A Pedra da Lua: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
The Moonstone
As 40 palavras que Wilkie Collins repete muitas vezes em «A Pedra da Lua» 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.
aunt/ˈænt/tia120 vezes no livro
… we have been talking of the loss of the Indian Diamond, in my aunt’s house in Yorkshire, two years since.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/senhora82 vezes no livro
It was all one to me where I went, so long as my mistress and I were together.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até76 vezes no livro
There I lived till Miss Julia married the late Sir John Verinder.
nightgowncamisola71 vezes no livro
But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna’s things, and have nailed her in that way.
ladyshipA Senhora63 vezes no livro
“We gratefully thank your ladyship,” I said; “but we ask your permission to do what is right in this matter by giving up our keys.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/joia58 vezes no livro
… I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/temperamento55 vezes no livro
A foolish wrangle followed; and Herncastle’s unlucky temper got the better of him.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/depois, em seguida, mais tarde54 vezes no livro
… two years ago, and how it came to be lost in little more than twelve hours afterwards.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/ópio48 vezes no livro
Sometimes they said he was given up to smoking opium and collecting old books; sometimes he was reported to be trying strange things in chemistry …
plainly/ˈpɫeɪnɫi/simplesmente45 vezes no livro
Herncastle’s fiery temper had been, as I could plainly see, exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/escada acima44 vezes no livro
When I wanted to go upstairs, there was my wife coming down; or when my wife wanted to go down, there was I coming up.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honra43 vezes no livro
And I declare, on my word of honour, that what I am now about to write is, strictly and literally, the truth.
smear/ˈsmɪɹ/esfregaço41 vezes no livro
says Mr. Superintendent, suddenly pointing to a little smear of the decorative painting on Miss Rachel’s door, at the outer edge, just under the lock.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/instantaneamente41 vezes no livro
… when I know a family plate-basket to be out on a pantry-table, is to be instantly reminded of that basket by the sight of a strolling stranger whose manners are superior to my own.
proceedings/pɹəˈsidɪŋz/ações39 vezes no livro
… except that he was pretty and delicate-looking—the two girls had stolen along the inner side of the hedge between us and the road, and had watched the proceedings of the foreigners on the outer side.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/afobar, angustiar39 vezes no livro
My mistress came out among us, looking sorely puzzled and distressed.
laudanum/ˈɫɔdənəm/láudano34 vezes no livro
“Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself?”
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/inocência34 vezes no livro
It was no longer a question of quieting my young lady’s nervous excitement; it was a question of proving her innocence.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/obrigar33 vezes no livro
… no doubt, on people who are really obliged to get their living, to be forced to work for the clothes that cover them …
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/inquirir32 vezes no livro
When I inquire what this means, Penelope says, “Fiddlesticks!”
thief/ˈθif/ladrão, ladra32 vezes no livro
Early in the morning, the plunder still going on, General Baird announced publicly by beat of drum, that any thief detected in the fact, be he whom he might, should be hung.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/intervalo32 vezes no livro
On summoning up my own recollections—and on getting Penelope to help me, by consulting her journal—I find that we may pass pretty rapidly over the interval between Mr. Franklin Blake’s arrival and Miss Rachel’s birthday.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/terrível, horrível, pavoroso31 vezes no livro
… in regard to thinking about it, being truly dreadful after my lady had gone away, I applied the remedy which I have never yet found to fail me in cases of doubt and emergency.
privately/ˈpɹaɪvətɫi/privadamente31 vezes no livro
I modestly declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed upon me—and I privately felt, all the time …
quicksand/ˈkwɪkˌsænd/areia movediça30 vezes no livro
Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/miserável30 vezes no livro
We were not a happy couple, and not a miserable couple.
rouse/ˈɹaʊs/acordar29 vezes no livro
I was roused up by my daughter Penelope running out at me as if the house was on fire.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/gaveta29 vezes no livro
One of the drawers inside was pulled out as far as it would go.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/embaixo28 vezes no livro
I went downstairs with the message, of which I took the liberty of presenting a new and amended edition of my own contriving …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/marinheiro, marujo28 vezes no livro
It is a case (as a sailor would say) of very fine steering.
juggler/ˈdʒəɡəɫɝ/malabarista27 vezes no livro
She wanted to have the three Indian jugglers instantly taken up; for this reason …
pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/perdão27 vezes no livro
“One of them (if you will pardon my mentioning it) was never keeping to the matter in hand.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/buscar26 vezes no livro
The only difficulty is to fetch out the dates, in the first place.
terrace/ˈtɛɹəs/terraço, terrado26 vezes no livro
… when I was stopped by hearing a sound like the soft beating of a drum, on the terrace in front of my lady’s residence.
disposal/dɪˈspoʊzəɫ/disposição26 vezes no livro
In that case, and in no other, certain sealed instructions relating to the disposal of the Diamond, and deposited with it, were to be opened, and followed implicitly.
maid/ˈmeɪd/empregada, servente, doméstica25 vezes no livro
… when old enough, to be Miss Rachel’s own maid.
useless/ˈjusɫəs/inútil, imprestável25 vezes no livro
Quite useless!
objection/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/objeção25 vezes no livro
But she points out one objection.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/enigma25 vezes no livro
“It’s just possible, Betteredge, that my stranger and your three jugglers may turn out to be pieces of the same puzzle.”
stain/ˈsteɪn/mancha, mácula, nódoa24 vezes no livro
“The stain is taken off,” she said.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
Ler o livro grátisCada frase traduzida, áudio natural, dicionário com um toque