Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

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Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)

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On the wild Yorkshire moors, the foundling Heathcliff and his adoptive sister Catherine Earnshaw share a fierce, all-consuming bond that is broken when Catherine marries another man. Heathcliff's consuming grief and desire for revenge poison the lives of both families across two generations.

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Reading Comprehension B1

Front Matter

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Contents

Front Matter

En/Pt → Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

Chapter I

En/Pt → 1801 - I have just come back from a visit to my landlord, the only neighbour who will ever trouble me. This is really a beautiful area! I do not think there is anywhere else in England so far away from other people. It is a perfect paradise for someone who dislikes people - and Mr. Heathcliff and I make a good pair to share this lonely place. What a fine man! He had no idea how warmly I felt towards him when I saw his dark eyes pull back so suspiciously under his eyebrows as I rode up, and when his fingers hid themselves, almost jealously, deeper into his waistcoat as I told him my name.

"Mr. Heathcliff?" I said.

He answered only with a nod.

"Mr. Lockwood, your new tenant, sir. I wanted to visit you as soon as I could after arriving, to say that I hope I have not caused you any trouble by asking so much to rent Thrushcross Grange. I heard yesterday that you had some doubts about it - "

En/Pt → "Thrushcross Grange belongs to me, sir," he broke in, looking annoyed. "I would not let anyone trouble me if I could stop it. Come in!"

He said "come in" through closed teeth, and it really meant "Go away!" Even the gate he leaned on showed no friendly movement to match his words. I think that was actually what made me decide to accept his invitation. I felt curious about a man who seemed even more unfriendly than I am.

When he saw my horse's chest pushing right against the gate, he did put out his hand to unlock it. Then he walked ahead of me up the path, looking annoyed, and called out as we entered the yard, "Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood's horse, and bring up some wine."

"So this is the whole staff of servants, I suppose," I thought, hearing this one order that covered two jobs. "No wonder grass grows between the stones, and only the cattle trim the hedges."

En/Pt → Joseph was an elderly man - no, an old man, a very old man, though still strong and tough. "The Lord help us!" he muttered under his breath in an annoyed tone while he took my horse, looking at my face so sourly that I kindly guessed he must need God's help to digest his dinner, and that his complaint had nothing to do with my sudden arrival.

Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's house. "Wuthering" is a local word that describes the noisy, stormy weather the place gets in bad conditions. They must have strong, clean wind up there at all times - you can guess how powerful the north wind is, blowing over the hilltop, just by looking at how far a few small, twisted fir trees lean at the end of the house, and by a row of bare thorn bushes that all stretch their branches one way, as if begging the sun for help. Luckily, the builder had the sense to build it strong: the narrow windows are set deep in the wall, and the corners are protected by large stones that stick out.

En/Pt → Before I stepped inside, I stopped to look at some strange carvings covering the front of the house, especially around the main door. Above it, among a mess of crumbling stone figures and little boys, I noticed the date "1500" and the name "Hareton Earnshaw." I would have liked to ask some questions and hear a short history of the place from its unfriendly owner, but the way he stood at the door seemed to demand that I either go in quickly or leave completely, and I did not want to make him more impatient before I had even seen inside.

En/Pt → One step took us straight into the family's main room, with no entrance hall or passage first. Here they simply call it "the house." Usually this room would include both kitchen and sitting room, but at Wuthering Heights I think the kitchen has been moved somewhere else entirely - I could hear voices talking and pots and pans clattering somewhere deep inside, but I saw no sign of cooking, boiling, or baking near the huge fireplace, and no shine of copper pans or tin strainers on the walls. One end of the room, though, shone brightly with light and heat reflected from rows of huge pewter plates, mixed with silver jugs and cups, stacked row after row on a large oak cupboard that reached almost to the roof. The roof itself had no ceiling covering it; you could see its whole structure, except where a wooden frame loaded with oatcakes and legs of beef, lamb, and ham blocked the view. Above the fireplace hung several old, rough-looking guns and a pair of horse pistols, and, as decoration, three brightly painted tins were placed along the shelf. The floor was smooth white stone. The chairs were tall-backed, simple, and painted green, with one or two heavy black ones hidden in the shadows. Under the cupboard, in an arched space, lay a large, brown female dog with a litter of squealing puppies around her, and other dogs hid in other corners.

En/Pt → The room and its furniture would have seemed quite ordinary for a simple northern farmer, a stubborn-looking man with strong legs shown off well in knee-breeches and leg coverings. You can see such a man sitting in his armchair, his mug of beer foaming on the round table in front of him, in any of these hills within five or six miles, if you visit at the right time after dinner. But Mr. Heathcliff is very different from his home and his way of life. He looks like a dark-skinned gypsy, but dresses and behaves like a gentleman - as much a gentleman as many country landowners are. He is perhaps a little untidy, but it does not look bad on him, because he has a straight, handsome figure, and he seems rather bad-tempered. Some people might think this comes from a kind of low, stubborn pride, but something inside me tells me that is not true. I sense, somehow, that his distance comes from a dislike of showing his feelings openly - of showing kindness to others. He probably loves and hates just as strongly, but keeps it hidden, and would think it almost rude to be loved or hated back. No, I am going too fast - I am giving him too many of my own qualities. Mr. Heathcliff may have completely different reasons from mine for keeping his hand away when he meets someone new. Let me hope that my own nature is unusual: my dear mother used to say I would never have a comfortable home, and just last summer I proved I truly did not deserve one.

En/Pt → While I was enjoying a month of good weather at the seaside, I met a wonderful young woman - she seemed like a goddess to me, as long as she paid me no attention. I never told her how I felt in words, but if a look can speak, even a fool could have seen I was completely in love. In the end she understood, and gave me a look back - the sweetest look you could imagine. And what did I do? I am ashamed to admit it - I pulled coldly back into myself, like a snail. Every time she looked at me, I became colder and moved further away, until finally the poor, innocent girl began to doubt her own feelings, and, embarrassed by what she thought was her mistake, persuaded her mother to leave.

Because of this strange side of my character, people think I am cold and heartless on purpose. How unfair that is, only I can really know.

En/Pt → I sat down at one end of the fireplace, across from where my landlord was walking, and to fill the silence I tried to pet the mother dog, who had left her puppies and was creeping menacingly toward the back of my legs, her lip curled and her white teeth ready to bite. My touch brought out a long, low growl.

"You had better leave the dog alone," growled Mr. Heathcliff, agreeing with the dog, and stopping a worse reaction with a kick of his foot. "She is not used to being petted - she is not kept as a pet." Then, walking to a side door, he shouted again, "Joseph!"

En/Pt → Joseph mumbled something unclear deep in the cellar but did not come up, so his master went down to get him, leaving me alone with the fierce female dog and two grim, shaggy sheepdogs, who watched my every move just as jealously as she did. Not wanting to get near their teeth, I sat still, but thinking they would not understand silent insults, I made the mistake of winking and making faces at them, and something about my expression annoyed the mother dog so much that she suddenly attacked and jumped onto my knees. I threw her back and quickly put the table between us. This set off the whole group - half a dozen dogs of different sizes and ages came out of their hiding places into the middle of the room. I felt my heels and coat were the main targets, and while I fought off the bigger dogs as well as I could with the fire poker, I was forced to shout loudly for help from the household to stop the chaos.

En/Pt → Mr. Heathcliff and his servant climbed up the cellar steps annoyingly slowly - I do not think they moved any faster than usual, even though the room was in a complete storm of barking and fighting. Luckily, someone from the kitchen moved faster: a strong woman, with her dress tied up, bare arms, and a face red from the fire, rushed in among us waving a frying pan, and used both the pan and her voice so effectively that the chaos calmed down almost like magic. She was still breathing hard, like the sea after a strong wind, when her master finally arrived.

"What on earth is going on?" he asked, looking at me in a way I could hardly stand after such unfriendly treatment.

"What on earth, indeed!" I muttered. "A herd of possessed pigs could not have been worse-tempered than those animals of yours, sir. You might as well leave a stranger with a group of tigers!"

En/Pt → "They will not touch people who do not touch anything," he said, putting the bottle in front of me and putting the table back in place. "The dogs are right to be careful. Will you have a glass of wine?"

"No, thank you."

"You were not bitten, were you?"

"If I had been, I would have left my mark on the biter." Heathcliff's face relaxed into a grin.

"Come, come," he said, "you are upset, Mr. Lockwood. Here, have a little wine. Guests are so rare in this house that I admit my dogs and I hardly know how to treat them. To your health, sir."

En/Pt → I bowed and returned the toast, starting to realize it would be foolish to sit there sulking because of a pack of dogs. Besides, I did not want to give him more reason to laugh at my expense, since that was clearly the mood he was in. He - probably thinking it wise not to upset a good tenant - relaxed a little his short, clipped way of speaking, and started what he thought would interest me: a discussion of the good and bad points of the area where I was living. I found him quite intelligent about the subjects we talked about, and before I went home, I felt encouraged enough to offer to visit again the next day. He clearly did not want me to come back, but I will go anyway. It is strange how sociable I feel compared to him.

Chapter II

En/Pt → Yesterday afternoon turned misty and cold. I almost decided to stay by my study fire instead of walking through mud and rough grass to Wuthering Heights. But after dinner (note: I eat between twelve and one o'clock; the housekeeper, an older woman who came with the house, could not or would not understand my request to be served at five) - while going up the stairs with this lazy plan, I stepped into the room and saw a servant girl on her knees, surrounded by brushes and coal buckets, raising a terrible dust as she put out the fire with piles of ash. This sight sent me straight back out. I took my hat and, after a four-mile walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden gate just in time to escape the first light flakes of a snow shower.

On that cold, open hilltop the ground was hard with black frost, and the air made me shiver all over. Since I could not open the chain, I jumped over the gate and ran up the stone path lined with untidy gooseberry bushes, knocking uselessly for someone to let me in, until my knuckles hurt and the dogs howled.

En/Pt → "Miserable people!" I said to myself. "You deserve to be alone forever, for being so unfriendly. At least I would not keep my doors locked during the day. I don't care - I will get in!" With that decision, I grabbed the latch and shook it hard. Sour-faced Joseph stuck his head out of a round window in the barn.

"What do you want?" he shouted. "The master is down in the field. Go around by the end of the barn if you want to speak to him."

"Is there nobody inside to open the door?" I called back.

"There's only the mistress, and she will not open it no matter how much noise you make until night."

"Why? Can't you tell her who I am, Joseph?"

"Not me! I want nothing to do with it," muttered the head, disappearing.

En/Pt → The snow began to fall heavily. I took hold of the handle to try again, when a young man without a coat, carrying a pitchfork on his shoulder, appeared in the yard behind me. He called me to follow him, and after we walked through a wash-house and a paved yard with a coal shed, a water pump, and a pigeon house, we finally reached the large, warm, cheerful room where I had first been welcomed. It glowed pleasantly in the light of a huge fire made of coal, peat, and wood, and near the table, which was set for a full evening meal, I was glad to see the "mistress" - someone whose existence I had never known about before. I bowed and waited, expecting her to ask me to sit down. She looked at me, leaning back in her chair, and stayed still and silent.

"Rough weather!" I said. "I'm afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, the door had to suffer because your servants were slow to answer it. I had a hard time making them hear me."

En/Pt → She said nothing at all. I stared at her, and she stared back, keeping her eyes on me in a cold, indifferent way that made me very uncomfortable.

"Sit down," said the young man roughly. "He'll be in soon."

I did as he said, cleared my throat, and greeted the dog Juno, who, on this second meeting, allowed herself to move just the tip of her tail, showing she remembered me.

"A beautiful animal!" I said, trying again. "Do you plan to give away the puppies, madam?"

"They are not mine," said my unfriendly hostess, in a tone even colder than Heathcliff's.

"Ah, so your favourites are among these?" I went on, turning toward a cushion covered with what looked like cats.

"A strange choice of favourites!" she said scornfully.

Unluckily, it was actually a pile of dead rabbits. I cleared my throat again, moved closer to the fire, and repeated my comment about the wild weather outside.

En/Pt → "You should not have come out," she said, standing up and reaching for two of the painted tins on the mantelpiece.

Before, she had been sitting where the light could not reach her; now I could see her whole figure and face clearly. She was slim, and looked barely past girlhood - a lovely shape, and the most beautiful little face I had ever seen; small, delicate features, very fair skin, and light golden curls hanging loosely on her neck. Her eyes would have been irresistible if their expression had been kinder - but luckily for my easily-affected heart, all I saw in them was something between scorn and a strange kind of desperation. The tins were almost out of her reach, so I made a move to help her, but she turned on me the way a miser might turn on someone trying to help count his gold.

"I don't want your help," she snapped. "I can get them myself."

En/Pt → "I'm sorry!" I said quickly.

"Were you invited to tea?" she asked, tying an apron over her neat black dress, and standing with a spoonful of tea leaves ready over the pot.

"I would be glad to have a cup," I answered.

"Were you invited?" she repeated.

"No," I said, half smiling. "You are the right person to invite me."

She threw the tea back into the tin, spoon and all, and sat back down in her chair, annoyed, her forehead wrinkled and her red lower lip pushed out like a child about to cry.

En/Pt → Meanwhile, the young man had put on a very shabby jacket, and, standing tall in front of the fire, he looked down at me sideways, as if there were some deep quarrel between us that had not been settled. I began to wonder if he was a servant or not. His clothes and speech were both rough, with none of the refinement I had seen in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff. His thick brown hair was messy and uncombed, his side-whiskers grew wild over his cheeks, and his hands were browned like a labourer's. Still, he carried himself freely, almost proudly, and showed none of a servant's attentiveness toward the lady of the house. Since I had no clear idea of who he was, I thought it best not to comment on his odd behaviour, and five minutes later Heathcliff's arrival relieved me somewhat from my uncomfortable situation.

"You see, sir, I have come, as I promised!" I said, trying to sound cheerful. "And I'm afraid I will need shelter for half an hour, if you can spare it, because of the weather."

En/Pt → "Half an hour?" he said, shaking the white snowflakes from his clothes. "I'm surprised you chose the middle of a snowstorm to go wandering about. Don't you know you risk getting lost in the marshes? People who know these hills well often lose their way on evenings like this, and I can tell you the weather will not change soon."

"Perhaps I could get one of your boys to guide me, and he could stay at the Grange until morning - could you spare me one?"

"No, I could not."

"Oh, I see. Well, then, I will have to trust my own sense of direction."

"Hm!"

"Are you going to make the tea?" the man in the shabby coat demanded, turning his fierce look from me to the young woman.

"Is he going to have any?" she asked, turning to Heathcliff.

En/Pt → "Get it ready, will you?" was the answer, said so harshly that it startled me. His tone showed a truly bad temper. I no longer felt like calling Heathcliff a fine man. When everything was ready, he said to me, "Now, sir, bring your chair forward." And we all, including the rough young man, sat around the table, eating our meal in a cold, serious silence.

I thought that if I had caused this gloomy mood, it was my duty to try to lift it. They could not sit like this, grim and silent, every single day, and it seemed unlikely that, however bad-tempered they might be, this constant frown was their everyday look.

"It's strange," I began, between one cup of tea and the next, "how habit shapes our tastes and ideas. Many people could not imagine finding happiness living as far from the world as you do, Mr. Heathcliff. And yet I would say that, surrounded by your family, with your pleasant wife at the heart of your home - "

En/Pt → "My pleasant wife!" he broke in, with an almost evil sneer on his face. "Where is she - my pleasant wife?"

"Mrs. Heathcliff, your wife, I mean."

"Well, yes - oh, I see, you mean that her spirit now acts as a guardian angel, watching over Wuthering Heights even though her body is gone. Is that it?"

Realizing I had made a mistake, I tried to fix it. I should have noticed there was too great a difference in age between the two of them for them to be husband and wife. He was about forty - an age when men rarely still believe some young girl has married them for love; that kind of dream is usually saved for our later years. She did not look older than seventeen.

En/Pt → Then it hit me - "The rough man beside me, drinking his tea from a bowl and eating his bread with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff's son, of course. This is what comes of living cut off from the world - she has wasted herself on that clumsy fellow simply because she never knew better men existed! What a shame - I must be careful not to make her regret her choice." This last thought may sound conceited, but it was not. My neighbour struck me as almost unpleasant to look at, and I knew from experience that I was fairly good-looking myself.

"Mrs. Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law," said Heathcliff, confirming my guess. As he spoke, he gave her a strange look - a look of hatred, unless his face muscles work in some very unusual way that does not show what he truly feels, unlike everyone else's.

"Ah, of course - I understand now: you are the lucky husband of this kind lady," I said, turning to the young man beside me.

En/Pt → This was even worse than before. The young man turned red and clenched his fist, looking ready to attack me. But he seemed to catch himself, and instead muttered a rough curse at me under his breath, which I chose not to notice.

"You have guessed wrong, sir," said my host. "Neither of us has the honour of owning your kind lady - her husband is dead. I said she was my daughter-in-law, so she must have married my son."

"And this young man is - "

"Certainly not my son."

Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were too much even to joke about being the father of that rough young man.

"My name is Hareton Earnshaw," growled the other, "and I'd advise you to respect it!"

"I have shown no disrespect," I replied, laughing to myself at the pride with which he announced his name.

En/Pt → He kept his eyes fixed on me longer than I wanted, afraid I might either want to hit him or start laughing out loud. I began to feel clearly out of place in that pleasant family gathering. The gloomy mood of the place overcame, and outweighed, the warm physical comfort around me, and I decided to be careful about ever coming under that roof a third time.

When the meal was over, and nobody said a friendly word, I went to a window to check the weather. What I saw was troubling: dark night falling early, and sky and hills mixing together in a fierce swirl of wind and choking snow.

"I don't think I can get home now without a guide," I could not help saying. "The roads must already be buried, and even if they weren't, I could barely see a step ahead."

"Hareton, drive those dozen sheep into the barn entrance. They'll be buried if left in the field all night. And put a board in front of them," said Heathcliff.

En/Pt → "What should I do?" I continued, growing more irritated.

Nobody answered my question. Looking around, I saw only Joseph bringing in a bucket of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, amusing herself by burning a bundle of matches that had fallen from the shelf as she put the tea tin back. Joseph, after setting down his load, looked critically around the room and said in a harsh voice, "I wonder how you can stand there doing nothing, or worse, when everyone else has gone out! But you're worthless, and there's no use talking - you'll never improve your bad ways, but will go straight to the devil, just like your mother before you!"

For a moment I thought this speech was aimed at me, and, quite angry, I stepped toward the old man meaning to kick him out the door. But Mrs. Heathcliff stopped me with her answer.

En/Pt → "You shameless old hypocrite!" she replied. "Aren't you afraid of being carried off bodily, every time you speak the devil's name? I warn you, stop provoking me, or I'll ask for your removal as a special favour! Wait - look here, Joseph," she went on, taking a long, dark book from a shelf, "I'll show you how far I've gotten in learning black magic. Soon I'll be able to clear this house completely. The red cow didn't die by accident, you know, and your rheumatism can hardly be called an act of God!"

"Oh, wicked, wicked!" gasped the old man. "May the Lord save us from evil!"

"No, you sinner! You're a lost cause - get out, or I'll really hurt you! I'll have you all made in wax and clay, and the first one who crosses the line I set will - I won't say what will happen to him - but you'll see! Go, I'm watching you!"

En/Pt → The little witch put a pretend cruelty into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with real fear, hurried out, praying and muttering "wicked" as he went. I thought her behaviour must come from a kind of dark sense of humour, and, now that we were alone, I tried to get her interested in my problem.

"Mrs. Heathcliff," I said seriously, "please forgive me for troubling you. I'm sure that with a face like yours, you must have a kind heart. Please point out some landmarks so I can find my way home - I have no more idea how to get there than you would know how to get to London!"

"Take the road you came by," she answered, settling into a chair with a candle and the long book open in front of her. "It's short advice, but it's as good as I can give."

"Then, if you hear that I was found dead in a bog or a snowdrift, won't your conscience tell you it was partly your fault?"

En/Pt → "How so? I can't guide you there. They wouldn't even let me walk to the end of the garden wall."

"You! I would be sorry to ask you to step outside, for my sake, on such a night," I said. "I want you to tell me the way, not show it to me - or else to convince Mr. Heathcliff to give me a guide."

"Who? There is only him, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph, and me. Which would you like?"

"Are there no boys at the farm?"

"No; that's everyone."

"Then I suppose I'm forced to stay."

"That's between you and your host. I have nothing to do with it."

"I hope this will teach you not to go on such reckless walks in these hills again," called Heathcliff's stern voice from the kitchen doorway. "As for staying here, I don't keep rooms for visitors - if you stay, you'll have to share a bed with Hareton or Joseph."

En/Pt → "I can sleep on a chair in this room," I replied.

"No, no! A stranger is a stranger, rich or poor. It doesn't suit me to let anyone wander freely around this place while I'm not watching!" said the rude man.

After this insult, I had had enough. I made a sound of disgust and pushed past him into the yard, running into Earnshaw in my hurry. It was so dark I could not find the way out, and as I wandered around, I overheard another example of how politely they treated each other. At first, the young man seemed about to help me.

"I'll go with him as far as the park," he said.

"You'll go with him to hell!" shouted his master, or whatever he was to him. "And who will look after the horses, eh?"

"A man's life matters more than one evening of neglecting the horses - someone has to go," murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected.

En/Pt → "Not on your orders!" Hareton shot back. "If you care about him, you'd better be quiet."

"Then I hope his ghost haunts you, and I hope Mr. Heathcliff never gets another tenant until the Grange falls into ruin," she answered sharply.

"Listen, listen, she's cursing them!" muttered Joseph, toward whom I had been walking.

He sat within hearing distance, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I grabbed without asking, calling out that I would send it back the next day, and rushed toward the nearest gate.

"Master, master, he's stealing the lantern!" shouted the old man, chasing after me. "Hey, Gnasher! Hey, dog! Hey, Wolf, catch him, catch him!"

En/Pt → As I opened the small gate, two hairy dogs jumped at my throat, knocking me down and putting out the light, while laughter from both Heathcliff and Hareton added to my anger and shame. Luckily, the dogs seemed more interested in stretching their paws, yawning, and wagging their tails than in actually attacking me, but they would not let me get up, and I had to lie there until their spiteful masters chose to free me. Then, hatless and shaking with anger, I ordered the creatures to let me out, threatening them if they kept me one more minute, with several wild, half-formed threats of revenge that sounded almost like something out of King Lear.

En/Pt → My anger and shock brought on a heavy nosebleed, and Heathcliff kept laughing while I kept complaining. I don't know how the scene would have ended if there hadn't been one person nearby who was more sensible than me and kinder than my host. This was Zillah, the sturdy housekeeper, who finally came out to find out what all the noise was about. She thought someone had attacked me violently, and, not daring to blame her master, she turned her sharp tongue on the younger troublemaker instead.

"Well, Mr. Earnshaw," she cried, "I wonder what you'll get up to next! Are we going to kill people right on our own doorstep? This house will never suit me - look at the poor young man, he's practically choking! There, there, you mustn't carry on like this. Come in, and I'll fix that. Now, hold still."

With these words she suddenly poured a pint of icy water down my neck and pulled me into the kitchen. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his brief good humour quickly fading back into his usual gloominess.

En/Pt → I felt very sick, dizzy, and faint, and so was forced to accept a bed under his roof. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, then went on to the inner room, while she sympathized with me over my sorry state and, once she had done as he ordered and I felt somewhat better, showed me to bed.

Chapter III

En/Pt → As she led the way upstairs, she told me to hide the candle and make no noise, because her master had strange feelings about the room she was putting me in and never willingly let anyone stay there. I asked why. She said she did not know - she had only lived there a year or two, and there were so many strange happenings that she had stopped being curious about them.

Too tired to be curious myself, I locked my door and looked around for the bed. The only furniture was a chair, a wardrobe, and a large oak box with square holes cut near the top, like carriage windows. Walking up to it, I looked inside and saw it was an old-fashioned kind of couch, cleverly designed so that not every family member needed a separate room. In fact, it formed a small closet, and the ledge of the window it enclosed served as a table.

En/Pt → I slid back the wooden panels, climbed in with my light, pulled them shut again, and felt safe from Heathcliff and everyone else watching me.

On the ledge, where I set down my candle, there was a small pile of mouldy books in one corner, and the paint was covered with writing scratched into it. This writing was nothing but one name, repeated in every kind of handwriting, large and small - Catherine Earnshaw, sometimes changed to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton.

Feeling dull and tired, I leaned my head against the window and kept reading Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, until my eyes closed. But they had rested only five minutes when bright white letters seemed to flash out of the darkness, as clear as ghosts - the air seemed full of Catherines. Waking myself to get rid of the annoying name, I found my candle's flame resting on one of the old books, filling the room with the smell of burning leather.

En/Pt → I put it out, and, feeling quite unwell from the cold and lingering sickness, sat up and opened the damaged book on my knee. It was a Bible, printed in thin type and smelling strongly of mould. On the first page was written, "Catherine Earnshaw, her book," with a date from about twenty-five years earlier.

I closed it and picked up another, and then another, until I had looked through them all. Catherine's small collection of books showed clear signs of heavy use, though not always for reading - almost every chapter had handwritten comments in pen and ink covering every blank space the printer had left. Some were single sentences; other parts formed a kind of diary, written in a rough, childish hand. At the top of one extra page - probably a real treasure when she first found it - I was amused to see a clever drawing making fun of my friend Joseph, roughly but skillfully drawn. I suddenly felt very interested in this unknown Catherine, and I began trying to read her faded handwriting.

En/Pt → "An awful Sunday," the passage below began. "I wish my father were here again. Hindley is a terrible replacement for him - his treatment of Heathcliff is awful - Heathcliff and I are planning to rebel. We took our first step this evening.

"It had been raining all day, so we could not go to church, and Joseph had to hold a service in the attic instead. While Hindley and his wife sat comfortably downstairs by a warm fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I'm sure - Heathcliff, myself, and the poor farm boy were ordered to take our prayer books and go upstairs. We were lined up on a sack of corn, shivering and groaning, hoping Joseph would get cold too, so he might keep his sermon short for his own sake. What a useless hope! The service lasted exactly three hours, and yet my brother had the nerve to say, when he saw us coming down, 'What, finished already?' On Sunday evenings we used to be allowed to play, as long as we weren't too noisy - now even a small laugh is enough to get us sent to a corner.

En/Pt → "'You forget you have a master here,' says the tyrant. 'I'll punish the first person who annoys me! I want complete quiet and good behaviour. Oh, boy, was that you? Frances, dear, pull his hair as you pass - I heard him snap his fingers.' Frances pulled his hair hard, then went and sat on her husband's knee, and there the two of them sat, like children, kissing and talking nonsense for hours - silly behaviour we should be ashamed of. We made ourselves as comfortable as we could in the arch under the cupboard. I had just tied our aprons together to hang as a curtain when Joseph came in on an errand from the stables. He tore down what I had made, boxed my ears, and croaked:

"'The master has only just been buried, and Sunday isn't even over, and the sound of the church service is still in your ears, and you dare to play games! Shame on you! Sit down, you naughty children - there are plenty of good books, if you'd only read them. Sit down and think about your souls!'

En/Pt → "Saying this, he made us arrange ourselves so that we could catch a dim ray of light from the distant fire to read the boring book he gave us. I could not stand it. I picked up my dreary book by its cover and threw it into the dog kennel, saying I hated a good book. Heathcliff kicked his to the same place. Then there was chaos!

"'Master Hindley!' shouted our preacher. 'Master, come here! Miss Cathy has torn the back off "The Helmet of Salvation," and Heathcliff has stepped his foot right onto the first part of "The Broad Way to Destruction"! It's a real shame that you let them carry on this way. Ah, the old master would have punished them properly - but he's gone!'

En/Pt → "Hindley hurried up from his comfortable spot by the fire, and grabbing one of us by the collar and the other by the arm, threw us both into the back kitchen, where Joseph swore that 'old Nick' - the devil - would come for us as surely as we were alive. Comforted by that thought, we each found a separate corner to wait for him. I got this book and a pot of ink from a shelf, pushed the door open a little for light, and have spent twenty minutes writing this. But my companion is getting impatient, and suggests we take the dairywoman's cloak and run around on the moors under its cover. A pleasant idea - and then, if the grumpy old man comes in, he might think his prediction has come true - we can hardly be wetter or colder in the rain than we are right here."

En/Pt → * * * * * *

En/Pt → I suppose Catherine did carry out her plan, because the next sentence moved to a different subject: she became tearful.

"I never imagined Hindley would ever make me cry like this!" she wrote. "My head aches so much I can't rest it on the pillow, and I still can't stop crying. Poor Heathcliff! Hindley calls him a tramp, and won't let him sit with us or eat with us anymore, and says he and I must not play together, and threatens to throw him out of the house if we disobey. He has been blaming our father - how could he! - for spoiling Heathcliff too much, and swears he will put him back in his proper place - "

En/Pt → * * * * * *

En/Pt → I began to nod off sleepily over the dim page, my eyes drifting from the handwriting to the printed text. I saw a red decorated title - "Seventy Times Seven, and the First of the Seventy-First. A Religious Sermon given by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough." And while I was, half-awake, trying to guess what Jabez Branderham would say about this subject, I sank back into bed and fell asleep. What terrible effects bad tea and a bad mood can have! What else could have caused such a terrible night? I don't remember another night I could compare to it, since I have been able to feel discomfort at all.

En/Pt → I began to dream almost before I stopped being aware of where I was. I thought it was morning, and I had set out for home, with Joseph as my guide. Snow lay deep on our path, and as we struggled along, my companion kept complaining that I had not brought a walking staff, telling me I could never get into the house without one, and proudly showing off a heavy wooden club, which I understood to be what he meant. For a moment I thought it strange that I would need such a weapon to enter my own home. Then a new thought struck me - I was not going home at all. We were traveling to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach on the text "Seventy Times Seven," and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the "First of the Seventy-First," and were about to be publicly exposed and thrown out of the church.

En/Pt → We arrived at the chapel. I had actually passed it a few times on my walks - it sits in a hollow between two hills, a raised, damp hollow near a swamp, whose wet peaty soil is said to preserve the few bodies buried there very well. The roof has stayed whole so far, but since the minister's pay is only twenty pounds a year and a house with two rooms that are close to becoming one, no minister will take the job - especially since people say his congregation would rather let him starve than add even one penny to his income. Still, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive audience, and he preached - good heavens, what a sermon! It was divided into four hundred and ninety parts, each as long as a normal sermon, and each one about a different sin. Where he found them all, I cannot say. He had his own private way of understanding the text, and it seemed that everyone in the congregation had to commit a different sin each time. They were very strange sins - odd wrongdoings I had never imagined before.

En/Pt → Oh, how tired I became. How I twisted, yawned, nodded off, and woke up again! How I pinched and poked myself, rubbed my eyes, stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to ask if he thought it would ever end. I was forced to hear the whole thing, and finally he reached the "First of the Seventy-First." At that moment, a sudden idea came to me - I felt moved to stand up and accuse Jabez Branderham of committing the one sin that no Christian could forgive.

"Sir," I called out, "sitting here inside these four walls, all at once, I have put up with and forgiven the four hundred and ninety parts of your sermon. Seventy times seven times I have picked up my hat, ready to leave - seventy times seven times you have ridiculously made me sit back down. The four hundred and ninety-first is too much. Fellow sufferers, attack him! Pull him down and destroy him completely, so that this place forgets he ever existed!"

En/Pt → "You are the one!" cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion. "Seventy times seven times you twisted your face while yawning - seventy times seven times I discussed it with my own soul - well, this is just human weakness, and it too can be forgiven! But now the First of the Seventy-First has come. Brothers, carry out the punishment that is written. Such honour belongs to all His saints!"

En/Pt → With those final words, the whole crowd, raising their walking staffs, rushed at me together, and I, having no weapon of my own to defend myself, grabbed hold of Joseph, my nearest and fiercest attacker, to take his. In the crush of people, several clubs crossed paths, and blows meant for me landed on other people's heads instead. Soon the whole chapel echoed with knocking and counter-knocking; every man's hand was against his neighbour's, and Branderham, not wanting to stay idle, poured out his energy in loud taps on the pulpit boards, which knocked back so sharply that, at last, to my great relief, they woke me up. And what had caused this huge uproar? What had played Jabez's part in the fight? Only the branch of a fir tree brushing against my window as the wind howled by, rattling its dry cones against the glass! I listened doubtfully for a moment, worked out what was making the noise, then turned over and dozed off again, dreaming once more - if possible, even more unpleasantly than before.

En/Pt → This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I clearly heard the gusty wind and the driving snow. I also heard the fir branch making its annoying sound again, and knew what was causing it, but it bothered me so much that I decided to stop it if I could. I thought I got up and tried to open the window latch. The hook was soldered shut into its fitting - something I had noticed while awake but had forgotten. "I must stop it anyway!" I muttered, breaking the glass with my knuckles and reaching an arm out to grab the annoying branch. Instead, my fingers closed around the fingers of a small, ice-cold hand!

The deep horror of a nightmare came over me. I tried to pull my arm back, but the hand held on, and a very sad voice sobbed,

"Let me in - let me in!"

En/Pt → "Who are you?" I asked, still struggling to free myself.

"Catherine Linton," it answered, shivering - why did I think of Linton? I had read "Earnshaw" twenty times where it said "Linton" - "I've come home. I lost my way on the moor!"

As it spoke, I could just make out a child's face looking through the window. Fear made me cruel, and, finding it useless to try to shake the creature off, I pulled its wrist onto the broken glass and rubbed it back and forth until blood ran down and soaked into the bedclothes. Still it cried, "Let me in!" and held on just as tightly, nearly driving me mad with fear.

"How can I!" I said at last. "Let go of me, if you want me to let you in!"

The fingers loosened, I pulled my hand back through the hole, quickly stacked the books into a pile against it, and covered my ears to block out the sad pleading.

En/Pt → I seemed to keep them covered for more than fifteen minutes, yet the moment I listened again, the sad crying was still going on!

"Go away!" I shouted. "I will never let you in, even if you beg for twenty years."

"It is twenty years," mourned the voice. "Twenty years. I've been wandering, lost, for twenty years!"

Then a weak scratching began outside, and the pile of books moved as if something were pushing it forward.

I tried to jump up, but I could not move a single limb, and so I screamed loudly in a panic of fear.

To my confusion, I realized the scream was real: quick footsteps came toward my room door, someone pushed it open firmly, and a light shone through the openings at the top of the bed. I sat there shaking, still wiping the sweat from my forehead. The person at the door seemed to hesitate, muttering to himself.

En/Pt → Finally, he said, in a half-whisper, clearly not expecting an answer,

"Is anyone here?"

I decided it was best to admit I was there, because I recognized Heathcliff's voice and feared he might search further if I stayed silent.

With that in mind, I turned and opened the panels. I will not soon forget the effect this had.

Heathcliff stood near the doorway, in his shirt and trousers, holding a candle that dripped wax over his fingers, his face as pale as the wall behind him. The first creak of the oak panel startled him like an electric shock. The light jumped from his hand a few feet away, and he was so shaken that he could hardly pick it up.

"It is only your guest, sir," I called out. I wanted to save him from the shame of showing his fear. "I had bad luck - I screamed in my sleep because of a terrible nightmare. I'm sorry I woke you."

En/Pt → "Damn you, Mr. Lockwood! I wish you were - " my host began. He put the candle down on a chair because his hand was shaking too much to hold it. "Who took you up to this room?" he went on, pressing his nails into his palms and grinding his teeth to stop his jaw from shaking. "Who was it? I have a good mind to throw them out of the house right now!"

"It was your servant Zillah," I answered, dropping onto the floor and quickly putting my clothes back on. "I would not mind if you did, Mr. Heathcliff - she deserves it. I think she wanted more proof that the room is haunted, using me to test it. Well, it is haunted - full of ghosts! You are right to keep it shut up, I promise you. No one will thank you for sleeping in a room like that!"

"What do you mean?" Heathcliff asked. "And what are you doing? Lie down and finish the night here, since you are already here. But for God's sake, don't make that horrible noise again. Nothing could excuse it, unless someone was cutting your throat!"

En/Pt → "If that little devil had gotten in through the window, she probably would have strangled me!" I answered. "I'm not going to suffer any more attacks from your friendly ancestors! Wasn't the Reverend Jabez Branderham related to you on your mother's side? And that wicked girl, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or whatever her name was - she must have been an evil spirit! She told me she had been walking the earth for twenty years - a fair punishment for her sins, I have no doubt!"

En/Pt → As soon as I said these words, I remembered the connection between Heathcliff's name and Catherine's name in the book - I had completely forgotten it until now. I felt embarrassed at my carelessness, but without showing that I understood I had upset him, I quickly added, "The truth is, sir, I spent the first part of the night - " Here I stopped again. I was about to say "reading those old books," but that would have shown I knew about the handwriting in them, not just the printed words. So I corrected myself and said, "reading the name scratched on that window-ledge, over and over. A boring activity, meant to put me to sleep, like counting, or - "

"What do you mean by talking to me like this!" Heathcliff shouted with fierce anger. "How - how dare you, under my roof? God! He must be mad to speak this way!" And he hit his forehead in anger.

En/Pt → I did not know whether to be angry at his words or continue explaining. But he seemed so deeply upset that I felt sorry for him, and I went on telling him about my dream. I said I had never heard the name "Catherine Linton" before, but reading it so many times had made a strong impression on me, and it became a real person in my mind once I lost control of my imagination. As I spoke, Heathcliff slowly moved back toward the bed, and finally sat down almost hidden behind it. I could tell, from his uneven and broken breathing, that he was fighting to control strong emotion. Not wanting to show him that I had noticed, I kept getting dressed, making some noise, looked at my watch, and said to myself about how long the night was: "Not even three o'clock yet! I would have sworn it was six. Time moves so slowly here - we must have gone to bed at eight!"

En/Pt → "Always at nine in winter, and we get up at four," said my host, holding back a groan. I thought, from the movement of the shadow of his arm, that he was wiping a tear from his eyes. "Mr. Lockwood," he added, "you can go into my room. You will only be in the way if you go downstairs so early, and your childish shouting has ruined my sleep completely."

"Mine too," I answered. "I will walk in the yard until it gets light, and then I will leave. You don't need to worry that I will bother you again. I am now completely cured of looking for enjoyment in the company of others, whether in the country or the town. A sensible man should be able to find enough company in himself."

"Wonderful company!" Heathcliff muttered. "Take the candle and go wherever you like. I will join you soon. But stay out of the yard - the dogs are loose there. And in the house, Juno is guarding - no, you can only walk around the steps and hallways. But go on, leave now! I will come in two minutes!"

En/Pt → I obeyed him enough to leave the room. But not knowing where the narrow hallways led, I stood still, and I saw something strange - without meaning to. My landlord did something superstitious that did not match how sensible he usually seemed. He climbed onto the bed and pulled the window open hard, and as he pulled, he suddenly began crying without control. "Come in! Come in!" he sobbed. "Cathy, please come. Oh, please - just once more! Oh, my darling! Hear me this time, Catherine, please!" But like ghosts usually do, it gave no sign that it was really there. Only the snow and wind blew wildly through the window, reaching even where I stood, and blowing out my candle.

En/Pt → There was so much pain in his crying that I felt sorry for him instead of thinking it was foolish. I moved away, feeling a little angry with myself for listening at all, and annoyed that I had told him my silly nightmare, since it caused him such pain - though I could not understand why. I went carefully down to the lower floor and reached the back kitchen, where some glowing coals let me light my candle again. Nothing was moving except a grey striped cat, which crept out of the ashes and greeted me with an unhappy meow.

En/Pt → Two curved benches almost surrounded the fireplace. I lay down on one of them, and the cat got onto the other. We were both falling asleep when someone came into our quiet spot - it was Joseph, coming down a wooden ladder that led up through a hole in the roof, probably to his small room above. He gave an unfriendly look at the small fire I had managed to light, pushed the cat off its spot, sat down in its place, and began filling a pipe with tobacco. He clearly thought my being there was too rude to even comment on - he silently put the pipe to his lips, crossed his arms, and smoked. I let him enjoy it without bothering him, and after his last puff and a deep sigh, he got up and left as seriously as he had come.

En/Pt → A lighter footstep came in next. I opened my mouth to say "good morning," but closed it again without saying anything - because Hareton Earnshaw was quietly saying curses under his breath at everything he touched, while he searched a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the snow. He glanced over the back of the bench, his nostrils flaring, and showed no more interest in being polite to me than to the cat beside me. From what he was doing, I guessed that it was possible to go outside, so I got up from my hard bed and made a move to follow him. He noticed this, and pointed with the end of his spade at an inner door, making an unclear sound to show me that was the way I should go if I wanted to move.

En/Pt → The door opened into the house, where the women were already up and working. Zillah was pushing flames up the chimney with a huge pair of bellows, and Mrs. Heathcliff was kneeling by the fire, reading a book by its light. She held her hand between her eyes and the heat, and seemed completely focused on her book, stopping only to scold the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog that kept pushing its nose into her face. I was surprised to see Heathcliff there too. He stood by the fire with his back to me, just finishing an angry argument with poor Zillah, who kept stopping her work to lift the corner of her apron and let out an angry groan.

"And you, you useless - " he shouted as I came in, turning to his daughter-in-law and calling her a rude name. "There you are, wasting time again! Everyone else here earns their food - you live off my kindness! Put your rubbish away and find something useful to do. You will pay me for the trouble of always having you in front of me - do you hear me, wretched girl?"

En/Pt → "I will put my rubbish away, because you can force me to if I refuse," the young lady answered, closing her book and throwing it onto a chair. "But I will not do anything else, even if you curse until your tongue falls out, except what I choose to do!"

Heathcliff raised his hand, and the young woman quickly moved away, clearly knowing how hard he could hit. Not wanting to watch a fight, I stepped forward quickly, pretending I wanted to warm myself by the fire and knew nothing about the argument. Both of them were polite enough to stop fighting - Heathcliff put his fists in his pockets to avoid using them, and Mrs. Heathcliff pressed her lips together and walked to a seat far away, where she kept completely still and silent for the rest of my visit. That visit did not last long. I did not stay for breakfast, and as soon as it got light, I took the chance to escape outside, into air that was clear, still, and as cold as ice.

En/Pt → My landlord called for me to stop before I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to walk with me across the moor. It was a good thing he did, because the whole hillside looked like one white, wavy sea - the hills and hollows in the snow did not match the real shape of the ground. Many deep holes were filled level with snow, and long lines of hills made from old quarry waste had disappeared completely from the picture I remembered from my walk the day before. I had noticed, on one side of the road, a line of upright stones placed every six or seven yards along the whole path - these were put there and painted with white lime to act as guides in the dark, and also for times like now, when heavy snow made it hard to tell the safe path from the dangerous swamps on either side. But except for a few dirty spots showing through here and there, all signs of the stones had disappeared, and my companion often had to warn me to go right or left, whenever I thought I was correctly following the curves of the road.

En/Pt → We did not talk much, and he stopped at the entrance to Thrushcross Park, saying I could not get lost from there. We said goodbye quickly with a small bow, and then I went on alone, trusting myself to find the way - the gatekeeper's house has no one living in it yet. The distance from the gate to the Grange is two miles, but I think I made it into four, because I got lost among the trees and sank up to my neck in snow - a problem that only people who have experienced it can really understand. Anyway, whatever path I took, the clock struck twelve as I entered the house, which meant exactly one hour for every mile of the normal way from Wuthering Heights.

En/Pt → My housekeeper and the other servants rushed to welcome me, all shouting at once that they had completely given up on me - everyone thought I had died in the night, and they were wondering how they should search for my body. I told them to be quiet now that they could see I was back, and, feeling frozen through, I dragged myself upstairs. There, after putting on dry clothes and walking back and forth for thirty or forty minutes to warm myself up, I went to my study, as weak as a kitten - almost too weak to enjoy the warm fire and hot coffee the servant had prepared for me.

Chapter IV

En/Pt → What changeable people we are! I had decided to stay completely independent from other people, and I was glad that I had finally found a place where that was almost impossible to avoid. But I, weak as I am, fought against low spirits and loneliness until evening, and finally I had to give up. Pretending that I wanted information about running my household, I asked Mrs. Dean, when she brought supper, to sit down while I ate. I honestly hoped she would talk a lot, either to cheer me up or to put me to sleep with her stories.

"You have lived here a long time," I began. "Did you not say sixteen years?"

"Eighteen years, sir. I came when the mistress got married, to serve her. After she died, the master kept me on as his housekeeper."

"Indeed."

There was a pause. I worried she was not much of a gossip, except about her own life, which could hardly interest me. But after thinking for a while, with a fist on each knee and a thoughtful look on her red face, she suddenly said, "Ah, times have changed a lot since then!"

En/Pt → "Yes," I said, "I suppose you have seen a lot of changes?"

"I have - and troubles too," she said.

"I will turn the talk to my landlord's family!" I thought to myself. "A good subject to start with! And I would like to know the story of that pretty young widow - whether she was born around here, or, more likely, is an outsider that the unfriendly local people won't accept as family." With this in mind, I asked Mrs. Dean why Heathcliff rented out Thrushcross Grange, and chose to live in a place that was so much worse. "Is he not rich enough to keep the estate in good condition?" I asked.

En/Pt → "Rich, sir!" she answered. "Nobody knows how much money he has, and it grows every year. Yes, yes, he is rich enough to live in a finer house than this one. But he is very stingy with money, and if he had planned to move to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant, he could not bear to miss the chance to earn a few hundred pounds more by renting it out. It is strange that people can be so greedy when they are alone in the world!"

"It seems he had a son?"

"Yes, he had one - he is dead."

"And that young lady, Mrs. Heathcliff, is his widow?"

"Yes."

"Where did she originally come from?"

"Well, sir, she is my late master's daughter. Catherine Linton was her name before marriage. I took care of her when she was a child, poor thing! I wished Mr. Heathcliff would move here, so we could be together again."

En/Pt → "What! Catherine Linton?" I said, surprised. But after thinking for a moment, I realized it was not the ghostly Catherine I had seen. "Then," I continued, "the person who lived here before me was named Linton?"

"It was."

"And who is that Earnshaw - Hareton Earnshaw, who lives with Mr. Heathcliff? Are they related?"

"No, he is the nephew of the late Mrs. Linton."

"The young lady's cousin, then?"

"Yes - and her husband was also her cousin. One relation is through the mother's side, the other through the father's side. Heathcliff married Mr. Linton's sister."

"I saw that the house at Wuthering Heights has 'Earnshaw' carved above the front door. Are they an old family?"

"Very old, sir, and Hareton is the last of that family, just as our Miss Cathy is the last of the Lintons. Have you been to Wuthering Heights? I'm sorry to ask, but I would like to hear how she is doing!"

En/Pt → "Mrs. Heathcliff? She looked very well and very beautiful, but I think not very happy."

"Oh dear, that does not surprise me! And how did you find the master?"

"A rather rough man, Mrs. Dean. Isn't that his character?"

"As rough as a saw blade, and as hard as stone! The less you get involved with him, the better."

"He must have had some hard experiences in life to make him such a rude man. Do you know anything about his past?"

"It's like a cuckoo's story, sir - I know all about it, except where he was born, who his parents were, and how he first got his money. And Hareton has been thrown out like a baby bird from another bird's nest! The poor boy is the only person in this whole area who does not realize how badly he has been cheated."

"Well, Mrs. Dean, it would be a kind thing to tell me something about my neighbors. I feel I will not be able to rest if I go to bed now, so please be kind enough to sit and talk with me for an hour."

En/Pt → "Oh, of course, sir! I will just get some sewing, and then I will sit with you as long as you like. But you have caught a cold - I saw you shivering, and you need some hot porridge to get rid of it."

The good woman hurried off, and I moved closer to the fire. My head felt hot, but the rest of my body felt cold. On top of that, I was so nervous and excited that I felt almost foolish. This made me feel - not uncomfortable exactly, but worried (as I still am) about serious effects from the events of today and yesterday. She soon came back with a hot bowl and a basket of sewing, and after placing the bowl near the fire, she pulled her chair closer, clearly happy that I wanted her company.

En/Pt → * * * * *

En/Pt → Before I came to live here, she began - not waiting for me to ask again - I was almost always at Wuthering Heights, because my mother had cared for Mr. Hindley Earnshaw as a baby, who was Hareton's father, and so I grew up playing with the children. I also ran errands, helped make hay, and stayed around the farm ready to do anything anyone needed. One fine summer morning - it was the start of harvest time, I remember - Mr. Earnshaw, the old master, came downstairs dressed for a trip. After he told Joseph what needed to be done that day, he turned to Hindley, Cathy, and me - I was eating porridge with them - and said to his son, "Now, my good boy, I am going to Liverpool today. What should I bring you? You can choose what you want, but keep it small, because I will walk there and back - sixty miles each way, that's a long journey!" Hindley asked for a fiddle, and then Mr. Earnshaw asked Miss Cathy. She was barely six years old, but she could already ride any horse in the stable, and she chose a whip. He did not forget me either, because he had a kind heart, though he could be strict sometimes. He promised to bring me a pocket full of apples and pears. Then he kissed his children, said goodbye, and left.

En/Pt → The three days he was away seemed very long to all of us, and little Cathy often asked when he would come home. Mrs. Earnshaw expected him back by supper time on the third evening, and she kept delaying the meal, hour after hour. But there was no sign of him coming, and at last the children got tired of running down to the gate to check. Then it got dark, and she wanted to send them to bed, but they begged sadly to be allowed to stay up. At about eleven o'clock, the door latch quietly lifted, and the master stepped in. He fell into a chair, laughing and groaning, and told them all to stand back because he was completely exhausted - he would not walk that same walk again for anything in the world.

"And at the end of it, I was nearly scared to death!" he said, opening his big coat, which he was holding wrapped up in his arms. "Look here, wife! Nothing has ever worn me out like this before. But you must accept it as a gift from God, even though it looks almost as dark as if it came from the devil."

En/Pt → We all crowded around, and over Miss Cathy's head I got a look at a dirty, ragged child with black hair, big enough to walk and talk. Actually, its face looked older than Catherine's, but when it was put on its feet, it just stared around and kept repeating strange words that nobody could understand. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to throw it out of the house. She got very angry, asking how he could bring that gypsy child into the house when they already had their own children to feed and care for. What did he plan to do with it? Was he mad? The master tried to explain, but he was truly exhausted, and all I could understand from his story, between her scolding, was that he had found the child starving, homeless, and almost unable to speak, in the streets of Liverpool. He had picked it up there and asked around for its owner, but nobody knew who it belonged to, he said. Since his time and money were both limited, he decided it was better to bring it home right away rather than waste money there, because he was determined not to leave it the way he found it. In the end, my mistress calmed down after complaining, and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash the child, give it clean clothes, and let it sleep with the children.

En/Pt → Hindley and Cathy just watched and listened until things were calm again. Then both of them began searching their father's pockets for the presents he had promised. Hindley was a boy of fourteen, but when he pulled out what used to be a fiddle, now crushed to pieces inside the coat, he cried loudly. And Cathy, when she found out the master had lost her whip while taking care of the stranger, showed her feelings by grinning and spitting at the strange little child - and for that, she got a hard hit from her father, to teach her better manners. They both completely refused to have the child sleep in bed with them, or even in their room. I did not think clearly either, so I put the child on the landing of the stairs, hoping it might be gone by the next morning. By chance, or maybe because it heard his voice, the child crawled to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and he found it there when he left his room. He asked how it had gotten there, and I had to admit what I had done. As punishment for my cowardice and unkindness, I was sent out of the house.

En/Pt → This was how Heathcliff first joined the family. When I came back a few days later - because I did not think I would be sent away forever - I found they had named him "Heathcliff." It was the name of a son who had died as a child, and it has been used as both his first and last name ever since. Miss Cathy and he became very close, but Hindley hated him, and to be honest, so did I. We were unkind to him and treated him badly, because I was not fair-minded enough to see that this was wrong, and the mistress never said a word in his defense when she saw him treated unfairly.

En/Pt → He seemed like a quiet, patient child, perhaps used to being treated badly. He would take Hindley's hits without blinking or crying, and when I pinched him, he only took a breath and opened his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident and no one was to blame. This ability to bear pain made old Earnshaw very angry whenever he found his son treating the poor fatherless child badly, as he called him. He grew strangely fond of Heathcliff, believing everything he said (though he said very little, and it was usually true), and he favored him much more than Cathy, who was too mischievous and difficult to be a favorite.

En/Pt → So from the very beginning, Heathcliff caused bad feeling in the house. When Mrs. Earnshaw died, less than two years later, the young master had come to see his father as someone who treated him unfairly rather than as a friend, and he saw Heathcliff as someone who had stolen his father's love and his own privileges. He became bitter, thinking constantly about these wrongs. I felt sorry for him for a while, but when the children got sick with measles and I had to take care of them, taking on all the responsibilities of a grown woman at once, I changed my mind. Heathcliff was dangerously ill, and while he was at his worst, he wanted me by his bed all the time. I suppose he felt I was doing a lot for him, and he wasn't smart enough to realize I had no choice but to do it. Still, I will say this - he was the quietest child any nurse ever cared for. The difference between him and the other children made me less unfair toward him. Cathy and her brother gave me terrible trouble, while he was as uncomplaining as a lamb - though it was toughness, not gentleness, that made him easy to care for.

En/Pt → He recovered, and the doctor said this was largely thanks to me, and praised me for my care. I was proud of his praise, and I softened toward the child who had earned me that praise. This meant Hindley lost his last ally. Still, I could not love Heathcliff completely, and I often wondered what my master saw to admire so much in this quiet, moody boy, who never, as far as I remember, showed any sign of gratitude for his kindness. He was not rude to the man who helped him - he simply did not seem to feel anything. Yet he knew perfectly well how much power he had over the old man's heart, and he knew he only had to speak and the whole household would have to give in to his wishes. For example, I remember Mr. Earnshaw once bought two young horses at the local fair and gave one to each boy. Heathcliff took the better-looking one, but it soon became lame, and when he noticed this, he said to Hindley -

En/Pt → "You must trade horses with me - I don't like mine. And if you won't, I will tell your father about the three beatings you have given me this week, and show him my arm, which is bruised black up to the shoulder." Hindley stuck out his tongue and hit him on the ear. "You had better do it right now," Heathcliff insisted, moving toward the porch - they were in the stable. "You will have to. And if I tell about these hits, you'll get punished for them, with interest." "Get away, dog!" Hindley shouted, threatening him with a heavy iron weight used for weighing potatoes and hay. "Throw it," Heathcliff replied, standing still, "and then I will tell everyone how you bragged that you would throw me out of the house as soon as your father died - and we'll see if he doesn't throw you out first." Hindley threw the weight, hitting him in the chest, and Heathcliff fell down, but got up right away, out of breath and pale. If I had not stopped him, he would have gone straight to the master and gotten full revenge just by showing his injury and saying who had caused it. "Take my horse then, Gypsy!" said young Earnshaw. "And I hope it breaks your neck! Take it, and be damned, you worthless intruder! Go and trick my father out of everything he owns - but afterward, show him what you really are, you devil. And take that too - I hope it kicks your brains out!"

En/Pt → Heathcliff had gone to untie the horse and move it to his own stall. He was walking behind it when Hindley finished speaking by pushing him under its feet, and without stopping to see if his wish had come true, ran away as fast as he could. I was surprised to see how calmly the child got himself up and continued with what he had planned to do - swapping saddles and everything - and then he sat down on a pile of hay to recover from the shock of the hard hit, before going into the house. I easily convinced him to let me say the horse had caused his bruises. He didn't care what story was told, since he had gotten what he wanted. He complained so rarely about things like this that I really believed he was not the type to want revenge. I was completely wrong, as you will hear.

Chapter V

En/Pt → Over time, Mr. Earnshaw began to grow weaker. He had always been strong and healthy, but his strength suddenly left him, and once he was stuck by the fireside, he became very bad-tempered. The smallest thing annoyed him, and any sign that people were not respecting his authority nearly made him lose control. This was especially true if anyone tried to control or dominate his favorite child. He was painfully worried that someone would say something wrong to Heathcliff, as if he believed that everyone hated the boy just because he himself liked him, and wanted to hurt him. This was bad for the boy, because the kinder people among us did not want to upset the master, so we went along with his favoritism - and that only fed the child's pride and dark temper. Still, in a way it became necessary; two or three times, when Hindley showed scorn toward Heathcliff in front of his father, it made the old man furious. He grabbed his stick to hit him, and shook with anger that he could not bring himself to do it.

En/Pt → In the end, our local church assistant (we had one back then who earned money by teaching the young Lintons and Earnshaws, and by farming his own small piece of land) suggested that the young man should be sent to college. Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though sadly, saying, "Hindley is worthless, and will never succeed wherever he goes."

En/Pt → I truly hoped we would have peace now. It hurt me to think the master was made unhappy by his own good decision. I believed his unhappiness in old age and illness came from disagreements in the family, and he seemed to believe that too - but really, sir, it was just his weak body failing. We might have managed reasonably well after that, except for two people - Miss Cathy, and Joseph, the servant. You probably saw him up there. He was, and probably still is, the most tiresome, self-righteous, holier-than-thou man who ever searched a Bible to find blessings for himself and curses for his neighbors. Through his skill at preaching and talking about religion, he managed to greatly impress Mr. Earnshaw, and the weaker the master became, the more influence Joseph gained over him. He constantly worried the master about the state of his soul and about raising his children strictly. He encouraged him to see Hindley as a sinner, and night after night, he would complain with a long list of stories against Heathcliff and Catherine - always making sure to flatter the weak old man by placing the heaviest blame on Catherine.

En/Pt → Certainly, she had habits I had never seen in any other child, and she tested all our patience fifty times or more a day. From the moment she got up until the moment she went to bed, we could never be sure she wasn't up to some mischief. Her mood was always high, her mouth always moving - singing, laughing, and teasing anyone who wouldn't join in. She was a wild, naughty girl, but she had the prettiest eyes, the sweetest smile, and the lightest step in the whole area. And in the end, I believe she meant no real harm, because if she ever truly made you cry, she would almost always stay with you and make you calm down enough to comfort her. She loved Heathcliff far too much. The worst punishment we could think of for her was to keep her away from him - yet she was scolded more than any of us because of him. When playing, she loved to act like she was in charge, ordering her friends around freely. She did this to me too, but I would not put up with being slapped and ordered around, so I told her clearly.

En/Pt → Now, Mr. Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children - he had always been strict and serious with them. And Catherine, for her part, could not understand why her father was crosser and less patient while he was ill than he had been when he was healthy. His grumpy scolding made her want, in a naughty way, to provoke him even more. She was never happier than when we were all scolding her at once, and she would defy us with her bold, cheeky look and quick answers, making fun of Joseph's religious curses, teasing me, and doing exactly what her father hated most - showing how her fake rudeness, which he believed was real, had more power over Heathcliff than his own kindness. The boy would do anything she asked, but he only did what his father wanted when it suited him. After behaving as badly as possible all day, she would sometimes come and be affectionate at night to make up for it. "No, Cathy," the old man would say, "I cannot love you, you are worse than your brother. Go, say your prayers, child, and ask God to forgive you. I'm afraid your mother and I will regret ever raising you!" This made her cry at first, but being pushed away again and again made her tougher, and she would laugh if I told her to say sorry for what she had done and ask for forgiveness.

En/Pt → But at last the time came that ended Mr. Earnshaw's troubles on earth. He died quietly in his chair one October evening, sitting by the fireside. A strong wind blew around the house and roared in the chimney. It sounded wild and stormy, but it was not cold, and we were all together - I was sitting a little away from the fire, busy knitting, and Joseph was reading his Bible near the table, because the servants usually sat in the main room then, after their work was finished. Miss Cathy had been unwell, which made her quiet - she leaned against her father's knee, and Heathcliff lay on the floor with his head in her lap. I remember the master, before he fell into a light sleep, stroking her pretty hair - it rarely pleased him so much to see her gentle - and saying, "Why can't you always be a good girl, Cathy?" And she turned her face up to him, laughed, and answered, "Why can't you always be a good man, father?" But as soon as she saw he was upset again, she kissed his hand and said she would sing him to sleep. She began singing very softly, until his fingers slipped from hers and his head fell onto his chest. Then I told her to be quiet and not move, in case she woke him. We all stayed as silent as mice for a full half hour, and would have stayed longer, but Joseph, having finished reading his chapter, got up and said he must wake the master for evening prayers and bed. He stepped forward, said his name, and touched his shoulder, but he would not move. So he took the candle and looked at him closely. I thought something was wrong when he put the candle back down, and grabbing each child by the arm, he whispered for them to go quietly upstairs - they could pray alone that evening - he had something to do.

En/Pt → "I will say good night to father first," said Catherine, putting her arms around his neck before we could stop her. The poor girl realized immediately what had happened - she screamed, "Oh, he's dead, Heathcliff! He's dead!" And they both began crying, a heartbreaking sound.

En/Pt → I joined my crying with theirs, loud and painful, but Joseph asked what we could be thinking, crying so loudly over a saint who was now in heaven. He told me to put on my cloak and run to Gimmerton for the doctor and the parson. I could not see, at the time, what use either of them would be. Still, I went, through wind and rain, and brought back the doctor; the other man said he would come in the morning. Leaving Joseph to explain what had happened, I ran to the children's room. Their door was slightly open, and I saw they had never gone to bed, even though it was past midnight - but they were calmer now, and did not need me to comfort them. The two little ones were comforting each other with better thoughts than I could have come up with myself. No preacher in the world ever described heaven as beautifully as they did, in their innocent talk. And while I cried and listened, I could not help wishing we could all be there safely together.

Chapter VI

En/Pt → Mr. Hindley came home for the funeral, and - something that surprised us all and set the neighbors gossiping everywhere - he brought a wife with him. He never told us who she was or where she was born. She probably had neither money nor a good family name, or he would not have kept the marriage secret from his father.

En/Pt → She was not the type of person who would have caused much trouble in the house by herself. Everything she saw, the moment she came through the door, seemed to delight her, along with everything happening around her - except the preparations for the burial and the presence of the mourners. I thought she was a bit foolish, judging by how she behaved during that time. She ran into her room and made me come with her, even though I should have been getting the children dressed. There she sat shivering, holding her hands together, and asking again and again, "Have they left yet?" Then she began describing, very emotionally, how upset she felt seeing the color black, and she jumped, trembled, and finally started crying. When I asked what was wrong, she said she didn't know, but she felt so afraid of dying! I thought she was as unlikely to die as I was. She was rather thin, but young, with a fresh complexion, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. I did notice that climbing the stairs made her breathe very fast, that the smallest sudden noise made her shake, and that she coughed badly sometimes. But I did not know what these signs meant, and I felt no urge to feel sorry for her. We don't usually warm up to outsiders here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they warm up to us first.

En/Pt → Young Earnshaw had changed a great deal during the three years he was away. He had grown thinner, lost his healthy color, and spoke and dressed quite differently. On the very day he returned, he told Joseph and me that from then on we had to stay in the back kitchen and leave the main house for him. In fact, he planned to put carpet and wallpaper in a small extra room to make it a sitting room. But his wife was so pleased with the white floor, the huge glowing fireplace, the metal dishes and the cupboard, the dog's bed, and the wide open space in the room where they usually sat, that he decided it was not necessary for her comfort, and he gave up the idea.

En/Pt → She was also happy to find she had a new sister among her new family, and at first she chatted with Catherine, kissed her, ran around with her, and gave her lots of presents. But her affection faded quickly, and when she became bad-tempered, Hindley became cruel. Just a few words from her showing that she disliked Heathcliff were enough to bring back all his old hatred for the boy. He sent Heathcliff away from the family to live with the servants, stopped his lessons with the curate, and made him work outdoors instead, forcing him to work as hard as any other farm boy.

En/Pt → Heathcliff bore this bad treatment fairly well at first, because Cathy taught him what she learned, and worked or played with him in the fields. They both seemed likely to grow up as wild as savages, since the young master did not care at all how they behaved or what they did, so they simply stayed away from him. He would not even have made sure they went to church on Sundays, but Joseph and the curate scolded him for his carelessness whenever they were absent, and that reminded him to order a beating for Heathcliff and to make Catherine skip dinner or supper. But one of their favorite activities was to run away to the moors in the morning and stay there all day, and afterward the punishment became just something to laugh about. The curate could give Catherine as many Bible chapters as he liked to memorize, and Joseph could beat Heathcliff until his arm hurt - they forgot everything the moment they were together again, or at least the moment they had planned some new naughty way to get back at people. Many times I cried quietly to myself, watching them become more and more reckless every day, and not daring to say a word, afraid of losing the small amount of influence I still had over the two unloved children. One Sunday evening, it happened that they were sent out of the sitting room for making noise, or some small offense like that. When I went to call them for supper, I could not find them anywhere. We searched the whole house, upstairs and downstairs, and the yard and stables - they were nowhere to be found. Finally, Hindley angrily told us to lock the doors, and swore that no one should let them in that night. The household went to bed, and I, too worried to lie down, opened my window and put my head out to listen, even though it was raining, determined to let them in despite his order, if they came back. After a while, I heard footsteps coming up the road, and the light of a lantern shining through the gate. I threw a shawl over my head and ran to stop them from knocking and waking Mr. Earnshaw. There was Heathcliff, alone - it startled me to see him by himself.

En/Pt → "Where is Miss Catherine?" I asked quickly. "No accident, I hope?" "At Thrushcross Grange," he answered. "And I would have stayed there too, but they were not polite enough to ask me to stay." "Well, you'll get in trouble!" I said. "You'll never be satisfied until they finally send you away for good. What in the world made you go wandering to Thrushcross Grange?" "Let me take off my wet clothes, and I'll tell you the whole story, Nelly," he replied. I warned him to be careful not to wake the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued: "Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to walk around freely, and when we saw the lights of the Grange, we thought we would go and see whether the Lintons spent their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, singing and laughing, and sitting close to the fire. Do you think they do that? Or reading sermons, being questioned by their servant, and made to learn a list of Bible names, if they don't answer correctly?" "Probably not," I answered. "They are good children, I'm sure, and they don't deserve the treatment you get, because of your bad behavior." "Don't preach at me, Nelly," he said. "Nonsense! We ran from the top of the Heights to the park without stopping - Catherine completely lost the race, because she was barefoot. You will have to look for her shoes in the bog tomorrow. We crept through a broken hedge, felt our way up the path, and settled ourselves on a flower bed under the drawing-room window. The light came from there - they hadn't closed the shutters, and the curtains were only half shut. Both of us could look in by standing on the base of the wall and holding onto the ledge, and we saw - oh, it was beautiful - a wonderful room with red carpet, red-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling with gold trim, with a shower of glass drops hanging from silver chains in the middle, shining with small soft candles. Old Mr. and Mrs. Linton were not there - Edgar and his sister had the whole room to themselves. Shouldn't they have been happy? We would have thought we were in heaven! And now guess what your good children were doing? Isabella - I think she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy - was lying at the far end of the room screaming, as if witches were sticking hot needles into her. Edgar stood by the fireplace crying quietly, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping - from what they were saying to each other, we understood they had nearly pulled it apart between them. What fools! That was their idea of fun - arguing over who should hold a bundle of warm fur, and then both starting to cry because, after fighting over it, neither one would take it. We laughed out loud at the spoiled things - we really looked down on them! When would you ever catch me wanting what Catherine wanted? Or find us alone, entertaining ourselves by yelling, sobbing, and rolling on the ground on opposite sides of a room? I would not trade my life here for Edgar Linton's life at Thrushcross Grange, not for a thousand lives - not even if I could throw Joseph off the highest roof and paint the front of the house with Hindley's blood!"

En/Pt → "Hush, hush!" I interrupted. "You still haven't told me, Heathcliff, how Catherine got left behind?"

En/Pt → "I told you we laughed," he answered. "The Lintons heard us, and they all ran to the door like arrows. There was silence, and then a cry: 'Oh, mother, mother! Oh, father! Oh, mother, come here! Oh, father, oh!' They really shouted something like that. We made scary noises to frighten them even more, and then we jumped down from the ledge, because someone was opening the bars, and we knew we should run. I was holding Cathy's hand and pulling her along, when suddenly she fell. 'Run, Heathcliff, run!' she whispered. 'They have let the bulldog loose, and it has caught me!' The devil dog had grabbed her ankle, Nelly: I heard its horrible snorting. She didn't scream - no! she would have hated to do that, even with a mad cow's horns stuck in her. But I did scream: I shouted every curse I knew, trying to destroy that dog. I found a stone and pushed it between its jaws, trying with all my strength to force it down its throat. Finally, a rough servant came up with a lamp, shouting, 'Hold on, Skulker, hold on!' But he changed his tone when he saw what Skulker had caught. They pulled the dog off; its huge purple tongue was hanging half a foot out of its mouth, and its loose lips were dripping with bloody spit. The man picked Cathy up; she felt sick - not from fear, I'm sure, but from the pain. He carried her inside; I followed, grumbling curses and threats. 'What did you catch, Robert?' called Linton from the door. 'Skulker has caught a little girl, sir,' he answered; 'and there's a boy here too,' he added, grabbing me, 'who looks like real trouble! It looks like the robbers wanted to push them through the window to open the doors for the gang later, so they could murder us in our sleep. Be quiet, you foul-mouthed thief! You'll hang for this. Mr. Linton, sir, don't put down your gun.' 'No, no, Robert,' said the foolish old man. 'These criminals knew that yesterday was my rent day: they thought they could catch me easily. Come in; I'll give them a proper welcome. There, John, lock the chain. Give Skulker some water, Jenny. Attacking a magistrate in his own home, and on a Sunday too! How far will their rudeness go? Oh, my dear Mary, look here! Don't be afraid, it's only a boy - but you can see the evil so clearly in his face; wouldn't it be a kindness to the country to hang him now, before he shows his true nature in actions as well as looks?' He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton put her glasses on her nose and raised her hands in horror. The cowardly children crept closer too, and Isabella lisped, 'What a frightening thing! Put him in the cellar, father. He looks just like the fortune-teller's son who stole my pet pheasant. Doesn't he, Edgar?'"

En/Pt → "While they were examining me, Cathy woke up properly; she heard the last words and laughed. Edgar Linton looked at her closely and finally recognized her. They see us at church, you know, though we rarely meet them anywhere else. 'That's Miss Earnshaw!' he whispered to his mother. 'And look how Skulker has bitten her - look how her foot is bleeding!'"

"'Miss Earnshaw? Nonsense!' cried the lady. 'Miss Earnshaw running around the countryside with a gypsy! And yet, my dear, the child is wearing mourning clothes - yes, it is her - and she might be crippled for life!'"

"'What careless behavior from her brother!' exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine. 'I heard from Shielders'" - (that was the local priest, sir) - "'that he lets her grow up with no religion at all. But who is this? Where did she find this companion? Oh! I think this is that strange boy my late neighbor brought back from his trip to Liverpool - maybe an Indian sailor, or an American, or a Spanish castaway.'"

En/Pt → "'A wicked boy, in any case,' said the old lady, 'and completely unsuitable for a respectable house! Did you hear his language, Linton? I'm shocked that my children heard it.'"

En/Pt → "I started cursing again - don't be angry, Nelly - so Robert was told to take me away. I refused to leave without Cathy; he dragged me into the garden, pushed the lamp into my hand, told me that Mr. Earnshaw would be told about my behavior, and, telling me to leave at once, locked the door again. The curtains were still tied up at one corner, so I went back to watching through the window; because if Catherine wanted to leave, I planned to smash their big glass windows into a thousand pieces unless they let her out. She sat quietly on the sofa. Mrs. Linton took off the gray cloak we had borrowed from the dairymaid for our trip, shaking her head and talking to her, I suppose; Catherine was a young lady, and they treated her very differently from me. Then the maid brought a basin of warm water and washed her feet; Mr. Linton mixed her a warm drink, Isabella filled her lap with cakes, and Edgar stood staring at her from a distance. Afterward they dried and combed her beautiful hair, gave her a pair of huge slippers, and rolled her chair to the fire; and I left her there, as happy as could be, sharing her food between the little dog and Skulker, pinching Skulker's nose as he ate; and putting a little spark of life into the dull blue eyes of the Lintons - just a faint reflection of her own charming face. I could see they were full of foolish admiration for her; she really is far better than them - better than anyone on earth, isn't she, Nelly?"

En/Pt → "'There will be more trouble from this than you think,' I answered, covering him up and putting out the light. 'You can't be helped, Heathcliff; Mr. Hindley will have to take strong action, you'll see.' My words came true faster than I wanted. The unlucky adventure made Earnshaw furious. And then Mr. Linton, trying to fix things, visited us himself the next day and gave the young master such a lecture about how he was raising his family that Hindley finally began to pay real attention. Heathcliff wasn't beaten, but he was told that the moment he spoke to Miss Catherine again, he would be sent away; and Mrs. Earnshaw agreed to keep her sister-in-law under control when she came home - using clever methods, not force, because force would never have worked."

Chapter VII

En/Pt → "Cathy stayed at Thrushcross Grange for five weeks, until Christmas. By then her ankle was completely healed, and her manners had improved a lot. The mistress of the house visited her often during that time and began to change her by giving her fine clothes and compliments, which Cathy happily accepted. So instead of a wild, hatless little girl jumping into the house and hugging everyone until we could barely breathe, a very proper young lady got down from a handsome black pony, with brown curls falling from under a feathered hat, and a long coat that she had to hold up with both hands to walk in. Hindley lifted her down from her horse, saying happily, 'Why, Cathy, you're quite a beauty! I would hardly have known you - you look like a real lady now. Isabella Linton can't compare to her, can she, Frances?' 'Isabella doesn't have her natural gifts,' answered his wife, 'but she must be careful not to become wild again here. Ellen, help Miss Catherine take off her things - wait, dear, you'll mess up your curls - let me untie your hat.'"

En/Pt → "I took off her coat, and underneath was a beautiful plaid silk dress, white trousers, and shiny shoes. Her eyes lit up happily when the dogs came running to welcome her, but she hardly dared to touch them in case they dirtied her lovely clothes. She kissed me gently - I was covered in flour, making the Christmas cake, so I couldn't give her a proper hug - and then she looked around for Heathcliff. Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw watched their meeting closely, thinking it would help them judge how likely they were to succeed in keeping the two friends apart."

En/Pt → "At first, Heathcliff was hard to find. He had already been careless and neglected before Catherine left, and he had become even worse since then. Only I bothered to call him a dirty boy and tell him to wash himself, even once a week; and boys his age rarely enjoy soap and water anyway. So, not to mention his clothes, which had spent three months in mud and dust, and his thick, uncombed hair, his face and hands were covered in dirt. He might well have hidden behind the bench when he saw such a bright, graceful young lady walk in, instead of the rough-looking friend he expected. 'Isn't Heathcliff here?' she asked, pulling off her gloves and showing fingers made pale from staying indoors and doing nothing."

"'Heathcliff, you may come forward,' called Mr. Hindley, enjoying his embarrassment, pleased to see what an unpleasant-looking boy he would have to present. 'You may come and welcome Miss Catherine, like the other servants.'"

En/Pt → "Cathy caught sight of her friend hiding and ran to hug him; she gave him seven or eight kisses on the cheek in one second, then stopped, stepped back, and burst out laughing, saying, 'Why, how dark and cross you look! And how - how strange and grim! But that's because I'm used to Edgar and Isabella Linton now. Well, Heathcliff, have you forgotten me?'"

"She had reason to ask, because shame and pride had covered his face with a deep frown and kept him frozen still."

"'Shake hands, Heathcliff,' said Mr. Earnshaw, in a superior tone; 'just this once, it's allowed.'"

Original English Text

Front Matter

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Contents

Front Matter

Português → Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

Chapter I

Português → 1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist’s Heaven - and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name.

“Mr. Heathcliff?” I said.

A nod was the answer.

“Mr. Lockwood, your new tenant, sir. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts - ”

Português → “Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir,” he interrupted, wincing. “I should not allow any one to inconvenience me, if I could hinder it - walk in!”

The “walk in” was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself.

When he saw my horse’s breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court, - “Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood’s horse; and bring up some wine.”

“Here we have the whole establishment of domestics, I suppose,” was the reflection suggested by this compound order. “No wonder the grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters.”

Português → Joseph was an elderly, nay, an old man, very old, perhaps, though hale and sinewy. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent.

Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff’s dwelling. “Wuthering” being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones.

Português → Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium.

Português → One step brought us into the family sitting-room, without any introductory lobby or passage: they call it here “the house” pre-eminently. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. The latter had never been under-drawn: its entire anatomy lay bare to an inquiring eye, except where a frame of wood laden with oatcakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham, concealed it. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. The floor was of smooth, white stone; the chairs, high-backed, primitive structures, painted green: one or two heavy black ones lurking in the shade. In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses.

Português → The apartment and furniture would have been nothing extraordinary as belonging to a homely, northern farmer, with a stubborn countenance, and stalwart limbs set out to advantage in knee-breeches and gaiters. Such an individual seated in his arm-chair, his mug of ale frothing on the round table before him, is to be seen in any circuit of five or six miles among these hills, if you go at the right time after dinner. But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman: that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure; and rather morose. Possibly, some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort: I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling - to manifestations of mutual kindliness. He’ll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again. No, I’m running on too fast: I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him. Mr. Heathcliff may have entirely dissimilar reasons for keeping his hand out of the way when he meets a would-be acquaintance, to those which actuate me. Let me hope my constitution is almost peculiar: my dear mother used to say I should never have a comfortable home; and only last summer I proved myself perfectly unworthy of one.

Português → While enjoying a month of fine weather at the sea-coast, I was thrown into the company of a most fascinating creature: a real goddess in my eyes, as long as she took no notice of me. I “never told my love” vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears: she understood me at last, and looked a return - the sweetest of all imaginable looks. And what did I do? I confess it with shame - shrunk icily into myself, like a snail; at every glance retired colder and farther; till finally the poor innocent was led to doubt her own senses, and, overwhelmed with confusion at her supposed mistake, persuaded her mamma to decamp.

By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.

Português → I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. My caress provoked a long, guttural gnarl.

“You’d better let the dog alone,” growled Mr. Heathcliff in unison, checking fiercer demonstrations with a punch of his foot. “She’s not accustomed to be spoiled - not kept for a pet.” Then, striding to a side door, he shouted again, “Joseph!”

Português → Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. I flung her back, and hastened to interpose the table between us. This proceeding aroused the whole hive: half-a-dozen four-footed fiends, of various sizes and ages, issued from hidden dens to the common centre. I felt my heels and coat-laps peculiar subjects of assault; and parrying off the larger combatants as effectually as I could with the poker, I was constrained to demand, aloud, assistance from some of the household in re-establishing peace.

Português → Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don’t think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene.

“What the devil is the matter?” he asked, eyeing me in a manner that I could ill endure after this inhospitable treatment.

“What the devil, indeed!” I muttered. “The herd of possessed swine could have had no worse spirits in them than those animals of yours, sir. You might as well leave a stranger with a brood of tigers!”

Português → “They won’t meddle with persons who touch nothing,” he remarked, putting the bottle before me, and restoring the displaced table. “The dogs do right to be vigilant. Take a glass of wine?”

“No, thank you.”

“Not bitten, are you?”

“If I had been, I would have set my signet on the biter.” Heathcliff’s countenance relaxed into a grin.

“Come, come,” he said, “you are flurried, Mr. Lockwood. Here, take a little wine. Guests are so exceedingly rare in this house that I and my dogs, I am willing to own, hardly know how to receive them. Your health, sir?”

Português → I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. I found him very intelligent on the topics we touched; and before I went home, I was encouraged so far as to volunteer another visit to-morrow. He evidently wished no repetition of my intrusion. I shall go, notwithstanding. It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.

Chapter II

Português → Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold. I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles’ walk, arrived at Heathcliff’s garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower.

On that bleak hill top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled.

Português → “Wretched inmates!” I ejaculated, mentally, “you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality. At least, I would not keep my doors barred in the day-time. I don’t care - I will get in!” So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently. Vinegar-faced Joseph projected his head from a round window of the barn.

“What are ye for?” he shouted. “T’ maister’s down i’ t’ fowld. Go round by th’ end o’ t’ laith, if ye went to spake to him.”

“Is there nobody inside to open the door?” I hallooed, responsively.

“There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.”

“Why? Cannot you tell her whom I am, eh, Joseph?”

“Nor-ne me! I’ll hae no hend wi’t,” muttered the head, vanishing.

Português → The snow began to drive thickly. I seized the handle to essay another trial; when a young man without coat, and shouldering a pitchfork, appeared in the yard behind. He hailed me to follow him, and, after marching through a wash-house, and a paved area containing a coal-shed, pump, and pigeon-cot, we at length arrived in the huge, warm, cheerful apartment where I was formerly received. It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the “missis,” an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. I bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat. She looked at me, leaning back in her chair, and remained motionless and mute.

“Rough weather!” I remarked. “I’m afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, the door must bear the consequence of your servants’ leisure attendance: I had hard work to make them hear me.”

Português → She never opened her mouth. I stared - she stared also: at any rate, she kept her eyes on me in a cool, regardless manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable.

“Sit down,” said the young man, gruffly. “He’ll be in soon.”

I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance.

“A beautiful animal!” I commenced again. “Do you intend parting with the little ones, madam?”

“They are not mine,” said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied.

“Ah, your favourites are among these?” I continued, turning to an obscure cushion full of something like cats.

“A strange choice of favourites!” she observed scornfully.

Unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits. I hemmed once more, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening.

Português → “You should not have come out,” she said, rising and reaching from the chimney-piece two of the painted canisters.

Her position before was sheltered from the light; now, I had a distinct view of her whole figure and countenance. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.

“I don’t want your help,” she snapped; “I can get them for myself.”

Português → “I beg your pardon!” I hastened to reply.

“Were you asked to tea?” she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot.

“I shall be glad to have a cup,” I answered.

“Were you asked?” she repeated.

“No,” I said, half smiling. “You are the proper person to ask me.”

She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child’s ready to cry.

Português → Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. In the absence of clear proofs of his condition, I deemed it best to abstain from noticing his curious conduct; and, five minutes afterwards, the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me, in some measure, from my uncomfortable state.

“You see, sir, I am come, according to promise!” I exclaimed, assuming the cheerful; “and I fear I shall be weather-bound for half an hour, if you can afford me shelter during that space.”

Português → “Half an hour?” he said, shaking the white flakes from his clothes; “I wonder you should select the thick of a snow-storm to ramble about in. Do you know that you run a risk of being lost in the marshes? People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.”

“Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning - could you spare me one?”

“No, I could not.”

“Oh, indeed! Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity.”

“Umph!”

“Are you going to mak’ the tea?” demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady.

“Is he to have any?” she asked, appealing to Heathcliff.

Português → “Get it ready, will you?” was the answer, uttered so savagely that I started. The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature. I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow. When the preparations were finished, he invited me with - “Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.

I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it. They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.

“It is strange,” I began, in the interval of swallowing one cup of tea and receiving another - “it is strange how custom can mould our tastes and ideas: many could not imagine the existence of happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as you spend, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I’ll venture to say, that, surrounded by your family, and with your amiable lady as the presiding genius over your home and heart - ”

Português → “My amiable lady!” he interrupted, with an almost diabolical sneer on his face. “Where is she - my amiable lady?”

“Mrs. Heathcliff, your wife, I mean.”

“Well, yes - oh, you would intimate that her spirit has taken the post of ministering angel, and guards the fortunes of Wuthering Heights, even when her body is gone. Is that it?”

Perceiving myself in a blunder, I attempted to correct it. I might have seen there was too great a disparity between the ages of the parties to make it likely that they were man and wife. One was about forty: a period of mental vigour at which men seldom cherish the delusion of being married for love by girls: that dream is reserved for the solace of our declining years. The other did not look seventeen.

Português → Then it flashed upon me - “The clown at my elbow, who is drinking his tea out of a basin and eating his bread with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff junior, of course. Here is the consequence of being buried alive: she has thrown herself away upon that boor from sheer ignorance that better individuals existed! A sad pity - I must beware how I cause her to regret her choice.” The last reflection may seem conceited; it was not. My neighbour struck me as bordering on repulsive; I knew, through experience, that I was tolerably attractive.

“Mrs. Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law,” said Heathcliff, corroborating my surmise. He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look in her direction: a look of hatred; unless he has a most perverse set of facial muscles that will not, like those of other people, interpret the language of his soul.

“Ah, certainly - I see now: you are the favoured possessor of the beneficent fairy,” I remarked, turning to my neighbour.

Português → This was worse than before: the youth grew crimson, and clenched his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault. But he seemed to recollect himself presently, and smothered the storm in a brutal curse, muttered on my behalf: which, however, I took care not to notice.

“Unhappy in your conjectures, sir,” observed my host; “we neither of us have the privilege of owning your good fairy; her mate is dead. I said she was my daughter-in-law: therefore, she must have married my son.”

“And this young man is - ”

“Not my son, assuredly.”

Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.

“My name is Hareton Earnshaw,” growled the other; “and I’d counsel you to respect it!”

“I’ve shown no disrespect,” was my reply, laughing internally at the dignity with which he announced himself.

Português → He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either to box his ears or render my hilarity audible. I began to feel unmistakably out of place in that pleasant family circle. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time.

The business of eating being concluded, and no one uttering a word of sociable conversation, I approached a window to examine the weather. A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow.

“I don’t think it possible for me to get home now without a guide,” I could not help exclaiming. “The roads will be buried already; and, if they were bare, I could scarcely distinguish a foot in advance.”

“Hareton, drive those dozen sheep into the barn porch. They’ll be covered if left in the fold all night: and put a plank before them,” said Heathcliff.

Português → “How must I do?” I continued, with rising irritation.

There was no reply to my question; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning a bundle of matches which had fallen from the chimney-piece as she restored the tea-canister to its place. The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - “Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ’ems goan out! Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!”

I imagined, for a moment, that this piece of eloquence was addressed to me; and, sufficiently enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal with an intention of kicking him out of the door. Mrs. Heathcliff, however, checked me by her answer.

Português → “You scandalous old hypocrite!” she replied. “Are you not afraid of being carried away bodily, whenever you mention the devil’s name? I warn you to refrain from provoking me, or I’ll ask your abduction as a special favour! Stop! look here, Joseph,” she continued, taking a long, dark book from a shelf; “I’ll show you how far I’ve progressed in the Black Art: I shall soon be competent to make a clear house of it. The red cow didn’t die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!”

“Oh, wicked, wicked!” gasped the elder; “may the Lord deliver us from evil!”

“No, reprobate! you are a castaway - be off, or I’ll hurt you seriously! I’ll have you all modelled in wax and clay! and the first who passes the limits I fix shall - I’ll not say what he shall be done to - but, you’ll see! Go, I’m looking at you!”

Português → The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out, praying, and ejaculating “wicked” as he went. I thought her conduct must be prompted by a species of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I endeavoured to interest her in my distress.

“Mrs. Heathcliff,” I said earnestly, “you must excuse me for troubling you. I presume, because, with that face, I’m sure you cannot help being good-hearted. Do point out some landmarks by which I may know my way home: I have no more idea how to get there than you would have how to get to London!”

“Take the road you came,” she answered, ensconcing herself in a chair, with a candle, and the long book open before her. “It is brief advice, but as sound as I can give.”

“Then, if you hear of me being discovered dead in a bog or a pit full of snow, your conscience won’t whisper that it is partly your fault?”

Português → “How so? I cannot escort you. They wouldn’t let me go to the end of the garden wall.”

“You! I should be sorry to ask you to cross the threshold, for my convenience, on such a night,” I cried. “I want you to tell me my way, not to show it: or else to persuade Mr. Heathcliff to give me a guide.”

“Who? There is himself, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph and I. Which would you have?”

“Are there no boys at the farm?”

“No; those are all.”

“Then, it follows that I am compelled to stay.”

“That you may settle with your host. I have nothing to do with it.”

“I hope it will be a lesson to you to make no more rash journeys on these hills,” cried Heathcliff’s stern voice from the kitchen entrance. “As to staying here, I don’t keep accommodations for visitors: you must share a bed with Hareton or Joseph, if you do.”

Português → “I can sleep on a chair in this room,” I replied.

“No, no! A stranger is a stranger, be he rich or poor: it will not suit me to permit any one the range of the place while I am off guard!” said the unmannerly wretch.

With this insult my patience was at an end. I uttered an expression of disgust, and pushed past him into the yard, running against Earnshaw in my haste. It was so dark that I could not see the means of exit; and, as I wandered round, I heard another specimen of their civil behaviour amongst each other. At first the young man appeared about to befriend me.

“I’ll go with him as far as the park,” he said.

“You’ll go with him to hell!” exclaimed his master, or whatever relation he bore. “And who is to look after the horses, eh?”

“A man’s life is of more consequence than one evening’s neglect of the horses: somebody must go,” murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected.

Português → “Not at your command!” retorted Hareton. “If you set store on him, you’d better be quiet.”

“Then I hope his ghost will haunt you; and I hope Mr. Heathcliff will never get another tenant till the Grange is a ruin,” she answered, sharply.

“Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on ’em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.

He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern.

“Maister, maister, he’s staling t’ lanthern!” shouted the ancient, pursuing my retreat. “Hey, Gnasher! Hey, dog! Hey Wolf, holld him, holld him!”

Português → On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear.

Português → The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded. I don’t know what would have concluded the scene, had there not been one person at hand rather more rational than myself, and more benevolent than my entertainer. This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar. She thought that some of them had been laying violent hands on me; and, not daring to attack her master, she turned her vocal artillery against the younger scoundrel.

“Well, Mr. Earnshaw,” she cried, “I wonder what you’ll have agait next? Are we going to murder folk on our very door-stones? I see this house will never do for me - look at t’ poor lad, he’s fair choking! Wisht, wisht; you mun’n’t go on so. Come in, and I’ll cure that: there now, hold ye still.”

With these words she suddenly splashed a pint of icy water down my neck, and pulled me into the kitchen. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness.

Português → I was sick exceedingly, and dizzy, and faint; and thus compelled perforce to accept lodgings under his roof. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she condoled with me on my sorry predicament, and having obeyed his orders, whereby I was somewhat revived, ushered me to bed.

Chapter III

Português → While leading the way upstairs, she recommended that I should hide the candle, and not make a noise; for her master had an odd notion about the chamber she would put me in, and never let anybody lodge there willingly. I asked the reason. She did not know, she answered: she had only lived there a year or two; and they had so many queer goings on, she could not begin to be curious.

Too stupefied to be curious myself, I fastened my door and glanced round for the bed. The whole furniture consisted of a chair, a clothes-press, and a large oak case, with squares cut out near the top resembling coach windows. Having approached this structure, I looked inside, and perceived it to be a singular sort of old-fashioned couch, very conveniently designed to obviate the necessity for every member of the family having a room to himself. In fact, it formed a little closet, and the ledge of a window, which it enclosed, served as a table.

