livro
And yet my little man seemed neither to be straying uncertainly among the sands, nor to be fainting from fatigue or hunger or thirst or fear.
thirsty/ˈθɝsti/sedento, sequioso, com sede4 vezes no livro
“He has never been either hungry or thirsty.
salute/səˈɫut/saudação4 vezes no livro
“It is to raise in salute when people acclaim me.
petal/ˈpɛtəɫ/pétala4 vezes no livro
They had only one ring of petals; they took up no room at all; they were a trouble to nobody.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/mal4 vezes no livro
It was a question of life or death for me: I had scarcely enough drinking water to last a week.
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/tristeza, pesar, mágoa4 vezes no livro
And once again, without understanding why, I had a queer sense of sorrow.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar4 vezes no livro
Then they would exclaim: “Oh, what a pretty house that is!”
cough/ˈkɑf/tossir4 vezes no livro
Embarrassed over having let herself be caught on the verge of such a naïve untruth, she coughed two or three times, in order to put the little prince in the wrong.
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/corou4 vezes no livro
And he flushed.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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