The Old Lady flies: 24 palavras para aprender antes de ler
As 24 palavras que Raoul Whitfield repete muitas vezes em «The Old Lady flies» 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.
grin/ˈɡɹɪn/arreganhar, sorrir abertamente9 vezes no livro
He grinned, and so did we.
stunt/ˈstənt/proeza8 vezes no livro
He’d joy-hopped her, taken a chance on air advertising, smoke writing, stunting.
sore/ˈsɔɹ/dolorido7 vezes no livro
I saw then that Brooks was getting sore.
cheerfully/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫi/alegremente6 vezes no livro
It isn’t easy to crash a ship, and get away cheerfully.
wreck/ˈɹɛk/destroço5 vezes no livro
You don’t expect me to let a new plane drop—and hang on to a rambling wreck?
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/gemer5 vezes no livro
I groaned.
cockpit/ˈkɑkˌpɪt/cabine de pilotagem5 vezes no livro
Charlie Ryan crashed on a landing, and both he and his mechanic, riding in the rear cockpit, were badly smashed up.
outfit/ˈaʊtˌfɪt/grupo, equipe5 vezes no livro
“You’re cutting loose the most popular guy in the outfit—and just because he sticks by his old bus.”
throttle/ˈθɹɑtəɫ/acelerador4 vezes no livro
We both climbed up on a wing as Russ Healy cut the throttle and eliminated most of the exhaust roar.
glare/ˈɡɫɛɹ/encarar com raiva4 vezes no livro
Bob Brooks glared at Russ.
prop/ˈpɹɑp/hélice4 vezes no livro
Just an old lady, that was all she was—an old lady, still turning a prop and taking the air, but pretty far out of date.
loop/ˈɫup/loop, looping4 vezes no livro
“Well, I’ll just take her up there now—and loop you ragged, and then I’ll come down in the tightest spin——”
rear/ˈɹɪɹ/posterior, traseiro4 vezes no livro
Bob Brooks was already seated in the rear cockpit.
hangar/ˈhæŋɝ/hangar3 vezes no livro
He could store that ship up at Al Garvin’s hangar.
dummy/ˈdəmi/simulacro3 vezes no livro
Probably they were rigging up a couple of dummy guns, or trying to make her look like a D.H.
flyer/ˈfɫaɪɝ/piloto3 vezes no livro
But Russ was that rare sort of creature—a flyer who was sentimental.
rig/ˈɹɪɡ/aparelhar3 vezes no livro
But her flying wires were right; she was rigged properly for the air.
dove/ˈdəv/mergulhou3 vezes no livro
A screaming, wire-whistling shape dove past the D.H.
bust/ˈbəst/quebrar, destruir3 vezes no livro
Russ would be sore, furious—when we flew in and busted things up.
chuckle/ˈtʃəkəɫ/rir baixinho3 vezes no livro
I chuckled.
taxi/ˈtæksi/taxiar3 vezes no livro
Then we climbed the five ships, and taxied out.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/fazer cara feia, franzir o cenho3 vezes no livro
Bob Brooks frowned.
exhaust/ɪɡˈzɔst/escapamento, escape3 vezes no livro
An exhaust roar cut me short.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/suavemente3 vezes no livro
I swore softly.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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