Português → I slid back the panelled sides, got in with my light, pulled them together again, and felt secure against the vigilance of Heathcliff, and every one else.

The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small - Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton.

In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin.

Português → I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee. It was a Testament, in lean type, and smelling dreadfully musty: a fly-leaf bore the inscription - “Catherine Earnshaw, her book,” and a date some quarter of a century back.

I shut it, and took up another and another, till I had examined all. Catherine’s library was select, and its state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used, though not altogether for a legitimate purpose: scarcely one chapter had escaped a pen-and-ink commentary - at least the appearance of one - covering every morsel of blank that the printer had left. Some were detached sentences; other parts took the form of a regular diary, scrawled in an unformed, childish hand. At the top of an extra page (quite a treasure, probably, when first lighted on) I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of my friend Joseph, - rudely, yet powerfully sketched. An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics.

Português → “An awful Sunday,” commenced the paragraph beneath. “I wish my father were back again. Hindley is a detestable substitute - his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious - H. and I are going to rebel - we took our initiatory step this evening.

“All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. A vain idea! The service lasted precisely three hours; and yet my brother had the face to exclaim, when he saw us descending, ‘What, done already?’ On Sunday evenings we used to be permitted to play, if we did not make much noise; now a mere titter is sufficient to send us into corners.

Português → “‘You forget you have a master here,’ says the tyrant. ‘I’ll demolish the first who puts me out of temper! I insist on perfect sobriety and silence. Oh, boy! was that you? Frances darling, pull his hair as you go by: I heard him snap his fingers.’ Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband’s knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour - foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of. We made ourselves as snug as our means allowed in the arch of the dresser. I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph, on an errand from the stables. He tears down my handiwork, boxes my ears, and croaks:

“‘T’ maister nobbut just buried, and Sabbath not o’ered, und t’ sound o’ t’ gospel still i’ yer lugs, and ye darr be laiking! Shame on ye! sit ye down, ill childer! there’s good books eneugh if ye’ll read ’em: sit ye down, and think o’ yer sowls!’

Português → “Saying this, he compelled us so to square our positions that we might receive from the far-off fire a dull ray to show us the text of the lumber he thrust upon us. I could not bear the employment. I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. Heathcliff kicked his to the same place. Then there was a hubbub!

“‘Maister Hindley!’ shouted our chaplain. ‘Maister, coom hither! Miss Cathy’s riven th’ back off “Th’ Helmet o’ Salvation,” un’ Heathcliff’s pawsed his fit into t’ first part o’ “T’ Brooad Way to Destruction!” It’s fair flaysome that ye let ’em go on this gait. Ech! th’ owd man wad ha’ laced ’em properly - but he’s goan!’

Português → “Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. I reached this book, and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door ajar to give me light, and I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my companion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman’s cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter. A pleasant suggestion - and then, if the surly old man come in, he may believe his prophecy verified - we cannot be damper, or colder, in the rain than we are here.”

Português → * * * * * *

Português → I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject: she waxed lachrymose.

“How little did I dream that Hindley would ever make me cry so!” she wrote. “My head aches, till I cannot keep it on the pillow; and still I can’t give over. Poor Heathcliff! Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won’t let him sit with us, nor eat with us any more; and, he says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the house if we break his orders. He has been blaming our father (how dared he?) for treating H. too liberally; and swears he will reduce him to his right place - ”

Português → * * * * * *

Português → I began to nod drowsily over the dim page: my eye wandered from manuscript to print. I saw a red ornamented title - “Seventy Times Seven, and the First of the Seventy-First. A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.” And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep. Alas, for the effects of bad tea and bad temper! What else could it be that made me pass such a terrible night? I don’t remember another that I can at all compare with it since I was capable of suffering.

Português → I began to dream, almost before I ceased to be sensible of my locality. I thought it was morning; and I had set out on my way home, with Joseph for a guide. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. For a moment I considered it absurd that I should need such a weapon to gain admittance into my own residence. Then a new idea flashed across me. I was not going there: we were journeying to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach, from the text - “Seventy Times Seven;” and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the “First of the Seventy-First,” and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated.

Português → We came to the chapel. I have passed it really in my walks, twice or thrice; it lies in a hollow, between two hills: an elevated hollow, near a swamp, whose peaty moisture is said to answer all the purposes of embalming on the few corpses deposited there. The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. However, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive congregation; and he preached - good God! what a sermon; divided into four hundred and ninety parts, each fully equal to an ordinary address from the pulpit, and each discussing a separate sin! Where he searched for them, I cannot tell. He had his private manner of interpreting the phrase, and it seemed necessary the brother should sin different sins on every occasion. They were of the most curious character: odd transgressions that I never imagined previously.

Português → Oh, how weary I grew. How I writhed, and yawned, and nodded, and revived! How I pinched and pricked myself, and rubbed my eyes, and stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to inform me if he would ever have done. I was condemned to hear all out: finally, he reached the “First of the Seventy-First.” At that crisis, a sudden inspiration descended on me; I was moved to rise and denounce Jabez Branderham as the sinner of the sin that no Christian need pardon.

“Sir,” I exclaimed, “sitting here within these four walls, at one stretch, I have endured and forgiven the four hundred and ninety heads of your discourse. Seventy times seven times have I plucked up my hat and been about to depart - Seventy times seven times have you preposterously forced me to resume my seat. The four hundred and ninety-first is too much. Fellow-martyrs, have at him! Drag him down, and crush him to atoms, that the place which knows him may know him no more!”

Português → “Thou art the Man!” cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion. “Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage - seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul - Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved! The First of the Seventy-First is come. Brethren, execute upon him the judgment written. Such honour have all His saints!”

Português → With that concluding word, the whole assembly, exalting their pilgrim’s staves, rushed round me in a body; and I, having no weapon to raise in self-defence, commenced grappling with Joseph, my nearest and most ferocious assailant, for his. In the confluence of the multitude, several clubs crossed; blows, aimed at me, fell on other sconces. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. And what was it that had suggested the tremendous tumult? What had played Jabez’s part in the row? Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! I listened doubtingly an instant; detected the disturber, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before.

Português → This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. The hook was soldered into the staple: a circumstance observed by me when awake, but forgotten. “I must stop it, nevertheless!” I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand!

The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed,

“Let me in - let me in!”

Português → “Who are you?” I asked, struggling, meanwhile, to disengage myself.

“Catherine Linton,” it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of Linton? I had read Earnshaw twenty times for Linton) - “I’m come home: I’d lost my way on the moor!”

As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child’s face looking through the window. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear.

“How can I!” I said at length. “Let me go, if you want me to let you in!”

The fingers relaxed, I snatched mine through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to exclude the lamentable prayer.

Português → I seemed to keep them closed above a quarter of an hour; yet, the instant I listened again, there was the doleful cry moaning on!

“Begone!” I shouted. “I’ll never let you in, not if you beg for twenty years.”

“It is twenty years,” mourned the voice: “twenty years. I’ve been a waif for twenty years!”

Thereat began a feeble scratching outside, and the pile of books moved as if thrust forward.

I tried to jump up; but could not stir a limb; and so yelled aloud, in a frenzy of fright.

To my confusion, I discovered the yell was not ideal: hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, with a vigorous hand, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed. I sat shuddering, yet, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead: the intruder appeared to hesitate, and muttered to himself.

Português → At last, he said, in a half-whisper, plainly not expecting an answer,

“Is any one here?”

I considered it best to confess my presence; for I knew Heathcliff’s accents, and feared he might search further, if I kept quiet.

With this intention, I turned and opened the panels. I shall not soon forget the effect my action produced.

Heathcliff stood near the entrance, in his shirt and trousers; with a candle dripping over his fingers, and his face as white as the wall behind him. The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock: the light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up.

“It is only your guest, sir,” I called out, desirous to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further. “I had the misfortune to scream in my sleep, owing to a frightful nightmare. I’m sorry I disturbed you.”

Português → “Oh, God confound you, Mr. Lockwood! I wish you were at the - ” commenced my host, setting the candle on a chair, because he found it impossible to hold it steady. “And who showed you up into this room?” he continued, crushing his nails into his palms, and grinding his teeth to subdue the maxillary convulsions. “Who was it? I’ve a good mind to turn them out of the house this moment!”

“It was your servant Zillah,” I replied, flinging myself on to the floor, and rapidly resuming my garments. “I should not care if you did, Mr. Heathcliff; she richly deserves it. I suppose that she wanted to get another proof that the place was haunted, at my expense. Well, it is - swarming with ghosts and goblins! You have reason in shutting it up, I assure you. No one will thank you for a doze in such a den!”

“What do you mean?” asked Heathcliff, “and what are you doing? Lie down and finish out the night, since you are here; but, for Heaven’s sake! don’t repeat that horrid noise: nothing could excuse it, unless you were having your throat cut!”

Português → “If the little fiend had got in at the window, she probably would have strangled me!” I returned. “I’m not going to endure the persecutions of your hospitable ancestors again. Was not the Reverend Jabez Branderham akin to you on the mother’s side? And that minx, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or however she was called - she must have been a changeling - wicked little soul! She told me she had been walking the earth these twenty years: a just punishment for her mortal transgressions, I’ve no doubt!”

Português → Scarcely were these words uttered when I recollected the association of Heathcliff’s with Catherine’s name in the book, which had completely slipped from my memory, till thus awakened. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. A monotonous occupation, calculated to set me asleep, like counting, or - ”

“What can you mean by talking in this way to me!” thundered Heathcliff with savage vehemence. “How - how dare you, under my roof? - God! he’s mad to speak so!” And he struck his forehead with rage.

Português → I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of “Catherine Linton” before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control. Heathcliff gradually fell back into the shelter of the bed, as I spoke; finally sitting down almost concealed behind it. I guessed, however, by his irregular and intercepted breathing, that he struggled to vanquish an excess of violent emotion. Not liking to show him that I had heard the conflict, I continued my toilette rather noisily, looked at my watch, and soliloquised on the length of the night: “Not three o’clock yet! I could have taken oath it had been six. Time stagnates here: we must surely have retired to rest at eight!”

Português → “Always at nine in winter, and rise at four,” said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, by the motion of his arm’s shadow, dashing a tear from his eyes. “Mr. Lockwood,” he added, “you may go into my room: you’ll only be in the way, coming downstairs so early: and your childish outcry has sent sleep to the devil for me.”

“And for me, too,” I replied. “I’ll walk in the yard till daylight, and then I’ll be off; and you need not dread a repetition of my intrusion. I’m now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”

“Delightful company!” muttered Heathcliff. “Take the candle, and go where you please. I shall join you directly. Keep out of the yard, though, the dogs are unchained; and the house - Juno mounts sentinel there, and - nay, you can only ramble about the steps and passages. But, away with you! I’ll come in two minutes!”

Português → I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears. “Come in! come in!” he sobbed. “Cathy, do come. Oh, do - once more! Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!” The spectre showed a spectre’s ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light.

Português → There was such anguish in the gush of grief that accompanied this raving, that my compassion made me overlook its folly, and I drew off, half angry to have listened at all, and vexed at having related my ridiculous nightmare, since it produced that agony; though why was beyond my comprehension. I descended cautiously to the lower regions, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire, raked compactly together, enabled me to rekindle my candle. Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew.

Português → Two benches, shaped in sections of a circle, nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and Grimalkin mounted the other. We were both of us nodding ere any one invaded our retreat, and then it was Joseph, shuffling down a wooden ladder that vanished in the roof, through a trap: the ascent to his garret, I suppose. He cast a sinister look at the little flame which I had enticed to play between the ribs, swept the cat from its elevation, and bestowing himself in the vacancy, commenced the operation of stuffing a three-inch pipe with tobacco. My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he silently applied the tube to his lips, folded his arms, and puffed away. I let him enjoy the luxury unannoyed; and after sucking out his last wreath, and heaving a profound sigh, he got up, and departed as solemnly as he came.

Português → A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch, made a movement to follow him. He noticed this, and thrust at an inner door with the end of his spade, intimating by an inarticulate sound that there was the place where I must go, if I changed my locality.

Português → It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face. I was surprised to see Heathcliff there also. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan.

“And you, you worthless - ” he broke out as I entered, turning to his daughter-in-law, and employing an epithet as harmless as duck, or sheep, but generally represented by a dash - . “There you are, at your idle tricks again! The rest of them do earn their bread - you live on my charity! Put your trash away, and find something to do. You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight - do you hear, damnable jade?”

Português → “I’ll put my trash away, because you can make me if I refuse,” answered the young lady, closing her book, and throwing it on a chair. “But I’ll not do anything, though you should swear your tongue out, except what I please!”

Heathcliff lifted his hand, and the speaker sprang to a safer distance, obviously acquainted with its weight. Having no desire to be entertained by a cat-and-dog combat, I stepped forward briskly, as if eager to partake the warmth of the hearth, and innocent of any knowledge of the interrupted dispute. Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities: Heathcliff placed his fists, out of temptation, in his pockets; Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay. That was not long. I declined joining their breakfast, and, at the first gleam of dawn, took an opportunity of escaping into the free air, now clear, and still, and cold as impalpable ice.

Português → My landlord halloed for me to stop ere I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to accompany me across the moor. It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday’s walk left pictured in my mind. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road.

Português → We exchanged little conversation, and he halted at the entrance of Thrushcross Park, saying, I could make no error there. Our adieux were limited to a hasty bow, and then I pushed forward, trusting to my own resources; for the porter’s lodge is untenanted as yet. The distance from the gate to the Grange is two miles; I believe I managed to make it four, what with losing myself among the trees, and sinking up to the neck in snow: a predicament which only those who have experienced it can appreciate. At any rate, whatever were my wanderings, the clock chimed twelve as I entered the house; and that gave exactly an hour for every mile of the usual way from Wuthering Heights.

Português → My human fixture and her satellites rushed to welcome me; exclaiming, tumultuously, they had completely given me up: everybody conjectured that I perished last night; and they were wondering how they must set about the search for my remains. I bid them be quiet, now that they saw me returned, and, benumbed to my very heart, I dragged upstairs; whence, after putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro thirty or forty minutes, to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too much so to enjoy the cheerful fire and smoking coffee which the servant had prepared for my refreshment.

Chapter IV

Português → What vain weather-cocks we are! I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk.

“You have lived here a considerable time,” I commenced; “did you not say sixteen years?”

“Eighteen, sir: I came when the mistress was married, to wait on her; after she died, the master retained me for his housekeeper.”

“Indeed.”

There ensued a pause. She was not a gossip, I feared; unless about her own affairs, and those could hardly interest me. However, having studied for an interval, with a fist on either knee, and a cloud of meditation over her ruddy countenance, she ejaculated - “Ah, times are greatly changed since then!”

Português → “Yes,” I remarked, “you’ve seen a good many alterations, I suppose?”

“I have: and troubles too,” she said.

“Oh, I’ll turn the talk on my landlord’s family!” I thought to myself. “A good subject to start! And that pretty girl-widow, I should like to know her history: whether she be a native of the country, or, as is more probable, an exotic that the surly indigenae will not recognise for kin.” With this intention I asked Mrs. Dean why Heathcliff let Thrushcross Grange, and preferred living in a situation and residence so much inferior. “Is he not rich enough to keep the estate in good order?” I inquired.

Português → “Rich, sir!” she returned. “He has nobody knows what money, and every year it increases. Yes, yes, he’s rich enough to live in a finer house than this: but he’s very near - close-handed; and, if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant he could not have borne to miss the chance of getting a few hundreds more. It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world!”

“He had a son, it seems?”

“Yes, he had one - he is dead.”

“And that young lady, Mrs. Heathcliff, is his widow?”

“Yes.”

“Where did she come from originally?”

“Why, sir, she is my late master’s daughter: Catherine Linton was her maiden name. I nursed her, poor thing! I did wish Mr. Heathcliff would remove here, and then we might have been together again.”

Português → “What! Catherine Linton?” I exclaimed, astonished. But a minute’s reflection convinced me it was not my ghostly Catherine. “Then,” I continued, “my predecessor’s name was Linton?”

“It was.”

“And who is that Earnshaw: Hareton Earnshaw, who lives with Mr. Heathcliff? Are they relations?”

“No; he is the late Mrs. Linton’s nephew.”

“The young lady’s cousin, then?”

“Yes; and her husband was her cousin also: one on the mother’s, the other on the father’s side: Heathcliff married Mr. Linton’s sister.”

“I see the house at Wuthering Heights has ‘Earnshaw’ carved over the front door. Are they an old family?”

“Very old, sir; and Hareton is the last of them, as our Miss Cathy is of us - I mean, of the Lintons. Have you been to Wuthering Heights? I beg pardon for asking; but I should like to hear how she is!”

Português → “Mrs. Heathcliff? she looked very well, and very handsome; yet, I think, not very happy.”

“Oh dear, I don’t wonder! And how did you like the master?”

“A rough fellow, rather, Mrs. Dean. Is not that his character?”

“Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.”

“He must have had some ups and downs in life to make him such a churl. Do you know anything of his history?”

“It’s a cuckoo’s, sir - I know all about it: except where he was born, and who were his parents, and how he got his money at first. And Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock! The unfortunate lad is the only one in all this parish that does not guess how he has been cheated.”

“Well, Mrs. Dean, it will be a charitable deed to tell me something of my neighbours: I feel I shall not rest if I go to bed; so be good enough to sit and chat an hour.”

Português → “Oh, certainly, sir! I’ll just fetch a little sewing, and then I’ll sit as long as you please. But you’ve caught cold: I saw you shivering, and you must have some gruel to drive it out.”

The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire; my head felt hot, and the rest of me chill: moreover, I was excited, almost to a pitch of foolishness, through my nerves and brain. This caused me to feel, not uncomfortable, but rather fearful (as I am still) of serious effects from the incidents of to-day and yesterday. She returned presently, bringing a smoking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable.

Português → * * * * *

Português → Before I came to live here, she commenced - waiting no farther invitation to her story - I was almost always at Wuthering Heights; because my mother had nursed Mr. Hindley Earnshaw, that was Hareton’s father, and I got used to playing with the children: I ran errands too, and helped to make hay, and hung about the farm ready for anything that anybody would set me to. One fine summer morning - it was the beginning of harvest, I remember - Mr. Earnshaw, the old master, came downstairs, dressed for a journey; and, after he had told Joseph what was to be done during the day, he turned to Hindley, and Cathy, and me - for I sat eating my porridge with them - and he said, speaking to his son, “Now, my bonny man, I’m going to Liverpool to-day, what shall I bring you? You may choose what you like: only let it be little, for I shall walk there and back: sixty miles each way, that is a long spell!” Hindley named a fiddle, and then he asked Miss Cathy; she was hardly six years old, but she could ride any horse in the stable, and she chose a whip. He did not forget me; for he had a kind heart, though he was rather severe sometimes. He promised to bring me a pocketful of apples and pears, and then he kissed his children, said good-bye, and set off.

Português → It seemed a long while to us all - the three days of his absence - and often did little Cathy ask when he would be home. Mrs. Earnshaw expected him by supper-time on the third evening, and she put the meal off hour after hour; there were no signs of his coming, however, and at last the children got tired of running down to the gate to look. Then it grew dark; she would have had them to bed, but they begged sadly to be allowed to stay up; and, just about eleven o’clock, the door-latch was raised quietly, and in stepped the master. He threw himself into a chair, laughing and groaning, and bid them all stand off, for he was nearly killed - he would not have such another walk for the three kingdoms.

“And at the end of it to be flighted to death!” he said, opening his great-coat, which he held bundled up in his arms. “See here, wife! I was never so beaten with anything in my life: but you must e’en take it as a gift of God; though it’s as dark almost as if it came from the devil.”

Português → We crowded round, and over Miss Cathy’s head I had a peep at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child; big enough both to walk and talk: indeed, its face looked older than Catherine’s; yet when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some gibberish that nobody could understand. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors: she did fly up, asking how he could fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house, when they had their own bairns to feed and fend for? What he meant to do with it, and whether he were mad? The master tried to explain the matter; but he was really half dead with fatigue, and all that I could make out, amongst her scolding, was a tale of his seeing it starving, and houseless, and as good as dumb, in the streets of Liverpool, where he picked it up and inquired for its owner. Not a soul knew to whom it belonged, he said; and his money and time being both limited, he thought it better to take it home with him at once, than run into vain expenses there: because he was determined he would not leave it as he found it. Well, the conclusion was, that my mistress grumbled herself calm; and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, and give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children.

Português → Hindley and Cathy contented themselves with looking and listening till peace was restored: then, both began searching their father’s pockets for the presents he had promised them. The former was a boy of fourteen, but when he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the great-coat, he blubbered aloud; and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip in attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing; earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners. They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room; and I had no more sense, so I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it might be gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw’s door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house.

Português → This was Heathcliff’s first introduction to the family. On coming back a few days afterwards (for I did not consider my banishment perpetual), I found they had christened him “Heathcliff”: it was the name of a son who died in childhood, and it has served him ever since, both for Christian and surname. Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley hated him: and to say the truth I did the same; and we plagued and went on with him shamefully: for I wasn’t reasonable enough to feel my injustice, and the mistress never put in a word on his behalf when she saw him wronged.

Português → He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment: he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame. This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor fatherless child, as he called him. He took to Heathcliff strangely, believing all he said (for that matter, he said precious little, and generally the truth), and petting him up far above Cathy, who was too mischievous and wayward for a favourite.

Português → So, from the very beginning, he bred bad feeling in the house; and at Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, which happened in less than two years after, the young master had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent’s affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter with brooding over these injuries. I sympathised a while; but when the children fell ill of the measles, and I had to tend them, and take on me the cares of a woman at once, I changed my idea. Heathcliff was dangerously sick; and while he lay at the worst he would have me constantly by his pillow: I suppose he felt I did a good deal for him, and he hadn’t wit to guess that I was compelled to do it. However, I will say this, he was the quietest child that ever nurse watched over. The difference between him and the others forced me to be less partial. Cathy and her brother harassed me terribly: he was as uncomplaining as a lamb; though hardness, not gentleness, made him give little trouble.

Português → He got through, and the doctor affirmed it was in a great measure owing to me, and praised me for my care. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. He was not insolent to his benefactor, he was simply insensible; though knowing perfectly the hold he had on his heart, and conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obliged to bend to his wishes. As an instance, I remember Mr. Earnshaw once bought a couple of colts at the parish fair, and gave the lads each one. Heathcliff took the handsomest, but it soon fell lame, and when he discovered it, he said to Hindley -

Português → “You must exchange horses with me: I don’t like mine; and if you won’t I shall tell your father of the three thrashings you’ve given me this week, and show him my arm, which is black to the shoulder.” Hindley put out his tongue, and cuffed him over the ears. “You’d better do it at once,” he persisted, escaping to the porch (they were in the stable): “you will have to: and if I speak of these blows, you’ll get them again with interest.” “Off, dog!” cried Hindley, threatening him with an iron weight used for weighing potatoes and hay. “Throw it,” he replied, standing still, “and then I’ll tell how you boasted that you would turn me out of doors as soon as he died, and see whether he will not turn you out directly.” Hindley threw it, hitting him on the breast, and down he fell, but staggered up immediately, breathless and white; and, had not I prevented it, he would have gone just so to the master, and got full revenge by letting his condition plead for him, intimating who had caused it. “Take my colt, Gipsy, then!” said young Earnshaw. “And I pray that he may break your neck: take him, and be damned, you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has: only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan. - And take that, I hope he’ll kick out your brains!”

Português → Heathcliff had gone to loose the beast, and shift it to his own stall; he was passing behind it, when Hindley finished his speech by knocking him under its feet, and without stopping to examine whether his hopes were fulfilled, ran away as fast as he could. I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, and went on with his intention; exchanging saddles and all, and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, before he entered the house. I persuaded him easily to let me lay the blame of his bruises on the horse: he minded little what tale was told since he had what he wanted. He complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, that I really thought him not vindictive: I was deceived completely, as you will hear.

Chapter V

Português → In the course of time Mr. Earnshaw began to fail. He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly; and when he was confined to the chimney-corner he grew grievously irritable. A nothing vexed him; and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits. This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Still it became in a manner necessary; twice, or thrice, Hindley’s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it.

Português → At last, our curate (we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons and Earnshaws, and farming his bit of land himself) advised that the young man should be sent to college; and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit, for he said - “Hindley was nought, and would never thrive as where he wandered.”

Português → I hoped heartily we should have peace now. It hurt me to think the master should be made uncomfortable by his own good deed. I fancied the discontent of age and disease arose from his family disagreements; as he would have it that it did: really, you know, sir, it was in his sinking frame. We might have got on tolerably, notwithstanding, but for two people - Miss Cathy, and Joseph, the servant: you saw him, I daresay, up yonder. He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained. He was relentless in worrying him about his soul’s concerns, and about ruling his children rigidly. He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine: always minding to flatter Earnshaw’s weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the latter.

Português → Certainly she had ways with her such as I never saw a child take up before; and she put all of us past our patience fifty times and oftener in a day: from the hour she came downstairs till the hour she went to bed, we had not a minute’s security that she wouldn’t be in mischief. Her spirits were always at high-water mark, her tongue always going - singing, laughing, and plaguing everybody who would not do the same. A wild, wicked slip she was - but she had the bonniest eye, the sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish: and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her. She was much too fond of Heathcliff. The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account. In play, she liked exceedingly to act the little mistress; using her hands freely, and commanding her companions: she did so to me, but I would not bear slapping and ordering; and so I let her know.

Português → Now, Mr. Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children: he had always been strict and grave with them; and Catherine, on her part, had no idea why her father should be crosser and less patient in his ailing condition than he was in his prime. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. After behaving as badly as possible all day, she sometimes came fondling to make it up at night. “Nay, Cathy,” the old man would say, “I cannot love thee, thou’rt worse than thy brother. Go, say thy prayers, child, and ask God’s pardon. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!” That made her cry, at first; and then being repulsed continually hardened her, and she laughed if I told her to say she was sorry for her faults, and beg to be forgiven.

Português → But the hour came, at last, that ended Mr. Earnshaw’s troubles on earth. He died quietly in his chair one October evening, seated by the fire-side. A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney: it sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were all together - I, a little removed from the hearth, busy at my knitting, and Joseph reading his Bible near the table (for the servants generally sat in the house then, after their work was done). Miss Cathy had been sick, and that made her still; she leant against her father’s knee, and Heathcliff was lying on the floor with his head in her lap. I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair - it pleased him rarely to see her gentle - and saying, “Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?” And she turned her face up to his, and laughed, and answered, “Why cannot you always be a good man, father?” But as soon as she saw him vexed again, she kissed his hand, and said she would sing him to sleep. She began singing very low, till his fingers dropped from hers, and his head sank on his breast. Then I told her to hush, and not stir, for fear she should wake him. We all kept as mute as mice a full half-hour, and should have done so longer, only Joseph, having finished his chapter, got up and said that he must rouse the master for prayers and bed. He stepped forward, and called him by name, and touched his shoulder; but he would not move: so he took the candle and looked at him. I thought there was something wrong as he set down the light; and seizing the children each by an arm, whispered them to “frame upstairs, and make little din - they might pray alone that evening - he had summut to do.”

Português → “I shall bid father good-night first,” said Catherine, putting her arms round his neck, before we could hinder her. The poor thing discovered her loss directly - she screamed out - “Oh, he’s dead, Heathcliff! he’s dead!” And they both set up a heart-breaking cry.

Português → I joined my wail to theirs, loud and bitter; but Joseph asked what we could be thinking of to roar in that way over a saint in heaven. He told me to put on my cloak and run to Gimmerton for the doctor and the parson. I could not guess the use that either would be of, then. However, I went, through wind and rain, and brought one, the doctor, back with me; the other said he would come in the morning. Leaving Joseph to explain matters, I ran to the children’s room: their door was ajar, I saw they had never lain down, though it was past midnight; but they were calmer, and did not need me to console them. The little souls were comforting each other with better thoughts than I could have hit on: no parson in the world ever pictured heaven so beautifully as they did, in their innocent talk; and, while I sobbed and listened, I could not help wishing we were all there safe together.

Chapter VI

Português → Mr. Hindley came home to the funeral; and - a thing that amazed us, and set the neighbours gossiping right and left - he brought a wife with him. What she was, and where she was born, he never informed us: probably, she had neither money nor name to recommend her, or he would scarcely have kept the union from his father.

Português → She was not one that would have disturbed the house much on her own account. Every object she saw, the moment she crossed the threshold, appeared to delight her; and every circumstance that took place about her: except the preparing for the burial, and the presence of the mourners. I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly - “Are they gone yet?” Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping - and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying! I imagined her as little likely to die as myself. She was rather thin, but young, and fresh-complexioned, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. We don’t in general take to foreigners here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they take to us first.

Português → Young Earnshaw was altered considerably in the three years of his absence. He had grown sparer, and lost his colour, and spoke and dressed quite differently; and, on the very day of his return, he told Joseph and me we must thenceforth quarter ourselves in the back-kitchen, and leave the house for him. Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention.

Português → She expressed pleasure, too, at finding a sister among her new acquaintance; and she prattled to Catherine, and kissed her, and ran about with her, and gave her quantities of presents, at the beginning. Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical. A few words from her, evincing a dislike to Heathcliff, were enough to rouse in him all his old hatred of the boy. He drove him from their company to the servants, deprived him of the instructions of the curate, and insisted that he should labour out of doors instead; compelling him to do so as hard as any other lad on the farm.

Português → Heathcliff bore his degradation pretty well at first, because Cathy taught him what she learnt, and worked or played with him in the fields. They both promised fair to grow up as rude as savages; the young master being entirely negligent how they behaved, and what they did, so they kept clear of him. He would not even have seen after their going to church on Sundays, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order Heathcliff a flogging, and Catherine a fast from dinner or supper. But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at. The curate might set as many chapters as he pleased for Catherine to get by heart, and Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time I’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. One Sunday evening, it chanced that they were banished from the sitting-room, for making a noise, or a light offence of the kind; and when I went to call them to supper, I could discover them nowhere. We searched the house, above and below, and the yard and stables; they were invisible: and, at last, Hindley in a passion told us to bolt the doors, and swore nobody should let them in that night. The household went to bed; and I, too anxious to lie down, opened my lattice and put my head out to hearken, though it rained: determined to admit them in spite of the prohibition, should they return. In a while, I distinguished steps coming up the road, and the light of a lantern glimmered through the gate. I threw a shawl over my head and ran to prevent them from waking Mr. Earnshaw by knocking. There was Heathcliff, by himself: it gave me a start to see him alone.

Português → “Where is Miss Catherine?” I cried hurriedly. “No accident, I hope?” “At Thrushcross Grange,” he answered; “and I would have been there too, but they had not the manners to ask me to stay.” “Well, you will catch it!” I said: “you’ll never be content till you’re sent about your business. What in the world led you wandering to Thrushcross Grange?” “Let me get off my wet clothes, and I’ll tell you all about it, Nelly,” he replied. I bid him beware of rousing the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued - “Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to have a ramble at liberty, and getting a glimpse of the Grange lights, we thought we would just go and see whether the Lintons passed their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, and singing and laughing, and burning their eyes out before the fire. Do you think they do? Or reading sermons, and being catechised by their man-servant, and set to learn a column of Scripture names, if they don’t answer properly?” “Probably not,” I responded. “They are good children, no doubt, and don’t deserve the treatment you receive, for your bad conduct.” “Don’t cant, Nelly,” he said: “nonsense! We ran from the top of the Heights to the park, without stopping - Catherine completely beaten in the race, because she was barefoot. You’ll have to seek for her shoes in the bog to-morrow. We crept through a broken hedge, groped our way up the path, and planted ourselves on a flower-plot under the drawing-room window. The light came from thence; they had not put up the shutters, and the curtains were only half closed. Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging to the ledge, and we saw - ah! it was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers. Old Mr. and Mrs. Linton were not there; Edgar and his sister had it entirely to themselves. Shouldn’t they have been happy? We should have thought ourselves in heaven! And now, guess what your good children were doing? Isabella - I believe she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy - lay screaming at the farther end of the room, shrieking as if witches were running red-hot needles into her. Edgar stood on the hearth weeping silently, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping; which, from their mutual accusations, we understood they had nearly pulled in two between them. The idiots! That was their pleasure! to quarrel who should hold a heap of warm hair, and each begin to cry because both, after struggling to get it, refused to take it. We laughed outright at the petted things; we did despise them! When would you catch me wishing to have what Catherine wanted? or find us by ourselves, seeking entertainment in yelling, and sobbing, and rolling on the ground, divided by the whole room? I’d not exchange, for a thousand lives, my condition here, for Edgar Linton’s at Thrushcross Grange - not if I might have the privilege of flinging Joseph off the highest gable, and painting the house-front with Hindley’s blood!”

Português → “Hush, hush!” I interrupted. “Still you have not told me, Heathcliff, how Catherine is left behind?”

Português → “I told you we laughed,” he answered. “The Lintons heard us, and with one accord they shot like arrows to the door; there was silence, and then a cry, ‘Oh, mamma, mamma! Oh, papa! Oh, mamma, come here. Oh, papa, oh!’ They really did howl out something in that way. We made frightful noises to terrify them still more, and then we dropped off the ledge, because somebody was drawing the bars, and we felt we had better flee. I had Cathy by the hand, and was urging her on, when all at once she fell down. ‘Run, Heathcliff, run!’ she whispered. ‘They have let the bull-dog loose, and he holds me!’ The devil had seized her ankle, Nelly: I heard his abominable snorting. She did not yell out - no! she would have scorned to do it, if she had been spitted on the horns of a mad cow. I did, though: I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom; and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. A beast of a servant came up with a lantern, at last, shouting - ‘Keep fast, Skulker, keep fast!’ He changed his note, however, when he saw Skulker’s game. The dog was throttled off; his huge, purple tongue hanging half a foot out of his mouth, and his pendent lips streaming with bloody slaver. The man took Cathy up; she was sick: not from fear, I’m certain, but from pain. He carried her in; I followed, grumbling execrations and vengeance. ‘What prey, Robert?’ hallooed Linton from the entrance. ‘Skulker has caught a little girl, sir,’ he replied; ‘and there’s a lad here,’ he added, making a clutch at me, ‘who looks an out-and-outer! Very like the robbers were for putting them through the window to open the doors to the gang after all were asleep, that they might murder us at their ease. Hold your tongue, you foul-mouthed thief, you! you shall go to the gallows for this. Mr. Linton, sir, don’t lay by your gun.’ ‘No, no, Robert,’ said the old fool. ‘The rascals knew that yesterday was my rent-day: they thought to have me cleverly. Come in; I’ll furnish them a reception. There, John, fasten the chain. Give Skulker some water, Jenny. To beard a magistrate in his stronghold, and on the Sabbath, too! Where will their insolence stop? Oh, my dear Mary, look here! Don’t be afraid, it is but a boy - yet the villain scowls so plainly in his face; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once, before he shows his nature in acts as well as features?’ He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton placed her spectacles on her nose and raised her hands in horror. The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping - ‘Frightful thing! Put him in the cellar, papa. He’s exactly like the son of the fortune-teller that stole my tame pheasant. Isn’t he, Edgar?’

Português → “While they examined me, Cathy came round; she heard the last speech, and laughed. Edgar Linton, after an inquisitive stare, collected sufficient wit to recognise her. They see us at church, you know, though we seldom meet them elsewhere. ‘That’s Miss Earnshaw!’ he whispered to his mother, ‘and look how Skulker has bitten her - how her foot bleeds!’

“‘Miss Earnshaw? Nonsense!’ cried the dame; ‘Miss Earnshaw scouring the country with a gipsy! And yet, my dear, the child is in mourning - surely it is - and she may be lamed for life!’

“‘What culpable carelessness in her brother!’ exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine. ‘I’ve understood from Shielders’” (that was the curate, sir) “‘that he lets her grow up in absolute heathenism. But who is this? Where did she pick up this companion? Oho! I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool - a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.’

Português → “‘A wicked boy, at all events,’ remarked the old lady, ‘and quite unfit for a decent house! Did you notice his language, Linton? I’m shocked that my children should have heard it.’

Português → “I recommenced cursing - don’t be angry, Nelly - and so Robert was ordered to take me off. I refused to go without Cathy; he dragged me into the garden, pushed the lantern into my hand, assured me that Mr. Earnshaw should be informed of my behaviour, and, bidding me march directly, secured the door again. The curtains were still looped up at one corner, and I resumed my station as spy; because, if Catherine had wished to return, I intended shattering their great glass panes to a million of fragments, unless they let her out. She sat on the sofa quietly. Mrs. Linton took off the grey cloak of the dairy-maid which we had borrowed for our excursion, shaking her head and expostulating with her, I suppose: she was a young lady, and they made a distinction between her treatment and mine. Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. I saw they were full of stupid admiration; she is so immeasurably superior to them - to everybody on earth, is she not, Nelly?”

Português → “There will more come of this business than you reckon on,” I answered, covering him up and extinguishing the light. “You are incurable, Heathcliff; and Mr. Hindley will have to proceed to extremities, see if he won’t.” My words came truer than I desired. The luckless adventure made Earnshaw furious. And then Mr. Linton, to mend matters, paid us a visit himself on the morrow, and read the young master such a lecture on the road he guided his family, that he was stirred to look about him, in earnest. Heathcliff received no flogging, but he was told that the first word he spoke to Miss Catherine should ensure a dismissal; and Mrs. Earnshaw undertook to keep her sister-in-law in due restraint when she returned home; employing art, not force: with force she would have found it impossible.

Chapter VII

Português → Cathy stayed at Thrushcross Grange five weeks: till Christmas. By that time her ankle was thoroughly cured, and her manners much improved. The mistress visited her often in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in. Hindley lifted her from her horse, exclaiming delightedly, “Why, Cathy, you are quite a beauty! I should scarcely have known you: you look like a lady now. Isabella Linton is not to be compared with her, is she, Frances?” “Isabella has not her natural advantages,” replied his wife: “but she must mind and not grow wild again here. Ellen, help Miss Catherine off with her things - Stay, dear, you will disarrange your curls - let me untie your hat.”

Português → I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. She kissed me gently: I was all flour making the Christmas cake, and it would not have done to give me a hug; and then she looked round for Heathcliff. Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw watched anxiously their meeting; thinking it would enable them to judge, in some measure, what grounds they had for hoping to succeed in separating the two friends.

Português → Heathcliff was hard to discover, at first. If he were careless, and uncared for, before Catherine’s absence, he had been ten times more so since. Nobody but I even did him the kindness to call him a dirty boy, and bid him wash himself, once a week; and children of his age seldom have a natural pleasure in soap and water. Therefore, not to mention his clothes, which had seen three months’ service in mire and dust, and his thick uncombed hair, the surface of his face and hands was dismally beclouded. He might well skulk behind the settle, on beholding such a bright, graceful damsel enter the house, instead of a rough-headed counterpart of himself, as he expected. “Is Heathcliff not here?” she demanded, pulling off her gloves, and displaying fingers wonderfully whitened with doing nothing and staying indoors.

“Heathcliff, you may come forward,” cried Mr. Hindley, enjoying his discomfiture, and gratified to see what a forbidding young blackguard he would be compelled to present himself. “You may come and wish Miss Catherine welcome, like the other servants.”

Português → Cathy, catching a glimpse of her friend in his concealment, flew to embrace him; she bestowed seven or eight kisses on his cheek within the second, and then stopped, and drawing back, burst into a laugh, exclaiming, “Why, how very black and cross you look! and how - how funny and grim! But that’s because I’m used to Edgar and Isabella Linton. Well, Heathcliff, have you forgotten me?”

She had some reason to put the question, for shame and pride threw double gloom over his countenance, and kept him immovable.

“Shake hands, Heathcliff,” said Mr. Earnshaw, condescendingly; “once in a way, that is permitted.”

Versão em Português B1

Páginas Iniciais

CAPÍTULO I

CAPÍTULO II

CAPÍTULO III

CAPÍTULO IV

CAPÍTULO V

CAPÍTULO VI

CAPÍTULO VII

Contents

Páginas Iniciais

English → O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes

por Emily Brontë

CAPÍTULO I

English → 1801 - Acabei de voltar de uma visita ao meu senhorio, o único vizinho que algum dia vai me incomodar. Este é realmente um lugar bonito! Não acho que exista, em nenhum outro lugar da Inglaterra, um sítio tão afastado das outras pessoas. É um paraíso perfeito para quem não gosta de gente - e o senhor Heathcliff e eu formamos uma boa dupla para compartilhar este lugar solitário. Que homem extraordinário! Ele não tinha a menor ideia do quanto eu me sentia bem disposto para com ele quando vi seus olhos escuros se recolherem com tanta suspeita sob as sobrancelhas enquanto eu me aproximava a cavalo, e quando seus dedos se escondiam, quase com ciúme, mais para dentro do colete, enquanto eu dizia meu nome.

"Senhor Heathcliff?" eu disse.

Ele respondeu apenas com um aceno de cabeça.

"Senhor Lockwood, seu novo inquilino. Eu quis visitá-lo assim que pude depois de chegar, para dizer que espero não ter lhe causado nenhum incômodo por insistir tanto em alugar Thrushcross Grange. Ouvi dizer ontem que o senhor tinha algumas dúvidas sobre isso - "

English → "Thrushcross Grange me pertence," ele interrompeu, com um ar irritado. "Eu não deixaria ninguém me incomodar se pudesse evitar. Entre!"

Ele disse "entre" entre os dentes trincados, e o que aquilo realmente queria dizer era "Vá embora!" Até o portão em que ele se apoiava não fez nenhum movimento amistoso que combinasse com suas palavras. Acho que foi justamente isso que me fez decidir aceitar o convite. Fiquei curioso sobre um homem que parecia ainda mais hostil do que eu mesmo.

Quando viu o peito do meu cavalo empurrando bem contra o portão, ele esticou a mão e o destrancou. Depois caminhou na minha frente pela trilha, com cara de poucos amigos, e gritou quando entramos no pátio: "Joseph, leve o cavalo do senhor Lockwood e traga um pouco de vinho."

"Então é este todo o corpo de empregados, suponho," pensei, ao ouvir uma única ordem que cobria duas tarefas. "Não é de estranhar que o capim cresça entre as pedras, e que só o gado apare as sebes."

English → Joseph era um homem idoso - não, um velho, um velho bem avançado, embora ainda forte e resistente. "Que o Senhor nos ajude!" ele murmurou entre dentes, em tom irritado, enquanto pegava meu cavalo, olhando para o meu rosto com uma cara tão amarga que eu, gentilmente, imaginei que ele devia precisar da ajuda de Deus para digerir o jantar, e que sua reclamação não tinha nada a ver com minha chegada repentina.

Wuthering Heights é o nome da casa do senhor Heathcliff. "Wuthering" é uma palavra local que descreve o tempo barulhento e tempestuoso que o lugar enfrenta quando o clima está ruim. Ali em cima deve haver, o tempo todo, um vento forte e puro - basta ver o quanto alguns pequenos abetos retorcidos se inclinam na ponta da casa, e uma fileira de espinheiros sem folhas que estendem todos os seus ramos numa só direção, como se pedissem ajuda ao sol, para adivinhar quão poderoso é o vento norte que sopra sobre o alto da colina. Felizmente, o construtor teve o bom senso de erguê-la com solidez: as janelas estreitas estão embutidas bem no fundo da parede, e os cantos são protegidos por grandes pedras salientes.

English → Antes de entrar, parei para olhar algumas esculturas estranhas que cobriam a fachada da casa, especialmente em torno da porta principal. Acima dela, em meio a uma confusão de figuras de pedra esfarelando e de meninos, notei a data "1500" e o nome "Hareton Earnshaw." Eu teria gostado de fazer algumas perguntas e ouvir uma breve história do lugar contada pelo dono pouco amigável, mas o jeito como ele ficava parado à porta parecia exigir que eu entrasse logo ou fosse embora de vez, e eu não queria deixá-lo mais impaciente antes mesmo de ter visto o interior.

English → Um único passo nos levava direto ao cômodo principal da família, sem hall de entrada nem corredor antes. Ali eles simplesmente chamam esse cômodo de "a casa." Normalmente esse cômodo reuniria tanto a cozinha quanto a sala de estar, mas em Wuthering Heights acho que a cozinha foi transferida para algum outro lugar completamente diferente - eu podia ouvir vozes conversando e panelas tilintando em algum ponto lá no fundo, mas não vi nenhum sinal de cozimento, fervura ou assado perto da enorme lareira, nem o brilho de panelas de cobre ou coadores de estanho nas paredes. Uma das extremidades do cômodo, porém, brilhava intensamente com a luz e o calor refletidos por fileiras de enormes pratos de peltre, misturados a jarras e xícaras de prata, empilhados fileira após fileira sobre um grande armário de carvalho que chegava quase ao teto. O teto propriamente dito não tinha nenhum forro que o cobrisse; dava para ver toda a sua estrutura, exceto onde uma armação de madeira carregada de bolachas de aveia e pernas de carne de vaca, carneiro e presunto bloqueava a visão. Sobre a lareira pendiam várias armas antigas de aparência rústica e um par de pistolas de cavalaria, e, como decoração, três latas pintadas em cores vivas estavam colocadas ao longo da prateleira. O piso era de pedra branca e lisa. As cadeiras tinham encosto alto, eram simples e pintadas de verde, com uma ou duas pesadas e pretas escondidas nas sombras. Debaixo do armário, num vão em arco, estava deitada uma grande cadela marrom com uma ninhada de filhotes chiando ao redor dela, e outros cães se escondiam em outros cantos.

English → O cômodo e sua mobília pareceriam bastante comuns para um simples fazendeiro do norte, um homem de ar obstinado, com pernas fortes bem mostradas em calções na altura do joelho e perneiras. Dá para ver um homem assim sentado em sua poltrona, com a caneca de cerveja espumando sobre a mesa redonda diante dele, em qualquer uma dessas colinas num raio de cinco ou seis milhas, se você visitar na hora certa depois do jantar. Mas o senhor Heathcliff é muito diferente da sua casa e do seu modo de vida. Ele parece um cigano de pele escura, mas se veste e se comporta como um cavalheiro - tão cavalheiro quanto muitos senhores de terras no interior. Talvez seja um pouco desalinhado, mas isso não lhe cai mal, porque ele tem uma figura ereta e bonita, e parece ter um temperamento bastante difícil. Algumas pessoas poderiam pensar que isso vem de uma espécie de orgulho baixo e obstinado, mas algo dentro de mim me diz que não é verdade. Sinto, de algum modo, que essa distância dele vem de uma aversão a mostrar seus sentimentos abertamente - a demonstrar gentileza para com os outros. Ele provavelmente ama e odeia com igual intensidade, mas mantém isso escondido, e acharia quase indelicado ser amado ou odiado de volta. Não, estou indo rápido demais - estou atribuindo a ele qualidades demais que são minhas. O senhor Heathcliff pode ter motivos completamente diferentes dos meus para manter a mão afastada quando encontra alguém novo. Que eu possa esperar que minha própria natureza seja fora do comum: minha querida mãe costumava dizer que eu nunca teria um lar confortável, e justamente no verão passado eu provei que realmente não merecia um.

English → Enquanto eu aproveitava um mês de bom tempo à beira-mar, conheci uma jovem maravilhosa - ela me parecia uma deusa, contanto que não me prestasse atenção. Nunca lhe disse em palavras o que eu sentia, mas se um olhar pode falar, até um tolo teria percebido que eu estava completamente apaixonado. No final ela entendeu, e me devolveu um olhar - o olhar mais doce que se pode imaginar. E o que eu fiz? Tenho vergonha de admitir - recuei friamente para dentro de mim mesmo, como um caramujo. Cada vez que ela olhava para mim, eu ficava mais frio e me afastava mais, até que, por fim, a pobre moça inocente começou a duvidar dos próprios sentimentos e, constrangida com o que pensava ser um erro seu, convenceu a mãe a partir.

Por causa desse lado estranho do meu caráter, as pessoas pensam que sou frio e sem coração de propósito. Só eu sei o quanto isso é injusto.

English → Sentei-me numa das pontas da lareira, do lado oposto ao caminho por onde meu senhorio andava, e, para preencher o silêncio, tentei fazer um carinho na cadela-mãe, que havia deixado seus filhotes e vinha se arrastando de modo ameaçador na direção da parte de trás das minhas pernas, o beiço torcido e os dentes brancos prontos para morder. Meu toque provocou um rosnado longo e grave.

"É melhor deixar a cadela em paz," rosnou o senhor Heathcliff, concordando com o animal, e evitando uma reação pior com um chute. "Ela não está acostumada a receber carinho - não é criada como bichinho de estimação." Depois, caminhando até uma porta lateral, gritou de novo: "Joseph!"

English → Joseph murmurou algo incompreensível lá no fundo da adega, mas não subiu, então seu patrão desceu para buscá-lo, deixando-me sozinho com a cadela feroz e dois cães pastores peludos e carrancudos, que vigiavam cada um dos meus movimentos com o mesmo ciúme que ela. Sem querer me aproximar dos dentes deles, fiquei quieto, mas, pensando que eles não entenderiam insultos silenciosos, cometi o erro de piscar e fazer caretas para eles, e algo na minha expressão irritou tanto a cadela-mãe que ela de repente atacou e saltou sobre os meus joelhos. Empurrei-a para trás e rapidamente coloquei a mesa entre nós. Isso alvoroçou o bando inteiro - meia dúzia de cães de tamanhos e idades diferentes saíram de seus esconderijos para o meio do cômodo. Senti que meus calcanhares e meu casaco eram os alvos principais, e, enquanto eu enfrentava os cães maiores o melhor que podia com o atiçador da lareira, fui obrigado a gritar bem alto pedindo ajuda de alguém da casa para acabar com aquele caos.

English → O senhor Heathcliff e seu criado subiram os degraus da adega numa lentidão irritante - acho que não se moveram nem um pouco mais rápido do que o normal, mesmo com o cômodo em plena tempestade de latidos e brigas. Felizmente, alguém da cozinha se moveu mais rápido: uma mulher robusta, com o vestido amarrado, os braços à mostra e o rosto vermelho pelo calor do fogo, correu até nós agitando uma frigideira, e usou tanto a frigideira quanto a voz de forma tão eficaz que o caos se calmou quase como por magia. Ela ainda respirava com dificuldade, como o mar depois de um vento forte, quando seu patrão finalmente chegou.

"Que diabos está acontecendo aqui?" ele perguntou, olhando para mim de um jeito que eu quase não conseguia suportar depois de um tratamento tão hostil.

"Que diabos, de fato!" eu murmurei. "Um bando de porcos possuídos não poderia ter temperamento pior do que esses animais seus, senhor. É a mesma coisa que deixar um estranho com um grupo de tigres!"

English → "Eles não tocam em quem não toca em nada," ele disse, colocando a garrafa diante de mim e recolocando a mesa no lugar. "Os cães têm razão em ser cautelosos. Aceita um copo de vinho?"

"Não, obrigado."

"Não foi mordido, foi?"

"Se eu tivesse sido, teria deixado minha marca em quem mordeu." O rosto de Heathcliff relaxou num sorriso largo.

"Vamos, vamos," ele disse, "o senhor está aborrecido, senhor Lockwood. Tome, beba um pouco de vinho. Visitas são tão raras nesta casa que admito que eu e meus cães quase não sabemos como tratá-las. À sua saúde, senhor."

English → Fiz uma reverência e correspondi ao brinde, começando a perceber que seria bobagem ficar ali de mau humor por causa de uma matilha de cães. Além disso, não queria lhe dar mais motivos para rir às minhas custas, já que aquele era claramente o humor em que ele estava. Ele - provavelmente pensando que seria sensato não desagradar um bom inquilino - relaxou um pouco seu jeito curto e cortado de falar, e começou o assunto que imaginava que me interessaria: uma discussão sobre os pontos bons e ruins da região onde eu estava morando. Achei-o bastante inteligente nos assuntos de que conversamos, e, antes de voltar para casa, senti-me animado a sugerir que voltaria no dia seguinte. Ele claramente não queria que eu voltasse, mas irei assim mesmo. É estranho como me sinto sociável em comparação com ele.

CAPÍTULO II

English → A tarde de ontem ficou nublada e fria. Quase decidi ficar junto à lareira do meu escritório em vez de caminhar pela lama e pelo capim áspero até Wuthering Heights. Mas depois do jantar (observação: eu como entre meio-dia e uma hora; a governanta, uma mulher mais velha que veio junto com a casa, não conseguiu ou não quis entender meu pedido de ser servido às cinco) - enquanto subia as escadas com esse plano de preguiça, entrei no cômodo e vi uma criada de joelhos, rodeada de escovas e baldes de carvão, levantando uma poeira terrível ao apagar o fogo com montes de cinza. Essa cena me fez voltar direto para fora. Peguei meu chapéu e, depois de uma caminhada de quatro milhas, cheguei ao portão do jardim de Heathcliff bem a tempo de escapar dos primeiros flocos leves de uma nevasca.

Naquele alto de colina frio e aberto, o solo estava duro por causa de uma geada escura, e o ar me fazia tremer todo. Como não conseguia abrir a corrente, saltei o portão e corri pela trilha de pedra ladeada por arbustos de groselha desalinhados, batendo inutilmente para que alguém me deixasse entrar, até meus dedos ficarem doloridos e os cães se puserem a uivar.

English → "Gente miserável!" eu disse para mim mesmo. "Vocês merecem ficar sozinhos para sempre, por serem tão hostis. Eu, pelo menos, não manteria minhas portas trancadas durante o dia. Não me importo - vou entrar!" Com essa decisão, agarrei a tranca e a sacudi com força. Joseph, de cara amarga, colocou a cabeça de fora por uma janela redonda do celeiro.

"O que o senhor quer?" ele gritou. "O patrão está lá no campo. Dê a volta pelo fim do celeiro se quiser falar com ele."

"Não há ninguém aí dentro para abrir a porta?" eu gritei de volta.

"Só tem a patroa, e ela não vai abrir por mais barulho que o senhor faça, até de noite."

"Por quê? Não pode dizer a ela quem eu sou, Joseph?"

"Eu não! Não quero nada com isso," murmurou a cabeça, desaparecendo.

English → A neve começou a cair com força. Segurei a maçaneta para tentar de novo, quando um jovem sem casaco, carregando uma forquilha no ombro, apareceu no pátio às minhas costas. Ele me chamou para segui-lo, e, depois de atravessarmos uma lavanderia e um pátio pavimentado com um depósito de carvão, uma bomba de água e um pombal, finalmente chegamos ao cômodo grande, quente e alegre onde eu havia sido recebido pela primeira vez. Ele brilhava de modo agradável com a luz de um fogo enorme feito de carvão, turfa e madeira, e perto da mesa, posta para uma refeição noturna completa, tive o prazer de ver a "patroa" - alguém cuja existência eu nunca tinha sequer imaginado até então. Fiz uma reverência e esperei, achando que ela me pediria para sentar. Ela olhou para mim, recostada na cadeira, e ficou quieta e em silêncio.

"Tempo bruto!" eu disse. "Temo, senhora Heathcliff, que a porta tenha sofrido porque seus criados foram lentos em atender. Tive dificuldade em me fazer ouvir."

English → Ela não disse absolutamente nada. Fiquei olhando para ela, e ela olhou de volta, mantendo os olhos fixos em mim de um jeito frio e indiferente que me deixou muito incomodado.

"Sente-se," disse o jovem, com aspereza. "Ele vai entrar logo."

Fiz o que ele disse, limpei a garganta e saudei a cadela Juno, que, neste segundo encontro, se permitiu mover apenas a ponta do rabo, mostrando que se lembrava de mim.

"Um animal lindo!" eu disse, tentando de novo. "A senhora pretende dar os filhotes, madame?"

"Eles não são meus," disse minha anfitriã pouco amigável, em um tom ainda mais frio do que o de Heathcliff.

"Ah, então seus favoritos estão entre estes?" eu continuei, voltando-me para uma almofada coberta com o que parecia ser gatos.

"Uma escolha estranha de favoritos!" ela disse, com desdém.

Infelizmente, aquilo era, na verdade, uma pilha de coelhos mortos. Limpei a garganta de novo, aproximei-me do fogo e repeti meu comentário sobre o tempo violento do lado de fora.

English → "O senhor não devia ter saído," ela disse, levantando-se e estendendo a mão para duas das latas pintadas sobre a lareira.

Antes, ela estivera sentada onde a luz não conseguia alcançá-la; agora eu podia ver claramente toda a sua figura e o rosto. Era magra, e parecia ter deixado a infância há pouco tempo - uma silhueta encantadora, e o rostinho mais bonito que eu já tinha visto; traços pequenos e delicados, pele muito clara, e cachos dourados e claros caindo soltos sobre o pescoço. Os olhos dela teriam sido irresistíveis se a expressão fosse mais gentil - mas, por sorte para o meu coração facilmente impressionável, tudo o que vi neles foi algo entre desdém e uma espécie estranha de desespero. As latas estavam quase fora do seu alcance, então fiz um gesto para ajudá-la, mas ela se voltou contra mim do jeito que um avarento se voltaria contra alguém que tentasse ajudá-lo a contar seu ouro.

"Não quero sua ajuda," ela disse bruscamente. "Eu mesma consigo pegá-las."

English → "Desculpe!" eu disse rapidamente.

"O senhor foi convidado para o chá?" ela perguntou, amarrando um avental sobre o vestido preto bem-cuidado, e ficando de pé com uma colherada de folhas de chá pronta sobre o bule.

"Eu ficaria feliz em tomar uma xícara," respondi.

"O senhor foi convidado?" ela repetiu.

"Não," eu disse, com um meio sorriso. "A senhora é a pessoa certa para me convidar."

Ela jogou o chá de volta na lata, colher e tudo, e voltou a se sentar na cadeira, irritada, com a testa franzida e o lábio inferior vermelho projetado para fora, como uma criança a ponto de chorar.

English → Enquanto isso, o jovem tinha vestido um casaco bem surrado, e, de pé, imponente diante do fogo, olhava para mim de soslaio, como se houvesse entre nós alguma velha rixa ainda não resolvida. Comecei a me perguntar se ele era criado ou não. Suas roupas e sua fala eram ambas rústicas, sem nenhum do refinamento que eu tinha visto no senhor e na senhora Heathcliff. Seu cabelo castanho e grosso estava desalinhado e sem pentear, as costeletas cresciam soltas sobre as bochechas, e as mãos estavam bronzeadas como as de um trabalhador. Ainda assim, ele se movia com desenvoltura, quase com orgulho, e não demonstrava nenhuma da atenção de um criado para com a dona da casa. Como eu não tinha nenhuma ideia clara de quem ele era, achei melhor não comentar seu comportamento estranho, e cinco minutos depois a chegada de Heathcliff me livrou, em parte, daquela situação desconfortável.

"Como vê, senhor, eu vim, como prometi!" eu disse, tentando parecer animado. "E temo que precise de abrigo por meia hora, se puder me conceder, por causa do tempo."

English → "Meia hora?" ele disse, sacudindo dos casacos os flocos de neve brancos. "Estou surpreso que o senhor tenha escolhido o meio de uma nevasca para andar por aí. Não sabe que corre o risco de se perder nos pântanos? Gente que conhece bem estas colinas costuma perder o caminho em noites como esta, e posso lhe dizer que o tempo não vai mudar tão cedo."

"Talvez eu pudesse conseguir um dos seus rapazes para me guiar, e ele poderia ficar na Grange até de manhã - o senhor poderia me ceder um?"

"Não, não poderia."

"Ah, entendo. Bem, então terei de confiar no meu próprio senso de direção."

"Hum!"

"Vai fazer o chá?" o homem do casaco surrado exigiu, desviando o olhar feroz de mim para a jovem.

"Ele vai tomar algum?" ela perguntou, voltando-se para Heathcliff.

English → "Prepare, sim?" foi a resposta, dita com tanta aspereza que me assustou. O tom dele revelava um temperamento verdadeiramente ruim. Já não me sentia inclinado a chamar Heathcliff de homem extraordinário. Quando tudo estava pronto, ele me disse: "Agora, senhor, aproxime sua cadeira." E todos nós, incluindo o jovem rústico, sentamos à mesa, comendo a refeição num silêncio frio e sério.

Pensei que, se eu tinha causado esse clima sombrio, era meu dever tentar aliviá-lo. Eles não podiam ficar assim, taciturnos e calados, todos os dias, e parecia improvável que, por mais mal-humorados que fossem, essa expressão carregada constante fosse a sua fisionomia de todo dia.

"É estranho," comecei, entre uma xícara de chá e outra, "como o hábito molda nossos gostos e ideias. Muita gente não conseguiria imaginar encontrar felicidade vivendo tão afastada do mundo quanto o senhor, senhor Heathcliff. E, no entanto, eu diria que, rodeado pela sua família, com sua agradável esposa no centro do seu lar - "

English → "Minha agradável esposa!" ele interrompeu, com um sorriso de desprezo quase perverso no rosto. "Onde está ela - minha agradável esposa?"

"A senhora Heathcliff, sua esposa, quero dizer."

"Bem, sim - ah, entendo, o senhor quer dizer que o espírito dela agora age como um anjo da guarda, cuidando de Wuthering Heights mesmo com o corpo já desaparecido. É isso?"

Percebendo que tinha cometido um engano, tentei corrigi-lo. Deveria ter notado que havia uma diferença de idade grande demais entre os dois para que fossem marido e mulher. Ele tinha cerca de quarenta anos - uma idade em que os homens raramente ainda acreditam que alguma jovem se casou com eles por amor; esse tipo de sonho costuma ser reservado para os últimos anos de vida. Ela não parecia ter mais de dezessete anos.

English → Então me ocorreu - "O homem rústico ao meu lado, bebendo o chá de uma tigela e comendo o pão com as mãos sujas, deve ser o marido dela: o filho de Heathcliff, claro. É isso que acontece quando se vive isolado do mundo - ela se desperdiçou com esse rapaz desajeitado simplesmente porque nunca soube que existiam homens melhores! Que pena - devo ter cuidado para não fazê-la se arrepender da escolha." Esse último pensamento pode parecer presunçoso, mas não era. Meu vizinho me pareceu quase desagradável de se olhar, e eu sabia, por experiência própria, que era bastante bem-apessoado.

"A senhora Heathcliff é minha nora," disse Heathcliff, confirmando meu palpite. Ao dizer isso, lançou-lhe um olhar estranho - um olhar de ódio, a menos que os músculos do rosto dele funcionem de um jeito muito fora do comum, que não mostra o que ele realmente sente, diferente de todo mundo.

"Ah, claro - agora entendo: o senhor é o marido sortudo desta gentil senhora," eu disse, voltando-me para o jovem ao meu lado.

English → Isso foi ainda pior do que antes. O jovem ficou vermelho e fechou o punho, parecendo prestes a me atacar. Mas pareceu se conter, e em vez disso murmurou entre dentes um palavrão grosseiro dirigido a mim, o que escolhi não notar.

"O senhor adivinhou errado," disse meu anfitrião. "Nenhum de nós dois tem a honra de possuir essa gentil senhora - o marido dela está morto. Eu disse que ela é minha nora, então deve ter se casado com meu filho."

"E este jovem é - "

"Certamente não é meu filho."

Heathcliff sorriu de novo, como se fosse demais até mesmo brincar sobre ser pai daquele jovem rústico.

"Meu nome é Hareton Earnshaw," rosnou o outro, "e eu aconselharia o senhor a respeitá-lo!"

"Não demonstrei nenhuma falta de respeito," respondi, rindo por dentro do orgulho com que ele anunciou seu nome.

English → Ele manteve os olhos fixos em mim por mais tempo do que eu queria, temendo que eu pudesse tanto querer bater nele quanto começar a rir alto. Comecei a me sentir claramente fora de lugar naquela agradável reunião familiar. O clima sombrio do lugar venceu, e superou em muito, o conforto físico e caloroso ao meu redor, e decidi ter cuidado antes de voltar a pisar naquele teto uma terceira vez.

Quando a refeição terminou, e ninguém disse uma palavra amável, fui até uma janela para checar o tempo. O que vi era preocupante: a noite escura caindo mais cedo, e o céu e as colinas se misturando num turbilhão feroz de vento e neve sufocante.

"Acho que não vou conseguir chegar em casa agora sem um guia," eu não pude deixar de dizer. "As estradas já devem estar cobertas, e mesmo que não estivessem, eu quase não conseguiria ver um passo adiante."

"Hareton, leve aquela dúzia de ovelhas para a entrada do celeiro. Elas vão ficar cobertas de neve se ficarem no campo a noite toda. E ponha uma tábua na frente delas," disse Heathcliff.

English → "O que devo fazer?" eu continuei, cada vez mais irritado.

Ninguém respondeu à minha pergunta. Olhando em volta, vi apenas Joseph trazendo um balde de mingau para os cães, e a senhora Heathcliff curvada sobre o fogo, se divertindo em queimar um maço de fósforos que tinha caído da prateleira quando ela guardou a lata de chá de volta. Joseph, depois de pousar sua carga, olhou criticamente ao redor do cômodo e disse, em voz áspera: "Fico pensando como a senhora consegue ficar aí sem fazer nada, ou pior, quando todo mundo saiu! Mas a senhora não vale nada, e não há por que falar - nunca vai melhorar seus modos ruins, mas vai direto para o diabo, assim como sua mãe antes da senhora!"

Por um momento pensei que aquele discurso fosse dirigido a mim, e, bastante irritado, dei um passo em direção ao velho com a intenção de expulsá-lo a chutes pela porta. Mas a senhora Heathcliff me deteve com sua resposta.

English → "Seu velho hipócrita sem-vergonha!" ela respondeu. "Não tem medo de ser levado em corpo e alma, cada vez que fala o nome do diabo? Eu o aviso, pare de me provocar, ou vou pedir que o tirem daqui como um favor especial! Espere - olhe aqui, Joseph," ela continuou, tirando de uma prateleira um livro longo e escuro, "vou lhe mostrar o quanto já avancei no aprendizado de magia negra. Em breve vou conseguir esvaziar esta casa por completo. A vaca vermelha não morreu por acidente, sabe, e o seu reumatismo dificilmente pode ser chamado de obra de Deus!"

"Ah, coisa má, coisa má!" o velho arquejou. "Que o Senhor nos salve do mal!"

"Não, seu pecador! Você é uma causa perdida - saia, ou eu realmente vou lhe fazer mal! Vou mandar fazer todos vocês em cera e barro, e o primeiro que cruzar a linha que eu traçar vai - não vou dizer o que vai acontecer com ele - mas você vai ver! Vá, estou de olho em você!"

English → A pequena bruxa colocou uma crueldade de fingimento em seus lindos olhos, e Joseph, tremendo de medo verdadeiro, saiu apressado, rezando e murmurando "coisa má" enquanto ia. Pensei que aquele comportamento devia vir de uma espécie de senso de humor sombrio, e, agora que estávamos sós, tentei chamar sua atenção para o meu problema.

"Senhora Heathcliff," eu disse com seriedade, "por favor, me perdoe por incomodá-la. Tenho certeza de que, com um rosto como o seu, deve haver um coração bondoso. Por favor, aponte-me alguns pontos de referência para eu encontrar o caminho de volta - não tenho mais ideia de como chegar lá do que a senhora teria de como chegar a Londres!"

"Pegue o mesmo caminho por onde veio," ela respondeu, acomodando-se numa cadeira com uma vela e o livro longo aberto diante de si. "É um conselho curto, mas é o melhor que posso dar."

"Então, se a senhora ouvir dizer que fui encontrado morto num pântano ou num monte de neve, sua consciência não vai lhe dizer que parte da culpa foi sua?"

English → "Como assim? Eu não posso guiá-lo até lá. Nem me deixariam caminhar até o fim do muro do jardim."

"A senhora! Eu lamentaria pedir que saísse, por minha causa, numa noite como esta," eu disse. "Quero que me diga o caminho, não que me mostre - ou então que convença o senhor Heathcliff a me dar um guia."

"Quem? Só há ele, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph e eu. Qual deles o senhor gostaria?"

"Não há nenhum rapaz na fazenda?"

"Não; é todo mundo."

"Então suponho que sou forçado a ficar."

"Isso é entre o senhor e seu anfitrião. Não tenho nada a ver com isso."

"Espero que isso lhe ensine a não sair mais em caminhadas tão imprudentes por estas colinas," chamou a voz severa de Heathcliff da porta da cozinha. "Quanto a ficar aqui, eu não tenho quartos para visitas - se ficar, terá de compartilhar uma cama com Hareton ou com Joseph."

English → "Posso dormir numa cadeira neste cômodo," respondi.

"Não, não! Estranho é estranho, rico ou pobre. Não me convém deixar ninguém andar livremente por este lugar enquanto eu não estiver de olho!" disse o homem rude.

Depois desse insulto, já era demais. Fiz um som de nojo e passei por ele em direção ao pátio, quase colidindo com Earnshaw na pressa. Estava tão escuro que não conseguia achar a saída, e, enquanto vagava por ali, ouvi outro exemplo de quão educadamente eles se tratavam. A princípio, o jovem parecia disposto a me ajudar.

"Eu o acompanho até o parque," ele disse.

"Você vai acompanhá-lo até o inferno!" gritou seu patrão, ou seja o que fosse ele para o jovem. "E quem vai cuidar dos cavalos, hein?"

"A vida de um homem importa mais do que uma noite sem cuidar dos cavalos - alguém tem que ir," murmurou a senhora Heathcliff, com mais gentileza do que eu esperava.

English → "Não sob suas ordens!" Hareton retrucou. "Se você se importa com ele, é melhor ficar quieta."

"Então espero que o fantasma dele o assombre, e espero que o senhor Heathcliff nunca consiga outro inquilino até que a Grange caia em ruínas," ela respondeu, com aspereza.

"Escute, escute, ela está lançando pragas neles!" murmurou Joseph, na direção de quem eu vinha caminhando.

Ele estava sentado a uma distância que permitia ouvir, ordenhando as vacas à luz de uma lanterna, que eu agarrei sem pedir, gritando que a devolveria no dia seguinte, e corri em direção ao portão mais próximo.

"Patrão, patrão, ele está roubando a lanterna!" gritou o velho, correndo atrás de mim. "Ei, Gnasher! Ei, cão! Ei, Wolf, pega ele, pega ele!"

English → Quando abri o pequeno portão, dois cães peludos saltaram para minha garganta, derrubando-me e apagando a luz, enquanto as risadas de Heathcliff e Hareton aumentavam minha ira e minha vergonha. Felizmente, os cães pareciam mais interessados em espreguiçar as patas, bocejar e abanar o rabo do que em me atacar de verdade, mas não me deixavam levantar, e eu tive de ficar ali estirado até que seus donos rancorosos decidissem me libertar. Então, sem chapéu e tremendo de ira, ordenei que as criaturas me deixassem sair, ameaçando-as, se me mantivessem ali por mais um minuto, com várias ameaças de vingança selvagens e mal formuladas que pareciam quase saídas de King Lear.

English → Minha ira e o choque provocaram um forte sangramento de nariz, e Heathcliff continuou rindo enquanto eu continuava reclamando. Não sei como aquela cena teria terminado se não houvesse por perto alguém mais sensato do que eu e mais gentil do que meu anfitrião. Era Zillah, a robusta governanta, que finalmente saiu para descobrir o motivo de todo aquele barulho. Ela pensou que alguém tinha me atacado com violência, e, não se atrevendo a culpar seu patrão, voltou sua língua afiada contra o jovem causador de confusão.

"Ora, senhor Earnshaw," ela exclamou, "fico imaginando o que o senhor vai inventar em seguida! Vamos matar gente bem na porta da nossa casa? Esta casa nunca vai me convir - olhe para o pobre rapaz, ele está quase sufocando! Pronto, pronto, não pode continuar assim. Entre, que eu cuido disso. Agora, fique quieto."

Com essas palavras, ela de repente derramou meio litro de água gelada pelo meu pescoço e me arrastou para dentro da cozinha. O senhor Heathcliff seguiu, seu breve bom humor logo se apagando de volta ao seu habitual mau humor.

English → Eu me sentia muito mal, tonto e fraco, e por isso fui forçado a aceitar uma cama sob aquele teto. Ele disse a Zillah para me dar um copo de conhaque, depois seguiu para o cômodo interno, enquanto ela demonstrava pena do meu estado lamentável e, depois de fazer o que ele ordenou e eu me sentir um pouco melhor, me levou para dormir.

CAPÍTULO III

English → Enquanto ela guiava o caminho escada acima, disse-me para esconder a vela e não fazer nenhum ruído, porque seu patrão tinha sentimentos estranhos quanto ao cômodo em que estava me colocando, e nunca deixava ninguém ficar ali de bom grado. Perguntei por quê. Ela disse que não sabia - só morava ali havia um ano ou dois, e havia tantos acontecimentos estranhos que tinha deixado de ter curiosidade sobre eles.

Cansado demais para sentir curiosidade eu mesmo, tranquei a porta e procurei a cama com os olhos. A única mobília era uma cadeira, um guarda-roupa e uma grande caixa de carvalho com aberturas quadradas cortadas perto do topo, como janelas de carruagem. Aproximando-me, olhei dentro e vi que era um tipo antigo de sofá-cama, projetado de forma inteligente para que nem todo membro da família precisasse de um cômodo separado. Na verdade, formava um pequeno gabinete, e a soleira da janela que ficava dentro dele servia de mesa.

English → Deslizei os painéis de madeira para o lado, entrei com minha luz, tornei a fechá-los, e me senti seguro, livre da vigilância de Heathcliff e de todos os outros.

Sobre a soleira, onde pousei minha vela, havia uma pequena pilha de livros mofados num canto, e a tinta estava coberta de escritos gravados nela. Esses escritos não eram nada além de um único nome, repetido em todo tipo de letra, grande e pequena - Catherine Earnshaw, às vezes mudado para Catherine Heathcliff, e depois de novo para Catherine Linton.

Sentindo-me apático e cansado, encostei a cabeça na janela e continuei lendo Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, até meus olhos se fecharem. Mas eles descansaram só cinco minutos quando letras brancas e brilhantes pareceram surgir da escuridão como um relâmpago, tão nítidas quanto fantasmas - o ar parecia cheio de Catherines. Despertando-me para me livrar daquele nome irritante, encontrei a chama da minha vela pousada sobre um dos livros antigos, enchendo o cômodo com o cheiro de couro queimando.

English → Apaguei-a, e, sentindo-me bastante mal por causa do frio e de um mal-estar persistente, sentei-me e abri o livro danificado sobre o joelho. Era uma Bíblia, impressa em letra fina e com um forte cheiro de mofo. Na primeira página estava escrito "Catherine Earnshaw, seu livro," com uma data de cerca de vinte e cinco anos antes.

Fechei-o e peguei outro, e depois outro, até ter olhado todos eles. A pequena coleção de livros de Catherine mostrava sinais claros de muito uso, ainda que nem sempre para leitura - quase todo capítulo tinha comentários escritos à mão, em pena e tinta, cobrindo todo espaço vazio que o impressor tinha deixado. Alguns eram frases isoladas; outras partes formavam uma espécie de diário, escrito numa letra tosca e infantil. No alto de uma página extra - provavelmente um verdadeiro tesouro quando ela a encontrou pela primeira vez - fiquei divertido ao ver um desenho engraçado fazendo pouco do meu amigo Joseph, feito de modo tosco mas habilidoso. De repente, senti um interesse muito grande por essa desconhecida Catherine, e comecei a tentar ler sua letra desbotada.

English → "Um domingo horrível," começava a passagem abaixo. "Eu queria que meu pai estivesse aqui de novo. Hindley é um substituto terrível para ele - o modo como trata Heathcliff é horrível - Heathcliff e eu estamos planejando nos rebelar. Demos o primeiro passo esta noite.

"Tinha chovido o dia todo, então não pudemos ir à igreja, e Joseph teve que fazer um culto no sótão. Enquanto Hindley e a esposa ficavam confortavelmente lá embaixo junto a um fogo quente - fazendo qualquer coisa menos ler suas Bíblias, tenho certeza - Heathcliff, eu, e o pobre menino da fazenda fomos mandados levar nossos livros de oração e subir. Ficamos alinhados sobre um saco de milho, tremendo e gemendo, esperando que Joseph também sentisse frio, para que, por seu próprio bem, encurtasse o sermão. Que esperança inútil! O culto durou exatamente três horas, e mesmo assim meu irmão teve a audácia de dizer, ao nos ver descer: 'O quê, já terminou?' Nas noites de domingo, costumávamos ter permissão para brincar, desde que não fizéssemos muito barulho - agora até uma pequena risada já basta para nos mandarem para o canto.

English → "'Vocês esquecem que há um patrão aqui,' diz o tirano. 'Vou castigar o primeiro que me incomodar! Quero silêncio completo e bom comportamento. Ah, garoto, foi você? Frances, querida, puxe o cabelo dele quando passar por perto - eu o ouvi estalar os dedos.' Frances puxou o cabelo dele com força, depois foi se sentar no colo do marido, e ali os dois ficaram, como crianças, se beijando e falando bobagens por horas - um comportamento tolo do qual deveríamos ter vergonha. Nós nos acomodamos o melhor que pudemos no vão em arco sob o armário. Eu tinha acabado de amarrar nossos aventais juntos para pendurar como cortina quando Joseph entrou, num recado que vinha dos estábulos. Ele derrubou o que eu tinha feito, me deu um tapa na orelha, e grasnou:

"'O patrão acabou de ser enterrado, o domingo nem terminou ainda, e o som do culto ainda está nos seus ouvidos, e vocês se atrevem a brincar! Que vergonha! Sentem-se, crianças malcriadas - há livros bons de sobra, se ao menos vocês os lessem. Sentem-se e pensem nas suas almas!'

English → "Dizendo isso, ele nos fez nos arrumar de modo que pudéssemos captar um raio fraco de luz do fogo distante para ler o livro entediante que nos deu. Eu não conseguia suportar. Peguei meu livro monótono pela capa e o joguei na casinha do cachorro, dizendo que odiava um livro bom. Heathcliff chutou o dele para o mesmo lugar. Aí foi o caos!

"'Senhor Hindley!' gritou nosso pregador. 'Senhor, venha aqui! A senhorita Cathy arrancou a capa de "O Elmo da Salvação," e Heathcliff pôs o pé bem em cima da primeira parte de "O Caminho Largo para a Destruição"! É uma vergonha o senhor deixar que eles continuem assim. Ah, o velho patrão os teria castigado como se deve - mas ele se foi!'

English → Hindley se levantou apressado do seu lugar confortável junto ao fogo, e, agarrando um de nós pelo colarinho e o outro pelo braço, nos jogou os dois na cozinha dos fundos, onde Joseph jurou que o 'velho Nick' - o diabo - viria nos buscar tão certo quanto estarmos vivos. Consolados por esse pensamento, cada um de nós achou um canto separado para esperá-lo. Peguei este livro e um pote de tinta de uma prateleira, empurrei a porta um pouco para ter luz, e passei vinte minutos escrevendo isto. Mas meu companheiro está ficando impaciente, e sugere que peguemos o capote da leiteira e corramos pelos pântanos sob sua cobertura. Uma ideia agradável - e então, se o velho mal-humorado entrar, pode pensar que sua previsão se realizou - dificilmente estaríamos mais molhados ou mais frios na chuva do que estamos bem aqui."

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English → Suponho que Catherine tenha de fato posto o plano em prática, porque a frase seguinte mudava de assunto: ela ficava chorosa.

"Eu nunca imaginei que Hindley um dia me faria chorar assim!" ela escreveu. "Minha cabeça dói tanto que não consigo descansá-la no travesseiro, e ainda não consigo parar de chorar. Pobre Heathcliff! Hindley o chama de vagabundo, e não deixa mais que ele se sente ou coma com a gente, e diz que ele e eu não devemos brincar juntos, e ameaça expulsá-lo de casa se desobedecermos. Ele tem culpado nosso pai - como ele se atreve! - por ter mimado demais Heathcliff, e jura que vai colocá-lo de volta no seu devido lugar - "

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English → Comecei a cochilar, com sono, sobre a página fraca de luz, os olhos indo da letra manuscrita para o texto impresso. Vi um título decorado em vermelho - "Setenta Vezes Sete, e a Primeira das Setenta e Uma. Um Sermão Religioso proferido pelo Reverendo Jabez Branderham, na Capela de Gimmerden Sough." E enquanto, meio adormecido, eu tentava adivinhar o que Jabez Branderham diria sobre esse tema, afundei de volta na cama e caí no sono. Que efeitos terríveis um chá ruim e um mau humor podem causar! O que mais poderia ter provocado uma noite tão terrível? Não me lembro de outra noite que eu pudesse comparar a essa, desde que sou capaz de sentir desconforto.

English → Comecei a sonhar quase antes de deixar de ter consciência de onde estava. Pensei que era manhã, e que eu tinha partido para casa, com Joseph como meu guia. A neve estava alta em nosso caminho, e, enquanto avançávamos com dificuldade, meu companheiro não parava de reclamar que eu não tinha trazido um bastão de caminhada, dizendo-me que eu nunca conseguiria entrar na casa sem um, e exibindo com orgulho um pesado porrete de madeira, que entendi ser o que ele queria dizer. Por um instante achei estranho que eu precisasse de uma arma daquelas para entrar na minha própria casa. Então um novo pensamento me ocorreu - eu não estava indo para casa, de modo nenhum. Estávamos viajando para ouvir o famoso Jabez Branderham pregar sobre o texto "Setenta Vezes Sete," e ou Joseph, ou o pregador, ou eu tínhamos cometido a "Primeira das Setenta e Uma," e estávamos a ponto de ser expostos publicamente e expulsos da igreja.

English → Chegamos à capela. Eu já tinha passado por ela algumas vezes em minhas caminhadas - ela fica numa depressão entre duas colinas, uma depressão elevada e úmida perto de um pântano, cujo solo turfoso e encharcado dizem que conserva muito bem os poucos corpos ali enterrados. O teto ainda está inteiro por enquanto, mas como o salário do pastor é de apenas vinte libras por ano, mais uma casa de dois cômodos que estão quase virando um só, nenhum pastor quer o cargo - sobretudo porque dizem que os fiéis prefeririam deixá-lo passar fome do que acrescentar mais um centavo à sua renda. Ainda assim, em meu sonho, Jabez tinha uma audiência plena e atenta, e ele pregou - meu Deus, que sermão! Estava dividido em quatrocentas e noventa partes, cada uma tão longa quanto um sermão normal, e cada uma sobre um pecado diferente. Onde ele encontrou todos eles, não sei dizer. Tinha seu próprio jeito peculiar de interpretar o texto, e parecia que todos na congregação tinham que cometer um pecado diferente a cada vez. Eram pecados muito estranhos - transgressões curiosas que eu nunca tinha imaginado antes.

English → Ah, como fiquei cansado. Como eu me contorcia, bocejava, cochilava e despertava outra vez! Como eu me beliscava e me cutucava, esfregava os olhos, me levantava e me sentava de novo, e cutucava Joseph para perguntar se ele achava que aquilo algum dia terminaria. Fui forçado a ouvir tudo até o fim, e finalmente ele chegou ao "Primeiro do Septuagésimo Primeiro". Naquele instante, uma ideia súbita me ocorreu - senti-me impelido a me levantar e acusar Jabez Branderham de cometer o único pecado que nenhum cristão poderia perdoar.

"Senhor," gritei, "sentado aqui dentro destas quatro paredes, de uma só vez, aguentei e perdoei as quatrocentas e noventa partes do seu sermão. Setenta vezes sete eu peguei meu chapéu, pronto para ir - setenta vezes sete o senhor ridiculamente me fez sentar de novo. A quadringentésima nonagésima primeira é demais. Companheiros de sofrimento, atacai-o! Derrubai-o e destruí-o completamente, para que este lugar esqueça que ele um dia existiu!"

English → "Você é o tal!" gritou Jabez, depois de uma pausa solene, inclinando-se sobre sua almofada. "Setenta vezes sete o senhor torceu o rosto ao bocejar - setenta vezes sete conversei sobre isso com minha própria alma - bem, isso é só fraqueza humana, e também pode ser perdoado! Mas agora chegou o Primeiro do Septuagésimo Primeiro. Irmãos, executai a punição que está escrita. Tal honra pertence a todos os Seus santos!"

English → Com essas últimas palavras, toda a multidão, erguendo seus bastões, avançou contra mim ao mesmo tempo, e eu, sem arma própria para me defender, agarrei Joseph, meu atacante mais próximo e feroz, para tomar a dele. Na confusão da multidão, vários bastões se cruzaram, e golpes destinados a mim atingiram as cabeças de outras pessoas. Em pouco tempo, a capela toda ecoava com pancadas e contrapancadas; a mão de cada homem estava contra a de seu vizinho, e Branderham, não querendo ficar ocioso, despejava sua energia em batidas altas nas tábuas do púlpito, que retumbavam tão fortes que, por fim, para meu grande alívio, elas me acordaram. E o que tinha causado todo aquele alvoroço? O que tinha feito o papel de Jabez naquela luta? Apenas o galho de um pinheiro roçando na minha janela conforme o vento uivava, chacoalhando suas pinhas secas contra o vidro! Escutei por um momento, incerto, descobri o que fazia o ruído, depois virei para o outro lado e adormeci de novo, sonhando outra vez - se possível, de modo ainda mais desagradável que antes.

English → Desta vez, lembrei que estava deitado no armário de carvalho, e ouvia claramente o vento em rajadas e a neve batendo. Também ouvia o galho de pinheiro fazendo de novo aquele ruído irritante, e sabia o que o causava, mas isso me incomodava tanto que decidi fazê-lo parar, se pudesse. Achei que me levantei e tentei abrir a trava da janela. O gancho estava soldado no encaixe - algo que eu havia notado quando estava desperto, mas que tinha esquecido. "Preciso parar isso de qualquer jeito!" murmurei, quebrando o vidro com os nós dos dedos e estendendo um braço para agarrar o galho incômodo. Em vez disso, meus dedos se cerraram sobre os dedos de uma mãozinha gelada como o gelo!

O horror profundo de um pesadelo se abateu sobre mim. Tentei puxar o braço de volta, mas a mão não soltava, e uma voz muito triste soluçou,

"Deixe-me entrar - deixe-me entrar!"

English → "Quem é você?" perguntei, ainda me esforçando para me libertar.

"Catherine Linton," respondeu, tremendo - por que pensei em Linton? Eu tinha lido "Earnshaw" vinte vezes onde estava escrito "Linton" - "Voltei para casa. Perdi-me no charco!"

Enquanto falava, consegui distinguir o rosto de uma criança olhando pela janela. O medo me tornou cruel, e, achando inútil tentar afastar aquela criatura, puxei seu pulso contra o vidro quebrado e o esfreguei de um lado para o outro até que o sangue corresse e empapasse a roupa de cama. Ainda assim ela chorava, "Deixe-me entrar!" e se agarrava com a mesma força, quase me deixando louco de medo.

"Como posso!" disse por fim. "Solte-me, se quer que eu a deixe entrar!"

Os dedos se afrouxaram, puxei minha mão de volta pelo buraco, empilhei os livros rapidamente contra ele, e tapei os ouvidos para bloquear a súplica triste.

English → Pareceu-me mantê-los tapados por mais de quinze minutos, mas no momento em que voltei a escutar, o choro triste ainda continuava!

"Vá embora!" gritei. "Nunca vou deixá-la entrar, mesmo que suplique por vinte anos."

"Já são vinte anos," lamentou a voz. "Vinte anos. Estou vagando, perdida, há vinte anos!"

Então um arranhado fraco começou do lado de fora, e a pilha de livros se moveu como se algo a estivesse empurrando para dentro.

Tentei me levantar de um salto, mas não conseguia mover um único membro, e por isso gritei alto, em pânico de terror.

Para minha confusão, percebi que o grito era real: passos rápidos se aproximaram da porta do meu quarto, alguém a empurrou com firmeza, e uma luz brilhou pelas aberturas no topo da cama. Sentei-me trêmulo, ainda enxugando o suor da testa. A pessoa na porta parecia hesitar, murmurando para si mesma.

English → Por fim, ela disse, quase em sussurro, claramente sem esperar resposta,

"Há alguém aqui?"

Decidi que era melhor admitir que estava ali, porque reconheci a voz de Heathcliff e temi que ele procurasse mais a fundo se eu ficasse calado.

Com isso em mente, virei-me e abri os painéis. Não esquecerei tão cedo o efeito que isso causou.

Heathcliff estava parado perto da porta, de camisa e calças, segurando uma vela que pingava cera sobre seus dedos, o rosto tão pálido quanto a parede atrás dele. O primeiro rangido do painel de carvalho o assustou como um choque elétrico. A luz saltou de sua mão para uns dois metros de distância, e ele estava tão perturbado que quase não conseguiu recolhê-la.

"É apenas seu hóspede, senhor," exclamei. Eu queria evitar que ele passasse pela vergonha de mostrar seu medo. "Tive má sorte - gritei durante o sono por causa de um pesadelo terrível. Lamento tê-lo despertado."

English → "Maldito seja, Sr. Lockwood! Quisera que o senhor - " começou meu anfitrião. Ele pôs a vela sobre uma cadeira porque sua mão tremia demais para segurá-la. "Quem o levou até este quarto?" continuou, cravando as unhas nas palmas das mãos e rangendo os dentes para impedir que o maxilar tremesse. "Quem foi? Tenho uma boa vontade de expulsar essa pessoa da casa agora mesmo!"

"Foi sua criada Zillah," respondi, saindo da cama de um salto e vestindo minhas roupas rapidamente. "Não me importaria se o senhor fizesse isso, Sr. Heathcliff - ela merece. Acho que queria mais provas de que o quarto é assombrado, usando-me para testar. Bem, é assombrado - cheio de fantasmas! O senhor está certo em mantê-lo trancado, garanto-lhe. Ninguém lhe agradecerá por dormir num quarto desses!"

"O que você quer dizer?" perguntou Heathcliff. "E o que está fazendo? Deite-se e termine a noite aqui, já que está aqui. Mas, pelo amor de Deus, não faça esse ruído horrível de novo. Nada poderia justificá-lo, a não ser que alguém estivesse cortando sua garganta!"

English → "Se aquele diabinho tivesse entrado pela janela, provavelmente teria me estrangulado!" respondi. "Não vou sofrer mais ataques de seus ancestrais amistosos! O Reverendo Jabez Branderham não era parente seu por parte de mãe? E aquela garota malvada, Catherine Linton, ou Earnshaw, ou seja qual for seu nome - deve ter sido um espírito maligno! Ela me disse que andava vagando pela terra há vinte anos - punição justa por seus pecados, não tenho dúvida!"

