Noites Brancas e Outras Histórias: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
White nights, and other stories
As 40 palavras que Fiódor Dostoiévski repete muitas vezes em «Noites Brancas e Outras Histórias» 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.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/amanhã, manhã76 vezes no livro
I am being redecorated to-morrow;" or, "I was almost burnt down and had such a fright," and so on.
till/ˈtɪɫ/até48 vezes no livro
… I like it too, and I won't drive you away till I get home."
lodgerinquilino46 vezes no livro
… well, there moved into our upper storey a new lodger."
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/depois, em seguida, mais tarde44 vezes no livro
… only two words, even though we never meet again afterwards!...
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/avergonhado, envergonhado43 vezes no livro
It seemed as though Petersburg threatened to become a wilderness, so that at last I felt ashamed, mortified and sad that I had nowhere to go for the holidays and no reason to go away.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/amedrontar, ameaçar, intimidar42 vezes no livro
… always silent and splenetic, who frightened them, while timid as children they hid their love from each other?
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/insultar, injuriar37 vezes no livro
You are not capable of insulting, even in thought, her who so loved and so loves you.'"
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deliciar, encantar35 vezes no livro
I know them intimately, I have almost made a study of their faces, and am delighted when they are gay, and downcast when they are under a cloud.
spite/ˈspaɪt/desprezo, rancor35 vezes no livro
As soon as it struck nine o'clock I could not stay indoors, but put on my things, and went out in spite of the weather.
haste/ˈheɪst/pressa31 vezes no livro
The girl flew straight as an arrow, with the timid haste one sees in all girls who do not want any one to volunteer to accompany them home at night, and no doubt the staggering gentleman would not have pursued her …
timid/ˈtɪmɪd/tímido, acanhado31 vezes no livro
… the same pale face, the same meek and timid movements, and even signs of remorse …
positively/ˈpɑzətɪvɫi/certamente30 vezes no livro
Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society …
utterly/ˈətɝɫi/totalmente29 vezes no livro
I have lived, as they say, keeping myself to myself, that is, utterly alone—alone, entirely alone.
fond/ˈfɑnd/afeiçoado, carinhoso, meigo28 vezes no livro
Why do you suppose he is so fond of his four walls, which are invariably painted green, grimy, dismal and reeking unpardonably of tobacco smoke?
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/desespero, desesperação27 vezes no livro
I cried jumping up from the seat in utter despair.
fancy/ˈfænsi/a imaginação27 vezes no livro
perhaps it was my fancy....
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/flush26 vezes no livro
… neither where he is going nor where he is standing now, and flushing with vexation he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/continuamente26 vezes no livro
… the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen …
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/bobagem, besteira, disparate25 vezes no livro
Not to talk nonsense, as I did yesterday.
goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/bondade25 vezes no livro
Oh, my goodness!
fool/ˈfuɫ/idiota, tolo, bobo25 vezes no livro
… taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/proprietário24 vezes no livro
They were all landladies, that....
absurd/əbˈsɝd/absurdo24 vezes no livro
A type is an original, it's an absurd person!"
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante, momento24 vezes no livro
But forgive me that a doubt has stolen—if only for one instant—into my heart.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honra23 vezes no livro
Anyway, gentlemen, I shall welcome both views as an honour and a special favour.
quiver/ˈkwɪvɝ/estremecer, tremer23 vezes no livro
She tried to smile, to calm herself, but her chin was quivering and her bosom was still heaving.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/tremer, agitar vigorosamente23 vezes no livro
She took my arm without a word, still trembling with excitement and terror.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/dignidade23 vezes no livro
I should live at ease, I should die with dignity, why, it is charming, perfectly charming!
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/gozo22 vezes no livro
… I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encantar, enfeitiçar22 vezes no livro
It was such a charming little brick house, it looked so hospitably at me, and so proudly at its ungainly neighbours, that my heart rejoiced whenever I happened to pass it.
ache/ˈeɪk/doer21 vezes no livro
it made my heart ache....
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/contrário21 vezes no livro
"No, nothing, nothing, quite the contrary.
nasty/ˈnæsti/imundo, porco21 vezes no livro
My servant is an old country-woman, ill-natured from stupidity, and, moreover, there is always a nasty smell about her.
crush/ˈkɹəʃ/esmagar21 vezes no livro
… why I was not able to entertain my visitor, and why I was crushed under the weight of my own hospitality?"
bless/ˈbɫɛs/abençoar, bendizer, benzer21 vezes no livro
I have almost struck up a friendship with one old man whom I meet every blessed day, at the same hour in Fontanka.
sob/ˈsɑb/soluçar20 vezes no livro
Surely when the hour of parting came she must have lain sobbing and grieving on his bosom, heedless of the tempest raging under the sullen sky …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/tênue20 vezes no livro
So much the better for you; it will give it a faint flavour of romance.
spiteful/ˈspaɪtfəɫ/danoso, malévolo, rancoroso19 vezes no livro
… making her count the strokes, and I cursed myself for my spiteful impulse; I felt sorry for her …
moan/ˈmoʊn/gemer19 vezes no livro
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/mal19 vezes no livro
… as though tired or preoccupied with some other more interesting subject, so that he could scarcely spare a glance for anything about him.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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