Os Trinta e Nove Degraus: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan B1

As 40 palavras que John Buchan repete muitas vezes em «Os Trinta e Nove Degraus» 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. till/ˈtɪɫ/até43 vezes no livro

   I watched from my window till I saw you come home, and then slipped down the stair to meet you....

2. glen/ˈɡɫɛn/cânion, ravina25 vezes no livro

   We rumbled slowly into a land of little wooded glens and then to a great wide moorland place, gleaming with lochs, with high blue hills showing northwards.

3. moor/ˈmʊɹ/charneca22 vezes no livro

   A child of ten received my ticket, and I emerged on a white road that straggled over the brown moor.

4. mil/ˈmɪɫ/milésimo17 vezes no livro

   Not tonight, for they’ll follow me forty miles along the road, but first thing tomorrow morning.

5. moorland/ˈmʊɹˌɫænd/charneca16 vezes no livro

   A brown-faced woman was standing by the door, and greeted me with the kindly shyness of moorland places.

6. heather/ˈhɛðɝ/urze16 vezes no livro

   By-and-by I came to a swell of moorland which dipped to the vale of a little river, and a mile away in the heather I saw the smoke of a train.

7. fool/ˈfuɫ/idiota, tolo, bobo16 vezes no livro

   I found that out—not that it was difficult, for any fool could guess as much.

8. chap/ˈtʃæp/cara, cabra, camarada15 vezes no livro

   I rather fancied the chap.

9. reckon/ˈɹɛkən/coloquial: concluir, como por enumeração e avaliação de chances15 vezes no livro

   Say, sir, I’ve been watching you, and I reckon you’re a cool customer.

10. mile/ˈmaɪɫ/milha14 vezes no livro

    There was no plan of campaign in my head, only just to go on and on in this blessed, honest-smelling hill country, for every mile put me in better humour with myself.

11. herd/ˈhɝd/arrebanhador, pastor14 vezes no livro

    It was some hours since I had tasted food, and I was getting very hungry when I came to a herd’s cottage set in a nook beside a waterfall.

12. cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/casa pequena14 vezes no livro

    The moor surged up around it and left room only for the single line, the slender siding, a waiting-room, an office, the station-master’s cottage, and a tiny yard of gooseberries and sweet-william.

13. mill/ˈmɪɫ/moinho, moenda14 vezes no livro

    A small mill-lade ran in a wooden aqueduct at the other side of the yard, and into this I fell.

14. tide/ˈtaɪd/maré14 vezes no livro

    (“Thirty-nine steps”) was the phrase; and at its last time of use it ran—(“Thirty-nine steps, I counted them—high tide 10.17 p.m.”).

15. roadmantrabalhador de estrada13 vezes no livro

    Then in a tiny bight of road, beside a heap of stones, I found the roadman.

16. ridge/ˈɹɪdʒ/cordilheira, espinhaço, serra13 vezes no livro

    Over a long ridge of moorland I took my road, skirting the side of a high hill which the herd had called Cairnsmore of Fleet.

17. collar/ˈkɑɫɝ/colarinho, gola13 vezes no livro

    I hunted out a well-used tweed suit, a pair of strong nailed boots, and a flannel shirt with a collar.

18. queer/ˈkwɪɹ/estranho, esquisito12 vezes no livro

    He seemed to brace himself for a great effort, and then started on the queerest rigmarole.

19. butler/ˈbətɫɝ/mordomo12 vezes no livro

    The back door stood open, and a grave butler was awaiting me.

20. clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/esperto, engenhoso, hábil12 vezes no livro

    A clever man can make big profits on a falling market, and it suited the book of both classes to set Europe by the ears.

21. milkman/ˈmɪɫkˌmæn/leiteiro11 vezes no livro

    But about twenty minutes to seven, as I knew from bitter experience, the milkman turned up with a great clatter of cans, and deposited my share outside my door.

22. aeroplaneavião11 vezes no livro

    I was as certain as if I had been told that that aeroplane was looking for me, and that it did not belong to the police.

23. whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/assobiar, apitar, assoviar11 vezes no livro

    I opened the front door, and there was my man, singling out my cans from a bunch he carried and whistling through his teeth.

24. murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/homicida, assassino, assassina11 vezes no livro

    … for, unless the murderer came back, I had till about six o’clock in the morning for my cogitations.

25. cliff/ˈkɫɪf/vertical falésia, penhasco11 vezes no livro

    I think it’s a piece of open coast with biggish cliffs, somewhere between the Wash and the Channel.

26. din/ˈdɪn/algazarra, clamor, estrépido10 vezes no livro

    … even the pockets of the clothes in my wardrobe, and the sideboard in the dining-room.

27. yarn/ˈjɑɹn/trama10 vezes no livro

    “Get on with your yarn,” I said, “and I’ll tell you.”

28. plump/ˈpɫəmp/rechonchudo10 vezes no livro

    two plump thrushes had blundered into it.

29. cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/charuto10 vezes no livro

    I left him with the newspaper and a box of cigars, and went down to the City till luncheon.

30. policeman/pəˈɫismən/policial10 vezes no livro

    Then I caught sight of a policeman a hundred yards down, and a loafer shuffling past on the other side.

31. puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/fazer sentir-se confuso ou perplexo por não conseguir entender um assunto complicado, um problema, etc. confundir10 vezes no livro

    He told me some queer things that explained a lot that had puzzled me—things that happened in the Balkan War, how one state suddenly came out on top …

32. whisky/ˈhwɪski/uísque9 vezes no livro

    There was a tray of drinks on a table beside him, from which he filled himself a stiff whisky-and-soda.

33. harbour/ˈhɑɹbɝ/porto, abrigo9 vezes no livro

    If it was a harbour it must be some little place where the tide mattered, or else it was a heavy-draught boat.

34. occupant/ˈɑkjəpənt/ocupante9 vezes no livro

    I recognized him as the occupant of a flat on the top floor, with whom I had passed the time of day on the stairs.

35. presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/atualmente9 vezes no livro

    “Not Mr Scudder,” he corrected; “Captain Theophilus Digby, of the 40th Gurkhas, presently home on leave.

36. descend/dɪˈsɛnd/descender, descer, baixar9 vezes no livro

    The potato-digging station-master had been gingered up into some activity, for the west-going train was waiting to let us pass, and from it had descended three men who were asking him questions.

37. grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/cinzento8 vezes no livro

    There seemed no road to it from anywhere, and to increase the desolation the waves of a tarn lapped on their grey granite beach half a mile away.

38. innkeeper/ˈɪnˌkipɝ/estalajadeiro8 vezes no livro

    “You’re young to be an innkeeper,” I said.

39. dovecotpombal8 vezes no livro

    From another window I saw that on the far side of the mill stood an old stone dovecot.

40. villa/ˈvɪɫə/casa de campo, casa de praia8 vezes no livro

    I walked back through fields and lines of villas and terraces and then slums and mean streets, and it took me pretty nearly two hours.

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

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