English → Assim que disse essas palavras, lembrei da ligação entre o nome de Heathcliff e o de Catherine no livro - eu tinha me esquecido completamente disso até agora. Senti-me envergonhado por minha falta de cuidado, mas, sem mostrar que percebera tê-lo perturbado, acrescentei rapidamente, "A verdade, senhor, é que passei a primeira parte da noite - " Aqui parei de novo. Estava a ponto de dizer "lendo aqueles livros velhos," mas isso teria mostrado que eu sabia da escrita à mão neles, não apenas do texto impresso. Então me corrigi e disse, "lendo o nome riscado naquela soleira de janela, repetidas vezes. Uma atividade entediante, feita para me pôr no sono, como contar, ou - "

"O que você quer dizer, falando assim comigo!" gritou Heathcliff, com fúria feroz. "Como - como se atreve, sob o meu teto? Deus! Ele deve estar louco para falar desse jeito!" E golpeou a própria testa com a mão, enfurecido.

English → Não sabia se devia ficar ofendido com suas palavras ou continuar explicando. Mas ele parecia tão profundamente perturbado que senti pena dele, e continuei contando meu sonho. Disse que nunca tinha ouvido o nome "Catherine Linton" antes, mas lê-lo tantas vezes tinha me causado forte impressão, e ele se tornou uma pessoa real em minha mente quando perdi o controle da imaginação. Enquanto eu falava, Heathcliff foi lentamente se afastando em direção à cama, e por fim sentou-se, quase escondido detrás dela. Percebi, pela sua respiração irregular e entrecortada, que lutava para controlar uma forte emoção. Sem querer mostrar que tinha notado, continuei me vestindo, fazendo algum ruído, olhei meu relógio, e disse a mim mesmo em voz alta, sobre como a noite era longa: "Ainda não são nem três horas! Eu teria jurado que eram seis. O tempo passa tão devagar aqui - devemos ter ido para a cama às oito!"

English → "Sempre às nove no inverno, e nos levantamos às quatro," disse meu anfitrião, contendo um gemido. Pensei, pelo movimento da sombra de seu braço, que ele estava enxugando uma lágrima dos olhos. "Sr. Lockwood," acrescentou, "o senhor pode ir para o meu quarto. Só vai ficar no caminho se for para baixo tão cedo, e seus gritos infantis arruinaram completamente meu sono."

"O meu também," respondi. "Vou caminhar no pátio até clarear, e depois partirei. O senhor não precisa temer que eu o incomode novamente. Estou agora completamente curado de procurar prazer na companhia de outras pessoas, seja no campo ou na cidade. Um homem sensato deveria conseguir encontrar companhia suficiente em si mesmo."

"Companhia maravilhosa!" murmurou Heathcliff. "Leve a vela e vá aonde quiser. Vou me juntar a você em breve. Mas fique fora do pátio - os cães estão soltos ali. E na casa, Juno está de guarda - não, o senhor só pode caminhar pelas escadas e corredores. Mas vá, saia agora! Vou chegar em dois minutos!"

English → Obedeci o suficiente para deixar o quarto. Mas, sem saber para onde levavam os corredores estreitos, fiquei parado, e vi algo estranho - sem querer. Meu senhorio fez algo supersticioso que não combinava com sua costumeira aparência de bom senso. Ele subiu na cama e forçou a janela a abrir, e enquanto puxava, começou de repente a chorar sem controle. "Entre! Entre!" soluçava. "Cathy, por favor, venha. Ah, por favor - só mais uma vez! Ah, minha querida! Ouça-me esta vez, Catherine, por favor!" Mas, como os fantasmas costumam fazer, não deu nenhum sinal de que realmente estava ali. Apenas a neve e o vento sopravam violentamente pela janela, alcançando até onde eu estava e apagando minha vela.

English → Havia tanta dor em seu choro que senti pena dele em vez de achar aquilo tolice. Afastei-me, um pouco irritado comigo mesmo por ter ficado escutando, e incomodado por ter lhe contado meu pesadelo bobo, já que lhe causara tanta dor - embora eu não conseguisse entender por quê. Desci com cuidado até o andar de baixo e cheguei à cozinha dos fundos, onde algumas brasas acesas me permitiram acender minha vela de novo. Nada se movia, exceto um gato cinza raiado, que saiu se arrastando das cinzas e me saudou com um miado infeliz.

English → Dois bancos curvos quase circundavam a lareira. Deitei-me em um deles, e o gato subiu no outro. Ambos estávamos quase dormindo quando alguém entrou em nosso canto tranquilo - era Joseph, descendo por uma escada de madeira que levava, através de um buraco no teto, provavelmente ao seu quartinho lá em cima. Ele lançou um olhar hostil ao pequeno fogo que eu tinha conseguido aceso, tirou o gato do lugar dele com um empurrão, sentou-se em seu lugar, e começou a encher um cachimbo de tabaco. Claramente considerava minha presença ali algo demasiado indecoroso até para comentar - colocou o cachimbo aos lábios em silêncio, cruzou os braços e fumou. Deixei-o aproveitar sem incomodá-lo, e depois de sua última tragada e um suspiro profundo, ele se levantou e saiu tão sério quanto tinha chegado.

English → Um passo mais leve entrou a seguir. Abri a boca para dizer "bom dia," mas a fechei novamente sem dizer nada - porque Hareton Earnshaw praguejava em voz baixa contra tudo o que tocava, enquanto procurava num canto por uma pá para cavar a neve. Ele olhou por sobre o encosto do banco, as narinas dilatadas, e não demonstrou mais interesse em ser educado comigo do que com o gato ao meu lado. Pelo que ele estava fazendo, imaginei que era possível sair, então me levantei da minha cama dura e fiz um movimento para segui-lo. Ele notou isso e apontou com a ponta da pá para uma porta interna, fazendo um som indistinto para me mostrar que era por ali que eu deveria ir, se quisesse me mover.

English → A porta se abria para dentro da casa, onde as mulheres já estavam de pé e trabalhando. Zillah empurrava as chamas pela chaminé com um enorme fole, e a Sra. Heathcliff estava de joelhos junto ao fogo, lendo um livro à sua luz. Mantinha a mão entre os olhos e o calor, e parecia completamente absorta em seu livro, parando apenas para repreender a criada por cobri-la de fagulhas, ou para afastar um cão que insistia em enfiar o nariz em seu rosto. Fiquei surpreso ao ver Heathcliff ali também. Estava de pé junto ao fogo, de costas para mim, terminando uma discussão furiosa com a pobre Zillah, que parava de trabalhar de vez em quando para levantar a ponta do avental e soltar um gemido irritado.

"E você, sua inútil - " gritou ele quando entrei, virando-se para a nora e chamando-a por um nome grosseiro. "Aí está você, desperdiçando tempo de novo! Todo mundo aqui ganha o próprio sustento - você vive da minha bondade! Guarde essa porcaria e encontre algo útil para fazer. Você vai me pagar pelo incômodo de tê-la sempre diante de mim - está ouvindo, sua desgraçada?"

English → "Vou guardar minha porcaria, porque o senhor pode me forçar a isso se eu me recusar," respondeu a jovem, fechando o livro e jogando-o sobre uma cadeira. "Mas não vou fazer mais nada, mesmo que o senhor pragueje até a língua cair, exceto o que eu escolher fazer!"

Heathcliff levantou a mão, e a jovem se afastou rapidamente, claramente sabendo com que força ele podia bater. Sem querer assistir a uma briga, avancei rapidamente, fingindo que queria me aquecer junto ao fogo e nada sabia da discussão. Ambos foram educados o bastante para parar de brigar - Heathcliff meteu os punhos nos bolsos para evitar usá-los, e a Sra. Heathcliff apertou os lábios e foi para um assento bem distante, onde ficou completamente quieta e em silêncio pelo resto da minha visita. Aquela visita não durou muito. Não fiquei para o café da manhã, e, assim que clareou, aproveitei a chance de escapar para fora, para um ar limpo, imóvel e frio como gelo.

English → Meu senhorio pediu-me que parasse antes de eu chegar ao fim do jardim, e ofereceu-se para caminhar comigo pelo charco. Foi bom que o fizesse, porque toda a encosta parecia um único mar branco e ondulado - as colinas e depressões da neve não correspondiam à forma real do terreno. Muitos buracos profundos estavam nivelados de neve, e longas fileiras de montes de rejeitos de antigas pedreiras tinham desaparecido completamente do quadro que eu lembrava da minha caminhada do dia anterior. Eu tinha notado, de um lado da estrada, uma fileira de pedras verticais colocadas de seis em seis ou sete em sete metros por todo o caminho - foram postas ali e pintadas com cal branca para servir de guia no escuro, e também para ocasiões como esta, quando a neve pesada dificultava distinguir o caminho seguro dos pântanos perigosos de ambos os lados. Mas, à parte de algumas manchas sujas aparecendo aqui e ali, todo sinal das pedras tinha desaparecido, e meu companheiro precisava com frequência me avisar para ir à direita ou à esquerda, sempre que eu pensava estar seguindo corretamente as curvas da estrada.

English → Não falamos muito, e ele parou na entrada do Thrushcross Park, dizendo que dali eu não poderia me perder. Nos despedimos rapidamente com uma pequena reverência, e então segui em frente sozinho, confiando em encontrar o caminho - a casa do zelador do portão ainda não tem ninguém morando nela. A distância do portão até a Granja é de duas milhas, mas acho que fiz dela quatro, porque me perdi entre as árvores e afundei até o pescoço na neve - um problema que só quem já viveu isso pode realmente entender. De qualquer forma, qualquer que fosse o caminho que eu tomasse, o relógio bateu meio-dia quando entrei em casa, o que significava exatamente uma hora para cada milha do caminho normal desde Wuthering Heights.

English → Minha governanta e os outros criados correram para me receber, todos gritando ao mesmo tempo que já tinham desistido completamente de mim - todos pensavam que eu tinha morrido durante a noite, e estavam se perguntando como deveriam procurar meu corpo. Disse-lhes que ficassem quietos agora que podiam ver que eu voltara, e, sentindo-me congelado até os ossos, arrastei-me escada acima. Ali, depois de vestir roupas secas e caminhar de um lado para o outro por trinta ou quarenta minutos para me aquecer, fui até meu escritório, tão fraco quanto um gatinho - quase demasiado fraco para apreciar o fogo aquecido e o café quente que a criada tinha preparado para mim.

CAPÍTULO IV

English → Que gente inconstante nós somos! Eu tinha decidido permanecer completamente independente das outras pessoas, e fiquei feliz por finalmente ter encontrado um lugar onde isso era quase impossível de evitar. Mas eu, fraco como sou, lutei contra o desânimo e a solidão até o anoitecer, e finalmente tive que desistir. Fingindo que queria informações sobre a administração da casa, pedi à Sra. Dean, quando ela trouxe o jantar, que se sentasse enquanto eu comia. Eu sinceramente esperava que ela conversasse muito, ou para me animar ou para me fazer adormecer com suas histórias.

"A senhora vive aqui há muito tempo," comecei. "Não disse que eram dezesseis anos?"

"Dezoito anos, senhor. Vim quando a patroa se casou, para servi-la. Depois que ela morreu, o patrão me manteve como sua governanta."

"De fato."

Houve uma pausa. Temi que ela não fosse muito de fofocas, exceto sobre a própria vida, o que dificilmente me interessaria. Mas depois de pensar um pouco, com um punho em cada joelho e uma expressão pensativa em seu rosto avermelhado, ela disse subitamente, "Ah, os tempos mudaram muito desde então!"

English → "Sim," disse eu, "imagino que a senhora tenha visto muitas mudanças?"

"Vi - e problemas também," ela disse.

"Vou direcionar a conversa para a família do meu senhorio!" pensei comigo mesmo. "Um bom assunto para começar! E gostaria de saber a história daquela bela jovem viúva - se ela nasceu por aqui, ou, mais provavelmente, é uma forasteira que as pessoas locais, tão pouco amistosas, não aceitam como parente." Com isso em mente, perguntei à Sra. Dean por que Heathcliff alugava a Thrushcross Grange, e escolhia viver num lugar tão pior. "Ele não é rico o bastante para manter a propriedade em bom estado?" perguntei.

English → "Rico, senhor!" ela respondeu. "Ninguém sabe quanto dinheiro ele tem, e ele cresce a cada ano. Sim, sim, ele é rico o bastante para viver numa casa mais fina que esta. Mas é muito sovina com dinheiro, e se tivesse planejado se mudar para a Thrushcross Grange, tão logo ouvisse falar de um bom inquilino, não conseguiria resistir à chance de ganhar mais algumas centenas de libras alugando-a. É estranho que as pessoas possam ser tão avarentas quando estão sozinhas no mundo!"

"Parece que ele teve um filho?"

"Sim, teve um - está morto."

"E aquela jovem, a Sra. Heathcliff, é sua viúva?"

"Sim."

"De onde ela veio originalmente?"

"Bem, senhor, ela é a filha do meu falecido patrão. Catherine Linton era seu nome antes do casamento. Eu cuidava dela quando era criança, pobrezinha! Eu queria que o Sr. Heathcliff se mudasse para aqui, para pudéssemos estar juntas de novo."

English → "O quê! Catherine Linton?" disse eu, surpreso. Mas, depois de pensar um momento, percebi que não era a Catherine fantasmagórica que eu tinha visto. "Então," continuei, "a pessoa que morava aqui antes de mim se chamava Linton?"

"Era."

"E quem é esse Earnshaw - Hareton Earnshaw, que vive com o Sr. Heathcliff? São parentes?"

"Não, ele é sobrinho da falecida Sra. Linton."

"Primo da jovem senhora, então?"

"Sim - e o marido dela também era seu primo. Um parentesco é por parte de mãe, o outro por parte de pai. Heathcliff se casou com a irmã do Sr. Linton."

"Vi que a casa em Wuthering Heights tem 'Earnshaw' esculpido acima da porta principal. São uma família antiga?"

"Muito antiga, senhor, e Hareton é o último daquela família, assim como nossa Srta. Cathy é a última dos Lintons. O senhor esteve em Wuthering Heights? Desculpe perguntar, mas gostaria de saber como ela está!"

English → "A Sra. Heathcliff? Ela parecia estar muito bem e muito bonita, mas creio que não muito feliz."

"Ah, isso não me surpreende! E como o senhor achou o patrão?"

"Um homem bastante rude, Sra. Dean. Não é esse o seu caráter?"

"Rude como uma lâmina de serra, e duro como pedra! Quanto menos o senhor se envolver com ele, melhor."

"Ele deve ter passado por experiências difíceis na vida para se tornar um homem tão rude. A senhora sabe algo sobre o passado dele?"

"É como a história de um cuco, senhor - sei tudo sobre isso, exceto onde ele nasceu, quem foram seus pais, e como conseguiu seu dinheiro no início. E Hareton foi expulso como um passarinho de outro ninho! O pobre menino é a única pessoa em toda esta região que não percebe o quanto foi enganado."

"Bem, Sra. Dean, seria muita bondade sua me contar algo sobre meus vizinhos. Sinto que não vou conseguir descansar se for para a cama agora, então, por favor, tenha a bondade de se sentar e conversar comigo por uma hora."

English → "Ah, claro, senhor! Vou só buscar uma costura, e depois me sento com o senhor pelo tempo que quiser. Mas o senhor está gripado - vi que estava tremendo, e precisa de um mingau quente para se livrar disso."

A boa mulher se apressou a saír, e me aproximei do fogo. Minha cabeça estava quente, mas o resto do corpo estava frio. Além disso, estava tão nervoso e agitado que me sentia quase tolo. Isso me fazia sentir - não exatamente desconfortável, mas preocupado (como ainda estou) com efeitos sérios dos acontecimentos de hoje e de ontem. Ela logo voltou com uma tigela fumegante e uma cesta de costura, e depois de colocar a tigela junto ao fogo, aproximou sua cadeira, claramente feliz por eu querer sua companhia.

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English → Antes de eu vir morar aqui, ela começou - sem esperar que eu pedisse de novo - eu estava quase sempre em Wuthering Heights, porque minha mãe tinha cuidado do Sr. Hindley Earnshaw quando bebê, que era o pai de Hareton, e assim cresci brincando com as crianças. Também fazia recados, ajudava a fazer feno, e ficava pela fazenda pronta para fazer o que fosse preciso. Numa bela manhã de verão - era o início da colheita, eu me lembro - o Sr. Earnshaw, o velho patrão, desceu vestido para uma viagem. Depois de dizer a Joseph o que precisava ser feito naquele dia, virou-se para Hindley, Cathy e eu - eu estava comendo mingau com eles - e disse ao filho, "Agora, meu bom garoto, vou a Liverpool hoje. O que devo trazer para você? Você pode escolher o que quiser, mas que seja pequeno, porque vou caminhar até lá e voltar - sessenta milhas de cada vez, é uma viagem longa!" Hindley pediu um violino, e então o Sr. Earnshaw perguntou à Srta. Cathy. Ela tinha apenas seis anos, mas já sabia montar qualquer cavalo do estábulo, e escolheu um chicote. Ele também não se esqueceu de mim, porque tinha um coração bondoso, embora pudesse ser severo às vezes. Prometeu me trazer um bolso cheio de maçãs e peras. Depois beijou os filhos, se despediu e partiu.

English → Os três dias em que ele esteve ausente pareceram muito longos para todos nós, e a pequena Cathy perguntava com frequência quando ele voltaria para casa. A Sra. Earnshaw esperava que ele voltasse a tempo do jantar na terceira noite, e foi adiando a refeição, hora após hora. Mas não havia sinal dele chegando, e por fim as crianças se cansaram de correr até o portão para verificar. Depois escureceu, e ela quis mandá-los para a cama, mas eles pediram com tristeza que os deixasse ficar acordados. Por volta das onze horas, a tranca da porta se levantou silenciosamente, e o patrão entrou. Caiu numa cadeira, rindo e gemendo, e disse a todos que se afastassem porque estava completamente exausto - não faria aquela mesma caminhada de novo por nada no mundo.

"E no final dela, quase morri de susto!" disse ele, abrindo seu grande casaco, que estava mantendo enrolado nos braços. "Olhem aqui, mulher! Nada nunca me deixou tão exausto assim antes. Mas você deve aceitar isto como um presente de Deus, mesmo que pareça quase tão escuro como se viesse do diabo."

English → Todos nos aglomeramos ao redor, e por sobre a cabeça da Srta. Cathy consegui ver uma criança suja e maltrapilha, de cabelos negros, grande o suficiente para andar e falar. Na verdade, seu rosto parecia mais velho que o de Catherine, mas quando foi posto de pé, ficou apenas olhando em volta e repetindo palavras estranhas que ninguém conseguia entender. Fiquei assustada, e a Sra. Earnshaw estava pronta para expulsar a criança da casa. Ela ficou muito irritada, perguntando como ele podia trazer aquela criança cigana para dentro de casa quando já tinham seus próprios filhos para alimentar e cuidar. O que ele planejava fazer com ela? Estava louco? O patrão tentou explicar, mas estava realmente exausto, e tudo que consegui entender de sua história, entre as reclamações dela, foi que ele tinha encontrado a criança morrendo de fome, sem casa, e quase incapaz de falar, nas ruas de Liverpool. Ele a tinha recolhido ali e perguntado por aí quem era seu dono, mas ninguém sabia a quem ela pertencia, ele disse. Como seu tempo e dinheiro eram ambos limitados, decidiu que era melhor trazê-la para casa imediatamente do que gastar dinheiro ali, porque estava determinado a não deixá-la do jeito que a encontrara. No final, minha senhora se calmou depois de reclamar, e o Sr. Earnshaw me disse para lavar a criança, dar-lhe roupas limpas, e deixá-la dormir com os filhos dele.

English → Hindley e Cathy apenas observaram e escutaram até as coisas se calmarem. Depois, ambos começaram a procurar nos bolsos do pai os presentes que ele tinha prometido. Hindley era um menino de catorze anos, mas quando puxou o que costumava ser um violino, agora esmagado em pedaços dentro do casaco, ele chorou alto. E Cathy, ao descobrir que o patrão tinha perdido o chicote dela enquanto cuidava do estranho, mostrou seus sentimentos fazendo caretas e cuspindo na estranha criancinha - e por isso, recebeu um tapa forte do pai, para lhe ensinar melhores maneiras. Ambos se recusaram completamente a deixar a criança dormir na cama com eles, ou até em seu quarto. Eu também não pensei com clareza, então pus a criança no patamar da escada, esperando que pudesse ter ido embora até a manhã seguinte. Por acaso, ou talvez porque ouviu sua voz, a criança rastejou até a porta do Sr. Earnshaw, e ele a encontrou ali quando saiu do quarto. Perguntou como ela tinha chegado até ali, e tive que admitir o que tinha feito. Como punição por minha covardia e falta de gentileza, fui expulsa da casa.

English → Foi assim que Heathcliff se juntou à família pela primeira vez. Quando voltei alguns dias depois - porque não pensei que seria mandada para longe para sempre - descobri que tinham lhe dado o nome de "Heathcliff." Era o nome de um filho que tinha morrido ainda criança, e desde então tem sido usado como seu primeiro e último nome. A Srta. Cathy e ele se tornaram muito próximos, mas Hindley o odiava, e, para ser sincera, eu também. Fomos cruéis com ele e o tratamos mal, porque eu não tinha bom senso suficiente para ver que aquilo era errado, e a senhora nunca disse uma palavra em defesa dele quando o via sendo tratado injustamente.

English → Ele parecia uma criança quieta e paciente, talvez acostumada a ser tratada mal. Aguentava os tapas de Hindley sem pestanejar nem chorar, e quando eu o beliscava, ele apenas suspirava e abria os olhos, como se tivesse se machucado por acidente e ninguém tivesse culpa. Essa capacidade de suportar a dor deixava o velho Earnshaw muito irritado sempre que descobria o filho maltratando o pobre garoto sem pai, como ele o chamava. Ele foi ficando estranhamente afeiçoado a Heathcliff, acreditando em tudo que ele dizia (embora dissesse muito pouco, e fosse geralmente verdade), e o favorecia muito mais que a Cathy, que era travessa e difícil demais para ser a favorita.

English → Assim, desde o começo, Heathcliff causou má vontade dentro da casa. Quando a Sra. Earnshaw morreu, menos de dois anos depois, o jovem patrão já tinha passado a ver o pai como alguém que o tratava injustamente, e não mais como um amigo, e via Heathcliff como alguém que tinha roubado o amor de seu pai e seus próprios privilégios. Ficou amargurado, pensando constantemente nessas injustiças. Senti pena dele por algum tempo, mas quando as crianças ficaram doentes de sarampo e tive que cuidar delas, assumindo de uma vez todas as responsabilidades de uma mulher adulta, mudei de opinião. Heathcliff estava perigosamente doente, e enquanto passava pelo pior, ele me queria ao seu lado o tempo todo. Suponho que sentisse que eu estava fazendo muito por ele, e não era esperto o bastante para perceber que eu não tinha escolha a não ser fazê-lo. Ainda assim, direi isto - ele foi a criança mais quieta que qualquer enfermeira já cuidou. A diferença entre ele e as outras crianças me tornou menos injusta com ele. Cathy e o irmão me davam trabalho terrível, enquanto ele era tão pouco queixoso quanto um cordeiro - embora fosse dureza, não gentileza, o que o tornava fácil de cuidar.

English → Ele se recuperou, e o médico disse que isso se devia muito a mim, e me elogiou pelo cuidado. Fiquei orgulhosa de seu elogio, e me abrandei com a criança que tinha me conquistado esse elogio. Com isso, Hindley perdeu seu último aliado. Ainda assim, eu não conseguia amar Heathcliff completamente, e muitas vezes me perguntava o que meu patrão via para admirar tanto naquele menino quieto e mal-humorado, que nunca, até onde eu me lembro, demonstrou qualquer sinal de gratidão por sua bondade. Não era rude com o homem que o ajudava - simplesmente parecia não sentir nada. Ainda assim, sabia perfeitamente bem quanto poder tinha sobre o coração do velho, e sabia que só precisava falar para que toda a casa tivesse que se dobrar à sua vontade. Por exemplo, lembro que o Sr. Earnshaw uma vez comprou dois cavalos jovens na feira local e deu um para cada garoto. Heathcliff ficou com o de aparência mais bonita, mas em pouco tempo ele começou a manquejar, e quando ele notou isso, disse a Hindley -

English → "Você tem que trocar de cavalo comigo - não gosto do meu. E se você não quiser, vou contar ao seu pai sobre as três surras que você me deu esta semana, e mostrar meu braço, que está roxo até o ombro." Hindley pôs a língua de fora e lhe deu um tapa na orelha. "É melhor você fazer isso agora mesmo," insistiu Heathcliff, avançando para o alpendre - estavam no estábulo. "Você vai ter que fazer. E se eu contar sobre essas surras, você vai ser castigado por elas, com juros." "Some, cachorro!" gritou Hindley, ameaçando-o com um pesado peso de ferro usado para pesar batatas e feno. "Jogue," respondeu Heathcliff, parado onde estava, "e então vou contar a todos como você se vangloriou dizendo que ia me expulsar de casa assim que seu pai morresse - e vamos ver se ele não expulsa você primeiro." Hindley jogou o peso, acertando-o no peito, e Heathcliff caiu, mas se levantou logo, sem ar e pálido. Se eu não o tivesse impedido, ele teria ido direto ao patrão e conseguido vingança completa apenas mostrando o machucado e dizendo quem tinha causado. "Fique com meu cavalo então, cigano!" disse o jovem Earnshaw. "E espero que ele quebre seu pescoço! Fique com ele, e vá para o diabo, seu intruso desprezível! Vá e enganar meu pai até roubar-lhe tudo o que ele tem - mas depois, mostre a ele o que você realmente é, seu demônio. E leve isso também - espero que ele chute seus miolos para fora!"

English → Heathcliff tinha ido desamarrar o cavalo para levá-lo até seu próprio estábulo. Estava caminhando por trás dele quando Hindley terminou de falar empurrando-o sob os cascos do animal, e, sem parar para ver se seu desejo tinha se realizado, saiu correndo o mais rápido que pôde. Fiquei surpresa ao ver quão calmamente a criança se levantou e continuou com o que tinha planejado fazer - trocar as selas e tudo - e depois se sentou numa pilha de feno para se recuperar do choque do golpe forte, antes de entrar na casa. Convenci-o facilmente a deixar que eu dissesse que o cavalo tinha causado os machucados. Ele não se importava com que história fosse contada, já que tinha conseguido o que queria. Reclamava tão raramente de coisas assim que eu realmente acreditava que ele não era do tipo que buscava vingança. Estava completamente enganada, como você vai ouvir.

CAPÍTULO V

English → Com o tempo, o Sr. Earnshaw começou a enfraquecer. Sempre tinha sido forte e saudável, mas suas forças o deixaram de repente, e uma vez preso junto à lareira, ficou muito mal-humorado. A menor coisa o irritava, e qualquer sinal de que as pessoas não respeitavam sua autoridade quase o fazia perder o controle. Isso era especialmente verdade se alguém tentasse controlar ou dominar seu filho favorito. Ele se preocupava dolorosamente que alguém dissesse algo ruim a Heathcliff, como se acreditasse que todos odiavam o menino apenas porque ele mesmo gostava dele, e queriam magoá-lo. Isso era mau para o garoto, porque os mais gentis entre nós não queriam contrariar o patrão, então concordávamos com seu favoritismo - e isso apenas alimentava o orgulho e o temperamento sombrio da criança. Ainda assim, de certo modo, tornou-se necessário; duas ou três vezes, quando Hindley mostrou desprezo por Heathcliff na frente do pai, isso deixou o velho furioso. Ele agarrou sua bengala para bater no filho, e tremeu de fúria por não conseguir se decidir a fazê-lo.

English → No final, nosso assistente da igreja local (tínhamos um, naquela época, que ganhava dinheiro ensinando os jovens Lintons e Earnshaws, e cultivando seu próprio pedacinho de terra) sugeriu que o jovem fosse mandado para a universidade. O Sr. Earnshaw concordou, embora com tristeza, dizendo, "Hindley não vale nada, e nunca vai ter sucesso aonde quer que vá."

English → Eu realmente esperava que agora teríamos paz. Doía-me pensar que o patrão fora tornado infeliz por sua própria boa decisão. Eu acreditava que sua infelicidade na velhice e na doença vinha de desentendimentos na família, e ele parecia acreditar nisso também - mas, na verdade, senhor, era apenas o corpo fraco dele falhando. Talvez tivéssemos nos saído razoavelmente bem depois disso, exceto por duas pessoas - a Srta. Cathy, e Joseph, o criado. Provavelmente o senhor o viu lá em cima. Ele era, e provavelmente ainda é, o homem mais cansativo, hipócrita e supostamente santo que já procurou numa Bíblia bênçãos para si e maldições para os vizinhos. Por sua habilidade em pregar e falar sobre religião, ele conseguiu impressionar bastante o Sr. Earnshaw, e quanto mais fraco o patrão ficava, mais influência Joseph ganhava sobre ele. Ele constantemente preocupava o patrão sobre o estado de sua alma e sobre a educação estrita dos filhos. Encorajava-o a ver Hindley como um pecador, e, noite após noite, reclamava com uma longa lista de histórias contra Heathcliff e Catherine - sempre tomando cuidado de bajular o velho fraco colocando a culpa mais pesada sobre Catherine.

English → Certamente, ela tinha hábitos que eu nunca tinha visto em nenhuma outra criança, e testava toda a nossa paciência cinquenta vezes ou mais por dia. Do momento em que se levantava até o momento em que ia para a cama, nunca podíamos ter certeza de que não estava tramando alguma travessura. Seu humor estava sempre exaltado, sua boca sempre em movimento - cantando, rindo e provocando quem não quisesse se juntar a ela. Era uma menina selvagem e travessa, mas tinha os olhos mais bonitos, o sorriso mais doce, e o passo mais leve de toda a região. E, no fim, acredito que ela não pretendia realmente fazer mal, porque, se algum dia fizesse você chorar de verdade, quase sempre ficaria com você e o faria se calmar o bastante para consolá-la. Ela amava Heathcliff demais. O pior castigo que conseguíamos imaginar para ela era mantê-la longe dele - ainda assim, ela era repreendida mais do que qualquer um de nós por causa dele. Ao brincar, adorava agir como se estivesse no comando, mandando em seus amigos livremente. Fazia isso comigo também, mas eu não ia tolerar ser esbofeteada e mandada de um lado para o outro, então lhe disse isso claramente.

English → Ora, o Sr. Earnshaw não entendia as brincadeiras dos filhos - ele sempre tinha sido rígido e sério com eles. E Catherine, por sua vez, não conseguia entender por que o pai ficava mais irritado e menos paciente enquanto estava doente do que quando estava saudável. As broncas mal-humoradas dele faziam com que ela quisesse, de um jeito travesso, provocá-lo ainda mais. Ela nunca ficava mais feliz do que quando todos nós a repreendíamos ao mesmo tempo, e ela nos desafiava com seu olhar atrevido e ousado e respostas rápidas, rindo das maldições religiosas de Joseph, provocando-me, e fazendo exatamente o que o pai mais odiava - mostrando como sua falsa grosseria, que ele acreditava ser verdadeira, tinha mais poder sobre Heathcliff do que a própria bondade dele. O menino fazia qualquer coisa que ela pedisse, mas só fazia o que o pai dela queria quando lhe convinha. Depois de se comportar tão mal quanto possível o dia inteiro, ela às vezes vinha e ficava carinhosa à noite para compensar. "Não, Cathy", dizia o velho, "não posso te amar, você é pior que seu irmão. Vá, diga suas orações, menina, e peça a Deus que te perdoe. Tenho medo que sua mãe e eu nos arrependamos de tê-la criado!" Isso a fazia chorar a princípio, mas ser afastada repetidamente a tornou mais dura, e ela ria se eu dissesse para pedir desculpas pelo que tinha feito e pedir perdão.

English → Mas por fim chegou a hora que pôs fim aos sofrimentos do Sr. Earnshaw nesta terra. Ele morreu tranquilamente em sua cadeira numa noite de outubro, sentado junto à lareira. Um vento forte soprava em volta da casa e rugia na chaminé. Parecia bravo e tempestuoso, mas não fazia frio, e estávamos todos juntos - eu sentada um pouco afastada do fogo, ocupada com meu tricô, e Joseph lendo sua Bíblia perto da mesa, porque os criados costumavam se sentar na sala principal naquela época, depois que o trabalho terminava. A senhorita Cathy tinha estado indisposta, o que a deixou quieta - ela se encostava no joelho do pai, e Heathcliff estava estendido no chão com a cabeça no colo dela. Lembro-me do patrão, antes de cair num sono leve, acariciando os belos cabelos dela - raramente lhe agradava tanto vê-la tão mansa - e dizendo: "Por que você não pode ser sempre uma boa menina, Cathy?" E ela virou o rosto para ele, riu, e respondeu: "Por que você não pode ser sempre um bom homem, pai?" Mas assim que percebeu que ele tinha ficado incomodado de novo, beijou a mão dele e disse que iria cantar para ele dormir. Começou a cantar bem baixinho, até que os dedos dele escaparam dos dela e a cabeça caiu sobre o peito. Então eu disse a ela para ficar quieta e não se mover, para não o acordar. Ficamos todos em silêncio como ratos por uma boa meia hora, e teríamos ficado mais tempo, mas Joseph, tendo terminado de ler seu capítulo, se levantou e disse que precisava acordar o patrão para as orações da noite e para dormir. Ele deu um passo à frente, disse seu nome e tocou seu ombro, mas ele não se moveu. Então pegou a vela e olhou para ele de perto. Percebi que algo estava errado quando ele pôs a vela de volta, e, agarrando cada uma das crianças pelo braço, sussurrou para que subissem em silêncio - poderiam orar sozinhas naquela noite - ele tinha algo a fazer.

English → "Vou dar boa noite ao pai primeiro", disse Catherine, colocando os braços em volta do pescoço dele antes que pudéssemos impedi-la. A pobre menina percebeu imediatamente o que tinha acontecido - ela gritou: "Ah, ele está morto, Heathcliff! Ele está morto!" E os dois começaram a chorar, um som de partir o coração.

English → Juntei meu choro ao deles, alto e dolorido, mas Joseph perguntou no que estávamos pensando, chorando tão alto por um santo que agora estava no céu. Disse para eu vestir minha capa e correr até Gimmerton para buscar o médico e o pastor. Eu não conseguia ver, naquele momento, para que serviriam os dois. Ainda assim, fui, através do vento e da chuva, e trouxe o médico; o outro homem disse que viria de manhã. Deixando Joseph explicar o que tinha acontecido, corri para o quarto das crianças. A porta estava um pouco aberta, e vi que elas nunca tinham ido para a cama, embora já passasse da meia-noite - mas estavam mais calmas agora, e não precisavam que eu as consolasse. Os dois pequenos estavam se consolando um ao outro com pensamentos melhores do que eu poderia ter tido. Nenhum pregador no mundo jamais descreveu o céu com tanta beleza quanto eles, em sua conversa inocente. E enquanto eu chorava e escutava, não pude deixar de desejar que todos nós pudéssemos estar lá, em segurança, juntos.

CAPÍTULO VI

English → O Sr. Hindley voltou para casa para o funeral, e - algo que surpreendeu a todos nós e fez os vizinhos comentarem por toda parte - ele trouxe uma esposa com ele. Nunca nos disse quem ela era ou onde havia nascido. Provavelmente ela não tinha nem dinheiro nem um bom nome de família, ou ele não teria mantido o casamento em segredo do pai.

English → Ela não era o tipo de pessoa que teria causado muitos problemas na casa por si só. Tudo que ela via, no momento em que entrou pela porta, parecia encantá-la, junto com tudo que acontecia ao redor - exceto os preparativos para o enterro e a presença dos enlutados. Achei que ela era um pouco tola, a julgar por como se comportou durante aquele período. Correu para o quarto e me fez ir com ela, mesmo que eu devesse estar vestindo as crianças. Lá ela se sentou tremendo, apertando as mãos, e perguntando repetidamente: "Eles já foram?" Depois começou a descrever, muito emocionada, como se sentia perturbada ao ver a cor preta, e se assustava, tremia, e por fim começou a chorar. Quando perguntei o que havia de errado, ela disse que não sabia, mas sentia tanto medo de morrer! Achei que ela tinha tanta chance de morrer quanto eu. Era bastante magra, mas jovem, com uma tez fresca, e os olhos brilhavam como diamantes. Notei que subir as escadas a fazia respirar muito rápido, que o menor ruído súbito a fazia estremecer, e que às vezes tossia muito. Mas eu não sabia o que esses sinais significavam, e não sentia nenhuma vontade de ter pena dela. Aqui não costumamos nos afeiçoar a estranhos, Sr. Lockwood, a menos que eles se afeiçoem a nós primeiro.

English → O jovem Earnshaw tinha mudado muito durante os três anos em que esteve fora. Tinha ficado mais magro, perdido sua cor saudável, e falava e se vestia de modo bem diferente. No próprio dia em que voltou, disse a Joseph e a mim que a partir daquele momento teríamos de ficar na cozinha dos fundos e deixar a casa principal para ele. Na verdade, ele planejava colocar tapete e papel de parede num pequeno quarto extra para transformá-lo em sala de estar. Mas a esposa dele ficou tão satisfeita com o piso branco, a enorme lareira reluzente, os pratos de metal e o armário, a cama do cachorro, e o amplo espaço aberto na sala onde costumavam se sentar, que ele decidiu que não era necessário para o conforto dela, e desistiu da ideia.

English → Ela também se alegrou ao descobrir que tinha uma nova irmã em sua nova família, e a princípio conversava com Catherine, beijava-a, corria por aí com ela, e lhe dava muitos presentes. Mas o afeto dela desapareceu rapidamente, e quando ficou de mau humor, Hindley se tornou cruel. Bastavam algumas palavras dela mostrando que não gostava de Heathcliff para trazer de volta todo o antigo ódio dele pelo menino. Ele mandou Heathcliff embora da família para viver com os criados, interrompeu suas aulas com o coadjutor, e o fez trabalhar ao ar livre em vez disso, obrigando-o a trabalhar tão duro quanto qualquer outro rapaz do campo.

English → Heathcliff suportou esse mau tratamento razoavelmente bem no início, porque Cathy lhe ensinava o que aprendia, e trabalhava ou brincava com ele nos campos. Os dois pareciam destinados a crescer selvagens como salvagens, já que o jovem patrão não se importava nem um pouco com o comportamento deles ou o que faziam, então eles simplesmente se mantinham afastados dele. Ele nem teria se importado se eles fossem à igreja nos domingos, mas Joseph e o coadjutor o repreendiam por sua negligência sempre que estavam ausentes, e isso o fazia lembrar de mandar surrar Heathcliff e fazer Catherine ficar sem jantar ou almoço. Mas uma de suas atividades favoritas era fugir para os pântanos de manhã e ficar lá o dia todo, e depois o castigo se tornava apenas motivo de riso. O coadjutor podia dar a Catherine quantos capítulos da Bíblia quisesse para memorizar, e Joseph podia bater em Heathcliff até o braço doer - eles esqueciam tudo no momento em que ficavam juntos novamente, ou pelo menos no momento em que já tinham planejado alguma nova travessura para se vingar. Muitas vezes chorei em silêncio, vendo-os ficar mais e mais imprudentes a cada dia, sem me atrever a dizer nada, com medo de perder a pouca influência que ainda tinha sobre as duas crianças não amadas. Certo domingo à noite, aconteceu de serem expulsos da sala de estar por fazerem barulho, ou alguma outra falta pequena assim. Quando fui chamá-los para o jantar, não os encontrei em lugar nenhum. Procuramos por toda a casa, andar de cima e de baixo, e o pátio e os estábulos - não apareceram em lugar nenhum. Por fim, Hindley, furioso, mandou que trancássemos as portas, e jurou que ninguém deveria deixá-los entrar naquela noite. A casa foi para a cama, e eu, muito preocupada para me deitar, abri minha janela e pus a cabeça de fora para escutar, mesmo estando chovendo, decidida a deixá-los entrar apesar da ordem dele, se voltassem. Depois de um tempo, ouvi passos subindo a estrada, e a luz de uma lanterna brilhando pelo portão. Pus um xale sobre a cabeça e corri para impedi-los de bater e acordar o Sr. Earnshaw. Lá estava Heathcliff, sozinho - me assustou vê-lo só.

English → "Onde está a senhorita Catherine?" perguntei rapidamente. "Nenhum acidente, espero?" "Em Thrushcross Grange", ele respondeu. "E eu teria ficado lá também, mas eles não foram educados o suficiente para me pedir que ficasse." "Bem, você vai se meter em problemas!" eu disse. "Você nunca vai ficar satisfeito até que finalmente o mandem embora para sempre. O que no mundo te fez ir vagar até Thrushcross Grange?" "Deixe-me tirar essas roupas molhadas, e eu conto tudo, Nelly", ele respondeu. Avisei-o para ter cuidado de não acordar o patrão, e enquanto ele se despia e eu esperava para apagar a vela, ele continuou: "Cathy e eu escapamos da lavanderia para andar por aí livremente, e quando vimos as luzes da Grange, pensamos em ir ver se os Lintons passavam as noites de domingo parados tremendo pelos cantos, enquanto o pai e a mãe se sentavam comendo e bebendo, cantando e rindo, e se sentando perto do fogo. Você acha que fazem isso? Ou lendo sermões, sendo interrogados pelo criado deles, e obrigados a aprender uma lista de nomes da Bíblia, se não responderem corretamente?" "Provavelmente não", respondi. "São boas crianças, tenho certeza, e não merecem o tratamento que você recebe, por causa do seu mau comportamento." "Não me pregue sermão, Nelly", ele disse. "Bobagem! Corremos do topo dos Heights até o parque sem parar - Catherine perdeu completamente a corrida, porque estava descalça. Você vai ter que procurar os sapatos dela no pântano amanhã. Nós rastejamos por uma cerca-viva quebrada, tateamos o caminho e nos acomodamos num canteiro de flores sob a janela da sala de estar. A luz vinha de lá - eles não tinham fechado as persianas, e as cortinas estavam apenas parcialmente fechadas. Nós dois conseguimos olhar para dentro ficando de pé na base da parede e nos agarrando ao rebordo, e vimos - ah, era lindo - uma sala maravilhosa com carpete vermelho, cadeiras e mesas cobertas de vermelho, e um teto branco puro com bordas de ouro, com uma chuva de gotas de vidro pendendo de correntes de prata no meio, brilhando com pequenas velas suaves. O velho Sr. e a Sra. Linton não estavam lá - Edgar e a irmã tinham a sala toda para eles. Não deveriam estar felizes? Nós teríamos pensado que estávamos no céu! E agora adivinhe o que suas boas crianças estavam fazendo? Isabella - acho que ela tem onze anos, um ano mais jovem que Cathy - estava caída na outra ponta da sala gritando, como se bruxas estivessem enfiando agulhas quentes nela. Edgar estava de pé junto à lareira chorando baixinho, e no meio da mesa estava sentado um cachorrinho, sacudindo a pata e ganindo - pelo que estavam dizendo um ao outro, entendemos que quase o tinham despedaçado entre os dois. Que tolos! Essa era a ideia deles de diversão - discutir sobre quem deveria segurar um embrulho de pelo quente, e depois os dois começarem a chorar porque, depois de brigarem por ele, nenhum dos dois quis ficar com ele. Rimos alto dos mimadinhos - nós os desprezamos mesmo! Quando é que você me pegaria querendo o que Catherine queria? Ou nos encontraria sozinhos, nos divertindo aos gritos, soluçando, e rolando pelo chão em lados opostos de uma sala? Eu não trocaria minha vida aqui pela vida de Edgar Linton em Thrushcross Grange, nem por mil vidas - nem mesmo se pudesse jogar Joseph do telhado mais alto e pintar a frente da casa com o sangue de Hindley!"

English → "Quieto, quieto!" interrompi. "Você ainda não me contou, Heathcliff, como Catherine ficou para trás?"

English → "Já disse que rimos", ele respondeu. "Os Lintons nos ouviram, e todos correram para a porta como flechas. Houve silêncio, e depois um grito: 'Ah, mãe, mãe! Ah, pai! Ah, mãe, venha aqui! Ah, pai, ah!' Gritaram mesmo algo assim. Fizemos ruídos assustadores para amedrontá-los ainda mais, e então saltamos do rebordo, porque alguém estava abrindo as grades, e sabíamos que devíamos correr. Eu estava segurando a mão de Cathy e puxando-a, quando de repente ela caiu. 'Corra, Heathcliff, corra!' ela sussurrou. 'Eles soltaram o buldogue, e ele me pegou!' O cão demônio tinha agarrado o tornozelo dela, Nelly: eu ouvi seu ronco horrível. Ela não gritou - não! ela odiaria fazer isso, mesmo com os chifres de uma vaca louca enfiados nela. Mas eu gritei: gritei toda maldição que sabia, tentando destruir aquele cachorro. Achei uma pedra e a empurrei entre as suas mandíbulas, tentando com toda a força enfiá-la garganta abaixo. Por fim, um criado rude apareceu com uma lamparina, gritando: 'Aguenta, Skulker, aguenta!' Mas mudou de tom quando viu o que Skulker tinha pego. Puxaram o cão para longe; sua língua enorme e roxa pendia meio pé para fora da boca, e seus lábios soltos gotejavam saliva sanguinolenta. O homem levantou Cathy; ela se sentia mal - não de medo, tenho certeza, mas de dor. Ele a levou para dentro; eu segui, rosnando maldições e ameaças. 'O que você pegou, Robert?' chamou Linton da porta. 'Skulker pegou uma menininha, senhor', ele respondeu; 'e tem um menino aqui também', acrescentou, me agarrando, 'que parece bem perigoso! Parece que os ladrões queriam empurrá-los pela janela para abrir as portas para a gangue mais tarde, para nos assassinarem enquanto dormíamos. Fica quieto, ladrão de boca suja! Você vai ser enforcado por isso. Sr. Linton, senhor, não guarde sua arma.' 'Não, não, Robert', disse o velho tolo. 'Esses criminosos sabiam que ontem foi meu dia de receber os aluguéis: pensaram que poderiam me pegar facilmente. Entrem; vou lhes dar as boas-vindas apropriadas. Ali, John, tranque a corrente. Dê água ao Skulker, Jenny. Atacar um magistrado na própria casa, e num domingo também! Até onde vai chegar a grosseria deles? Ah, minha querida Mary, olhe aqui! Não tenha medo, é só um menino - mas se pode ver o mal tão claramente no rosto dele; não seria uma bondade para o país enforcá-lo agora, antes que ele mostre sua verdadeira natureza em ações tanto quanto em aparência?' Ele me arrastou sob o lustre, e a Sra. Linton colocou os óculos no nariz e levantou as mãos horrorizada. As crianças covardes também se aproximaram, e Isabella ceceou: 'Que coisa horrível! Ponha-o na adega, pai. Ele parece exatamente com o filho da cigana adivinha que roubou meu faisão de estimação. Não é, Edgar?'"

English → "Enquanto me examinavam, Cathy acordou de vez; ouviu as últimas palavras e riu. Edgar Linton olhou para ela de perto e finalmente a reconheceu. Eles nos veem na igreja, sabe, embora raramente nos encontremos em outro lugar. 'Aquela é a senhorita Earnshaw!' ele sussurrou para a mãe. 'E olhe como Skulker a mordeu - olhe como o pé dela está sangrando!'"

"'Senhorita Earnshaw? Bobagem!' exclamou a senhora. 'A senhorita Earnshaw correndo pelo campo com um cigano! E, no entanto, minha querida, a criança está vestida de luto - sim, é ela - e pode ficar aleijada para o resto da vida!'"

"'Que comportamento descuidado do irmão dela!' exclamou o Sr. Linton, virando-se de mim para Catherine. 'Ouvi de Shielders'" - (esse era o pastor local, senhor) - "'que ele a deixa crescer sem nenhuma religião. Mas quem é este? Onde ela achou esse companheiro? Ah! Acho que é aquele menino estranho que meu falecido vizinho trouxe de sua viagem a Liverpool - talvez um marinheiro indiano, ou um americano, ou um náufrago espanhol.'"

English → "'Um menino perverso, de qualquer forma', disse a velha senhora, 'e completamente inadequado para uma casa respeitável! Você ouviu a linguagem dele, Linton? Estou chocada que meus filhos tenham ouvido isso.'"

English → "Comecei a praguejar de novo - não fique brava, Nelly - então mandaram Robert me levar embora. Recusei-me a sair sem Cathy; ele me arrastou para o jardim, empurrou a lamparina na minha mão, disse que o Sr. Earnshaw seria avisado do meu comportamento, e, mandando-me sair imediatamente, trancou a porta de novo. As cortinas ainda estavam amarradas num canto, então voltei a observar pela janela; porque se Catherine quisesse sair, eu planejava quebrar as grandes janelas de vidro deles em mil pedaços, a menos que a deixassem sair. Ela ficou sentada calmamente no sofá. A Sra. Linton tirou a capa cinza que tínhamos pego emprestada da leiteira para nossa jornada, sacudindo a cabeça e falando com ela, imagino; Catherine era uma jovem senhora, e a trataram de modo bem diferente de mim. Depois a criada trouxe uma bacia de água morna e lavou os pés dela; o Sr. Linton misturou uma bebida quente para ela, Isabella enchia seu colo de bolos, e Edgar ficou olhando para ela de longe. Depois secaram e penteavam seus belos cabelos, deram a ela um par de chinelos enormes, e rolaram sua cadeira até o fogo; e eu a deixei lá, tão feliz quanto podia estar, dividindo sua comida entre o cachorrinho e Skulker, apertando o nariz de Skulker enquanto ele comia; e colocando uma pequena centelha de vida nos olhos azuis apagados dos Lintons - apenas um pálido reflexo do próprio rosto encantador dela. Eu podia ver que estavam cheios de admiração tola por ela; ela é realmente muito melhor do que eles - melhor do que qualquer pessoa na terra, não é, Nelly?"

English → "'Vai haver mais problemas com isso do que você pensa', respondi, cobrindo-o e apagando a luz. 'Você não tem jeito, Heathcliff; o Sr. Hindley vai ter que tomar medidas sérias, você vai ver.' Minhas palavras se tornaram verdade mais rápido do que eu queria. A aventura mal sucedida deixou Earnshaw furioso. E então o Sr. Linton, tentando resolver as coisas, nos visitou pessoalmente no dia seguinte e deu ao jovem patrão uma bronca tão grande sobre como estava criando a família dele que Hindley finalmente começou a prestar atenção de verdade. Heathcliff não foi espancado, mas disseram a ele que no momento em que voltasse a falar com a senhorita Catherine, seria mandado embora; e a Sra. Earnshaw concordou em manter a cunhada sob controle quando ela voltasse para casa - usando métodos inteligentes, não força, porque a força nunca teria funcionado."

CAPÍTULO VII

English → "Cathy ficou em Thrushcross Grange por cinco semanas, até o Natal. Àquela altura seu tornozelo estava completamente curado, e suas maneiras tinham melhorado muito. A dona da casa a visitava com frequência durante esse tempo e começou a mudá-la, dando-lhe roupas finas e elogios, que Cathy aceitava com alegria. Assim, em vez de uma menininha selvagem sem chapéu saltando dentro de casa e abraçando todo mundo até quase não podermos respirar, uma jovem senhora muito correta desceu de um belo pônei preto, com cachos castanhos caindo por baixo de um chapéu com penas, e um casaco longo que ela tinha que segurar com as duas mãos para conseguir andar. Hindley a ajudou a descer do cavalo, dizendo alegremente: 'Ora, Cathy, você está uma verdadeira beldade! Quase não a reconheci - você parece uma verdadeira dama agora. Isabella Linton não se compara a ela, não é, Frances?' 'Isabella não tem os dons naturais dela', respondeu a esposa, 'mas ela precisa ter cuidado para não voltar a ficar selvagem por aqui. Ellen, ajude a senhorita Catherine a tirar as coisas - espere, querida, você vai desarrumar seus cachos - deixe eu desamarrar seu chapéu.'"

English → "Tirei o casaco dela, e por baixo havia um lindo vestido de seda xadrez, calças brancas e sapatos brilhantes. Os olhos dela se iluminaram de alegria quando os cachorros vieram correndo para dar as boas-vindas, mas ela quase não se atrevia a tocá-los, com medo de sujar suas belas roupas. Beijou-me suavemente - eu estava toda coberta de farinha, fazendo o bolo de Natal, então não pude lhe dar um abraço decente - e depois procurou por Heathcliff com os olhos. O Sr. e a Sra. Earnshaw observaram o encontro deles de perto, pensando que isso os ajudaria a julgar quão provável seria conseguirem manter os dois amigos separados."

English → "No início, foi difícil encontrar Heathcliff. Ele já andava descuidado e negligenciado antes de Catherine ir embora, e tinha ficado ainda pior desde então. Só eu me dava ao trabalho de chamá-lo de menino sujo e dizer que se lavasse, mesmo que fosse uma vez por semana; e meninos da idade dele raramente gostam de sabão e água, de todo jeito. Então, sem falar nas roupas dele, que tinham passado três meses na lama e na poeira, e no cabelo espesso e despenteado, o rosto e as mãos dele estavam cobertos de sujeira. Bem que ele podia ter se escondido atrás do banco ao ver uma jovem senhora tão brilhante e graciosa entrar, em vez do amigo de aparência rude que ele esperava. 'Heathcliff não está aqui?' ela perguntou, tirando as luvas e mostrando dedos pálidos de ficar dentro de casa sem fazer nada."

"'Heathcliff, você pode se aproximar', chamou o Sr. Hindley, aproveitando seu constrangimento, satisfeito de ver que menino de aparência desagradável teria de apresentar. 'Pode vir dar as boas-vindas à senhorita Catherine, como os outros criados.'"

English → "Cathy avistou o amigo escondido e correu para abraçá-lo; deu-lhe sete ou oito beijos na bochecha num só segundo, depois parou, deu um passo atrás, e começou a rir, dizendo: 'Ora, como você está sombrio e mal-humorado! E como - como estranho e severo! Mas é porque estou acostumada com Edgar e Isabella Linton agora. Então, Heathcliff, você se esqueceu de mim?'"

"Ela tinha razão em perguntar, porque a vergonha e o orgulho tinham cobrido o rosto dele com um cenho carregado e o mantido paralisado."

"'Aperte as mãos, Heathcliff', disse o Sr. Earnshaw, num tom superior; 'só essa vez, é permitido.'"

Front Matter

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O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes

por Emily Brontë

Original English Version

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

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O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes

por Emily Brontë

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Chapter I

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1801 - Acabei de voltar de uma visita ao meu senhorio, o único vizinho que algum dia vai me incomodar. Este é realmente um lugar bonito! Não acho que exista, em nenhum outro lugar da Inglaterra, um sítio tão afastado das outras pessoas. É um paraíso perfeito para quem não gosta de gente - e o senhor Heathcliff e eu formamos uma boa dupla para compartilhar este lugar solitário. Que homem extraordinário! Ele não tinha a menor ideia do quanto eu me sentia bem disposto para com ele quando vi seus olhos escuros se recolherem com tanta suspeita sob as sobrancelhas enquanto eu me aproximava a cavalo, e quando seus dedos se escondiam, quase com ciúme, mais para dentro do colete, enquanto eu dizia meu nome.

"Senhor Heathcliff?" eu disse.

Ele respondeu apenas com um aceno de cabeça.

"Senhor Lockwood, seu novo inquilino. Eu quis visitá-lo assim que pude depois de chegar, para dizer que espero não ter lhe causado nenhum incômodo por insistir tanto em alugar Thrushcross Grange. Ouvi dizer ontem que o senhor tinha algumas dúvidas sobre isso - "

Original English Version

1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist’s Heaven - and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name.

“Mr. Heathcliff?” I said.

A nod was the answer.

“Mr. Lockwood, your new tenant, sir. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts - ”

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1801 - Acabo de voltar de uma visita ao meu senhorio - o vizinho solitário com quem terei de lidar. Esta é, decerto, uma bela região! Em toda a Inglaterra, não creio que eu pudesse ter escolhido uma situação tão completamente afastada da agitação da sociedade. Um verdadeiro paraíso de misantropo - e o Sr. Heathcliff e eu formamos um par tão bem combinado para dividir entre nós a desolação. Um sujeito de primeira! Ele mal imaginava como meu coração se aqueceu em relação a ele quando vi seus olhos negros se retraírem tão desconfiados sob as sobrancelhas, ao me aproximar cavalgando, e quando seus dedos se abrigaram, com ciumenta resolução, ainda mais fundo no colete, ao eu anunciar meu nome.

"Sr. Heathcliff?" eu disse.

Um aceno de cabeça foi a resposta.

"Sr. Lockwood, seu novo inquilino, senhor. Faço-me a honra de vir visitá-lo assim que possível após minha chegada, para expressar a esperança de não tê-lo incomodado com minha insistência em solicitar a ocupação de Thrushcross Grange: ouvi ontem que o senhor tivera alguma ideia - "

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"Thrushcross Grange me pertence," ele interrompeu, com um ar irritado. "Eu não deixaria ninguém me incomodar se pudesse evitar. Entre!"

Ele disse "entre" entre os dentes trincados, e o que aquilo realmente queria dizer era "Vá embora!" Até o portão em que ele se apoiava não fez nenhum movimento amistoso que combinasse com suas palavras. Acho que foi justamente isso que me fez decidir aceitar o convite. Fiquei curioso sobre um homem que parecia ainda mais hostil do que eu mesmo.

Quando viu o peito do meu cavalo empurrando bem contra o portão, ele esticou a mão e o destrancou. Depois caminhou na minha frente pela trilha, com cara de poucos amigos, e gritou quando entramos no pátio: "Joseph, leve o cavalo do senhor Lockwood e traga um pouco de vinho."

"Então é este todo o corpo de empregados, suponho," pensei, ao ouvir uma única ordem que cobria duas tarefas. "Não é de estranhar que o capim cresça entre as pedras, e que só o gado apare as sebes."

Original English Version

“Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir,” he interrupted, wincing. “I should not allow any one to inconvenience me, if I could hinder it - walk in!”

The “walk in” was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself.

When he saw my horse’s breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court, - “Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood’s horse; and bring up some wine.”

“Here we have the whole establishment of domestics, I suppose,” was the reflection suggested by this compound order. “No wonder the grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters.”

Tradução Integral em Português

"Thrushcross Grange é minha, senhor," interrompeu ele, com uma careta. "Eu não permitiria que ninguém me incomodasse, se eu pudesse impedi-lo - entre!"

O "entre" foi proferido com os dentes cerrados, e exprimia o sentimento de "Vá para o diabo!"; até mesmo o portão em que ele se apoiava não manifestou nenhum movimento de simpatia àquelas palavras; e creio que essa circunstância me determinou a aceitar o convite: senti-me interessado em um homem que parecia ainda mais exageradamente reservado do que eu mesmo.

Quando ele viu o peito do meu cavalo empurrando firmemente a barreira, estendeu a mão para desprendê-la, e então, taciturno, seguiu à minha frente pela calçada, gritando, ao entrarmos no pátio: "Joseph, leve o cavalo do Sr. Lockwood; e traga um pouco de vinho."

"Aqui temos toda a criadagem, suponho," foi a reflexão sugerida por essa ordem composta. "Não é de admirar que a grama cresça entre as lajes, e que o gado seja o único a aparar as sebes."

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Joseph era um homem idoso - não, um velho, um velho bem avançado, embora ainda forte e resistente. "Que o Senhor nos ajude!" ele murmurou entre dentes, em tom irritado, enquanto pegava meu cavalo, olhando para o meu rosto com uma cara tão amarga que eu, gentilmente, imaginei que ele devia precisar da ajuda de Deus para digerir o jantar, e que sua reclamação não tinha nada a ver com minha chegada repentina.

Wuthering Heights é o nome da casa do senhor Heathcliff. "Wuthering" é uma palavra local que descreve o tempo barulhento e tempestuoso que o lugar enfrenta quando o clima está ruim. Ali em cima deve haver, o tempo todo, um vento forte e puro - basta ver o quanto alguns pequenos abetos retorcidos se inclinam na ponta da casa, e uma fileira de espinheiros sem folhas que estendem todos os seus ramos numa só direção, como se pedissem ajuda ao sol, para adivinhar quão poderoso é o vento norte que sopra sobre o alto da colina. Felizmente, o construtor teve o bom senso de erguê-la com solidez: as janelas estreitas estão embutidas bem no fundo da parede, e os cantos são protegidos por grandes pedras salientes.

Original English Version

Joseph was an elderly, nay, an old man, very old, perhaps, though hale and sinewy. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent.

Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff’s dwelling. “Wuthering” being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones.

Tradução Integral em Português

Joseph era um homem idoso, aliás um velho, muito velho, talvez, embora robusto e rijo. "Que o Senhor nos ajude!" resmungou consigo mesmo, em tom de rabugento descontentamento, enquanto me livrava do cavalo: olhando, entrementes, para o meu rosto de forma tão azeda que eu caridosamente conjecturei que ele devia precisar de auxílio divino para digerir o jantar, e que sua piedosa exclamação não tinha relação nenhuma com minha chegada inesperada.

O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes é o nome da residência do Sr. Heathcliff. "Wuthering" é um significativo adjetivo provincial, descritivo da turbulência atmosférica a que sua posição está exposta em tempo tormentoso. Ventilação pura e revigorante devem ter lá em cima o tempo todo, com efeito: pode-se calcular a força do vento norte, que sopra sobre a crista, pela inclinação excessiva de alguns abetos raquíticos na extremidade da casa; e por uma fileira de espinheiros descarnados, todos esticando seus ramos numa só direção, como que a implorar esmola ao sol. Felizmente, o arquiteto teve a previdência de construí-la robusta: as janelas estreitas estão profundamente encravadas na parede, e os cantos protegidos por grandes pedras salientes.

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Antes de entrar, parei para olhar algumas esculturas estranhas que cobriam a fachada da casa, especialmente em torno da porta principal. Acima dela, em meio a uma confusão de figuras de pedra esfarelando e de meninos, notei a data "1500" e o nome "Hareton Earnshaw." Eu teria gostado de fazer algumas perguntas e ouvir uma breve história do lugar contada pelo dono pouco amigável, mas o jeito como ele ficava parado à porta parecia exigir que eu entrasse logo ou fosse embora de vez, e eu não queria deixá-lo mais impaciente antes mesmo de ter visto o interior.

Original English Version

Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium.

Tradução Integral em Português

Antes de transpor a soleira, detive-me a admirar uma profusão de esculturas grotescas prodigalizadas pela fachada, e sobretudo em torno da porta principal; acima da qual, em meio a uma selva de grifos desmoronando e meninos indecorosos, distingui a data "1500" e o nome "Hareton Earnshaw." Eu teria feito alguns comentários e pedido uma breve história do local ao proprietário carrancudo; mas sua atitude à porta parecia exigir minha rápida entrada, ou completa retirada, e eu não desejava agravar sua impaciência antes de inspecionar o penetralium.

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Um único passo nos levava direto ao cômodo principal da família, sem hall de entrada nem corredor antes. Ali eles simplesmente chamam esse cômodo de "a casa." Normalmente esse cômodo reuniria tanto a cozinha quanto a sala de estar, mas em Wuthering Heights acho que a cozinha foi transferida para algum outro lugar completamente diferente - eu podia ouvir vozes conversando e panelas tilintando em algum ponto lá no fundo, mas não vi nenhum sinal de cozimento, fervura ou assado perto da enorme lareira, nem o brilho de panelas de cobre ou coadores de estanho nas paredes. Uma das extremidades do cômodo, porém, brilhava intensamente com a luz e o calor refletidos por fileiras de enormes pratos de peltre, misturados a jarras e xícaras de prata, empilhados fileira após fileira sobre um grande armário de carvalho que chegava quase ao teto. O teto propriamente dito não tinha nenhum forro que o cobrisse; dava para ver toda a sua estrutura, exceto onde uma armação de madeira carregada de bolachas de aveia e pernas de carne de vaca, carneiro e presunto bloqueava a visão. Sobre a lareira pendiam várias armas antigas de aparência rústica e um par de pistolas de cavalaria, e, como decoração, três latas pintadas em cores vivas estavam colocadas ao longo da prateleira. O piso era de pedra branca e lisa. As cadeiras tinham encosto alto, eram simples e pintadas de verde, com uma ou duas pesadas e pretas escondidas nas sombras. Debaixo do armário, num vão em arco, estava deitada uma grande cadela marrom com uma ninhada de filhotes chiando ao redor dela, e outros cães se escondiam em outros cantos.

Original English Version

One step brought us into the family sitting-room, without any introductory lobby or passage: they call it here “the house” pre-eminently. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. The latter had never been under-drawn: its entire anatomy lay bare to an inquiring eye, except where a frame of wood laden with oatcakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham, concealed it. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. The floor was of smooth, white stone; the chairs, high-backed, primitive structures, painted green: one or two heavy black ones lurking in the shade. In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses.

Tradução Integral em Português

Um único passo nos levou à sala de estar da família, sem qualquer vestíbulo ou corredor de introdução: aqui a chamam, por excelência, "a casa." Ela geralmente inclui cozinha e sala de visitas; mas creio que, no Morro dos Ventos Uivantes, a cozinha é obrigada a se retirar inteiramente para outra parte: pelo menos distingui, lá no fundo, um tagarelar de vozes e um tilintar de utensílios culinários; e não observei sinais de assado, cozido ou forno, em torno da imensa lareira; nem qualquer brilho de panelas de cobre e coadores de estanho nas paredes. Uma extremidade, é verdade, refletia esplendidamente luz e calor de fileiras de imensas travessas de peltre, entremeadas de jarras e canecas de prata, empilhadas em fileira após fileira, sobre um vasto aparador de carvalho, até o próprio teto. Este último nunca fora forrado: toda a sua anatomia se expunha nua a um olhar curioso, exceto onde uma armação de madeira, carregada de bolos de aveia e cachos de pernis de boi, carneiro e presunto, o ocultava. Acima da chaminé havia diversas velhas espingardas de aspecto sinistro, e um par de pistolas de arção; e, à guisa de ornamento, três latas pintadas com cores vistosas dispostas ao longo da cornija. O piso era de pedra branca e lisa; as cadeiras, altas e de estrutura primitiva, pintadas de verde: uma ou duas, pesadas e negras, escondidas na sombra. Sob um arco, debaixo do aparador, repousava uma enorme cadela pointer de cor de fígado, cercada de um enxame de filhotes guinchando; e outros cães assombravam outros recantos.

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O cômodo e sua mobília pareceriam bastante comuns para um simples fazendeiro do norte, um homem de ar obstinado, com pernas fortes bem mostradas em calções na altura do joelho e perneiras. Dá para ver um homem assim sentado em sua poltrona, com a caneca de cerveja espumando sobre a mesa redonda diante dele, em qualquer uma dessas colinas num raio de cinco ou seis milhas, se você visitar na hora certa depois do jantar. Mas o senhor Heathcliff é muito diferente da sua casa e do seu modo de vida. Ele parece um cigano de pele escura, mas se veste e se comporta como um cavalheiro - tão cavalheiro quanto muitos senhores de terras no interior. Talvez seja um pouco desalinhado, mas isso não lhe cai mal, porque ele tem uma figura ereta e bonita, e parece ter um temperamento bastante difícil. Algumas pessoas poderiam pensar que isso vem de uma espécie de orgulho baixo e obstinado, mas algo dentro de mim me diz que não é verdade. Sinto, de algum modo, que essa distância dele vem de uma aversão a mostrar seus sentimentos abertamente - a demonstrar gentileza para com os outros. Ele provavelmente ama e odeia com igual intensidade, mas mantém isso escondido, e acharia quase indelicado ser amado ou odiado de volta. Não, estou indo rápido demais - estou atribuindo a ele qualidades demais que são minhas. O senhor Heathcliff pode ter motivos completamente diferentes dos meus para manter a mão afastada quando encontra alguém novo. Que eu possa esperar que minha própria natureza seja fora do comum: minha querida mãe costumava dizer que eu nunca teria um lar confortável, e justamente no verão passado eu provei que realmente não merecia um.

Original English Version

The apartment and furniture would have been nothing extraordinary as belonging to a homely, northern farmer, with a stubborn countenance, and stalwart limbs set out to advantage in knee-breeches and gaiters. Such an individual seated in his arm-chair, his mug of ale frothing on the round table before him, is to be seen in any circuit of five or six miles among these hills, if you go at the right time after dinner. But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman: that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure; and rather morose. Possibly, some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort: I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling - to manifestations of mutual kindliness. He’ll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again. No, I’m running on too fast: I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him. Mr. Heathcliff may have entirely dissimilar reasons for keeping his hand out of the way when he meets a would-be acquaintance, to those which actuate me. Let me hope my constitution is almost peculiar: my dear mother used to say I should never have a comfortable home; and only last summer I proved myself perfectly unworthy of one.

Tradução Integral em Português

O aposento e a mobília nada teriam de extraordinário como pertencentes a um fazendeiro simples do norte, de semblante teimoso e membros robustos postos em relevo por calções até o joelho e polainas. Um indivíduo assim, sentado em sua poltrona, com a caneca de cerveja espumando na mesa redonda diante dele, pode ser visto em qualquer raio de cinco ou seis milhas entre estas colinas, se você passar por lá na hora certa depois do jantar. Mas o Sr. Heathcliff forma um contraste singular com sua morada e seu modo de vida. É, na aparência, um cigano de pele escura; no vestir e nos modos, um cavalheiro: isto é, tão cavalheiro quanto muitos fidalgos do campo: um tanto desleixado, talvez, mas sem parecer mal com essa negligência, porque tem uma figura ereta e bem-apessoada; e algo taciturno. É possível que algumas pessoas suspeitem nele certo grau de orgulho mal-educado; há uma corda simpática dentro de mim que me diz que não é nada disso: sei, por instinto, que sua reserva nasce de uma aversão a demonstrações ostensivas de sentimento - a manifestações de mútua afabilidade. Ele amará e odiará igualmente em segredo, e considerará uma espécie de impertinência ser amado ou odiado de volta. Não, estou indo depressa demais: estou lhe atribuindo, com excessiva liberalidade, meus próprios atributos. O Sr. Heathcliff pode ter razões inteiramente diversas das minhas para manter a mão fora de alcance quando encontra um pretendente a conhecido. Deixe-me esperar que minha constituição seja quase peculiar: minha querida mãe costumava dizer que eu nunca teria um lar confortável; e apenas no verão passado provei ser inteiramente indigno de um.

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Enquanto eu aproveitava um mês de bom tempo à beira-mar, conheci uma jovem maravilhosa - ela me parecia uma deusa, contanto que não me prestasse atenção. Nunca lhe disse em palavras o que eu sentia, mas se um olhar pode falar, até um tolo teria percebido que eu estava completamente apaixonado. No final ela entendeu, e me devolveu um olhar - o olhar mais doce que se pode imaginar. E o que eu fiz? Tenho vergonha de admitir - recuei friamente para dentro de mim mesmo, como um caramujo. Cada vez que ela olhava para mim, eu ficava mais frio e me afastava mais, até que, por fim, a pobre moça inocente começou a duvidar dos próprios sentimentos e, constrangida com o que pensava ser um erro seu, convenceu a mãe a partir.

Por causa desse lado estranho do meu caráter, as pessoas pensam que sou frio e sem coração de propósito. Só eu sei o quanto isso é injusto.

Original English Version

While enjoying a month of fine weather at the sea-coast, I was thrown into the company of a most fascinating creature: a real goddess in my eyes, as long as she took no notice of me. I “never told my love” vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears: she understood me at last, and looked a return - the sweetest of all imaginable looks. And what did I do? I confess it with shame - shrunk icily into myself, like a snail; at every glance retired colder and farther; till finally the poor innocent was led to doubt her own senses, and, overwhelmed with confusion at her supposed mistake, persuaded her mamma to decamp.

By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.

Tradução Integral em Português

Enquanto desfrutava de um mês de bom tempo à beira-mar, fui lançado na companhia de uma criatura fascinantíssima: uma verdadeira deusa a meus olhos, enquanto não tomou conhecimento de mim. Eu "nunca declarei meu amor" em voz alta; ainda assim, se os olhares têm linguagem, o mais completo idiota poderia ter adivinhado que eu estava apaixonado até a alma: ela finalmente me compreendeu, e retribuiu com um olhar - o mais doce de todos os olhares imagináveis. E o que fiz eu? Confesso-o com vergonha - encolhi-me gelidamente dentro de mim mesmo, como um caracol; a cada olhar recuava mais frio e mais distante; até que, por fim, a pobre inocente foi levada a duvidar dos próprios sentidos e, tomada de confusão diante do suposto engano, persuadiu a mamãe a bater em retirada.

Por essa curiosa peculiaridade de temperamento, ganhei a reputação de uma deliberada insensibilidade; quão imerecida, só eu posso avaliar.

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Sentei-me numa das pontas da lareira, do lado oposto ao caminho por onde meu senhorio andava, e, para preencher o silêncio, tentei fazer um carinho na cadela-mãe, que havia deixado seus filhotes e vinha se arrastando de modo ameaçador na direção da parte de trás das minhas pernas, o beiço torcido e os dentes brancos prontos para morder. Meu toque provocou um rosnado longo e grave.

"É melhor deixar a cadela em paz," rosnou o senhor Heathcliff, concordando com o animal, e evitando uma reação pior com um chute. "Ela não está acostumada a receber carinho - não é criada como bichinho de estimação." Depois, caminhando até uma porta lateral, gritou de novo: "Joseph!"

Original English Version

I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. My caress provoked a long, guttural gnarl.

“You’d better let the dog alone,” growled Mr. Heathcliff in unison, checking fiercer demonstrations with a punch of his foot. “She’s not accustomed to be spoiled - not kept for a pet.” Then, striding to a side door, he shouted again, “Joseph!”

Tradução Integral em Português

Sentei-me na ponta da lareira oposta àquela para a qual meu senhorio se dirigiu, e preenchi um intervalo de silêncio tentando fazer festas na mãe canina, que deixara sua ninhada e vinha se esgueirando, lupina, atrás das minhas pernas, o lábio arrepiado e os dentes brancos salivando por um bote. Minha carícia provocou um longo rosnado gutural.

"É melhor deixar a cadela em paz," resmungou o Sr. Heathcliff em uníssono, contendo demonstrações mais ferozes com um chute do pé. "Ela não está acostumada a ser mimada - não é criada de estimação." Depois, dirigindo-se a passos largos a uma porta lateral, gritou de novo: "Joseph!"

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Joseph murmurou algo incompreensível lá no fundo da adega, mas não subiu, então seu patrão desceu para buscá-lo, deixando-me sozinho com a cadela feroz e dois cães pastores peludos e carrancudos, que vigiavam cada um dos meus movimentos com o mesmo ciúme que ela. Sem querer me aproximar dos dentes deles, fiquei quieto, mas, pensando que eles não entenderiam insultos silenciosos, cometi o erro de piscar e fazer caretas para eles, e algo na minha expressão irritou tanto a cadela-mãe que ela de repente atacou e saltou sobre os meus joelhos. Empurrei-a para trás e rapidamente coloquei a mesa entre nós. Isso alvoroçou o bando inteiro - meia dúzia de cães de tamanhos e idades diferentes saíram de seus esconderijos para o meio do cômodo. Senti que meus calcanhares e meu casaco eram os alvos principais, e, enquanto eu enfrentava os cães maiores o melhor que podia com o atiçador da lareira, fui obrigado a gritar bem alto pedindo ajuda de alguém da casa para acabar com aquele caos.

Original English Version

Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. I flung her back, and hastened to interpose the table between us. This proceeding aroused the whole hive: half-a-dozen four-footed fiends, of various sizes and ages, issued from hidden dens to the common centre. I felt my heels and coat-laps peculiar subjects of assault; and parrying off the larger combatants as effectually as I could with the poker, I was constrained to demand, aloud, assistance from some of the household in re-establishing peace.

Tradução Integral em Português

Joseph resmungou algo indistinto nas profundezas do porão, mas não deu sinal de subir; de modo que o patrão mergulhou até lá, deixando-me vis-à-vis com a cadela ferina e um par de sombrios e felpudos cães de pastor, que compartilhavam com ela uma ciumenta guarda sobre todos os meus movimentos. Não desejoso de entrar em contato com suas presas, fiquei quieto; mas, imaginando que eles dificilmente entenderiam insultos tácitos, tive o infortúnio de piscar e fazer caretas para o trio, e alguma reviravolta na minha fisionomia irritou tanto a senhora que ela de repente irrompeu em fúria e saltou sobre os meus joelhos. Eu a repeli e apressei-me a interpor a mesa entre nós. Esse procedimento despertou toda a colmeia: meia dúzia de demônios de quatro patas, de vários tamanhos e idades, saíram de covis ocultos rumo ao centro comum. Senti meus calcanhares e as abas do meu casaco como alvos peculiares de ataque; e desviando os combatentes maiores tão eficazmente quanto pude com o atiçador, vi-me obrigado a pedir, em voz alta, a ajuda de alguém da casa para restabelecer a paz.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

O senhor Heathcliff e seu criado subiram os degraus da adega numa lentidão irritante - acho que não se moveram nem um pouco mais rápido do que o normal, mesmo com o cômodo em plena tempestade de latidos e brigas. Felizmente, alguém da cozinha se moveu mais rápido: uma mulher robusta, com o vestido amarrado, os braços à mostra e o rosto vermelho pelo calor do fogo, correu até nós agitando uma frigideira, e usou tanto a frigideira quanto a voz de forma tão eficaz que o caos se calmou quase como por magia. Ela ainda respirava com dificuldade, como o mar depois de um vento forte, quando seu patrão finalmente chegou.

"Que diabos está acontecendo aqui?" ele perguntou, olhando para mim de um jeito que eu quase não conseguia suportar depois de um tratamento tão hostil.

"Que diabos, de fato!" eu murmurei. "Um bando de porcos possuídos não poderia ter temperamento pior do que esses animais seus, senhor. É a mesma coisa que deixar um estranho com um grupo de tigres!"

Original English Version

Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don’t think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene.

“What the devil is the matter?” he asked, eyeing me in a manner that I could ill endure after this inhospitable treatment.

“What the devil, indeed!” I muttered. “The herd of possessed swine could have had no worse spirits in them than those animals of yours, sir. You might as well leave a stranger with a brood of tigers!”

Tradução Integral em Português

O Sr. Heathcliff e seu homem subiram os degraus do porão com um fleuma irritante: não creio que se moveram um segundo mais depressa que o de costume, embora a lareira fosse uma verdadeira tempestade de rosnados e latidos. Felizmente, uma habitante da cozinha se apressou mais; uma dama robusta, de vestido arregaçado, braços nus e faces coradas pelo fogo, precipitou-se em nosso meio brandindo uma frigideira: e usou aquela arma, e a língua, com tal eficácia que a tempestade se dissipou como que por magia, e ela apenas permaneceu, arfando como um mar depois de um vento forte, quando seu patrão chegou à cena.

"Que diabo é isso?" perguntou ele, olhando-me de um modo que eu mal podia suportar depois daquele tratamento inóspito.

"Que diabo, com efeito!" murmurei. "A vara de porcos possuídos não poderia ter pior temperamento do que esses animais seus, senhor. O senhor bem poderia deixar um estranho com uma ninhada de tigres!"

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Eles não tocam em quem não toca em nada," ele disse, colocando a garrafa diante de mim e recolocando a mesa no lugar. "Os cães têm razão em ser cautelosos. Aceita um copo de vinho?"

"Não, obrigado."

"Não foi mordido, foi?"

"Se eu tivesse sido, teria deixado minha marca em quem mordeu." O rosto de Heathcliff relaxou num sorriso largo.

"Vamos, vamos," ele disse, "o senhor está aborrecido, senhor Lockwood. Tome, beba um pouco de vinho. Visitas são tão raras nesta casa que admito que eu e meus cães quase não sabemos como tratá-las. À sua saúde, senhor."

Original English Version

“They won’t meddle with persons who touch nothing,” he remarked, putting the bottle before me, and restoring the displaced table. “The dogs do right to be vigilant. Take a glass of wine?”

“No, thank you.”

“Not bitten, are you?”

“If I had been, I would have set my signet on the biter.” Heathcliff’s countenance relaxed into a grin.

“Come, come,” he said, “you are flurried, Mr. Lockwood. Here, take a little wine. Guests are so exceedingly rare in this house that I and my dogs, I am willing to own, hardly know how to receive them. Your health, sir?”

Tradução Integral em Português

"Eles não se metem com pessoas que não tocam em nada," observou ele, colocando a garrafa diante de mim e recolocando no lugar a mesa deslocada. "Os cães fazem bem em ser vigilantes. Aceita um copo de vinho?"

"Não, obrigado."

"Não foi mordido, foi?"

"Se tivesse sido, teria posto meu selo no mordedor." O semblante de Heathcliff relaxou-se num sorriso.

"Vamos, vamos," disse ele, "o senhor está agitado, Sr. Lockwood. Aqui, tome um pouco de vinho. Convidados são tão extraordinariamente raros nesta casa que eu e meus cães, admito de bom grado, quase não sabemos como recebê-los. À sua saúde, senhor?"

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Fiz uma reverência e correspondi ao brinde, começando a perceber que seria bobagem ficar ali de mau humor por causa de uma matilha de cães. Além disso, não queria lhe dar mais motivos para rir às minhas custas, já que aquele era claramente o humor em que ele estava. Ele - provavelmente pensando que seria sensato não desagradar um bom inquilino - relaxou um pouco seu jeito curto e cortado de falar, e começou o assunto que imaginava que me interessaria: uma discussão sobre os pontos bons e ruins da região onde eu estava morando. Achei-o bastante inteligente nos assuntos de que conversamos, e, antes de voltar para casa, senti-me animado a sugerir que voltaria no dia seguinte. Ele claramente não queria que eu voltasse, mas irei assim mesmo. É estranho como me sinto sociável em comparação com ele.

Original English Version

I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. I found him very intelligent on the topics we touched; and before I went home, I was encouraged so far as to volunteer another visit to-morrow. He evidently wished no repetition of my intrusion. I shall go, notwithstanding. It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.

Tradução Integral em Português

Fiz uma reverência e retribuí o brinde; começando a perceber que seria tolice ficar emburrado pelo mau comportamento de uma matilha de vira-latas; ademais, senti relutância em proporcionar ao sujeito mais diversão à minha custa, já que seu humor tomava aquele rumo. Ele - provavelmente influenciado pela prudente consideração de que seria tolice ofender um bom inquilino - relaxou um pouco o estilo lacônico de cortar pronomes e verbos auxiliares, e introduziu o que supunha ser um assunto de meu interesse - um discurso sobre as vantagens e desvantagens do meu atual lugar de retiro. Achei-o muito perspicaz nos tópicos que abordamos; e, antes de voltar para casa, animei-me a oferecer voluntariamente outra visita para o dia seguinte. Ele evidentemente não desejava repetição da minha intromissão. Ainda assim, irei. É surpreendente como me sinto sociável em comparação com ele.

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Chapter II

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A tarde de ontem ficou nublada e fria. Quase decidi ficar junto à lareira do meu escritório em vez de caminhar pela lama e pelo capim áspero até Wuthering Heights. Mas depois do jantar (observação: eu como entre meio-dia e uma hora; a governanta, uma mulher mais velha que veio junto com a casa, não conseguiu ou não quis entender meu pedido de ser servido às cinco) - enquanto subia as escadas com esse plano de preguiça, entrei no cômodo e vi uma criada de joelhos, rodeada de escovas e baldes de carvão, levantando uma poeira terrível ao apagar o fogo com montes de cinza. Essa cena me fez voltar direto para fora. Peguei meu chapéu e, depois de uma caminhada de quatro milhas, cheguei ao portão do jardim de Heathcliff bem a tempo de escapar dos primeiros flocos leves de uma nevasca.

Naquele alto de colina frio e aberto, o solo estava duro por causa de uma geada escura, e o ar me fazia tremer todo. Como não conseguia abrir a corrente, saltei o portão e corri pela trilha de pedra ladeada por arbustos de groselha desalinhados, batendo inutilmente para que alguém me deixasse entrar, até meus dedos ficarem doloridos e os cães se puserem a uivar.

Original English Version

Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold. I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles’ walk, arrived at Heathcliff’s garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower.

On that bleak hill top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled.

Tradução Integral em Português

A tarde de ontem começou enevoada e fria. Tive quase vontade de passá-la junto à lareira do meu escritório, em vez de atravessar charneca e lama até o Morro dos Ventos Uivantes. Ao subir depois do jantar, porém (N.B. - janto entre meio-dia e uma hora; a governanta, uma senhora respeitável, tomada como um acessório fixo da casa, não pôde, ou não quis, compreender meu pedido de ser servido às cinco) - ao subir a escada com essa intenção preguiçosa, e ao entrar na sala, vi uma criada ajoelhada, cercada de escovas e baldes de carvão, levantando uma poeira infernal ao apagar as chamas com montes de cinzas. Esse espetáculo me fez recuar imediatamente; peguei o chapéu e, depois de uma caminhada de quatro milhas, cheguei ao portão do jardim de Heathcliff bem a tempo de escapar dos primeiros flocos plumosos de uma nevasca.

Naquele cume desolado, a terra estava dura de uma geada negra, e o ar me fez tremer por todos os membros. Incapaz de soltar a corrente, saltei por cima e, correndo pela calçada de lajes ladeada por groselheiras desordenadas, bati em vão para ser admitido, até meus nós dos dedos formigarem e os cães uivarem.

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"Gente miserável!" eu disse para mim mesmo. "Vocês merecem ficar sozinhos para sempre, por serem tão hostis. Eu, pelo menos, não manteria minhas portas trancadas durante o dia. Não me importo - vou entrar!" Com essa decisão, agarrei a tranca e a sacudi com força. Joseph, de cara amarga, colocou a cabeça de fora por uma janela redonda do celeiro.

"O que o senhor quer?" ele gritou. "O patrão está lá no campo. Dê a volta pelo fim do celeiro se quiser falar com ele."

"Não há ninguém aí dentro para abrir a porta?" eu gritei de volta.

"Só tem a patroa, e ela não vai abrir por mais barulho que o senhor faça, até de noite."

"Por quê? Não pode dizer a ela quem eu sou, Joseph?"

"Eu não! Não quero nada com isso," murmurou a cabeça, desaparecendo.

Original English Version

“Wretched inmates!” I ejaculated, mentally, “you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality. At least, I would not keep my doors barred in the day-time. I don’t care - I will get in!” So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently. Vinegar-faced Joseph projected his head from a round window of the barn.

“What are ye for?” he shouted. “T’ maister’s down i’ t’ fowld. Go round by th’ end o’ t’ laith, if ye went to spake to him.”

“Is there nobody inside to open the door?” I hallooed, responsively.

“There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.”

“Why? Cannot you tell her whom I am, eh, Joseph?”

“Nor-ne me! I’ll hae no hend wi’t,” muttered the head, vanishing.

Tradução Integral em Português

"Habitantes desprezíveis!" exclamei, mentalmente, "vocês merecem isolamento perpétuo de sua espécie por sua grosseira inospitalidade. Ao menos eu não manteria minhas portas trancadas durante o dia. Não me importo - vou entrar!" Assim resolvido, agarrei a tranca e a sacudi com veemência. Joseph, de rosto azedo como vinagre, projetou a cabeça por uma janela redonda do celeiro.

"Qu'é qu'ocê qué?" gritou. "O patrão tá lá embaxo no redil. Dá a vorta pelo fim do celeiro, si ocê qué falá cum ele."

"Não há ninguém dentro para abrir a porta?" gritei, em resposta.

"Num tem ninguém, só a patroa; e ela num vai abri, nem qu'ocê fique fazendo essa zoada medonha até de noite."

"Por quê? Você não pode dizer a ela quem eu sou, hein, Joseph?"

"Nã, eu num! Num vô metê a mão nisso," resmungou a cabeça, sumindo.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

A neve começou a cair com força. Segurei a maçaneta para tentar de novo, quando um jovem sem casaco, carregando uma forquilha no ombro, apareceu no pátio às minhas costas. Ele me chamou para segui-lo, e, depois de atravessarmos uma lavanderia e um pátio pavimentado com um depósito de carvão, uma bomba de água e um pombal, finalmente chegamos ao cômodo grande, quente e alegre onde eu havia sido recebido pela primeira vez. Ele brilhava de modo agradável com a luz de um fogo enorme feito de carvão, turfa e madeira, e perto da mesa, posta para uma refeição noturna completa, tive o prazer de ver a "patroa" - alguém cuja existência eu nunca tinha sequer imaginado até então. Fiz uma reverência e esperei, achando que ela me pediria para sentar. Ela olhou para mim, recostada na cadeira, e ficou quieta e em silêncio.

"Tempo bruto!" eu disse. "Temo, senhora Heathcliff, que a porta tenha sofrido porque seus criados foram lentos em atender. Tive dificuldade em me fazer ouvir."

Original English Version

The snow began to drive thickly. I seized the handle to essay another trial; when a young man without coat, and shouldering a pitchfork, appeared in the yard behind. He hailed me to follow him, and, after marching through a wash-house, and a paved area containing a coal-shed, pump, and pigeon-cot, we at length arrived in the huge, warm, cheerful apartment where I was formerly received. It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the “missis,” an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. I bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat. She looked at me, leaning back in her chair, and remained motionless and mute.

“Rough weather!” I remarked. “I’m afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, the door must bear the consequence of your servants’ leisure attendance: I had hard work to make them hear me.”

Tradução Integral em Português

A neve começou a cair com força. Agarrei a maçaneta para tentar de novo; quando um jovem sem casaco, carregando um forcado ao ombro, apareceu no pátio ao fundo. Chamou-me para segui-lo e, depois de atravessarmos uma casa de lavagem e um pátio calçado com um depósito de carvão, uma bomba d'água e um pombal, chegamos por fim ao imenso, quente e alegre aposento onde eu fora anteriormente recebido. Este brilhava deliciosamente ao esplendor de um imenso fogo, composto de carvão, turfa e madeira; e perto da mesa, posta para uma fartíssima refeição noturna, tive o prazer de observar a "senhora," um indivíduo cuja existência eu jamais suspeitara antes. Fiz uma reverência e esperei, pensando que ela me convidaria a sentar-me. Ela olhou para mim, reclinada em sua cadeira, e permaneceu imóvel e muda.

"Que tempo horrível!" observei. "Temo, Sra. Heathcliff, que a porta tenha de arcar com as consequências da atenção vagarosa de seus criados: tive um trabalho danado para me fazer ouvir."

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Ela não disse absolutamente nada. Fiquei olhando para ela, e ela olhou de volta, mantendo os olhos fixos em mim de um jeito frio e indiferente que me deixou muito incomodado.

