A Ilha do Tesouro: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
Treasure Island
As 40 palavras que Robert Louis Stevenson repete muitas vezes em «A Ilha do Tesouro» 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.
squire/ˈskwaɪɹ/escudeiro99 vezes no livro
And, now I come to think of it, I might as well ride round there myself and report to him or squire.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/velejar57 vezes no livro
And indeed bad as his clothes were and coarsely as he spoke, he had none of the appearance of a man who sailed before the mast, but seemed like a mate or skipper accustomed to be obeyed or to strike.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até53 vezes no livro
Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn till he had drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.
treasure/ˈtɹɛʒɝ/tesouro44 vezes no livro
What I want to know is this: Supposing that I have here in my pocket some clue to where Flint buried his treasure, will that treasure amount to much?”
stockade/ˈstɑˌkeɪd/paliçada37 vezes no livro
From the ship we could see nothing of the house or stockade, for they were quite buried among trees …
ashore/əˈʃɔɹ/em terra37 vezes no livro
… knew all the seafaring men in Bristol, had lost his health ashore, and wanted a good berth as cook to get to sea again.
aboard/əˈbɔɹd/a bordo34 vezes no livro
… I will!—to that eternal doctor swab, and tell him to pipe all hands—magistrates and sich—and he’ll lay ’em aboard at the Admiral Benbow—all old Flint’s crew, man and boy …
mate/ˈmeɪt/camarada, cara, chapa32 vezes no livro
Much company, mate?”
buccaneer/ˌbəkəˈniɹ/bucaneiro28 vezes no livro
“It’s the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness …
anchorage/ˈæŋkɝədʒ/ancoradouro, fundeadouro, ancoragem28 vezes no livro
… names of hills and bays and inlets, and every particular that would be needed to bring a ship to a safe anchorage upon its shores.
schooner/ˈskunɝ/escuna, goleta28 vezes no livro
You never imagined a sweeter schooner—a child might sail her—two hundred tons; name, Hispaniola.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/considerar, julgar27 vezes no livro
But you’re able to hear, I reckon; leastways, your ears is big enough.
fancy/ˈfænsi/mania27 vezes no livro
And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/trovão, ribombo26 vezes no livro
The captain had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy.
mutineer/ˌmjutəˈnɪɹ/amotinado24 vezes no livro
There was nothing left for me but death by starvation or death by the hands of the mutineers.
coracle/ˈkɔɹəkəɫ/barco de vime24 vezes no livro
I had not then seen a coracle, such as the ancient Britons made …
crutch/ˈkɹətʃ/muleta, canadiana24 vezes no livro
His left leg was cut off close by the hip, and under the left shoulder he carried a crutch, which he managed with wonderful dexterity, hopping about upon it like a bird.
musket/ˈməskət/mosquete23 vezes no livro
‘As for you, Benjamin Gunn,’ says they, ‘here’s a musket,’ they says, ‘and a spade, and pick-axe.
stern/ˈstɝn/austero, rígido, severo23 vezes no livro
“Now, Morgan,” said Long John very sternly, “you never clapped your eyes on that Black—Black Dog before, did you, now?”
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/assobiar, apitar, assoviar23 vezes no livro
I remember him looking round the cove and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards:
seaman/ˈsimən/marinheiro21 vezes no livro
When a seaman did put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for Bristol) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour …
pistol/ˈpɪstəɫ/pistola21 vezes no livro
All they would do was to give me a loaded pistol lest we were attacked, and to promise to have horses ready saddled in case we were pursued on our return …
tide/ˈtaɪd/maré19 vezes no livro
“Why, by the powers,” cried Long John, “if we do, we’ll miss the morning tide!”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/norte18 vezes no livro
… but above all, three crosses of red ink—two on the north part of the island, one in the southwest—and beside this last …
meantime/ˈminˌtaɪm/entretanto18 vezes no livro
In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we all knew to mean silence.
bless/ˈbɫɛs/abençoar, bendizer, benzer18 vezes no livro
And here, sure enough, is my mate Bill, with a spy-glass under his arm, bless his old ’art, to be sure.
cutlass/ˈkətɫəs/alfanje, cutelo17 vezes no livro
The captain had risen earlier than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of the old blue coat, his brass telescope under his arm …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/marinheiro, marujo17 vezes no livro
He sprang to his feet, drew and opened a sailor’s clasp-knife, and balancing it open on the palm of his hand, threatened to pin the doctor to the wall.
mast/ˈmæst/mastro16 vezes no livro
But now I find that every man before the mast knows more than I do.
mat/ˈmæt/companheiros16 vezes no livro
I been in places hot as pitch, and mates dropping round with Yellow Jack, and the blessed land a-heaving like the sea with earthquakes—what do the doctor know of lands like that?—and I lived on rum …
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/rugir, uivar16 vezes no livro
On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms …
anchor/ˈæŋkɝ/âncora16 vezes no livro
She lies at anchor, ready for sea.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/brisa16 vezes no livro
and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/cor15 vezes no livro
He was breathing very loud and hard, but his eyes were closed and his face a horrible colour.
coxswaintimoneiro, timoneiros15 vezes no livro
And the coxswain, Israel Hands, was a careful, wily, old, experienced seaman who could be trusted at a pinch with almost anything.
mile/ˈmaɪɫ/milha14 vezes no livro
Although the breeze had now utterly ceased, we had made a great deal of way during the night and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the south-east of the low eastern coast.
gig/ˈɡɪɡ/bote14 vezes no livro
A turn ashore’ll hurt nobody—the boats are still in the water; you can take the gigs, and as many as please may go ashore for the afternoon.
spit/ˈspɪt/da boca etc. cuspir14 vezes no livro
It did all our hearts good to see him spit in his hand, knit his brows, and make the blade sing through the air.
haul/ˈhɔɫ/arrastar pela quilha14 vezes no livro
“We was a-talkin’ of keel-hauling,” answered Morgan.
fool/ˈfuɫ/idiota, tolo, bobo14 vezes no livro
That doctor’s a fool, I tell you.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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