De Quem é o Corpo?: 40 palavras para aprender antes de ler
Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
As 40 palavras que Dorothy L. Sayers repete muitas vezes em «De Quem é o Corpo?» 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.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/senhor, lorde75 vezes no livro
“Her Grace has just called up from Denver, my lord.
lordship/ˈɫɔɹdʃɪp/o Senhor45 vezes no livro
“I believe that’s his lordship just coming in again—if your Grace would kindly hold the line a moment.”
till/ˈtɪɫ/até36 vezes no livro
“Inspector Sugg said nothing was to be touched till his men came in to move it.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/inquirir24 vezes no livro
“I didn’t hear Inspector Sugg inquire,” he said, with some agitation.
workhouseasilo de pobres18 vezes no livro
Died workhouse Monday.
taxi/ˈtæksi/táxi18 vezes no livro
The taxi man, irritated at receiving this appeal while negotiating the intricacies of turning into Lower Regent Street across the route of a 19 ’bus …
dissect/daɪˈsɛkt/dissecar17 vezes no livro
thought one of the young medical gentlemen at the hospital might have brought the corpse round for a joke, as you might say, they always having bodies in the dissecting-room.
deceased/dɪˈsist/falecido, morto15 vezes no livro
He had never seen the deceased before.
corpse/ˈkɔɹps/cadáver, corpo13 vezes no livro
—if the Church of Rome went to pot or Switzerland invaded Italy—whereas a strange corpse doesn’t turn up in a suburban bathroom more than once in a lifetime—at least, I should think not—at any rate …
beard/ˈbɪɹd/barba13 vezes no livro
Oddly enough, though, he would be really extraordinarily like Sir Reuben if he had a beard, and as Lady Levy
inquest/ˈɪnˌkwɛst/inquérito judicial12 vezes no livro
“I see they adjourned the inquest,” said Parker presently.
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/muito12 vezes no livro
Well, thanks awfully for tellin’ me.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/obrigar12 vezes no livro
Noblesse oblige—for a consideration.
umbrella/ˈəmˌbɹɛɫə/guarda-chuva, sombrinha, guarda-sol12 vezes no livro
He walked upstairs, leaving his greatcoat on the hall peg and his umbrella in the stand—you remember how it rained last night.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/embaixo12 vezes no livro
… and seeing that it was already a quarter to three, ran briskly downstairs, and …
pauper/ˈpɔpɝ/indigente11 vezes no livro
“Then the man was a pauper from the workhouse?”
brandy/ˈbɹændi/brandy, brande, conhaque11 vezes no livro
… and I get that sinking feeling sometimes in the morning, and what with one thing and another I ’ad—had to send the girl for a stiff brandy, or I don’t know what mightn’t have happened.
respectable/ɹiˈspɛktəbəɫ/respeitável11 vezes no livro
He’s such a respectable little man—and having the police in the house and so on, really worried him.”
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/murmúrio11 vezes no livro
“That’s all, I think,” he murmured to himself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/depois, em seguida, mais tarde11 vezes no livro
“I’ll tell you afterwards.
waiter/ˈweɪtɝ/garçom, empregado11 vezes no livro
inquired the waiter of the Honourable Freddy.
rubber/ˈɹəbɝ/borracha11 vezes no livro
I say, Parker, I suppose yours are rubber-soled.
fool/ˈfuɫ/idiota, tolo, bobo11 vezes no livro
a bally fool all the time.
cheerfully/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫi/alegremente10 vezes no livro
“Very wise of you,” said Lord Peter, cheerfully.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/diabo10 vezes no livro
But as a matter of fact, the man in the bath is no more Sir Reuben Levy than Adolf Beck, poor devil, was John Smith.
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/escada10 vezes no livro
There were no ladder marks or footmarks in the yard; the yard was paved with asphalt.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/misterioso10 vezes no livro
… cheque-book, and—most mysterious and important of all—his spectacles, without which he can’t see a step …
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/reconhecer9 vezes no livro
The little book off the night table, my lord, has only the marks of one set of fingers—there’s a little scar on the right thumb which makes them easy recognised.
cistern/ˈsɪstɝn/cisterna, algibe9 vezes no livro
Me and my wife sleep next to the cistern-room.
eyeglass/ˈaɪˌɡɫæs/monóculo9 vezes no livro
… too, except for a pair of eyeglasses, I assure you …
valet/væˈɫeɪ/manobrista, arrumador, valet9 vezes no livro
The valet, cook, parlourmaid, housemaid and kitchenmaid were the only people in the house, and naturally wasted an hour or two squawking and gossiping.
jolly/ˈdʒɑɫi/muito, extremamente9 vezes no livro
Gin a body jolly well knows who murdered a body
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/ferrovia, estrada de ferro, caminho de ferro9 vezes no livro
He’s afraid those railway people will get in now, and then it’ll be all U.
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/gemido, suspiro9 vezes no livro
“Any amount,” replied Mr. Bunter, with a groan calculated to appeal to Mr. Graves’s heart and unlock his confidence.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/anúncio, propaganda, publicidade9 vezes no livro
“I’ve just put an advertisement in the Times about it,” said Lord Peter.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/desconforto desconforto9 vezes no livro
… always living very retired, and it’s most distressing to a man of regular habits, my lord …
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/sensação9 vezes no livro
To go in for cheap sensations
uncommonly/ˌənˈkɑmənɫi/extraordinariamente8 vezes no livro
“I’m sure it must have been uncommonly distressin’,” said Lord Peter, sympathetically, “especially comin’ like that before breakfast.
beastly/ˈbistˌɫi/horrível, detestável8 vezes no livro
What a beastly foggy night, ain’t it?
linoleum/ɫəˈnoʊɫiəm/linóleo8 vezes no livro
Her visitor placed on the table a basket, containing a water-bottle, a silver-backed hair-brush, a pair of boots, a small roll of linoleum, and the “Letters of a Self-made
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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