"Sente-se," disse o jovem, com aspereza. "Ele vai entrar logo."

Fiz o que ele disse, limpei a garganta e saudei a cadela Juno, que, neste segundo encontro, se permitiu mover apenas a ponta do rabo, mostrando que se lembrava de mim.

"Um animal lindo!" eu disse, tentando de novo. "A senhora pretende dar os filhotes, madame?"

"Eles não são meus," disse minha anfitriã pouco amigável, em um tom ainda mais frio do que o de Heathcliff.

"Ah, então seus favoritos estão entre estes?" eu continuei, voltando-me para uma almofada coberta com o que parecia ser gatos.

"Uma escolha estranha de favoritos!" ela disse, com desdém.

Infelizmente, aquilo era, na verdade, uma pilha de coelhos mortos. Limpei a garganta de novo, aproximei-me do fogo e repeti meu comentário sobre o tempo violento do lado de fora.

Original English Version

She never opened her mouth. I stared - she stared also: at any rate, she kept her eyes on me in a cool, regardless manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable.

“Sit down,” said the young man, gruffly. “He’ll be in soon.”

I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance.

“A beautiful animal!” I commenced again. “Do you intend parting with the little ones, madam?”

“They are not mine,” said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied.

“Ah, your favourites are among these?” I continued, turning to an obscure cushion full of something like cats.

“A strange choice of favourites!” she observed scornfully.

Unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits. I hemmed once more, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening.

Tradução Integral em Português

Ela nunca abriu a boca. Fixei os olhos nela - ela também fixou os dela em mim: de qualquer forma, manteve os olhos sobre mim de um modo frio e indiferente, extremamente constrangedor e desagradável.

"Sente-se," disse o rapaz, ríspido. "Ele já vem."

Obedeci; e, pigarreando, chamei a vilã de Juno, que se dignou, neste segundo encontro, a mover a ponta extrema do rabo, em sinal de reconhecer nossa amizade.

"Um belo animal!" recomecei. "Pretende se desfazer dos filhotes, senhora?"

"Não são meus," disse a amável anfitriã, de modo ainda mais repelente do que o próprio Heathcliff poderia ter respondido.

"Ah, seus favoritos estão entre estes?" continuei, virando-me para uma almofada obscura cheia de algo parecido com gatos.

"Uma escolha estranha de favoritos!" observou ela, com desdém.

Infelizmente, era um monte de coelhos mortos. Pigarreei mais uma vez e me aproximei da lareira, repetindo meu comentário sobre a rudeza da noite.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"O senhor não devia ter saído," ela disse, levantando-se e estendendo a mão para duas das latas pintadas sobre a lareira.

Antes, ela estivera sentada onde a luz não conseguia alcançá-la; agora eu podia ver claramente toda a sua figura e o rosto. Era magra, e parecia ter deixado a infância há pouco tempo - uma silhueta encantadora, e o rostinho mais bonito que eu já tinha visto; traços pequenos e delicados, pele muito clara, e cachos dourados e claros caindo soltos sobre o pescoço. Os olhos dela teriam sido irresistíveis se a expressão fosse mais gentil - mas, por sorte para o meu coração facilmente impressionável, tudo o que vi neles foi algo entre desdém e uma espécie estranha de desespero. As latas estavam quase fora do seu alcance, então fiz um gesto para ajudá-la, mas ela se voltou contra mim do jeito que um avarento se voltaria contra alguém que tentasse ajudá-lo a contar seu ouro.

"Não quero sua ajuda," ela disse bruscamente. "Eu mesma consigo pegá-las."

Original English Version

“You should not have come out,” she said, rising and reaching from the chimney-piece two of the painted canisters.

Her position before was sheltered from the light; now, I had a distinct view of her whole figure and countenance. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.

“I don’t want your help,” she snapped; “I can get them for myself.”

Tradução Integral em Português

"O senhor não deveria ter saído," disse ela, levantando-se e alcançando, na cornija da chaminé, duas das latas pintadas.

Sua posição antes estava abrigada da luz; agora eu tinha uma visão nítida de toda a sua figura e semblante. Era esguia, e aparentemente mal saída da meninice: uma forma admirável, e o rostinho mais requintado que jamais tive o prazer de contemplar; feições miúdas, muito claras; cachos cor de linho, ou antes dourados, soltos sobre seu delicado pescoço; e olhos que, tivessem eles uma expressão agradável, seriam irresistíveis: felizmente para meu suscetível coração, o único sentimento que evidenciavam pairava entre o desdém e uma espécie de desespero, singularmente antinatural de se perceber ali. As latas estavam quase fora de seu alcance; fiz um gesto para ajudá-la; ela se voltou contra mim como se voltaria um avarento a quem alguém tentasse ajudar a contar seu ouro.

"Não preciso da sua ajuda," disparou ela; "eu mesma consigo pegá-las."

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"Desculpe!" eu disse rapidamente.

"O senhor foi convidado para o chá?" ela perguntou, amarrando um avental sobre o vestido preto bem-cuidado, e ficando de pé com uma colherada de folhas de chá pronta sobre o bule.

"Eu ficaria feliz em tomar uma xícara," respondi.

"O senhor foi convidado?" ela repetiu.

"Não," eu disse, com um meio sorriso. "A senhora é a pessoa certa para me convidar."

Ela jogou o chá de volta na lata, colher e tudo, e voltou a se sentar na cadeira, irritada, com a testa franzida e o lábio inferior vermelho projetado para fora, como uma criança a ponto de chorar.

Original English Version

“I beg your pardon!” I hastened to reply.

“Were you asked to tea?” she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot.

“I shall be glad to have a cup,” I answered.

“Were you asked?” she repeated.

“No,” I said, half smiling. “You are the proper person to ask me.”

She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child’s ready to cry.

Tradução Integral em Português

"Peço perdão!" apressei-me a responder.

"Foi convidado para o chá?" perguntou ela, amarrando um avental sobre seu vestido preto bem-arrumado, e ficando de pé com uma colher da erva suspensa sobre o bule.

"Terei prazer em tomar uma xícara," respondi.

"Foi convidado?" repetiu ela.

"Não," disse eu, meio sorrindo. "A senhora é a pessoa apropriada para me convidar."

Ela jogou o chá de volta, colher e tudo, e retomou sua cadeira num acesso de mau humor; a testa franzida, e o lábio inferior vermelho projetado para fora, como o de uma criança prestes a chorar.

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Enquanto isso, o jovem tinha vestido um casaco bem surrado, e, de pé, imponente diante do fogo, olhava para mim de soslaio, como se houvesse entre nós alguma velha rixa ainda não resolvida. Comecei a me perguntar se ele era criado ou não. Suas roupas e sua fala eram ambas rústicas, sem nenhum do refinamento que eu tinha visto no senhor e na senhora Heathcliff. Seu cabelo castanho e grosso estava desalinhado e sem pentear, as costeletas cresciam soltas sobre as bochechas, e as mãos estavam bronzeadas como as de um trabalhador. Ainda assim, ele se movia com desenvoltura, quase com orgulho, e não demonstrava nenhuma da atenção de um criado para com a dona da casa. Como eu não tinha nenhuma ideia clara de quem ele era, achei melhor não comentar seu comportamento estranho, e cinco minutos depois a chegada de Heathcliff me livrou, em parte, daquela situação desconfortável.

"Como vê, senhor, eu vim, como prometi!" eu disse, tentando parecer animado. "E temo que precise de abrigo por meia hora, se puder me conceder, por causa do tempo."

Original English Version

Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. In the absence of clear proofs of his condition, I deemed it best to abstain from noticing his curious conduct; and, five minutes afterwards, the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me, in some measure, from my uncomfortable state.

“You see, sir, I am come, according to promise!” I exclaimed, assuming the cheerful; “and I fear I shall be weather-bound for half an hour, if you can afford me shelter during that space.”

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Enquanto isso, o rapaz vestira sobre si uma peça de roupa decididamente surrada e, erguendo-se diante do fogo, olhava-me de soslaio, como se houvesse entre nós alguma rixa mortal ainda por vingar. Comecei a duvidar se ele era criado ou não: suas roupas e sua fala eram rudes, inteiramente desprovidas da superioridade observável no Sr. e na Sra. Heathcliff; seus cachos castanhos e grossos eram ásperos e incultos, suas suíças invadiam ursinamente as faces, e suas mãos eram bronzeadas como as de um trabalhador comum: ainda assim, seu porte era livre, quase altivo, e ele não mostrava nenhuma solicitude de doméstico ao servir a senhora da casa. Na falta de provas claras de sua condição, achei melhor abster-me de notar sua conduta curiosa; e, cinco minutos depois, a entrada de Heathcliff me aliviou, em certa medida, do meu estado desconfortável.

"Como vê, senhor, vim, conforme prometido!" exclamei, assumindo um ar alegre; "e temo ficar retido pelo mau tempo por meia hora, se o senhor puder me oferecer abrigo por esse intervalo."

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"Meia hora?" ele disse, sacudindo dos casacos os flocos de neve brancos. "Estou surpreso que o senhor tenha escolhido o meio de uma nevasca para andar por aí. Não sabe que corre o risco de se perder nos pântanos? Gente que conhece bem estas colinas costuma perder o caminho em noites como esta, e posso lhe dizer que o tempo não vai mudar tão cedo."

"Talvez eu pudesse conseguir um dos seus rapazes para me guiar, e ele poderia ficar na Grange até de manhã - o senhor poderia me ceder um?"

"Não, não poderia."

"Ah, entendo. Bem, então terei de confiar no meu próprio senso de direção."

"Hum!"

"Vai fazer o chá?" o homem do casaco surrado exigiu, desviando o olhar feroz de mim para a jovem.

"Ele vai tomar algum?" ela perguntou, voltando-se para Heathcliff.

Original English Version

“Half an hour?” he said, shaking the white flakes from his clothes; “I wonder you should select the thick of a snow-storm to ramble about in. Do you know that you run a risk of being lost in the marshes? People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.”

“Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning - could you spare me one?”

“No, I could not.”

“Oh, indeed! Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity.”

“Umph!”

“Are you going to mak’ the tea?” demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady.

“Is he to have any?” she asked, appealing to Heathcliff.

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"Meia hora?" disse ele, sacudindo os flocos brancos das roupas; "admira-me que o senhor escolha o mais forte de uma nevasca para vagar por aí. Sabe que corre o risco de se perder nos pântanos? Pessoas familiarizadas com estas charnecas costumam perder o caminho em noites como esta; e posso lhe dizer que não há chance de mudança no momento."

"Talvez eu consiga um guia entre seus rapazes, e ele poderia ficar na Grange até de manhã - poderia me ceder um?"

"Não, não poderia."

"Ah, é mesmo! Bem, então, terei de confiar em minha própria sagacidade."

"Hum!"

"Você vai fazer o chá?" perguntou aquele do casaco surrado, desviando o olhar feroz de mim para a jovem senhora.

"Ele vai tomar?" perguntou ela, dirigindo-se a Heathcliff.

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"Prepare, sim?" foi a resposta, dita com tanta aspereza que me assustou. O tom dele revelava um temperamento verdadeiramente ruim. Já não me sentia inclinado a chamar Heathcliff de homem extraordinário. Quando tudo estava pronto, ele me disse: "Agora, senhor, aproxime sua cadeira." E todos nós, incluindo o jovem rústico, sentamos à mesa, comendo a refeição num silêncio frio e sério.

Pensei que, se eu tinha causado esse clima sombrio, era meu dever tentar aliviá-lo. Eles não podiam ficar assim, taciturnos e calados, todos os dias, e parecia improvável que, por mais mal-humorados que fossem, essa expressão carregada constante fosse a sua fisionomia de todo dia.

"É estranho," comecei, entre uma xícara de chá e outra, "como o hábito molda nossos gostos e ideias. Muita gente não conseguiria imaginar encontrar felicidade vivendo tão afastada do mundo quanto o senhor, senhor Heathcliff. E, no entanto, eu diria que, rodeado pela sua família, com sua agradável esposa no centro do seu lar - "

Original English Version

“Get it ready, will you?” was the answer, uttered so savagely that I started. The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature. I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow. When the preparations were finished, he invited me with - “Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.

I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it. They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.

“It is strange,” I began, in the interval of swallowing one cup of tea and receiving another - “it is strange how custom can mould our tastes and ideas: many could not imagine the existence of happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as you spend, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I’ll venture to say, that, surrounded by your family, and with your amiable lady as the presiding genius over your home and heart - ”

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"Prepare-o, sim?" foi a resposta, proferida de modo tão selvagem que me sobressaltei. O tom em que as palavras foram ditas revelava uma genuína má índole. Já não me sentia inclinado a chamar Heathcliff de sujeito de primeira. Quando os preparativos estavam concluídos, ele me convidou com: "Agora, senhor, aproxime sua cadeira." E todos nós, inclusive o jovem rústico, nos reunimos em torno da mesa: um silêncio austero predominando enquanto comíamos.

Pensei que, se eu causara aquela nuvem, era meu dever fazer um esforço para dissipá-la. Não podiam eles, todo dia, ficar tão sombrios e taciturnos; e era impossível, por mais rabugentos que fossem, que aquela carranca universal que usavam fosse seu semblante cotidiano.

"É estranho," comecei, no intervalo de engolir uma xícara de chá e receber outra - "é estranho como o hábito pode moldar nossos gostos e ideias: muitos não conseguiriam imaginar a existência de felicidade numa vida de tão completo exílio do mundo como a que o senhor leva, Sr. Heathcliff; contudo, ouso dizer que, cercado por sua família, e com sua amável esposa como o gênio tutelar de seu lar e de seu coração - "

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"Minha agradável esposa!" ele interrompeu, com um sorriso de desprezo quase perverso no rosto. "Onde está ela - minha agradável esposa?"

"A senhora Heathcliff, sua esposa, quero dizer."

"Bem, sim - ah, entendo, o senhor quer dizer que o espírito dela agora age como um anjo da guarda, cuidando de Wuthering Heights mesmo com o corpo já desaparecido. É isso?"

Percebendo que tinha cometido um engano, tentei corrigi-lo. Deveria ter notado que havia uma diferença de idade grande demais entre os dois para que fossem marido e mulher. Ele tinha cerca de quarenta anos - uma idade em que os homens raramente ainda acreditam que alguma jovem se casou com eles por amor; esse tipo de sonho costuma ser reservado para os últimos anos de vida. Ela não parecia ter mais de dezessete anos.

Original English Version

“My amiable lady!” he interrupted, with an almost diabolical sneer on his face. “Where is she - my amiable lady?”

“Mrs. Heathcliff, your wife, I mean.”

“Well, yes - oh, you would intimate that her spirit has taken the post of ministering angel, and guards the fortunes of Wuthering Heights, even when her body is gone. Is that it?”

Perceiving myself in a blunder, I attempted to correct it. I might have seen there was too great a disparity between the ages of the parties to make it likely that they were man and wife. One was about forty: a period of mental vigour at which men seldom cherish the delusion of being married for love by girls: that dream is reserved for the solace of our declining years. The other did not look seventeen.

Tradução Integral em Português

"Minha amável esposa!" interrompeu ele, com um sorriso quase diabólico no rosto. "Onde está ela - minha amável esposa?"

"A Sra. Heathcliff, sua esposa, quero dizer."

"Bem, sim - ah, o senhor quer dar a entender que o espírito dela assumiu o posto de anjo ministrante, e guarda as fortunas do Morro dos Ventos Uivantes, mesmo depois que seu corpo se foi. É isso?"

Percebendo meu erro, tentei corrigi-lo. Deveria ter notado que havia uma disparidade grande demais entre as idades das partes para tornar provável que fossem marido e mulher. Um tinha uns quarenta anos: período de vigor mental em que os homens raramente nutrem a ilusão de se casarem por amor com moças: esse sonho é reservado para o consolo de nossos anos de declínio. O outro não parecia ter dezessete.

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Então me ocorreu - "O homem rústico ao meu lado, bebendo o chá de uma tigela e comendo o pão com as mãos sujas, deve ser o marido dela: o filho de Heathcliff, claro. É isso que acontece quando se vive isolado do mundo - ela se desperdiçou com esse rapaz desajeitado simplesmente porque nunca soube que existiam homens melhores! Que pena - devo ter cuidado para não fazê-la se arrepender da escolha." Esse último pensamento pode parecer presunçoso, mas não era. Meu vizinho me pareceu quase desagradável de se olhar, e eu sabia, por experiência própria, que era bastante bem-apessoado.

"A senhora Heathcliff é minha nora," disse Heathcliff, confirmando meu palpite. Ao dizer isso, lançou-lhe um olhar estranho - um olhar de ódio, a menos que os músculos do rosto dele funcionem de um jeito muito fora do comum, que não mostra o que ele realmente sente, diferente de todo mundo.

"Ah, claro - agora entendo: o senhor é o marido sortudo desta gentil senhora," eu disse, voltando-me para o jovem ao meu lado.

Original English Version

Then it flashed upon me - “The clown at my elbow, who is drinking his tea out of a basin and eating his bread with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff junior, of course. Here is the consequence of being buried alive: she has thrown herself away upon that boor from sheer ignorance that better individuals existed! A sad pity - I must beware how I cause her to regret her choice.” The last reflection may seem conceited; it was not. My neighbour struck me as bordering on repulsive; I knew, through experience, that I was tolerably attractive.

“Mrs. Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law,” said Heathcliff, corroborating my surmise. He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look in her direction: a look of hatred; unless he has a most perverse set of facial muscles that will not, like those of other people, interpret the language of his soul.

“Ah, certainly - I see now: you are the favoured possessor of the beneficent fairy,” I remarked, turning to my neighbour.

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Então me ocorreu de repente - "O tosco a meu lado, que bebe o chá numa tigela e come o pão com as mãos sujas, pode ser o marido dela: Heathcliff filho, sem dúvida. Eis a consequência de ser enterrada viva: ela se atirou fora com aquele rústico, por pura ignorância de que existiam indivíduos melhores! Que triste pena - devo tomar cuidado para não fazê-la lamentar sua escolha." A última reflexão pode parecer presunçosa; não era. Meu vizinho me parecia beirando o repulsivo; eu sabia, por experiência, que era razoavelmente atraente.

"A Sra. Heathcliff é minha nora," disse Heathcliff, corroborando minha suposição. Ele voltou, ao falar, um olhar peculiar em direção a ela: um olhar de ódio; a menos que ele tenha um jogo de músculos faciais dos mais perversos, que não interprete, como o de outras pessoas, a linguagem de sua alma.

"Ah, certamente - agora compreendo: o senhor é o afortunado possuidor da fada benfazeja," observei, voltando-me para meu vizinho.

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Isso foi ainda pior do que antes. O jovem ficou vermelho e fechou o punho, parecendo prestes a me atacar. Mas pareceu se conter, e em vez disso murmurou entre dentes um palavrão grosseiro dirigido a mim, o que escolhi não notar.

"O senhor adivinhou errado," disse meu anfitrião. "Nenhum de nós dois tem a honra de possuir essa gentil senhora - o marido dela está morto. Eu disse que ela é minha nora, então deve ter se casado com meu filho."

"E este jovem é - "

"Certamente não é meu filho."

Heathcliff sorriu de novo, como se fosse demais até mesmo brincar sobre ser pai daquele jovem rústico.

"Meu nome é Hareton Earnshaw," rosnou o outro, "e eu aconselharia o senhor a respeitá-lo!"

"Não demonstrei nenhuma falta de respeito," respondi, rindo por dentro do orgulho com que ele anunciou seu nome.

Original English Version

This was worse than before: the youth grew crimson, and clenched his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault. But he seemed to recollect himself presently, and smothered the storm in a brutal curse, muttered on my behalf: which, however, I took care not to notice.

“Unhappy in your conjectures, sir,” observed my host; “we neither of us have the privilege of owning your good fairy; her mate is dead. I said she was my daughter-in-law: therefore, she must have married my son.”

“And this young man is - ”

“Not my son, assuredly.”

Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.

“My name is Hareton Earnshaw,” growled the other; “and I’d counsel you to respect it!”

“I’ve shown no disrespect,” was my reply, laughing internally at the dignity with which he announced himself.

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Isso foi pior do que antes: o rapaz ficou vermelho como sangue e cerrou o punho, com toda a aparência de um ataque premeditado. Mas pareceu se recompor logo em seguida, e sufocou a tempestade num palavrão brutal, resmungado a meu respeito: o qual, no entanto, tratei de não notar.

"Infeliz em suas conjecturas, senhor," observou meu anfitrião; "nenhum de nós dois tem o privilégio de possuir sua fada boa; seu companheiro está morto. Eu disse que ela é minha nora: portanto, deve ter se casado com meu filho."

"E este jovem é - "

"Não é meu filho, decerto."

Heathcliff sorriu de novo, como se fosse uma piada ousada demais atribuir-lhe a paternidade daquele urso.

"Meu nome é Hareton Earnshaw," rosnou o outro; "e eu lhe aconselharia a respeitá-lo!"

"Não mostrei nenhum desrespeito," foi minha resposta, rindo por dentro da dignidade com que ele se anunciou.

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Ele manteve os olhos fixos em mim por mais tempo do que eu queria, temendo que eu pudesse tanto querer bater nele quanto começar a rir alto. Comecei a me sentir claramente fora de lugar naquela agradável reunião familiar. O clima sombrio do lugar venceu, e superou em muito, o conforto físico e caloroso ao meu redor, e decidi ter cuidado antes de voltar a pisar naquele teto uma terceira vez.

Quando a refeição terminou, e ninguém disse uma palavra amável, fui até uma janela para checar o tempo. O que vi era preocupante: a noite escura caindo mais cedo, e o céu e as colinas se misturando num turbilhão feroz de vento e neve sufocante.

"Acho que não vou conseguir chegar em casa agora sem um guia," eu não pude deixar de dizer. "As estradas já devem estar cobertas, e mesmo que não estivessem, eu quase não conseguiria ver um passo adiante."

"Hareton, leve aquela dúzia de ovelhas para a entrada do celeiro. Elas vão ficar cobertas de neve se ficarem no campo a noite toda. E ponha uma tábua na frente delas," disse Heathcliff.

Original English Version

He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either to box his ears or render my hilarity audible. I began to feel unmistakably out of place in that pleasant family circle. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time.

The business of eating being concluded, and no one uttering a word of sociable conversation, I approached a window to examine the weather. A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow.

“I don’t think it possible for me to get home now without a guide,” I could not help exclaiming. “The roads will be buried already; and, if they were bare, I could scarcely distinguish a foot in advance.”

“Hareton, drive those dozen sheep into the barn porch. They’ll be covered if left in the fold all night: and put a plank before them,” said Heathcliff.

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Ele fixou os olhos em mim por mais tempo do que me interessava retribuir o olhar, temendo ser tentado ou a esbofeteá-lo ou a tornar audível minha hilaridade. Comecei a me sentir inegavelmente deslocado naquele agradável círculo familiar. A lúgubre atmosfera espiritual sobrepujava, e mais do que neutralizava, o conforto físico e caloroso ao meu redor; e resolvi ser cauteloso quanto a arriscar-me sob aquelas vigas uma terceira vez.

Concluído o negócio de comer, e sem que ninguém pronunciasse uma palavra de conversa sociável, aproximei-me de uma janela para examinar o tempo. Vi uma cena penosa: a noite escura descendo prematuramente, e o céu e as colinas misturados num amargo turbilhão de vento e neve sufocante.

"Não creio que me seja possível voltar para casa agora sem um guia," não pude deixar de exclamar. "As estradas já devem estar soterradas; e, mesmo que estivessem limpas, eu mal conseguiria distinguir um pé à frente."

"Hareton, leve aquela dúzia de ovelhas para o alpendre do celeiro. Ficarão cobertas se deixadas no cercado a noite toda: e ponha uma tábua na frente delas," disse Heathcliff.

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"O que devo fazer?" eu continuei, cada vez mais irritado.

Ninguém respondeu à minha pergunta. Olhando em volta, vi apenas Joseph trazendo um balde de mingau para os cães, e a senhora Heathcliff curvada sobre o fogo, se divertindo em queimar um maço de fósforos que tinha caído da prateleira quando ela guardou a lata de chá de volta. Joseph, depois de pousar sua carga, olhou criticamente ao redor do cômodo e disse, em voz áspera: "Fico pensando como a senhora consegue ficar aí sem fazer nada, ou pior, quando todo mundo saiu! Mas a senhora não vale nada, e não há por que falar - nunca vai melhorar seus modos ruins, mas vai direto para o diabo, assim como sua mãe antes da senhora!"

Por um momento pensei que aquele discurso fosse dirigido a mim, e, bastante irritado, dei um passo em direção ao velho com a intenção de expulsá-lo a chutes pela porta. Mas a senhora Heathcliff me deteve com sua resposta.

Original English Version

“How must I do?” I continued, with rising irritation.

There was no reply to my question; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning a bundle of matches which had fallen from the chimney-piece as she restored the tea-canister to its place. The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - “Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ’ems goan out! Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!”

I imagined, for a moment, that this piece of eloquence was addressed to me; and, sufficiently enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal with an intention of kicking him out of the door. Mrs. Heathcliff, however, checked me by her answer.

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"O que devo fazer?" continuei, com crescente irritação.

Não houve resposta à minha pergunta; e, olhando em volta, vi apenas Joseph trazendo um balde de mingau para os cães, e a Sra. Heathcliff inclinada sobre o fogo, divertindo-se em queimar um maço de fósforos que caíra do console da lareira quando ela repunha a lata de chá em seu lugar. O primeiro, depois de depositar sua carga, lançou um olhar crítico pelo aposento e, em tons rachados, rangeu: - "Num sei cuma qu'ocê inda tem cara de fica aí prantada na vagabundage e coisa pió, cum tudo mundo já saído! Mas ocê num presta pra nada, e num adianta falá - nunca há de largá suas más manhas, não; vai é dereitinho pro diabo, que nem sua mãe antes d'ocê!"

Imaginei, por um instante, que essa peça de eloquência era dirigida a mim; e, suficientemente enfurecido, dei um passo em direção ao velho patife com a intenção de expulsá-lo a pontapés pela porta. A Sra. Heathcliff, contudo, me deteve com sua resposta.

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"Seu velho hipócrita sem-vergonha!" ela respondeu. "Não tem medo de ser levado em corpo e alma, cada vez que fala o nome do diabo? Eu o aviso, pare de me provocar, ou vou pedir que o tirem daqui como um favor especial! Espere - olhe aqui, Joseph," ela continuou, tirando de uma prateleira um livro longo e escuro, "vou lhe mostrar o quanto já avancei no aprendizado de magia negra. Em breve vou conseguir esvaziar esta casa por completo. A vaca vermelha não morreu por acidente, sabe, e o seu reumatismo dificilmente pode ser chamado de obra de Deus!"

"Ah, coisa má, coisa má!" o velho arquejou. "Que o Senhor nos salve do mal!"

"Não, seu pecador! Você é uma causa perdida - saia, ou eu realmente vou lhe fazer mal! Vou mandar fazer todos vocês em cera e barro, e o primeiro que cruzar a linha que eu traçar vai - não vou dizer o que vai acontecer com ele - mas você vai ver! Vá, estou de olho em você!"

Original English Version

“You scandalous old hypocrite!” she replied. “Are you not afraid of being carried away bodily, whenever you mention the devil’s name? I warn you to refrain from provoking me, or I’ll ask your abduction as a special favour! Stop! look here, Joseph,” she continued, taking a long, dark book from a shelf; “I’ll show you how far I’ve progressed in the Black Art: I shall soon be competent to make a clear house of it. The red cow didn’t die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!”

“Oh, wicked, wicked!” gasped the elder; “may the Lord deliver us from evil!”

“No, reprobate! you are a castaway - be off, or I’ll hurt you seriously! I’ll have you all modelled in wax and clay! and the first who passes the limits I fix shall - I’ll not say what he shall be done to - but, you’ll see! Go, I’m looking at you!”

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"Seu velho hipócrita escandaloso!" replicou ela. "Não tem medo de ser levado corporalmente, toda vez que menciona o nome do diabo? Aviso-lhe que se abstenha de me provocar, ou pedirei seu rapto como um favor especial! Espere! olhe aqui, Joseph," continuou, tirando de uma prateleira um livro comprido e escuro; "vou lhe mostrar até onde progredi na Arte Negra: em breve estarei apta a fazer uma limpeza completa da casa. A vaca vermelha não morreu por acaso; e seu reumatismo dificilmente pode ser contado entre as visitações da providência!"

"Ah, ímpia, ímpia!" arquejou o ancião; "que o Senhor nos livre do mal!"

"Não, réprobo! você é um perdido - vá embora, ou vou machucá-lo a sério! Vou fazer com que todos vocês sejam modelados em cera e argila! e o primeiro que ultrapassar os limites que eu fixar há de - não direi o que lhe será feito - mas você verá! Vá, estou de olho em você!"

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A pequena bruxa colocou uma crueldade de fingimento em seus lindos olhos, e Joseph, tremendo de medo verdadeiro, saiu apressado, rezando e murmurando "coisa má" enquanto ia. Pensei que aquele comportamento devia vir de uma espécie de senso de humor sombrio, e, agora que estávamos sós, tentei chamar sua atenção para o meu problema.

"Senhora Heathcliff," eu disse com seriedade, "por favor, me perdoe por incomodá-la. Tenho certeza de que, com um rosto como o seu, deve haver um coração bondoso. Por favor, aponte-me alguns pontos de referência para eu encontrar o caminho de volta - não tenho mais ideia de como chegar lá do que a senhora teria de como chegar a Londres!"

"Pegue o mesmo caminho por onde veio," ela respondeu, acomodando-se numa cadeira com uma vela e o livro longo aberto diante de si. "É um conselho curto, mas é o melhor que posso dar."

"Então, se a senhora ouvir dizer que fui encontrado morto num pântano ou num monte de neve, sua consciência não vai lhe dizer que parte da culpa foi sua?"

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The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out, praying, and ejaculating “wicked” as he went. I thought her conduct must be prompted by a species of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I endeavoured to interest her in my distress.

“Mrs. Heathcliff,” I said earnestly, “you must excuse me for troubling you. I presume, because, with that face, I’m sure you cannot help being good-hearted. Do point out some landmarks by which I may know my way home: I have no more idea how to get there than you would have how to get to London!”

“Take the road you came,” she answered, ensconcing herself in a chair, with a candle, and the long book open before her. “It is brief advice, but as sound as I can give.”

“Then, if you hear of me being discovered dead in a bog or a pit full of snow, your conscience won’t whisper that it is partly your fault?”

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A pequena feiticeira pôs uma malignidade fingida em seus belos olhos, e Joseph, tremendo de sincero horror, saiu apressado, rezando e exclamando "ímpia" enquanto ia. Pensei que sua conduta devia ser motivada por uma espécie de divertimento lúgubre; e, agora que estávamos sozinhos, procurei interessá-la em minha aflição.

"Sra. Heathcliff," disse eu com seriedade, "a senhora deve me desculpar por incomodá-la. Presumo, porque, com esse rosto, tenho certeza de que a senhora não pode deixar de ser bondosa. Aponte-me alguns marcos pelos quais eu possa reconhecer meu caminho de volta: não tenho a menor ideia de como chegar lá, tanto quanto a senhora não teria ideia de como chegar a Londres!"

"Pegue o caminho por onde veio," respondeu ela, acomodando-se numa cadeira, com uma vela e o livro comprido aberto diante de si. "É um conselho breve, mas tão sensato quanto posso dar."

"Então, se a senhora souber que fui encontrado morto num pântano ou numa cova cheia de neve, sua consciência não lhe sussurrará que é em parte culpa sua?"

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"Como assim? Eu não posso guiá-lo até lá. Nem me deixariam caminhar até o fim do muro do jardim."

"A senhora! Eu lamentaria pedir que saísse, por minha causa, numa noite como esta," eu disse. "Quero que me diga o caminho, não que me mostre - ou então que convença o senhor Heathcliff a me dar um guia."

"Quem? Só há ele, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph e eu. Qual deles o senhor gostaria?"

"Não há nenhum rapaz na fazenda?"

"Não; é todo mundo."

"Então suponho que sou forçado a ficar."

"Isso é entre o senhor e seu anfitrião. Não tenho nada a ver com isso."

"Espero que isso lhe ensine a não sair mais em caminhadas tão imprudentes por estas colinas," chamou a voz severa de Heathcliff da porta da cozinha. "Quanto a ficar aqui, eu não tenho quartos para visitas - se ficar, terá de compartilhar uma cama com Hareton ou com Joseph."

Original English Version

“How so? I cannot escort you. They wouldn’t let me go to the end of the garden wall.”

“You! I should be sorry to ask you to cross the threshold, for my convenience, on such a night,” I cried. “I want you to tell me my way, not to show it: or else to persuade Mr. Heathcliff to give me a guide.”

“Who? There is himself, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph and I. Which would you have?”

“Are there no boys at the farm?”

“No; those are all.”

“Then, it follows that I am compelled to stay.”

“That you may settle with your host. I have nothing to do with it.”

“I hope it will be a lesson to you to make no more rash journeys on these hills,” cried Heathcliff’s stern voice from the kitchen entrance. “As to staying here, I don’t keep accommodations for visitors: you must share a bed with Hareton or Joseph, if you do.”

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"Como assim? Não posso escoltá-lo. Nem me deixariam ir até o fim do muro do jardim."

"A senhora! Lamentaria muito lhe pedir para cruzar a soleira, por minha conveniência, numa noite como esta," exclamei. "Quero que me diga meu caminho, não que me mostre: ou então que convença o Sr. Heathcliff a me dar um guia."

“Quem? Há ele mesmo, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph e eu. Qual deles você prefere?”

“Não há meninos na granja?”

“Não; são todos esses.”

“Então segue-se que sou obrigado a ficar.”

“Isso você resolve com o seu anfitrião. Eu não tenho nada a ver com isso.”

“Espero que isso lhe sirva de lição para não fazer mais viagens temerárias por estas colinas”, exclamou a voz severa de Heathcliff, vinda da entrada da cozinha. “Quanto a ficar aqui, não mantenho acomodações para visitantes: terá de dividir a cama com Hareton ou com Joseph, se ficar.”

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"Posso dormir numa cadeira neste cômodo," respondi.

"Não, não! Estranho é estranho, rico ou pobre. Não me convém deixar ninguém andar livremente por este lugar enquanto eu não estiver de olho!" disse o homem rude.

Depois desse insulto, já era demais. Fiz um som de nojo e passei por ele em direção ao pátio, quase colidindo com Earnshaw na pressa. Estava tão escuro que não conseguia achar a saída, e, enquanto vagava por ali, ouvi outro exemplo de quão educadamente eles se tratavam. A princípio, o jovem parecia disposto a me ajudar.

"Eu o acompanho até o parque," ele disse.

"Você vai acompanhá-lo até o inferno!" gritou seu patrão, ou seja o que fosse ele para o jovem. "E quem vai cuidar dos cavalos, hein?"

"A vida de um homem importa mais do que uma noite sem cuidar dos cavalos - alguém tem que ir," murmurou a senhora Heathcliff, com mais gentileza do que eu esperava.

Original English Version

“I can sleep on a chair in this room,” I replied.

“No, no! A stranger is a stranger, be he rich or poor: it will not suit me to permit any one the range of the place while I am off guard!” said the unmannerly wretch.

With this insult my patience was at an end. I uttered an expression of disgust, and pushed past him into the yard, running against Earnshaw in my haste. It was so dark that I could not see the means of exit; and, as I wandered round, I heard another specimen of their civil behaviour amongst each other. At first the young man appeared about to befriend me.

“I’ll go with him as far as the park,” he said.

“You’ll go with him to hell!” exclaimed his master, or whatever relation he bore. “And who is to look after the horses, eh?”

“A man’s life is of more consequence than one evening’s neglect of the horses: somebody must go,” murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected.

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“Posso dormir numa cadeira, nesta sala”, respondi.

“Não, não! Estranho é estranho, seja rico ou pobre: não me convém permitir que ninguém ande livremente pelo lugar enquanto estou de guarda baixa!”, disse o miserável sem-modos.

Com esse insulto, minha paciência chegou ao fim. Proferi uma expressão de desgosto e passei por ele, empurrando-o, para o pátio, esbarrando em Earnshaw na minha pressa. Estava tão escuro que eu não conseguia ver a saída; e, enquanto vagava em círculos, ouvi outra amostra do comportamento cortês que tinham uns com os outros. A princípio o jovem pareceu disposto a me ajudar.

“Vou com ele até o parque”, disse ele.

“Você vai com ele para o inferno!”, exclamou seu patrão, ou o que quer que fosse dele. “E quem vai cuidar dos cavalos, hein?”

“A vida de um homem vale mais do que o descuido de uma noite com os cavalos: alguém tem de ir”, murmurou a senhora Heathcliff, com mais bondade do que eu esperava.

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"Não sob suas ordens!" Hareton retrucou. "Se você se importa com ele, é melhor ficar quieta."

"Então espero que o fantasma dele o assombre, e espero que o senhor Heathcliff nunca consiga outro inquilino até que a Grange caia em ruínas," ela respondeu, com aspereza.

"Escute, escute, ela está lançando pragas neles!" murmurou Joseph, na direção de quem eu vinha caminhando.

Ele estava sentado a uma distância que permitia ouvir, ordenhando as vacas à luz de uma lanterna, que eu agarrei sem pedir, gritando que a devolveria no dia seguinte, e corri em direção ao portão mais próximo.

"Patrão, patrão, ele está roubando a lanterna!" gritou o velho, correndo atrás de mim. "Ei, Gnasher! Ei, cão! Ei, Wolf, pega ele, pega ele!"

Original English Version

“Not at your command!” retorted Hareton. “If you set store on him, you’d better be quiet.”

“Then I hope his ghost will haunt you; and I hope Mr. Heathcliff will never get another tenant till the Grange is a ruin,” she answered, sharply.

“Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on ’em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.

He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern.

“Maister, maister, he’s staling t’ lanthern!” shouted the ancient, pursuing my retreat. “Hey, Gnasher! Hey, dog! Hey Wolf, holld him, holld him!”

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“Não por sua ordem!”, retrucou Hareton. “Se você dá valor a ele, é melhor ficar quieta.”

“Então espero que o fantasma dele o assombre; e espero que o senhor Heathcliff nunca mais consiga outro inquilino até que a Granja vire uma ruína”, respondeu ela, asperamente.

"Escuita, escuita, ela tá rogando praga neles!" resmungou Joseph, em cuja direção eu vinha rumando.

Ele estava sentado a uma distância de onde eu podia ouvir, ordenhando as vacas à luz de uma lanterna, que eu agarrei sem cerimônia e, gritando que a devolveria no dia seguinte, corri para o postigo mais próximo.

"Patrão, patrão, ele tá roubano a lantéra!", gritou o ancião, perseguindo minha retirada. "Ei, Gnasher! Ei, cachorro! Ei, Wolf, segura ele, segura ele!"

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Quando abri o pequeno portão, dois cães peludos saltaram para minha garganta, derrubando-me e apagando a luz, enquanto as risadas de Heathcliff e Hareton aumentavam minha ira e minha vergonha. Felizmente, os cães pareciam mais interessados em espreguiçar as patas, bocejar e abanar o rabo do que em me atacar de verdade, mas não me deixavam levantar, e eu tive de ficar ali estirado até que seus donos rancorosos decidissem me libertar. Então, sem chapéu e tremendo de ira, ordenei que as criaturas me deixassem sair, ameaçando-as, se me mantivessem ali por mais um minuto, com várias ameaças de vingança selvagens e mal formuladas que pareciam quase saídas de King Lear.

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On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear.

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Ao abrir a portinhola, dois monstros peludos saltaram sobre minha garganta, derrubando-me e apagando a luz; enquanto uma gargalhada mesclada de Heathcliff e Hareton punha a pedra de fecho na minha fúria e humilhação. Felizmente, as feras pareciam mais dispostas a esticar as patas, bocejar e sacudir o rabo do que a me devorar viva; mas não toleravam nenhuma ressurreição, e fui obrigado a ficar deitado até que seus donos malignos se dignassem a me libertar: então, sem chapéu e trêmulo de ira, ordenei aos malandros que me deixassem sair - sob pena de me manterem ali por mais um minuto - proferindo várias ameaças incoerentes de retaliação que, em sua indefinida profundidade de virulência, lembravam o Rei Lear.

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Minha ira e o choque provocaram um forte sangramento de nariz, e Heathcliff continuou rindo enquanto eu continuava reclamando. Não sei como aquela cena teria terminado se não houvesse por perto alguém mais sensato do que eu e mais gentil do que meu anfitrião. Era Zillah, a robusta governanta, que finalmente saiu para descobrir o motivo de todo aquele barulho. Ela pensou que alguém tinha me atacado com violência, e, não se atrevendo a culpar seu patrão, voltou sua língua afiada contra o jovem causador de confusão.

"Ora, senhor Earnshaw," ela exclamou, "fico imaginando o que o senhor vai inventar em seguida! Vamos matar gente bem na porta da nossa casa? Esta casa nunca vai me convir - olhe para o pobre rapaz, ele está quase sufocando! Pronto, pronto, não pode continuar assim. Entre, que eu cuido disso. Agora, fique quieto."

Com essas palavras, ela de repente derramou meio litro de água gelada pelo meu pescoço e me arrastou para dentro da cozinha. O senhor Heathcliff seguiu, seu breve bom humor logo se apagando de volta ao seu habitual mau humor.

Original English Version

The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded. I don’t know what would have concluded the scene, had there not been one person at hand rather more rational than myself, and more benevolent than my entertainer. This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar. She thought that some of them had been laying violent hands on me; and, not daring to attack her master, she turned her vocal artillery against the younger scoundrel.

“Well, Mr. Earnshaw,” she cried, “I wonder what you’ll have agait next? Are we going to murder folk on our very door-stones? I see this house will never do for me - look at t’ poor lad, he’s fair choking! Wisht, wisht; you mun’n’t go on so. Come in, and I’ll cure that: there now, hold ye still.”

With these words she suddenly splashed a pint of icy water down my neck, and pulled me into the kitchen. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness.

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A veemência da minha agitação provocou um sangramento copioso do nariz, e Heathcliff continuava a rir, e eu continuava a repreendê-lo. Não sei o que teria concluído a cena, se não houvesse ali uma pessoa bem mais racional do que eu, e mais benevolente do que meu anfitrião. Era Zillah, a robusta dona de casa, que por fim saiu para indagar sobre a natureza do tumulto. Ela pensou que alguns deles tivessem posto as mãos violentamente em mim; e, não ousando atacar seu patrão, voltou sua artilharia vocal contra o jovem patife.

“Ora, senhor Earnshaw”, ela exclamou, “o que será que o senhor vai aprontar em seguida? Vamos matar gente na própria soleira da porta? Vejo que esta casa nunca vai me servir - olhe só para o pobre rapaz, está quase se sufocando! Calma, calma; não pode continuar assim. Entre, e eu curo isso: pronto, fique quieto.”

Com essas palavras, ela de repente derramou meio litro de água gelada pelo meu pescoço abaixo e me puxou para a cozinha. O senhor Heathcliff seguiu, sua alegria acidental extinguindo-se rapidamente na sua taciturnidade habitual.

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Eu me sentia muito mal, tonto e fraco, e por isso fui forçado a aceitar uma cama sob aquele teto. Ele disse a Zillah para me dar um copo de conhaque, depois seguiu para o cômodo interno, enquanto ela demonstrava pena do meu estado lamentável e, depois de fazer o que ele ordenou e eu me sentir um pouco melhor, me levou para dormir.

Original English Version

I was sick exceedingly, and dizzy, and faint; and thus compelled perforce to accept lodgings under his roof. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she condoled with me on my sorry predicament, and having obeyed his orders, whereby I was somewhat revived, ushered me to bed.

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Eu estava extremamente enjoado, tonto e fraco; e assim me vi forçosamente compelido a aceitar hospedagem sob seu teto. Ele disse a Zillah para me dar um cálice de conhaque, e depois passou para o quarto interno; enquanto ela se condoía comigo por minha triste situação e, tendo obedecido às ordens dele, com o que fiquei um tanto restabelecido, me conduziu à cama.

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Chapter III

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Enquanto ela guiava o caminho escada acima, disse-me para esconder a vela e não fazer nenhum ruído, porque seu patrão tinha sentimentos estranhos quanto ao cômodo em que estava me colocando, e nunca deixava ninguém ficar ali de bom grado. Perguntei por quê. Ela disse que não sabia - só morava ali havia um ano ou dois, e havia tantos acontecimentos estranhos que tinha deixado de ter curiosidade sobre eles.

Cansado demais para sentir curiosidade eu mesmo, tranquei a porta e procurei a cama com os olhos. A única mobília era uma cadeira, um guarda-roupa e uma grande caixa de carvalho com aberturas quadradas cortadas perto do topo, como janelas de carruagem. Aproximando-me, olhei dentro e vi que era um tipo antigo de sofá-cama, projetado de forma inteligente para que nem todo membro da família precisasse de um cômodo separado. Na verdade, formava um pequeno gabinete, e a soleira da janela que ficava dentro dele servia de mesa.

Original English Version

While leading the way upstairs, she recommended that I should hide the candle, and not make a noise; for her master had an odd notion about the chamber she would put me in, and never let anybody lodge there willingly. I asked the reason. She did not know, she answered: she had only lived there a year or two; and they had so many queer goings on, she could not begin to be curious.

Too stupefied to be curious myself, I fastened my door and glanced round for the bed. The whole furniture consisted of a chair, a clothes-press, and a large oak case, with squares cut out near the top resembling coach windows. Having approached this structure, I looked inside, and perceived it to be a singular sort of old-fashioned couch, very conveniently designed to obviate the necessity for every member of the family having a room to himself. In fact, it formed a little closet, and the ledge of a window, which it enclosed, served as a table.

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Enquanto ia à frente escada acima, ela me recomendou que escondesse a vela e não fizesse barulho; pois seu patrão tinha uma ideia estranha a respeito do quarto onde ela iria me colocar, e nunca deixava ninguém se hospedar ali de bom grado. Perguntei o motivo. Ela não sabia, respondeu: só morava ali havia um ano ou dois; e havia tantas coisas esquisitas acontecendo, que nem começava a ficar curiosa.

Estupefato demais para ficar curioso eu mesmo, tranquei a porta e olhei em volta em busca da cama. Toda a mobília consistia numa cadeira, um guarda-roupa e uma grande caixa de carvalho, com quadrados recortados perto do topo, parecendo janelas de carruagem. Aproximando-me dessa estrutura, olhei para dentro e percebi que era uma espécie singular de canapé antiquado, muito convenientemente projetado para dispensar a necessidade de cada membro da família ter um quarto para si. De fato, formava um pequeno gabinete, e o peitoril de uma janela, que ele envolvia, servia de mesa.

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Deslizei os painéis de madeira para o lado, entrei com minha luz, tornei a fechá-los, e me senti seguro, livre da vigilância de Heathcliff e de todos os outros.

Sobre a soleira, onde pousei minha vela, havia uma pequena pilha de livros mofados num canto, e a tinta estava coberta de escritos gravados nela. Esses escritos não eram nada além de um único nome, repetido em todo tipo de letra, grande e pequena - Catherine Earnshaw, às vezes mudado para Catherine Heathcliff, e depois de novo para Catherine Linton.

Sentindo-me apático e cansado, encostei a cabeça na janela e continuei lendo Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, até meus olhos se fecharem. Mas eles descansaram só cinco minutos quando letras brancas e brilhantes pareceram surgir da escuridão como um relâmpago, tão nítidas quanto fantasmas - o ar parecia cheio de Catherines. Despertando-me para me livrar daquele nome irritante, encontrei a chama da minha vela pousada sobre um dos livros antigos, enchendo o cômodo com o cheiro de couro queimando.

Original English Version

I slid back the panelled sides, got in with my light, pulled them together again, and felt secure against the vigilance of Heathcliff, and every one else.

The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small - Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton.

In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin.

Tradução Integral em Português

Deslizei os painéis laterais, entrei com minha luz, puxei-os de volta e me senti seguro contra a vigilância de Heathcliff, e de todos os demais.

O peitoril, onde coloquei minha vela, tinha alguns livros mofados empilhados num canto; e estava coberto de escrita riscada na tinta. Essa escrita, contudo, não era nada além de um nome repetido em todo tipo de caligrafia, grande e pequena - Catherine Earnshaw, aqui e ali variando para Catherine Heathcliff, e depois novamente para Catherine Linton.

Em desânimo insípido, apoiei a cabeça na janela e continuei soletrando Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, até que meus olhos se fecharam; mas não haviam descansado cinco minutos quando um brilho de letras brancas irrompeu da escuridão, tão vívido quanto espectros - o ar fervilhava de Catherines; e, sacudindo-me para dissipar o nome intruso, descobri o pavio da minha vela reclinado sobre um dos volumes antigos, perfumando o lugar com um odor de couro de bezerro assado.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Apaguei-a, e, sentindo-me bastante mal por causa do frio e de um mal-estar persistente, sentei-me e abri o livro danificado sobre o joelho. Era uma Bíblia, impressa em letra fina e com um forte cheiro de mofo. Na primeira página estava escrito "Catherine Earnshaw, seu livro," com uma data de cerca de vinte e cinco anos antes.

Fechei-o e peguei outro, e depois outro, até ter olhado todos eles. A pequena coleção de livros de Catherine mostrava sinais claros de muito uso, ainda que nem sempre para leitura - quase todo capítulo tinha comentários escritos à mão, em pena e tinta, cobrindo todo espaço vazio que o impressor tinha deixado. Alguns eram frases isoladas; outras partes formavam uma espécie de diário, escrito numa letra tosca e infantil. No alto de uma página extra - provavelmente um verdadeiro tesouro quando ela a encontrou pela primeira vez - fiquei divertido ao ver um desenho engraçado fazendo pouco do meu amigo Joseph, feito de modo tosco mas habilidoso. De repente, senti um interesse muito grande por essa desconhecida Catherine, e comecei a tentar ler sua letra desbotada.

Original English Version

I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee. It was a Testament, in lean type, and smelling dreadfully musty: a fly-leaf bore the inscription - “Catherine Earnshaw, her book,” and a date some quarter of a century back.

I shut it, and took up another and another, till I had examined all. Catherine’s library was select, and its state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used, though not altogether for a legitimate purpose: scarcely one chapter had escaped a pen-and-ink commentary - at least the appearance of one - covering every morsel of blank that the printer had left. Some were detached sentences; other parts took the form of a regular diary, scrawled in an unformed, childish hand. At the top of an extra page (quite a treasure, probably, when first lighted on) I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of my friend Joseph, - rudely, yet powerfully sketched. An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics.

Tradução Integral em Português

Apaguei-o, e, muito incomodado sob a influência do frio e de uma náusea persistente, sentei-me e abri o tomo danificado sobre o joelho. Era um Testamento, de tipo miúdo, e cheirando terrivelmente a mofo: uma folha de guarda trazia a inscrição - “Catherine Earnshaw, seu livro”, e uma data de uns bons vinte e cinco anos atrás.

Fechei-o e peguei outro, e mais outro, até examinar todos. A biblioteca de Catherine era seleta, e seu estado de deterioração provava que fora bastante usada, embora nem sempre para um propósito legítimo: dificilmente um capítulo escapara a um comentário a caneta e tinta - pelo menos à aparência de um - , cobrindo cada pedacinho de espaço em branco que o impressor deixara. Algumas eram frases soltas; outras partes tomavam a forma de um diário regular, rabiscado numa letra infantil e ainda não formada. No topo de uma página extra (um verdadeiro tesouro, provavelmente, quando encontrado pela primeira vez) fiquei muito divertido ao ver uma excelente caricatura do meu amigo Joseph - rudemente, mas vigorosamente esboçada. Um interesse imediato se acendeu em mim pela desconhecida Catherine, e comecei imediatamente a decifrar seus hieróglifos desbotados.

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"Um domingo horrível," começava a passagem abaixo. "Eu queria que meu pai estivesse aqui de novo. Hindley é um substituto terrível para ele - o modo como trata Heathcliff é horrível - Heathcliff e eu estamos planejando nos rebelar. Demos o primeiro passo esta noite.

"Tinha chovido o dia todo, então não pudemos ir à igreja, e Joseph teve que fazer um culto no sótão. Enquanto Hindley e a esposa ficavam confortavelmente lá embaixo junto a um fogo quente - fazendo qualquer coisa menos ler suas Bíblias, tenho certeza - Heathcliff, eu, e o pobre menino da fazenda fomos mandados levar nossos livros de oração e subir. Ficamos alinhados sobre um saco de milho, tremendo e gemendo, esperando que Joseph também sentisse frio, para que, por seu próprio bem, encurtasse o sermão. Que esperança inútil! O culto durou exatamente três horas, e mesmo assim meu irmão teve a audácia de dizer, ao nos ver descer: 'O quê, já terminou?' Nas noites de domingo, costumávamos ter permissão para brincar, desde que não fizéssemos muito barulho - agora até uma pequena risada já basta para nos mandarem para o canto.

Original English Version

“An awful Sunday,” commenced the paragraph beneath. “I wish my father were back again. Hindley is a detestable substitute - his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious - H. and I are going to rebel - we took our initiatory step this evening.

“All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. A vain idea! The service lasted precisely three hours; and yet my brother had the face to exclaim, when he saw us descending, ‘What, done already?’ On Sunday evenings we used to be permitted to play, if we did not make much noise; now a mere titter is sufficient to send us into corners.

Tradução Integral em Português

“Um domingo terrível”, começava o parágrafo abaixo. “Queria que meu pai estivesse de volta. Hindley é um substituto detestável - sua conduta com Heathcliff é atroz - H. e eu vamos nos rebelar - demos nosso passo inicial esta noite.

“O dia inteiro esteve inundado de chuva; não pudemos ir à igreja, então Joseph teve que reunir uma congregação no sótão; e, enquanto Hindley e sua esposa se aqueciam lá embaixo diante de um fogo confortável - fazendo tudo, menos ler suas Bíblias, garanto - Heathcliff, eu, e o infeliz rapaz da lavoura fomos obrigados a pegar nossos livros de oração e subir: fomos alinhados numa fileira, sobre um saco de milho, gemendo e tremendo, e esperando que Joseph tremesse também, para que ele nos desse uma homilia curta, por seu próprio bem. Uma ideia vã! O serviço durou exatamente três horas; e ainda assim meu irmão teve a cara de exclamar, ao nos ver descendo, ‘O quê, já terminaram?’ Nas noites de domingo costumávamos ter permissão para brincar, se não fizéssemos muito barulho; agora uma mera risadinha basta para nos mandar aos cantos.

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"'Vocês esquecem que há um patrão aqui,' diz o tirano. 'Vou castigar o primeiro que me incomodar! Quero silêncio completo e bom comportamento. Ah, garoto, foi você? Frances, querida, puxe o cabelo dele quando passar por perto - eu o ouvi estalar os dedos.' Frances puxou o cabelo dele com força, depois foi se sentar no colo do marido, e ali os dois ficaram, como crianças, se beijando e falando bobagens por horas - um comportamento tolo do qual deveríamos ter vergonha. Nós nos acomodamos o melhor que pudemos no vão em arco sob o armário. Eu tinha acabado de amarrar nossos aventais juntos para pendurar como cortina quando Joseph entrou, num recado que vinha dos estábulos. Ele derrubou o que eu tinha feito, me deu um tapa na orelha, e grasnou:

"'O patrão acabou de ser enterrado, o domingo nem terminou ainda, e o som do culto ainda está nos seus ouvidos, e vocês se atrevem a brincar! Que vergonha! Sentem-se, crianças malcriadas - há livros bons de sobra, se ao menos vocês os lessem. Sentem-se e pensem nas suas almas!'

Original English Version

“‘You forget you have a master here,’ says the tyrant. ‘I’ll demolish the first who puts me out of temper! I insist on perfect sobriety and silence. Oh, boy! was that you? Frances darling, pull his hair as you go by: I heard him snap his fingers.’ Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband’s knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour - foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of. We made ourselves as snug as our means allowed in the arch of the dresser. I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph, on an errand from the stables. He tears down my handiwork, boxes my ears, and croaks:

“‘T’ maister nobbut just buried, and Sabbath not o’ered, und t’ sound o’ t’ gospel still i’ yer lugs, and ye darr be laiking! Shame on ye! sit ye down, ill childer! there’s good books eneugh if ye’ll read ’em: sit ye down, and think o’ yer sowls!’

Tradução Integral em Português

“‘Vocês esquecem que há um patrão aqui’, diz o tirano. ‘Vou demolir o primeiro que me tirar do sério! Insisto em perfeita sobriedade e silêncio. Ah, garoto! foi você? Frances, querida, puxe o cabelo dele quando passar: ouvi-o estalar os dedos.’ Frances puxou o cabelo dele com vontade, e depois foi se sentar no colo do marido, e lá ficaram os dois, como duas crianças, se beijando e falando bobagens durante horas - tagarelice tola de que deveríamos ter vergonha. Nós nos acomodamos o melhor que pudemos no arco do aparador. Eu tinha acabado de amarrar nossos aventais juntos, pendurando-os como cortina, quando entra Joseph, num recado vindo dos estábulos. Ele arranca minha obra, esbofeteia meus ouvidos e grasna:

"'U patrão mal acabô de sê enterrado, e o Sabá inda nem s'acabô, e o som du evangelho inda nos ouvido de vancês, e vancês tem a cara de ficá brincano! Que vergonha! Sentem-se, criançada danada! tem bom livro de sobra, se quisé lê: sentem-se, e pensem nas arma de vancês!'

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"Dizendo isso, ele nos fez nos arrumar de modo que pudéssemos captar um raio fraco de luz do fogo distante para ler o livro entediante que nos deu. Eu não conseguia suportar. Peguei meu livro monótono pela capa e o joguei na casinha do cachorro, dizendo que odiava um livro bom. Heathcliff chutou o dele para o mesmo lugar. Aí foi o caos!

"'Senhor Hindley!' gritou nosso pregador. 'Senhor, venha aqui! A senhorita Cathy arrancou a capa de "O Elmo da Salvação," e Heathcliff pôs o pé bem em cima da primeira parte de "O Caminho Largo para a Destruição"! É uma vergonha o senhor deixar que eles continuem assim. Ah, o velho patrão os teria castigado como se deve - mas ele se foi!'

Original English Version

“Saying this, he compelled us so to square our positions that we might receive from the far-off fire a dull ray to show us the text of the lumber he thrust upon us. I could not bear the employment. I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. Heathcliff kicked his to the same place. Then there was a hubbub!

“‘Maister Hindley!’ shouted our chaplain. ‘Maister, coom hither! Miss Cathy’s riven th’ back off “Th’ Helmet o’ Salvation,” un’ Heathcliff’s pawsed his fit into t’ first part o’ “T’ Brooad Way to Destruction!” It’s fair flaysome that ye let ’em go on this gait. Ech! th’ owd man wad ha’ laced ’em properly - but he’s goan!’

Tradução Integral em Português

“Dizendo isso, ele nos obrigou a nos alinhar de tal forma que pudéssemos receber, do fogo distante, um raio fraco que nos mostrasse o texto da tralha que nos impunha. Eu não suportava aquela ocupação. Peguei meu volume enegrecido pela lombada e o atirei no canil, jurando que odiava um bom livro. Heathcliff chutou o dele para o mesmo lugar. Então houve um alvoroço!

"'Patrão Hindley!' berrou nosso capelão. 'Patrão, venha cá! A Srta. Cathy arrancô a lombada do "Elmo da Salvação", e o Heathcliff meteu o pé na primeira parte do "Largo Caminho da Perdição"! É de meter medo o sinhô deixá eles continuá nesse andar. Arre! o véio tinha dado uma surra bem dada neles - mas ele se foi!'

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Hindley se levantou apressado do seu lugar confortável junto ao fogo, e, agarrando um de nós pelo colarinho e o outro pelo braço, nos jogou os dois na cozinha dos fundos, onde Joseph jurou que o 'velho Nick' - o diabo - viria nos buscar tão certo quanto estarmos vivos. Consolados por esse pensamento, cada um de nós achou um canto separado para esperá-lo. Peguei este livro e um pote de tinta de uma prateleira, empurrei a porta um pouco para ter luz, e passei vinte minutos escrevendo isto. Mas meu companheiro está ficando impaciente, e sugere que peguemos o capote da leiteira e corramos pelos pântanos sob sua cobertura. Uma ideia agradável - e então, se o velho mal-humorado entrar, pode pensar que sua previsão se realizou - dificilmente estaríamos mais molhados ou mais frios na chuva do que estamos bem aqui."

Original English Version

“Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. I reached this book, and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door ajar to give me light, and I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my companion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman’s cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter. A pleasant suggestion - and then, if the surly old man come in, he may believe his prophecy verified - we cannot be damper, or colder, in the rain than we are here.”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Hindley se apressou a sair de seu paraíso junto à lareira e, agarrando um de nós pelo colarinho e o outro pelo braço, arremessou ambos para a cozinha dos fundos; onde, Joseph asseverou, o ‘diabo velho’ nos apanharia com toda certeza, tão certo quanto estávamos vivos: e, assim consolados, cada um procurou um canto separado para aguardar sua vinda. Alcancei este livro, e um pote de tinta de uma prateleira, e empurrei a porta da casa entreaberta para me dar luz, e consegui passar o tempo escrevendo por vinte minutos; mas minha companheira está impaciente, e propõe que nos apropriemos da capa da leiteira, e demos uma corrida pelos pântanos, sob seu abrigo. Uma sugestão agradável - e então, se o velho rabugento entrar, poderá acreditar que sua profecia se cumpriu - não poderemos estar mais úmidos, ou mais frios, na chuva do que estamos aqui.”

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Suponho que Catherine tenha de fato posto o plano em prática, porque a frase seguinte mudava de assunto: ela ficava chorosa.

"Eu nunca imaginei que Hindley um dia me faria chorar assim!" ela escreveu. "Minha cabeça dói tanto que não consigo descansá-la no travesseiro, e ainda não consigo parar de chorar. Pobre Heathcliff! Hindley o chama de vagabundo, e não deixa mais que ele se sente ou coma com a gente, e diz que ele e eu não devemos brincar juntos, e ameaça expulsá-lo de casa se desobedecermos. Ele tem culpado nosso pai - como ele se atreve! - por ter mimado demais Heathcliff, e jura que vai colocá-lo de volta no seu devido lugar - "

Original English Version

I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject: she waxed lachrymose.

“How little did I dream that Hindley would ever make me cry so!” she wrote. “My head aches, till I cannot keep it on the pillow; and still I can’t give over. Poor Heathcliff! Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won’t let him sit with us, nor eat with us any more; and, he says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the house if we break his orders. He has been blaming our father (how dared he?) for treating H. too liberally; and swears he will reduce him to his right place - ”

Tradução Integral em Português

Suponho que Catherine tenha cumprido seu projeto, pois a frase seguinte tratava de outro assunto: ela se tornou lacrimosa.

“Como eu mal sonhava que Hindley um dia me faria chorar tanto!”, ela escreveu. “Minha cabeça dói tanto que não consigo mantê-la no travesseiro; e ainda assim não consigo parar. Pobre Heathcliff! Hindley o chama de vagabundo, e não deixa mais que se sente conosco, nem que coma conosco; e, diz ele, ele e eu não devemos mais brincar juntos, e ameaça expulsá-lo de casa se desobedecermos suas ordens. Ele tem culpado nosso pai (como ousa?) por tratar H. com liberalidade demais; e jura que vai reduzi-lo ao seu devido lugar - ”

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Comecei a cochilar, com sono, sobre a página fraca de luz, os olhos indo da letra manuscrita para o texto impresso. Vi um título decorado em vermelho - "Setenta Vezes Sete, e a Primeira das Setenta e Uma. Um Sermão Religioso proferido pelo Reverendo Jabez Branderham, na Capela de Gimmerden Sough." E enquanto, meio adormecido, eu tentava adivinhar o que Jabez Branderham diria sobre esse tema, afundei de volta na cama e caí no sono. Que efeitos terríveis um chá ruim e um mau humor podem causar! O que mais poderia ter provocado uma noite tão terrível? Não me lembro de outra noite que eu pudesse comparar a essa, desde que sou capaz de sentir desconforto.

Original English Version

I began to nod drowsily over the dim page: my eye wandered from manuscript to print. I saw a red ornamented title - “Seventy Times Seven, and the First of the Seventy-First. A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.” And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep. Alas, for the effects of bad tea and bad temper! What else could it be that made me pass such a terrible night? I don’t remember another that I can at all compare with it since I was capable of suffering.

Tradução Integral em Português

Comecei a cochilar sonolentamente sobre a página escura: meus olhos vagavam do manuscrito para o impresso. Vi um título vermelho ornamentado - “Setenta Vezes Sete, e a Primeira das Setenta e Uma. Um Discurso Piedoso proferido pelo Reverendo Jabez Branderham, na Capela de Gimmerden Sough.” E enquanto eu, semiconscientemente, atormentava o cérebro tentando adivinhar o que Jabez Branderham faria de seu assunto, afundei de volta na cama e adormeci. Ai, os efeitos de um chá ruim e de mau humor! O que mais poderia ter me feito passar uma noite tão terrível? Não me lembro de nenhuma outra que eu possa sequer comparar a essa, desde que sou capaz de sofrer.

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Comecei a sonhar quase antes de deixar de ter consciência de onde estava. Pensei que era manhã, e que eu tinha partido para casa, com Joseph como meu guia. A neve estava alta em nosso caminho, e, enquanto avançávamos com dificuldade, meu companheiro não parava de reclamar que eu não tinha trazido um bastão de caminhada, dizendo-me que eu nunca conseguiria entrar na casa sem um, e exibindo com orgulho um pesado porrete de madeira, que entendi ser o que ele queria dizer. Por um instante achei estranho que eu precisasse de uma arma daquelas para entrar na minha própria casa. Então um novo pensamento me ocorreu - eu não estava indo para casa, de modo nenhum. Estávamos viajando para ouvir o famoso Jabez Branderham pregar sobre o texto "Setenta Vezes Sete," e ou Joseph, ou o pregador, ou eu tínhamos cometido a "Primeira das Setenta e Uma," e estávamos a ponto de ser expostos publicamente e expulsos da igreja.

Original English Version

I began to dream, almost before I ceased to be sensible of my locality. I thought it was morning; and I had set out on my way home, with Joseph for a guide. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. For a moment I considered it absurd that I should need such a weapon to gain admittance into my own residence. Then a new idea flashed across me. I was not going there: we were journeying to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach, from the text - “Seventy Times Seven;” and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the “First of the Seventy-First,” and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated.

Tradução Integral em Português

Comecei a sonhar, quase antes de deixar de ter consciência de onde estava. Pensei que era de manhã; e eu tinha partido a caminho de casa, com Joseph como guia. A neve se estendia por jardas de profundidade em nosso caminho; e, enquanto avançávamos com dificuldade, meu companheiro me cansava com constantes reprimendas por eu não ter trazido um bastão de peregrino: dizendo-me que eu jamais conseguiria entrar em casa sem um, e brandindo com orgulho um cajado de cabeça pesada, que entendi ser assim denominado. Por um momento achei absurdo que eu precisasse de tal arma para conseguir entrar em minha própria residência. Então uma nova ideia me ocorreu de repente. Eu não estava indo para lá: estávamos viajando para ouvir o famoso Jabez Branderham pregar, a partir do texto - “Setenta Vezes Sete”; e ou Joseph, o pregador, ou eu tínhamos cometido a “Primeira das Setenta e Uma”, e devíamos ser expostos publicamente e excomungados.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Chegamos à capela. Eu já tinha passado por ela algumas vezes em minhas caminhadas - ela fica numa depressão entre duas colinas, uma depressão elevada e úmida perto de um pântano, cujo solo turfoso e encharcado dizem que conserva muito bem os poucos corpos ali enterrados. O teto ainda está inteiro por enquanto, mas como o salário do pastor é de apenas vinte libras por ano, mais uma casa de dois cômodos que estão quase virando um só, nenhum pastor quer o cargo - sobretudo porque dizem que os fiéis prefeririam deixá-lo passar fome do que acrescentar mais um centavo à sua renda. Ainda assim, em meu sonho, Jabez tinha uma audiência plena e atenta, e ele pregou - meu Deus, que sermão! Estava dividido em quatrocentas e noventa partes, cada uma tão longa quanto um sermão normal, e cada uma sobre um pecado diferente. Onde ele encontrou todos eles, não sei dizer. Tinha seu próprio jeito peculiar de interpretar o texto, e parecia que todos na congregação tinham que cometer um pecado diferente a cada vez. Eram pecados muito estranhos - transgressões curiosas que eu nunca tinha imaginado antes.

Original English Version

We came to the chapel. I have passed it really in my walks, twice or thrice; it lies in a hollow, between two hills: an elevated hollow, near a swamp, whose peaty moisture is said to answer all the purposes of embalming on the few corpses deposited there. The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. However, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive congregation; and he preached - good God! what a sermon; divided into four hundred and ninety parts, each fully equal to an ordinary address from the pulpit, and each discussing a separate sin! Where he searched for them, I cannot tell. He had his private manner of interpreting the phrase, and it seemed necessary the brother should sin different sins on every occasion. They were of the most curious character: odd transgressions that I never imagined previously.

Tradução Integral em Português

Chegamos à capela. Já passei por ela de verdade em minhas caminhadas, duas ou três vezes; fica numa depressão, entre duas colinas: uma depressão elevada, perto de um pântano, cuja umidade turfosa dizem cumprir todos os propósitos de embalsamamento para os poucos cadáveres ali depositados. O telhado se manteve inteiro até agora; mas como o estipêndio do pastor é de apenas vinte libras por ano, e uma casa com dois cômodos, ameaçando reduzir-se rapidamente a um só, nenhum clérigo assumirá os deveres de pastor: especialmente porque é sabido que seus paroquianos prefeririam deixá-lo passar fome a aumentar o sustento em um único centavo do próprio bolso. Contudo, em meu sonho, Jabez tinha uma congregação numerosa e atenta; e ele pregou - meu Deus! que sermão; dividido em quatrocentas e noventa partes, cada uma equivalente a um discurso comum do púlpito, e cada uma discutindo um pecado distinto! Onde ele os buscava, não sei dizer. Tinha sua maneira particular de interpretar a frase, e parecia necessário que o irmão pecasse pecados diferentes em cada ocasião. Eram de caráter mais curioso: transgressões estranhas que eu nunca havia imaginado antes.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Ah, como fiquei cansado. Como eu me contorcia, bocejava, cochilava e despertava outra vez! Como eu me beliscava e me cutucava, esfregava os olhos, me levantava e me sentava de novo, e cutucava Joseph para perguntar se ele achava que aquilo algum dia terminaria. Fui forçado a ouvir tudo até o fim, e finalmente ele chegou ao "Primeiro do Septuagésimo Primeiro". Naquele instante, uma ideia súbita me ocorreu - senti-me impelido a me levantar e acusar Jabez Branderham de cometer o único pecado que nenhum cristão poderia perdoar.

"Senhor," gritei, "sentado aqui dentro destas quatro paredes, de uma só vez, aguentei e perdoei as quatrocentas e noventa partes do seu sermão. Setenta vezes sete eu peguei meu chapéu, pronto para ir - setenta vezes sete o senhor ridiculamente me fez sentar de novo. A quadringentésima nonagésima primeira é demais. Companheiros de sofrimento, atacai-o! Derrubai-o e destruí-o completamente, para que este lugar esqueça que ele um dia existiu!"

Original English Version

Oh, how weary I grew. How I writhed, and yawned, and nodded, and revived! How I pinched and pricked myself, and rubbed my eyes, and stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to inform me if he would ever have done. I was condemned to hear all out: finally, he reached the “First of the Seventy-First.” At that crisis, a sudden inspiration descended on me; I was moved to rise and denounce Jabez Branderham as the sinner of the sin that no Christian need pardon.

“Sir,” I exclaimed, “sitting here within these four walls, at one stretch, I have endured and forgiven the four hundred and ninety heads of your discourse. Seventy times seven times have I plucked up my hat and been about to depart - Seventy times seven times have you preposterously forced me to resume my seat. The four hundred and ninety-first is too much. Fellow-martyrs, have at him! Drag him down, and crush him to atoms, that the place which knows him may know him no more!”

Tradução Integral em Português

Ah, como fiquei exausto. Como me contorci, e bocejei, e cochilei, e reanimei! Como me belisquei e me espetei, e esfreguei os olhos, e me levantei, e me sentei de novo, e cutuquei Joseph para saber se ele algum dia iria terminar. Eu estava condenado a ouvir tudo até o fim: por fim, ele chegou à “Primeira das Setenta e Uma”. Naquele momento crítico, uma inspiração súbita desceu sobre mim; senti-me impelido a me levantar e denunciar Jabez Branderham como o pecador do pecado que nenhum cristão precisa perdoar.

“Senhor”, exclamei, “sentado aqui dentro destas quatro paredes, de um só fôlego, suportei e perdoei os quatrocentos e noventa pontos de seu discurso. Setenta vezes sete vezes ergui meu chapéu e estava prestes a partir - setenta vezes sete vezes o senhor absurdamente me forçou a retomar meu assento. O quadringentésimo nonagésimo primeiro é demais. Companheiros de martírio, atirem-se sobre ele! Arrastem-no para baixo, e esmaguem-no em átomos, para que o lugar que o conheceu não o conheça mais!”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Você é o tal!" gritou Jabez, depois de uma pausa solene, inclinando-se sobre sua almofada. "Setenta vezes sete o senhor torceu o rosto ao bocejar - setenta vezes sete conversei sobre isso com minha própria alma - bem, isso é só fraqueza humana, e também pode ser perdoado! Mas agora chegou o Primeiro do Septuagésimo Primeiro. Irmãos, executai a punição que está escrita. Tal honra pertence a todos os Seus santos!"

Original English Version

“Thou art the Man!” cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion. “Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage - seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul - Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved! The First of the Seventy-First is come. Brethren, execute upon him the judgment written. Such honour have all His saints!”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Tu és o Homem!”, gritou Jabez, após uma pausa solene, debruçando-se sobre sua almofada. “Setenta vezes sete vezes distorceste o rosto boquiaberto - setenta vezes sete tomei conselho com minha alma - Eis que isto é fraqueza humana: isto também pode ser absolvido! A Primeira das Setenta e Uma chegou. Irmãos, executai contra ele o julgamento escrito. Tal honra têm todos os Seus santos!”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Com essas últimas palavras, toda a multidão, erguendo seus bastões, avançou contra mim ao mesmo tempo, e eu, sem arma própria para me defender, agarrei Joseph, meu atacante mais próximo e feroz, para tomar a dele. Na confusão da multidão, vários bastões se cruzaram, e golpes destinados a mim atingiram as cabeças de outras pessoas. Em pouco tempo, a capela toda ecoava com pancadas e contrapancadas; a mão de cada homem estava contra a de seu vizinho, e Branderham, não querendo ficar ocioso, despejava sua energia em batidas altas nas tábuas do púlpito, que retumbavam tão fortes que, por fim, para meu grande alívio, elas me acordaram. E o que tinha causado todo aquele alvoroço? O que tinha feito o papel de Jabez naquela luta? Apenas o galho de um pinheiro roçando na minha janela conforme o vento uivava, chacoalhando suas pinhas secas contra o vidro! Escutei por um momento, incerto, descobri o que fazia o ruído, depois virei para o outro lado e adormeci de novo, sonhando outra vez - se possível, de modo ainda mais desagradável que antes.

Original English Version

With that concluding word, the whole assembly, exalting their pilgrim’s staves, rushed round me in a body; and I, having no weapon to raise in self-defence, commenced grappling with Joseph, my nearest and most ferocious assailant, for his. In the confluence of the multitude, several clubs crossed; blows, aimed at me, fell on other sconces. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. And what was it that had suggested the tremendous tumult? What had played Jabez’s part in the row? Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! I listened doubtingly an instant; detected the disturber, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before.

Tradução Integral em Português

Com essa palavra final, toda a assembleia, erguendo seus bastões de peregrino, avançou sobre mim em massa; e eu, sem arma alguma para erguer em minha defesa, comecei a lutar corpo a corpo com Joseph, meu agressor mais próximo e mais feroz, pelo dele. Na confluência da multidão, vários bastões se cruzaram; golpes destinados a mim caíram sobre outras cabeças. Logo toda a capela ressoava com pancadas e contrapancadas: a mão de cada homem estava contra a de seu vizinho; e Branderham, relutante em ficar ocioso, derramava seu zelo numa chuva de batidas altas sobre as tábuas do púlpito, que respondiam tão vivamente que, por fim, para meu alívio inefável, me acordaram. E o que teria sugerido o tremendo tumulto? O que fizera o papel de Jabez na confusão? Meramente o galho de um abeto que tocava minha janela treliçada conforme a rajada de vento passava gemendo, e batia seus cones secos contra as vidraças! Escutei duvidosamente por um instante; identifiquei o perturbador, então me virei e cochilei de novo, e sonhei outra vez: se possível, ainda mais desagradavelmente do que antes.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Desta vez, lembrei que estava deitado no armário de carvalho, e ouvia claramente o vento em rajadas e a neve batendo. Também ouvia o galho de pinheiro fazendo de novo aquele ruído irritante, e sabia o que o causava, mas isso me incomodava tanto que decidi fazê-lo parar, se pudesse. Achei que me levantei e tentei abrir a trava da janela. O gancho estava soldado no encaixe - algo que eu havia notado quando estava desperto, mas que tinha esquecido. "Preciso parar isso de qualquer jeito!" murmurei, quebrando o vidro com os nós dos dedos e estendendo um braço para agarrar o galho incômodo. Em vez disso, meus dedos se cerraram sobre os dedos de uma mãozinha gelada como o gelo!

O horror profundo de um pesadelo se abateu sobre mim. Tentei puxar o braço de volta, mas a mão não soltava, e uma voz muito triste soluçou,

"Deixe-me entrar - deixe-me entrar!"

Original English Version

This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. The hook was soldered into the staple: a circumstance observed by me when awake, but forgotten. “I must stop it, nevertheless!” I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand!

The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed,

“Let me in - let me in!”

Tradução Integral em Português

Desta vez, lembrei-me de que estava deitado no gabinete de carvalho, e ouvi distintamente o vento em rajadas, e a neve sendo levada pelo vento; ouvi também o galho do abeto repetir seu som irritante, e atribuí-o à causa correta: mas ele me incomodava tanto, que resolvi silenciá-lo, se possível; e, pensei, me levantei e tentei destravar a janela de treliça. O gancho estava soldado ao ferrolho: uma circunstância que eu notara quando acordado, mas esquecera. “Preciso pará-lo, de qualquer forma!”, murmurei, batendo os nós dos dedos através do vidro e estendendo um braço para agarrar o galho importuno; em vez disso, meus dedos se fecharam sobre os dedos de uma mãozinha gelada como gelo!

O intenso horror do pesadelo veio sobre mim: tentei recolher o braço, mas a mão se agarrou a ele, e uma voz muito melancólica soluçou:

“Deixe-me entrar - deixe-me entrar!”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Quem é você?" perguntei, ainda me esforçando para me libertar.

"Catherine Linton," respondeu, tremendo - por que pensei em Linton? Eu tinha lido "Earnshaw" vinte vezes onde estava escrito "Linton" - "Voltei para casa. Perdi-me no charco!"

Enquanto falava, consegui distinguir o rosto de uma criança olhando pela janela. O medo me tornou cruel, e, achando inútil tentar afastar aquela criatura, puxei seu pulso contra o vidro quebrado e o esfreguei de um lado para o outro até que o sangue corresse e empapasse a roupa de cama. Ainda assim ela chorava, "Deixe-me entrar!" e se agarrava com a mesma força, quase me deixando louco de medo.

"Como posso!" disse por fim. "Solte-me, se quer que eu a deixe entrar!"

Os dedos se afrouxaram, puxei minha mão de volta pelo buraco, empilhei os livros rapidamente contra ele, e tapei os ouvidos para bloquear a súplica triste.

Original English Version

“Who are you?” I asked, struggling, meanwhile, to disengage myself.

“Catherine Linton,” it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of Linton? I had read Earnshaw twenty times for Linton) - “I’m come home: I’d lost my way on the moor!”

As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child’s face looking through the window. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear.

“How can I!” I said at length. “Let me go, if you want me to let you in!”

The fingers relaxed, I snatched mine through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to exclude the lamentable prayer.

Tradução Integral em Português

“Quem é você?”, perguntei, debatendo-me, entrementes, para me livrar.

“Catherine Linton”, respondeu, tremendo (por que pensei em Linton? eu tinha lido Earnshaw vinte vezes no lugar de Linton) - “vim para casa: eu tinha me perdido no pântano!”

Enquanto falava, discerni, obscuramente, o rosto de uma criança olhando pela janela. O terror me tornou cruel; e, achando inútil tentar sacudir a criatura para se soltar, puxei seu pulso contra o vidro quebrado, e o esfreguei para lá e para cá até que o sangue escorresse e ensopasse as roupas de cama: ainda assim ela lamentava, “Deixe-me entrar!”, e mantinha seu aperto tenaz, quase me enlouquecendo de medo.

“Como posso!”, disse por fim. “Solte-me, se quer que eu deixe você entrar!”

Os dedos relaxaram, arranquei os meus através do buraco, empilhei apressadamente os livros numa pirâmide contra ele, e tapei os ouvidos para excluir a lamentável prece.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Pareceu-me mantê-los tapados por mais de quinze minutos, mas no momento em que voltei a escutar, o choro triste ainda continuava!

"Vá embora!" gritei. "Nunca vou deixá-la entrar, mesmo que suplique por vinte anos."

"Já são vinte anos," lamentou a voz. "Vinte anos. Estou vagando, perdida, há vinte anos!"

Então um arranhado fraco começou do lado de fora, e a pilha de livros se moveu como se algo a estivesse empurrando para dentro.

Tentei me levantar de um salto, mas não conseguia mover um único membro, e por isso gritei alto, em pânico de terror.

Para minha confusão, percebi que o grito era real: passos rápidos se aproximaram da porta do meu quarto, alguém a empurrou com firmeza, e uma luz brilhou pelas aberturas no topo da cama. Sentei-me trêmulo, ainda enxugando o suor da testa. A pessoa na porta parecia hesitar, murmurando para si mesma.

Original English Version

I seemed to keep them closed above a quarter of an hour; yet, the instant I listened again, there was the doleful cry moaning on!

“Begone!” I shouted. “I’ll never let you in, not if you beg for twenty years.”

“It is twenty years,” mourned the voice: “twenty years. I’ve been a waif for twenty years!”

Thereat began a feeble scratching outside, and the pile of books moved as if thrust forward.

I tried to jump up; but could not stir a limb; and so yelled aloud, in a frenzy of fright.

To my confusion, I discovered the yell was not ideal: hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, with a vigorous hand, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed. I sat shuddering, yet, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead: the intruder appeared to hesitate, and muttered to himself.

Tradução Integral em Português

Pareceu que os mantive fechados por mais de um quarto de hora; contudo, no instante em que voltei a ouvir, o pranto pesaroso ainda gemia!

“Vá embora!”, gritei. “Nunca vou deixar você entrar, nem que implore por vinte anos.”

“São vinte anos”, lamentou a voz: “vinte anos. Sou uma alma errante há vinte anos!”

Nisso começou um arranhar débil do lado de fora, e a pilha de livros se moveu como se fosse empurrada para frente.

Tentei me levantar de um salto; mas não conseguia mexer um membro; e assim gritei em voz alta, num frenesi de medo.

Para minha confusão, descobri que o grito não era ideal: passos apressados se aproximaram da porta do meu quarto; alguém a empurrou com mão vigorosa, e uma luz brilhou através dos quadrados no topo da cama. Fiquei sentado, tremendo ainda, enxugando o suor da testa: o intruso parecia hesitar, e resmungava para si mesmo.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Por fim, ela disse, quase em sussurro, claramente sem esperar resposta,

"Há alguém aqui?"

Decidi que era melhor admitir que estava ali, porque reconheci a voz de Heathcliff e temi que ele procurasse mais a fundo se eu ficasse calado.

Com isso em mente, virei-me e abri os painéis. Não esquecerei tão cedo o efeito que isso causou.

Heathcliff estava parado perto da porta, de camisa e calças, segurando uma vela que pingava cera sobre seus dedos, o rosto tão pálido quanto a parede atrás dele. O primeiro rangido do painel de carvalho o assustou como um choque elétrico. A luz saltou de sua mão para uns dois metros de distância, e ele estava tão perturbado que quase não conseguiu recolhê-la.

"É apenas seu hóspede, senhor," exclamei. Eu queria evitar que ele passasse pela vergonha de mostrar seu medo. "Tive má sorte - gritei durante o sono por causa de um pesadelo terrível. Lamento tê-lo despertado."

Original English Version

At last, he said, in a half-whisper, plainly not expecting an answer,

“Is any one here?”

I considered it best to confess my presence; for I knew Heathcliff’s accents, and feared he might search further, if I kept quiet.

With this intention, I turned and opened the panels. I shall not soon forget the effect my action produced.

Heathcliff stood near the entrance, in his shirt and trousers; with a candle dripping over his fingers, and his face as white as the wall behind him. The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock: the light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up.

“It is only your guest, sir,” I called out, desirous to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further. “I had the misfortune to scream in my sleep, owing to a frightful nightmare. I’m sorry I disturbed you.”

Tradução Integral em Português

Por fim, ele disse, num meio sussurro, claramente sem esperar resposta,

“Há alguém aqui?”

Considerei melhor confessar minha presença; pois reconheci o sotaque de Heathcliff, e temi que ele procurasse mais, se eu ficasse calado.

Com essa intenção, virei-me e abri os painéis. Não vou esquecer tão cedo o efeito que minha ação produziu.

Heathcliff estava parado perto da entrada, em camisa e calças; com uma vela pingando sobre os dedos, e o rosto tão branco quanto a parede atrás dele. O primeiro estalo do carvalho o assustou como um choque elétrico: a luz saltou de sua mão a uma distância de alguns palmos, e sua agitação era tão extrema, que ele mal conseguiu apanhá-la de volta.

“É apenas seu hóspede, senhor”, chamei, desejoso de poupá-lo da humilhação de expor mais sua covardia. “Tive o infortúnio de gritar em meu sono, devido a um pesadelo assustador. Sinto muito por tê-lo incomodado.”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Maldito seja, Sr. Lockwood! Quisera que o senhor - " começou meu anfitrião. Ele pôs a vela sobre uma cadeira porque sua mão tremia demais para segurá-la. "Quem o levou até este quarto?" continuou, cravando as unhas nas palmas das mãos e rangendo os dentes para impedir que o maxilar tremesse. "Quem foi? Tenho uma boa vontade de expulsar essa pessoa da casa agora mesmo!"

"Foi sua criada Zillah," respondi, saindo da cama de um salto e vestindo minhas roupas rapidamente. "Não me importaria se o senhor fizesse isso, Sr. Heathcliff - ela merece. Acho que queria mais provas de que o quarto é assombrado, usando-me para testar. Bem, é assombrado - cheio de fantasmas! O senhor está certo em mantê-lo trancado, garanto-lhe. Ninguém lhe agradecerá por dormir num quarto desses!"

"O que você quer dizer?" perguntou Heathcliff. "E o que está fazendo? Deite-se e termine a noite aqui, já que está aqui. Mas, pelo amor de Deus, não faça esse ruído horrível de novo. Nada poderia justificá-lo, a não ser que alguém estivesse cortando sua garganta!"

Original English Version

“Oh, God confound you, Mr. Lockwood! I wish you were at the - ” commenced my host, setting the candle on a chair, because he found it impossible to hold it steady. “And who showed you up into this room?” he continued, crushing his nails into his palms, and grinding his teeth to subdue the maxillary convulsions. “Who was it? I’ve a good mind to turn them out of the house this moment!”

“It was your servant Zillah,” I replied, flinging myself on to the floor, and rapidly resuming my garments. “I should not care if you did, Mr. Heathcliff; she richly deserves it. I suppose that she wanted to get another proof that the place was haunted, at my expense. Well, it is - swarming with ghosts and goblins! You have reason in shutting it up, I assure you. No one will thank you for a doze in such a den!”

“What do you mean?” asked Heathcliff, “and what are you doing? Lie down and finish out the night, since you are here; but, for Heaven’s sake! don’t repeat that horrid noise: nothing could excuse it, unless you were having your throat cut!”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Ah, Deus o amaldiçoe, senhor Lockwood! Quisera que estivesse no - ”, começou meu anfitrião, colocando a vela numa cadeira, porque achou impossível segurá-la firme. “E quem o conduziu a este quarto?”, continuou, cravando as unhas nas palmas das mãos e rangendo os dentes para conter as convulsões maxilares. “Quem foi? Estou com boa vontade de expulsá-los da casa neste exato momento!”

“Foi sua criada Zillah”, respondi, atirando-me ao chão e vestindo rapidamente minhas roupas de novo. “Eu não me importaria se o fizesse, senhor Heathcliff; ela merece muito bem. Suponho que ela quisesse obter outra prova de que o lugar era assombrado, às minhas custas. Pois bem, é - fervilhando de fantasmas e duendes! O senhor tem razão em mantê-lo fechado, garanto-lhe. Ninguém lhe agradecerá por um cochilo num covil desses!”

“O que você quer dizer?”, perguntou Heathcliff, “e o que está fazendo? Deite-se e passe o resto da noite, já que está aqui; mas, pelo amor de Deus! não repita esse ruído horrível: nada poderia justificá-lo, a menos que estivessem lhe cortando a garganta!”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Se aquele diabinho tivesse entrado pela janela, provavelmente teria me estrangulado!" respondi. "Não vou sofrer mais ataques de seus ancestrais amistosos! O Reverendo Jabez Branderham não era parente seu por parte de mãe? E aquela garota malvada, Catherine Linton, ou Earnshaw, ou seja qual for seu nome - deve ter sido um espírito maligno! Ela me disse que andava vagando pela terra há vinte anos - punição justa por seus pecados, não tenho dúvida!"

Original English Version

“If the little fiend had got in at the window, she probably would have strangled me!” I returned. “I’m not going to endure the persecutions of your hospitable ancestors again. Was not the Reverend Jabez Branderham akin to you on the mother’s side? And that minx, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or however she was called - she must have been a changeling - wicked little soul! She told me she had been walking the earth these twenty years: a just punishment for her mortal transgressions, I’ve no doubt!”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Se aquele pequeno demônio tivesse entrado pela janela, provavelmente teria me estrangulado!”, respondi. “Não vou tolerar novamente as perseguições de seus hospitaleiros antepassados. O Reverendo Jabez Branderham não era parente do senhor pelo lado materno? E aquela sirigaita, Catherine Linton, ou Earnshaw, ou seja lá como se chamava - deve ter sido uma criança trocada - alminha malvada! Disse-me que andava vagando pela terra há vinte anos: uma punição justa por suas transgressões mortais, não tenho dúvida!”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Assim que disse essas palavras, lembrei da ligação entre o nome de Heathcliff e o de Catherine no livro - eu tinha me esquecido completamente disso até agora. Senti-me envergonhado por minha falta de cuidado, mas, sem mostrar que percebera tê-lo perturbado, acrescentei rapidamente, "A verdade, senhor, é que passei a primeira parte da noite - " Aqui parei de novo. Estava a ponto de dizer "lendo aqueles livros velhos," mas isso teria mostrado que eu sabia da escrita à mão neles, não apenas do texto impresso. Então me corrigi e disse, "lendo o nome riscado naquela soleira de janela, repetidas vezes. Uma atividade entediante, feita para me pôr no sono, como contar, ou - "

"O que você quer dizer, falando assim comigo!" gritou Heathcliff, com fúria feroz. "Como - como se atreve, sob o meu teto? Deus! Ele deve estar louco para falar desse jeito!" E golpeou a própria testa com a mão, enfurecido.

Original English Version

Scarcely were these words uttered when I recollected the association of Heathcliff’s with Catherine’s name in the book, which had completely slipped from my memory, till thus awakened. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. A monotonous occupation, calculated to set me asleep, like counting, or - ”

“What can you mean by talking in this way to me!” thundered Heathcliff with savage vehemence. “How - how dare you, under my roof? - God! he’s mad to speak so!” And he struck his forehead with rage.

Tradução Integral em Português

Mal essas palavras foram ditas, lembrei-me da associação do nome de Heathcliff com o de Catherine no livro, que tinha me escapado completamente da memória, até assim despertada. Corei diante de minha inconsideração: mas, sem mostrar mais consciência da ofensa, apressei-me a acrescentar - “A verdade é, senhor, que passei a primeira parte da noite em - ” Aqui me detive de novo - estava prestes a dizer “examinando aqueles velhos volumes”, mas isso teria revelado meu conhecimento do conteúdo manuscrito deles, tanto quanto do impresso; então, corrigindo-me, continuei - “soletrando o nome riscado naquele peitoril de janela. Uma ocupação monótona, calculada para me fazer adormecer, como contar carneirinhos, ou - ”

“O que você quer dizer, falando comigo dessa maneira!”, trovejou Heathcliff com selvagem veemência. “Como - como ousa, sob meu teto? - Deus! ele é louco de falar assim!” E bateu a testa com raiva.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Não sabia se devia ficar ofendido com suas palavras ou continuar explicando. Mas ele parecia tão profundamente perturbado que senti pena dele, e continuei contando meu sonho. Disse que nunca tinha ouvido o nome "Catherine Linton" antes, mas lê-lo tantas vezes tinha me causado forte impressão, e ele se tornou uma pessoa real em minha mente quando perdi o controle da imaginação. Enquanto eu falava, Heathcliff foi lentamente se afastando em direção à cama, e por fim sentou-se, quase escondido detrás dela. Percebi, pela sua respiração irregular e entrecortada, que lutava para controlar uma forte emoção. Sem querer mostrar que tinha notado, continuei me vestindo, fazendo algum ruído, olhei meu relógio, e disse a mim mesmo em voz alta, sobre como a noite era longa: "Ainda não são nem três horas! Eu teria jurado que eram seis. O tempo passa tão devagar aqui - devemos ter ido para a cama às oito!"

Original English Version

I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of “Catherine Linton” before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control. Heathcliff gradually fell back into the shelter of the bed, as I spoke; finally sitting down almost concealed behind it. I guessed, however, by his irregular and intercepted breathing, that he struggled to vanquish an excess of violent emotion. Not liking to show him that I had heard the conflict, I continued my toilette rather noisily, looked at my watch, and soliloquised on the length of the night: “Not three o’clock yet! I could have taken oath it had been six. Time stagnates here: we must surely have retired to rest at eight!”

Tradução Integral em Português

Não sabia se devia me ressentir dessa linguagem ou continuar minha explicação; mas ele parecia tão poderosamente afetado que tive pena e prossegui com meus sonhos; afirmando que nunca tinha ouvido o nome de “Catherine Linton” antes, mas que lê-lo repetidamente produzira uma impressão que se personificou quando eu já não tinha mais minha imaginação sob controle. Heathcliff foi gradualmente recuando para o abrigo da cama, enquanto eu falava; por fim sentando-se quase escondido atrás dela. Adivinhei, contudo, por sua respiração irregular e entrecortada, que ele lutava para vencer um excesso de emoção violenta. Não querendo mostrar-lhe que eu tinha percebido o conflito, continuei minha toalete de forma bastante ruidosa, olhei para meu relógio e monologuei sobre a duração da noite: “Ainda não são três horas! Eu poderia jurar que já eram seis. O tempo estagna aqui: certamente devemos ter nos recolhido às oito!”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Sempre às nove no inverno, e nos levantamos às quatro," disse meu anfitrião, contendo um gemido. Pensei, pelo movimento da sombra de seu braço, que ele estava enxugando uma lágrima dos olhos. "Sr. Lockwood," acrescentou, "o senhor pode ir para o meu quarto. Só vai ficar no caminho se for para baixo tão cedo, e seus gritos infantis arruinaram completamente meu sono."

"O meu também," respondi. "Vou caminhar no pátio até clarear, e depois partirei. O senhor não precisa temer que eu o incomode novamente. Estou agora completamente curado de procurar prazer na companhia de outras pessoas, seja no campo ou na cidade. Um homem sensato deveria conseguir encontrar companhia suficiente em si mesmo."

"Companhia maravilhosa!" murmurou Heathcliff. "Leve a vela e vá aonde quiser. Vou me juntar a você em breve. Mas fique fora do pátio - os cães estão soltos ali. E na casa, Juno está de guarda - não, o senhor só pode caminhar pelas escadas e corredores. Mas vá, saia agora! Vou chegar em dois minutos!"

Original English Version

“Always at nine in winter, and rise at four,” said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, by the motion of his arm’s shadow, dashing a tear from his eyes. “Mr. Lockwood,” he added, “you may go into my room: you’ll only be in the way, coming downstairs so early: and your childish outcry has sent sleep to the devil for me.”

“And for me, too,” I replied. “I’ll walk in the yard till daylight, and then I’ll be off; and you need not dread a repetition of my intrusion. I’m now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”

“Delightful company!” muttered Heathcliff. “Take the candle, and go where you please. I shall join you directly. Keep out of the yard, though, the dogs are unchained; and the house - Juno mounts sentinel there, and - nay, you can only ramble about the steps and passages. But, away with you! I’ll come in two minutes!”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Sempre às nove no inverno, e levantamos às quatro”, disse meu anfitrião, sufocando um gemido: e, imaginei eu, pelo movimento da sombra de seu braço, enxugando uma lágrima dos olhos. “Senhor Lockwood”, acrescentou ele, “pode ir para o meu quarto: só vai atrapalhar, descendo tão cedo; e seu grito infantil mandou meu sono para o diabo.”

“E o meu também”, respondi. “Vou caminhar pelo pátio até o amanhecer, e depois vou embora; e o senhor não precisa temer uma repetição de minha intrusão. Estou agora completamente curado de buscar prazer na sociedade, seja no campo ou na cidade. Um homem sensato deve encontrar companhia suficiente em si mesmo.”

“Companhia deliciosa!”, murmurou Heathcliff. “Pegue a vela, e vá para onde quiser. Vou me juntar a você em seguida. Fique fora do pátio, contudo, os cães estão soltos; e a casa - Juno monta guarda ali, e - não, você só pode vagar pelos degraus e corredores. Mas, vá logo! Chego em dois minutos!”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Obedeci o suficiente para deixar o quarto. Mas, sem saber para onde levavam os corredores estreitos, fiquei parado, e vi algo estranho - sem querer. Meu senhorio fez algo supersticioso que não combinava com sua costumeira aparência de bom senso. Ele subiu na cama e forçou a janela a abrir, e enquanto puxava, começou de repente a chorar sem controle. "Entre! Entre!" soluçava. "Cathy, por favor, venha. Ah, por favor - só mais uma vez! Ah, minha querida! Ouça-me esta vez, Catherine, por favor!" Mas, como os fantasmas costumam fazer, não deu nenhum sinal de que realmente estava ali. Apenas a neve e o vento sopravam violentamente pela janela, alcançando até onde eu estava e apagando minha vela.

Original English Version

I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears. “Come in! come in!” he sobbed. “Cathy, do come. Oh, do - once more! Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!” The spectre showed a spectre’s ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light.

Tradução Integral em Português

Obedeci, ao ponto de deixar o quarto; quando, ignorando para onde levavam os estreitos corredores, fiquei parado, e fui testemunha, involuntariamente, de uma manifestação de superstição por parte de meu senhorio que desmentia, estranhamente, seu aparente bom senso. Ele subiu na cama e forçou a janela de treliça a abrir, irrompendo, enquanto puxava, num incontrolável acesso de lágrimas. “Entre! entre!”, soluçou. “Cathy, venha logo. Ah, venha - só mais uma vez! Ah! minha querida do coração! ouça-me desta vez, Catherine, finalmente!” O espectro mostrou o capricho habitual de um espectro: não deu sinal algum de existir; mas a neve e o vento redemoinharam violentamente através da abertura, alcançando até meu posto, e apagando a luz.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Havia tanta dor em seu choro que senti pena dele em vez de achar aquilo tolice. Afastei-me, um pouco irritado comigo mesmo por ter ficado escutando, e incomodado por ter lhe contado meu pesadelo bobo, já que lhe causara tanta dor - embora eu não conseguisse entender por quê. Desci com cuidado até o andar de baixo e cheguei à cozinha dos fundos, onde algumas brasas acesas me permitiram acender minha vela de novo. Nada se movia, exceto um gato cinza raiado, que saiu se arrastando das cinzas e me saudou com um miado infeliz.

Original English Version

There was such anguish in the gush of grief that accompanied this raving, that my compassion made me overlook its folly, and I drew off, half angry to have listened at all, and vexed at having related my ridiculous nightmare, since it produced that agony; though why was beyond my comprehension. I descended cautiously to the lower regions, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire, raked compactly together, enabled me to rekindle my candle. Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew.

Tradução Integral em Português

Havia tal angústia no ímpeto de dor que acompanhava esse delírio, que minha compaixão me fez ignorar sua insensatez, e me afastei, meio zangado por ter escutado, e vexado por ter contado meu ridículo pesadelo, já que isso produzira aquela agonia; embora o porquê estivesse além da minha compreensão. Desci cautelosamente às regiões inferiores, e desembarquei na cozinha dos fundos, onde um lampejo de fogo, ajuntado compactamente, permitiu-me reacender minha vela. Nada se mexia, exceto uma gata malhada e cinzenta, que rastejou para fora das cinzas, e me saudou com um miado queixoso.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Dois bancos curvos quase circundavam a lareira. Deitei-me em um deles, e o gato subiu no outro. Ambos estávamos quase dormindo quando alguém entrou em nosso canto tranquilo - era Joseph, descendo por uma escada de madeira que levava, através de um buraco no teto, provavelmente ao seu quartinho lá em cima. Ele lançou um olhar hostil ao pequeno fogo que eu tinha conseguido aceso, tirou o gato do lugar dele com um empurrão, sentou-se em seu lugar, e começou a encher um cachimbo de tabaco. Claramente considerava minha presença ali algo demasiado indecoroso até para comentar - colocou o cachimbo aos lábios em silêncio, cruzou os braços e fumou. Deixei-o aproveitar sem incomodá-lo, e depois de sua última tragada e um suspiro profundo, ele se levantou e saiu tão sério quanto tinha chegado.

Original English Version

Two benches, shaped in sections of a circle, nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and Grimalkin mounted the other. We were both of us nodding ere any one invaded our retreat, and then it was Joseph, shuffling down a wooden ladder that vanished in the roof, through a trap: the ascent to his garret, I suppose. He cast a sinister look at the little flame which I had enticed to play between the ribs, swept the cat from its elevation, and bestowing himself in the vacancy, commenced the operation of stuffing a three-inch pipe with tobacco. My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he silently applied the tube to his lips, folded his arms, and puffed away. I let him enjoy the luxury unannoyed; and after sucking out his last wreath, and heaving a profound sigh, he got up, and departed as solemnly as he came.

Tradução Integral em Português

Dois bancos, moldados em seções de um círculo, quase cercavam a lareira; sobre um deles me estendi, e Grimalkin subiu no outro. Ambos estávamos cochilando quando alguém invadiu nosso retiro, e era Joseph, arrastando-se por uma escada de madeira que sumia no teto, através de um alçapão: o acesso ao seu sótão, suponho. Ele lançou um olhar sinistro para a pequena chama que eu havia incitado a brincar entre as costelas do fogo, afastou a gata de sua posição elevada e, instalando-se no vão, começou a operação de encher um cachimbo de três polegadas com tabaco. Minha presença em seu santuário foi evidentemente considerada uma impertinência vergonhosa demais para comentar: ele silenciosamente aplicou o tubo aos lábios, cruzou os braços, e ficou tragando fumaça. Deixei-o desfrutar do luxo sem incomodá-lo; e depois de sugar sua última baforada, e soltar um suspiro profundo, ele se levantou, e partiu tão solenemente quanto viera.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Um passo mais leve entrou a seguir. Abri a boca para dizer "bom dia," mas a fechei novamente sem dizer nada - porque Hareton Earnshaw praguejava em voz baixa contra tudo o que tocava, enquanto procurava num canto por uma pá para cavar a neve. Ele olhou por sobre o encosto do banco, as narinas dilatadas, e não demonstrou mais interesse em ser educado comigo do que com o gato ao meu lado. Pelo que ele estava fazendo, imaginei que era possível sair, então me levantei da minha cama dura e fiz um movimento para segui-lo. Ele notou isso e apontou com a ponta da pá para uma porta interna, fazendo um som indistinto para me mostrar que era por ali que eu deveria ir, se quisesse me mover.

Original English Version

A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch, made a movement to follow him. He noticed this, and thrust at an inner door with the end of his spade, intimating by an inarticulate sound that there was the place where I must go, if I changed my locality.

Tradução Integral em Português

Um passo mais elástico entrou em seguida; e eu já abria a boca para um “bom-dia”, mas a fechei de novo, a saudação inacabada; pois Hareton Earnshaw estava fazendo sua oração sotto voce, numa série de maldições dirigidas contra cada objeto que tocava, enquanto vasculhava um canto atrás de uma pá ou enxada para cavar através dos montes de neve. Ele olhou por cima das costas do banco, dilatando as narinas, e pensou tão pouco em trocar cortesias comigo quanto com minha companheira, a gata. Adivinhei, por seus preparativos, que a saída era permitida, e, deixando meu duro leito, fiz um movimento para segui-lo. Ele notou isso, e empurrou uma porta interna com a ponta da pá, indicando com um som inarticulado que era ali que eu devia ir, se mudasse de lugar.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

A porta se abria para dentro da casa, onde as mulheres já estavam de pé e trabalhando. Zillah empurrava as chamas pela chaminé com um enorme fole, e a Sra. Heathcliff estava de joelhos junto ao fogo, lendo um livro à sua luz. Mantinha a mão entre os olhos e o calor, e parecia completamente absorta em seu livro, parando apenas para repreender a criada por cobri-la de fagulhas, ou para afastar um cão que insistia em enfiar o nariz em seu rosto. Fiquei surpreso ao ver Heathcliff ali também. Estava de pé junto ao fogo, de costas para mim, terminando uma discussão furiosa com a pobre Zillah, que parava de trabalhar de vez em quando para levantar a ponta do avental e soltar um gemido irritado.

"E você, sua inútil - " gritou ele quando entrei, virando-se para a nora e chamando-a por um nome grosseiro. "Aí está você, desperdiçando tempo de novo! Todo mundo aqui ganha o próprio sustento - você vive da minha bondade! Guarde essa porcaria e encontre algo útil para fazer. Você vai me pagar pelo incômodo de tê-la sempre diante de mim - está ouvindo, sua desgraçada?"

Original English Version

It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face. I was surprised to see Heathcliff there also. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan.

“And you, you worthless - ” he broke out as I entered, turning to his daughter-in-law, and employing an epithet as harmless as duck, or sheep, but generally represented by a dash - . “There you are, at your idle tricks again! The rest of them do earn their bread - you live on my charity! Put your trash away, and find something to do. You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight - do you hear, damnable jade?”

Tradução Integral em Português

Abria-se para dentro da casa, onde as mulheres já estavam de pé; Zillah avivando labaredas na chaminé com um fole colossal; e a senhora Heathcliff, ajoelhada na lareira, lendo um livro à luz do fogo. Mantinha a mão interposta entre o calor da fornalha e os olhos, e parecia absorta em sua ocupação; desistindo dela apenas para repreender a criada por cobri-la de faíscas, ou para afastar, de vez em quando, um cão que enfiava o focinho demasiado insinuante em seu rosto. Fiquei surpreso ao ver Heathcliff ali também. Ele estava de pé junto ao fogo, de costas para mim, terminando uma cena tempestuosa com a pobre Zillah; que a todo momento interrompia seu trabalho para levantar a ponta do avental, e soltar um gemido indignado.

“E você, sua inútil - ”, ele explodiu quando entrei, virando-se para sua nora, e empregando um epíteto tão inofensivo quanto pata, ou ovelha, mas geralmente representado por um travessão. “Aí está você, em suas travessuras ociosas de novo! Os outros ganham o pão deles - você vive da minha caridade! Guarde essas suas tralhas e arranje alguma coisa para fazer. Vai me pagar pela praga de tê-la eternamente à minha vista - ouviu, sua bruxa maldita?”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Vou guardar minha porcaria, porque o senhor pode me forçar a isso se eu me recusar," respondeu a jovem, fechando o livro e jogando-o sobre uma cadeira. "Mas não vou fazer mais nada, mesmo que o senhor pragueje até a língua cair, exceto o que eu escolher fazer!"

Heathcliff levantou a mão, e a jovem se afastou rapidamente, claramente sabendo com que força ele podia bater. Sem querer assistir a uma briga, avancei rapidamente, fingindo que queria me aquecer junto ao fogo e nada sabia da discussão. Ambos foram educados o bastante para parar de brigar - Heathcliff meteu os punhos nos bolsos para evitar usá-los, e a Sra. Heathcliff apertou os lábios e foi para um assento bem distante, onde ficou completamente quieta e em silêncio pelo resto da minha visita. Aquela visita não durou muito. Não fiquei para o café da manhã, e, assim que clareou, aproveitei a chance de escapar para fora, para um ar limpo, imóvel e frio como gelo.

Original English Version

“I’ll put my trash away, because you can make me if I refuse,” answered the young lady, closing her book, and throwing it on a chair. “But I’ll not do anything, though you should swear your tongue out, except what I please!”

Heathcliff lifted his hand, and the speaker sprang to a safer distance, obviously acquainted with its weight. Having no desire to be entertained by a cat-and-dog combat, I stepped forward briskly, as if eager to partake the warmth of the hearth, and innocent of any knowledge of the interrupted dispute. Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities: Heathcliff placed his fists, out of temptation, in his pockets; Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay. That was not long. I declined joining their breakfast, and, at the first gleam of dawn, took an opportunity of escaping into the free air, now clear, and still, and cold as impalpable ice.

Tradução Integral em Português

“Vou guardar minhas tralhas, porque você pode me obrigar se eu recusar”, respondeu a jovem, fechando o livro e jogando-o numa cadeira. “Mas não farei nada, nem que jure até secar a língua, exceto o que me aprouver!”

Heathcliff ergueu a mão, e a que falava saltou para uma distância mais segura, evidentemente familiarizada com seu peso. Não tendo desejo algum de me divertir com um combate de cão e gato, avancei rapidamente, como se ansioso por partilhar o calor da lareira, e inocente de qualquer conhecimento da disputa interrompida. Ambos tinham decoro suficiente para suspender novas hostilidades: Heathcliff colocou os punhos, longe da tentação, nos bolsos; a senhora Heathcliff curvou o lábio, e caminhou até um assento distante, onde manteve sua palavra, fazendo o papel de estátua pelo resto de minha estadia. Isso não durou muito. Recusei-me a partilhar do café da manhã deles, e, ao primeiro lampejo do amanhecer, aproveitei a oportunidade de escapar para o ar livre, agora claro, imóvel e frio como gelo impalpável.

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Meu senhorio pediu-me que parasse antes de eu chegar ao fim do jardim, e ofereceu-se para caminhar comigo pelo charco. Foi bom que o fizesse, porque toda a encosta parecia um único mar branco e ondulado - as colinas e depressões da neve não correspondiam à forma real do terreno. Muitos buracos profundos estavam nivelados de neve, e longas fileiras de montes de rejeitos de antigas pedreiras tinham desaparecido completamente do quadro que eu lembrava da minha caminhada do dia anterior. Eu tinha notado, de um lado da estrada, uma fileira de pedras verticais colocadas de seis em seis ou sete em sete metros por todo o caminho - foram postas ali e pintadas com cal branca para servir de guia no escuro, e também para ocasiões como esta, quando a neve pesada dificultava distinguir o caminho seguro dos pântanos perigosos de ambos os lados. Mas, à parte de algumas manchas sujas aparecendo aqui e ali, todo sinal das pedras tinha desaparecido, e meu companheiro precisava com frequência me avisar para ir à direita ou à esquerda, sempre que eu pensava estar seguindo corretamente as curvas da estrada.

Original English Version

My landlord halloed for me to stop ere I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to accompany me across the moor. It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday’s walk left pictured in my mind. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road.

Tradução Integral em Português

Meu senhorio gritou para que eu parasse antes de eu chegar ao fim do jardim, e se ofereceu para me acompanhar através do pântano. Ainda bem que o fez, pois toda a encosta era um oceano branco e ondulante; as ondulações e depressões não indicavam correspondentes elevações e afundamentos no terreno: muitos buracos, pelo menos, estavam nivelados; e faixas inteiras de montículos, o refugo das pedreiras, apagadas do mapa que minha caminhada de ontem havia deixado pintado em minha mente. Eu tinha notado, de um lado da estrada, a intervalos de seis ou sete jardas, uma fileira de pedras eretas, continuando por todo o comprimento do terreno baldio: elas haviam sido erguidas e caiadas com cal com o propósito de servir de guia no escuro, e também quando uma nevasca, como a atual, confundia os pântanos profundos de ambos os lados com o caminho mais firme: mas, exceto por um ponto sujo apontando para cima aqui e ali, todos os vestígios de sua existência tinham desaparecido: e meu companheiro achou necessário me avisar frequentemente para dirigir à direita ou à esquerda, quando eu imaginava estar seguindo, corretamente, as curvas da estrada.

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Não falamos muito, e ele parou na entrada do Thrushcross Park, dizendo que dali eu não poderia me perder. Nos despedimos rapidamente com uma pequena reverência, e então segui em frente sozinho, confiando em encontrar o caminho - a casa do zelador do portão ainda não tem ninguém morando nela. A distância do portão até a Granja é de duas milhas, mas acho que fiz dela quatro, porque me perdi entre as árvores e afundei até o pescoço na neve - um problema que só quem já viveu isso pode realmente entender. De qualquer forma, qualquer que fosse o caminho que eu tomasse, o relógio bateu meio-dia quando entrei em casa, o que significava exatamente uma hora para cada milha do caminho normal desde Wuthering Heights.

Original English Version

We exchanged little conversation, and he halted at the entrance of Thrushcross Park, saying, I could make no error there. Our adieux were limited to a hasty bow, and then I pushed forward, trusting to my own resources; for the porter’s lodge is untenanted as yet. The distance from the gate to the Grange is two miles; I believe I managed to make it four, what with losing myself among the trees, and sinking up to the neck in snow: a predicament which only those who have experienced it can appreciate. At any rate, whatever were my wanderings, the clock chimed twelve as I entered the house; and that gave exactly an hour for every mile of the usual way from Wuthering Heights.

Tradução Integral em Português

Trocamos pouca conversa, e ele parou na entrada do Parque de Thrushcross, dizendo que ali eu não poderia me enganar. Nossos adeuses se limitaram a uma reverência apressada, e então segui em frente, confiando em meus próprios recursos; pois a casa do porteiro ainda está desabitada. A distância do portão até a Granja é de duas milhas; creio que consegui fazê-la em quatro, entre perder-me entre as árvores e afundar até o pescoço na neve: uma situação difícil que só quem a experimentou pode apreciar. De qualquer forma, quaisquer que tenham sido minhas divagações, o relógio bateu meio-dia quando entrei na casa; e isso deu exatamente uma hora para cada milha do caminho habitual desde o Morro dos Ventos Uivantes.

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Minha governanta e os outros criados correram para me receber, todos gritando ao mesmo tempo que já tinham desistido completamente de mim - todos pensavam que eu tinha morrido durante a noite, e estavam se perguntando como deveriam procurar meu corpo. Disse-lhes que ficassem quietos agora que podiam ver que eu voltara, e, sentindo-me congelado até os ossos, arrastei-me escada acima. Ali, depois de vestir roupas secas e caminhar de um lado para o outro por trinta ou quarenta minutos para me aquecer, fui até meu escritório, tão fraco quanto um gatinho - quase demasiado fraco para apreciar o fogo aquecido e o café quente que a criada tinha preparado para mim.

Original English Version

My human fixture and her satellites rushed to welcome me; exclaiming, tumultuously, they had completely given me up: everybody conjectured that I perished last night; and they were wondering how they must set about the search for my remains. I bid them be quiet, now that they saw me returned, and, benumbed to my very heart, I dragged upstairs; whence, after putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro thirty or forty minutes, to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too much so to enjoy the cheerful fire and smoking coffee which the servant had prepared for my refreshment.

Tradução Integral em Português

Minha criada fixa e seus satélites correram para me dar as boas-vindas; exclamando, tumultuosamente, que já tinham me dado por perdido: todos conjeturavam que eu perecera na noite anterior, e estavam se perguntando como deveriam proceder para procurar meus restos. Pedi-lhes que se acalmassem, agora que me viam de volta, e, entorpecido até o âmago do coração, arrastei-me escada acima; de onde, depois de trocar de roupa seca, e caminhar de um lado para outro por trinta ou quarenta minutos para restaurar o calor animal, retirei-me para meu estúdio, fraco como um gatinho: quase fraco demais para desfrutar do fogo alegre e do café fumegante que a criada havia preparado para me revigorar.

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Chapter IV

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Que gente inconstante nós somos! Eu tinha decidido permanecer completamente independente das outras pessoas, e fiquei feliz por finalmente ter encontrado um lugar onde isso era quase impossível de evitar. Mas eu, fraco como sou, lutei contra o desânimo e a solidão até o anoitecer, e finalmente tive que desistir. Fingindo que queria informações sobre a administração da casa, pedi à Sra. Dean, quando ela trouxe o jantar, que se sentasse enquanto eu comia. Eu sinceramente esperava que ela conversasse muito, ou para me animar ou para me fazer adormecer com suas histórias.

"A senhora vive aqui há muito tempo," comecei. "Não disse que eram dezesseis anos?"

"Dezoito anos, senhor. Vim quando a patroa se casou, para servi-la. Depois que ela morreu, o patrão me manteve como sua governanta."

"De fato."

Houve uma pausa. Temi que ela não fosse muito de fofocas, exceto sobre a própria vida, o que dificilmente me interessaria. Mas depois de pensar um pouco, com um punho em cada joelho e uma expressão pensativa em seu rosto avermelhado, ela disse subitamente, "Ah, os tempos mudaram muito desde então!"

Original English Version

What vain weather-cocks we are! I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk.

“You have lived here a considerable time,” I commenced; “did you not say sixteen years?”

“Eighteen, sir: I came when the mistress was married, to wait on her; after she died, the master retained me for his housekeeper.”

“Indeed.”

There ensued a pause. She was not a gossip, I feared; unless about her own affairs, and those could hardly interest me. However, having studied for an interval, with a fist on either knee, and a cloud of meditation over her ruddy countenance, she ejaculated - “Ah, times are greatly changed since then!”

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Que catavento tão vão somos! Eu, que tinha decidido manter-me independente de todo convívio social, e agradecera aos céus por ter, por fim, encontrado um lugar onde isso era quase impraticável - eu, fraco miserável, depois de manter até o crepúsculo uma luta contra o desânimo e a solidão, fui finalmente obrigado a arriar minhas cores; e, sob o pretexto de obter informações sobre as necessidades de meu estabelecimento, pedi à senhora Dean, quando trouxe o jantar, que se sentasse enquanto eu comia; esperando sinceramente que ela se revelasse uma fofoqueira habitual, e que ou me despertasse à animação ou me embalasse ao sono com sua conversa.

“A senhora mora aqui há bastante tempo”, comecei; “não disse que eram dezesseis anos?”

“Dezoito, senhor: vim quando a patroa se casou, para atendê-la; depois que ela morreu, o patrão me manteve como sua governanta.”

“De fato.”

Seguiu-se uma pausa. Ela não era fofoqueira, temi; a menos que sobre seus próprios assuntos, e esses dificilmente me interessariam. No entanto, tendo refletido por um intervalo, com um punho em cada joelho, e uma nuvem de meditação sobre seu rosto corado, ela exclamou - “Ah, os tempos mudaram bastante desde então!”

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"Sim," disse eu, "imagino que a senhora tenha visto muitas mudanças?"

"Vi - e problemas também," ela disse.

"Vou direcionar a conversa para a família do meu senhorio!" pensei comigo mesmo. "Um bom assunto para começar! E gostaria de saber a história daquela bela jovem viúva - se ela nasceu por aqui, ou, mais provavelmente, é uma forasteira que as pessoas locais, tão pouco amistosas, não aceitam como parente." Com isso em mente, perguntei à Sra. Dean por que Heathcliff alugava a Thrushcross Grange, e escolhia viver num lugar tão pior. "Ele não é rico o bastante para manter a propriedade em bom estado?" perguntei.

Original English Version

“Yes,” I remarked, “you’ve seen a good many alterations, I suppose?”

“I have: and troubles too,” she said.

“Oh, I’ll turn the talk on my landlord’s family!” I thought to myself. “A good subject to start! And that pretty girl-widow, I should like to know her history: whether she be a native of the country, or, as is more probable, an exotic that the surly indigenae will not recognise for kin.” With this intention I asked Mrs. Dean why Heathcliff let Thrushcross Grange, and preferred living in a situation and residence so much inferior. “Is he not rich enough to keep the estate in good order?” I inquired.

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“Sim”, observei, “a senhora deve ter visto muitas mudanças, suponho?”

“Já vi: e aflições também”, disse ela.

“Ah, vou virar a conversa para a família do meu senhorio!”, pensei comigo mesmo. “Um bom assunto para começar! E aquela bela viuvinha, gostaria de saber sua história: se é nativa da região, ou, como é mais provável, algo exótico que os taciturnos habitantes locais não reconhecem como parente.” Com essa intenção, perguntei à senhora Dean por que Heathcliff alugava a Granja de Thrushcross, e preferia viver numa situação e residência tão inferiores. “Ele não é rico o suficiente para manter a propriedade em bom estado?”, indaguei.

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"Rico, senhor!" ela respondeu. "Ninguém sabe quanto dinheiro ele tem, e ele cresce a cada ano. Sim, sim, ele é rico o bastante para viver numa casa mais fina que esta. Mas é muito sovina com dinheiro, e se tivesse planejado se mudar para a Thrushcross Grange, tão logo ouvisse falar de um bom inquilino, não conseguiria resistir à chance de ganhar mais algumas centenas de libras alugando-a. É estranho que as pessoas possam ser tão avarentas quando estão sozinhas no mundo!"

"Parece que ele teve um filho?"

"Sim, teve um - está morto."

"E aquela jovem, a Sra. Heathcliff, é sua viúva?"

"Sim."

"De onde ela veio originalmente?"

"Bem, senhor, ela é a filha do meu falecido patrão. Catherine Linton era seu nome antes do casamento. Eu cuidava dela quando era criança, pobrezinha! Eu queria que o Sr. Heathcliff se mudasse para aqui, para pudéssemos estar juntas de novo."

Original English Version

“Rich, sir!” she returned. “He has nobody knows what money, and every year it increases. Yes, yes, he’s rich enough to live in a finer house than this: but he’s very near - close-handed; and, if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant he could not have borne to miss the chance of getting a few hundreds more. It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world!”

“He had a son, it seems?”

“Yes, he had one - he is dead.”

“And that young lady, Mrs. Heathcliff, is his widow?”

“Yes.”

“Where did she come from originally?”

“Why, sir, she is my late master’s daughter: Catherine Linton was her maiden name. I nursed her, poor thing! I did wish Mr. Heathcliff would remove here, and then we might have been together again.”

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“Rico, senhor!”, ela retrucou. “Ele tem sabe-se lá quanto dinheiro, e a cada ano aumenta. Sim, sim, ele é rico o suficiente para viver numa casa mais bonita do que esta: mas ele é muito sovina - apertado com o dinheiro; e, se tivesse pretendido se mudar para a Granja de Thrushcross, assim que soubesse de um bom inquilino, não teria suportado perder a chance de ganhar mais algumas centenas. É estranho que as pessoas sejam tão gananciosas, quando estão sozinhas no mundo!”

“Ele teve um filho, ao que parece?”

“Sim, ele teve um... está morto.”

“E aquela jovem, a Sra. Heathcliff, é a viúva dele?”

“Sim.”

“De onde ela veio originalmente?”

“Ora, senhor, ela é filha do meu falecido patrão: Catherine Linton era o nome de solteira dela. Eu a criei, coitadinha! Eu bem que desejei que o Sr. Heathcliff se mudasse para cá, e então poderíamos estar juntas de novo.”

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"O quê! Catherine Linton?" disse eu, surpreso. Mas, depois de pensar um momento, percebi que não era a Catherine fantasmagórica que eu tinha visto. "Então," continuei, "a pessoa que morava aqui antes de mim se chamava Linton?"

"Era."

"E quem é esse Earnshaw - Hareton Earnshaw, que vive com o Sr. Heathcliff? São parentes?"

"Não, ele é sobrinho da falecida Sra. Linton."

"Primo da jovem senhora, então?"

"Sim - e o marido dela também era seu primo. Um parentesco é por parte de mãe, o outro por parte de pai. Heathcliff se casou com a irmã do Sr. Linton."

"Vi que a casa em Wuthering Heights tem 'Earnshaw' esculpido acima da porta principal. São uma família antiga?"

"Muito antiga, senhor, e Hareton é o último daquela família, assim como nossa Srta. Cathy é a última dos Lintons. O senhor esteve em Wuthering Heights? Desculpe perguntar, mas gostaria de saber como ela está!"

Original English Version

“What! Catherine Linton?” I exclaimed, astonished. But a minute’s reflection convinced me it was not my ghostly Catherine. “Then,” I continued, “my predecessor’s name was Linton?”

“It was.”

“And who is that Earnshaw: Hareton Earnshaw, who lives with Mr. Heathcliff? Are they relations?”

“No; he is the late Mrs. Linton’s nephew.”

“The young lady’s cousin, then?”

“Yes; and her husband was her cousin also: one on the mother’s, the other on the father’s side: Heathcliff married Mr. Linton’s sister.”

“I see the house at Wuthering Heights has ‘Earnshaw’ carved over the front door. Are they an old family?”

“Very old, sir; and Hareton is the last of them, as our Miss Cathy is of us - I mean, of the Lintons. Have you been to Wuthering Heights? I beg pardon for asking; but I should like to hear how she is!”

Tradução Integral em Português

“O quê! Catherine Linton?”, exclamei, atônito. Mas um minuto de reflexão me convenceu de que não era a minha fantasmagórica Catherine. “Então”, continuei, “o nome do meu antecessor era Linton?”

“Era.”

“E quem é aquele Earnshaw: Hareton Earnshaw, que mora com o Sr. Heathcliff? São parentes?”

“Não; ele é sobrinho da falecida Sra. Linton.”

“Primo da jovem senhora, então?”

“Sim; e o marido dela também era primo dela: um pelo lado da mãe, o outro pelo lado do pai: Heathcliff casou-se com a irmã do Sr. Linton.”

“Vi que a casa de Wuthering Heights tem ‘Earnshaw’ entalhado sobre a porta da frente. É uma família antiga?”

“Muito antiga, senhor; e Hareton é o último deles, assim como a nossa Srta. Cathy é o último de nós - quero dizer, dos Linton. O senhor esteve em Wuthering Heights? Peço perdão por perguntar; mas gostaria de saber como ela está!”

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"A Sra. Heathcliff? Ela parecia estar muito bem e muito bonita, mas creio que não muito feliz."

"Ah, isso não me surpreende! E como o senhor achou o patrão?"

"Um homem bastante rude, Sra. Dean. Não é esse o seu caráter?"

"Rude como uma lâmina de serra, e duro como pedra! Quanto menos o senhor se envolver com ele, melhor."

"Ele deve ter passado por experiências difíceis na vida para se tornar um homem tão rude. A senhora sabe algo sobre o passado dele?"

"É como a história de um cuco, senhor - sei tudo sobre isso, exceto onde ele nasceu, quem foram seus pais, e como conseguiu seu dinheiro no início. E Hareton foi expulso como um passarinho de outro ninho! O pobre menino é a única pessoa em toda esta região que não percebe o quanto foi enganado."

"Bem, Sra. Dean, seria muita bondade sua me contar algo sobre meus vizinhos. Sinto que não vou conseguir descansar se for para a cama agora, então, por favor, tenha a bondade de se sentar e conversar comigo por uma hora."

Original English Version

“Mrs. Heathcliff? she looked very well, and very handsome; yet, I think, not very happy.”

“Oh dear, I don’t wonder! And how did you like the master?”

“A rough fellow, rather, Mrs. Dean. Is not that his character?”

“Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.”

“He must have had some ups and downs in life to make him such a churl. Do you know anything of his history?”

“It’s a cuckoo’s, sir - I know all about it: except where he was born, and who were his parents, and how he got his money at first. And Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock! The unfortunate lad is the only one in all this parish that does not guess how he has been cheated.”

“Well, Mrs. Dean, it will be a charitable deed to tell me something of my neighbours: I feel I shall not rest if I go to bed; so be good enough to sit and chat an hour.”

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“A Sra. Heathcliff? Ela parecia muito bem, e muito bonita; embora, penso eu, não muito feliz.”

“Ai, meu Deus, não me admira! E o que achou do patrão?”

“Um sujeito rude, digamos, Sra. Dean. Não é esse o feitio dele?”

“Rude como o fio de uma serra, e duro como pedra de xisto! Quanto menos o senhor se meter com ele, melhor.”

“Ele deve ter tido altos e baixos na vida para se tornar tão grosseiro. A senhora sabe algo da história dele?”

“É uma história de cuco, senhor - eu sei tudo a respeito: exceto onde ele nasceu, quem eram seus pais, e como conseguiu seu dinheiro no início. E Hareton foi expulso do ninho como um pintainho ainda sem penas! O infeliz rapaz é o único em toda esta paróquia que não desconfia de como foi enganado.”

“Bem, Sra. Dean, será um ato de caridade contar-me algo sobre meus vizinhos: sinto que não vou descansar se eu for para a cama; então tenha a bondade de sentar-se e conversar por uma hora.”

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"Ah, claro, senhor! Vou só buscar uma costura, e depois me sento com o senhor pelo tempo que quiser. Mas o senhor está gripado - vi que estava tremendo, e precisa de um mingau quente para se livrar disso."

A boa mulher se apressou a saír, e me aproximei do fogo. Minha cabeça estava quente, mas o resto do corpo estava frio. Além disso, estava tão nervoso e agitado que me sentia quase tolo. Isso me fazia sentir - não exatamente desconfortável, mas preocupado (como ainda estou) com efeitos sérios dos acontecimentos de hoje e de ontem. Ela logo voltou com uma tigela fumegante e uma cesta de costura, e depois de colocar a tigela junto ao fogo, aproximou sua cadeira, claramente feliz por eu querer sua companhia.

Original English Version

“Oh, certainly, sir! I’ll just fetch a little sewing, and then I’ll sit as long as you please. But you’ve caught cold: I saw you shivering, and you must have some gruel to drive it out.”

The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire; my head felt hot, and the rest of me chill: moreover, I was excited, almost to a pitch of foolishness, through my nerves and brain. This caused me to feel, not uncomfortable, but rather fearful (as I am still) of serious effects from the incidents of to-day and yesterday. She returned presently, bringing a smoking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable.

Tradução Integral em Português

“Ah, certamente, senhor! Vou apenas buscar um pouco de costura, e então ficarei o tempo que quiser. Mas o senhor pegou um resfriado: eu vi que estava tremendo, e precisa de um mingau para espantá-lo.”

A digna mulher saiu apressada, e eu me encolhi mais perto do fogo; minha cabeça estava quente, e o resto de mim, gelado: além disso, estava excitado, quase a ponto de tolice, por causa dos meus nervos e do meu cérebro. Isso me fazia sentir, não desconfortável, mas antes receoso (como ainda estou) de efeitos sérios provenientes dos incidentes de hoje e de ontem. Ela voltou logo, trazendo uma tigela fumegante e uma cesta de trabalho; e, tendo colocado a primeira sobre a chapa do fogão, puxou sua cadeira, evidentemente satisfeita de me achar tão bom companheiro.

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Antes de eu vir morar aqui, ela começou - sem esperar que eu pedisse de novo - eu estava quase sempre em Wuthering Heights, porque minha mãe tinha cuidado do Sr. Hindley Earnshaw quando bebê, que era o pai de Hareton, e assim cresci brincando com as crianças. Também fazia recados, ajudava a fazer feno, e ficava pela fazenda pronta para fazer o que fosse preciso. Numa bela manhã de verão - era o início da colheita, eu me lembro - o Sr. Earnshaw, o velho patrão, desceu vestido para uma viagem. Depois de dizer a Joseph o que precisava ser feito naquele dia, virou-se para Hindley, Cathy e eu - eu estava comendo mingau com eles - e disse ao filho, "Agora, meu bom garoto, vou a Liverpool hoje. O que devo trazer para você? Você pode escolher o que quiser, mas que seja pequeno, porque vou caminhar até lá e voltar - sessenta milhas de cada vez, é uma viagem longa!" Hindley pediu um violino, e então o Sr. Earnshaw perguntou à Srta. Cathy. Ela tinha apenas seis anos, mas já sabia montar qualquer cavalo do estábulo, e escolheu um chicote. Ele também não se esqueceu de mim, porque tinha um coração bondoso, embora pudesse ser severo às vezes. Prometeu me trazer um bolso cheio de maçãs e peras. Depois beijou os filhos, se despediu e partiu.

Original English Version

Before I came to live here, she commenced - waiting no farther invitation to her story - I was almost always at Wuthering Heights; because my mother had nursed Mr. Hindley Earnshaw, that was Hareton’s father, and I got used to playing with the children: I ran errands too, and helped to make hay, and hung about the farm ready for anything that anybody would set me to. One fine summer morning - it was the beginning of harvest, I remember - Mr. Earnshaw, the old master, came downstairs, dressed for a journey; and, after he had told Joseph what was to be done during the day, he turned to Hindley, and Cathy, and me - for I sat eating my porridge with them - and he said, speaking to his son, “Now, my bonny man, I’m going to Liverpool to-day, what shall I bring you? You may choose what you like: only let it be little, for I shall walk there and back: sixty miles each way, that is a long spell!” Hindley named a fiddle, and then he asked Miss Cathy; she was hardly six years old, but she could ride any horse in the stable, and she chose a whip. He did not forget me; for he had a kind heart, though he was rather severe sometimes. He promised to bring me a pocketful of apples and pears, and then he kissed his children, said good-bye, and set off.

Tradução Integral em Português

Antes de eu vir morar aqui, começou ela - sem esperar por mais nenhum convite para o seu relato - eu estava quase sempre em Wuthering Heights; porque minha mãe tinha criado o Sr. Hindley Earnshaw, que era o pai de Hareton, e eu me acostumei a brincar com as crianças: eu também fazia recados, e ajudava a fazer feno, e ficava por perto da fazenda pronta para o que quer que me mandassem fazer. Numa bela manhã de verão - era o início da colheita, eu me lembro - o Sr. Earnshaw, o velho patrão, desceu, vestido para uma viagem; e, depois de dizer a Joseph o que devia ser feito durante o dia, virou-se para Hindley, e Cathy, e eu - pois eu estava sentada comendo minha papa de aveia com eles - e disse, falando com o filho: “Então, meu bonito rapaz, hoje vou a Liverpool, o que hei de te trazer? Podes escolher o que quiseres: só que seja pouco, pois irei a pé, ida e volta: são sessenta milhas cada trecho, é uma longa caminhada!” Hindley pediu um violino, e então ele perguntou à Srta. Cathy; ela mal tinha seis anos, mas conseguia montar qualquer cavalo do estábulo, e escolheu um chicote. Ele não se esqueceu de mim; pois tinha bom coração, embora fosse um tanto severo às vezes. Prometeu me trazer um bolso cheio de maçãs e peras, e então beijou os filhos, despediu-se e partiu.

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Os três dias em que ele esteve ausente pareceram muito longos para todos nós, e a pequena Cathy perguntava com frequência quando ele voltaria para casa. A Sra. Earnshaw esperava que ele voltasse a tempo do jantar na terceira noite, e foi adiando a refeição, hora após hora. Mas não havia sinal dele chegando, e por fim as crianças se cansaram de correr até o portão para verificar. Depois escureceu, e ela quis mandá-los para a cama, mas eles pediram com tristeza que os deixasse ficar acordados. Por volta das onze horas, a tranca da porta se levantou silenciosamente, e o patrão entrou. Caiu numa cadeira, rindo e gemendo, e disse a todos que se afastassem porque estava completamente exausto - não faria aquela mesma caminhada de novo por nada no mundo.

"E no final dela, quase morri de susto!" disse ele, abrindo seu grande casaco, que estava mantendo enrolado nos braços. "Olhem aqui, mulher! Nada nunca me deixou tão exausto assim antes. Mas você deve aceitar isto como um presente de Deus, mesmo que pareça quase tão escuro como se viesse do diabo."

Original English Version

It seemed a long while to us all - the three days of his absence - and often did little Cathy ask when he would be home. Mrs. Earnshaw expected him by supper-time on the third evening, and she put the meal off hour after hour; there were no signs of his coming, however, and at last the children got tired of running down to the gate to look. Then it grew dark; she would have had them to bed, but they begged sadly to be allowed to stay up; and, just about eleven o’clock, the door-latch was raised quietly, and in stepped the master. He threw himself into a chair, laughing and groaning, and bid them all stand off, for he was nearly killed - he would not have such another walk for the three kingdoms.

“And at the end of it to be flighted to death!” he said, opening his great-coat, which he held bundled up in his arms. “See here, wife! I was never so beaten with anything in my life: but you must e’en take it as a gift of God; though it’s as dark almost as if it came from the devil.”

Tradução Integral em Português

Pareceu-nos um longo tempo a todos - os três dias de sua ausência - e muitas vezes a pequena Cathy perguntava quando ele voltaria para casa. A Sra. Earnshaw o esperava para a hora da ceia na terceira noite, e foi adiando a refeição hora após hora; não havia sinal, porém, de sua chegada, e por fim as crianças se cansaram de correr até o portão para olhar. Então escureceu; ela quis mandá-las para a cama, mas elas suplicaram tristemente que as deixasse ficar acordadas; e, por volta das onze horas, a tranca da porta se ergueu suavemente, e entrou o patrão. Ele se atirou numa cadeira, rindo e gemendo, e mandou que todos se afastassem, pois estava quase morto - não faria outra caminhada daquelas nem pelos três reinos.

“E ao final dela ainda ser assustado até a morte!”, disse ele, abrindo o sobretudo, que segurava enrolado nos braços. “Vejam aqui, mulher! Nunca fui tão vencido por nada em toda a minha vida: mas há de tomar isto como um presente de Deus; embora seja quase tão escuro como se viesse do diabo.”

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Todos nos aglomeramos ao redor, e por sobre a cabeça da Srta. Cathy consegui ver uma criança suja e maltrapilha, de cabelos negros, grande o suficiente para andar e falar. Na verdade, seu rosto parecia mais velho que o de Catherine, mas quando foi posto de pé, ficou apenas olhando em volta e repetindo palavras estranhas que ninguém conseguia entender. Fiquei assustada, e a Sra. Earnshaw estava pronta para expulsar a criança da casa. Ela ficou muito irritada, perguntando como ele podia trazer aquela criança cigana para dentro de casa quando já tinham seus próprios filhos para alimentar e cuidar. O que ele planejava fazer com ela? Estava louco? O patrão tentou explicar, mas estava realmente exausto, e tudo que consegui entender de sua história, entre as reclamações dela, foi que ele tinha encontrado a criança morrendo de fome, sem casa, e quase incapaz de falar, nas ruas de Liverpool. Ele a tinha recolhido ali e perguntado por aí quem era seu dono, mas ninguém sabia a quem ela pertencia, ele disse. Como seu tempo e dinheiro eram ambos limitados, decidiu que era melhor trazê-la para casa imediatamente do que gastar dinheiro ali, porque estava determinado a não deixá-la do jeito que a encontrara. No final, minha senhora se calmou depois de reclamar, e o Sr. Earnshaw me disse para lavar a criança, dar-lhe roupas limpas, e deixá-la dormir com os filhos dele.

Original English Version

We crowded round, and over Miss Cathy’s head I had a peep at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child; big enough both to walk and talk: indeed, its face looked older than Catherine’s; yet when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some gibberish that nobody could understand. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors: she did fly up, asking how he could fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house, when they had their own bairns to feed and fend for? What he meant to do with it, and whether he were mad? The master tried to explain the matter; but he was really half dead with fatigue, and all that I could make out, amongst her scolding, was a tale of his seeing it starving, and houseless, and as good as dumb, in the streets of Liverpool, where he picked it up and inquired for its owner. Not a soul knew to whom it belonged, he said; and his money and time being both limited, he thought it better to take it home with him at once, than run into vain expenses there: because he was determined he would not leave it as he found it. Well, the conclusion was, that my mistress grumbled herself calm; and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, and give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children.

Tradução Integral em Português

Aglomeramo-nos ao redor, e por cima da cabeça da Srta. Cathy dei uma espiada numa criança suja, esfarrapada, de cabelos pretos; grande o bastante tanto para andar como para falar: de fato, seu rosto parecia mais velho que o de Catherine; mas quando foi posta de pé, apenas olhou ao redor e repetiu, vezes sem conta, uma algaravia que ninguém conseguia entender. Fiquei assustada, e a Sra. Earnshaw estava pronta para atirá-la para fora de casa: ela de fato explodiu, perguntando como ele podia ter a ideia de trazer aquele filhote de cigano para dentro de casa, quando eles tinham seus próprios filhos para alimentar e cuidar? O que pretendia fazer com ele, e se estava louco? O patrão tentou explicar o assunto; mas estava realmente meio morto de cansaço, e tudo o que consegui entender, em meio à repreensão dela, foi uma história de tê-lo visto morrendo de fome, sem teto, e quase mudo, nas ruas de Liverpool, onde o recolheu e perguntou por seu dono. Nem uma alma sabia a quem pertencia, disse ele; e, sendo seu dinheiro e seu tempo ambos limitados, achou melhor trazê-lo logo para casa consigo do que gastar em vão por lá: porque estava determinado a não deixá-lo como o havia encontrado. Bem, a conclusão foi que minha patroa resmungou até se acalmar; e o Sr. Earnshaw me mandou lavá-lo, dar-lhe roupas limpas, e deixá-lo dormir com as crianças.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Hindley e Cathy apenas observaram e escutaram até as coisas se calmarem. Depois, ambos começaram a procurar nos bolsos do pai os presentes que ele tinha prometido. Hindley era um menino de catorze anos, mas quando puxou o que costumava ser um violino, agora esmagado em pedaços dentro do casaco, ele chorou alto. E Cathy, ao descobrir que o patrão tinha perdido o chicote dela enquanto cuidava do estranho, mostrou seus sentimentos fazendo caretas e cuspindo na estranha criancinha - e por isso, recebeu um tapa forte do pai, para lhe ensinar melhores maneiras. Ambos se recusaram completamente a deixar a criança dormir na cama com eles, ou até em seu quarto. Eu também não pensei com clareza, então pus a criança no patamar da escada, esperando que pudesse ter ido embora até a manhã seguinte. Por acaso, ou talvez porque ouviu sua voz, a criança rastejou até a porta do Sr. Earnshaw, e ele a encontrou ali quando saiu do quarto. Perguntou como ela tinha chegado até ali, e tive que admitir o que tinha feito. Como punição por minha covardia e falta de gentileza, fui expulsa da casa.

Original English Version

Hindley and Cathy contented themselves with looking and listening till peace was restored: then, both began searching their father’s pockets for the presents he had promised them. The former was a boy of fourteen, but when he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the great-coat, he blubbered aloud; and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip in attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing; earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners. They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room; and I had no more sense, so I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it might be gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw’s door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house.

Tradução Integral em Português

Hindley e Cathy se contentaram em olhar e escutar até que a paz fosse restaurada: então, ambos começaram a vasculhar os bolsos do pai em busca dos presentes que ele havia prometido. O primeiro era um menino de catorze anos, mas quando tirou o que tinha sido um violino, esmagado em pedacinhos dentro do sobretudo, chorou alto; e Cathy, ao saber que o patrão tinha perdido o seu chicote enquanto cuidava do estranho, mostrou seu temperamento fazendo caretas e cuspindo no menino tolo; ganhando, por seu esforço, um sonoro golpe do pai, para lhe ensinar modos mais limpos. Ambos recusaram-se terminantemente a tê-lo na cama com eles, ou mesmo em seu quarto; e eu não tinha mais juízo, de modo que o pus no patamar da escada, esperando que tivesse ido embora até o dia seguinte. Por acaso, ou atraído por ouvir a voz dele, arrastou-se até a porta do Sr. Earnshaw, e foi ali que este o encontrou ao sair do seu quarto. Perguntas foram feitas sobre como tinha chegado ali; fui obrigada a confessar, e, em recompensa por minha covardia e desumanidade, fui expulsa de casa.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Foi assim que Heathcliff se juntou à família pela primeira vez. Quando voltei alguns dias depois - porque não pensei que seria mandada para longe para sempre - descobri que tinham lhe dado o nome de "Heathcliff." Era o nome de um filho que tinha morrido ainda criança, e desde então tem sido usado como seu primeiro e último nome. A Srta. Cathy e ele se tornaram muito próximos, mas Hindley o odiava, e, para ser sincera, eu também. Fomos cruéis com ele e o tratamos mal, porque eu não tinha bom senso suficiente para ver que aquilo era errado, e a senhora nunca disse uma palavra em defesa dele quando o via sendo tratado injustamente.

Original English Version

This was Heathcliff’s first introduction to the family. On coming back a few days afterwards (for I did not consider my banishment perpetual), I found they had christened him “Heathcliff”: it was the name of a son who died in childhood, and it has served him ever since, both for Christian and surname. Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley hated him: and to say the truth I did the same; and we plagued and went on with him shamefully: for I wasn’t reasonable enough to feel my injustice, and the mistress never put in a word on his behalf when she saw him wronged.

Tradução Integral em Português

Essa foi a primeira apresentação de Heathcliff à família. Ao voltar poucos dias depois (pois não considerei meu banimento perpétuo), descobri que o haviam batizado de “Heathcliff”: era o nome de um filho que morrera na infância, e desde então serviu-lhe tanto de nome próprio como de sobrenome. A Srta. Cathy e ele agora eram muito unidos; mas Hindley o odiava: e, para dizer a verdade, eu fazia o mesmo; e nós o atormentávamos e o maltratávamos vergonhosamente: pois eu não era razoável o bastante para sentir minha injustiça, e a patroa nunca dizia uma palavra em favor dele quando o via ser prejudicado.

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Ele parecia uma criança quieta e paciente, talvez acostumada a ser tratada mal. Aguentava os tapas de Hindley sem pestanejar nem chorar, e quando eu o beliscava, ele apenas suspirava e abria os olhos, como se tivesse se machucado por acidente e ninguém tivesse culpa. Essa capacidade de suportar a dor deixava o velho Earnshaw muito irritado sempre que descobria o filho maltratando o pobre garoto sem pai, como ele o chamava. Ele foi ficando estranhamente afeiçoado a Heathcliff, acreditando em tudo que ele dizia (embora dissesse muito pouco, e fosse geralmente verdade), e o favorecia muito mais que a Cathy, que era travessa e difícil demais para ser a favorita.

Original English Version

He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment: he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame. This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor fatherless child, as he called him. He took to Heathcliff strangely, believing all he said (for that matter, he said precious little, and generally the truth), and petting him up far above Cathy, who was too mischievous and wayward for a favourite.

Tradução Integral em Português

Ele parecia uma criança taciturna, paciente; endurecida, talvez, ao maltrato: suportava os golpes de Hindley sem piscar ou derramar uma lágrima, e meus beliscões só o levavam a puxar o ar e abrir os olhos, como se tivesse se machucado por acidente, e ninguém tivesse culpa. Essa resistência enfurecia o velho Earnshaw, quando descobria o filho perseguindo o pobre menino sem pai, como o chamava. Afeiçoou-se a Heathcliff de maneira estranha, acreditando em tudo o que ele dizia (aliás, dizia bem pouco, e geralmente a verdade), e o mimando muito mais que a Cathy, que era travessa e teimosa demais para ser a favorita.

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Assim, desde o começo, Heathcliff causou má vontade dentro da casa. Quando a Sra. Earnshaw morreu, menos de dois anos depois, o jovem patrão já tinha passado a ver o pai como alguém que o tratava injustamente, e não mais como um amigo, e via Heathcliff como alguém que tinha roubado o amor de seu pai e seus próprios privilégios. Ficou amargurado, pensando constantemente nessas injustiças. Senti pena dele por algum tempo, mas quando as crianças ficaram doentes de sarampo e tive que cuidar delas, assumindo de uma vez todas as responsabilidades de uma mulher adulta, mudei de opinião. Heathcliff estava perigosamente doente, e enquanto passava pelo pior, ele me queria ao seu lado o tempo todo. Suponho que sentisse que eu estava fazendo muito por ele, e não era esperto o bastante para perceber que eu não tinha escolha a não ser fazê-lo. Ainda assim, direi isto - ele foi a criança mais quieta que qualquer enfermeira já cuidou. A diferença entre ele e as outras crianças me tornou menos injusta com ele. Cathy e o irmão me davam trabalho terrível, enquanto ele era tão pouco queixoso quanto um cordeiro - embora fosse dureza, não gentileza, o que o tornava fácil de cuidar.

Original English Version

So, from the very beginning, he bred bad feeling in the house; and at Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, which happened in less than two years after, the young master had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent’s affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter with brooding over these injuries. I sympathised a while; but when the children fell ill of the measles, and I had to tend them, and take on me the cares of a woman at once, I changed my idea. Heathcliff was dangerously sick; and while he lay at the worst he would have me constantly by his pillow: I suppose he felt I did a good deal for him, and he hadn’t wit to guess that I was compelled to do it. However, I will say this, he was the quietest child that ever nurse watched over. The difference between him and the others forced me to be less partial. Cathy and her brother harassed me terribly: he was as uncomplaining as a lamb; though hardness, not gentleness, made him give little trouble.

Tradução Integral em Português

Assim, desde o começo, ele gerou má vontade dentro de casa; e na morte da Sra. Earnshaw, ocorrida em menos de dois anos depois, o jovem patrão já tinha aprendido a considerar o pai mais como um opressor do que como um amigo, e Heathcliff como um usurpador do afeto e dos privilégios de seu progenitor; e foi se tornando amargo à medida que remoía essas ofensas. Compadeci-me por um tempo; mas quando as crianças adoeceram de sarampo, e eu tive de cuidar delas, assumindo de uma vez os cuidados de uma mulher adulta, mudei de ideia. Heathcliff estava perigosamente doente; e enquanto estava no auge da enfermidade, insistia em me ter constantemente junto ao seu travesseiro: suponho que sentisse que eu fazia muito por ele, e não tivesse discernimento para imaginar que eu era obrigada a fazê-lo. Contudo, direi isto: era a criança mais quieta que uma ama já observou. A diferença entre ele e os outros me obrigou a ser menos parcial. Cathy e o irmão me atormentavam terrivelmente: ele era tão pacato quanto um cordeiro; embora fosse a dureza, não a doçura, que o fazia dar pouco trabalho.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

Ele se recuperou, e o médico disse que isso se devia muito a mim, e me elogiou pelo cuidado. Fiquei orgulhosa de seu elogio, e me abrandei com a criança que tinha me conquistado esse elogio. Com isso, Hindley perdeu seu último aliado. Ainda assim, eu não conseguia amar Heathcliff completamente, e muitas vezes me perguntava o que meu patrão via para admirar tanto naquele menino quieto e mal-humorado, que nunca, até onde eu me lembro, demonstrou qualquer sinal de gratidão por sua bondade. Não era rude com o homem que o ajudava - simplesmente parecia não sentir nada. Ainda assim, sabia perfeitamente bem quanto poder tinha sobre o coração do velho, e sabia que só precisava falar para que toda a casa tivesse que se dobrar à sua vontade. Por exemplo, lembro que o Sr. Earnshaw uma vez comprou dois cavalos jovens na feira local e deu um para cada garoto. Heathcliff ficou com o de aparência mais bonita, mas em pouco tempo ele começou a manquejar, e quando ele notou isso, disse a Hindley -

Original English Version

He got through, and the doctor affirmed it was in a great measure owing to me, and praised me for my care. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. He was not insolent to his benefactor, he was simply insensible; though knowing perfectly the hold he had on his heart, and conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obliged to bend to his wishes. As an instance, I remember Mr. Earnshaw once bought a couple of colts at the parish fair, and gave the lads each one. Heathcliff took the handsomest, but it soon fell lame, and when he discovered it, he said to Hindley -

Tradução Integral em Português

Ele se recuperou, e o médico afirmou que isso se devia em grande parte a mim, e me elogiou pelo meu cuidado. Fiquei vaidosa com seus elogios, e me abrandei em relação ao ser por meio de quem eu os obtive, e assim Hindley perdeu seu último aliado: ainda assim eu não conseguia adorar Heathcliff, e muitas vezes me perguntava o que meu patrão via de admirável naquele menino taciturno; que nunca, ao que me lembro, retribuiu sua indulgência com qualquer sinal de gratidão. Não era insolente com seu benfeitor, era simplesmente insensível; embora conhecesse perfeitamente o domínio que tinha sobre o coração dele, e consciente de que só precisava falar para que toda a casa se curvasse aos seus desejos. Como exemplo, lembro-me de que o Sr. Earnshaw certa vez comprou um par de potros na feira da paróquia, e deu um a cada um dos rapazes. Heathcliff pegou o mais bonito, mas logo ele ficou manco, e quando ele percebeu, disse a Hindley -

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"Você tem que trocar de cavalo comigo - não gosto do meu. E se você não quiser, vou contar ao seu pai sobre as três surras que você me deu esta semana, e mostrar meu braço, que está roxo até o ombro." Hindley pôs a língua de fora e lhe deu um tapa na orelha. "É melhor você fazer isso agora mesmo," insistiu Heathcliff, avançando para o alpendre - estavam no estábulo. "Você vai ter que fazer. E se eu contar sobre essas surras, você vai ser castigado por elas, com juros." "Some, cachorro!" gritou Hindley, ameaçando-o com um pesado peso de ferro usado para pesar batatas e feno. "Jogue," respondeu Heathcliff, parado onde estava, "e então vou contar a todos como você se vangloriou dizendo que ia me expulsar de casa assim que seu pai morresse - e vamos ver se ele não expulsa você primeiro." Hindley jogou o peso, acertando-o no peito, e Heathcliff caiu, mas se levantou logo, sem ar e pálido. Se eu não o tivesse impedido, ele teria ido direto ao patrão e conseguido vingança completa apenas mostrando o machucado e dizendo quem tinha causado. "Fique com meu cavalo então, cigano!" disse o jovem Earnshaw. "E espero que ele quebre seu pescoço! Fique com ele, e vá para o diabo, seu intruso desprezível! Vá e enganar meu pai até roubar-lhe tudo o que ele tem - mas depois, mostre a ele o que você realmente é, seu demônio. E leve isso também - espero que ele chute seus miolos para fora!"

Original English Version

“You must exchange horses with me: I don’t like mine; and if you won’t I shall tell your father of the three thrashings you’ve given me this week, and show him my arm, which is black to the shoulder.” Hindley put out his tongue, and cuffed him over the ears. “You’d better do it at once,” he persisted, escaping to the porch (they were in the stable): “you will have to: and if I speak of these blows, you’ll get them again with interest.” “Off, dog!” cried Hindley, threatening him with an iron weight used for weighing potatoes and hay. “Throw it,” he replied, standing still, “and then I’ll tell how you boasted that you would turn me out of doors as soon as he died, and see whether he will not turn you out directly.” Hindley threw it, hitting him on the breast, and down he fell, but staggered up immediately, breathless and white; and, had not I prevented it, he would have gone just so to the master, and got full revenge by letting his condition plead for him, intimating who had caused it. “Take my colt, Gipsy, then!” said young Earnshaw. “And I pray that he may break your neck: take him, and be damned, you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has: only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan. - And take that, I hope he’ll kick out your brains!”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Você tem que trocar de cavalo comigo: não gosto do meu; e se você não quiser, vou contar ao seu pai as três surras que me deu esta semana, e mostrar meu braço, que está roxo até o ombro.” Hindley mostrou a língua para ele, e deu-lhe um tapa nas orelhas. “É melhor você fazer isso logo”, insistiu, escapando para o alpendre (eles estavam no estábulo): “vai ter que fazer: e se eu falar dessas pancadas, vai levá-las de novo com juros.” “Rua, cão!”, gritou Hindley, ameaçando-o com um peso de ferro usado para pesar batatas e feno. “Atire-o”, respondeu ele, ficando imóvel, “e então direi como você se gabou de que me poria porta afora assim que ele morresse, e veremos se ele não porá você porta afora imediatamente.” Hindley atirou o peso, acertando-o no peito, e ele caiu, mas se ergueu cambaleante imediatamente, sem fôlego e pálido; e, se eu não tivesse impedido, ele teria ido direto ao patrão, e obtido plena vingança deixando que seu estado falasse por ele, dando a entender quem o causara. “Fique com o meu potro, cigano, então!”, disse o jovem Earnshaw. “E rezo para que ele quebre o seu pescoço: fique com ele, e maldito seja, seu intrometido pedinte! e engabele meu pai até tirar tudo o que ele tem: só que depois lhe mostre o que você é, criatura de Satanás. - E tome esta, espero que ele estoure os seus miolos!”

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Heathcliff tinha ido desamarrar o cavalo para levá-lo até seu próprio estábulo. Estava caminhando por trás dele quando Hindley terminou de falar empurrando-o sob os cascos do animal, e, sem parar para ver se seu desejo tinha se realizado, saiu correndo o mais rápido que pôde. Fiquei surpresa ao ver quão calmamente a criança se levantou e continuou com o que tinha planejado fazer - trocar as selas e tudo - e depois se sentou numa pilha de feno para se recuperar do choque do golpe forte, antes de entrar na casa. Convenci-o facilmente a deixar que eu dissesse que o cavalo tinha causado os machucados. Ele não se importava com que história fosse contada, já que tinha conseguido o que queria. Reclamava tão raramente de coisas assim que eu realmente acreditava que ele não era do tipo que buscava vingança. Estava completamente enganada, como você vai ouvir.

Original English Version

Heathcliff had gone to loose the beast, and shift it to his own stall; he was passing behind it, when Hindley finished his speech by knocking him under its feet, and without stopping to examine whether his hopes were fulfilled, ran away as fast as he could. I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, and went on with his intention; exchanging saddles and all, and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, before he entered the house. I persuaded him easily to let me lay the blame of his bruises on the horse: he minded little what tale was told since he had what he wanted. He complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, that I really thought him not vindictive: I was deceived completely, as you will hear.

Tradução Integral em Português

Heathcliff tinha ido soltar o animal, para transferi-lo para o seu próprio estábulo; passava atrás dele, quando Hindley terminou seu discurso derrubando-o sob os cascos, e, sem parar para verificar se seus desejos tinham se cumprido, saiu correndo o mais rápido que pôde. Fiquei surpresa ao ver com que frieza a criança se ergueu, e prosseguiu com sua intenção; trocando selas e tudo mais, e depois sentando-se sobre um fardo de feno para superar o mal-estar causado pelo golpe violento, antes de entrar em casa. Convenci-o facilmente a deixar que eu atribuísse a culpa de seus machucados ao cavalo: pouco se importava com que história fosse contada, desde que obtivesse o que queria. Reclamava tão raramente, de fato, de tais tumultos, que eu realmente o achava não vingativo: enganei-me completamente, como você vai ouvir.

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Chapter V

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Com o tempo, o Sr. Earnshaw começou a enfraquecer. Sempre tinha sido forte e saudável, mas suas forças o deixaram de repente, e uma vez preso junto à lareira, ficou muito mal-humorado. A menor coisa o irritava, e qualquer sinal de que as pessoas não respeitavam sua autoridade quase o fazia perder o controle. Isso era especialmente verdade se alguém tentasse controlar ou dominar seu filho favorito. Ele se preocupava dolorosamente que alguém dissesse algo ruim a Heathcliff, como se acreditasse que todos odiavam o menino apenas porque ele mesmo gostava dele, e queriam magoá-lo. Isso era mau para o garoto, porque os mais gentis entre nós não queriam contrariar o patrão, então concordávamos com seu favoritismo - e isso apenas alimentava o orgulho e o temperamento sombrio da criança. Ainda assim, de certo modo, tornou-se necessário; duas ou três vezes, quando Hindley mostrou desprezo por Heathcliff na frente do pai, isso deixou o velho furioso. Ele agarrou sua bengala para bater no filho, e tremeu de fúria por não conseguir se decidir a fazê-lo.

Original English Version

In the course of time Mr. Earnshaw began to fail. He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly; and when he was confined to the chimney-corner he grew grievously irritable. A nothing vexed him; and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits. This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Still it became in a manner necessary; twice, or thrice, Hindley’s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it.

Tradução Integral em Português

Com o passar do tempo, o Sr. Earnshaw começou a definhar. Fora ativo e saudável, mas suas forças o abandonaram subitamente; e quando ficou confinado ao canto da lareira, tornou-se penosamente irritável. Um nada o incomodava; e suspeitas de desrespeito à sua autoridade quase o lançavam em acessos. Isso era especialmente notável se alguém tentasse impor-se, ou dominar, seu favorito: era dolorosamente ciumento de que uma palavra pudesse ser dita mal a ele; parecendo ter fixado na cabeça a noção de que, por gostar de Heathcliff, todos o odiavam, e desejavam fazer-lhe algum mal. Isso era uma desvantagem para o rapaz; pois os mais bondosos entre nós não queriam incomodar o patrão, então cedíamos à sua parcialidade; e essa condescendência era rico alimento para o orgulho e o temperamento sombrio da criança. Ainda assim, tornou-se de certo modo necessária; duas ou três vezes, a manifestação de desdém de Hindley, enquanto o pai estava perto, despertou o velho a uma fúria: ele agarrava sua bengala para golpeá-lo, e tremia de raiva por não conseguir fazê-lo.

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No final, nosso assistente da igreja local (tínhamos um, naquela época, que ganhava dinheiro ensinando os jovens Lintons e Earnshaws, e cultivando seu próprio pedacinho de terra) sugeriu que o jovem fosse mandado para a universidade. O Sr. Earnshaw concordou, embora com tristeza, dizendo, "Hindley não vale nada, e nunca vai ter sucesso aonde quer que vá."

Original English Version

At last, our curate (we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons and Earnshaws, and farming his bit of land himself) advised that the young man should be sent to college; and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit, for he said - “Hindley was nought, and would never thrive as where he wandered.”

Tradução Integral em Português

Por fim, nosso pároco (tínhamos então um pároco que fazia render o benefício ensinando os pequenos Linton e Earnshaw e cultivando ele mesmo seu pedacinho de terra) aconselhou que o rapaz fosse mandado para a universidade; e o Sr. Earnshaw concordou, embora com o coração pesado, pois disse - “Hindley não era nada, e nunca prosperaria por onde quer que fosse.”

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Eu realmente esperava que agora teríamos paz. Doía-me pensar que o patrão fora tornado infeliz por sua própria boa decisão. Eu acreditava que sua infelicidade na velhice e na doença vinha de desentendimentos na família, e ele parecia acreditar nisso também - mas, na verdade, senhor, era apenas o corpo fraco dele falhando. Talvez tivéssemos nos saído razoavelmente bem depois disso, exceto por duas pessoas - a Srta. Cathy, e Joseph, o criado. Provavelmente o senhor o viu lá em cima. Ele era, e provavelmente ainda é, o homem mais cansativo, hipócrita e supostamente santo que já procurou numa Bíblia bênçãos para si e maldições para os vizinhos. Por sua habilidade em pregar e falar sobre religião, ele conseguiu impressionar bastante o Sr. Earnshaw, e quanto mais fraco o patrão ficava, mais influência Joseph ganhava sobre ele. Ele constantemente preocupava o patrão sobre o estado de sua alma e sobre a educação estrita dos filhos. Encorajava-o a ver Hindley como um pecador, e, noite após noite, reclamava com uma longa lista de histórias contra Heathcliff e Catherine - sempre tomando cuidado de bajular o velho fraco colocando a culpa mais pesada sobre Catherine.

Original English Version

I hoped heartily we should have peace now. It hurt me to think the master should be made uncomfortable by his own good deed. I fancied the discontent of age and disease arose from his family disagreements; as he would have it that it did: really, you know, sir, it was in his sinking frame. We might have got on tolerably, notwithstanding, but for two people - Miss Cathy, and Joseph, the servant: you saw him, I daresay, up yonder. He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained. He was relentless in worrying him about his soul’s concerns, and about ruling his children rigidly. He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine: always minding to flatter Earnshaw’s weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the latter.

Tradução Integral em Português

Eu esperava sinceramente que tivéssemos paz agora. Doía-me pensar que o patrão fosse incomodado por sua própria boa ação. Imaginei que o descontentamento da velhice e da doença surgisse dos desentendimentos familiares; como ele mesmo queria que fosse: na verdade, sabe, senhor, estava no seu corpo definhante. Poderíamos ter nos entendido razoavelmente, apesar de tudo, não fosse por duas pessoas - a Srta. Cathy, e Joseph, o criado: o senhor o viu, presumo, lá em cima. Ele era, e ainda deve ser, o mais cansativo fariseu autojustificado que já vasculhou uma Bíblia para reunir as promessas para si mesmo e lançar as maldições sobre os vizinhos. Com sua habilidade de sermonear e discorrer piedosamente, conseguiu causar grande impressão no Sr. Earnshaw; e quanto mais débil o patrão ficava, mais influência ele ganhava. Era implacável em atormentá-lo sobre os assuntos de sua alma, e sobre governar seus filhos com rigidez. Encorajava-o a considerar Hindley um réprobo; e, noite após noite, resmungava regularmente uma longa série de histórias contra Heathcliff e Catherine: sempre cuidando de lisonjear a fraqueza de Earnshaw ao lançar a culpa mais pesada sobre a última.

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Certamente, ela tinha hábitos que eu nunca tinha visto em nenhuma outra criança, e testava toda a nossa paciência cinquenta vezes ou mais por dia. Do momento em que se levantava até o momento em que ia para a cama, nunca podíamos ter certeza de que não estava tramando alguma travessura. Seu humor estava sempre exaltado, sua boca sempre em movimento - cantando, rindo e provocando quem não quisesse se juntar a ela. Era uma menina selvagem e travessa, mas tinha os olhos mais bonitos, o sorriso mais doce, e o passo mais leve de toda a região. E, no fim, acredito que ela não pretendia realmente fazer mal, porque, se algum dia fizesse você chorar de verdade, quase sempre ficaria com você e o faria se calmar o bastante para consolá-la. Ela amava Heathcliff demais. O pior castigo que conseguíamos imaginar para ela era mantê-la longe dele - ainda assim, ela era repreendida mais do que qualquer um de nós por causa dele. Ao brincar, adorava agir como se estivesse no comando, mandando em seus amigos livremente. Fazia isso comigo também, mas eu não ia tolerar ser esbofeteada e mandada de um lado para o outro, então lhe disse isso claramente.

Original English Version

Certainly she had ways with her such as I never saw a child take up before; and she put all of us past our patience fifty times and oftener in a day: from the hour she came downstairs till the hour she went to bed, we had not a minute’s security that she wouldn’t be in mischief. Her spirits were always at high-water mark, her tongue always going - singing, laughing, and plaguing everybody who would not do the same. A wild, wicked slip she was - but she had the bonniest eye, the sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish: and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her. She was much too fond of Heathcliff. The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account. In play, she liked exceedingly to act the little mistress; using her hands freely, and commanding her companions: she did so to me, but I would not bear slapping and ordering; and so I let her know.

Tradução Integral em Português

Certamente ela tinha manias tais que eu nunca vi criança nenhuma adotar antes; e nos fazia perder a paciência cinquenta vezes ou mais por dia: da hora em que descia até a hora em que ia se deitar, não tínhamos um minuto de sossego de que não estivesse fazendo alguma travessura. Seu ânimo estava sempre no auge, sua língua sempre em movimento - cantando, rindo e atormentando todo mundo que não fizesse o mesmo. Era uma criatura selvagem e travessa - mas tinha os olhos mais lindos, o sorriso mais doce, e o pé mais leve da paróquia: e, afinal, acredito que não pretendia fazer mal; pois, quando uma vez o fazia chorar de verdade, raramente acontecia de ela não lhe fazer companhia, e obrigá-lo a se acalmar para que pudesse consolá-la. Ela gostava demais de Heathcliff. O maior castigo que podíamos inventar para ela era mantê-la separada dele: ainda assim, ela era repreendida mais do que qualquer um de nós por causa dele. Nas brincadeiras, gostava imensamente de fazer o papel de patroazinha; usando as mãos livremente e comandando seus companheiros: fazia isso comigo, mas eu não iria tolerar tapas e ordens; e assim eu a fiz saber disso.

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Ora, o Sr. Earnshaw não entendia as brincadeiras dos filhos - ele sempre tinha sido rígido e sério com eles. E Catherine, por sua vez, não conseguia entender por que o pai ficava mais irritado e menos paciente enquanto estava doente do que quando estava saudável. As broncas mal-humoradas dele faziam com que ela quisesse, de um jeito travesso, provocá-lo ainda mais. Ela nunca ficava mais feliz do que quando todos nós a repreendíamos ao mesmo tempo, e ela nos desafiava com seu olhar atrevido e ousado e respostas rápidas, rindo das maldições religiosas de Joseph, provocando-me, e fazendo exatamente o que o pai mais odiava - mostrando como sua falsa grosseria, que ele acreditava ser verdadeira, tinha mais poder sobre Heathcliff do que a própria bondade dele. O menino fazia qualquer coisa que ela pedisse, mas só fazia o que o pai dela queria quando lhe convinha. Depois de se comportar tão mal quanto possível o dia inteiro, ela às vezes vinha e ficava carinhosa à noite para compensar. "Não, Cathy", dizia o velho, "não posso te amar, você é pior que seu irmão. Vá, diga suas orações, menina, e peça a Deus que te perdoe. Tenho medo que sua mãe e eu nos arrependamos de tê-la criado!" Isso a fazia chorar a princípio, mas ser afastada repetidamente a tornou mais dura, e ela ria se eu dissesse para pedir desculpas pelo que tinha feito e pedir perdão.

Original English Version

Now, Mr. Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children: he had always been strict and grave with them; and Catherine, on her part, had no idea why her father should be crosser and less patient in his ailing condition than he was in his prime. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. After behaving as badly as possible all day, she sometimes came fondling to make it up at night. “Nay, Cathy,” the old man would say, “I cannot love thee, thou’rt worse than thy brother. Go, say thy prayers, child, and ask God’s pardon. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!” That made her cry, at first; and then being repulsed continually hardened her, and she laughed if I told her to say she was sorry for her faults, and beg to be forgiven.

Tradução Integral em Português

Ora, o Sr. Earnshaw não entendia de brincadeiras vindas dos filhos: sempre tinha sido rígido e sério com eles; e Catherine, por sua vez, não tinha ideia de por que seu pai deveria estar mais rabugento e menos paciente em seu estado de enfermidade do que estivera em sua juventude. As repreensões rabugentas dele despertavam nela um prazer travesso de provocá-lo: ela nunca estava tão feliz quanto quando estávamos todos a repreendê-la ao mesmo tempo, e ela desafiando-nos com seu olhar ousado e atrevido, e suas respostas prontas; transformando as maldições religiosas de Joseph em ridículo, provocando-me, e fazendo exatamente o que seu pai mais odiava - mostrando como sua fingida insolência, que ele julgava real, tinha mais poder sobre Heathcliff do que a bondade dele: como o rapaz fazia tudo o que ela mandava, e o dele apenas quando lhe convinha. Depois de se comportar o pior possível o dia todo, às vezes vinha se aconchegar para se reconciliar à noite. “Não, Cathy”, dizia o velho, “não posso te amar, você é pior que seu irmão. Vá rezar suas orações, criança, e pedir o perdão de Deus. Duvido que sua mãe e eu não venhamos a lamentar tê-la criado!” Isso a fazia chorar, no início; e então, sendo continuamente repelida, endureceu-a, e ela ria se eu lhe dissesse para dizer que estava arrependida de suas faltas e pedir perdão.

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Mas por fim chegou a hora que pôs fim aos sofrimentos do Sr. Earnshaw nesta terra. Ele morreu tranquilamente em sua cadeira numa noite de outubro, sentado junto à lareira. Um vento forte soprava em volta da casa e rugia na chaminé. Parecia bravo e tempestuoso, mas não fazia frio, e estávamos todos juntos - eu sentada um pouco afastada do fogo, ocupada com meu tricô, e Joseph lendo sua Bíblia perto da mesa, porque os criados costumavam se sentar na sala principal naquela época, depois que o trabalho terminava. A senhorita Cathy tinha estado indisposta, o que a deixou quieta - ela se encostava no joelho do pai, e Heathcliff estava estendido no chão com a cabeça no colo dela. Lembro-me do patrão, antes de cair num sono leve, acariciando os belos cabelos dela - raramente lhe agradava tanto vê-la tão mansa - e dizendo: "Por que você não pode ser sempre uma boa menina, Cathy?" E ela virou o rosto para ele, riu, e respondeu: "Por que você não pode ser sempre um bom homem, pai?" Mas assim que percebeu que ele tinha ficado incomodado de novo, beijou a mão dele e disse que iria cantar para ele dormir. Começou a cantar bem baixinho, até que os dedos dele escaparam dos dela e a cabeça caiu sobre o peito. Então eu disse a ela para ficar quieta e não se mover, para não o acordar. Ficamos todos em silêncio como ratos por uma boa meia hora, e teríamos ficado mais tempo, mas Joseph, tendo terminado de ler seu capítulo, se levantou e disse que precisava acordar o patrão para as orações da noite e para dormir. Ele deu um passo à frente, disse seu nome e tocou seu ombro, mas ele não se moveu. Então pegou a vela e olhou para ele de perto. Percebi que algo estava errado quando ele pôs a vela de volta, e, agarrando cada uma das crianças pelo braço, sussurrou para que subissem em silêncio - poderiam orar sozinhas naquela noite - ele tinha algo a fazer.

Original English Version

But the hour came, at last, that ended Mr. Earnshaw’s troubles on earth. He died quietly in his chair one October evening, seated by the fire-side. A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney: it sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were all together - I, a little removed from the hearth, busy at my knitting, and Joseph reading his Bible near the table (for the servants generally sat in the house then, after their work was done). Miss Cathy had been sick, and that made her still; she leant against her father’s knee, and Heathcliff was lying on the floor with his head in her lap. I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair - it pleased him rarely to see her gentle - and saying, “Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?” And she turned her face up to his, and laughed, and answered, “Why cannot you always be a good man, father?” But as soon as she saw him vexed again, she kissed his hand, and said she would sing him to sleep. She began singing very low, till his fingers dropped from hers, and his head sank on his breast. Then I told her to hush, and not stir, for fear she should wake him. We all kept as mute as mice a full half-hour, and should have done so longer, only Joseph, having finished his chapter, got up and said that he must rouse the master for prayers and bed. He stepped forward, and called him by name, and touched his shoulder; but he would not move: so he took the candle and looked at him. I thought there was something wrong as he set down the light; and seizing the children each by an arm, whispered them to “frame upstairs, and make little din - they might pray alone that evening - he had summut to do.”

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Mas a hora chegou, por fim, que pôs fim aos sofrimentos do Sr. Earnshaw na terra. Ele morreu tranquilamente em sua cadeira numa tarde de outubro, sentado junto à lareira. Um vento forte assobiava ao redor da casa, e rugia na chaminé: soava selvagem e tempestuoso, ainda que não fizesse frio, e estávamos todos juntos - eu, um pouco afastada da lareira, ocupada com meu tricô, e Joseph lendo sua Bíblia perto da mesa (pois os criados geralmente ficavam na sala naquela época, depois de terminado o trabalho). A Srta. Cathy estivera doente, e isso a deixara quieta; encostava-se ao joelho do pai, e Heathcliff estava deitado no chão com a cabeça em seu colo. Lembro-me do patrão, antes de cair num cochilo, acariciando os belos cabelos dela - dava-lhe raro prazer vê-la dócil - e dizendo: “Por que você não pode ser sempre uma boa menina, Cathy?” E ela virou o rosto para o dele, e riu, e respondeu: “Por que o senhor não pode ser sempre um bom homem, pai?” Mas assim que o viu novamente contrariado, beijou-lhe a mão, e disse que o faria dormir cantando. Começou a cantar bem baixinho, até que os dedos dele se soltaram dos dela, e sua cabeça pendeu sobre o peito. Então eu disse a ela que se calasse, e não se mexesse, com medo de que o acordasse. Ficamos todos mudos como camundongos por uma boa meia hora, e teríamos continuado assim por mais tempo, não fosse Joseph, tendo terminado seu capítulo, se levantar e dizer que precisava despertar o patrão para as orações e a cama. Ele deu um passo à frente, chamou-o pelo nome, e tocou seu ombro; mas ele não se moveu: então pegou a vela e olhou para ele. Achei que havia algo errado quando pousou a luz; e, segurando cada uma das crianças por um braço, sussurrou-lhes que “subissem, fazendo pouco barulho - poderiam rezar sozinhas naquela noite - ele tinha algo a fazer.”

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"Vou dar boa noite ao pai primeiro", disse Catherine, colocando os braços em volta do pescoço dele antes que pudéssemos impedi-la. A pobre menina percebeu imediatamente o que tinha acontecido - ela gritou: "Ah, ele está morto, Heathcliff! Ele está morto!" E os dois começaram a chorar, um som de partir o coração.

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“I shall bid father good-night first,” said Catherine, putting her arms round his neck, before we could hinder her. The poor thing discovered her loss directly - she screamed out - “Oh, he’s dead, Heathcliff! he’s dead!” And they both set up a heart-breaking cry.

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“Vou dar boa-noite ao pai primeiro”, disse Catherine, passando os braços em volta do pescoço dele, antes que pudéssemos impedi-la. A pobrezinha descobriu sua perda imediatamente - ela gritou - “Ai, ele está morto, Heathcliff! Ele está morto!” E ambos começaram um pranto de partir o coração.

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Juntei meu choro ao deles, alto e dolorido, mas Joseph perguntou no que estávamos pensando, chorando tão alto por um santo que agora estava no céu. Disse para eu vestir minha capa e correr até Gimmerton para buscar o médico e o pastor. Eu não conseguia ver, naquele momento, para que serviriam os dois. Ainda assim, fui, através do vento e da chuva, e trouxe o médico; o outro homem disse que viria de manhã. Deixando Joseph explicar o que tinha acontecido, corri para o quarto das crianças. A porta estava um pouco aberta, e vi que elas nunca tinham ido para a cama, embora já passasse da meia-noite - mas estavam mais calmas agora, e não precisavam que eu as consolasse. Os dois pequenos estavam se consolando um ao outro com pensamentos melhores do que eu poderia ter tido. Nenhum pregador no mundo jamais descreveu o céu com tanta beleza quanto eles, em sua conversa inocente. E enquanto eu chorava e escutava, não pude deixar de desejar que todos nós pudéssemos estar lá, em segurança, juntos.

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I joined my wail to theirs, loud and bitter; but Joseph asked what we could be thinking of to roar in that way over a saint in heaven. He told me to put on my cloak and run to Gimmerton for the doctor and the parson. I could not guess the use that either would be of, then. However, I went, through wind and rain, and brought one, the doctor, back with me; the other said he would come in the morning. Leaving Joseph to explain matters, I ran to the children’s room: their door was ajar, I saw they had never lain down, though it was past midnight; but they were calmer, and did not need me to console them. The little souls were comforting each other with better thoughts than I could have hit on: no parson in the world ever pictured heaven so beautifully as they did, in their innocent talk; and, while I sobbed and listened, I could not help wishing we were all there safe together.

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Uni meu lamento aos deles, alto e amargo; mas Joseph perguntou o que estávamos pensando para gritarmos assim por um santo no céu. Mandou-me colocar minha capa e correr até Gimmerton buscar o médico e o pastor. Não conseguia imaginar então de que serviria qualquer um deles. Mesmo assim, fui, através do vento e da chuva, e trouxe um deles, o médico, comigo; o outro disse que viria de manhã. Deixando Joseph explicar a situação, corri para o quarto das crianças: a porta estava entreaberta, vi que nunca tinham se deitado, embora já passasse da meia-noite; mas estavam mais calmas, e não precisavam que eu as consolasse. As pequenas almas se consolavam mutuamente com pensamentos melhores do que eu teria conseguido achar: nenhum pastor no mundo jamais retratou o céu tão lindamente quanto elas, em sua conversa inocente; e, enquanto eu soluçava e escutava, não pude deixar de desejar que estivéssemos todos ali a salvo, juntos.

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Chapter VI

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O Sr. Hindley voltou para casa para o funeral, e - algo que surpreendeu a todos nós e fez os vizinhos comentarem por toda parte - ele trouxe uma esposa com ele. Nunca nos disse quem ela era ou onde havia nascido. Provavelmente ela não tinha nem dinheiro nem um bom nome de família, ou ele não teria mantido o casamento em segredo do pai.

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Mr. Hindley came home to the funeral; and - a thing that amazed us, and set the neighbours gossiping right and left - he brought a wife with him. What she was, and where she was born, he never informed us: probably, she had neither money nor name to recommend her, or he would scarcely have kept the union from his father.

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O Sr. Hindley voltou para casa para o funeral; e - uma coisa que nos surpreendeu, e fez os vizinhos fofocarem para lá e para cá - trouxe uma esposa consigo. O que ela era, e onde tinha nascido, ele nunca nos informou: provavelmente, ela não tinha nem dinheiro nem nome que a recomendassem, ou ele dificilmente teria escondido a união de seu pai.

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Ela não era o tipo de pessoa que teria causado muitos problemas na casa por si só. Tudo que ela via, no momento em que entrou pela porta, parecia encantá-la, junto com tudo que acontecia ao redor - exceto os preparativos para o enterro e a presença dos enlutados. Achei que ela era um pouco tola, a julgar por como se comportou durante aquele período. Correu para o quarto e me fez ir com ela, mesmo que eu devesse estar vestindo as crianças. Lá ela se sentou tremendo, apertando as mãos, e perguntando repetidamente: "Eles já foram?" Depois começou a descrever, muito emocionada, como se sentia perturbada ao ver a cor preta, e se assustava, tremia, e por fim começou a chorar. Quando perguntei o que havia de errado, ela disse que não sabia, mas sentia tanto medo de morrer! Achei que ela tinha tanta chance de morrer quanto eu. Era bastante magra, mas jovem, com uma tez fresca, e os olhos brilhavam como diamantes. Notei que subir as escadas a fazia respirar muito rápido, que o menor ruído súbito a fazia estremecer, e que às vezes tossia muito. Mas eu não sabia o que esses sinais significavam, e não sentia nenhuma vontade de ter pena dela. Aqui não costumamos nos afeiçoar a estranhos, Sr. Lockwood, a menos que eles se afeiçoem a nós primeiro.

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She was not one that would have disturbed the house much on her own account. Every object she saw, the moment she crossed the threshold, appeared to delight her; and every circumstance that took place about her: except the preparing for the burial, and the presence of the mourners. I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly - “Are they gone yet?” Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping - and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying! I imagined her as little likely to die as myself. She was rather thin, but young, and fresh-complexioned, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. We don’t in general take to foreigners here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they take to us first.

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Ela não era do tipo que perturbaria muito a casa por conta própria. Todo objeto que via, no momento em que cruzava a soleira, parecia deleitá-la; e toda circunstância que ocorria ao seu redor: exceto os preparativos para o sepultamento, e a presença dos enlutados. Achei que ela era meio tola, pelo seu comportamento enquanto isso se dava: correu para seu quarto, e me fez ir com ela, embora eu devesse estar vestindo as crianças: e lá ficou tremendo e apertando as mãos, e perguntando repetidamente - “Eles já se foram?” Depois começou a descrever, com emoção histérica, o efeito que via preto produzia nela; e sobressaltou-se, e tremeu, e, por fim, desatou a chorar - e quando perguntei o que havia, respondeu que não sabia; mas se sentia com tanto medo de morrer! Eu a imaginava tão pouco propensa a morrer quanto eu mesma. Era antes magra, mas jovem, e de tez fresca, e seus olhos brilhavam como diamantes. Notei, é verdade, que subir as escadas a fazia respirar muito depressa; que o menor ruído súbito a deixava toda a tremer, e que tossia incomodamente às vezes: mas eu não sabia nada do que esses sintomas presagiavam, e não tinha nenhum impulso de simpatizar com ela. Aqui, em geral, não simpatizamos com estrangeiros, Sr. Lockwood, a menos que eles simpatizem primeiro conosco.

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O jovem Earnshaw tinha mudado muito durante os três anos em que esteve fora. Tinha ficado mais magro, perdido sua cor saudável, e falava e se vestia de modo bem diferente. No próprio dia em que voltou, disse a Joseph e a mim que a partir daquele momento teríamos de ficar na cozinha dos fundos e deixar a casa principal para ele. Na verdade, ele planejava colocar tapete e papel de parede num pequeno quarto extra para transformá-lo em sala de estar. Mas a esposa dele ficou tão satisfeita com o piso branco, a enorme lareira reluzente, os pratos de metal e o armário, a cama do cachorro, e o amplo espaço aberto na sala onde costumavam se sentar, que ele decidiu que não era necessário para o conforto dela, e desistiu da ideia.

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Young Earnshaw was altered considerably in the three years of his absence. He had grown sparer, and lost his colour, and spoke and dressed quite differently; and, on the very day of his return, he told Joseph and me we must thenceforth quarter ourselves in the back-kitchen, and leave the house for him. Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention.

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O jovem Earnshaw estava consideravelmente mudado nos três anos de sua ausência. Ficara mais magro, perdera a cor, e falava e se vestia de modo bem diferente; e, no próprio dia de seu retorno, disse a Joseph e a mim que dali em diante deveríamos nos alojar na cozinha dos fundos, deixando a casa para ele. De fato, teria carpetado e forrado com papel um pequeno quarto de sobra para servir de sala de visitas; mas sua esposa manifestou tanto prazer com o piso branco e a enorme lareira ardente, com os pratos de peltre e o armário de louça, e o canil, e o amplo espaço para se movimentar onde costumavam sentar-se, que ele achou desnecessário para o conforto dela, e assim abandonou a intenção.

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Ela também se alegrou ao descobrir que tinha uma nova irmã em sua nova família, e a princípio conversava com Catherine, beijava-a, corria por aí com ela, e lhe dava muitos presentes. Mas o afeto dela desapareceu rapidamente, e quando ficou de mau humor, Hindley se tornou cruel. Bastavam algumas palavras dela mostrando que não gostava de Heathcliff para trazer de volta todo o antigo ódio dele pelo menino. Ele mandou Heathcliff embora da família para viver com os criados, interrompeu suas aulas com o coadjutor, e o fez trabalhar ao ar livre em vez disso, obrigando-o a trabalhar tão duro quanto qualquer outro rapaz do campo.

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She expressed pleasure, too, at finding a sister among her new acquaintance; and she prattled to Catherine, and kissed her, and ran about with her, and gave her quantities of presents, at the beginning. Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical. A few words from her, evincing a dislike to Heathcliff, were enough to rouse in him all his old hatred of the boy. He drove him from their company to the servants, deprived him of the instructions of the curate, and insisted that he should labour out of doors instead; compelling him to do so as hard as any other lad on the farm.

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Ela também manifestou prazer em encontrar uma irmã entre suas novas relações; e tagarelava com Catherine, e a beijava, e corria por aí com ela, e lhe dava quantidades de presentes, no início. Seu afeto, porém, se cansou muito depressa, e quando ela ficou rabugenta, Hindley se tornou tirânico. Algumas palavras dela, evidenciando aversão a Heathcliff, foram suficientes para despertar nele todo o antigo ódio pelo rapaz. Expulsou-o de sua companhia para junto dos criados, privou-o das instruções do pároco, e insistiu que trabalhasse ao ar livre em vez disso; obrigando-o a labutar tanto quanto qualquer outro rapaz da fazenda.

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Heathcliff suportou esse mau tratamento razoavelmente bem no início, porque Cathy lhe ensinava o que aprendia, e trabalhava ou brincava com ele nos campos. Os dois pareciam destinados a crescer selvagens como salvagens, já que o jovem patrão não se importava nem um pouco com o comportamento deles ou o que faziam, então eles simplesmente se mantinham afastados dele. Ele nem teria se importado se eles fossem à igreja nos domingos, mas Joseph e o coadjutor o repreendiam por sua negligência sempre que estavam ausentes, e isso o fazia lembrar de mandar surrar Heathcliff e fazer Catherine ficar sem jantar ou almoço. Mas uma de suas atividades favoritas era fugir para os pântanos de manhã e ficar lá o dia todo, e depois o castigo se tornava apenas motivo de riso. O coadjutor podia dar a Catherine quantos capítulos da Bíblia quisesse para memorizar, e Joseph podia bater em Heathcliff até o braço doer - eles esqueciam tudo no momento em que ficavam juntos novamente, ou pelo menos no momento em que já tinham planejado alguma nova travessura para se vingar. Muitas vezes chorei em silêncio, vendo-os ficar mais e mais imprudentes a cada dia, sem me atrever a dizer nada, com medo de perder a pouca influência que ainda tinha sobre as duas crianças não amadas. Certo domingo à noite, aconteceu de serem expulsos da sala de estar por fazerem barulho, ou alguma outra falta pequena assim. Quando fui chamá-los para o jantar, não os encontrei em lugar nenhum. Procuramos por toda a casa, andar de cima e de baixo, e o pátio e os estábulos - não apareceram em lugar nenhum. Por fim, Hindley, furioso, mandou que trancássemos as portas, e jurou que ninguém deveria deixá-los entrar naquela noite. A casa foi para a cama, e eu, muito preocupada para me deitar, abri minha janela e pus a cabeça de fora para escutar, mesmo estando chovendo, decidida a deixá-los entrar apesar da ordem dele, se voltassem. Depois de um tempo, ouvi passos subindo a estrada, e a luz de uma lanterna brilhando pelo portão. Pus um xale sobre a cabeça e corri para impedi-los de bater e acordar o Sr. Earnshaw. Lá estava Heathcliff, sozinho - me assustou vê-lo só.

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Heathcliff bore his degradation pretty well at first, because Cathy taught him what she learnt, and worked or played with him in the fields. They both promised fair to grow up as rude as savages; the young master being entirely negligent how they behaved, and what they did, so they kept clear of him. He would not even have seen after their going to church on Sundays, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order Heathcliff a flogging, and Catherine a fast from dinner or supper. But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at. The curate might set as many chapters as he pleased for Catherine to get by heart, and Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time I’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. One Sunday evening, it chanced that they were banished from the sitting-room, for making a noise, or a light offence of the kind; and when I went to call them to supper, I could discover them nowhere. We searched the house, above and below, and the yard and stables; they were invisible: and, at last, Hindley in a passion told us to bolt the doors, and swore nobody should let them in that night. The household went to bed; and I, too anxious to lie down, opened my lattice and put my head out to hearken, though it rained: determined to admit them in spite of the prohibition, should they return. In a while, I distinguished steps coming up the road, and the light of a lantern glimmered through the gate. I threw a shawl over my head and ran to prevent them from waking Mr. Earnshaw by knocking. There was Heathcliff, by himself: it gave me a start to see him alone.

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Heathcliff suportou bem sua degradação a princípio, porque Cathy lhe ensinava o que aprendia, e trabalhava ou brincava com ele nos campos. Ambos prometiam crescer tão rudes quanto selvagens; sendo o jovem patrão inteiramente negligente quanto ao comportamento deles, e ao que faziam, contanto que ficassem longe dele. Ele nem mesmo teria cuidado de que fossem à igreja aos domingos, não fosse Joseph e o pároco repreenderem seu descuido quando eles faltavam; e isso o fazia lembrar de mandar açoitar Heathcliff, e fazer Catherine jejuar do jantar ou da ceia. Mas era uma de suas maiores diversões fugir para os pântanos pela manhã e lá ficar o dia todo, e o castigo subsequente se tornava uma mera coisa de que rir. O pároco podia impor quantos capítulos quisesse para Catherine decorar, e Joseph podia espancar Heathcliff até doer o braço; eles esqueciam tudo no minuto em que estavam juntos de novo: pelo menos no minuto em que tramavam algum plano travesso de vingança; e muitas vezes chorei sozinha ao vê-los ficar cada dia mais imprudentes, e eu sem ousar dizer uma sílaba, com medo de perder o pouco poder que ainda mantinha sobre aquelas criaturas sem amparo. Certa tarde de domingo, aconteceu que foram banidos da sala de estar, por fazerem barulho, ou alguma leve ofensa desse tipo; e quando fui chamá-los para a ceia, não consegui encontrá-los em lugar nenhum. Procuramos a casa toda, em cima e embaixo, e o quintal e os estábulos; estavam invisíveis: e, por fim, Hindley, em fúria, nos mandou trancar as portas e jurou que ninguém os deixaria entrar naquela noite. A família foi se deitar; e eu, ansiosa demais para me deitar, abri minha janelinha e pus a cabeça para fora para escutar, embora chovesse: decidida a admiti-los apesar da proibição, se voltassem. Depois de um tempo, distingui passos vindo pela estrada, e a luz de uma lanterna reluzia através do portão. Joguei um xale sobre a cabeça e corri para evitar que acordassem o Sr. Earnshaw batendo. Ali estava Heathcliff, sozinho: senti um sobressalto ao vê-lo sem ela.

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"Onde está a senhorita Catherine?" perguntei rapidamente. "Nenhum acidente, espero?" "Em Thrushcross Grange", ele respondeu. "E eu teria ficado lá também, mas eles não foram educados o suficiente para me pedir que ficasse." "Bem, você vai se meter em problemas!" eu disse. "Você nunca vai ficar satisfeito até que finalmente o mandem embora para sempre. O que no mundo te fez ir vagar até Thrushcross Grange?" "Deixe-me tirar essas roupas molhadas, e eu conto tudo, Nelly", ele respondeu. Avisei-o para ter cuidado de não acordar o patrão, e enquanto ele se despia e eu esperava para apagar a vela, ele continuou: "Cathy e eu escapamos da lavanderia para andar por aí livremente, e quando vimos as luzes da Grange, pensamos em ir ver se os Lintons passavam as noites de domingo parados tremendo pelos cantos, enquanto o pai e a mãe se sentavam comendo e bebendo, cantando e rindo, e se sentando perto do fogo. Você acha que fazem isso? Ou lendo sermões, sendo interrogados pelo criado deles, e obrigados a aprender uma lista de nomes da Bíblia, se não responderem corretamente?" "Provavelmente não", respondi. "São boas crianças, tenho certeza, e não merecem o tratamento que você recebe, por causa do seu mau comportamento." "Não me pregue sermão, Nelly", ele disse. "Bobagem! Corremos do topo dos Heights até o parque sem parar - Catherine perdeu completamente a corrida, porque estava descalça. Você vai ter que procurar os sapatos dela no pântano amanhã. Nós rastejamos por uma cerca-viva quebrada, tateamos o caminho e nos acomodamos num canteiro de flores sob a janela da sala de estar. A luz vinha de lá - eles não tinham fechado as persianas, e as cortinas estavam apenas parcialmente fechadas. Nós dois conseguimos olhar para dentro ficando de pé na base da parede e nos agarrando ao rebordo, e vimos - ah, era lindo - uma sala maravilhosa com carpete vermelho, cadeiras e mesas cobertas de vermelho, e um teto branco puro com bordas de ouro, com uma chuva de gotas de vidro pendendo de correntes de prata no meio, brilhando com pequenas velas suaves. O velho Sr. e a Sra. Linton não estavam lá - Edgar e a irmã tinham a sala toda para eles. Não deveriam estar felizes? Nós teríamos pensado que estávamos no céu! E agora adivinhe o que suas boas crianças estavam fazendo? Isabella - acho que ela tem onze anos, um ano mais jovem que Cathy - estava caída na outra ponta da sala gritando, como se bruxas estivessem enfiando agulhas quentes nela. Edgar estava de pé junto à lareira chorando baixinho, e no meio da mesa estava sentado um cachorrinho, sacudindo a pata e ganindo - pelo que estavam dizendo um ao outro, entendemos que quase o tinham despedaçado entre os dois. Que tolos! Essa era a ideia deles de diversão - discutir sobre quem deveria segurar um embrulho de pelo quente, e depois os dois começarem a chorar porque, depois de brigarem por ele, nenhum dos dois quis ficar com ele. Rimos alto dos mimadinhos - nós os desprezamos mesmo! Quando é que você me pegaria querendo o que Catherine queria? Ou nos encontraria sozinhos, nos divertindo aos gritos, soluçando, e rolando pelo chão em lados opostos de uma sala? Eu não trocaria minha vida aqui pela vida de Edgar Linton em Thrushcross Grange, nem por mil vidas - nem mesmo se pudesse jogar Joseph do telhado mais alto e pintar a frente da casa com o sangue de Hindley!"

Original English Version

“Where is Miss Catherine?” I cried hurriedly. “No accident, I hope?” “At Thrushcross Grange,” he answered; “and I would have been there too, but they had not the manners to ask me to stay.” “Well, you will catch it!” I said: “you’ll never be content till you’re sent about your business. What in the world led you wandering to Thrushcross Grange?” “Let me get off my wet clothes, and I’ll tell you all about it, Nelly,” he replied. I bid him beware of rousing the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued - “Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to have a ramble at liberty, and getting a glimpse of the Grange lights, we thought we would just go and see whether the Lintons passed their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, and singing and laughing, and burning their eyes out before the fire. Do you think they do? Or reading sermons, and being catechised by their man-servant, and set to learn a column of Scripture names, if they don’t answer properly?” “Probably not,” I responded. “They are good children, no doubt, and don’t deserve the treatment you receive, for your bad conduct.” “Don’t cant, Nelly,” he said: “nonsense! We ran from the top of the Heights to the park, without stopping - Catherine completely beaten in the race, because she was barefoot. You’ll have to seek for her shoes in the bog to-morrow. We crept through a broken hedge, groped our way up the path, and planted ourselves on a flower-plot under the drawing-room window. The light came from thence; they had not put up the shutters, and the curtains were only half closed. Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging to the ledge, and we saw - ah! it was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers. Old Mr. and Mrs. Linton were not there; Edgar and his sister had it entirely to themselves. Shouldn’t they have been happy? We should have thought ourselves in heaven! And now, guess what your good children were doing? Isabella - I believe she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy - lay screaming at the farther end of the room, shrieking as if witches were running red-hot needles into her. Edgar stood on the hearth weeping silently, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping; which, from their mutual accusations, we understood they had nearly pulled in two between them. The idiots! That was their pleasure! to quarrel who should hold a heap of warm hair, and each begin to cry because both, after struggling to get it, refused to take it. We laughed outright at the petted things; we did despise them! When would you catch me wishing to have what Catherine wanted? or find us by ourselves, seeking entertainment in yelling, and sobbing, and rolling on the ground, divided by the whole room? I’d not exchange, for a thousand lives, my condition here, for Edgar Linton’s at Thrushcross Grange - not if I might have the privilege of flinging Joseph off the highest gable, and painting the house-front with Hindley’s blood!”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Onde está a Srta. Catherine?”, gritei apressadamente. “Nenhum acidente, espero?” “Em Thrushcross Grange”, respondeu ele; “e eu também teria ficado lá, mas eles não tiveram a educação de me convidar a ficar.” “Bem, você vai levar o que merece!”, eu disse: “nunca vai ficar contente até ser mandado embora daqui. O que no mundo o levou a vagar até Thrushcross Grange?” “Deixe-me tirar essas roupas molhadas, e eu conto tudo, Nelly”, respondeu. Recomendei-lhe que tomasse cuidado para não acordar o patrão, e enquanto se despia e eu esperava para apagar a vela, ele continuou - “Cathy e eu escapamos da lavanderia para dar um passeio à vontade, e, vislumbrando as luzes da Grange, pensamos em ir apenas ver se os Linton passavam suas tardes de domingo de pé, tremendo pelos cantos, enquanto o pai e a mãe ficavam sentados comendo e bebendo, e cantando e rindo, e queimando os olhos diante do fogo. Você acha que fazem isso? Ou lendo sermões, e sendo catequizados pelo criado, e postos a decorar uma coluna de nomes das Escrituras, se não respondem corretamente?” “Provavelmente não”, respondi. “São crianças boas, sem dúvida, e não merecem o tratamento que você recebe, por causa do seu mau comportamento.” “Não fale como beata, Nelly”, disse ele: “bobagem! Corremos do alto dos Heights até o parque, sem parar - Catherine completamente vencida na corrida, porque estava descalça. Vai ter que procurar os sapatos dela no brejo amanhã. Nós nos esgueiramos por uma cerca-viva quebrada, tateamos o caminho até um canteiro de flores sob a janela da sala de visitas. A luz vinha de lá; eles não tinham fechado as venezianas, e as cortinas estavam apenas meio cerradas. Ambos conseguíamos ver para dentro ficando de pé na base, e agarrados à borda, e vimos - ah! era lindo - um lugar esplêndido, atapetado de carmesim, e cadeiras e mesas cobertas de carmesim, e um teto branco puro orlado de dourado, uma chuva de gotas de vidro pendurada em correntes de prata do centro, cintilando com pequenas velas suaves. O velho Sr. e a Sra. Linton não estavam lá; Edgar e sua irmã tinham tudo só para eles. Não deveriam estar felizes? Nós nos julgaríamos no céu! E agora, adivinhe o que suas boas crianças estavam fazendo? Isabella - creio que ela tem onze anos, um a menos que Cathy - estava deitada gritando na outra ponta da sala, guinchando como se bruxas estivessem lhe enfiando agulhas em brasa. Edgar estava de pé junto à lareira, chorando em silêncio, e no meio da mesa sentava um cachorrinho, sacudindo a pata e ganindo; que, pelas mútuas acusações, entendemos que quase tinham partido ao meio entre os dois. Os idiotas! Aquilo era o prazer deles! Brigar por quem seguraria uma pilha de pelo quente, e cada um começar a chorar porque ambos, depois de lutar para pegá-lo, se recusavam a aceitá-lo. Rimos abertamente daquelas criaturas mimadas; nós de fato os desprezamos! Quando é que você me pegaria desejando ter o que Catherine queria? Ou nos encontraria sozinhos, buscando entretenimento em gritar, e soluçar, e rolar no chão, separados pela sala inteira? Eu não trocaria, por mil vidas, a minha condição aqui pela de Edgar Linton em Thrushcross Grange - nem que tivesse o privilégio de atirar Joseph do telhado mais alto, e pintar a fachada da casa com o sangue de Hindley!”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Quieto, quieto!" interrompi. "Você ainda não me contou, Heathcliff, como Catherine ficou para trás?"

Original English Version

“Hush, hush!” I interrupted. “Still you have not told me, Heathcliff, how Catherine is left behind?”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Quieto, quieto!”, interrompi. “Ainda assim você não me disse, Heathcliff, como Catherine ficou para trás?”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Já disse que rimos", ele respondeu. "Os Lintons nos ouviram, e todos correram para a porta como flechas. Houve silêncio, e depois um grito: 'Ah, mãe, mãe! Ah, pai! Ah, mãe, venha aqui! Ah, pai, ah!' Gritaram mesmo algo assim. Fizemos ruídos assustadores para amedrontá-los ainda mais, e então saltamos do rebordo, porque alguém estava abrindo as grades, e sabíamos que devíamos correr. Eu estava segurando a mão de Cathy e puxando-a, quando de repente ela caiu. 'Corra, Heathcliff, corra!' ela sussurrou. 'Eles soltaram o buldogue, e ele me pegou!' O cão demônio tinha agarrado o tornozelo dela, Nelly: eu ouvi seu ronco horrível. Ela não gritou - não! ela odiaria fazer isso, mesmo com os chifres de uma vaca louca enfiados nela. Mas eu gritei: gritei toda maldição que sabia, tentando destruir aquele cachorro. Achei uma pedra e a empurrei entre as suas mandíbulas, tentando com toda a força enfiá-la garganta abaixo. Por fim, um criado rude apareceu com uma lamparina, gritando: 'Aguenta, Skulker, aguenta!' Mas mudou de tom quando viu o que Skulker tinha pego. Puxaram o cão para longe; sua língua enorme e roxa pendia meio pé para fora da boca, e seus lábios soltos gotejavam saliva sanguinolenta. O homem levantou Cathy; ela se sentia mal - não de medo, tenho certeza, mas de dor. Ele a levou para dentro; eu segui, rosnando maldições e ameaças. 'O que você pegou, Robert?' chamou Linton da porta. 'Skulker pegou uma menininha, senhor', ele respondeu; 'e tem um menino aqui também', acrescentou, me agarrando, 'que parece bem perigoso! Parece que os ladrões queriam empurrá-los pela janela para abrir as portas para a gangue mais tarde, para nos assassinarem enquanto dormíamos. Fica quieto, ladrão de boca suja! Você vai ser enforcado por isso. Sr. Linton, senhor, não guarde sua arma.' 'Não, não, Robert', disse o velho tolo. 'Esses criminosos sabiam que ontem foi meu dia de receber os aluguéis: pensaram que poderiam me pegar facilmente. Entrem; vou lhes dar as boas-vindas apropriadas. Ali, John, tranque a corrente. Dê água ao Skulker, Jenny. Atacar um magistrado na própria casa, e num domingo também! Até onde vai chegar a grosseria deles? Ah, minha querida Mary, olhe aqui! Não tenha medo, é só um menino - mas se pode ver o mal tão claramente no rosto dele; não seria uma bondade para o país enforcá-lo agora, antes que ele mostre sua verdadeira natureza em ações tanto quanto em aparência?' Ele me arrastou sob o lustre, e a Sra. Linton colocou os óculos no nariz e levantou as mãos horrorizada. As crianças covardes também se aproximaram, e Isabella ceceou: 'Que coisa horrível! Ponha-o na adega, pai. Ele parece exatamente com o filho da cigana adivinha que roubou meu faisão de estimação. Não é, Edgar?'"

Original English Version

“I told you we laughed,” he answered. “The Lintons heard us, and with one accord they shot like arrows to the door; there was silence, and then a cry, ‘Oh, mamma, mamma! Oh, papa! Oh, mamma, come here. Oh, papa, oh!’ They really did howl out something in that way. We made frightful noises to terrify them still more, and then we dropped off the ledge, because somebody was drawing the bars, and we felt we had better flee. I had Cathy by the hand, and was urging her on, when all at once she fell down. ‘Run, Heathcliff, run!’ she whispered. ‘They have let the bull-dog loose, and he holds me!’ The devil had seized her ankle, Nelly: I heard his abominable snorting. She did not yell out - no! she would have scorned to do it, if she had been spitted on the horns of a mad cow. I did, though: I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom; and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. A beast of a servant came up with a lantern, at last, shouting - ‘Keep fast, Skulker, keep fast!’ He changed his note, however, when he saw Skulker’s game. The dog was throttled off; his huge, purple tongue hanging half a foot out of his mouth, and his pendent lips streaming with bloody slaver. The man took Cathy up; she was sick: not from fear, I’m certain, but from pain. He carried her in; I followed, grumbling execrations and vengeance. ‘What prey, Robert?’ hallooed Linton from the entrance. ‘Skulker has caught a little girl, sir,’ he replied; ‘and there’s a lad here,’ he added, making a clutch at me, ‘who looks an out-and-outer! Very like the robbers were for putting them through the window to open the doors to the gang after all were asleep, that they might murder us at their ease. Hold your tongue, you foul-mouthed thief, you! you shall go to the gallows for this. Mr. Linton, sir, don’t lay by your gun.’ ‘No, no, Robert,’ said the old fool. ‘The rascals knew that yesterday was my rent-day: they thought to have me cleverly. Come in; I’ll furnish them a reception. There, John, fasten the chain. Give Skulker some water, Jenny. To beard a magistrate in his stronghold, and on the Sabbath, too! Where will their insolence stop? Oh, my dear Mary, look here! Don’t be afraid, it is but a boy - yet the villain scowls so plainly in his face; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once, before he shows his nature in acts as well as features?’ He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton placed her spectacles on her nose and raised her hands in horror. The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping - ‘Frightful thing! Put him in the cellar, papa. He’s exactly like the son of the fortune-teller that stole my tame pheasant. Isn’t he, Edgar?’

Tradução Integral em Português

“Eu já disse que rimos”, respondeu ele. “Os Linton nos ouviram, e, num só impulso, dispararam como flechas para a porta; houve silêncio, e depois um grito, ‘Ai, mamãe, mamãe! Ai, papai! Ai, mamãe, venha aqui. Ai, papai, ai!’ Eles realmente uivaram algo desse jeito. Fizemos ruídos apavorantes para aterrorizá-los ainda mais, e então nos soltamos da borda, porque alguém estava correndo as travessas, e sentimos que era melhor fugir. Eu segurava a mão de Cathy, e a apressava, quando de repente ela caiu. ‘Corra, Heathcliff, corra!’, sussurrou ela. ‘Soltaram o buldogue, e ele me pegou!’ O diabo tinha agarrado o tornozelo dela, Nelly: eu ouvi seu bufar abominável. Ela não gritou - não! teria desdenhado fazê-lo, mesmo que estivesse espetada nos chifres de uma vaca louca. Eu, sim: proferi maldições suficientes para aniquilar qualquer demônio da cristandade; e peguei uma pedra e a enfiei entre as mandíbulas dele, e tentei com todas as forças enfiá-la garganta abaixo. Um criado bestial chegou finalmente com uma lanterna, gritando - ‘Segura firme, Skulker, segura firme!’ Mudou de tom, porém, quando viu a caça de Skulker. O cachorro foi estrangulado até soltar; sua enorme língua roxa pendendo meio pé para fora da boca, e seus lábios flácidos escorrendo baba ensanguentada. O homem carregou Cathy; ela estava enjoada: não de medo, tenho certeza, mas de dor. Ele a levou para dentro; eu segui, resmungando execrações e vingança. ‘Que presa, Robert?’, gritou Linton da entrada. ‘Skulker pegou uma menininha, senhor’, respondeu ele; ‘e há um rapaz aqui’, acrescentou, agarrando-me, ‘que parece um exemplar dos piores! Bem provável que os ladrões pretendessem passá-los pela janela para abrir as portas à quadrilha depois que todos dormissem, para nos assassinar com facilidade. Cale essa boca imunda, seu ladrão, você! Vai para a forca por isto. Sr. Linton, senhor, não guarde a arma.’ ‘Não, não, Robert’, disse o velho tolo. ‘Os patifes sabiam que ontem era meu dia de arrecadar aluguel: pensaram me pegar com esperteza. Entrem; eu lhes darei uma recepção. Aí, John, prenda a corrente. Dê água ao Skulker, Jenny. Desafiar um juiz em sua própria fortaleza, e ainda por cima no domingo! Onde vai parar a insolência deles? Ah, minha querida Mary, olhe aqui! Não tenha medo, é apenas um menino - mas o vilão franze o rosto tão claramente; não seria uma bondade para o país enforcá-lo já, antes que mostre sua natureza em atos, além dos traços?’ Ele me puxou para debaixo do lustre, e a Sra. Linton colocou os óculos no nariz e ergueu as mãos horrorizada. As crianças covardes também se aproximaram, Isabella cochichando - ‘Coisa horrível! Ponha-o na adega, papai. Ele é exatamente igual ao filho da cigana que leu a sorte e roubou o meu faisão de estimação. Não é, Edgar?’

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Enquanto me examinavam, Cathy acordou de vez; ouviu as últimas palavras e riu. Edgar Linton olhou para ela de perto e finalmente a reconheceu. Eles nos veem na igreja, sabe, embora raramente nos encontremos em outro lugar. 'Aquela é a senhorita Earnshaw!' ele sussurrou para a mãe. 'E olhe como Skulker a mordeu - olhe como o pé dela está sangrando!'"

"'Senhorita Earnshaw? Bobagem!' exclamou a senhora. 'A senhorita Earnshaw correndo pelo campo com um cigano! E, no entanto, minha querida, a criança está vestida de luto - sim, é ela - e pode ficar aleijada para o resto da vida!'"

"'Que comportamento descuidado do irmão dela!' exclamou o Sr. Linton, virando-se de mim para Catherine. 'Ouvi de Shielders'" - (esse era o pastor local, senhor) - "'que ele a deixa crescer sem nenhuma religião. Mas quem é este? Onde ela achou esse companheiro? Ah! Acho que é aquele menino estranho que meu falecido vizinho trouxe de sua viagem a Liverpool - talvez um marinheiro indiano, ou um americano, ou um náufrago espanhol.'"

Original English Version

“While they examined me, Cathy came round; she heard the last speech, and laughed. Edgar Linton, after an inquisitive stare, collected sufficient wit to recognise her. They see us at church, you know, though we seldom meet them elsewhere. ‘That’s Miss Earnshaw!’ he whispered to his mother, ‘and look how Skulker has bitten her - how her foot bleeds!’

“‘Miss Earnshaw? Nonsense!’ cried the dame; ‘Miss Earnshaw scouring the country with a gipsy! And yet, my dear, the child is in mourning - surely it is - and she may be lamed for life!’

“‘What culpable carelessness in her brother!’ exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine. ‘I’ve understood from Shielders’” (that was the curate, sir) “‘that he lets her grow up in absolute heathenism. But who is this? Where did she pick up this companion? Oho! I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool - a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.’

Tradução Integral em Português

“Enquanto me examinavam, Cathy voltou a si; ouviu a última fala e riu. Edgar Linton, depois de um olhar curioso, juntou juízo suficiente para reconhecê-la. Eles nos veem na igreja, sabe, embora raramente os encontremos em outro lugar. ‘Essa é a Srta. Earnshaw!’, sussurrou à mãe, ‘e veja como Skulker a mordeu - como sangra o pé dela!’

“‘Srta. Earnshaw? Bobagem!’, gritou a senhora; ‘a Srta. Earnshaw vagando pela terra com um cigano! E mesmo assim, minha querida, a criança está de luto - decerto está - e pode ficar aleijada para o resto da vida!’

“‘Que descuido culpável de seu irmão!’, exclamou o Sr. Linton, virando-se de mim para Catherine. ‘Soube pelo Shielders’” (esse era o pároco, senhor) “‘que ele a deixa crescer em absoluto paganismo. Mas quem é este? Onde ela arranjou esse acompanhante? Oh-oh! Declaro que é aquela estranha aquisição que meu falecido vizinho fez, em sua viagem a Liverpool - um pequeno lascar, ou um náufrago americano ou espanhol.’

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"'Um menino perverso, de qualquer forma', disse a velha senhora, 'e completamente inadequado para uma casa respeitável! Você ouviu a linguagem dele, Linton? Estou chocada que meus filhos tenham ouvido isso.'"

Original English Version

“‘A wicked boy, at all events,’ remarked the old lady, ‘and quite unfit for a decent house! Did you notice his language, Linton? I’m shocked that my children should have heard it.’

Tradução Integral em Português

“‘Um menino malvado, de qualquer modo’, observou a velha senhora, ‘e totalmente impróprio para uma casa decente! Notou a linguagem dele, Linton? Estou chocada de que meus filhos a tenham ouvido.’

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Comecei a praguejar de novo - não fique brava, Nelly - então mandaram Robert me levar embora. Recusei-me a sair sem Cathy; ele me arrastou para o jardim, empurrou a lamparina na minha mão, disse que o Sr. Earnshaw seria avisado do meu comportamento, e, mandando-me sair imediatamente, trancou a porta de novo. As cortinas ainda estavam amarradas num canto, então voltei a observar pela janela; porque se Catherine quisesse sair, eu planejava quebrar as grandes janelas de vidro deles em mil pedaços, a menos que a deixassem sair. Ela ficou sentada calmamente no sofá. A Sra. Linton tirou a capa cinza que tínhamos pego emprestada da leiteira para nossa jornada, sacudindo a cabeça e falando com ela, imagino; Catherine era uma jovem senhora, e a trataram de modo bem diferente de mim. Depois a criada trouxe uma bacia de água morna e lavou os pés dela; o Sr. Linton misturou uma bebida quente para ela, Isabella enchia seu colo de bolos, e Edgar ficou olhando para ela de longe. Depois secaram e penteavam seus belos cabelos, deram a ela um par de chinelos enormes, e rolaram sua cadeira até o fogo; e eu a deixei lá, tão feliz quanto podia estar, dividindo sua comida entre o cachorrinho e Skulker, apertando o nariz de Skulker enquanto ele comia; e colocando uma pequena centelha de vida nos olhos azuis apagados dos Lintons - apenas um pálido reflexo do próprio rosto encantador dela. Eu podia ver que estavam cheios de admiração tola por ela; ela é realmente muito melhor do que eles - melhor do que qualquer pessoa na terra, não é, Nelly?"

Original English Version

“I recommenced cursing - don’t be angry, Nelly - and so Robert was ordered to take me off. I refused to go without Cathy; he dragged me into the garden, pushed the lantern into my hand, assured me that Mr. Earnshaw should be informed of my behaviour, and, bidding me march directly, secured the door again. The curtains were still looped up at one corner, and I resumed my station as spy; because, if Catherine had wished to return, I intended shattering their great glass panes to a million of fragments, unless they let her out. She sat on the sofa quietly. Mrs. Linton took off the grey cloak of the dairy-maid which we had borrowed for our excursion, shaking her head and expostulating with her, I suppose: she was a young lady, and they made a distinction between her treatment and mine. Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. I saw they were full of stupid admiration; she is so immeasurably superior to them - to everybody on earth, is she not, Nelly?”

Tradução Integral em Português

“Recomecei a praguejar - não fique zangada, Nelly - e assim Robert recebeu ordens de me tirar dali. Recusei-me a ir sem Cathy; ele me arrastou até o jardim, empurrou a lanterna em minha mão, garantiu-me que o Sr. Earnshaw seria informado do meu comportamento, e, mandando-me marchar direto, trancou a porta de novo. As cortinas ainda estavam presas num canto, e retomei meu posto de espião; porque, se Catherine desejasse voltar, eu pretendia estilhaçar aqueles grandes vidros em um milhão de fragmentos, a menos que a deixassem sair. Ela sentou-se tranquilamente no sofá. A Sra. Linton tirou-lhe a capa cinza da leiteira que tínhamos pedido emprestada para nossa excursão, balançando a cabeça e repreendendo-a, suponho: ela era uma jovem senhora, e faziam distinção entre o tratamento dela e o meu. Então a criada trouxe uma bacia de água morna, e lavou-lhe os pés; e o Sr. Linton misturou um copo de negus, e Isabella despejou um prato cheio de bolinhos em seu colo, e Edgar ficou de boca aberta a certa distância. Depois, secaram e penteiam seus lindos cabelos, e lhe deram um par de enormes pantufas, e a levaram na cadeira até o fogo; e eu a deixei, tão alegre quanto podia estar, dividindo sua comida entre o cachorrinho e Skulker, cujo focinho ela beliscava enquanto ele comia; e acendendo uma faísca de espírito nos olhos azuis vazios dos Linton - um pálido reflexo de seu próprio rosto encantador. Vi que estavam cheios de admiração tola; ela é tão imensamente superior a eles - a todo mundo na terra, não é, Nelly?”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"'Vai haver mais problemas com isso do que você pensa', respondi, cobrindo-o e apagando a luz. 'Você não tem jeito, Heathcliff; o Sr. Hindley vai ter que tomar medidas sérias, você vai ver.' Minhas palavras se tornaram verdade mais rápido do que eu queria. A aventura mal sucedida deixou Earnshaw furioso. E então o Sr. Linton, tentando resolver as coisas, nos visitou pessoalmente no dia seguinte e deu ao jovem patrão uma bronca tão grande sobre como estava criando a família dele que Hindley finalmente começou a prestar atenção de verdade. Heathcliff não foi espancado, mas disseram a ele que no momento em que voltasse a falar com a senhorita Catherine, seria mandado embora; e a Sra. Earnshaw concordou em manter a cunhada sob controle quando ela voltasse para casa - usando métodos inteligentes, não força, porque a força nunca teria funcionado."

Original English Version

“There will more come of this business than you reckon on,” I answered, covering him up and extinguishing the light. “You are incurable, Heathcliff; and Mr. Hindley will have to proceed to extremities, see if he won’t.” My words came truer than I desired. The luckless adventure made Earnshaw furious. And then Mr. Linton, to mend matters, paid us a visit himself on the morrow, and read the young master such a lecture on the road he guided his family, that he was stirred to look about him, in earnest. Heathcliff received no flogging, but he was told that the first word he spoke to Miss Catherine should ensure a dismissal; and Mrs. Earnshaw undertook to keep her sister-in-law in due restraint when she returned home; employing art, not force: with force she would have found it impossible.

Tradução Integral em Português

“Vai haver mais desse assunto do que você imagina”, respondi, cobrindo-o e apagando a luz. “Você não tem cura, Heathcliff; e o Sr. Hindley vai ter de tomar medidas extremas, veja se não vai.” Minhas palavras se mostraram mais verdadeiras do que eu desejava. A aventura malfadada deixou Earnshaw furioso. E então o Sr. Linton, para consertar as coisas, nos fez uma visita ele mesmo no dia seguinte, e deu ao jovem patrão tal sermão sobre o rumo em que conduzia sua família, que ele se sentiu incitado a se cuidar, a sério. Heathcliff não recebeu açoitamento, mas foi avisado de que a primeira palavra que dirigisse à Srta. Catherine lhe garantiria a demissão; e a Sra. Earnshaw se encarregou de manter a cunhada sob devida contenção quando voltasse para casa; empregando arte, não força: com força ela teria achado impossível.

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Chapter VII

Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Cathy ficou em Thrushcross Grange por cinco semanas, até o Natal. Àquela altura seu tornozelo estava completamente curado, e suas maneiras tinham melhorado muito. A dona da casa a visitava com frequência durante esse tempo e começou a mudá-la, dando-lhe roupas finas e elogios, que Cathy aceitava com alegria. Assim, em vez de uma menininha selvagem sem chapéu saltando dentro de casa e abraçando todo mundo até quase não podermos respirar, uma jovem senhora muito correta desceu de um belo pônei preto, com cachos castanhos caindo por baixo de um chapéu com penas, e um casaco longo que ela tinha que segurar com as duas mãos para conseguir andar. Hindley a ajudou a descer do cavalo, dizendo alegremente: 'Ora, Cathy, você está uma verdadeira beldade! Quase não a reconheci - você parece uma verdadeira dama agora. Isabella Linton não se compara a ela, não é, Frances?' 'Isabella não tem os dons naturais dela', respondeu a esposa, 'mas ela precisa ter cuidado para não voltar a ficar selvagem por aqui. Ellen, ajude a senhorita Catherine a tirar as coisas - espere, querida, você vai desarrumar seus cachos - deixe eu desamarrar seu chapéu.'"

Original English Version

Cathy stayed at Thrushcross Grange five weeks: till Christmas. By that time her ankle was thoroughly cured, and her manners much improved. The mistress visited her often in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in. Hindley lifted her from her horse, exclaiming delightedly, “Why, Cathy, you are quite a beauty! I should scarcely have known you: you look like a lady now. Isabella Linton is not to be compared with her, is she, Frances?” “Isabella has not her natural advantages,” replied his wife: “but she must mind and not grow wild again here. Ellen, help Miss Catherine off with her things - Stay, dear, you will disarrange your curls - let me untie your hat.”

Tradução Integral em Português

Cathy ficou em Thrushcross Grange cinco semanas: até o Natal. Nessa época, seu tornozelo estava completamente curado, e seus modos muito melhorados. A senhora a visitava frequentemente nesse ínterim, e iniciou seu plano de reforma tentando elevar sua autoestima com belas roupas e lisonjas, que ela aceitava prontamente; de modo que, em vez de uma selvagenzinha sem chapéu pulando para dentro de casa, e correndo para nos apertar sem fôlego, desceu de um belo pônei negro uma pessoa muito digna, com cachos castanhos caindo por baixo de um castor emplumado, e um longo trajo de tecido, que era obrigada a segurar com as duas mãos para poder deslizar ao andar. Hindley a tirou do cavalo, exclamando encantado: “Ora, Cathy, você está uma verdadeira beleza! Mal a teria reconhecido: parece uma dama agora. Isabella Linton não se compara a ela, não é, Frances?” “Isabella não tem as vantagens naturais dela”, respondeu a esposa: “mas ela precisa tomar cuidado para não voltar a ser selvagem aqui. Ellen, ajude a Srta. Catherine a tirar as roupas - Espere, querida, você vai desarrumar os cachos - deixe-me desamarrar seu chapéu.”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Tirei o casaco dela, e por baixo havia um lindo vestido de seda xadrez, calças brancas e sapatos brilhantes. Os olhos dela se iluminaram de alegria quando os cachorros vieram correndo para dar as boas-vindas, mas ela quase não se atrevia a tocá-los, com medo de sujar suas belas roupas. Beijou-me suavemente - eu estava toda coberta de farinha, fazendo o bolo de Natal, então não pude lhe dar um abraço decente - e depois procurou por Heathcliff com os olhos. O Sr. e a Sra. Earnshaw observaram o encontro deles de perto, pensando que isso os ajudaria a julgar quão provável seria conseguirem manter os dois amigos separados."

Original English Version

I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. She kissed me gently: I was all flour making the Christmas cake, and it would not have done to give me a hug; and then she looked round for Heathcliff. Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw watched anxiously their meeting; thinking it would enable them to judge, in some measure, what grounds they had for hoping to succeed in separating the two friends.

Tradução Integral em Português

Tirei o trajo, e reluziu por baixo um esplêndido vestido de seda escocesa, calças brancas, e sapatos brilhantes; e, embora os olhos dela brilhassem de alegria quando os cães vieram saltando para dar-lhe boas-vindas, mal ousava tocá-los, com medo de que sujassem suas roupas esplêndidas com carícias. Beijou-me delicadamente: eu estava toda coberta de farinha, fazendo o bolo de Natal, e não teria sido bom lhe dar um abraço; e então olhou ao redor procurando por Heathcliff. O Sr. e a Sra. Earnshaw observavam ansiosamente o encontro deles; pensando que isso lhes permitiria julgar, de certo modo, quais eram suas chances de conseguir separar os dois amigos.

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"No início, foi difícil encontrar Heathcliff. Ele já andava descuidado e negligenciado antes de Catherine ir embora, e tinha ficado ainda pior desde então. Só eu me dava ao trabalho de chamá-lo de menino sujo e dizer que se lavasse, mesmo que fosse uma vez por semana; e meninos da idade dele raramente gostam de sabão e água, de todo jeito. Então, sem falar nas roupas dele, que tinham passado três meses na lama e na poeira, e no cabelo espesso e despenteado, o rosto e as mãos dele estavam cobertos de sujeira. Bem que ele podia ter se escondido atrás do banco ao ver uma jovem senhora tão brilhante e graciosa entrar, em vez do amigo de aparência rude que ele esperava. 'Heathcliff não está aqui?' ela perguntou, tirando as luvas e mostrando dedos pálidos de ficar dentro de casa sem fazer nada."

"'Heathcliff, você pode se aproximar', chamou o Sr. Hindley, aproveitando seu constrangimento, satisfeito de ver que menino de aparência desagradável teria de apresentar. 'Pode vir dar as boas-vindas à senhorita Catherine, como os outros criados.'"

Original English Version

Heathcliff was hard to discover, at first. If he were careless, and uncared for, before Catherine’s absence, he had been ten times more so since. Nobody but I even did him the kindness to call him a dirty boy, and bid him wash himself, once a week; and children of his age seldom have a natural pleasure in soap and water. Therefore, not to mention his clothes, which had seen three months’ service in mire and dust, and his thick uncombed hair, the surface of his face and hands was dismally beclouded. He might well skulk behind the settle, on beholding such a bright, graceful damsel enter the house, instead of a rough-headed counterpart of himself, as he expected. “Is Heathcliff not here?” she demanded, pulling off her gloves, and displaying fingers wonderfully whitened with doing nothing and staying indoors.

“Heathcliff, you may come forward,” cried Mr. Hindley, enjoying his discomfiture, and gratified to see what a forbidding young blackguard he would be compelled to present himself. “You may come and wish Miss Catherine welcome, like the other servants.”

Tradução Integral em Português

Heathcliff era difícil de encontrar, a princípio. Se ele já era descuidado, e mal tratado, antes da ausência de Catherine, tornara-se dez vezes mais ainda desde então. Ninguém além de mim tinha sequer a gentileza de chamá-lo de menino sujo, e mandá-lo se lavar, uma vez por semana; e crianças da idade dele raramente têm um prazer natural em sabão e água. Portanto, sem mencionar suas roupas, que já haviam servido três meses na lama e na poeira, e seu cabelo grosso e despenteado, a superfície de seu rosto e mãos estava lamentavelmente enevoada. Bem que podia se esconder atrás do banco ao ver entrar em casa uma donzela tão radiante e graciosa, em vez de uma cópia rude de si mesmo, como esperava. “Heathcliff não está aqui?”, perguntou ela, tirando as luvas, e mostrando dedos maravilhosamente clareados por não fazer nada e ficar dentro de casa.

“Heathcliff, pode vir para a frente”, gritou o Sr. Hindley, gozando de seu desconforto, e satisfeito de ver que jovem vilão de aparência repulsiva seria obrigado a se apresentar. “Pode vir dar as boas-vindas à Srta. Catherine, como os outros criados.”

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Tradução da Versão Simplificada (B1)

"Cathy avistou o amigo escondido e correu para abraçá-lo; deu-lhe sete ou oito beijos na bochecha num só segundo, depois parou, deu um passo atrás, e começou a rir, dizendo: 'Ora, como você está sombrio e mal-humorado! E como - como estranho e severo! Mas é porque estou acostumada com Edgar e Isabella Linton agora. Então, Heathcliff, você se esqueceu de mim?'"

"Ela tinha razão em perguntar, porque a vergonha e o orgulho tinham cobrido o rosto dele com um cenho carregado e o mantido paralisado."

"'Aperte as mãos, Heathcliff', disse o Sr. Earnshaw, num tom superior; 'só essa vez, é permitido.'"

Original English Version

Cathy, catching a glimpse of her friend in his concealment, flew to embrace him; she bestowed seven or eight kisses on his cheek within the second, and then stopped, and drawing back, burst into a laugh, exclaiming, “Why, how very black and cross you look! and how - how funny and grim! But that’s because I’m used to Edgar and Isabella Linton. Well, Heathcliff, have you forgotten me?”

She had some reason to put the question, for shame and pride threw double gloom over his countenance, and kept him immovable.

“Shake hands, Heathcliff,” said Mr. Earnshaw, condescendingly; “once in a way, that is permitted.”

Tradução Integral em Português

Cathy, avistando o amigo em seu esconderijo, voou para abraçá-lo; deu-lhe sete ou oito beijos na bochecha em um segundo, e então parou, e recuando, desatou a rir, exclamando: “Ora, como você está preto e mal-humorado! e como... como engraçado e severo! Mas isso é porque estou acostumada com Edgar e Isabella Linton. Bem, Heathcliff, você se esqueceu de mim?”

Ela tinha alguma razão para fazer a pergunta, pois a vergonha e o orgulho lançavam dupla sombra sobre seu semblante, mantendo-o imóvel.

“Aperte as mãos, Heathcliff”, disse o Sr. Earnshaw, condescendente; “por uma vez, isso é permitido.”

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Glossary: New Words (1/3)

Priority words from the simplified reading and post-nominal letters found in this book. Post-nominals are abbreviations placed after a person's name to identify honours, professional memberships, academic titles or qualifications. Each entry shows up to six real uses; Back to B1 opens the exact simplified sentence, while Back to Original opens the exact paragraph in Original English.

accuse /əˈkjuːz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: acusar; acuse; acuso

Simple English: To say a person or group committed a wrongdoing.

Example: The lawyer will accuse the defendant of fraud during the trial.

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1. I was forced to hear the whole thing, and finally he reached the "First of the Seventy-First." At that moment, a sudden idea came to me - I felt moved to stand up and accuse Jabez Branderham of committing the one sin that no Christian could forgive. Go to

ached /eɪkt/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: doeu; doeram; latejou

Simple English: Hurt with a steady dull pain.

Example: My back ached after the long journey.

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1. The curate might set as many chapters as he pleased for Catherine to get by heart, and Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time I’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. Go to

aches /eɪks/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: dores

Simple English: Steady dull pains in the body.

Example: The cold weather brought aches in his knees.

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1. "My head aches so much I can't rest it on the pillow, and I still can't stop crying. Go to

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1. “My head aches, till I cannot keep it on the pillow; and still I can’t give over. Go to

admirable /ˈædmərəbəl/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: admirável; digno de admiração

Simple English: Deserving respect and praise.

Example: His patience with the beginners was admirable.

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1. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Go to

affectionate /əˈfekʃənət/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: afetuoso; carinhoso

Simple English: Showing warm love and care for someone.

Example: She wrote an affectionate letter to her grandmother every Sunday.

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1. After behaving as badly as possible all day, she would sometimes come and be affectionate at night to make up for it. Go to

affections /əˈfekʃənz/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: afetos; sentimentos amorosos

Simple English: Feelings of love, fondness, or emotional attachment.

Example: She feared that new friends would take her daughter's affections away.

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1. So, from the very beginning, he bred bad feeling in the house; and at Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, which happened in less than two years after, the young master had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent’s affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter with brooding over these injuries. Go to

amount (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: quantidade; montante; valor

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1. Many times I cried quietly to myself, watching them become more and more reckless every day, and not daring to say a word, afraid of losing the small amount of influence I still had over the two unloved children. Go to

amusements /əˈmjuːzmənts/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: diversões; passatempos

Simple English: Activities or events that entertain people.

Example: Spring brought a new set of amusements.

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1. But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at. Go to

angrily /ˈæŋɡrɪli/ (27 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: com raiva; furiosamente

Simple English: In a way that shows anger.

Example: He shouted angrily at the door.

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1. Finally, Hindley angrily told us to lock the doors, and swore that no one should let them in that night. Go to

anguish /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: angústia; sofrimento intenso

Simple English: Severe mental or physical pain and distress.

Example: A settled depth of anguish showed in her eyes.

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1. There was such anguish in the gush of grief that accompanied this raving, that my compassion made me overlook its folly, and I drew off, half angry to have listened at all, and vexed at having related my ridiculous nightmare, since it produced that agony; though why was beyond my comprehension. Go to

annoyingly /əˈnɔɪɪŋli/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: de modo irritante; irritantemente

Simple English: In a way that causes irritation or impatience.

Example: He smiled annoyingly and refused to explain the secret.

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1. Mr. Heathcliff and his servant climbed up the cellar steps annoyingly slowly - I do not think they moved any faster than usual, even though the room was in a complete storm of barking and fighting. Go to

annoys /əˈnɔɪz/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: irrita; aborrece

Simple English: Makes someone slightly angry or impatient.

Example: The buzzing of the fly annoys me while I work.

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1. 'I'll punish the first person who annoys me! Go to

anxiously /ˈæŋkʃəsli/ (11 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ansiosamente; preocupadamente

Simple English: In a worried and nervous way.

Example: She waited anxiously for the news.

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1. Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw watched anxiously their meeting; thinking it would enable them to judge, in some measure, what grounds they had for hoping to succeed in separating the two friends. Go to

apron /ˈeɪprən/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: avental

Simple English: A piece of cloth worn over the front of the clothes to keep them clean.

Example: Aunt Em wore an apron while she cooked.

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1. "Were you invited to tea?" she asked, tying an apron over her neat black dress, and standing with a spoonful of tea leaves ready over the pot. Go to

2. He stood by the fire with his back to me, just finishing an angry argument with poor Zillah, who kept stopping her work to lift the corner of her apron and let out an angry groan. Go to

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1. “Were you asked to tea?” she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot. Go to

2. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan. Go to

aprons /ˈeɪprənz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: aventais

Simple English: Pieces of cloth worn over the front of clothes while working.

Example: The maids wore white aprons.

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1. I had just tied our aprons together to hang as a curtain when Joseph came in on an errand from the stables. Go to

arched /ɑːrtʃt/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: arqueado; em arco; abobadado

Simple English: Curved in the shape of an arch.

Example: They walked under an arched doorway.

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1. Under the cupboard, in an arched space, lay a large, brown female dog with a litter of squealing puppies around her, and other dogs hid in other corners. Go to

armchair /ˈɑːrmtʃer/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: poltrona

Simple English: A comfortable chair with supports for the arms.

Example: He read the paper in the same armchair every evening.

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1. You can see such a man sitting in his armchair, his mug of beer foaming on the round table in front of him, in any of these hills within five or six miles, if you visit at the right time after dinner. Go to

astonished /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: espantou; surpreendeu; deixou pasmo

Simple English: Very surprised.

Example: We were astonished by the news.

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1. Catherine Linton?” I exclaimed, astonished. Go to

attentive /əˈtɛntɪv/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: atento; cuidadoso

Simple English: Listening, watching, or caring closely.

Example: He became deeply attentive as soon as she began to speak.

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1. Still, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive audience, and he preached - good heavens, what a sermon! Go to

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1. However, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive congregation; and he preached - good God! what a sermon; divided into four hundred and ninety parts, each fully equal to an ordinary address from the pulpit, and each discussing a separate sin! Go to

attentiveness /əˈtentɪvnəs/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: solicitude

Simple English: careful readiness to notice and serve another person

Example: The servant showed constant attentiveness toward his guest.

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1. Still, he carried himself freely, almost proudly, and showed none of a servant's attentiveness toward the lady of the house. Go to

barefoot /ˈberfʊt/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: descalço

Simple English: Wearing nothing on your feet.

Example: The children ran barefoot across the warm sand.

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1. We ran from the top of the Heights to the park without stopping - Catherine completely lost the race, because she was barefoot. Go to

Original English Version

1. We ran from the top of the Heights to the park, without stopping - Catherine completely beaten in the race, because she was barefoot. Go to

beatings /ˈbiːtɪŋz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: surras; espancamentos

Simple English: Acts of hitting someone many times.

Example: He never spoke about the beatings.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. And if you won't, I will tell your father about the three beatings you have given me this week, and show him my arm, which is bruised black up to the shoulder." Hindley stuck out his tongue and hit him on the ear. Go to

bedclothes /ˈbedkloʊz/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: roupa de cama

Simple English: The sheets and covers put on a bed.

Example: He gathered up his bedclothes and moved.

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1. Fear made me cruel, and, finding it useless to try to shake the creature off, I pulled its wrist onto the broken glass and rubbed it back and forth until blood ran down and soaked into the bedclothes. Go to

Original English Version

1. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear. Go to

behaves /bɪˈheɪvz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: comporta-se

Simple English: Acts in a particular way.

Example: Shut her up until she behaves properly.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He looks like a dark-skinned gypsy, but dresses and behaves like a gentleman - as much a gentleman as many country landowners are. Go to

bellows /ˈbeloʊz/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: fole

Simple English: A tool that blows air onto a fire to make it burn.

Example: He worked the bellows until the coals glowed.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Zillah was pushing flames up the chimney with a huge pair of bellows, and Mrs. Heathcliff was kneeling by the fire, reading a book by its light. Go to

Original English Version

1. It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. Go to

benches /ˈbɛntʃɪz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: bancos

Simple English: Long seats for two or more people.

Example: The students sat on wooden benches.

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1. Two curved benches almost surrounded the fireplace. Go to

Original English Version

1. Two benches, shaped in sections of a circle, nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and Grimalkin mounted the other. Go to

bibles /ˈbaɪbəlz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Bíblias

Simple English: copies of the Christian holy scriptures

Example: The sailors searched the ship for Bibles.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. While Hindley and his wife sat comfortably downstairs by a warm fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I'm sure - Heathcliff, myself, and the poor farm boy were ordered to take our prayer books and go upstairs. Go to

Original English Version

1. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Go to

bird's /bɜːrdz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: do pássaro; da ave

Simple English: Belonging to a bird.

Example: We found a bird's nest under the eaves.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. And Hareton has been thrown out like a baby bird from another bird's nest! Go to

biter /ˈbaɪtər/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: quem morde

Simple English: a person or animal that bites

Example: She fought back and marked the biter.

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1. "If I had been, I would have left my mark on the biter." Heathcliff's face relaxed into a grin. Go to

Original English Version

1. “If I had been, I would have set my signet on the biter.” Heathcliff’s countenance relaxed into a grin. Go to

bitten /ˈbɪtən/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mordido; picado

Simple English: Cut or hurt with the teeth.

Example: The rope had been bitten in two.

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1. "You were not bitten, were you?" Go to

2. 'And look how Skulker has bitten her - look how her foot is bleeding!'" Go to

Original English Version

1. “Not bitten, are you?” Go to

2. ‘That’s Miss Earnshaw!’ he whispered to his mother, ‘and look how Skulker has bitten her - how her foot bleeds!’ Go to

blackguard /ˈblæɡɑːrd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: canalha

Simple English: a dishonourable and unpleasant man

Example: They regarded him as a young blackguard.

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1. “Heathcliff, you may come forward,” cried Mr. Hindley, enjoying his discomfiture, and gratified to see what a forbidding young blackguard he would be compelled to present himself. Go to

bleak /bliːk/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desolado; inóspito; sombrio

Simple English: Cold, bare and without comfort or hope.

Example: The bleak moor had no trees and no shelter from the wind.

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1. On that bleak hill top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb. Go to

blinking /ˈblɪŋkɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: que piscam; semicerrados

Simple English: Opening and closing the eyes quickly.

Example: The baby lay blinking at the bright lamp.

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1. He would take Hindley's hits without blinking or crying, and when I pinched him, he only took a breath and opened his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident and no one was to blame. Go to

blushed /blʌʃt/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: corou; enrubesceu

Simple English: Became red in the face from shame or pleasure.

Example: She blushed when everyone clapped.

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1. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. Go to

boasted /boʊstɪd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: gabou-se

Simple English: Talked with too much pride about yourself.

Example: He boasted that he could run the fastest.

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Original English Version

1. “Throw it,” he replied, standing still, “and then I’ll tell how you boasted that you would turn me out of doors as soon as he died, and see whether he will not turn you out directly.” Hindley threw it, hitting him on the breast, and down he fell, but staggered up immediately, breathless and white; and, had not I prevented it, he would have gone just so to the master, and got full revenge by letting his condition plead for him, intimating who had caused it. Go to

bog /bɑːɡ/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: brejo; pântano

Simple English: an area of wet, soft, muddy ground, sometimes used figuratively for a difficulty

Example: He felt like a beginner struggling through a bog in the mist.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Then, if you hear that I was found dead in a bog or a snowdrift, won't your conscience tell you it was partly your fault?" Go to

2. You will have to look for her shoes in the bog tomorrow. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Then, if you hear of me being discovered dead in a bog or a pit full of snow, your conscience won’t whisper that it is partly your fault?” Go to

2. You’ll have to seek for her shoes in the bog to-morrow. Go to

bowed /boʊd/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: vergou; curvou-se; inclinou-se

Simple English: Bent forward or downward.

Example: The long grass bowed before the wind.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I bowed and returned the toast, starting to realize it would be foolish to sit there sulking because of a pack of dogs. Go to

2. I bowed and waited, expecting her to ask me to sit down. Go to

Original English Version

1. I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn. Go to

2. I bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat. Go to

boxed /bɒkst/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: lutou boxe; deu tapas

Simple English: Fought with fists according to boxing rules, or struck someone sharply, especially on the ears.

Example: She boxed the Queen's ears.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He tore down what I had made, boxed my ears, and croaked: Go to

bragged /bræɡd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: gabou-se; vangloriou-se

Simple English: Spoke too proudly about achievements or possessions.

Example: The men bragged about their strongest dogs.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Throw it," Heathcliff replied, standing still, "and then I will tell everyone how you bragged that you would throw me out of the house as soon as your father died - and we'll see if he doesn't throw you out first." Hindley threw the weight, hitting him in the chest, and Heathcliff fell down, but got up right away, out of breath and pale. Go to

branderham /ˈbrændərəm/ (12 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Branderham

Simple English: the surname of the fictional preacher Jabez Branderham

Example: Jabez Branderham delivered the sermon.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. A Religious Sermon given by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough." And while I was, half-awake, trying to guess what Jabez Branderham would say about this subject, I sank back into bed and fell asleep. Go to

2. We were traveling to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach on the text "Seventy Times Seven," and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the "First of the Seventy-First," and were about to be publicly exposed and thrown out of the church. Go to

3. I was forced to hear the whole thing, and finally he reached the "First of the Seventy-First." At that moment, a sudden idea came to me - I felt moved to stand up and accuse Jabez Branderham of committing the one sin that no Christian could forgive. Go to

4. Soon the whole chapel echoed with knocking and counter-knocking; every man's hand was against his neighbour's, and Branderham, not wanting to stay idle, poured out his energy in loud taps on the pulpit boards, which knocked back so sharply that, at last, to my great relief, they woke me up. Go to

5. Wasn't the Reverend Jabez Branderham related to you on your mother's side? Go to

Original English Version

1. A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.” And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep. Go to

2. I was not going there: we were journeying to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach, from the text - “Seventy Times Seven;” and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the “First of the Seventy-First,” and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated. Go to

3. I was condemned to hear all out: finally, he reached the “First of the Seventy-First.” At that crisis, a sudden inspiration descended on me; I was moved to rise and denounce Jabez Branderham as the sinner of the sin that no Christian need pardon. Go to

4. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. Go to

5. Was not the Reverend Jabez Branderham akin to you on the mother’s side? Go to

brat /bræt/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pirralho; criança malcriada

Simple English: A child, especially one regarded as badly behaved or contemptible.

Example: The angry man called him a workhouse brat.

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Original English Version

1. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors: she did fly up, asking how he could fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house, when they had their own bairns to feed and fend for? Go to

breeches /ˈbrɪtʃɪz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: calções; bombachas

Simple English: Short trousers that end just below the knee.

Example: The shepherds wore striped breeches.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The room and its furniture would have seemed quite ordinary for a simple northern farmer, a stubborn-looking man with strong legs shown off well in knee-breeches and leg coverings. Go to

Original English Version

1. The apartment and furniture would have been nothing extraordinary as belonging to a homely, northern farmer, with a stubborn countenance, and stalwart limbs set out to advantage in knee-breeches and gaiters. Go to

brief /brɪf/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: breve; sucinta; resumo

Simple English: A short document summarizing one side's facts in court.

Example: The lawyer submitted a brief outlining their arguments in the case.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his brief good humour quickly fading back into his usual gloominess. Go to

brightly /ˈbraɪtli/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: intensamente; com brilho

Simple English: In a way that gives a lot of light.

Example: The sun shone brightly all morning.

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1. One end of the room, though, shone brightly with light and heat reflected from rows of huge pewter plates, mixed with silver jugs and cups, stacked row after row on a large oak cupboard that reached almost to the roof. Go to

2. Above the fireplace hung several old, rough-looking guns and a pair of horse pistols, and, as decoration, three brightly painted tins were placed along the shelf. Go to

broad /brɔːd/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ampla; largo; vasto

Simple English: Having a large distance between one side and another.

Example: The river is broad enough for several boats to cross at once.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Miss Cathy has torn the back off "The Helmet of Salvation," and Heathcliff has stepped his foot right onto the first part of "The Broad Way to Destruction"! Go to

brooding /ˈbruːdɪŋ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: remoendo; sombrio

Simple English: thinking gloomily for a long time, or having a dark and threatening appearance

Example: He sat in a corner brooding over the news.

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Original English Version

1. So, from the very beginning, he bred bad feeling in the house; and at Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, which happened in less than two years after, the young master had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent’s affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter with brooding over these injuries. Go to

browned /braʊnd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: dourado no forno

Simple English: Cooked until the outside turned brown.

Example: The bread was nicely browned on top.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. His thick brown hair was messy and uncombed, his side-whiskers grew wild over his cheeks, and his hands were browned like a labourer's. Go to

brows /braʊz/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sobrancelhas; fronte

Simple English: The eyebrows, or the forehead above them.

Example: He wiped his brows with the back of his hand.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name. Go to

bruised /bruːzd/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: machucado; contundido; ferido

Simple English: Hurt so that dark marks appear on the skin.

Example: He felt bruised and sore after the fall.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. And if you won't, I will tell your father about the three beatings you have given me this week, and show him my arm, which is bruised black up to the shoulder." Hindley stuck out his tongue and hit him on the ear. Go to

bruises /ˈbruːzɪz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: hematomas; contusões; roxos

Simple English: Dark marks on the skin caused by a knock or a fall.

Example: The goalkeeper showed us the bruises on his knees after the match.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I easily convinced him to let me say the horse had caused his bruises. Go to

Original English Version

1. I persuaded him easily to let me lay the blame of his bruises on the horse: he minded little what tale was told since he had what he wanted. Go to

bulldog /ˈbʊldɔːɡ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: buldogue

Simple English: A short strong dog with a flat face and wide jaws.

Example: An old bulldog slept by the fire.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. 'They have let the bulldog loose, and it has caught me!' The devil dog had grabbed her ankle, Nelly: I heard its horrible snorting. Go to

calmed /kɑːmd/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: acalmou; acalmado; serenou

Simple English: Made someone or something quiet and peaceful again.

Example: A cup of tea and a warm blanket calmed the frightened child.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Luckily, someone from the kitchen moved faster: a strong woman, with her dress tied up, bare arms, and a face red from the fire, rushed in among us waving a frying pan, and used both the pan and her voice so effectively that the chaos calmed down almost like magic. Go to

2. In the end, my mistress calmed down after complaining, and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash the child, give it clean clothes, and let it sleep with the children. Go to

calmer /ˈkɑːmər/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais calmo; mais sereno

Simple English: More quiet and peaceful than before.

Example: The sea grew calmer as soon as the wind dropped.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Their door was slightly open, and I saw they had never gone to bed, even though it was past midnight - but they were calmer now, and did not need me to comfort them. Go to

Original English Version

1. Leaving Joseph to explain matters, I ran to the children’s room: their door was ajar, I saw they had never lain down, though it was past midnight; but they were calmer, and did not need me to console them. Go to

candle's /ˈkændəlz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: da vela

Simple English: The possessive form of candle.

Example: He used the candle's last light to pack his clothes.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Waking myself to get rid of the annoying name, I found my candle's flame resting on one of the old books, filling the room with the smell of burning leather. Go to

carelessness /ˈkɛrləsnəs/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: descuido; desatenção

Simple English: The habit of not paying enough attention.

Example: His carelessness broke the window.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I felt embarrassed at my carelessness, but without showing that I understood I had upset him, I quickly added, "The truth is, sir, I spent the first part of the night - " Here I stopped again. Go to

2. He would not even have made sure they went to church on Sundays, but Joseph and the curate scolded him for his carelessness whenever they were absent, and that reminded him to order a beating for Heathcliff and to make Catherine skip dinner or supper. Go to

Original English Version

1. He would not even have seen after their going to church on Sundays, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order Heathcliff a flogging, and Catherine a fast from dinner or supper. Go to

2. “‘What culpable carelessness in her brother!’ exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine. Go to

carpeted /ˈkɑːrpɪtɪd/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: acarpetado; coberto por tapete

Simple English: Covered with a carpet or carpet-like floor covering.

Example: They climbed the broad, well-carpeted stairs.

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1. Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention. Go to

2. Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging to the ledge, and we saw - ah! it was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers. Go to

carvings /ˈkɑːrvɪŋz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: entalhes; esculturas

Simple English: Shapes and patterns cut into wood or stone.

Example: The door was covered with fine carvings.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Before I stepped inside, I stopped to look at some strange carvings covering the front of the house, especially around the main door. Go to

castaway /ˈkæstəweɪ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: náufrago

Simple English: A person left alone on a shore after a shipwreck.

Example: The castaway built a hut out of branches.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I think this is that strange boy my late neighbor brought back from his trip to Liverpool - maybe an Indian sailor, or an American, or a Spanish castaway.'" Go to

Original English Version

1. “No, reprobate! you are a castaway - be off, or I’ll hurt you seriously! Go to

2. I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool - a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.’ Go to

catherine's /ˈkæθrɪnz/ (88 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Catarina

Simple English: possessive form used in the place name St Catherine's Hill

Example: Behind the city rose St Catherine's Hill, and beyond that stretched more and more land until the bright sun blurred the horizon.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Catherine's small collection of books showed clear signs of heavy use, though not always for reading - almost every chapter had handwritten comments in pen and ink covering every blank space the printer had left. Go to

2. As soon as I said these words, I remembered the connection between Heathcliff's name and Catherine's name in the book - I had completely forgotten it until now. Go to

3. Actually, its face looked older than Catherine's, but when it was put on its feet, it just stared around and kept repeating strange words that nobody could understand. Go to

Original English Version

1. Catherine’s library was select, and its state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used, though not altogether for a legitimate purpose: scarcely one chapter had escaped a pen-and-ink commentary - at least the appearance of one - covering every morsel of blank that the printer had left. Go to

2. Scarcely were these words uttered when I recollected the association of Heathcliff’s with Catherine’s name in the book, which had completely slipped from my memory, till thus awakened. Go to

3. We crowded round, and over Miss Cathy’s head I had a peep at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child; big enough both to walk and talk: indeed, its face looked older than Catherine’s; yet when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some gibberish that nobody could understand. Go to

4. If he were careless, and uncared for, before Catherine’s absence, he had been ten times more so since. Go to

catherines /ˈkæθərɪnz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: nomes “Catherine” por toda parte

Simple English: repeated ghostlike appearances of the name Catherine

Example: In his feverish dream, Catherines appeared wherever he looked.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. But they had rested only five minutes when bright white letters seemed to flash out of the darkness, as clear as ghosts - the air seemed full of Catherines. Go to

Original English Version

1. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Go to

cathy's /ˈkæθiz/ (15 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Cathy

Simple English: belonging to or done by Cathy

Example: Cathy's book had lost its back cover.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. We all crowded around, and over Miss Cathy's head I got a look at a dirty, ragged child with black hair, big enough to walk and talk. Go to

2. I was holding Cathy's hand and pulling her along, when suddenly she fell. Go to

Original English Version

1. Miss Cathy’s riven th’ back off “Th’ Helmet o’ Salvation,” un’ Heathcliff’s pawsed his fit into t’ first part o’ “T’ Brooad Way to Destruction!” It’s fair flaysome that ye let ’em go on this gait. Go to

2. We crowded round, and over Miss Cathy’s head I had a peep at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child; big enough both to walk and talk: indeed, its face looked older than Catherine’s; yet when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some gibberish that nobody could understand. Go to

chandelier /ˌʃændəˈlɪr/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: lustre; candelabro suspenso

Simple English: A decorative light fitting that hangs from a ceiling.

Example: The crystal chandelier trembled above the guests.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Don't be afraid, it's only a boy - but you can see the evil so clearly in his face; wouldn't it be a kindness to the country to hang him now, before he shows his true nature in actions as well as looks?' He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton put her glasses on her nose and raised her hands in horror. Go to

Original English Version

1. Don’t be afraid, it is but a boy - yet the villain scowls so plainly in his face; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once, before he shows his nature in acts as well as features?’ He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton placed her spectacles on her nose and raised her hands in horror. Go to

changeable /ˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: mutável; inconstante; volúvel

Simple English: Likely to change often and without warning.

Example: April weather here is changeable, so take a coat.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. What changeable people we are! Go to

chatted /tʃætɪd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: conversaram; bateram papo

Simple English: Talked in a friendly, easy way.

Example: They chatted together while they walked.

Use in this Book:

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1. She was also happy to find she had a new sister among her new family, and at first she chatted with Catherine, kissed her, ran around with her, and gave her lots of presents. Go to

chatter /ˈtʃætər/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tagarelice; algazarra; chilreio

Simple English: Quick, noisy talk, or the busy noise made by animals.

Example: The monkeys flew away with much chatter.

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1. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Go to

clasping /ˈklæspɪŋ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: apertando; segurando; entrelaçando

Simple English: Holding something or someone tightly, often with the hands.

Example: Anne stood clasping her hands with excitement.

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1. I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly - “Are they gone yet?” Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping - and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying! Go to

clattering /ˈklætərɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: que tilintam; barulhentos

Simple English: Making short hard noises when they knock together.

Example: He dropped a handful of clattering keys.

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1. Here they simply call it "the house." Usually this room would include both kitchen and sitting room, but at Wuthering Heights I think the kitchen has been moved somewhere else entirely - I could hear voices talking and pots and pans clattering somewhere deep inside, but I saw no sign of cooking, boiling, or baking near the huge fireplace, and no shine of copper pans or tin strainers on the walls. Go to

clenched /klɛntʃt/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cerrou

Simple English: Closed the teeth or the hands very tightly.

Example: He clenched his hands and said nothing.

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1. The young man turned red and clenched his fist, looking ready to attack me. Go to

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1. This was worse than before: the youth grew crimson, and clenched his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault. Go to

cleverly /ˈklɛvərli/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: habilmente; com esperteza

Simple English: In a way that shows quick thinking.

Example: He cleverly hid the key under a stone.

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1. Walking up to it, I looked inside and saw it was an old-fashioned kind of couch, cleverly designed so that not every family member needed a separate room. Go to

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1. ‘The rascals knew that yesterday was my rent-day: they thought to have me cleverly. Go to

clipped /klɪpt/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: cortado rente; aparado

Simple English: Cut or trimmed very short.

Example: The bird's clipped feathers prevented it from flying far.

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1. He - probably thinking it wise not to upset a good tenant - relaxed a little his short, clipped way of speaking, and started what he thought would interest me: a discussion of the good and bad points of the area where I was living. Go to

clumsy /ˈklʌmzi/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desajeitado; grosseiro; malfeito

Simple English: Done or made without skill or care.

Example: It was a clumsy trick, and no one believed it.

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1. This is what comes of living cut off from the world - she has wasted herself on that clumsy fellow simply because she never knew better men existed! Go to

clung /klʌŋ/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: agarrava-se; apegava-se

Simple English: Held onto something very tightly.

Example: The child clung to her father's hand.

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1. The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed, Go to

coals /koʊlz/ (11 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: brasas; carvões

Simple English: Pieces of burning black rock that give heat.

Example: The last coals were still warm.

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1. I went carefully down to the lower floor and reached the back kitchen, where some glowing coals let me light my candle again. Go to

coldly /ˈkoʊldli/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: friamente; com frieza

Simple English: In an unfriendly way, without warmth or feeling.

Example: He answered coldly and turned back to his newspaper.

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1. I am ashamed to admit it - I pulled coldly back into myself, like a snail. Go to

combed /koʊmd/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: penteou

Simple English: Made the hair tidy with a comb.

Example: She washed her face and combed her hair.

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1. Afterward they dried and combed her beautiful hair, gave her a pair of huge slippers, and rolled her chair to the fire; and I left her there, as happy as could be, sharing her food between the little dog and Skulker, pinching Skulker's nose as he ate; and putting a little spark of life into the dull blue eyes of the Lintons - just a faint reflection of her own charming face. Go to

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1. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. Go to

comforted /ˈkʌmfərtɪd/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: consolou; confortou

Simple English: Made someone feel less sad or worried.

Example: The old crow comforted him.

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1. Comforted by that thought, we each found a separate corner to wait for him. Go to

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1. “Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. Go to

comforts /ˈkʌmfərts/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: comodidades; conforto

Simple English: Things that make life easy and pleasant.

Example: He missed the small comforts of his own kitchen.

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1. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time. Go to

complexion /kəmˈplekʃən/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tez; compleição; aspecto

Simple English: The natural colour and look of a person's skin.

Example: The queen had a pale, delicate complexion.

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1. She was rather thin, but young, with a fresh complexion, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. Go to

conceited /kənˈsiːtɪd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: convencido; vaidoso

Simple English: Having an excessively high opinion of oneself.

Example: Her friend warned that she was becoming conceited.

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1. What a shame - I must be careful not to make her regret her choice." This last thought may sound conceited, but it was not. Go to

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1. A sad pity - I must beware how I cause her to regret her choice.” The last reflection may seem conceited; it was not. Go to

cones /koʊnz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cones

Simple English: Solid or natural forms with a circular base that narrow to a point.

Example: Pine cones lay thick beneath the trees.

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1. Only the branch of a fir tree brushing against my window as the wind howled by, rattling its dry cones against the glass! Go to

Original English Version

1. Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! Go to

constantly /ˈkɒnstəntli/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: constantemente; continuamente

Simple English: Without pause or interruption; occurring all the time.

Example: She is constantly checking her phone for new messages and notifications.

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1. He became bitter, thinking constantly about these wrongs. Go to

2. He constantly worried the master about the state of his soul and about raising his children strictly. Go to

convinced /kənˈvɪnst/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: convencido; convenceu; convicto

Simple English: Having a strong belief in something.

Example: He is convinced that he will win the competition next week.

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1. I easily convinced him to let me say the horse had caused his bruises. Go to

coughed /kɔːft/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tossiram

Simple English: Pushed air out of the throat with a sudden noise.

Example: He coughed because of the thick smoke.

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1. I did notice that climbing the stairs made her breathe very fast, that the smallest sudden noise made her shake, and that she coughed badly sometimes. Go to

Original English Version

1. I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. Go to

coverings /ˈkʌvərɪŋz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: coberturas; revestimentos

Simple English: Things put over something else to protect or to hide it.

Example: The coverings of the chairs were worn.

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1. The room and its furniture would have seemed quite ordinary for a simple northern farmer, a stubborn-looking man with strong legs shown off well in knee-breeches and leg coverings. Go to

cow's /kaʊz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: da vaca

Simple English: Belonging to a cow.

Example: They broke a cow's leg by accident.

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1. She didn't scream - no! she would have hated to do that, even with a mad cow's horns stuck in her. Go to

cowardice /ˈkaʊərdɪs/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: covardia

Simple English: Lack of courage when facing danger or difficulty.

Example: He was accused of cowardice for leaving early.

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1. As punishment for my cowardice and unkindness, I was sent out of the house. Go to

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1. “It is only your guest, sir,” I called out, desirous to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further. Go to

2. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. Go to

cowardly /ˈkaʊərdli/ (11 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: covarde; medroso

Simple English: Not brave; easily frightened.

Example: The Cowardly Lion was afraid of everything.

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1. The cowardly children crept closer too, and Isabella lisped, 'What a frightening thing! Go to

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1. The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping - ‘Frightful thing! Go to

crawled /krɔːld/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: engatinhou; rastejou

Simple English: Moved slowly on the hands and knees, or close to the ground.

Example: She crawled across the floor to her bed.

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1. By chance, or maybe because it heard his voice, the child crawled to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and he found it there when he left his room. Go to

creak /kriːk/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: rangido

Simple English: A long high noise made by something old that moves.

Example: The creak of the gate woke the dog.

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1. The first creak of the oak panel startled him like an electric shock. Go to

Original English Version

1. The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock: the light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up. Go to

crept /krɛpt/ (12 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: esgueirou-se; foi de mansinho

Simple English: Moved slowly and quietly.

Example: She crept to the hole and caught the dog by the ear.

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1. Nothing was moving except a grey striped cat, which crept out of the ashes and greeted me with an unhappy meow. Go to

2. We crept through a broken hedge, felt our way up the path, and settled ourselves on a flower bed under the drawing-room window. Go to

3. The cowardly children crept closer too, and Isabella lisped, 'What a frightening thing! Go to

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1. Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew. Go to

2. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw’s door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Go to

3. We crept through a broken hedge, groped our way up the path, and planted ourselves on a flower-plot under the drawing-room window. Go to

4. The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping - ‘Frightful thing! Go to

critical /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: crítico; fundamental; crucial

Simple English: A very serious situation that requires immediate action.

Example: The patient is in critical condition and needs urgent surgery now.

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1. Joseph, after setting down his load, looked critically around the room and said in a harsh voice, "I wonder how you can stand there doing nothing, or worse, when everyone else has gone out! Go to

croaked /kroʊkt/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: coaxou; falou com voz rouca

Simple English: Made a low rough sound, like a frog.

Example: The old man croaked a few words.

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1. He tore down what I had made, boxed my ears, and croaked: Go to

crosser /ˈkrɒsər/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais irritado

Simple English: more angry and impatient

Example: He became crosser as his headache worsened.

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1. And Catherine, for her part, could not understand why her father was crosser and less patient while he was ill than he had been when he was healthy. Go to

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1. Now, Mr. Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children: he had always been strict and grave with them; and Catherine, on her part, had no idea why her father should be crosser and less patient in his ailing condition than he was in his prime. Go to

crumbling /ˈkrʌmblɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desmoronando; esboroando-se

Simple English: Breaking slowly into small pieces.

Example: The crumbling wall was fenced off for safety.

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1. Above it, among a mess of crumbling stone figures and little boys, I noticed the date "1500" and the name "Hareton Earnshaw." I would have liked to ask some questions and hear a short history of the place from its unfriendly owner, but the way he stood at the door seemed to demand that I either go in quickly or leave completely, and I did not want to make him more impatient before I had even seen inside. Go to

Original English Version

1. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Go to

cuckoo's /ˈkʊkuːz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de um cuco que usurpa o ninho alheio

Simple English: Used for an outsider’s story of entering a family and displacing its heirs, like a cuckoo chick taking over another bird’s nest.

Example: His rise in the household became a cuckoo's story: the welcomed outsider eventually drove the rightful heir away.

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1. "It's like a cuckoo's story, sir - I know all about it, except where he was born, who his parents were, and how he first got his money. Go to

Original English Version

1. “It’s a cuckoo’s, sir - I know all about it: except where he was born, and who were his parents, and how he got his money at first. Go to

cupboard /ˈkʌbərd/ (11 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: armário

Simple English: A piece of furniture with shelves and doors for keeping things.

Example: The dishes were kept in a cupboard.

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1. One end of the room, though, shone brightly with light and heat reflected from rows of huge pewter plates, mixed with silver jugs and cups, stacked row after row on a large oak cupboard that reached almost to the roof. Go to

2. Under the cupboard, in an arched space, lay a large, brown female dog with a litter of squealing puppies around her, and other dogs hid in other corners. Go to

3. We made ourselves as comfortable as we could in the arch under the cupboard. Go to

4. But his wife was so pleased with the white floor, the huge glowing fireplace, the metal dishes and the cupboard, the dog's bed, and the wide open space in the room where they usually sat, that he decided it was not necessary for her comfort, and he gave up the idea. Go to

curate /ˈkjʊərət/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cura; padre auxiliar

Simple English: A member of the clergy who assists a parish priest, especially in the Anglican Church.

Example: The young curate came to supper at the house.

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1. He sent Heathcliff away from the family to live with the servants, stopped his lessons with the curate, and made him work outdoors instead, forcing him to work as hard as any other farm boy. Go to

2. He would not even have made sure they went to church on Sundays, but Joseph and the curate scolded him for his carelessness whenever they were absent, and that reminded him to order a beating for Heathcliff and to make Catherine skip dinner or supper. Go to

3. The curate could give Catherine as many Bible chapters as he liked to memorize, and Joseph could beat Heathcliff until his arm hurt - they forgot everything the moment they were together again, or at least the moment they had planned some new naughty way to get back at people. Go to

Original English Version

1. At last, our curate (we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons and Earnshaws, and farming his bit of land himself) advised that the young man should be sent to college; and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit, for he said - “Hindley was nought, and would never thrive as where he wandered.” Go to

2. He drove him from their company to the servants, deprived him of the instructions of the curate, and insisted that he should labour out of doors instead; compelling him to do so as hard as any other lad on the farm. Go to

3. He would not even have seen after their going to church on Sundays, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order Heathcliff a flogging, and Catherine a fast from dinner or supper. Go to

4. The curate might set as many chapters as he pleased for Catherine to get by heart, and Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time I’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. Go to

5. ‘I’ve understood from Shielders’” (that was the curate, sir) “‘that he lets her grow up in absolute heathenism. Go to

cure /kjʊər/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cura; curar; curam

Simple English: A treatment that makes an illness go away.

Example: Scientists are looking for a cure.

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1. I am now completely cured of looking for enjoyment in the company of others, whether in the country or the town. Go to

curled /kɜːrld/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: enroscou-se; encolheu-se

Simple English: Lay down with the body rolled into a round shape.

Example: The dog curled up on the rug beside her.

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1. I sat down at one end of the fireplace, across from where my landlord was walking, and to fill the silence I tried to pet the mother dog, who had left her puppies and was creeping menacingly toward the back of my legs, her lip curled and her white teeth ready to bite. Go to

Original English Version

1. I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. Go to

2. Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities: Heathcliff placed his fists, out of temptation, in his pockets; Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay. Go to

curls /kɜːrlz/ (14 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cachos; anéis de cabelo; espirais

Simple English: Rings or waves of hair, or anything twisted into that shape.

Example: Her dark curls fell over her shoulders whenever she took off her hat.

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1. She was slim, and looked barely past girlhood - a lovely shape, and the most beautiful little face I had ever seen; small, delicate features, very fair skin, and light golden curls hanging loosely on her neck. Go to

2. So instead of a wild, hatless little girl jumping into the house and hugging everyone until we could barely breathe, a very proper young lady got down from a handsome black pony, with brown curls falling from under a feathered hat, and a long coat that she had to hold up with both hands to walk in. Go to

3. Ellen, help Miss Catherine take off her things - wait, dear, you'll mess up your curls - let me untie your hat.'" Go to

Original English Version

1. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Go to

2. Ellen, help Miss Catherine off with her things - Stay, dear, you will disarrange your curls - let me untie your hat.” Go to

curses /ˈkɜːrsɪz/ (21 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: maldições; pragas

Simple English: Words said to bring bad luck to someone.

Example: The old woman shouted curses at the thief.

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1. I opened my mouth to say "good morning," but closed it again without saying anything - because Hareton Earnshaw was quietly saying curses under his breath at everything he touched, while he searched a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the snow. Go to

2. He was, and probably still is, the most tiresome, self-righteous, holier-than-thou man who ever searched a Bible to find blessings for himself and curses for his neighbors. Go to

3. She was never happier than when we were all scolding her at once, and she would defy us with her bold, cheeky look and quick answers, making fun of Joseph's religious curses, teasing me, and doing exactly what her father hated most - showing how her fake rudeness, which he believed was real, had more power over Heathcliff than his own kindness. Go to

4. He carried her inside; I followed, grumbling curses and threats. Go to

Original English Version

1. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Go to

2. He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. Go to

3. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Go to

4. I did, though: I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom; and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. Go to

cursing /ˈkɜːrsɪŋ/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: praguejando; xingando

Simple English: Saying angry rude words about someone.

Example: He came in cursing the heavy rain.

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1. "Listen, listen, she's cursing them!" muttered Joseph, toward whom I had been walking. Go to

2. "I started cursing again - don't be angry, Nelly - so Robert was told to take me away. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on ’em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering. Go to

2. “I recommenced cursing - don’t be angry, Nelly - and so Robert was ordered to take me off. Go to

curve /kɜːrv/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: curva; curvar

Simple English: A line or shape that bends gradually, not straight.

Example: The road has a gentle curve that makes driving pleasant.

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1. But except for a few dirty spots showing through here and there, all signs of the stones had disappeared, and my companion often had to warn me to go right or left, whenever I thought I was correctly following the curves of the road. Go to

curved /kɜːrvd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: curvo; curva

Simple English: Having a shape that is rounded rather than straight.

Example: The curved path led us through the beautiful forest.

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1. Two curved benches almost surrounded the fireplace. Go to

dairymaid /ˈdɛərimeɪd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: leiteira

Simple English: a woman or girl employed to milk cows or work in a dairy

Example: At the farm she would be known simply as the dairymaid Tess.

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1. Mrs. Linton took off the gray cloak we had borrowed from the dairymaid for our trip, shaking her head and talking to her, I suppose; Catherine was a young lady, and they treated her very differently from me. Go to

dairywoman's /ˈdeəriwʊmənz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: da leiteira

Simple English: belonging to a woman who works with milk and dairy products

Example: They borrowed the dairywoman's heavy cloak.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. But my companion is getting impatient, and suggests we take the dairywoman's cloak and run around on the moors under its cover. Go to

Original English Version

1. I reached this book, and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door ajar to give me light, and I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my companion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman’s cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter. Go to

dangerously /ˈdeɪndʒərəsli/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: perigosamente

Simple English: In a way that could cause harm.

Example: The boat leaned dangerously to one side.

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1. Heathcliff was dangerously ill, and while he was at his worst, he wanted me by his bed all the time. Go to

Original English Version

1. Heathcliff was dangerously sick; and while he lay at the worst he would have me constantly by his pillow: I suppose he felt I did a good deal for him, and he hadn’t wit to guess that I was compelled to do it. Go to

Date /deɪt/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: data; encontro; namorar

Simple English: A day of the month or year.

Example: What is today’s date?

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1. Above it, among a mess of crumbling stone figures and little boys, I noticed the date "1500" and the name "Hareton Earnshaw." I would have liked to ask some questions and hear a short history of the place from its unfriendly owner, but the way he stood at the door seemed to demand that I either go in quickly or leave completely, and I did not want to make him more impatient before I had even seen inside. Go to

2. On the first page was written, "Catherine Earnshaw, her book," with a date from about twenty-five years earlier. Go to

Decoration /ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: decoração; enfeite

Simple English: Adding design and beauty to something for visual appeal.

Example: We chose colorful decoration for the party to make it festive.

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1. Above the fireplace hung several old, rough-looking guns and a pair of horse pistols, and, as decoration, three brightly painted tins were placed along the shelf. Go to

defend /dɪˈfɛnd/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: defender; defesa

Simple English: To prevent harm or protect someone or something from danger.

Example: The knights were ready to defend the castle from the invading army.

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1. With those final words, the whole crowd, raising their walking staffs, rushed at me together, and I, having no weapon of my own to defend myself, grabbed hold of Joseph, my nearest and fiercest attacker, to take his. Go to

defy /dɪˈfaɪ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desafiar; enfrentar

Simple English: To refuse openly to obey someone.

Example: I defy you, croaked the old woman.

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1. She was never happier than when we were all scolding her at once, and she would defy us with her bold, cheeky look and quick answers, making fun of Joseph's religious curses, teasing me, and doing exactly what her father hated most - showing how her fake rudeness, which he believed was real, had more power over Heathcliff than his own kindness. Go to

delaying /dɪˈleɪɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: atrasando; retardando

Simple English: Making something happen later than planned.

Example: The storm was delaying the mail.

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1. Mrs. Earnshaw expected him back by supper time on the third evening, and she kept delaying the meal, hour after hour. Go to

delight (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: prazer; alegria; encanto

Simple English: great pleasure or to please someone

Example: The children laughed with delight.

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1. Everything she saw, the moment she came through the door, seemed to delight her, along with everything happening around her - except the preparations for the burial and the presence of the mourners. Go to

dignified /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: digno; solene; de porte nobre

Simple English: Calm and serious in a way that earns respect.

Example: She made a dignified exit without a word.

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1. The mistress visited her often in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in. Go to

dirtied /ˈdɜːrtid/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: sujou

Simple English: made someone or something dirty

Example: The dry clay had dirtied his fur.

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1. Her eyes lit up happily when the dogs came running to welcome her, but she hardly dared to touch them in case they dirtied her lovely clothes. Go to

disagreements /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənts/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desentendimentos

Simple English: differences of opinion or conflicts between people

Example: Their frequent disagreements did not lessen his affection.

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1. I believed his unhappiness in old age and illness came from disagreements in the family, and he seemed to believe that too - but really, sir, it was just his weak body failing. Go to

Original English Version

1. I fancied the discontent of age and disease arose from his family disagreements; as he would have it that it did: really, you know, sir, it was in his sinking frame. Go to

disliked /dɪsˈlaɪkt/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: não gostava de; detestava

Simple English: Did not like someone or something.

Example: He disliked long meetings.

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1. Just a few words from her showing that she disliked Heathcliff were enough to bring back all his old hatred for the boy. Go to

dislikes /dɪsˈlaɪks/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: antipatias; aversões; não gosta de

Simple English: Feelings of not liking something, and the act of not liking it.

Example: He has strong dislikes when it comes to food.

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1. It is a perfect paradise for someone who dislikes people - and Mr. Heathcliff and I make a good pair to share this lonely place. Go to

disobey /ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desobedecer

Simple English: To refuse to do what someone tells you to do.

Example: They were too afraid to disobey her.

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1. Hindley calls him a tramp, and won't let him sit with us or eat with us anymore, and says he and I must not play together, and threatens to throw him out of the house if we disobey. Go to

displeasure /dɪsˈpleʒər/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desagrado; descontentamento

Simple English: The feeling of being annoyed or not satisfied.

Example: He made his displeasure plain without raising his voice.

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1. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Go to

dizzy /ˈdɪzi/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tonto; zonzo

Simple English: Feeling that everything around you is turning.

Example: The fall made him look a little dizzy.

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1. I felt very sick, dizzy, and faint, and so was forced to accept a bed under his roof. Go to

Original English Version

1. I was sick exceedingly, and dizzy, and faint; and thus compelled perforce to accept lodgings under his roof. Go to

dominate /ˈdɒmɪˌneɪt/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: dominar

Simple English: To exert control or influence over someone or something fully.

Example: The larger nation aimed to dominate the smaller countries in the region.

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1. This was especially true if anyone tried to control or dominate his favorite child. Go to

doubtfully /ˈdaʊtfəli/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: com dúvida; desconfiado

Simple English: In a way that shows you are not sure.

Example: He looked doubtfully at the thin ice.

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1. I listened doubtfully for a moment, worked out what was making the noise, then turned over and dozed off again, dreaming once more - if possible, even more unpleasantly than before. Go to

doze /doʊz/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cochilo; cochilar

Simple English: A short light sleep, or to sleep lightly.

Example: He fell into a doze in the warm carriage.

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1. No one will thank you for a doze in such a den!” Go to

2. I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair - it pleased him rarely to see her gentle - and saying, “Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?” And she turned her face up to his, and laughed, and answered, “Why cannot you always be a good man, father?” But as soon as she saw him vexed again, she kissed his hand, and said she would sing him to sleep. Go to

dozed /doʊzd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cochilou; dormitou

Simple English: Slept lightly for a short time.

Example: He dozed in the chair after dinner.

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1. I listened doubtfully for a moment, worked out what was making the noise, then turned over and dozed off again, dreaming once more - if possible, even more unpleasantly than before. Go to

Original English Version

1. I listened doubtingly an instant; detected the disturber, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before. Go to

Dozen /ˈdʌzən/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: dúzia; dezenas; doze

Simple English: A group of twelve items or units together.

Example: I bought a dozen eggs for the cake I am baking.

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1. This set off the whole group - half a dozen dogs of different sizes and ages came out of their hiding places into the middle of the room. Go to

2. "Hareton, drive those dozen sheep into the barn entrance. Go to

drag /dræɡ/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: arrastar; arrasto; desloque

Simple English: To move digital items on a screen by holding the mouse button.

Example: You can drag the icon to the desktop for easier access.

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1. I told them to be quiet now that they could see I was back, and, feeling frozen through, I dragged myself upstairs. Go to

2. I refused to leave without Cathy; he dragged me into the garden, pushed the lamp into my hand, told me that Mr. Earnshaw would be told about my behavior, and, telling me to leave at once, locked the door again. Go to

dreary /ˈdrɪəri/ (14 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sombrio; monótono; deprimente

Simple English: Gloomy, dull, tiring, or depressing.

Example: It was a long and dreary night.

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1. I picked up my dreary book by its cover and threw it into the dog kennel, saying I hated a good book. Go to

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1. I thought her conduct must be prompted by a species of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I endeavoured to interest her in my distress. Go to

dresser /ˈdresər/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: assistente hospitalar; enfermeiro que faz curativos

Simple English: A medical attendant who cleans and dresses wounds, especially in historical use.

Example: The dresser brought fresh bandages to the ward.

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1. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. Go to

2. In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses. Go to

3. We made ourselves as snug as our means allowed in the arch of the dresser. Go to

drifts /drɪfts/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: montes; acúmulos

Simple English: Heaps formed when snow, sand, or similar material is blown together.

Example: White drifts piled up around the little house.

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1. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Go to

dripped /drɪpt/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pingou; escorreu

Simple English: Fell in small drops.

Example: Rain dripped from the edge of the roof.

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1. Heathcliff stood near the doorway, in his shirt and trousers, holding a candle that dripped wax over his fingers, his face as pale as the wall behind him. Go to

dripping /ˈdrɪpɪŋ/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: gotejando; pingando; encharcado

Simple English: Falling in drops, or so wet that drops fall off.

Example: Water was dripping from the edge of the roof.

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1. They pulled the dog off; its huge purple tongue was hanging half a foot out of its mouth, and its loose lips were dripping with bloody spit. Go to

Original English Version

1. Heathcliff stood near the entrance, in his shirt and trousers; with a candle dripping over his fingers, and his face as white as the wall behind him. Go to

dusk /dʌsk/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: anoitecer; crepúsculo

Simple English: The time when the day is ending and it becomes dark.

Example: The birds go quiet at dusk.

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1. I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk. Go to

earnestly /ˈɜːrnɪstli/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: seriamente; com convicção

Simple English: In a serious and sincere way.

Example: He spoke earnestly about his plans.

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1. Heathcliff,” I said earnestly, “you must excuse me for troubling you. Go to

earnshaw /ˈɜːnʃɔː/ (233 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Earnshaw

Simple English: the surname of the family associated with Wuthering Heights

Example: Hareton Earnshaw's name was carved above the entrance.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Above it, among a mess of crumbling stone figures and little boys, I noticed the date "1500" and the name "Hareton Earnshaw." I would have liked to ask some questions and hear a short history of the place from its unfriendly owner, but the way he stood at the door seemed to demand that I either go in quickly or leave completely, and I did not want to make him more impatient before I had even seen inside. Go to

2. "My name is Hareton Earnshaw," growled the other, "and I'd advise you to respect it!" Go to

3. There is only him, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph, and me. Go to

4. I made a sound of disgust and pushed past him into the yard, running into Earnshaw in my hurry. Go to

5. "Well, Mr. Earnshaw," she cried, "I wonder what you'll get up to next! Go to

6. This writing was nothing but one name, repeated in every kind of handwriting, large and small - Catherine Earnshaw, sometimes changed to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton. Go to

Original English Version

1. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Go to

2. “My name is Hareton Earnshaw,” growled the other; “and I’d counsel you to respect it!” Go to

3. There is himself, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph and I. Which would you have?” Go to

4. I uttered an expression of disgust, and pushed past him into the yard, running against Earnshaw in my haste. Go to

5. “Well, Mr. Earnshaw,” she cried, “I wonder what you’ll have agait next? Go to

6. This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small - Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton. Go to

earnshaw's /ˈɜːnʃɔːz/ (29 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Earnshaw

Simple English: belonging to a member of the Earnshaw family

Example: The object was left outside Earnshaw's door.

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1. By chance, or maybe because it heard his voice, the child crawled to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and he found it there when he left his room. Go to

2. But at last the time came that ended Mr. Earnshaw's troubles on earth. Go to

Original English Version

1. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw’s door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Go to

2. So, from the very beginning, he bred bad feeling in the house; and at Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, which happened in less than two years after, the young master had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent’s affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter with brooding over these injuries. Go to

3. He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine: always minding to flatter Earnshaw’s weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the latter. Go to

4. But the hour came, at last, that ended Mr. Earnshaw’s troubles on earth. Go to

earnshaws /ˈɜːnʃɔːz/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: família Earnshaw

Simple English: members of the Earnshaw family

Example: The church assistant taught the young Lintons and Earnshaws.

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1. In the end, our local church assistant (we had one back then who earned money by teaching the young Lintons and Earnshaws, and by farming his own small piece of land) suggested that the young man should be sent to college. Go to

Original English Version

1. At last, our curate (we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons and Earnshaws, and farming his bit of land himself) advised that the young man should be sent to college; and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit, for he said - “Hindley was nought, and would never thrive as where he wandered.” Go to

echoed /ˈɛkoʊd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ecoaram; devolveram o som

Simple English: Sent a sound back so that it was heard again.

Example: The empty hall echoed our voices.

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1. Soon the whole chapel echoed with knocking and counter-knocking; every man's hand was against his neighbour's, and Branderham, not wanting to stay idle, poured out his energy in loud taps on the pulpit boards, which knocked back so sharply that, at last, to my great relief, they woke me up. Go to

Elderly /ˈɛldərli/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: idosos; pessoas idosas; terceira idade

Simple English: Advanced in age, often associated with frailty.

Example: The elderly man enjoyed sharing his life stories with us.

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1. Joseph was an elderly man - no, an old man, a very old man, though still strong and tough. Go to

emotional /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: emocional; emotivo; sentimental

Simple English: Showing strong feelings; easily affected by emotions.

Example: She was emotional during the farewell party and cried quite a bit.

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1. There she sat shivering, holding her hands together, and asking again and again, "Have they left yet?" Then she began describing, very emotionally, how upset she felt seeing the color black, and she jumped, trembled, and finally started crying. Go to

emptied /ˈɛmptid/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: esvaziou; despejou

Simple English: Took everything out of something.

Example: They emptied the basket and washed it.

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1. Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. Go to

entirely /ɪnˈtaɪərli/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: inteiramente; totalmente; completamente

Simple English: Completely; to the fullest degree possible.

Example: She was entirely focused on finishing her project before the deadline.

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1. Here they simply call it "the house." Usually this room would include both kitchen and sitting room, but at Wuthering Heights I think the kitchen has been moved somewhere else entirely - I could hear voices talking and pots and pans clattering somewhere deep inside, but I saw no sign of cooking, boiling, or baking near the huge fireplace, and no shine of copper pans or tin strainers on the walls. Go to

errand /ˈɛrənd/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: incumbência; recado; missão

Simple English: A short journey made to do or fetch something.

Example: He said they had come on a foolish errand.

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1. I had just tied our aprons together to hang as a curtain when Joseph came in on an errand from the stables. Go to

Original English Version

1. I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph, on an errand from the stables. Go to

errands /ˈerəndz/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: recados; incumbências

Simple English: Short journeys made to take a message or to buy something.

Example: The boy ran errands for the shop.

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1. I also ran errands, helped make hay, and stayed around the farm ready to do anything anyone needed. Go to

Original English Version

1. Before I came to live here, she commenced - waiting no farther invitation to her story - I was almost always at Wuthering Heights; because my mother had nursed Mr. Hindley Earnshaw, that was Hareton’s father, and I got used to playing with the children: I ran errands too, and helped to make hay, and hung about the farm ready for anything that anybody would set me to. Go to

estate (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: propriedade; patrimônio; bens

Simple English: land, property, or all possessions of a person

Example: The family sold the estate.

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1. "Is he not rich enough to keep the estate in good condition?" I asked. Go to

evening's /ˈiːvnɪŋz/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: da noite; do entardecer

Simple English: The possessive form of evening, meaning belonging to or happening during a particular evening.

Example: The actor prepared for that evening's show.

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1. “A man’s life is of more consequence than one evening’s neglect of the horses: somebody must go,” murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected. Go to

exchanging /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: trocando; permutando

Simple English: Present participle of exchange: giving and receiving things, words, or looks mutually.

Example: The two women were exchanging meaningful smiles.

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1. He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. Go to

2. I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, and went on with his intention; exchanging saddles and all, and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, before he entered the house. Go to

exclaimed /ɪkˈskleɪmd/ (89 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: exclamaram; gritaram

Simple English: Said something suddenly and loudly, because of surprise or strong feeling.

Example: The mice exclaimed when they saw their Queen.

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1. "'What careless behavior from her brother!' exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine. Go to

Original English Version

1. “You see, sir, I am come, according to promise!” I exclaimed, assuming the cheerful; “and I fear I shall be weather-bound for half an hour, if you can afford me shelter during that space.” Go to

2. “You’ll go with him to hell!” exclaimed his master, or whatever relation he bore. Go to

3. “Sir,” I exclaimed, “sitting here within these four walls, at one stretch, I have endured and forgiven the four hundred and ninety heads of your discourse. Go to

4. Catherine Linton?” I exclaimed, astonished. Go to

5. “‘What culpable carelessness in her brother!’ exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine. Go to

existence (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: existência; vida; realidade

Simple English: the state of being real or alive

Example: The document proves the existence of the agreement.

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1. It glowed pleasantly in the light of a huge fire made of coal, peat, and wood, and near the table, which was set for a full evening meal, I was glad to see the "mistress" - someone whose existence I had never known about before. Go to

expense /ɪkˈspɛns/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: despesa; custa; expensas

Simple English: Money spent to obtain or do something.

Example: My monthly expense for groceries has increased this year.

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1. Besides, I did not want to give him more reason to laugh at my expense, since that was clearly the mood he was in. Go to

expose /ɪkˈspoʊz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: expor; exponha; expõem

Simple English: To reveal something that was hidden or unknown.

Example: The documentary aimed to expose the truth about the factory's pollution.

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1. We were traveling to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach on the text "Seventy Times Seven," and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the "First of the Seventy-First," and were about to be publicly exposed and thrown out of the church. Go to

fasten /ˈfæsən/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: prender; amarrar; atar

Simple English: To join or fix two things firmly together.

Example: Please fasten the gate before you leave.

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1. There, John, fasten the chain. Go to

fastened /ˈfæsənd/ (15 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: prenderam; fixaram

Simple English: Joined or fixed one thing firmly to another.

Example: They fastened his head onto his tin body.

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1. Too stupefied to be curious myself, I fastened my door and glanced round for the bed. Go to

2. I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph, on an errand from the stables. Go to

fatherless /ˈfɑːðələs/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sem pai; órfão de pai

Simple English: Having no living or present father.

Example: The cruel decision would leave the child fatherless.

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1. This ability to bear pain made old Earnshaw very angry whenever he found his son treating the poor fatherless child badly, as he called him. Go to

Original English Version

1. This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor fatherless child, as he called him. Go to

favoritism /ˈfeɪvərɪtɪzəm/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: favoritismo

Simple English: Unfair support for one person over others.

Example: They complained of favoritism at work.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. This was bad for the boy, because the kinder people among us did not want to upset the master, so we went along with his favoritism - and that only fed the child's pride and dark temper. Go to

feathered /ˈfɛðərd/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: emplumado; coberto de folhagem leve

Simple English: Covered or decorated with feathers.

Example: He wore a feathered hat on market day.

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1. So instead of a wild, hatless little girl jumping into the house and hugging everyone until we could barely breathe, a very proper young lady got down from a handsome black pony, with brown curls falling from under a feathered hat, and a long coat that she had to hold up with both hands to walk in. Go to

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1. The mistress visited her often in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in. Go to

fiddle /ˈfɪdəl/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: rabeca; violino popular

Simple English: A violin, especially in country music.

Example: An old man played the fiddle at the door.

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1. You can choose what you want, but keep it small, because I will walk there and back - sixty miles each way, that's a long journey!" Hindley asked for a fiddle, and then Mr. Earnshaw asked Miss Cathy. Go to

2. Hindley was a boy of fourteen, but when he pulled out what used to be a fiddle, now crushed to pieces inside the coat, he cried loudly. Go to

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1. You may choose what you like: only let it be little, for I shall walk there and back: sixty miles each way, that is a long spell!” Hindley named a fiddle, and then he asked Miss Cathy; she was hardly six years old, but she could ride any horse in the stable, and she chose a whip. Go to

2. The former was a boy of fourteen, but when he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the great-coat, he blubbered aloud; and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip in attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing; earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners. Go to

fiercer /ˈfɪərsər/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais feroz

Simple English: more violent, intense, or aggressive

Example: The taste of warm blood made the animal even fiercer.

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1. “You’d better let the dog alone,” growled Mr. Heathcliff in unison, checking fiercer demonstrations with a punch of his foot. Go to

fiercest /ˈfɪrsəst/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: o mais feroz

Simple English: The most violent and angry of all.

Example: He was the fiercest fighter in the company.

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1. With those final words, the whole crowd, raising their walking staffs, rushed at me together, and I, having no weapon of my own to defend myself, grabbed hold of Joseph, my nearest and fiercest attacker, to take his. Go to

finer /ˈfaɪnər/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais fino; melhor; mais refinado

Simple English: Better in quality, or thinner and more delicate.

Example: You will not find a finer bread anywhere in town.

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1. Yes, yes, he is rich enough to live in a finer house than this one. Go to

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1. Yes, yes, he’s rich enough to live in a finer house than this: but he’s very near - close-handed; and, if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant he could not have borne to miss the chance of getting a few hundreds more. Go to

fir /fɜːr/ (13 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: abeto

Simple English: A tall tree with thin sharp leaves that stay green.

Example: A small fir grew beside the gate.

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1. They must have strong, clean wind up there at all times - you can guess how powerful the north wind is, blowing over the hilltop, just by looking at how far a few small, twisted fir trees lean at the end of the house, and by a row of bare thorn bushes that all stretch their branches one way, as if begging the sun for help. Go to

2. Only the branch of a fir tree brushing against my window as the wind howled by, rattling its dry cones against the glass! Go to

3. I also heard the fir branch making its annoying sound again, and knew what was causing it, but it bothered me so much that I decided to stop it if I could. Go to

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1. Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! Go to

2. This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. Go to

fireside /ˈfaɪərsaɪd/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: canto da lareira

Simple English: The place beside a fire in a house.

Example: They sat at the fireside until late.

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1. He had always been strong and healthy, but his strength suddenly left him, and once he was stuck by the fireside, he became very bad-tempered. Go to

2. He died quietly in his chair one October evening, sitting by the fireside. Go to

fists /fɪsts/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: punhos

Simple English: Hands closed tightly with the fingers inside.

Example: The boy pressed his fists against his eyes.

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1. Both of them were polite enough to stop fighting - Heathcliff put his fists in his pockets to avoid using them, and Mrs. Heathcliff pressed her lips together and walked to a seat far away, where she kept completely still and silent for the rest of my visit. Go to

Original English Version

1. Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities: Heathcliff placed his fists, out of temptation, in his pockets; Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay. Go to

flakes /fleɪks/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: flocos; lascas; escamas

Simple English: Small thin pieces that break off a surface.

Example: Flakes of paint fell from the old ceiling.

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1. I took my hat and, after a four-mile walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden gate just in time to escape the first light flakes of a snow shower. Go to

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1. This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles’ walk, arrived at Heathcliff’s garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower. Go to

2. “Half an hour?” he said, shaking the white flakes from his clothes; “I wonder you should select the thick of a snow-storm to ramble about in. Go to

3. It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. Go to

flaring /ˈflɛərɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: dilatando-se

Simple English: widening suddenly, especially of the nostrils through anger

Example: He stared over the bench with his nostrils flaring.

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1. He glanced over the back of the bench, his nostrils flaring, and showed no more interest in being polite to me than to the cat beside me. Go to

flash /flæʃ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: flash; piscar; instantâneo

Simple English: To shine brightly for a brief and sudden time.

Example: The camera will flash when you take the picture at night.

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1. But they had rested only five minutes when bright white letters seemed to flash out of the darkness, as clear as ghosts - the air seemed full of Catherines. Go to

flashed /flæʃt/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: lampejaram; refletiram

Simple English: Shone with a sudden bright light.

Example: The mirror flashed in the morning sun.

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1. Then it flashed upon me - “The clown at my elbow, who is drinking his tea out of a basin and eating his bread with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff junior, of course. Go to

2. Then a new idea flashed across me. Go to

flatter /ˈflætər/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais plano

Simple English: More level, with fewer hills.

Example: The land grows flatter near the sea.

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1. He encouraged him to see Hindley as a sinner, and night after night, he would complain with a long list of stories against Heathcliff and Catherine - always making sure to flatter the weak old man by placing the heaviest blame on Catherine. Go to

Original English Version

1. He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine: always minding to flatter Earnshaw’s weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the latter. Go to

flushed /flʌʃt/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: corado; ruborizado

Simple English: Red in the face because of heat, anger or shame.

Example: She came in flushed from the cold wind.

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1. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene. Go to

foaming /ˈfoʊmɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: espumante; espumejante

Simple English: Covered with white bubbles, or producing them.

Example: The foaming river had risen almost to the bridge.

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1. You can see such a man sitting in his armchair, his mug of beer foaming on the round table in front of him, in any of these hills within five or six miles, if you visit at the right time after dinner. Go to

foolishness /ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tolice; insensatez

Simple English: Behaviour that shows no good sense.

Example: He later laughed at his own foolishness.

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1. The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire; my head felt hot, and the rest of me chill: moreover, I was excited, almost to a pitch of foolishness, through my nerves and brain. Go to

footstep /ˈfʊtstep/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: passo; pegada

Simple English: The sound or the mark made by a foot when someone walks.

Example: I heard a single footstep on the stairs and stopped breathing.

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1. A lighter footstep came in next. Go to

Original English Version

1. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Go to

forgets /fərˈɡɛts/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: esquece

Simple English: Does not keep something in the mind.

Example: He never forgets a face.

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1. Pull him down and destroy him completely, so that this place forgets he ever existed!" Go to

fortune /ˈfɔːrtʃən/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: fortuna; sorte; fonseca

Simple English: Very large sum of money or valuable assets.

Example: She inherited a fortune from her grandparents and became very wealthy.

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1. He looks just like the fortune-teller's son who stole my pet pheasant. Go to

frenzy /ˈfrenzi/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: frenesi; fúria

Simple English: A state of wild excitement, fear, or uncontrolled activity.

Example: He worked in a frenzy and counted every moment.

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1. I tried to jump up; but could not stir a limb; and so yelled aloud, in a frenzy of fright. Go to

fright /fraɪt/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: susto; medo repentino

Simple English: A sudden strong feeling of fear.

Example: The loud bang gave her a fright.

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1. I tried to jump up; but could not stir a limb; and so yelled aloud, in a frenzy of fright. Go to

frighten /ˈfraɪtən/ (17 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: assustar; amedrontar

Simple English: To make someone feel afraid.

Example: It was very easy to frighten them.

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1. We made scary noises to frighten them even more, and then we jumped down from the ledge, because someone was opening the bars, and we knew we should run. Go to

frown /fraʊn/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: carranca; cenho franzido

Simple English: A look with the eyebrows down that shows anger or worry.

Example: A frown crossed his tired face.

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1. They could not sit like this, grim and silent, every single day, and it seemed unlikely that, however bad-tempered they might be, this constant frown was their everyday look. Go to

2. "She had reason to ask, because shame and pride had covered his face with a deep frown and kept him frozen still." Go to

frying /ˈfraɪɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: fritando; ardendo

Simple English: Cooking food in hot oil or fat.

Example: He smelled bacon frying in the pan.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Luckily, someone from the kitchen moved faster: a strong woman, with her dress tied up, bare arms, and a face red from the fire, rushed in among us waving a frying pan, and used both the pan and her voice so effectively that the chaos calmed down almost like magic. Go to

Original English Version

1. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene. Go to

gain /ɡeɪn/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ganho; ganhar; ganham

Simple English: To obtain or achieve something desired or needed.

Example: He hopes to gain valuable experience from this internship opportunity.

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1. Through his skill at preaching and talking about religion, he managed to greatly impress Mr. Earnshaw, and the weaker the master became, the more influence Joseph gained over him. Go to

gallows /ˈɡæloʊz/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: forca; patíbulo

Simple English: A wooden frame used to hang a condemned person.

Example: The old square still bears the name of the gallows that once stood there.

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1. Hold your tongue, you foul-mouthed thief, you! you shall go to the gallows for this. Go to

gang /ɡæŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: gangue; quadrilha; bando

Simple English: Group of criminals who work together.

Example: A gang of thieves was caught planning a robbery in the mall.

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1. It looks like the robbers wanted to push them through the window to open the doors for the gang later, so they could murder us in our sleep. Go to

gasped /ɡæspt/ (17 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: arfou; ficou sem fôlego

Simple English: Took a short, quick breath because of surprise or shock.

Example: She gasped and wondered what had happened.

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1. "Oh, wicked, wicked!" gasped the old man. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Oh, wicked, wicked!” gasped the elder; “may the Lord deliver us from evil!” Go to

gatekeeper's /ˈɡeɪtkiːpəz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: do porteiro

Simple English: belonging to the person who guards an entrance gate

Example: They found the gatekeeper's wife lighting the fire.

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1. We said goodbye quickly with a small bow, and then I went on alone, trusting myself to find the way - the gatekeeper's house has no one living in it yet. Go to

gentleness /ˈdʒentəlnəs/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: gentileza; brandura; suavidade

Simple English: The quality of being kind, calm and careful with others.

Example: He handled the injured bird with great gentleness.

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1. Cathy and her brother gave me terrible trouble, while he was as uncomplaining as a lamb - though it was toughness, not gentleness, that made him easy to care for. Go to

Original English Version

1. Cathy and her brother harassed me terribly: he was as uncomplaining as a lamb; though hardness, not gentleness, made him give little trouble. Go to

ghostly /ˈɡoʊstli/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: fantasmagórico; espectral

Simple English: Looking or sounding like a ghost; pale and unclear.

Example: A ghostly light moved slowly across the empty field.

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1. But after thinking for a moment, I realized it was not the ghostly Catherine I had seen. Go to

Original English Version

1. But a minute’s reflection convinced me it was not my ghostly Catherine. Go to

gimmerden /ˈɡɪmədən/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Gimmerden Sough

Simple English: the fictional chapel location in Lockwood's dream in Wuthering Heights

Example: The sermon was announced for the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. A Religious Sermon given by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough." And while I was, half-awake, trying to guess what Jabez Branderham would say about this subject, I sank back into bed and fell asleep. Go to

Original English Version

1. A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.” And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep. Go to

gimmerton /ˈɡɪmətən/ (71 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Gimmerton

Simple English: the nearby village in Wuthering Heights

Example: Nelly was sent to Gimmerton for the doctor.

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1. He told me to put on my cloak and run to Gimmerton for the doctor and the parson. Go to

Original English Version

1. He told me to put on my cloak and run to Gimmerton for the doctor and the parson. Go to

gipsy /ˈdʒɪpsi/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cigano

Simple English: A traveller who moves from place to place.

Example: A gipsy once camped near Puddleby.

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1. He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman: that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure; and rather morose. Go to

2. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors: she did fly up, asking how he could fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house, when they had their own bairns to feed and fend for? Go to

3. “Take my colt, Gipsy, then!” said young Earnshaw. Go to

4. Nonsense!’ cried the dame; ‘Miss Earnshaw scouring the country with a gipsy! Go to

girlhood /ˈɡɜːrlhʊd/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: meninice de menina

Simple English: The time of life when a female person is a girl.

Example: She spoke of her girlhood in the country.

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1. She was slim, and looked barely past girlhood - a lovely shape, and the most beautiful little face I had ever seen; small, delicate features, very fair skin, and light golden curls hanging loosely on her neck. Go to

Original English Version

1. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Go to

glanced /ɡlænst/ (18 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: lançou um olhar; deu uma olhada

Simple English: Looked at something quickly.

Example: She glanced at the clock and stood up.

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1. He glanced over the back of the bench, his nostrils flaring, and showed no more interest in being polite to me than to the cat beside me. Go to

Original English Version

1. Too stupefied to be curious myself, I fastened my door and glanced round for the bed. Go to

2. He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. Go to

glare /ɡlɛr/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: brilho ofuscante; clarão

Simple English: A strong angry look, or a very bright light.

Example: She gave him an angry glare and turned away.

Use in this Book:

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1. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Go to

gloom /ɡluːm/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: escuridão; tristeza

Simple English: Darkness or a feeling of sadness and hopelessness.

Example: The empty house was filled with gloom.

Use in this Book:

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1. She had some reason to put the question, for shame and pride threw double gloom over his countenance, and kept him immovable. Go to

gloominess /ˈɡluːminəs/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: melancolia

Simple English: a dark, unhappy, and pessimistic mood

Example: Heathcliff quickly returned to his usual gloominess.

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1. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his brief good humour quickly fading back into his usual gloominess. Go to

gloomy /ˈɡluːmi/ (21 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sombrio; escuro; lúgubre

Simple English: Dark and depressing, or sad and without hope.

Example: The waiting room was gloomy even at midday.

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1. I thought that if I had caused this gloomy mood, it was my duty to try to lift it. Go to

2. The gloomy mood of the place overcame, and outweighed, the warm physical comfort around me, and I decided to be careful about ever coming under that roof a third time. Go to

glowed /ɡloʊd/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: brilhava; ardia sem chama

Simple English: Gave out a soft warm light without flames.

Example: The coals glowed red in the dark kitchen.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. It glowed pleasantly in the light of a huge fire made of coal, peat, and wood, and near the table, which was set for a full evening meal, I was glad to see the "mistress" - someone whose existence I had never known about before. Go to

Original English Version

1. It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the “missis,” an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. Go to

gnasher /ˈnæʃə/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Gnasher, o cão que range os dentes

Simple English: the name of one of the guard dogs at Wuthering Heights, which Joseph shouts for when he sets the dogs on Lockwood; the name comes from gnash, to grind the teeth together

Example: Joseph shouted for Gnasher and Wolf, and the two dogs knocked Lockwood to the ground.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Hey, Gnasher! Go to

Original English Version

1. “Hey, Gnasher! Go to

gooseberry /ˈɡuːsberi/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: groselha-espinhosa

Simple English: A small green sour fruit that grows on a thorny bush.

Example: She made a pie of gooseberry and sugar.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Since I could not open the chain, I jumped over the gate and ran up the stone path lined with untidy gooseberry bushes, knocking uselessly for someone to let me in, until my knuckles hurt and the dogs howled. Go to

Original English Version

1. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Go to

gossiping /ˈɡɑːsɪpɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: fofocando; mexericando

Simple English: Talking about other people and their private lives.

Example: Two women stood gossiping by the well.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Mr. Hindley came home for the funeral, and - something that surprised us all and set the neighbors gossiping everywhere - he brought a wife with him. Go to

Original English Version

1. Mr. Hindley came home to the funeral; and - a thing that amazed us, and set the neighbours gossiping right and left - he brought a wife with him. Go to

graceful /ˈɡreɪsfəl/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: gracioso; elegante; airoso

Simple English: Moving or shaped in a smooth and attractive way.

Example: The dancer made one graceful turn and stopped.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He might well have hidden behind the bench when he saw such a bright, graceful young lady walk in, instead of the rough-looking friend he expected. Go to

Original English Version

1. He might well skulk behind the settle, on beholding such a bright, graceful damsel enter the house, instead of a rough-headed counterpart of himself, as he expected. Go to

Glossary: New Words (2/3)

grange /ɡreɪndʒ/ (174 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: granja; casa rural

Simple English: A country house with farm buildings, historically sometimes a monastic farm.

Example: She had lived in the country grange since childhood.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I wanted to visit you as soon as I could after arriving, to say that I hope I have not caused you any trouble by asking so much to rent Thrushcross Grange. Go to

2. "Thrushcross Grange belongs to me, sir," he broke in, looking annoyed. Go to

3. "Perhaps I could get one of your boys to guide me, and he could stay at the Grange until morning - could you spare me one?" Go to

4. "Then I hope his ghost haunts you, and I hope Mr. Heathcliff never gets another tenant until the Grange falls into ruin," she answered sharply. Go to

5. The distance from the gate to the Grange is two miles, but I think I made it into four, because I got lost among the trees and sank up to my neck in snow - a problem that only people who have experienced it can really understand. Go to

6. And I would like to know the story of that pretty young widow - whether she was born around here, or, more likely, is an outsider that the unfriendly local people won't accept as family." With this in mind, I asked Mrs. Dean why Heathcliff rented out Thrushcross Grange, and chose to live in a place that was so much worse. Go to

Original English Version

1. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts - ” Go to

2. “Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir,” he interrupted, wincing. Go to

3. “Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning - could you spare me one?” Go to

4. “Then I hope his ghost will haunt you; and I hope Mr. Heathcliff will never get another tenant till the Grange is a ruin,” she answered, sharply. Go to

5. The distance from the gate to the Grange is two miles; I believe I managed to make it four, what with losing myself among the trees, and sinking up to the neck in snow: a predicament which only those who have experienced it can appreciate. Go to

6. And that pretty girl-widow, I should like to know her history: whether she be a native of the country, or, as is more probable, an exotic that the surly indigenae will not recognise for kin.” With this intention I asked Mrs. Dean why Heathcliff let Thrushcross Grange, and preferred living in a situation and residence so much inferior. Go to

grasped /ɡræst/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: compreendeu

Simple English: Understood an idea or meaning fully.

Example: He read until morning but had not grasped one important idea.

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Original English Version

1. I don’t care - I will get in!” So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently. Go to

grinning /ˈɡrɪnɪŋ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: arreganhando os dentes; sorrindo largamente

Simple English: Smiling widely so that the teeth show.

Example: He came back grinning with the prize in his hand.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. And Cathy, when she found out the master had lost her whip while taking care of the stranger, showed her feelings by grinning and spitting at the strange little child - and for that, she got a hard hit from her father, to teach her better manners. Go to

Original English Version

1. The former was a boy of fourteen, but when he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the great-coat, he blubbered aloud; and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip in attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing; earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners. Go to

groan /ɡroʊn/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: gemido

Simple English: A long, low sound made by someone in pain or trouble.

Example: She was startled to hear a deep groan nearby.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Always at nine in winter, and we get up at four," said my host, holding back a groan. Go to

2. He stood by the fire with his back to me, just finishing an angry argument with poor Zillah, who kept stopping her work to lift the corner of her apron and let out an angry groan. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Always at nine in winter, and rise at four,” said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, by the motion of his arm’s shadow, dashing a tear from his eyes. Go to

2. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan. Go to

groaning /ˈɡroʊnɪŋ/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: gemendo

Simple English: Making long, low sounds of pain or trouble.

Example: He had been groaning for more than a year.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. We were lined up on a sack of corn, shivering and groaning, hoping Joseph would get cold too, so he might keep his sermon short for his own sake. Go to

2. He fell into a chair, laughing and groaning, and told them all to stand back because he was completely exhausted - he would not walk that same walk again for anything in the world. Go to

Original English Version

1. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Go to

2. He threw himself into a chair, laughing and groaning, and bid them all stand off, for he was nearly killed - he would not have such another walk for the three kingdoms. Go to

growl /ɡraʊl/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: rosnar

Simple English: To make a low, angry sound, as an animal does.

Example: The dog was too afraid to growl.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. My touch brought out a long, low growl. Go to

growled /ɡraʊld/ (14 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: rosnou

Simple English: Made a low, angry sound.

Example: He often growled at the Scarecrow.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "You had better leave the dog alone," growled Mr. Heathcliff, agreeing with the dog, and stopping a worse reaction with a kick of his foot. Go to

2. "My name is Hareton Earnshaw," growled the other, "and I'd advise you to respect it!" Go to

Original English Version

1. “You’d better let the dog alone,” growled Mr. Heathcliff in unison, checking fiercer demonstrations with a punch of his foot. Go to

2. “My name is Hareton Earnshaw,” growled the other; “and I’d counsel you to respect it!” Go to

grumbling /ˈɡrʌmblɪŋ/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: resmungando; reclamando

Simple English: Complaining or making a low, dissatisfied sound.

Example: He walked away still grumbling to himself.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He carried her inside; I followed, grumbling curses and threats. Go to

Original English Version

1. He carried her in; I followed, grumbling execrations and vengeance. Go to

grumpy /ˈɡrʌmpi/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: rabugento

Simple English: Easily annoyed and often complaining.

Example: The old man was grumpy before breakfast.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. A pleasant idea - and then, if the grumpy old man comes in, he might think his prediction has come true - we can hardly be wetter or colder in the rain than we are right here." Go to

2. His grumpy scolding made her want, in a naughty way, to provoke him even more. Go to

gusty /ˈɡʌsti/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: em rajadas; impetuoso

Simple English: Marked by sudden forceful bursts of wind, sound, or activity.

Example: The low murmur grew into a gusty roar.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I clearly heard the gusty wind and the driving snow. Go to

Original English Version

1. This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. Go to

hallways /ˈhɔːlweɪz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: corredores

Simple English: Long passages inside a building.

Example: They walked through the arched hallways.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. And in the house, Juno is guarding - no, you can only walk around the steps and hallways. Go to

2. But not knowing where the narrow hallways led, I stood still, and I saw something strange - without meaning to. Go to

handwritten /ˈhændrɪtən/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: manuscrito; escrito à mão

Simple English: Written by hand, not printed.

Example: He kept a handwritten book of old family stories.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Catherine's small collection of books showed clear signs of heavy use, though not always for reading - almost every chapter had handwritten comments in pen and ink covering every blank space the printer had left. Go to

happenings /ˈhæpənɪŋz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: acontecimentos; sucessos

Simple English: Things that happen, especially unusual ones.

Example: Strange happenings were reported at the old mill.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. She said she did not know - she had only lived there a year or two, and there were so many strange happenings that she had stopped being curious about them. Go to

hareton /ˈhærətən/ (348 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Hareton

Simple English: the given name of Hareton Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights

Example: The name Hareton Earnshaw was carved above the door.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Above it, among a mess of crumbling stone figures and little boys, I noticed the date "1500" and the name "Hareton Earnshaw." I would have liked to ask some questions and hear a short history of the place from its unfriendly owner, but the way he stood at the door seemed to demand that I either go in quickly or leave completely, and I did not want to make him more impatient before I had even seen inside. Go to

2. "My name is Hareton Earnshaw," growled the other, "and I'd advise you to respect it!" Go to

3. "Hareton, drive those dozen sheep into the barn entrance. Go to

4. "As for staying here, I don't keep rooms for visitors - if you stay, you'll have to share a bed with Hareton or Joseph." Go to

5. "Not on your orders!" Hareton shot back. Go to

6. As I opened the small gate, two hairy dogs jumped at my throat, knocking me down and putting out the light, while laughter from both Heathcliff and Hareton added to my anger and shame. Go to

Original English Version

1. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Go to

2. “My name is Hareton Earnshaw,” growled the other; “and I’d counsel you to respect it!” Go to

3. “Hareton, drive those dozen sheep into the barn porch. Go to

4. “As to staying here, I don’t keep accommodations for visitors: you must share a bed with Hareton or Joseph, if you do.” Go to

5. “Not at your command!” retorted Hareton. Go to

6. On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation. Go to

hareton's /ˈhærətənz/ (24 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Hareton

Simple English: belonging to Hareton Earnshaw

Example: Hindley Earnshaw was Hareton's father.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Before I came to live here, she began - not waiting for me to ask again - I was almost always at Wuthering Heights, because my mother had cared for Mr. Hindley Earnshaw as a baby, who was Hareton's father, and so I grew up playing with the children. Go to

Original English Version

1. Before I came to live here, she commenced - waiting no farther invitation to her story - I was almost always at Wuthering Heights; because my mother had nursed Mr. Hindley Earnshaw, that was Hareton’s father, and I got used to playing with the children: I ran errands too, and helped to make hay, and hung about the farm ready for anything that anybody would set me to. Go to

harshly /ˈhɑːrʃli/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: asperamente; com dureza

Simple English: In an unkind, severe way.

Example: She spoke harshly to the little girl.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Get it ready, will you?" was the answer, said so harshly that it startled me. Go to

hatless /ˈhætləs/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sem chapéu

Simple English: not wearing a hat on one's head

Example: A hatless man jumped out and rushed up the steps.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Then, hatless and shaking with anger, I ordered the creatures to let me out, threatening them if they kept me one more minute, with several wild, half-formed threats of revenge that sounded almost like something out of King Lear. Go to

2. So instead of a wild, hatless little girl jumping into the house and hugging everyone until we could barely breathe, a very proper young lady got down from a handsome black pony, with brown curls falling from under a feathered hat, and a long coat that she had to hold up with both hands to walk in. Go to

Original English Version

1. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Go to

2. The mistress visited her often in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in. Go to

haunts /hɔːnts/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: lugares frequentados; assombra

Simple English: Places someone often visits, or the verb meaning repeatedly troubles or appears to someone.

Example: The memory of the wreck still haunts him.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Then I hope his ghost haunts you, and I hope Mr. Heathcliff never gets another tenant until the Grange falls into ruin," she answered sharply. Go to

hearth /hɑːrθ/ (35 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: lareira; lar

Simple English: The floor of a fireplace, or the home itself.

Example: The cat slept in front of the warm hearth.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don’t think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping. Go to

2. I hemmed once more, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening. Go to

3. “Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. Go to

4. Two benches, shaped in sections of a circle, nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and Grimalkin mounted the other. Go to

5. It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. Go to

6. Having no desire to be entertained by a cat-and-dog combat, I stepped forward briskly, as if eager to partake the warmth of the hearth, and innocent of any knowledge of the interrupted dispute. Go to

hearthstone /ˈhɑːrθstoʊn/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pedra da lareira

Simple English: the stone floor in front of a fireplace

Example: I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone.

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Original English Version

1. I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. Go to

heartily /ˈhɑːrtɪli/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cordialmente; vigorosamente; de coração

Simple English: In a sincere, enthusiastic, or energetic way.

Example: They laughed heartily at the harmless joke.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. Frances darling, pull his hair as you go by: I heard him snap his fingers.’ Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband’s knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour - foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of. Go to

2. I hoped heartily we should have peace now. Go to

heartless /ˈhɑːrtləs/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desalmado; sem coração

Simple English: Showing no pity or kindness at all.

Example: It was heartless to leave the dog out in that cold.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Because of this strange side of my character, people think I am cold and heartless on purpose. Go to

heathcliff /ˈhiːθklɪf/ (890 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Heathcliff (nome próprio do protagonista)

Simple English: The name of the novel's central male character, an orphan raised by the Earnshaw family at Wuthering Heights.

Example: Heathcliff and I make a good pair to share this lonely place.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. It is a perfect paradise for someone who dislikes people - and Mr. Heathcliff and I make a good pair to share this lonely place. Go to

2. Heathcliff?" I said. Go to

3. But Mr. Heathcliff is very different from his home and his way of life. Go to

4. Mr. Heathcliff may have completely different reasons from mine for keeping his hand away when he meets someone new. Go to

5. "You had better leave the dog alone," growled Mr. Heathcliff, agreeing with the dog, and stopping a worse reaction with a kick of his foot. Go to

6. Mr. Heathcliff and his servant climbed up the cellar steps annoyingly slowly - I do not think they moved any faster than usual, even though the room was in a complete storm of barking and fighting. Go to

Original English Version

1. A perfect misanthropist’s Heaven - and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. Go to

2. Heathcliff?” I said. Go to

3. But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. Go to

4. Mr. Heathcliff may have entirely dissimilar reasons for keeping his hand out of the way when he meets a would-be acquaintance, to those which actuate me. Go to

5. “You’d better let the dog alone,” growled Mr. Heathcliff in unison, checking fiercer demonstrations with a punch of his foot. Go to

6. Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don’t think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping. Go to

heathcliff's /ˈhiːθklɪfs/ (107 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Heathcliff (possessivo)

Simple English: The possessive form of the name Heathcliff, showing that the house belongs to him.

Example: Heathcliff's house stood alone on the windswept moor.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's house. Go to

2. "If I had been, I would have left my mark on the biter." Heathcliff's face relaxed into a grin. Go to

3. I took my hat and, after a four-mile walk, arrived at Heathcliff's garden gate just in time to escape the first light flakes of a snow shower. Go to

4. "They are not mine," said my unfriendly hostess, in a tone even colder than Heathcliff's. Go to

5. Since I had no clear idea of who he was, I thought it best not to comment on his odd behaviour, and five minutes later Heathcliff's arrival relieved me somewhat from my uncomfortable situation. Go to

6. Then it hit me - "The rough man beside me, drinking his tea from a bowl and eating his bread with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff's son, of course. Go to

Original English Version

1. Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff’s dwelling. Go to

2. “If I had been, I would have set my signet on the biter.” Heathcliff’s countenance relaxed into a grin. Go to

3. This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles’ walk, arrived at Heathcliff’s garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower. Go to

4. “I hope it will be a lesson to you to make no more rash journeys on these hills,” cried Heathcliff’s stern voice from the kitchen entrance. Go to

5. Miss Cathy’s riven th’ back off “Th’ Helmet o’ Salvation,” un’ Heathcliff’s pawsed his fit into t’ first part o’ “T’ Brooad Way to Destruction!” It’s fair flaysome that ye let ’em go on this gait. Go to

6. I considered it best to confess my presence; for I knew Heathcliff’s accents, and feared he might search further, if I kept quiet. Go to

heaven's /ˈhevənz/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: do céu; dos céus

Simple English: Belonging to heaven, often used in expressions of surprise or urgency.

Example: For heaven's sake, close that window before we all freeze.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. Lie down and finish out the night, since you are here; but, for Heaven’s sake! don’t repeat that horrid noise: nothing could excuse it, unless you were having your throat cut!” Go to

heaviest /ˈhevist/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: o mais pesado

Simple English: Weighing more than all the others.

Example: He carried the heaviest of the bags.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He encouraged him to see Hindley as a sinner, and night after night, he would complain with a long list of stories against Heathcliff and Catherine - always making sure to flatter the weak old man by placing the heaviest blame on Catherine. Go to

Original English Version

1. He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine: always minding to flatter Earnshaw’s weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the latter. Go to

hedges /ˈhedʒɪz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: sebes; cercas vivas

Simple English: Lines of bushes planted close together as a boundary.

Example: The lane runs between two tall hedges.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "No wonder grass grows between the stones, and only the cattle trim the hedges." Go to

heel (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: calcanhar; salto; sola

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I felt my heels and coat were the main targets, and while I fought off the bigger dogs as well as I could with the fire poker, I was forced to shout loudly for help from the household to stop the chaos. Go to

hesitate /ˈhɛzɪteɪt/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: hesite; duvide

Simple English: To pause before acting due to uncertainty or nervousness.

Example: She always hesitates before making an important decision about her career.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The person at the door seemed to hesitate, muttering to himself. Go to

hillside /ˈhɪlsaɪd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: encosta; ladeira

Simple English: The sloping side of a hill.

Example: Hundreds of them hid on the hillside.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. It was a good thing he did, because the whole hillside looked like one white, wavy sea - the hills and hollows in the snow did not match the real shape of the ground. Go to

hilltop /ˈhɪltɑːp/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cume da colina

Simple English: The top of a hill.

Example: They rode out to the hilltop again.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. They must have strong, clean wind up there at all times - you can guess how powerful the north wind is, blowing over the hilltop, just by looking at how far a few small, twisted fir trees lean at the end of the house, and by a row of bare thorn bushes that all stretch their branches one way, as if begging the sun for help. Go to

2. On that cold, open hilltop the ground was hard with black frost, and the air made me shiver all over. Go to

hindley /ˈhɪndli/ (166 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Hindley (nome próprio; personagem Hindley Earnshaw)

Simple English: The name of Catherine's brother, Hindley Earnshaw, who inherits Wuthering Heights and mistreats Heathcliff.

Example: Hindley is a terrible replacement for him - his treatment of Heathcliff is awful.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Hindley is a terrible replacement for him - his treatment of Heathcliff is awful - Heathcliff and I are planning to rebel. Go to

2. While Hindley and his wife sat comfortably downstairs by a warm fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I'm sure - Heathcliff, myself, and the poor farm boy were ordered to take our prayer books and go upstairs. Go to

3. "'Master Hindley!' shouted our preacher. Go to

4. "Hindley hurried up from his comfortable spot by the fire, and grabbing one of us by the collar and the other by the arm, threw us both into the back kitchen, where Joseph swore that 'old Nick' - the devil - would come for us as surely as we were alive. Go to

5. "I never imagined Hindley would ever make me cry like this!" she wrote. Go to

6. Hindley calls him a tramp, and won't let him sit with us or eat with us anymore, and says he and I must not play together, and threatens to throw him out of the house if we disobey. Go to

Original English Version

1. Hindley is a detestable substitute - his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious - H. and I are going to rebel - we took our initiatory step this evening. Go to

2. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Go to

3. “‘Maister Hindley!’ shouted our chaplain. Go to

4. “Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. Go to

5. “How little did I dream that Hindley would ever make me cry so!” she wrote. Go to

6. Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won’t let him sit with us, nor eat with us any more; and, he says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the house if we break his orders. Go to

hindley's /ˈhɪndliz/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Hindley (possessivo)

Simple English: The possessive form of the name Hindley, referring to blows or actions done by him.

Example: He would take Hindley's hits without blinking or crying.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He would take Hindley's hits without blinking or crying, and when I pinched him, he only took a breath and opened his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident and no one was to blame. Go to

2. I would not trade my life here for Edgar Linton's life at Thrushcross Grange, not for a thousand lives - not even if I could throw Joseph off the highest roof and paint the front of the house with Hindley's blood!" Go to

Original English Version

1. He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment: he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame. Go to

2. Still it became in a manner necessary; twice, or thrice, Hindley’s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it. Go to

3. I’d not exchange, for a thousand lives, my condition here, for Edgar Linton’s at Thrushcross Grange - not if I might have the privilege of flinging Joseph off the highest gable, and painting the house-front with Hindley’s blood!” Go to

holier /ˈhoʊliər/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais santo; mais sagrado

Simple English: More sacred, morally pure, or connected with religion.

Example: She believed that kindness was holier than ceremony.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He was, and probably still is, the most tiresome, self-righteous, holier-than-thou man who ever searched a Bible to find blessings for himself and curses for his neighbors. Go to

hollow /ˈhɒloʊ/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: oco; oca; ocos

Simple English: Having an empty space inside or within something.

Example: The tree trunk is hollow, providing a home for small animals.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I had actually passed it a few times on my walks - it sits in a hollow between two hills, a raised, damp hollow near a swamp, whose wet peaty soil is said to preserve the few bodies buried there very well. Go to

hollows /ˈhɑːloʊz/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: depressões; cavidades; baixadas

Simple English: Low places in the ground, or empty spaces inside something.

Example: Mist collected in the hollows between the fields.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. It was a good thing he did, because the whole hillside looked like one white, wavy sea - the hills and hollows in the snow did not match the real shape of the ground. Go to

honour (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: honra; respeito; privilégio

Simple English: great respect or a special privilege

Example: It was an honour to meet her.

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1. "Neither of us has the honour of owning your kind lady - her husband is dead. Go to

2. Such honour belongs to all His saints!" Go to

horse's /ˈhɔːrsɪz/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: do cavalo

Simple English: Belonging to a horse.

Example: All that trouble for a horse's pedigree.

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1. When he saw my horse's chest pushing right against the gate, he did put out his hand to unlock it. Go to

Original English Version

1. When he saw my horse’s breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court, - “Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood’s horse; and bring up some wine.” Go to

hospitable /hɒˈspɪtəbəl/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: hospitaleiro; acolhedor

Simple English: friendly and generous toward guests or visitors

Example: The elderly couple were kind and hospitable hosts.

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1. “I’m not going to endure the persecutions of your hospitable ancestors again. Go to

hostess /ˈhoʊstəs/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: anfitriã

Simple English: A woman who receives and looks after guests.

Example: Our hostess offered us tea and cake.

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1. "They are not mine," said my unfriendly hostess, in a tone even colder than Heathcliff's. Go to

Original English Version

1. “They are not mine,” said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied. Go to

household /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: agregado familiar; domésticos; uso doméstico

Simple English: All people living together considered a social unit.

Example: In our household, we all share chores to keep things tidy.

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1. I felt my heels and coat were the main targets, and while I fought off the bigger dogs as well as I could with the fire poker, I was forced to shout loudly for help from the household to stop the chaos. Go to

2. Pretending that I wanted information about running my household, I asked Mrs. Dean, when she brought supper, to sit down while I ate. Go to

3. Yet he knew perfectly well how much power he had over the old man's heart, and he knew he only had to speak and the whole household would have to give in to his wishes. Go to

4. The household went to bed, and I, too worried to lie down, opened my window and put my head out to listen, even though it was raining, determined to let them in despite his order, if they came back. Go to

housekeeper /ˈhaʊskiːpər/ (41 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: governanta; caseira

Simple English: A person employed to manage a household.

Example: The housekeeper kept every key on one ring.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. But after dinner (note: I eat between twelve and one o'clock; the housekeeper, an older woman who came with the house, could not or would not understand my request to be served at five) - while going up the stairs with this lazy plan, I stepped into the room and saw a servant girl on her knees, surrounded by brushes and coal buckets, raising a terrible dust as she put out the fire with piles of ash. Go to

2. This was Zillah, the sturdy housekeeper, who finally came out to find out what all the noise was about. Go to

3. My housekeeper and the other servants rushed to welcome me, all shouting at once that they had completely given up on me - everyone thought I had died in the night, and they were wondering how they should search for my body. Go to

4. After she died, the master kept me on as his housekeeper." Go to

Original English Version

1. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. Go to

2. “Eighteen, sir: I came when the mistress was married, to wait on her; after she died, the master retained me for his housekeeper.” Go to

howled /haʊld/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: uivou

Simple English: Made a long, loud crying sound.

Example: The wind howled around the little house.

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1. Since I could not open the chain, I jumped over the gate and ran up the stone path lined with untidy gooseberry bushes, knocking uselessly for someone to let me in, until my knuckles hurt and the dogs howled. Go to

2. Only the branch of a fir tree brushing against my window as the wind howled by, rattling its dry cones against the glass! Go to

Original English Version

1. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Go to

hugging /ˈhʌɡɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: abraçando; apertando junto ao corpo

Simple English: Holding someone or something closely in your arms.

Example: She stood at the gate hugging her little brother.

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1. So instead of a wild, hatless little girl jumping into the house and hugging everyone until we could barely breathe, a very proper young lady got down from a handsome black pony, with brown curls falling from under a feathered hat, and a long coat that she had to hold up with both hands to walk in. Go to

humour (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: humor; graça; comicidade

Simple English: the quality of being funny

Example: His stories are full of humour.

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1. I thought her behaviour must come from a kind of dark sense of humour, and, now that we were alone, I tried to get her interested in my problem. Go to

2. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his brief good humour quickly fading back into his usual gloominess. Go to

hurried /ˈhɜːrid/ (30 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: correram; foram depressa

Simple English: Moved or went quickly.

Example: The mice hurried away through the grass.

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1. The little witch put a pretend cruelty into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with real fear, hurried out, praying and muttering "wicked" as he went. Go to

2. "Hindley hurried up from his comfortable spot by the fire, and grabbing one of us by the collar and the other by the arm, threw us both into the back kitchen, where Joseph swore that 'old Nick' - the devil - would come for us as surely as we were alive. Go to

3. The good woman hurried off, and I moved closer to the fire. Go to

Original English Version

1. The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out, praying, and ejaculating “wicked” as he went. Go to

2. “Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. Go to

hush /hʌʃ/ (42 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: silêncio; quieto

Simple English: Used to tell someone to be quiet.

Example: Hush, my dear, he said softly.

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1. "Hush, hush!" I interrupted. Go to

Original English Version

1. Then I told her to hush, and not stir, for fear she should wake him. Go to

2. “Hush, hush!” I interrupted. Go to

hypocrite /ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: hipócrita

Simple English: A person who pretends to have virtues or beliefs that their behavior does not show.

Example: She refused to believe that her father was a hypocrite.

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1. "You shameless old hypocrite!" she replied. Go to

Original English Version

1. “You scandalous old hypocrite!” she replied. Go to

idleness /ˈaɪdəlnəs/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ociosidade; preguiça

Simple English: The state of doing nothing useful.

Example: Long idleness made him restless.

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Original English Version

1. The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - “Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ’ems goan out! Go to

imagination (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: imaginação; criatividade; fantasia

Simple English: the ability to create ideas in the mind

Example: Children use imagination when they play.

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1. I said I had never heard the name "Catherine Linton" before, but reading it so many times had made a strong impression on me, and it became a real person in my mind once I lost control of my imagination. Go to

impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: impaciente; impacientes

Simple English: Easily annoyed by delay; eager for something to happen.

Example: He grew impatient waiting for the train to arrive on time.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Above it, among a mess of crumbling stone figures and little boys, I noticed the date "1500" and the name "Hareton Earnshaw." I would have liked to ask some questions and hear a short history of the place from its unfriendly owner, but the way he stood at the door seemed to demand that I either go in quickly or leave completely, and I did not want to make him more impatient before I had even seen inside. Go to

2. But my companion is getting impatient, and suggests we take the dairywoman's cloak and run around on the moors under its cover. Go to

impress /ɪmˈprɛs/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: impressionar

Simple English: To cause admiration or respect in someone through action.

Example: Her performance was so good that it impressed everyone in the audience.

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1. Through his skill at preaching and talking about religion, he managed to greatly impress Mr. Earnshaw, and the weaker the master became, the more influence Joseph gained over him. Go to

income /ˈɪnkʌm/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: renda; rendimento; receitas

Simple English: Money received regularly from work or investments.

Example: Her monthly income allowed her to save money for a vacation.

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1. The roof has stayed whole so far, but since the minister's pay is only twenty pounds a year and a house with two rooms that are close to becoming one, no minister will take the job - especially since people say his congregation would rather let him starve than add even one penny to his income. Go to

indifferent /ɪnˈdɪfrənt/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: indiferente; apático; medíocre

Simple English: Not interested and not caring; also only average in quality.

Example: He gave an indifferent shrug and walked away.

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1. I stared at her, and she stared back, keeping her eyes on me in a cold, indifferent way that made me very uncomfortable. Go to

insolent /ˈɪnsələnt/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: insolente

Simple English: Rude and disrespectful, especially toward someone in authority.

Example: He gave the officer an insolent stare.

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1. He was not insolent to his benefactor, he was simply insensible; though knowing perfectly the hold he had on his heart, and conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obliged to bend to his wishes. Go to

interrupt /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/ (20 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: interromper; interrupção; atrapalhar

Simple English: To temporarily stop or hinder a process or activity.

Example: I’m sorry to interrupt, but I have an important question to ask.

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1. "Hush, hush!" I interrupted. Go to

intruder /ɪnˈtruːdər/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: intruso; invasor

Simple English: A person who enters a place without permission.

Example: The dog barked at the intruder until help came.

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1. Take it, and be damned, you worthless intruder! Go to

Original English Version

1. I sat shuddering, yet, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead: the intruder appeared to hesitate, and muttered to himself. Go to

intrusion /ɪnˈtruʒən/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: intrusão; intromissão

Simple English: An unwelcome entry into a place, situation, or private matter.

Example: He protested against the intrusion into his family's privacy.

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1. He evidently wished no repetition of my intrusion. Go to

2. “I’ll walk in the yard till daylight, and then I’ll be off; and you need not dread a repetition of my intrusion. Go to

irresistible /ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbəl/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: irresistível

Simple English: Too powerful, attractive, or tempting to resist.

Example: The temptation to open the parcel was irresistible.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Her eyes would have been irresistible if their expression had been kinder - but luckily for my easily-affected heart, all I saw in them was something between scorn and a strange kind of desperation. Go to

Original English Version

1. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Go to

irritable /ˈɪrɪtəbəl/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: irritadiço; rabugento

Simple English: Easily annoyed or made angry.

Example: He gets irritable when he skips lunch.

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Original English Version

1. He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly; and when he was confined to the chimney-corner he grew grievously irritable. Go to

irritation /ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃən/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: irritação; aborrecimento

Simple English: A feeling of annoyance or the act of causing discomfort.

Example: His irritation grew with every delay.

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1. “How must I do?” I continued, with rising irritation. Go to

isabella /ˌɪzəˈbɛlə/ (118 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: isabel (cor amarelo-acinzentada)

Simple English: A pale grey-yellow colour.

Example: He wore clothes of a dull Isabella colour.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Isabella - I think she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy - was lying at the far end of the room screaming, as if witches were sticking hot needles into her. Go to

2. The cowardly children crept closer too, and Isabella lisped, 'What a frightening thing! Go to

3. Then the maid brought a basin of warm water and washed her feet; Mr. Linton mixed her a warm drink, Isabella filled her lap with cakes, and Edgar stood staring at her from a distance. Go to

4. Isabella Linton can't compare to her, can she, Frances?' 'Isabella doesn't have her natural gifts,' answered his wife, 'but she must be careful not to become wild again here. Go to

5. But that's because I'm used to Edgar and Isabella Linton now. Go to

Original English Version

1. Isabella - I believe she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy - lay screaming at the farther end of the room, shrieking as if witches were running red-hot needles into her. Go to

2. The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping - ‘Frightful thing! Go to

3. Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. Go to

4. Isabella Linton is not to be compared with her, is she, Frances?” “Isabella has not her natural advantages,” replied his wife: “but she must mind and not grow wild again here. Go to

5. But that’s because I’m used to Edgar and Isabella Linton. Go to

jabez /ˈdʒeɪbɛz/ (14 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Jabez

Simple English: a male given name

Example: "Jabez Sloane bought the farm and moved the little house out to the road."

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. A Religious Sermon given by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough." And while I was, half-awake, trying to guess what Jabez Branderham would say about this subject, I sank back into bed and fell asleep. Go to

2. We were traveling to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach on the text "Seventy Times Seven," and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the "First of the Seventy-First," and were about to be publicly exposed and thrown out of the church. Go to

3. Still, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive audience, and he preached - good heavens, what a sermon! Go to

4. I was forced to hear the whole thing, and finally he reached the "First of the Seventy-First." At that moment, a sudden idea came to me - I felt moved to stand up and accuse Jabez Branderham of committing the one sin that no Christian could forgive. Go to

5. "You are the one!" cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion. Go to

6. Wasn't the Reverend Jabez Branderham related to you on your mother's side? Go to

Original English Version

1. A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.” And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep. Go to

2. I was not going there: we were journeying to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach, from the text - “Seventy Times Seven;” and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the “First of the Seventy-First,” and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated. Go to

3. However, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive congregation; and he preached - good God! what a sermon; divided into four hundred and ninety parts, each fully equal to an ordinary address from the pulpit, and each discussing a separate sin! Go to

4. I was condemned to hear all out: finally, he reached the “First of the Seventy-First.” At that crisis, a sudden inspiration descended on me; I was moved to rise and denounce Jabez Branderham as the sinner of the sin that no Christian need pardon. Go to

5. “Thou art the Man!” cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion. Go to

6. Was not the Reverend Jabez Branderham akin to you on the mother’s side? Go to

jabez's /ˈdʒeɪbɛzɪz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Jabez (nome próprio no possessivo)

Simple English: Possessive form of 'Jabez,' referring to the Reverend Jabez Branderham from Lockwood's nightmarish sermon-dream in chapter 3; Lockwood wonders what real sound had inspired this character's violent role in his dream.

Example: What had played Jabez's part in the row? Merely a fir branch scraping against the window.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. What had played Jabez's part in the fight? Go to

Original English Version

1. What had played Jabez’s part in the row? Go to

jealously /ˈdʒɛləsli/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: com ciúme; invejosamente

Simple English: In a way that shows you want what another has.

Example: He watched them jealously from the door.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He had no idea how warmly I felt towards him when I saw his dark eyes pull back so suspiciously under his eyebrows as I rode up, and when his fingers hid themselves, almost jealously, deeper into his waistcoat as I told him my name. Go to

2. Joseph mumbled something unclear deep in the cellar but did not come up, so his master went down to get him, leaving me alone with the fierce female dog and two grim, shaggy sheepdogs, who watched my every move just as jealously as she did. Go to

joseph's /ˈdʒoʊzəfs/ (20 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Joseph

Simple English: belonging to a pet named Joseph, referring to his ear

Example: Aunt Jamesina tickled Joseph's yellow ear with a knitting needle.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. She was never happier than when we were all scolding her at once, and she would defy us with her bold, cheeky look and quick answers, making fun of Joseph's religious curses, teasing me, and doing exactly what her father hated most - showing how her fake rudeness, which he believed was real, had more power over Heathcliff than his own kindness. Go to

Original English Version

1. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Go to

jugs /dʒʌɡz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: jarros; bilhas

Simple English: Containers with handles for holding water.

Example: Persian water jugs stood on the floor.

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1. One end of the room, though, shone brightly with light and heat reflected from rows of huge pewter plates, mixed with silver jugs and cups, stacked row after row on a large oak cupboard that reached almost to the roof. Go to

Original English Version

1. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. Go to

juno /ˈdʒuːnoʊ/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Juno (nome de cadela)

Simple English: The proper name of a dog in the story.

Example: I greeted the dog Juno, who moved just the tip of her tail.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I did as he said, cleared my throat, and greeted the dog Juno, who, on this second meeting, allowed herself to move just the tip of her tail, showing she remembered me. Go to

2. And in the house, Juno is guarding - no, you can only walk around the steps and hallways. Go to

Original English Version

1. I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance. Go to

2. Keep out of the yard, though, the dogs are unchained; and the house - Juno mounts sentinel there, and - nay, you can only ramble about the steps and passages. Go to

kennel /ˈkenəl/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: canil; casinha de cão

Simple English: A small shelter for a dog, or a place where dogs are kept.

Example: The puppy refused to sleep in its new kennel.

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1. I picked up my dreary book by its cover and threw it into the dog kennel, saying I hated a good book. Go to

Original English Version

1. I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. Go to

2. Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention. Go to

kinder /ˈkaɪndər/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais bondoso; mais gentil

Simple English: More kind than someone or something else.

Example: His new heart felt kinder than the old one.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Her eyes would have been irresistible if their expression had been kinder - but luckily for my easily-affected heart, all I saw in them was something between scorn and a strange kind of desperation. Go to

2. I don't know how the scene would have ended if there hadn't been one person nearby who was more sensible than me and kinder than my host. Go to

3. This was bad for the boy, because the kinder people among us did not want to upset the master, so we went along with his favoritism - and that only fed the child's pride and dark temper. Go to

Original English Version

1. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Go to

kneeling /ˈniːlɪŋ/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ajoelhados

Simple English: Resting on the knees on the ground.

Example: The camels were kneeling beside the road.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Zillah was pushing flames up the chimney with a huge pair of bellows, and Mrs. Heathcliff was kneeling by the fire, reading a book by its light. Go to

Original English Version

1. It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. Go to

knitting /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tricô; tricotando; consolidando-se

Simple English: Making clothes from wool with needles; also, of a bone, joining together again.

Example: She kept her knitting in a basket by the fire.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. It sounded wild and stormy, but it was not cold, and we were all together - I was sitting a little away from the fire, busy knitting, and Joseph was reading his Bible near the table, because the servants usually sat in the main room then, after their work was finished. Go to

Original English Version

1. A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney: it sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were all together - I, a little removed from the hearth, busy at my knitting, and Joseph reading his Bible near the table (for the servants generally sat in the house then, after their work was done). Go to

knuckles /ˈnʌkəlz/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: nós dos dedos; juntas da mão

Simple English: The joints where the fingers bend, on the back of the hand.

Example: He rapped on the door with his knuckles.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Since I could not open the chain, I jumped over the gate and ran up the stone path lined with untidy gooseberry bushes, knocking uselessly for someone to let me in, until my knuckles hurt and the dogs howled. Go to

2. "I must stop it anyway!" I muttered, breaking the glass with my knuckles and reaching an arm out to grab the annoying branch. Go to

Original English Version

1. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Go to

2. “I must stop it, nevertheless!” I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand! Go to

labourer's /ˈleɪbərərz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: do trabalhador

Simple English: Belonging to a labourer, a person who does hard work.

Example: The labourer's hands were rough and strong.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. His thick brown hair was messy and uncombed, his side-whiskers grew wild over his cheeks, and his hands were browned like a labourer's. Go to

lady's /ˈleɪdiz/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: da senhora

Simple English: Belonging to a woman of high rank or good manners.

Example: The lady's gloves were left on the seat.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "The young lady's cousin, then?" Go to

Original English Version

1. “The young lady’s cousin, then?” Go to

landlord's /ˈlændˌlɔːrdz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: do senhorio; do proprietário

Simple English: Belonging to a man who owns and rents out a house or land.

Example: If I have a pimple on my nose which is disagreeable to my landlord’s peculiar ideas of beauty, my landlord has no business to scratch my chair and table merchant’s nose, which has no pimple on it.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "I will turn the talk to my landlord's family!" I thought to myself. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Oh, I’ll turn the talk on my landlord’s family!” I thought to myself. Go to

landmarks /ˈlændmɑːrks/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: marcos de referência

Simple English: Objects or features that help you find your way.

Example: They set up landmarks to find their way back.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Please point out some landmarks so I can find my way home - I have no more idea how to get there than you would know how to get to London!" Go to

Original English Version

1. Do point out some landmarks by which I may know my way home: I have no more idea how to get there than you would have how to get to London!” Go to

landowners /ˈlændˌoʊnərz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: proprietários de terras

Simple English: People who own land.

Example: That made him even more irritable, as often happens to country landowners in both old and modern times.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He looks like a dark-skinned gypsy, but dresses and behaves like a gentleman - as much a gentleman as many country landowners are. Go to

largely /ˈlɑːrdʒli/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: largamente; amplamente; basicamente

Simple English: For the greatest part; mostly or primarily.

Example: The event was largely successful, attracting more visitors than last year.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He recovered, and the doctor said this was largely thanks to me, and praised me for my care. Go to

latch /lætʃ/ (23 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: trinco; ferrolho; fechar com trinco

Simple English: A small bar that holds a door or gate shut.

Example: The garden gate has a latch that sticks in wet weather.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I don't care - I will get in!" With that decision, I grabbed the latch and shook it hard. Go to

2. I thought I got up and tried to open the window latch. Go to

3. At about eleven o'clock, the door latch quietly lifted, and the master stepped in. Go to

Original English Version

1. I don’t care - I will get in!” So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently. Go to

2. Then it grew dark; she would have had them to bed, but they begged sadly to be allowed to stay up; and, just about eleven o’clock, the door-latch was raised quietly, and in stepped the master. Go to

leaned /liːnd/ (19 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: apoiou; encostou

Simple English: Rested part of the body against something for support.

Example: Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He said "come in" through closed teeth, and it really meant "Go away!" Even the gate he leaned on showed no friendly movement to match his words. Go to

2. Feeling dull and tired, I leaned my head against the window and kept reading Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, until my eyes closed. Go to

3. Miss Cathy had been unwell, which made her quiet - she leaned against her father's knee, and Heathcliff lay on the floor with his head in her lap. Go to

lear /lɪr/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Lear (rei da peça de Shakespeare)

Simple English: The king in a famous play by Shakespeare.

Example: They studied Lear for the examination.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Then, hatless and shaking with anger, I ordered the creatures to let me out, threatening them if they kept me one more minute, with several wild, half-formed threats of revenge that sounded almost like something out of King Lear. Go to

Original English Version

1. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Go to

ledge /lɛdʒ/ (12 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: saliência; borda de rocha

Simple English: A narrow flat part that sticks out from a wall or cliff.

Example: A bird built its nest on the stone ledge.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. In fact, it formed a small closet, and the ledge of the window it enclosed served as a table. Go to

2. On the ledge, where I set down my candle, there was a small pile of mouldy books in one corner, and the paint was covered with writing scratched into it. Go to

3. So I corrected myself and said, "reading the name scratched on that window-ledge, over and over. Go to

4. Both of us could look in by standing on the base of the wall and holding onto the ledge, and we saw - oh, it was beautiful - a wonderful room with red carpet, red-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling with gold trim, with a shower of glass drops hanging from silver chains in the middle, shining with small soft candles. Go to

5. We made scary noises to frighten them even more, and then we jumped down from the ledge, because someone was opening the bars, and we knew we should run. Go to

Original English Version

1. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. Go to

2. In fact, it formed a little closet, and the ledge of a window, which it enclosed, served as a table. Go to

3. The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. Go to

4. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. Go to

5. Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging to the ledge, and we saw - ah! it was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers. Go to

6. We made frightful noises to terrify them still more, and then we dropped off the ledge, because somebody was drawing the bars, and we felt we had better flee. Go to

lightest /ˈlaɪtɪst/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais leve; mais claro

Simple English: Having the least weight, or the most brightness, of all.

Example: She chose the lightest bag to carry up the mountain.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. She was a wild, naughty girl, but she had the prettiest eyes, the sweetest smile, and the lightest step in the whole area. Go to

Original English Version

1. A wild, wicked slip she was - but she had the bonniest eye, the sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish: and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her. Go to

Limited /ˈlɪmɪtɪd/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: limitado; limita; restrito

Simple English: Very small in quantity or available for use.

Example: The store has a limited selection of books this week.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Since his time and money were both limited, he decided it was better to bring it home right away rather than waste money there, because he was determined not to leave it the way he found it. Go to

lingering /ˈlɪŋərɪŋ/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: demorar-se; permanecer

Simple English: To remain or continue longer than expected.

Example: He drew the first whiff of smoke deep into his lungs and expelled it in a long and lingering exhalation.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I put it out, and, feeling quite unwell from the cold and lingering sickness, sat up and opened the damaged book on my knee. Go to

Original English Version

1. I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee. Go to

linton /ˈlɪntən/ (723 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Linton (sobrenome de família em O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes)

Simple English: Surname of the Linton family, into which Catherine Earnshaw marries in Wuthering Heights.

Example: The name was repeated in every handwriting - Catherine Earnshaw, then Catherine Heathcliff, then Catherine Linton.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. This writing was nothing but one name, repeated in every kind of handwriting, large and small - Catherine Earnshaw, sometimes changed to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton. Go to

2. Feeling dull and tired, I leaned my head against the window and kept reading Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, until my eyes closed. Go to

3. "Catherine Linton," it answered, shivering - why did I think of Linton? Go to

4. I had read "Earnshaw" twenty times where it said "Linton" - "I've come home. Go to

5. And that wicked girl, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or whatever her name was - she must have been an evil spirit! Go to

6. I said I had never heard the name "Catherine Linton" before, but reading it so many times had made a strong impression on me, and it became a real person in my mind once I lost control of my imagination. Go to

Original English Version

1. This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small - Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton. Go to

2. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Go to

3. “Catherine Linton,” it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of Linton? Go to

4. I had read Earnshaw twenty times for Linton) - “I’m come home: I’d lost my way on the moor!” Go to

5. And that minx, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or however she was called - she must have been a changeling - wicked little soul! Go to

6. I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of “Catherine Linton” before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control. Go to

linton's /ˈlɪntənz/ (115 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Linton

Simple English: Possessive form of the surname 'Linton', referring to a member of that family.

Example: 'Linton's nephew.'

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Heathcliff married Mr. Linton's sister." Go to

2. I would not trade my life here for Edgar Linton's life at Thrushcross Grange, not for a thousand lives - not even if I could throw Joseph off the highest roof and paint the front of the house with Hindley's blood!" Go to

Original English Version

1. “No; he is the late Mrs. Linton’s nephew.” Go to

2. “Yes; and her husband was her cousin also: one on the mother’s, the other on the father’s side: Heathcliff married Mr. Linton’s sister.” Go to

3. I’d not exchange, for a thousand lives, my condition here, for Edgar Linton’s at Thrushcross Grange - not if I might have the privilege of flinging Joseph off the highest gable, and painting the house-front with Hindley’s blood!” Go to

lintons /ˈlɪntənz/ (26 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: os Linton (a família Linton)

Simple English: Plural form referring to the Linton family as a whole.

Example: Hareton is the last of that family, just as our Miss Cathy is the last of the Lintons.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Very old, sir, and Hareton is the last of that family, just as our Miss Cathy is the last of the Lintons. Go to

2. In the end, our local church assistant (we had one back then who earned money by teaching the young Lintons and Earnshaws, and by farming his own small piece of land) suggested that the young man should be sent to college. Go to

3. I warned him to be careful not to wake the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued: "Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to walk around freely, and when we saw the lights of the Grange, we thought we would go and see whether the Lintons spent their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, singing and laughing, and sitting close to the fire. Go to

4. "The Lintons heard us, and they all ran to the door like arrows. Go to

5. Afterward they dried and combed her beautiful hair, gave her a pair of huge slippers, and rolled her chair to the fire; and I left her there, as happy as could be, sharing her food between the little dog and Skulker, pinching Skulker's nose as he ate; and putting a little spark of life into the dull blue eyes of the Lintons - just a faint reflection of her own charming face. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Very old, sir; and Hareton is the last of them, as our Miss Cathy is of us - I mean, of the Lintons. Go to

2. At last, our curate (we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons and Earnshaws, and farming his bit of land himself) advised that the young man should be sent to college; and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit, for he said - “Hindley was nought, and would never thrive as where he wandered.” Go to

3. I bid him beware of rousing the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued - “Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to have a ramble at liberty, and getting a glimpse of the Grange lights, we thought we would just go and see whether the Lintons passed their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, and singing and laughing, and burning their eyes out before the fire. Go to

4. “The Lintons heard us, and with one accord they shot like arrows to the door; there was silence, and then a cry, ‘Oh, mamma, mamma! Go to

5. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. Go to

lisped /ˈlɪspɛd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: falar com a língua presa

Simple English: To speak with an imperfect s sound.

Example: Their code has been drummed into your head from the time you lisped, and in spite of your philosophy, and of what I have taught you, it won’t let you kill an unarmed, unresisting man.”

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The cowardly children crept closer too, and Isabella lisped, 'What a frightening thing! Go to

load /loʊd/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: carga; carregar; carregamento

Simple English: To fill a space with items in an efficient way.

Example: They need to load the boxes onto the truck for delivery today.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The roof itself had no ceiling covering it; you could see its whole structure, except where a wooden frame loaded with oatcakes and legs of beef, lamb, and ham blocked the view. Go to

2. Joseph, after setting down his load, looked critically around the room and said in a harsh voice, "I wonder how you can stand there doing nothing, or worse, when everyone else has gone out! Go to

lockwood /ˈlɒkwʊd/ (36 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Lockwood (sobrenome do narrador em O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes)

Simple English: Surname of Mr Lockwood, the narrator who rents Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights.

Example: 'Lockwood, your new tenant, sir.'

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Lockwood, your new tenant, sir. Go to

2. "Come, come," he said, "you are upset, Mr. Lockwood. Go to

3. "Damn you, Mr. Lockwood! Go to

4. Lockwood," he added, "you can go into my room. Go to

5. We don't usually warm up to outsiders here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they warm up to us first. Go to

Original English Version

1. Lockwood, your new tenant, sir. Go to

2. “Come, come,” he said, “you are flurried, Mr. Lockwood. Go to

3. “Oh, God confound you, Mr. Lockwood! Go to

4. Lockwood,” he added, “you may go into my room: you’ll only be in the way, coming downstairs so early: and your childish outcry has sent sleep to the devil for me.” Go to

5. We don’t in general take to foreigners here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they take to us first. Go to

lockwood's /ˈlɒkwʊdz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Lockwood

Simple English: Possessive form referring to Mr Lockwood, the narrator.

Example: 'Bring up Lockwood's horse, and bring up some wine.'

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Then he walked ahead of me up the path, looking annoyed, and called out as we entered the yard, "Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood's horse, and bring up some wine." Go to

Original English Version

1. When he saw my horse’s breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court, - “Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood’s horse; and bring up some wine.” Go to

longed /lɔːŋd/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ansiava; desejava profundamente

Simple English: Wanted something very much, often for a long time.

Example: Stubb longed for vermillion stars to be painted upon the blade of his every oar; screwing each oar in his big vice of wood, the carpenter symmetrically supplies the constellation.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. Go to

loosened /ˈluːsənd/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: soltaram-se; afrouxaram

Simple English: Became less tight or less closed.

Example: He loosened his belt after the big meal.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The fingers loosened, I pulled my hand back through the hole, quickly stacked the books into a pile against it, and covered my ears to block out the sad pleading. Go to

maddening /ˈmædənɪŋ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: enlouquecedor; exasperante

Simple English: Extremely annoying or frustrating.

Example: ['To a young man with the least fire in him that little upward lift in the middle of her red top lip was distracting, infatuating, maddening.', 'Surely there was never such a maddening mouth since Eve\'s!" His voice grew low, and heat flashed in his black eyes.', 'It was maddening.', 'It was more than tiresome, it was maddening.', 'To keep walking that endless trail without knowing if it led to the O-220 or away from it was depressing and almost maddening.', 'To trudge ceaselessly along that endless trail, having not the slightest idea whether it led toward the O-220 or in the opposite direction was depressing, even maddening; yet there was naught else to do.']

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear. Go to

mamma /ˈmæmə/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mamãe

Simple English: A familiar word for mother.

Example: Mamma tucked the baby into bed.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. I confess it with shame - shrunk icily into myself, like a snail; at every glance retired colder and farther; till finally the poor innocent was led to doubt her own senses, and, overwhelmed with confusion at her supposed mistake, persuaded her mamma to decamp. Go to

2. “The Lintons heard us, and with one accord they shot like arrows to the door; there was silence, and then a cry, ‘Oh, mamma, mamma! Go to

3. Oh, mamma, come here. Go to

mantelpiece /ˈmæntəlpiːs/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: consolo da lareira

Simple English: The shelf above a fireplace.

Example: Two candlesticks stood on the mantelpiece.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "You should not have come out," she said, standing up and reaching for two of the painted tins on the mantelpiece. Go to

marshes /ˈmɑːrʃɪz/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pântanos; brejos

Simple English: Areas of low, wet ground.

Example: The country was full of bogs and marshes.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Don't you know you risk getting lost in the marshes? Go to

Original English Version

1. Do you know that you run a risk of being lost in the marshes? Go to

measles /ˈmiːzəlz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sarampo

Simple English: A contagious viral disease that causes fever and a red rash.

Example: The child recovered from measles.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I felt sorry for him for a while, but when the children got sick with measles and I had to take care of them, taking on all the responsibilities of a grown woman at once, I changed my mind. Go to

Original English Version

1. I sympathised a while; but when the children fell ill of the measles, and I had to tend them, and take on me the cares of a woman at once, I changed my idea. Go to

memorize /ˈmɛməraɪz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: memorizar

Simple English: Memorize means learn something so it can be recalled from memory.

Example: Try to memorize the short poem.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The curate could give Catherine as many Bible chapters as he liked to memorize, and Joseph could beat Heathcliff until his arm hurt - they forgot everything the moment they were together again, or at least the moment they had planned some new naughty way to get back at people. Go to

menacingly /ˈmɛnəsɪŋli/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: ameaçadoramente

Simple English: in a threatening manner

Example: The dog was creeping menacingly toward the back of my legs.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I sat down at one end of the fireplace, across from where my landlord was walking, and to fill the silence I tried to pet the mother dog, who had left her puppies and was creeping menacingly toward the back of my legs, her lip curled and her white teeth ready to bite. Go to

meow /miˈaʊ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: miado

Simple English: The sound a cat makes.

Example: We heard a meow outside the door.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Nothing was moving except a grey striped cat, which crept out of the ashes and greeted me with an unhappy meow. Go to

milking /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ordenhando; tirando leite

Simple English: Taking milk from a cow or a goat.

Example: A china milkmaid was milking a china cow.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He sat within hearing distance, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I grabbed without asking, calling out that I would send it back the next day, and rushed toward the nearest gate. Go to

Original English Version

1. He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern. Go to

minister /ˈmɪnɪstər/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ministro; pastor

Simple English: Person in charge of a specific department in government.

Example: The minister announced new policies to improve education in the country.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The roof has stayed whole so far, but since the minister's pay is only twenty pounds a year and a house with two rooms that are close to becoming one, no minister will take the job - especially since people say his congregation would rather let him starve than add even one penny to his income. Go to

minister's /ˈmɪnɪstərz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: do ministro; da ministra

Simple English: Belonging to a minister, especially a religious or government leader.

Example: The minister lived beside the church.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The roof has stayed whole so far, but since the minister's pay is only twenty pounds a year and a house with two rooms that are close to becoming one, no minister will take the job - especially since people say his congregation would rather let him starve than add even one penny to his income. Go to

mischief /ˈmɪstʃɪf/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: travessura; malícia; peraltice

Simple English: Behaviour that causes trouble, often playful.

Example: The boys were up to some mischief.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. From the moment she got up until the moment she went to bed, we could never be sure she wasn't up to some mischief. Go to

Original English Version

1. Certainly she had ways with her such as I never saw a child take up before; and she put all of us past our patience fifty times and oftener in a day: from the hour she came downstairs till the hour she went to bed, we had not a minute’s security that she wouldn’t be in mischief. Go to

mischievous /ˈmɪstʃɪvəs/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: travesso; malicioso; nocivo

Simple English: Liking to cause harmless trouble or play tricks.

Example: The mischievous wind caused a terrible storm.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He grew strangely fond of Heathcliff, believing everything he said (though he said very little, and it was usually true), and he favored him much more than Cathy, who was too mischievous and difficult to be a favorite. Go to

Original English Version

1. He took to Heathcliff strangely, believing all he said (for that matter, he said precious little, and generally the truth), and petting him up far above Cathy, who was too mischievous and wayward for a favourite. Go to

miser /ˈmaɪzər/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: avarento

Simple English: A person who hates spending money.

Example: The miser kept all his gold.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The tins were almost out of her reach, so I made a move to help her, but she turned on me the way a miser might turn on someone trying to help count his gold. Go to

Original English Version

1. The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold. Go to

misty /ˈmɪsti/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: enevoado; embaçado; nebuloso

Simple English: Covered with mist, or not clear to see or understand.

Example: The valley was misty until midday.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Yesterday afternoon turned misty and cold. Go to

Original English Version

1. Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold. Go to

mixed /mɪkst/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: misto; misturado; mixado

Simple English: Consisting of different types combined together.

Example: The salad was a mixed variety, containing both leafy greens and colorful vegetables.

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1. One end of the room, though, shone brightly with light and heat reflected from rows of huge pewter plates, mixed with silver jugs and cups, stacked row after row on a large oak cupboard that reached almost to the roof. Go to

2. Then the maid brought a basin of warm water and washed her feet; Mr. Linton mixed her a warm drink, Isabella filled her lap with cakes, and Edgar stood staring at her from a distance. Go to

moaning /ˈmoʊnɪŋ/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: gemendo; lamentando-se

Simple English: Making a long low sound because of pain or unhappiness.

Example: The wind was moaning in the chimney all night.

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1. I seemed to keep them closed above a quarter of an hour; yet, the instant I listened again, there was the doleful cry moaning on! Go to

moor /mʊə/ (38 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: charneca

Simple English: Open high land, usually covered with low plants.

Example: They crossed the moor at dawn.

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1. I lost my way on the moor!" Go to

2. My landlord called for me to stop before I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to walk with me across the moor. Go to

Original English Version

1. I had read Earnshaw twenty times for Linton) - “I’m come home: I’d lost my way on the moor!” Go to

2. My landlord halloed for me to stop ere I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to accompany me across the moor. Go to

moors /mʊrz/ (43 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mouros; charnecas

Simple English: With a capital letter, Muslim people historically associated with North Africa and Spain; in lowercase, open uncultivated uplands.

Example: The poem told of wars involving the Moors, while another traveler crossed lonely moors.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. But my companion is getting impatient, and suggests we take the dairywoman's cloak and run around on the moors under its cover. Go to

2. But one of their favorite activities was to run away to the moors in the morning and stay there all day, and afterward the punishment became just something to laugh about. Go to

Original English Version

1. People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.” Go to

2. I reached this book, and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door ajar to give me light, and I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my companion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman’s cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter. Go to

3. But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at. Go to

mould /moʊld/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: molde; moldar; mofo; húmus

Simple English: A soft green or grey growth that appears on old food or damp things.

Example: Green mould covered the fallen fruit.

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1. It was a Bible, printed in thin type and smelling strongly of mould. Go to

Original English Version

1. “It is strange,” I began, in the interval of swallowing one cup of tea and receiving another - “it is strange how custom can mould our tastes and ideas: many could not imagine the existence of happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as you spend, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I’ll venture to say, that, surrounded by your family, and with your amiable lady as the presiding genius over your home and heart - ” Go to

mouldy /ˈmoʊldi/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: mofado

Simple English: Covered with or smelling of mould.

Example: They threw away the mouldy bread.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. On the ledge, where I set down my candle, there was a small pile of mouldy books in one corner, and the paint was covered with writing scratched into it. Go to

mourned /mɔːrnd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: lamentou; queixou-se

Simple English: Felt and showed deep sadness for someone who died.

Example: The village mourned the old teacher.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "It is twenty years," mourned the voice. Go to

Original English Version

1. “It is twenty years,” mourned the voice: “twenty years. Go to

mourners /ˈmɔːrnərz/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pessoas de luto; enlutados

Simple English: People who show sadness at a funeral.

Example: The mourners walked behind the cart.

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1. Everything she saw, the moment she came through the door, seemed to delight her, along with everything happening around her - except the preparations for the burial and the presence of the mourners. Go to

Original English Version

1. Every object she saw, the moment she crossed the threshold, appeared to delight her; and every circumstance that took place about her: except the preparing for the burial, and the presence of the mourners. Go to

mouthed /maʊðd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pronunciou sem voz; de boca

Simple English: Formed words with the lips, or had a specified kind of mouth.

Example: He mouthed a warning across the room.

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1. Be quiet, you foul-mouthed thief! Go to

Original English Version

1. Hold your tongue, you foul-mouthed thief, you! you shall go to the gallows for this. Go to

mumbled /ˈmʌmbəld/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: balbuciou; disse entre dentes

Simple English: Spoke quietly and not clearly.

Example: He mumbled an answer and looked away.

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1. Joseph mumbled something unclear deep in the cellar but did not come up, so his master went down to get him, leaving me alone with the fierce female dog and two grim, shaggy sheepdogs, who watched my every move just as jealously as she did. Go to

Original English Version

1. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Go to

murmured /ˈmɜːrmərd/ (21 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: murmuraram

Simple English: Said something in a soft, low voice.

Example: The crowd murmured when the lights went out.

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1. "A man's life matters more than one evening of neglecting the horses - someone has to go," murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected. Go to

Original English Version

1. “A man’s life is of more consequence than one evening’s neglect of the horses: somebody must go,” murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected. Go to

mustn't /ˈmʌsənt/ (19 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: não deve (contração de must not)

Simple English: A short form of must not.

Example: You mustn't touch the hot pan.

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1. There, there, you mustn't carry on like this. Go to

muttered /ˈmʌtərd/ (64 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: resmungou; murmurou

Simple English: Said something in a low voice that was hard to hear.

Example: He muttered a few words and walked away.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "The Lord help us!" he muttered under his breath in an annoyed tone while he took my horse, looking at my face so sourly that I kindly guessed he must need God's help to digest his dinner, and that his complaint had nothing to do with my sudden arrival. Go to

2. "What on earth, indeed!" I muttered. Go to

3. I want nothing to do with it," muttered the head, disappearing. Go to

4. But he seemed to catch himself, and instead muttered a rough curse at me under his breath, which I chose not to notice. Go to

5. "Listen, listen, she's cursing them!" muttered Joseph, toward whom I had been walking. Go to

6. "I must stop it anyway!" I muttered, breaking the glass with my knuckles and reaching an arm out to grab the annoying branch. Go to

Original English Version

1. “What the devil, indeed!” I muttered. Go to

2. I’ll hae no hend wi’t,” muttered the head, vanishing. Go to

3. But he seemed to recollect himself presently, and smothered the storm in a brutal curse, muttered on my behalf: which, however, I took care not to notice. Go to

4. “Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on ’em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering. Go to

5. “I must stop it, nevertheless!” I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand! Go to

6. I sat shuddering, yet, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead: the intruder appeared to hesitate, and muttered to himself. Go to

muttering /ˈmʌtərɪŋ/ (11 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: resmungando

Simple English: Speaking in a low voice that is hard to hear.

Example: He walked away, muttering to himself.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The little witch put a pretend cruelty into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with real fear, hurried out, praying and muttering "wicked" as he went. Go to

2. The person at the door seemed to hesitate, muttering to himself. Go to

nearer /ˈnɪrər/ (12 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mais perto; mais próximo

Simple English: Closer in distance.

Example: The land grows beautiful as one comes nearer the city.

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1. The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire; my head felt hot, and the rest of me chill: moreover, I was excited, almost to a pitch of foolishness, through my nerves and brain. Go to

2. The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping - ‘Frightful thing! Go to

neat /niːt/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: arrumado; puro; pura

Simple English: Well-organized and tidy in appearance or arrangement.

Example: She keeps her office neat, with everything in its proper place.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Were you invited to tea?" she asked, tying an apron over her neat black dress, and standing with a spoonful of tea leaves ready over the pot. Go to

neglecting /nɪˈɡlektɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: negligenciando

Simple English: failing to give needed care or attention

Example: She was neglecting her health.

Use in this Book:

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1. "A man's life matters more than one evening of neglecting the horses - someone has to go," murmured Mrs. Heathcliff, more kindly than I expected. Go to

neighbour's /ˈneɪbərz/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: do vizinho

Simple English: Belonging to a person who lives near you.

Example: Our neighbour's child passed the examination.

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1. Soon the whole chapel echoed with knocking and counter-knocking; every man's hand was against his neighbour's, and Branderham, not wanting to stay idle, poured out his energy in loud taps on the pulpit boards, which knocked back so sharply that, at last, to my great relief, they woke me up. Go to

nelly /ˈnɛli/ (178 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Nelly

Simple English: a name used in the title of a song, 'Nelly in the Hazel Dell'

Example: Diana is going to teach me a song called 'Nelly in the Hazel Dell.'

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. What in the world made you go wandering to Thrushcross Grange?" "Let me take off my wet clothes, and I'll tell you the whole story, Nelly," he replied. Go to

2. "They are good children, I'm sure, and they don't deserve the treatment you get, because of your bad behavior." "Don't preach at me, Nelly," he said. Go to

3. 'They have let the bulldog loose, and it has caught me!' The devil dog had grabbed her ankle, Nelly: I heard its horrible snorting. Go to

4. "I started cursing again - don't be angry, Nelly - so Robert was told to take me away. Go to

5. I could see they were full of foolish admiration for her; she really is far better than them - better than anyone on earth, isn't she, Nelly?" Go to

Original English Version

1. What in the world led you wandering to Thrushcross Grange?” “Let me get off my wet clothes, and I’ll tell you all about it, Nelly,” he replied. Go to

2. “They are good children, no doubt, and don’t deserve the treatment you receive, for your bad conduct.” “Don’t cant, Nelly,” he said: “nonsense! Go to

3. ‘They have let the bull-dog loose, and he holds me!’ The devil had seized her ankle, Nelly: I heard his abominable snorting. Go to

4. “I recommenced cursing - don’t be angry, Nelly - and so Robert was ordered to take me off. Go to

5. I saw they were full of stupid admiration; she is so immeasurably superior to them - to everybody on earth, is she not, Nelly?” Go to

nightmare /ˈnaɪtmeər/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pesadelo

Simple English: A frightening or disturbing dream.

Example: She woke up from a nightmare and felt scared and confused.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The deep horror of a nightmare came over me. Go to

2. "I had bad luck - I screamed in my sleep because of a terrible nightmare. Go to

3. I moved away, feeling a little angry with myself for listening at all, and annoyed that I had told him my silly nightmare, since it caused him such pain - though I could not understand why. Go to

nodded /ˈnɑːdɪd/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: acenou com a cabeça

Simple English: Moved the head up and down to say yes or to greet someone.

Example: The figure nodded kindly at her.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. How I twisted, yawned, nodded off, and woke up again! Go to

Original English Version

1. How I writhed, and yawned, and nodded, and revived! Go to

nodding /ˈnɑːdɪŋ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: acenando com a cabeça

Simple English: Moving the head down and up to show yes.

Example: He kept nodding while she talked.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. We were both of us nodding ere any one invaded our retreat, and then it was Joseph, shuffling down a wooden ladder that vanished in the roof, through a trap: the ascent to his garret, I suppose. Go to

nosebleed /ˈnoʊzbliːd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: sangramento nasal

Simple English: Bleeding from the nose.

Example: The dry air gave him a nosebleed.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. My anger and shock brought on a heavy nosebleed, and Heathcliff kept laughing while I kept complaining. Go to

nostrils /ˈnɑːstrəlz/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: narinas

Simple English: The two openings at the end of the nose.

Example: The horse opened its nostrils wide.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He glanced over the back of the bench, his nostrils flaring, and showed no more interest in being polite to me than to the cat beside me. Go to

Original English Version

1. He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. Go to

nudged /nʌdʒd/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cutucou de leve; empurrou com o cotovelo

Simple English: Pushed someone gently, usually with the elbow.

Example: She nudged him to keep him awake.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. How I pinched and poked myself, rubbed my eyes, stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to ask if he thought it would ever end. Go to

Original English Version

1. How I pinched and pricked myself, and rubbed my eyes, and stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to inform me if he would ever have done. Go to

oatcakes /ˈoʊtkeɪks/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: bolos de aveia

Simple English: Flat cakes or bread made from oatmeal.

Example: A wooden frame loaded with oatcakes and legs of beef hung from the roof.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The roof itself had no ceiling covering it; you could see its whole structure, except where a wooden frame loaded with oatcakes and legs of beef, lamb, and ham blocked the view. Go to

Original English Version

1. The latter had never been under-drawn: its entire anatomy lay bare to an inquiring eye, except where a frame of wood laden with oatcakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham, concealed it. Go to

obeyed /oʊˈbeɪd/ (23 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: obedecido; cumprido

Simple English: Done as someone has ordered.

Example: Your commands shall be obeyed.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I obeyed him enough to leave the room. Go to

Original English Version

1. I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance. Go to

2. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she condoled with me on my sorry predicament, and having obeyed his orders, whereby I was somewhat revived, ushered me to bed. Go to

3. I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. Go to

opening /ˈoʊpənɪŋ/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: abertura; abrir; inauguração

Simple English: First public presentation of a play, movie, or entertainment.

Example: The opening of the new play was attended by many celebrities.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. To my confusion, I realized the scream was real: quick footsteps came toward my room door, someone pushed it open firmly, and a light shone through the openings at the top of the bed. Go to

2. "And at the end of it, I was nearly scared to death!" he said, opening his big coat, which he was holding wrapped up in his arms. Go to

3. We made scary noises to frighten them even more, and then we jumped down from the ledge, because someone was opening the bars, and we knew we should run. Go to

oppressor /əˈpresə(r)/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: opressor

Simple English: a person or group that rules others cruelly

Example: The people resisted their oppressor.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. So, from the very beginning, he bred bad feeling in the house; and at Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, which happened in less than two years after, the young master had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent’s affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter with brooding over these injuries. Go to

outweighed /ˌaʊtˈweɪd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: superou, pesou mais que

Simple English: was greater in effect or importance than something else

Example: The gloomy mood of the place overcame, and outweighed, the warm physical comfort around me.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The gloomy mood of the place overcame, and outweighed, the warm physical comfort around me, and I decided to be careful about ever coming under that roof a third time. Go to

overcame /ˌɑʊvərkæmɛ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: fazer come em excesso

Simple English: to do, have, or cause come more than is suitable or necessary

Example: Wopsle’s great-aunt successfully overcame that bad habit of living, so highly desirable to be got rid of by some people.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. The gloomy mood of the place overcame, and outweighed, the warm physical comfort around me, and I decided to be careful about ever coming under that roof a third time. Go to

Original English Version

1. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time. Go to

overheard /ˌoʊvərˈhɜːrd/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ouvido por acaso; escutado

Simple English: Heard something that was not meant for you.

Example: She overheard them planning the surprise.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. It was so dark I could not find the way out, and as I wandered around, I overheard another example of how politely they treated each other. Go to

pacing /ˈpeɪsɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: que caminha; em marcha lenta

Simple English: Walking up and down with regular steps.

Example: He was pacing the room in silence.

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1. I bid them be quiet, now that they saw me returned, and, benumbed to my very heart, I dragged upstairs; whence, after putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro thirty or forty minutes, to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too much so to enjoy the cheerful fire and smoking coffee which the servant had prepared for my refreshment. Go to

painfully /ˈpeɪnfəli/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: penosamente; com esforço

Simple English: In a way that causes pain, or with great difficulty.

Example: He climbed the stairs slowly and painfully.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He was painfully worried that someone would say something wrong to Heathcliff, as if he believed that everyone hated the boy just because he himself liked him, and wanted to hurt him. Go to

Original English Version

1. This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. Go to

panel /ˈpænəl/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: painel

Simple English: Group of experts gathered to discuss or advise on issues.

Example: A panel of experts discussed climate change solutions last night.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I slid back the wooden panels, climbed in with my light, pulled them shut again, and felt safe from Heathcliff and everyone else watching me. Go to

2. With that in mind, I turned and opened the panels. Go to

3. The first creak of the oak panel startled him like an electric shock. Go to

panelled /ˈpænəld/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: revestido com painéis

Simple English: covered or decorated with flat panels

Example: The half-panelled walls may have belonged to the first farmer who lived there in the seventeenth century.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. I slid back the panelled sides, got in with my light, pulled them together again, and felt secure against the vigilance of Heathcliff, and every one else. Go to

pans /pænz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: panelas; frigideiras

Simple English: Metal containers used for cooking.

Example: Two black pans hung above the fire.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Here they simply call it "the house." Usually this room would include both kitchen and sitting room, but at Wuthering Heights I think the kitchen has been moved somewhere else entirely - I could hear voices talking and pots and pans clattering somewhere deep inside, but I saw no sign of cooking, boiling, or baking near the huge fireplace, and no shine of copper pans or tin strainers on the walls. Go to

parlour /ˈpɑːrlər/ (38 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sala de visitas (grafia britânica)

Simple English: A room for receiving visitors, in British spelling.

Example: They took tea in the little parlour.

Use in this Book:

Original English Version

1. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Go to

2. Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention. Go to

parson /ˈpɑːrsən/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pároco; vigário

Simple English: A priest of a country parish.

Example: The parson came to see the sick woman.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He told me to put on my cloak and run to Gimmerton for the doctor and the parson. Go to

Original English Version

1. He told me to put on my cloak and run to Gimmerton for the doctor and the parson. Go to

2. The little souls were comforting each other with better thoughts than I could have hit on: no parson in the world ever pictured heaven so beautifully as they did, in their innocent talk; and, while I sobbed and listened, I could not help wishing we were all there safe together. Go to

parting /ˈpɑːrtɪŋ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: despedida; separação

Simple English: The act of leaving someone, often for a long time.

Example: She cried at this sad parting from her friends.

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1. “Do you intend parting with the little ones, madam?” Go to

passage /ˈpæsɪdʒ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: passagem; trecho

Simple English: A narrow corridor giving access to rooms or areas.

Example: The passage led us to the library at the end of the hall.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. One step took us straight into the family's main room, with no entrance hall or passage first. Go to

2. "An awful Sunday," the passage below began. Go to

paused /pɔːzd/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: fizeram uma pausa; detiveram-se

Simple English: Stopped for a short time before going on.

Example: She paused at the door and looked back.

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1. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Go to

paw /pɔː/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pata

Simple English: The foot of an animal such as a lion, a dog, or a cat.

Example: With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning.

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1. Edgar stood by the fireplace crying quietly, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping - from what they were saying to each other, we understood they had nearly pulled it apart between them. Go to

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1. Edgar stood on the hearth weeping silently, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping; which, from their mutual accusations, we understood they had nearly pulled in two between them. Go to

paws /pɔːz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: patas; manzorras

Simple English: The feet of animals such as cats, dogs and bears.

Example: The puppy left muddy paws all over the floor.

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1. Luckily, the dogs seemed more interested in stretching their paws, yawning, and wagging their tails than in actually attacking me, but they would not let me get up, and I had to lie there until their spiteful masters chose to free me. Go to

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1. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Go to

pears /peəz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: peras

Simple English: sweet fruits that are narrow near the stem

Example: Ripe pears lay in the basket.

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1. He promised to bring me a pocket full of apples and pears. Go to

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1. He promised to bring me a pocketful of apples and pears, and then he kissed his children, said good-bye, and set off. Go to

peat /piːt/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: turfa

Simple English: partly decayed plant material from wet ground, used as fuel

Example: They cut peat from the bog for fuel.

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1. It glowed pleasantly in the light of a huge fire made of coal, peat, and wood, and near the table, which was set for a full evening meal, I was glad to see the "mistress" - someone whose existence I had never known about before. Go to

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1. It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the “missis,” an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. Go to

peaty /ˈpiːti/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: turfoso

Simple English: containing or resembling dark wet peat

Example: The stream had a peaty brown colour.

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1. I had actually passed it a few times on my walks - it sits in a hollow between two hills, a raised, damp hollow near a swamp, whose wet peaty soil is said to preserve the few bodies buried there very well. Go to

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1. I have passed it really in my walks, twice or thrice; it lies in a hollow, between two hills: an elevated hollow, near a swamp, whose peaty moisture is said to answer all the purposes of embalming on the few corpses deposited there. Go to

petted /ˈpɛtɪd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: acariciou

Simple English: touched an animal or person gently and affectionately

Example: She petted the dog behind its ears.

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1. "She is not used to being petted - she is not kept as a pet." Then, walking to a side door, he shouted again, "Joseph!" Go to

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1. We laughed outright at the petted things; we did despise them! Go to

pewter /ˈpjuːtər/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: estanho; peltre

Simple English: A grey metal made by mixing tin and lead.

Example: He drank from an old pewter cup.

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1. One end of the room, though, shone brightly with light and heat reflected from rows of huge pewter plates, mixed with silver jugs and cups, stacked row after row on a large oak cupboard that reached almost to the roof. Go to

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1. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. Go to

2. Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention. Go to

pheasant /ˈfɛzənt/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: faisão

Simple English: a large long-tailed game bird

Example: A pheasant crossed the country road.

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1. He looks just like the fortune-teller's son who stole my pet pheasant. Go to

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1. He’s exactly like the son of the fortune-teller that stole my tame pheasant. Go to

piled /paɪld/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: amontoamos; empilhamos

Simple English: Put many things one on top of another.

Example: They piled the books on the small table.

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1. The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. Go to

2. The fingers relaxed, I snatched mine through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to exclude the lamentable prayer. Go to

pinched /pɪntʃt/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: beliscou; apertou; encovado

Simple English: Squeezed between finger and thumb; also thin and drawn from hunger or cold.

Example: He pinched the candle out between two fingers.

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1. How I pinched and poked myself, rubbed my eyes, stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to ask if he thought it would ever end. Go to

2. He would take Hindley's hits without blinking or crying, and when I pinched him, he only took a breath and opened his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident and no one was to blame. Go to

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1. How I pinched and pricked myself, and rubbed my eyes, and stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to inform me if he would ever have done. Go to

2. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. Go to

pinching /ˈpɪnʧɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: beliscar

Simple English: Here, pinching is used as a verb; in this context it means beliscar.

Example: They woke it up by pinching it.

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1. Afterward they dried and combed her beautiful hair, gave her a pair of huge slippers, and rolled her chair to the fire; and I left her there, as happy as could be, sharing her food between the little dog and Skulker, pinching Skulker's nose as he ate; and putting a little spark of life into the dull blue eyes of the Lintons - just a faint reflection of her own charming face. Go to

pious /ˈpaɪəs/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: piedoso; devoto

Simple English: Showing deep respect for religion.

Example: A pious old woman lit the lamps.

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1. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Go to

2. A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.” And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep. Go to

3. By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained. Go to

pistols /ˈpɪstəlz/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pistolas

Simple English: Small guns held in one hand.

Example: A pair of duelling pistols lay in the case.

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1. Above the fireplace hung several old, rough-looking guns and a pair of horse pistols, and, as decoration, three brightly painted tins were placed along the shelf. Go to

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1. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. Go to

pitchfork /ˈpɪtʃfɔːrk/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: forcado

Simple English: a long farm tool with a handle and pointed prongs

Example: Susan carried a pitchfork from the hay field.

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1. I took hold of the handle to try again, when a young man without a coat, carrying a pitchfork on his shoulder, appeared in the yard behind me. Go to

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1. I seized the handle to essay another trial; when a young man without coat, and shouldering a pitchfork, appeared in the yard behind. Go to

plaid /plæd/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tecido xadrez

Simple English: a cloth pattern of crossed colored stripes

Example: He wore a red plaid scarf.

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1. "I took off her coat, and underneath was a beautiful plaid silk dress, white trousers, and shiny shoes. Go to

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1. I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. Go to

plainly /ˈpleɪnli/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: claramente; sem rodeios

Simple English: In a clear and simple way.

Example: She told him plainly that she would not go.

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1. At last, he said, in a half-whisper, plainly not expecting an answer, Go to

2. Don’t be afraid, it is but a boy - yet the villain scowls so plainly in his face; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once, before he shows his nature in acts as well as features?’ He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton placed her spectacles on her nose and raised her hands in horror. Go to

pleasantly /ˈplɛzəntli/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: amavelmente; de modo agradável

Simple English: In a way that is enjoyable or friendly.

Example: The room was pleasantly cool after the street.

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1. It glowed pleasantly in the light of a huge fire made of coal, peat, and wood, and near the table, which was set for a full evening meal, I was glad to see the "mistress" - someone whose existence I had never known about before. Go to

pointed /ˈpɔɪntɪd/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: apontou; aguçado; pontiagudo

Simple English: Having an end or tip that is sharp or tapered.

Example: He used a pointed pencil to draw the fine details of the picture.

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1. He noticed this, and pointed with the end of his spade at an inner door, making an unclear sound to show me that was the way I should go if I wanted to move. Go to

poked /poʊkt/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: enfiou; cutucou

Simple English: Pushed something with a finger or a pointed object.

Example: She poked the fire until it burned brightly.

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1. How I pinched and poked myself, rubbed my eyes, stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to ask if he thought it would ever end. Go to

politely /pəˈlaɪtli/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: educadamente; com cortesia

Simple English: In a way that shows good manners.

Example: I am quite well, thank you, she replied politely.

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1. It was so dark I could not find the way out, and as I wandered around, I overheard another example of how politely they treated each other. Go to

porridge /ˈpɔːrɪdʒ/ (20 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: mingau de aveia

Simple English: A soft, hot food made by boiling oats in milk or water.

Example: Dorothy ate delicious porridge and eggs.

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1. Looking around, I saw only Joseph bringing in a bucket of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, amusing herself by burning a bundle of matches that had fallen from the shelf as she put the tea tin back. Go to

2. But you have caught a cold - I saw you shivering, and you need some hot porridge to get rid of it." Go to

3. After he told Joseph what needed to be done that day, he turned to Hindley, Cathy, and me - I was eating porridge with them - and said to his son, "Now, my good boy, I am going to Liverpool today. Go to

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1. There was no reply to my question; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning a bundle of matches which had fallen from the chimney-piece as she restored the tea-canister to its place. Go to

2. One fine summer morning - it was the beginning of harvest, I remember - Mr. Earnshaw, the old master, came downstairs, dressed for a journey; and, after he had told Joseph what was to be done during the day, he turned to Hindley, and Cathy, and me - for I sat eating my porridge with them - and he said, speaking to his son, “Now, my bonny man, I’m going to Liverpool to-day, what shall I bring you? Go to

possess /pəˈzɛs/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: possuem

Simple English: To have something as one's own.

Example: He can possess any car he wants with his wealth.

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1. "A herd of possessed pigs could not have been worse-tempered than those animals of yours, sir. Go to

praise /preɪz/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: louvor; louvar; elogios

Simple English: To express admiration or approval toward someone or something.

Example: The teacher will praise students who submit their projects on time.

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1. He recovered, and the doctor said this was largely thanks to me, and praised me for my care. Go to

2. I was proud of his praise, and I softened toward the child who had earned me that praise. Go to

preached /priːtʃt/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pregou; sermoneou

Simple English: Gave a religious talk, or told others how they should behave.

Example: The old priest preached for almost an hour.

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1. Still, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive audience, and he preached - good heavens, what a sermon! Go to

Original English Version

1. However, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive congregation; and he preached - good God! what a sermon; divided into four hundred and ninety parts, each fully equal to an ordinary address from the pulpit, and each discussing a separate sin! Go to

preparation (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: preparação; planejamento; treino

Simple English: the act of getting ready

Example: Preparation for the exam took weeks.

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1. Everything she saw, the moment she came through the door, seemed to delight her, along with everything happening around her - except the preparations for the burial and the presence of the mourners. Go to

presence (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: presença; comparecimento; existência

Simple English: the fact of being in a place

Example: His presence made everyone calmer.

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1. Everything she saw, the moment she came through the door, seemed to delight her, along with everything happening around her - except the preparations for the burial and the presence of the mourners. Go to

preserve /prɪˈzɜːrv/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: preservar; conservar; conserva

Simple English: To keep something in its original or good condition.

Example: We must preserve natural habitats to protect endangered species.

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1. I had actually passed it a few times on my walks - it sits in a hollow between two hills, a raised, damp hollow near a swamp, whose wet peaty soil is said to preserve the few bodies buried there very well. Go to

prettiest /ˈprɪtiɪst/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: o mais bonito; o mais lindo

Simple English: The most pleasant to look at.

Example: That is the prettiest house in the street.

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1. She was a wild, naughty girl, but she had the prettiest eyes, the sweetest smile, and the lightest step in the whole area. Go to

print /prɪnt/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: imprimir; impressão; cópia

Simple English: Image or design transferred from engraved or prepared surface.

Example: The print on the wall was created using traditional screen printing techniques.

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1. It was a Bible, printed in thin type and smelling strongly of mould. Go to

2. I began to nod off sleepily over the dim page, my eyes drifting from the handwriting to the printed text. Go to

3. I was about to say "reading those old books," but that would have shown I knew about the handwriting in them, not just the printed words. Go to

proof /pruːf/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: prova; comprovante

Simple English: Information or evidence proving the truth of something.

Example: The scientist provided proof that supported her groundbreaking theory about climate change.

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1. I think she wanted more proof that the room is haunted, using me to test it. Go to

provoking /prəˈvoʊkɪŋ/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: provocando; irritando de propósito

Simple English: Deliberately making someone angry or causing a reaction.

Example: He kept provoking his brother with silly questions.

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1. I warn you, stop provoking me, or I'll ask for your removal as a special favour! Go to

Original English Version

1. I warn you to refrain from provoking me, or I’ll ask your abduction as a special favour! Go to

pulpit /ˈpʊlpɪt/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: púlpito

Simple English: The raised place in a church where the preacher stands.

Example: The old priest climbed into the pulpit.

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1. Soon the whole chapel echoed with knocking and counter-knocking; every man's hand was against his neighbour's, and Branderham, not wanting to stay idle, poured out his energy in loud taps on the pulpit boards, which knocked back so sharply that, at last, to my great relief, they woke me up. Go to

Original English Version

1. However, in my dream, Jabez had a full and attentive congregation; and he preached - good God! what a sermon; divided into four hundred and ninety parts, each fully equal to an ordinary address from the pulpit, and each discussing a separate sin! Go to

2. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. Go to

quarrel /ˈkwɔːrəl/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: briga; disputa (em quarrel-some, briguento)

Simple English: An angry argument, or to argue angrily.

Example: They had a short quarrel about money and made peace the next day.

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1. Meanwhile, the young man had put on a very shabby jacket, and, standing tall in front of the fire, he looked down at me sideways, as if there were some deep quarrel between us that had not been settled. Go to

Original English Version

1. That was their pleasure! to quarrel who should hold a heap of warm hair, and each begin to cry because both, after struggling to get it, refused to take it. Go to

quietest /ˈkwaɪətɪst/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: o mais silencioso

Simple English: Making the least noise or showing the most calm.

Example: It was the quietest hour of the day.

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1. Still, I will say this - he was the quietest child any nurse ever cared for. Go to

Original English Version

1. However, I will say this, he was the quietest child that ever nurse watched over. Go to

ragged /ˈræɡɪd/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: esfarrapada; maltrapilha

Simple English: Old and torn in many places.

Example: The child wore a ragged coat.

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1. We all crowded around, and over Miss Cathy's head I got a look at a dirty, ragged child with black hair, big enough to walk and talk. Go to

Original English Version

1. We crowded round, and over Miss Cathy’s head I had a peep at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child; big enough both to walk and talk: indeed, its face looked older than Catherine’s; yet when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some gibberish that nobody could understand. Go to

rained /reɪnd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: choveu; choveram em profusão

Simple English: Water fell from the clouds; also, things fell thickly like rain.

Example: It rained without stopping for three days.

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1. The household went to bed; and I, too anxious to lie down, opened my lattice and put my head out to hearken, though it rained: determined to admit them in spite of the prohibition, should they return. Go to

rake /reɪk/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ancinho; rastelo

Simple English: A garden tool with teeth, used to gather leaves.

Example: He left the rake against the shed.

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1. He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. Go to

rascal /ˈræskəl/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: malandro; velhaco; traquinas

Simple English: A dishonest person, or a child who behaves badly in a playful way.

Example: That little rascal hid my glasses again.

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1. I imagined, for a moment, that this piece of eloquence was addressed to me; and, sufficiently enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal with an intention of kicking him out of the door. Go to

rattled /ˈrætəld/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sacudiu; fez chocalhar

Simple English: Made a series of short hard sounds; also made someone nervous.

Example: The windows rattled every time a lorry went by.

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1. Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! Go to

rattling /ˈrætəlɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: chacoalhando; sacudindo com ruído

Simple English: Making short hard noises while moving.

Example: An old cart went rattling down the lane.

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1. Only the branch of a fir tree brushing against my window as the wind howled by, rattling its dry cones against the glass! Go to

raving /ˈreɪvɪŋ/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: delirante; furioso

Simple English: Talking wildly, as in a fever or in madness.

Example: He lay raving with the fever.

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1. There was such anguish in the gush of grief that accompanied this raving, that my compassion made me overlook its folly, and I drew off, half angry to have listened at all, and vexed at having related my ridiculous nightmare, since it produced that agony; though why was beyond my comprehension. Go to

recover /rɪˈkʌvər/ (17 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: recuperar

Simple English: To regain full health after illness, injury, or surgery.

Example: She hopes to recover quickly after her surgery next week.

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1. He recovered, and the doctor said this was largely thanks to me, and praised me for my care. Go to

2. I was surprised to see how calmly the child got himself up and continued with what he had planned to do - swapping saddles and everything - and then he sat down on a pile of hay to recover from the shock of the hard hit, before going into the house. Go to

refinement /rɪˈfaɪnmənt/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: refinamento; requinte

Simple English: Good manners, taste and education.

Example: He spoke with the refinement of a well-read man.

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1. His clothes and speech were both rough, with none of the refinement I had seen in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff. Go to

relief /rɪˈliːf/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: alívio; relevo; socorro

Simple English: Comfort after something upsetting or worrying finishes or improves.

Example: The relief I felt when the exam was over was incredible.

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1. Soon the whole chapel echoed with knocking and counter-knocking; every man's hand was against his neighbour's, and Branderham, not wanting to stay idle, poured out his energy in loud taps on the pulpit boards, which knocked back so sharply that, at last, to my great relief, they woke me up. Go to

repaid rɪˈpeɪd (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: retribuiu

Simple English: Gave back money or returned a kindness.

Example: Harrison repaid this kindness by smoking outside in good weather, and so they both stayed friendly and happy.

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1. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. Go to

repulsive /rɪˈpʌlsɪv/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: repulsivo; repugnante

Simple English: So unpleasant that it makes you want to turn away.

Example: The smell from the drain was repulsive.

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1. My neighbour struck me as bordering on repulsive; I knew, through experience, that I was tolerably attractive. Go to

rheumatism /ˈruːmətɪzəm/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: reumatismo

Simple English: An illness that makes the joints stiff and painful.

Example: Her rheumatism was worse in the damp.

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1. The red cow didn't die by accident, you know, and your rheumatism can hardly be called an act of God!" Go to

Original English Version

1. The red cow didn’t die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!” Go to

roared /rɔːrd/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: rugiu

Simple English: Made a very loud, deep sound, as a lion does.

Example: He learned that if he roared loudly, everything ran away.

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1. A strong wind blew around the house and roared in the chimney. Go to

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1. A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney: it sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were all together - I, a little removed from the hearth, busy at my knitting, and Joseph reading his Bible near the table (for the servants generally sat in the house then, after their work was done). Go to

Glossary: New Words (3/3)

robbers /ˈrɑːbərz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ladrões; salteadores

Simple English: People who take things by force.

Example: Robbers stopped the coach on the road.

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1. It looks like the robbers wanted to push them through the window to open the doors for the gang later, so they could murder us in our sleep. Go to

Original English Version

1. Very like the robbers were for putting them through the window to open the doors to the gang after all were asleep, that they might murder us at their ease. Go to

roused raʊzd (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: despertar

Simple English: In this passage, it means woke or stirred someone into action.

Example: He did not open his eyes until the sounds of the waking camp roused him.

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1. Still it became in a manner necessary; twice, or thrice, Hindley’s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it. Go to

rudely /ˈruːdli/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: grosseiramente; sem educação

Simple English: In a way that is not polite.

Example: He rudely pushed past the old woman.

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1. At the top of an extra page (quite a treasure, probably, when first lighted on) I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of my friend Joseph, - rudely, yet powerfully sketched. Go to

rudeness /ˈruːdnəs/ (12 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: grosseria; falta de educação

Simple English: Behaviour that is not polite.

Example: He said sorry for his rudeness.

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1. She was never happier than when we were all scolding her at once, and she would defy us with her bold, cheeky look and quick answers, making fun of Joseph's religious curses, teasing me, and doing exactly what her father hated most - showing how her fake rudeness, which he believed was real, had more power over Heathcliff than his own kindness. Go to

2. How far will their rudeness go? Go to

saddles /ˈsædəlz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: selas

Simple English: Seats put on a horse for the rider.

Example: The saddles were kept in the stable.

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1. I was surprised to see how calmly the child got himself up and continued with what he had planned to do - swapping saddles and everything - and then he sat down on a pile of hay to recover from the shock of the hard hit, before going into the house. Go to

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1. I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, and went on with his intention; exchanging saddles and all, and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, before he entered the house. Go to

satisfied /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: satisfeito; satisfez; atendidas

Simple English: Content or pleased with a result, outcome, or situation.

Example: After finishing the project, I felt satisfied with my hard work.

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1. "You'll never be satisfied until they finally send you away for good. Go to

savages /ˈsævɪdʒɪz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: selvagens

Simple English: An old word for people living far from cities.

Example: The sailors traded cloth with the savages.

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1. They both seemed likely to grow up as wild as savages, since the young master did not care at all how they behaved or what they did, so they simply stayed away from him. Go to

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1. They both promised fair to grow up as rude as savages; the young master being entirely negligent how they behaved, and what they did, so they kept clear of him. Go to

scold /skoʊld/ (22 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: repreender; ralhar com

Simple English: To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.

Example: Do not scold the boy before you hear his side.

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1. She held her hand between her eyes and the heat, and seemed completely focused on her book, stopping only to scold the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog that kept pushing its nose into her face. Go to

scolded /ˈskoʊldɪd/ (15 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: repreendeu; ralhou com

Simple English: Spoke angrily to someone who did something wrong.

Example: His mother scolded him for coming home late.

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1. The worst punishment we could think of for her was to keep her away from him - yet she was scolded more than any of us because of him. Go to

2. He would not even have made sure they went to church on Sundays, but Joseph and the curate scolded him for his carelessness whenever they were absent, and that reminded him to order a beating for Heathcliff and to make Catherine skip dinner or supper. Go to

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1. The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded. Go to

scolding /ˈskoʊldɪŋ/ (13 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ralhador; que grita zangado

Simple English: Speaking angrily to someone in a loud voice.

Example: A scolding voice came from the kitchen.

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1. The master tried to explain, but he was truly exhausted, and all I could understand from his story, between her scolding, was that he had found the child starving, homeless, and almost unable to speak, in the streets of Liverpool. Go to

2. His grumpy scolding made her want, in a naughty way, to provoke him even more. Go to

3. She was never happier than when we were all scolding her at once, and she would defy us with her bold, cheeky look and quick answers, making fun of Joseph's religious curses, teasing me, and doing exactly what her father hated most - showing how her fake rudeness, which he believed was real, had more power over Heathcliff than his own kindness. Go to

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1. The master tried to explain the matter; but he was really half dead with fatigue, and all that I could make out, amongst her scolding, was a tale of his seeing it starving, and houseless, and as good as dumb, in the streets of Liverpool, where he picked it up and inquired for its owner. Go to

2. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Go to

scorn /skɔːrn/ (14 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desdém; desprezo

Simple English: A strong feeling that someone or something is worth nothing.

Example: She looked at the cheap copy with scorn.

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1. Her eyes would have been irresistible if their expression had been kinder - but luckily for my easily-affected heart, all I saw in them was something between scorn and a strange kind of desperation. Go to

2. Still, in a way it became necessary; two or three times, when Hindley showed scorn toward Heathcliff in front of his father, it made the old man furious. Go to

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1. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Go to

2. Still it became in a manner necessary; twice, or thrice, Hindley’s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it. Go to

scornfully /ˈskɔːrnfəli/ (12 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desdenhosamente; com desprezo

Simple English: In a way that shows you think something is worthless.

Example: She looked scornfully at the cheap gift.

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1. "A strange choice of favourites!" she said scornfully. Go to

Original English Version

1. “A strange choice of favourites!” she observed scornfully. Go to

scoundrel /ˈskaʊndrəl/ (11 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: patife; canalha

Simple English: A dishonest person who treats others badly.

Example: The landlord was a scoundrel who cheated every tenant.

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1. She thought that some of them had been laying violent hands on me; and, not daring to attack her master, she turned her vocal artillery against the younger scoundrel. Go to

scowl /skaʊl/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: carranca; olhar fechado

Simple English: An angry look with the brows drawn down.

Example: He answered her with a heavy scowl.

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1. They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance. Go to

scratched /skrætʃt/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: arranharam; riscaram

Simple English: Rubbed or cut a surface with something sharp.

Example: When they scratched the tin, he felt a cold shiver.

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1. On the ledge, where I set down my candle, there was a small pile of mouldy books in one corner, and the paint was covered with writing scratched into it. Go to

2. So I corrected myself and said, "reading the name scratched on that window-ledge, over and over. Go to

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1. The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. Go to

2. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. Go to

seeming /ˈsiːmɪŋ/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: aparente; que parece ser

Simple English: Appearing to be true, though perhaps it is not.

Example: His seeming calm hid a great deal of worry.

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1. This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. Go to

self (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: self; eu; identidade

Simple English: a person's own identity or character

Example: Writing helped her understand herself.

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1. He was, and probably still is, the most tiresome, self-righteous, holier-than-thou man who ever searched a Bible to find blessings for himself and curses for his neighbors. Go to

sentence /ˈsɛntəns/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sentença; frase; sentencio

Simple English: A group of words expressing an idea.

Example: Write a complete sentence.

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1. Some were single sentences; other parts formed a kind of diary, written in a rough, childish hand. Go to

2. I suppose Catherine did carry out her plan, because the next sentence moved to a different subject: she became tearful. Go to

sermons /ˈsɜːrmənz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sermões

Simple English: Religious talks given to teach or advise a congregation.

Example: The old clergyman kept his sermons in a locked drawer.

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1. Or reading sermons, being questioned by their servant, and made to learn a list of Bible names, if they don't answer correctly?" "Probably not," I answered. Go to

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1. Or reading sermons, and being catechised by their man-servant, and set to learn a column of Scripture names, if they don’t answer properly?” “Probably not,” I responded. Go to

servant's /ˈsɜːrvənts/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: do criado; da criada

Simple English: Belonging to a servant.

Example: The servant's room was under the stairs.

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1. Still, he carried himself freely, almost proudly, and showed none of a servant's attentiveness toward the lady of the house. Go to

shabby /ˈʃæbi/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: surrado; maltrapilho; mesquinho

Simple English: Old and worn out; also unfair or mean in behaviour.

Example: He wore the same shabby coat every winter.

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1. Meanwhile, the young man had put on a very shabby jacket, and, standing tall in front of the fire, he looked down at me sideways, as if there were some deep quarrel between us that had not been settled. Go to

2. "Are you going to make the tea?" the man in the shabby coat demanded, turning his fierce look from me to the young woman. Go to

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1. Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. Go to

2. “Are you going to mak’ the tea?” demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady. Go to

shaggy /ˈʃæɡi/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: hirsuto; peludo e desgrenhado

Simple English: Covered with long, thick, untidy hair.

Example: The Lion shook his shaggy mane.

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1. Joseph mumbled something unclear deep in the cellar but did not come up, so his master went down to get him, leaving me alone with the fierce female dog and two grim, shaggy sheepdogs, who watched my every move just as jealously as she did. Go to

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1. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Go to

shamefully /ˈʃeɪmfəli/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: vergonhosamente

Simple English: In a way that should cause shame.

Example: The horses were shamefully neglected.

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1. Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley hated him: and to say the truth I did the same; and we plagued and went on with him shamefully: for I wasn’t reasonable enough to feel my injustice, and the mistress never put in a word on his behalf when she saw him wronged. Go to

shameless /ˈʃeɪmləs/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sem-vergonha; descarada

Simple English: Not feeling sorry about doing something wrong.

Example: It was a shameless lie and everyone knew it.

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1. "You shameless old hypocrite!" she replied. Go to

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1. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Go to

shape /ʃeɪp/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: forma; moldar

Simple English: The form of something.

Example: The box has a square shape.

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1. She was slim, and looked barely past girlhood - a lovely shape, and the most beautiful little face I had ever seen; small, delicate features, very fair skin, and light golden curls hanging loosely on her neck. Go to

2. "It's strange," I began, between one cup of tea and the next, "how habit shapes our tastes and ideas. Go to

3. It was a good thing he did, because the whole hillside looked like one white, wavy sea - the hills and hollows in the snow did not match the real shape of the ground. Go to

shawl /ʃɔːl/ (13 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: xale

Simple English: A large piece of cloth worn over the shoulders or head.

Example: She wrapped a warm shawl around herself.

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1. I threw a shawl over my head and ran to stop them from knocking and waking Mr. Earnshaw. Go to

Original English Version

1. I threw a shawl over my head and ran to prevent them from waking Mr. Earnshaw by knocking. Go to

sheepdogs /ˈʃiːpdɔːɡz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: cães pastores

Simple English: Dogs trained or bred to control and guard sheep.

Example: Holmes asked whether there were many sheepdogs on the moor.

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1. Joseph mumbled something unclear deep in the cellar but did not come up, so his master went down to get him, leaving me alone with the fierce female dog and two grim, shaggy sheepdogs, who watched my every move just as jealously as she did. Go to

shelter /ˈʃɛltər/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: abrigo; refúgio

Simple English: A place providing food and housing to very poor people.

Example: The local shelter offers meals and beds for homeless individuals each night.

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1. "And I'm afraid I will need shelter for half an hour, if you can spare it, because of the weather." Go to

sheltered /ˈʃeltərd/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: abrigado; protegido; acolheu

Simple English: Protected from wind, rain or danger; also gave protection to someone.

Example: They found a sheltered corner behind the wall and ate their lunch.

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1. He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name. Go to

2. Her position before was sheltered from the light; now, I had a distinct view of her whole figure and countenance. Go to

shielders /ˈʃiːldərz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Shielders (nome próprio, o pároco local)

Simple English: Surname of the local curate mentioned by Joseph as the source of gossip about Catherine's upbringing.

Example: 'I heard from Shielders that he lets her grow up with no religion at all.'

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1. 'I heard from Shielders'" - (that was the local priest, sir) - "'that he lets her grow up with no religion at all. Go to

Original English Version

1. ‘I’ve understood from Shielders’” (that was the curate, sir) “‘that he lets her grow up in absolute heathenism. Go to

shiver /ˈʃɪvər/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: arrepio; calafrio

Simple English: A sudden shaking of the body from cold or fear.

Example: It sent a cold shiver down his back.

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1. On that cold, open hilltop the ground was hard with black frost, and the air made me shiver all over. Go to

Original English Version

1. On that bleak hill top the earth was hard with a black frost, and the air made me shiver through every limb. Go to

2. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Go to

shivering /ˈʃɪvərɪŋ/ (14 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tremendo de frio; tiritando

Simple English: Shaking slightly because of cold or fear.

Example: We stood shivering on the platform waiting for the late train.

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1. We were lined up on a sack of corn, shivering and groaning, hoping Joseph would get cold too, so he might keep his sermon short for his own sake. Go to

2. "Catherine Linton," it answered, shivering - why did I think of Linton? Go to

3. But you have caught a cold - I saw you shivering, and you need some hot porridge to get rid of it." Go to

4. There she sat shivering, holding her hands together, and asking again and again, "Have they left yet?" Then she began describing, very emotionally, how upset she felt seeing the color black, and she jumped, trembled, and finally started crying. Go to

5. I warned him to be careful not to wake the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued: "Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to walk around freely, and when we saw the lights of the Grange, we thought we would go and see whether the Lintons spent their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, singing and laughing, and sitting close to the fire. Go to

Original English Version

1. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Go to

2. But you’ve caught cold: I saw you shivering, and you must have some gruel to drive it out.” Go to

3. I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly - “Are they gone yet?” Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping - and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying! Go to

4. I bid him beware of rousing the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued - “Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to have a ramble at liberty, and getting a glimpse of the Grange lights, we thought we would just go and see whether the Lintons passed their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, and singing and laughing, and burning their eyes out before the fire. Go to

shone /ʃoʊn/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: brilhavam; reluziam

Simple English: Gave out or reflected light.

Example: The little stars shone in the sun like diamonds.

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1. One end of the room, though, shone brightly with light and heat reflected from rows of huge pewter plates, mixed with silver jugs and cups, stacked row after row on a large oak cupboard that reached almost to the roof. Go to

2. To my confusion, I realized the scream was real: quick footsteps came toward my room door, someone pushed it open firmly, and a light shone through the openings at the top of the bed. Go to

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1. I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. Go to

shrunk /ʃrʌŋk/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: encolhido; encolheu; recuou

Simple English: Became smaller, or moved back because of fear.

Example: The wool jumper had shrunk in the wash.

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1. I confess it with shame - shrunk icily into myself, like a snail; at every glance retired colder and farther; till finally the poor innocent was led to doubt her own senses, and, overwhelmed with confusion at her supposed mistake, persuaded her mamma to decamp. Go to

shuddering ʃʌdɜrɪŋ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tremendo

Simple English: shaking because of fear or disgust

Example: "Oh, how horrible!" said Anne, shuddering.

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1. I sat shuddering, yet, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead: the intruder appeared to hesitate, and muttered to himself. Go to

shutters /ˈʃʌtərz/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: venezianas; postigos

Simple English: Wooden covers that close over a window.

Example: They closed the shutters against the storm.

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1. The light came from there - they hadn't closed the shutters, and the curtains were only half shut. Go to

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1. The light came from thence; they had not put up the shutters, and the curtains were only half closed. Go to

silk /sɪlk/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: seda; sedas

Simple English: Smooth soft fabric made from silkworm threads.

Example: Her silk blouse had a luxurious feel and a beautiful shine under the light.

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1. "I took off her coat, and underneath was a beautiful plaid silk dress, white trousers, and shiny shoes. Go to

sinner /ˈsɪnər/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pecador

Simple English: A person who does bad things against religious rules.

Example: The old sinner laughed at his own crimes.

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1. "No, you sinner! Go to

2. He encouraged him to see Hindley as a sinner, and night after night, he would complain with a long list of stories against Heathcliff and Catherine - always making sure to flatter the weak old man by placing the heaviest blame on Catherine. Go to

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1. I was condemned to hear all out: finally, he reached the “First of the Seventy-First.” At that crisis, a sudden inspiration descended on me; I was moved to rise and denounce Jabez Branderham as the sinner of the sin that no Christian need pardon. Go to

skillfully /ˈskɪlfəli/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: habilmente; com perícia

Simple English: In a way that shows great skill.

Example: She skillfully repaired the broken cup.

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1. At the top of one extra page - probably a real treasure when she first found it - I was amused to see a clever drawing making fun of my friend Joseph, roughly but skillfully drawn. Go to

skulker /ˈskʌlkər/ (13 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Skulker (nome do cão de guarda de Thrushcross Grange)

Simple English: The name of the fierce bulldog that attacks Catherine when she and Heathcliff spy on Thrushcross Grange.

Example: 'Hold on, Skulker, hold on!' But he changed his tone when he saw what Skulker had caught.

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1. Finally, a rough servant came up with a lamp, shouting, 'Hold on, Skulker, hold on!' But he changed his tone when he saw what Skulker had caught. Go to

2. 'Skulker has caught a little girl, sir,' he answered; 'and there's a boy here too,' he added, grabbing me, 'who looks like real trouble! Go to

3. Give Skulker some water, Jenny. Go to

4. 'And look how Skulker has bitten her - look how her foot is bleeding!'" Go to

5. Afterward they dried and combed her beautiful hair, gave her a pair of huge slippers, and rolled her chair to the fire; and I left her there, as happy as could be, sharing her food between the little dog and Skulker, pinching Skulker's nose as he ate; and putting a little spark of life into the dull blue eyes of the Lintons - just a faint reflection of her own charming face. Go to

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1. A beast of a servant came up with a lantern, at last, shouting - ‘Keep fast, Skulker, keep fast!’ He changed his note, however, when he saw Skulker’s game. Go to

2. ‘Skulker has caught a little girl, sir,’ he replied; ‘and there’s a lad here,’ he added, making a clutch at me, ‘who looks an out-and-outer! Go to

3. Give Skulker some water, Jenny. Go to

4. ‘That’s Miss Earnshaw!’ he whispered to his mother, ‘and look how Skulker has bitten her - how her foot bleeds!’ Go to

5. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. Go to

skulker's /ˈskʌlkərz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: de Skulker (forma possessiva do nome do cão)

Simple English: Possessive form referring to what the guard dog Skulker had caught in his jaws.

Example: He changed his note, however, when he saw Skulker's game.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Afterward they dried and combed her beautiful hair, gave her a pair of huge slippers, and rolled her chair to the fire; and I left her there, as happy as could be, sharing her food between the little dog and Skulker, pinching Skulker's nose as he ate; and putting a little spark of life into the dull blue eyes of the Lintons - just a faint reflection of her own charming face. Go to

Original English Version

1. A beast of a servant came up with a lantern, at last, shouting - ‘Keep fast, Skulker, keep fast!’ He changed his note, however, when he saw Skulker’s game. Go to

sleepily /ˈsliːpɪli/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sonolentamente

Simple English: In a way that shows you want to sleep.

Example: The child answered sleepily from his bed.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I began to nod off sleepily over the dim page, my eyes drifting from the handwriting to the printed text. Go to

slippers /ˈslɪpərz/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: chinelos; pantufas

Simple English: Soft light shoes worn inside a house.

Example: He left his slippers beside the bed.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Afterward they dried and combed her beautiful hair, gave her a pair of huge slippers, and rolled her chair to the fire; and I left her there, as happy as could be, sharing her food between the little dog and Skulker, pinching Skulker's nose as he ate; and putting a little spark of life into the dull blue eyes of the Lintons - just a faint reflection of her own charming face. Go to

Original English Version

1. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. Go to

snatched /snætʃt/ (12 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: arrebatou; arrancou

Simple English: Took something quickly and roughly.

Example: The bird snatched the bread and flew off.

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Original English Version

1. The fingers relaxed, I snatched mine through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to exclude the lamentable prayer. Go to

sneaking /ˈsniːkɪŋ/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: furtivo; sorrateiro; secreto

Simple English: Moving or acting secretly; also a feeling you do not admit.

Example: I have a sneaking suspicion that he already knows.

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Original English Version

1. I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. Go to

sneer /snɪr/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: escárnio; desprezo na voz

Simple English: An unkind smile that shows you think little of someone.

Example: He answered with a sneer and turned away.

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1. "My pleasant wife!" he broke in, with an almost evil sneer on his face. Go to

Original English Version

1. “My amiable lady!” he interrupted, with an almost diabolical sneer on his face. Go to

snorting /ˈsnɔːrtɪŋ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: bufando

Simple English: Pushing air noisily out through the nose.

Example: The horse came snorting up the slope.

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1. 'They have let the bulldog loose, and it has caught me!' The devil dog had grabbed her ankle, Nelly: I heard its horrible snorting. Go to

Original English Version

1. ‘They have let the bull-dog loose, and he holds me!’ The devil had seized her ankle, Nelly: I heard his abominable snorting. Go to

snowdrift /ˈsnoʊdrɪft/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: acúmulo de neve

Simple English: a deep pile of snow moved by wind

Example: A snowdrift blocked the gate.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Then, if you hear that I was found dead in a bog or a snowdrift, won't your conscience tell you it was partly your fault?" Go to

snowflakes /ˈsnoʊˌfleɪks/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: flocos de neve

Simple English: small crystals of frozen snow

Example: So Anne walked through the woods and reached the fir lane just as soft, wide snowflakes began to fall.

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1. "Half an hour?" he said, shaking the white snowflakes from his clothes. Go to

snowstorm /ˈsnoʊstɔːrm/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: tempestade de neve

Simple English: A storm with strong wind and heavy snow.

Example: A snowstorm hid the road from sight.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "I'm surprised you chose the middle of a snowstorm to go wandering about. Go to

sobbed /sɑːbd/ (26 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: soluçou

Simple English: Cried noisily, taking short breaths.

Example: I never killed anything willingly, she sobbed.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I tried to pull my arm back, but the hand held on, and a very sad voice sobbed, Go to

2. Come in!" he sobbed. Go to

Original English Version

1. The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed, Go to

2. “Come in! come in!” he sobbed. Go to

3. The little souls were comforting each other with better thoughts than I could have hit on: no parson in the world ever pictured heaven so beautifully as they did, in their innocent talk; and, while I sobbed and listened, I could not help wishing we were all there safe together. Go to

sobbing /ˈsɑːbɪŋ/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: soluçando; aos soluços

Simple English: Crying loudly while taking short sharp breaths.

Example: The child came in sobbing about a lost toy.

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1. Or find us alone, entertaining ourselves by yelling, sobbing, and rolling on the ground on opposite sides of a room? Go to

Original English Version

1. When would you catch me wishing to have what Catherine wanted? or find us by ourselves, seeking entertainment in yelling, and sobbing, and rolling on the ground, divided by the whole room? Go to

sociable /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sociável

Simple English: Friendly and fond of being with other people.

Example: The new teacher was quiet but sociable.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. It is strange how sociable I feel compared to him. Go to

Original English Version

1. It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him. Go to

2. The business of eating being concluded, and no one uttering a word of sociable conversation, I approached a window to examine the weather. Go to

softened /ˈsɔːfənd/ (15 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: suavizaram-se; enterneceram-se

Simple English: Became or made less hard, less strong or less severe.

Example: His voice softened when he saw the child was crying.

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1. I was proud of his praise, and I softened toward the child who had earned me that praise. Go to

Original English Version

1. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. Go to

soldered /ˈsɑːdərd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: soldaram

Simple English: Joined pieces of metal by melting a soft metal between them.

Example: They soldered and polished his tin body.

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1. The hook was soldered shut into its fitting - something I had noticed while awake but had forgotten. Go to

Original English Version

1. The hook was soldered into the staple: a circumstance observed by me when awake, but forgotten. Go to

solemn /ˈsɑːləm/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: solene; grave; sério

Simple English: Very serious, without smiling.

Example: The children made a solemn promise.

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1. "You are the one!" cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Thou art the Man!” cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion. Go to

solemnly /ˈsɑːləmli/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: solenemente; com gravidade

Simple English: In a very serious way.

Example: He solemnly promised to keep the secret.

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1. I let him enjoy the luxury unannoyed; and after sucking out his last wreath, and heaving a profound sigh, he got up, and departed as solemnly as he came. Go to

somewhat /ˈsʌmwʌt/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: algo; ligeiramente

Simple English: To a limited extent; moderately so.

Example: I am somewhat tired after all the work we did today.

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1. Since I had no clear idea of who he was, I thought it best not to comment on his odd behaviour, and five minutes later Heathcliff's arrival relieved me somewhat from my uncomfortable situation. Go to

2. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, then went on to the inner room, while she sympathized with me over my sorry state and, once she had done as he ordered and I felt somewhat better, showed me to bed. Go to

sough /sʌf/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: vala, dreno (canal de drenagem em terreno pantanoso)

Simple English: A Northern English dialect word for a drain, ditch, or boggy hollow; used here as part of the invented place name 'Gimmerden Sough' in Lockwood's dream.

Example: The Chapel of Gimmerden Sough stood in a marshy hollow on the moor.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. A Religious Sermon given by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough." And while I was, half-awake, trying to guess what Jabez Branderham would say about this subject, I sank back into bed and fell asleep. Go to

Original English Version

1. A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough.” And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep. Go to

soul's /soʊlz/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: da alma

Simple English: the possessive form of 'soul'

Example: Remember that I mean this for your own soul's sake.

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1. He was relentless in worrying him about his soul’s concerns, and about ruling his children rigidly. Go to

sourly /ˈsaʊərli/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: com mau humor

Simple English: in an unfriendly or bitter way

Example: "Oh, thanks," said Aunt Atossa sourly.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "The Lord help us!" he muttered under his breath in an annoyed tone while he took my horse, looking at my face so sourly that I kindly guessed he must need God's help to digest his dinner, and that his complaint had nothing to do with my sudden arrival. Go to

Original English Version

1. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Go to

spade /speɪd/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pá (gastar dinheiro com a pá, às mancheias)

Simple English: A tool with a flat blade for digging.

Example: He leaned on his spade and rested.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I opened my mouth to say "good morning," but closed it again without saying anything - because Hareton Earnshaw was quietly saying curses under his breath at everything he touched, while he searched a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the snow. Go to

2. He noticed this, and pointed with the end of his spade at an inner door, making an unclear sound to show me that was the way I should go if I wanted to move. Go to

Original English Version

1. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Go to

2. He noticed this, and thrust at an inner door with the end of his spade, intimating by an inarticulate sound that there was the place where I must go, if I changed my locality. Go to

sparkled /ˈspɑːrkəld/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cintilavam; brilhavam

Simple English: Shone with small, bright points of light.

Example: His small black eyes sparkled happily.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. She was rather thin, but young, with a fresh complexion, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. Go to

Original English Version

1. She was rather thin, but young, and fresh-complexioned, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. Go to

2. I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. Go to

spiteful /ˈspaɪtfəl/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: maldoso; rancoroso

Simple English: Wanting to hurt or upset another person.

Example: She made a spiteful remark and left.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Luckily, the dogs seemed more interested in stretching their paws, yawning, and wagging their tails than in actually attacking me, but they would not let me get up, and I had to lie there until their spiteful masters chose to free me. Go to

spitting /ˈspɪtɪŋ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cuspindo

Simple English: Pushing liquid out of the mouth.

Example: Spitting in the street is not allowed.

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1. And Cathy, when she found out the master had lost her whip while taking care of the stranger, showed her feelings by grinning and spitting at the strange little child - and for that, she got a hard hit from her father, to teach her better manners. Go to

Original English Version

1. The former was a boy of fourteen, but when he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the great-coat, he blubbered aloud; and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip in attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing; earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners. Go to

spoiling /ˈspɔɪlɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: estragando; mimando; saqueando

Simple English: Damaging something; also treating a person too kindly, or taking goods by force.

Example: You are spoiling that puppy with too many treats.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He has been blaming our father - how could he! - for spoiling Heathcliff too much, and swears he will put him back in his proper place - " Go to

spoonful /ˈspuːnfʊl/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: colherada

Simple English: the amount that a spoon can hold

Example: She sprinkled a spoonful of sulphur over the coals.

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1. "Were you invited to tea?" she asked, tying an apron over her neat black dress, and standing with a spoonful of tea leaves ready over the pot. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Were you asked to tea?” she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot. Go to

squealing /ˈskwiːlɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: guinchantes; que chiam

Simple English: Making a long high sharp noise.

Example: The squealing gate needed oil.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Under the cupboard, in an arched space, lay a large, brown female dog with a litter of squealing puppies around her, and other dogs hid in other corners. Go to

Original English Version

1. In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses. Go to

stables /ˈsteɪbəlz/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: estábulos; cavalariças

Simple English: Buildings where horses are kept.

Example: The boy slept above the stables.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I had just tied our aprons together to hang as a curtain when Joseph came in on an errand from the stables. Go to

2. We searched the whole house, upstairs and downstairs, and the yard and stables - they were nowhere to be found. Go to

Original English Version

1. I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph, on an errand from the stables. Go to

2. We searched the house, above and below, and the yard and stables; they were invisible: and, at last, Hindley in a passion told us to bolt the doors, and swore nobody should let them in that night. Go to

staffs /stæfs/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: bastões

Simple English: long sticks carried as supports or signs of authority

Example: The servants used white staffs and great effort to quiet the animals.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. With those final words, the whole crowd, raising their walking staffs, rushed at me together, and I, having no weapon of my own to defend myself, grabbed hold of Joseph, my nearest and fiercest attacker, to take his. Go to

staggered /ˈstæɡərd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cambaleou

Simple English: Walked in an unsteady way, almost falling.

Example: He staggered out into the cold street.

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1. “Throw it,” he replied, standing still, “and then I’ll tell how you boasted that you would turn me out of doors as soon as he died, and see whether he will not turn you out directly.” Hindley threw it, hitting him on the breast, and down he fell, but staggered up immediately, breathless and white; and, had not I prevented it, he would have gone just so to the master, and got full revenge by letting his condition plead for him, intimating who had caused it. Go to

startled /ˈstɑːrtəld/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: assustada; sobressaltada

Simple English: Suddenly surprised or frightened.

Example: Aunt Em was startled by the child's laughter.

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1. "Get it ready, will you?" was the answer, said so harshly that it startled me. Go to

2. The first creak of the oak panel startled him like an electric shock. Go to

3. There was Heathcliff, alone - it startled me to see him by himself. Go to

Original English Version

1. The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock: the light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up. Go to

stingy /ˈstɪndʒi/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: sovinas; mesquinhos

Simple English: Not willing to give or spend anything.

Example: He is too stingy to buy a new coat.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. But he is very stingy with money, and if he had planned to move to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant, he could not bear to miss the chance to earn a few hundred pounds more by renting it out. Go to

stirred /stɜːrd/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sacudiu; despertou

Simple English: Moved someone or something a little.

Example: A soft wind stirred the long grass.

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1. And then Mr. Linton, to mend matters, paid us a visit himself on the morrow, and read the young master such a lecture on the road he guided his family, that he was stirred to look about him, in earnest. Go to

stormy /ˈstɔːrmi/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tempestuoso; agitado

Simple English: With strong wind and rain; also full of angry feeling.

Example: They crossed on a stormy night and everyone was sick.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "Wuthering" is a local word that describes the noisy, stormy weather the place gets in bad conditions. Go to

2. It sounded wild and stormy, but it was not cold, and we were all together - I was sitting a little away from the fire, busy knitting, and Joseph was reading his Bible near the table, because the servants usually sat in the main room then, after their work was finished. Go to

Original English Version

1. “Wuthering” being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Go to

2. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan. Go to

3. A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney: it sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were all together - I, a little removed from the hearth, busy at my knitting, and Joseph reading his Bible near the table (for the servants generally sat in the house then, after their work was done). Go to

strainers /ˈstreɪnərz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: coadores, peneiras

Simple English: kitchen tools used to separate liquids from solids by filtering

Example: I saw no shine of copper pans or tin strainers on the walls.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Here they simply call it "the house." Usually this room would include both kitchen and sitting room, but at Wuthering Heights I think the kitchen has been moved somewhere else entirely - I could hear voices talking and pots and pans clattering somewhere deep inside, but I saw no sign of cooking, boiling, or baking near the huge fireplace, and no shine of copper pans or tin strainers on the walls. Go to

strangled /ˈstræŋɡəld/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: estrangulado; sufocado

Simple English: Killed or stopped by pressing the throat.

Example: The cry was strangled in his throat.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "If that little devil had gotten in through the window, she probably would have strangled me!" I answered. Go to

Original English Version

1. “If the little fiend had got in at the window, she probably would have strangled me!” I returned. Go to

stretch /strɛtʃ/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: esticar; estiramento; trecho

Simple English: To extend body or body parts to full length.

Example: Before running, it is important to stretch your muscles properly.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. They must have strong, clean wind up there at all times - you can guess how powerful the north wind is, blowing over the hilltop, just by looking at how far a few small, twisted fir trees lean at the end of the house, and by a row of bare thorn bushes that all stretch their branches one way, as if begging the sun for help. Go to

2. Luckily, the dogs seemed more interested in stretching their paws, yawning, and wagging their tails than in actually attacking me, but they would not let me get up, and I had to lie there until their spiteful masters chose to free me. Go to

strict /strɪkt/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: estrita; rigoroso; rígidas

Simple English: Absolute rules that must always be obeyed.

Example: The school has strict rules about student behavior during classes.

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1. He did not forget me either, because he had a kind heart, though he could be strict sometimes. Go to

2. He constantly worried the master about the state of his soul and about raising his children strictly. Go to

3. Now, Mr. Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children - he had always been strict and serious with them. Go to

stroking /ˈstroʊkɪŋ/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: acariciando; afagando

Simple English: Moving your hand gently over something again and again.

Example: He sat stroking the dog behind the ears.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I remember the master, before he fell into a light sleep, stroking her pretty hair - it rarely pleased him so much to see her gentle - and saying, "Why can't you always be a good girl, Cathy?" And she turned her face up to him, laughed, and answered, "Why can't you always be a good man, father?" But as soon as she saw he was upset again, she kissed his hand and said she would sing him to sleep. Go to

Original English Version

1. I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair - it pleased him rarely to see her gentle - and saying, “Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?” And she turned her face up to his, and laughed, and answered, “Why cannot you always be a good man, father?” But as soon as she saw him vexed again, she kissed his hand, and said she would sing him to sleep. Go to

structure /ˈstrʌktʃər/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: estrutura; estruturar

Simple English: Anything that is built from various components, like a building or bridge.

Example: The new structure in the park will serve as a community center.

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1. The roof itself had no ceiling covering it; you could see its whole structure, except where a wooden frame loaded with oatcakes and legs of beef, lamb, and ham blocked the view. Go to

struggle /ˈstrʌɡəl/ (14 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: luta; lutar; esforço

Simple English: A great effort to fight back or break free.

Example: He had to struggle against the strong current to swim back to the shore.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Snow lay deep on our path, and as we struggled along, my companion kept complaining that I had not brought a walking staff, telling me I could never get into the house without one, and proudly showing off a heavy wooden club, which I understood to be what he meant. Go to

2. "Who are you?" I asked, still struggling to free myself. Go to

stuffing /ˈstʌfɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: enchendo; entupindo

Simple English: Pushing a lot of something into a small space.

Example: He was stuffing papers into his bag.

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1. He cast a sinister look at the little flame which I had enticed to play between the ribs, swept the cat from its elevation, and bestowing himself in the vacancy, commenced the operation of stuffing a three-inch pipe with tobacco. Go to

stunted /ˈstʌntɪd/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: atrofiado, de crescimento reduzido

Simple English: having failed to grow to a normal size, especially due to harsh conditions

Example: One may guess the power of the north wind by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs.

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Original English Version

1. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Go to

sturdy /ˈstɜːrdi/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: robusto; resistente

Simple English: strong, solid, and reliable.

Example: He was and always had been a sturdy, reliable little chap.

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1. This was Zillah, the sturdy housekeeper, who finally came out to find out what all the noise was about. Go to

subject /səbˈdʒɛkt/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: assunto; sujeito; objecto

Simple English: The topic being discussed or studied.

Example: History is my favorite subject.

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1. I found him quite intelligent about the subjects we talked about, and before I went home, I felt encouraged enough to offer to visit again the next day. Go to

2. I suppose Catherine did carry out her plan, because the next sentence moved to a different subject: she became tearful. Go to

3. A Religious Sermon given by the Reverend Jabez Branderham, in the Chapel of Gimmerden Sough." And while I was, half-awake, trying to guess what Jabez Branderham would say about this subject, I sank back into bed and fell asleep. Go to

4. "A good subject to start with! Go to

sufferers /ˈsʌfərərz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: pessoas que sofrem

Simple English: People who are experiencing pain or trouble.

Example: The Doctor cared for the sick and the sufferers.

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1. Fellow sufferers, attack him! Go to

sulking /ˈsʌlkɪŋ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: emburrado; amuado

Simple English: Being silently bad-tempered because of disappointment or anger.

Example: He sat sulking in the corner after the argument.

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1. I bowed and returned the toast, starting to realize it would be foolish to sit there sulking because of a pack of dogs. Go to

Original English Version

1. I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn. Go to

sullen /ˈsʌlən/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sombrio e mal-humorado

Simple English: quietly angry, gloomy, and unwilling to respond

Example: The boy gave her a sullen look.

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1. He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment: he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame. Go to

2. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. Go to

sullenly /ˈsʌlənli/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sombria e mal-humoradamente

Simple English: in a gloomy and quietly angry way

Example: He sullenly agreed to leave.

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1. When he saw my horse’s breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court, - “Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood’s horse; and bring up some wine.” Go to

superstitious /ˌsuːpərˈstɪʃəs/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: supersticioso

Simple English: Believing that certain things bring good or bad luck.

Example: He is superstitious about walking under ladders.

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1. My landlord did something superstitious that did not match how sensible he usually seemed. Go to

surround /səˈraʊnd/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: surround; cercam; rodeiam

Simple English: To be all around something or someone on every side.

Example: The garden is surrounded by a tall stone wall for privacy.

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1. But after dinner (note: I eat between twelve and one o'clock; the housekeeper, an older woman who came with the house, could not or would not understand my request to be served at five) - while going up the stairs with this lazy plan, I stepped into the room and saw a servant girl on her knees, surrounded by brushes and coal buckets, raising a terrible dust as she put out the fire with piles of ash. Go to

2. And yet I would say that, surrounded by your family, with your pleasant wife at the heart of your home - " Go to

3. Two curved benches almost surrounded the fireplace. Go to

suspiciously /səˈspɪʃəsli/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desconfiadamente; com desconfiança

Simple English: In a way that shows you do not trust someone.

Example: He looked suspiciously at the stranger.

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1. He had no idea how warmly I felt towards him when I saw his dark eyes pull back so suspiciously under his eyebrows as I rode up, and when his fingers hid themselves, almost jealously, deeper into his waistcoat as I told him my name. Go to

Original English Version

1. He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name. Go to

swamps /swɑːmps/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pântanos

Simple English: Wet soft land covered with plants and standing water.

Example: They crossed dark swamps on their way south.

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1. I had noticed, on one side of the road, a line of upright stones placed every six or seven yards along the whole path - these were put there and painted with white lime to act as guides in the dark, and also for times like now, when heavy snow made it hard to tell the safe path from the dangerous swamps on either side. Go to

Original English Version

1. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road. Go to

swapping /ˈswɒpɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: trocando

Simple English: Swapping means exchanging things with another person.

Example: They were swapping stories by the fire.

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1. I was surprised to see how calmly the child got himself up and continued with what he had planned to do - swapping saddles and everything - and then he sat down on a pile of hay to recover from the shock of the hard hit, before going into the house. Go to

swears /swerz/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: jura; pragueja

Simple English: Swears means makes a serious promise or uses rude language.

Example: He swears that he saw the ship leave.

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1. He has been blaming our father - how could he! - for spoiling Heathcliff too much, and swears he will put him back in his proper place - " Go to

Original English Version

1. He has been blaming our father (how dared he?) for treating H. too liberally; and swears he will reduce him to his right place - ” Go to

sweetest /ˈswiːtɪst/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: o mais encantador; o mais lindo

Simple English: The most pleasant or lovely of all.

Example: It was the sweetest little room in the world.

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1. In the end she understood, and gave me a look back - the sweetest look you could imagine. Go to

2. She was a wild, naughty girl, but she had the prettiest eyes, the sweetest smile, and the lightest step in the whole area. Go to

Original English Version

1. I “never told my love” vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears: she understood me at last, and looked a return - the sweetest of all imaginable looks. Go to

2. A wild, wicked slip she was - but she had the bonniest eye, the sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish: and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her. Go to

swirl /swɜːrl/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: redemoinho de ar ou pó

Simple English: A twisting movement of water, air or dust.

Example: A swirl of snow blew round the corner.

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1. What I saw was troubling: dark night falling early, and sky and hills mixing together in a fierce swirl of wind and choking snow. Go to

sympathized /ˈsɪmpəθaɪzd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: demonstrou solidariedade; compreendeu

Simple English: Felt or showed understanding and support for someone.

Example: No one sympathized with his attempt to find a quiet place for the seals.

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1. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, then went on to the inner room, while she sympathized with me over my sorry state and, once she had done as he ordered and I felt somewhat better, showed me to bed. Go to

target /ˈtɑːrɡɪt/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: alvo; destino; meta

Simple English: To aim attacks at a specific object or location.

Example: The military must target specific locations to minimize civilian casualties.

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1. I felt my heels and coat were the main targets, and while I fought off the bigger dogs as well as I could with the fire poker, I was forced to shout loudly for help from the household to stop the chaos. Go to

tearful /ˈtɪrfəl/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: lacrimoso; em lágrimas

Simple English: Crying, or close to crying.

Example: She gave a tearful goodbye.

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1. I suppose Catherine did carry out her plan, because the next sentence moved to a different subject: she became tearful. Go to

teller's /ˈtɛlərz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: do contador (de histórias/sorte)

Simple English: Possessive form of 'teller', as in 'fortune-teller's son'.

Example: He looks just like the fortune-teller's son who stole my pet pheasant.

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1. He looks just like the fortune-teller's son who stole my pet pheasant. Go to

thorn /θɔːrn/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: espinho

Simple English: A sharp point growing on the stem of a plant.

Example: A thorn had gone deep into her thumb.

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1. They must have strong, clean wind up there at all times - you can guess how powerful the north wind is, blowing over the hilltop, just by looking at how far a few small, twisted fir trees lean at the end of the house, and by a row of bare thorn bushes that all stretch their branches one way, as if begging the sun for help. Go to

thorns /θɔːrnz/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: espinhos

Simple English: Sharp points that grow on some plants.

Example: The thorns tore her long sleeve.

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Original English Version

1. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Go to

threaten /ˈθrɛtn/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ameaçar

Simple English: To declare intention to harm if demands are unmet.

Example: They threaten to cancel the event if the conditions are not met.

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1. Then, hatless and shaking with anger, I ordered the creatures to let me out, threatening them if they kept me one more minute, with several wild, half-formed threats of revenge that sounded almost like something out of King Lear. Go to

2. Hindley calls him a tramp, and won't let him sit with us or eat with us anymore, and says he and I must not play together, and threatens to throw him out of the house if we disobey. Go to

3. And if I tell about these hits, you'll get punished for them, with interest." "Get away, dog!" Hindley shouted, threatening him with a heavy iron weight used for weighing potatoes and hay. Go to

thrushcross /ˈθrʌʃkrɒs/ (52 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Thrushcross (nome próprio, sem tradução)

Simple English: Part of the name 'Thrushcross Grange', the Linton family's estate in Wuthering Heights.

Example: 'I hope I have not caused you any trouble by asking so much to rent Thrushcross Grange.'

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1. I wanted to visit you as soon as I could after arriving, to say that I hope I have not caused you any trouble by asking so much to rent Thrushcross Grange. Go to

2. "Thrushcross Grange belongs to me, sir," he broke in, looking annoyed. Go to

3. We did not talk much, and he stopped at the entrance to Thrushcross Park, saying I could not get lost from there. Go to

4. And I would like to know the story of that pretty young widow - whether she was born around here, or, more likely, is an outsider that the unfriendly local people won't accept as family." With this in mind, I asked Mrs. Dean why Heathcliff rented out Thrushcross Grange, and chose to live in a place that was so much worse. Go to

5. But he is very stingy with money, and if he had planned to move to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant, he could not bear to miss the chance to earn a few hundred pounds more by renting it out. Go to

6. "No accident, I hope?" "At Thrushcross Grange," he answered. Go to

Original English Version

1. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts - ” Go to

2. “Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir,” he interrupted, wincing. Go to

3. We exchanged little conversation, and he halted at the entrance of Thrushcross Park, saying, I could make no error there. Go to

4. And that pretty girl-widow, I should like to know her history: whether she be a native of the country, or, as is more probable, an exotic that the surly indigenae will not recognise for kin.” With this intention I asked Mrs. Dean why Heathcliff let Thrushcross Grange, and preferred living in a situation and residence so much inferior. Go to

5. Yes, yes, he’s rich enough to live in a finer house than this: but he’s very near - close-handed; and, if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant he could not have borne to miss the chance of getting a few hundreds more. Go to

6. “No accident, I hope?” “At Thrushcross Grange,” he answered; “and I would have been there too, but they had not the manners to ask me to stay.” “Well, you will catch it!” I said: “you’ll never be content till you’re sent about your business. Go to

thundered /ˈθʌndərd/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: trovejou; bradou

Simple English: Said something in a very loud deep voice.

Example: The captain thundered his orders.

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1. “What can you mean by talking in this way to me!” thundered Heathcliff with savage vehemence. Go to

tins /tɪnz/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: latas

Simple English: Small metal containers used for keeping food.

Example: They packed several tins of food for the trip.

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1. Above the fireplace hung several old, rough-looking guns and a pair of horse pistols, and, as decoration, three brightly painted tins were placed along the shelf. Go to

2. "You should not have come out," she said, standing up and reaching for two of the painted tins on the mantelpiece. Go to

3. The tins were almost out of her reach, so I made a move to help her, but she turned on me the way a miser might turn on someone trying to help count his gold. Go to

tiresome /ˈtaɪərsəm/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cansativo; irritante

Simple English: Making someone bored, tired, or annoyed.

Example: The long delay was tiresome.

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1. He was, and probably still is, the most tiresome, self-righteous, holier-than-thou man who ever searched a Bible to find blessings for himself and curses for his neighbors. Go to

title /ˈtaɪtəl/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: título; denominação

Simple English: Name given to a book, movie, or other work.

Example: The title of the book was intriguing and made me curious to read it.

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1. I saw a red decorated title - "Seventy Times Seven, and the First of the Seventy-First. Go to

tough /tʌf/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: difícil; resistente; duro

Simple English: Strong or difficult.

Example: This is a tough problem.

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1. Joseph was an elderly man - no, an old man, a very old man, though still strong and tough. Go to

toughness /ˈtʌfnəs/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: dureza; resistência

Simple English: The quality of being strong, durable, or able to endure hardship.

Example: The ghost of his rough youth returned with its old toughness.

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1. Cathy and her brother gave me terrible trouble, while he was as uncomplaining as a lamb - though it was toughness, not gentleness, that made him easy to care for. Go to

tramp /træmp/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: andarilho; caminhante

Simple English: A person who walks long distances with no fixed home.

Example: A tramp slept under the bridge.

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1. Hindley calls him a tramp, and won't let him sit with us or eat with us anymore, and says he and I must not play together, and threatens to throw him out of the house if we disobey. Go to

trembled /ˈtrɛmbəld/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tremeu; vacilou

Simple English: Shook because of fear or strong feeling.

Example: The old house trembled when the train passed.

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1. There she sat shivering, holding her hands together, and asking again and again, "Have they left yet?" Then she began describing, very emotionally, how upset she felt seeing the color black, and she jumped, trembled, and finally started crying. Go to

Original English Version

1. I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly - “Are they gone yet?” Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping - and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying! Go to

trembling /ˈtrɛmblɪŋ/ (17 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: trêmulo; que treme

Simple English: Shaking a little because of fear, cold or strong feeling.

Example: His hands were trembling when he opened the letter.

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1. The little witch put a pretend cruelty into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with real fear, hurried out, praying and muttering "wicked" as he went. Go to

Original English Version

1. The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out, praying, and ejaculating “wicked” as he went. Go to

2. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Go to

troublemaker /ˈtrʌbəlmeɪkər/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: encrenqueiro; arruaceiro

Simple English: A person who often causes problems for others.

Example: The teacher moved the troublemaker to the front.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. She thought someone had attacked me violently, and, not daring to blame her master, she turned her sharp tongue on the younger troublemaker instead. Go to

tyrant /ˈtaɪrənt/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tirano; déspota

Simple English: A ruler or a person who uses power cruelly and unfairly.

Example: The island was ruled by a tyrant for thirty years.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "'You forget you have a master here,' says the tyrant. Go to

Original English Version

1. “‘You forget you have a master here,’ says the tyrant. Go to

uncombed /ʌnˈkoʊmd/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: despenteado

Simple English: not arranged or made neat with a comb

Example: His hands were unwashed, his few straggling locks uncombed.

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1. His thick brown hair was messy and uncombed, his side-whiskers grew wild over his cheeks, and his hands were browned like a labourer's. Go to

2. So, not to mention his clothes, which had spent three months in mud and dust, and his thick, uncombed hair, his face and hands were covered in dirt. Go to

Original English Version

1. Therefore, not to mention his clothes, which had seen three months’ service in mire and dust, and his thick uncombed hair, the surface of his face and hands was dismally beclouded. Go to

uncomplaining /ʌnkəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: resignado

Simple English: enduring pain or difficulty without expressing complaint

Example: Dear one, give me your great patience, which can support a cheerful, uncomplaining spirit in the prison of pain.

Use in this Book:

Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Cathy and her brother gave me terrible trouble, while he was as uncomplaining as a lamb - though it was toughness, not gentleness, that made him easy to care for. Go to

Original English Version

1. Cathy and her brother harassed me terribly: he was as uncomplaining as a lamb; though hardness, not gentleness, made him give little trouble. Go to

uncontrollable /ˌʌnkənˈtroʊləbəl/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: incontrolável

Simple English: Impossible to stop or to control.

Example: She was shaken by uncontrollable laughter.

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1. He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears. Go to

undressed /ʌnˈdrest/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: despido; sem curativo

Simple English: With the clothes taken off, or with no bandage on a wound.

Example: The child was undressed and put to bed.

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1. I warned him to be careful not to wake the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued: "Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to walk around freely, and when we saw the lights of the Grange, we thought we would go and see whether the Lintons spent their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, singing and laughing, and sitting close to the fire. Go to

Original English Version

1. I bid him beware of rousing the master, and while he undressed and I waited to put out the candle, he continued - “Cathy and I escaped from the wash-house to have a ramble at liberty, and getting a glimpse of the Grange lights, we thought we would just go and see whether the Lintons passed their Sunday evenings standing shivering in corners, while their father and mother sat eating and drinking, and singing and laughing, and burning their eyes out before the fire. Go to

unfairly /ʌnˈfɛrli/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: injustamente

Simple English: In a way that is not right or equal.

Example: He felt he had been treated unfairly.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Miss Cathy and he became very close, but Hindley hated him, and to be honest, so did I. We were unkind to him and treated him badly, because I was not fair-minded enough to see that this was wrong, and the mistress never said a word in his defense when she saw him treated unfairly. Go to

2. When Mrs. Earnshaw died, less than two years later, the young master had come to see his father as someone who treated him unfairly rather than as a friend, and he saw Heathcliff as someone who had stolen his father's love and his own privileges. Go to

unfriendly /ʌnˈfrɛndli/ (11 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: hostil; pouco amigável

Simple English: Not kind or pleasant to others.

Example: He growled at the Scarecrow in an unfriendly way.

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1. I felt curious about a man who seemed even more unfriendly than I am. Go to

2. Above it, among a mess of crumbling stone figures and little boys, I noticed the date "1500" and the name "Hareton Earnshaw." I would have liked to ask some questions and hear a short history of the place from its unfriendly owner, but the way he stood at the door seemed to demand that I either go in quickly or leave completely, and I did not want to make him more impatient before I had even seen inside. Go to

3. "What on earth is going on?" he asked, looking at me in a way I could hardly stand after such unfriendly treatment. Go to

4. "You deserve to be alone forever, for being so unfriendly. Go to

5. "They are not mine," said my unfriendly hostess, in a tone even colder than Heathcliff's. Go to

6. He gave an unfriendly look at the small fire I had managed to light, pushed the cat off its spot, sat down in its place, and began filling a pipe with tobacco. Go to

unhappiness /ʌnˈhæpinəs/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: infelicidade; tristeza

Simple English: The state of being sad.

Example: I will bear all the unhappiness without a word.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I believed his unhappiness in old age and illness came from disagreements in the family, and he seemed to believe that too - but really, sir, it was just his weak body failing. Go to

unkind /ʌnˈkaɪnd/ (12 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cruel; maldoso; sem bondade

Simple English: Not kind; causing hurt to others.

Example: He took care never to be unkind to anything.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Miss Cathy and he became very close, but Hindley hated him, and to be honest, so did I. We were unkind to him and treated him badly, because I was not fair-minded enough to see that this was wrong, and the mistress never said a word in his defense when she saw him treated unfairly. Go to

unkindness /ʌnˈkaɪndnəs/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: crueldade

Simple English: unkind behavior or words

Example: His unkindness hurt the child.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. As punishment for my cowardice and unkindness, I was sent out of the house. Go to

unknown (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desconhecido

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I suddenly felt very interested in this unknown Catherine, and I began trying to read her faded handwriting. Go to

unloved /ʌnˈlʌvd/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: não amado

Simple English: not loved by anyone

Example: The child felt unloved at home.

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1. Many times I cried quietly to myself, watching them become more and more reckless every day, and not daring to say a word, afraid of losing the small amount of influence I still had over the two unloved children. Go to

unluckily /ʌnˈlʌkɪli/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: infelizmente

Simple English: because of bad luck

Example: Unluckily, the train had already left.

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1. Unluckily, it was actually a pile of dead rabbits. Go to

Original English Version

1. Unluckily, it was a heap of dead rabbits. Go to

unnatural /ʌnˈnætʃərəl/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: antinatural; artificial; desumano

Simple English: Not normal, or not the way nature usually works.

Example: The room was filled with an unnatural silence.

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1. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Go to

unpleasantly /ʌnˈplɛzəntli/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: desagradavelmente

Simple English: in an unpleasant way

Example: The room was unpleasantly cold.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I listened doubtfully for a moment, worked out what was making the noise, then turned over and dozed off again, dreaming once more - if possible, even more unpleasantly than before. Go to

unspeakable /ʌnˈspiːkəbəl/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: indescritível

Simple English: too great or intense to be expressed in words

Example: To my unspeakable relief, the noise finally woke me.

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1. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. Go to

unsuitable /ʌnˈsuːtəbəl/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: inadequado; impróprio

Simple English: not right or proper for a person, purpose or occasion

Example: He is so unsuitable in every way, you know.

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1. "'A wicked boy, in any case,' said the old lady, 'and completely unsuitable for a respectable house! Go to

untidy /ʌnˈtaɪdi/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desarrumado; desordenado

Simple English: Not clean and not in good order.

Example: His untidy room made his mother angry.

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1. He is perhaps a little untidy, but it does not look bad on him, because he has a straight, handsome figure, and he seems rather bad-tempered. Go to

2. Since I could not open the chain, I jumped over the gate and ran up the stone path lined with untidy gooseberry bushes, knocking uselessly for someone to let me in, until my knuckles hurt and the dogs howled. Go to

untie /ʌnˈtaɪ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: desatar; desamarrar

Simple English: To open a knot and free something.

Example: Please untie the rope from the post.

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1. Heathcliff had gone to untie the horse and move it to his own stall. Go to

2. Ellen, help Miss Catherine take off her things - wait, dear, you'll mess up your curls - let me untie your hat.'" Go to

Original English Version

1. Ellen, help Miss Catherine off with her things - Stay, dear, you will disarrange your curls - let me untie your hat.” Go to

unwashed /ʌnˈwɑʃt/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: não lavado; sujo

Simple English: not washed, and so still dirty

Example: He could see only the empty table and the unwashed window-pane.

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1. Then it hit me - "The rough man beside me, drinking his tea from a bowl and eating his bread with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff's son, of course. Go to

Original English Version

1. Then it flashed upon me - “The clown at my elbow, who is drinking his tea out of a basin and eating his bread with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff junior, of course. Go to

unwell /ʌnˈwel/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: indisposto; adoentado

Simple English: Not in good health.

Example: He felt unwell and went to bed.

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1. I put it out, and, feeling quite unwell from the cold and lingering sickness, sat up and opened the damaged book on my knee. Go to

2. Miss Cathy had been unwell, which made her quiet - she leaned against her father's knee, and Heathcliff lay on the floor with his head in her lap. Go to

unworthy /ʌnˈwɜːrði/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: indignas; sem valor

Simple English: Not deserving respect or a good thing.

Example: He felt unworthy of such kindness.

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1. Let me hope my constitution is almost peculiar: my dear mother used to say I should never have a comfortable home; and only last summer I proved myself perfectly unworthy of one. Go to

uproar /ˈʌprɔːr/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: alvoroço; algazarra; clamor

Simple English: A loud noise of protest or excitement from many people.

Example: The decision caused an uproar in the village.

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1. And what had caused this huge uproar? Go to

Original English Version

1. This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar. Go to

urge /ɜːrdʒ/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: exortar; instar; impulso

Simple English: To strongly recommend or encourage someone to take action.

Example: I urge you to apply for that scholarship before the deadline.

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1. But I did not know what these signs meant, and I felt no urge to feel sorry for her. Go to

uselessly /ˈjuːsləsli/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: inutilmente; em vão

Simple English: In a way that has no effect and serves no purpose.

Example: He pulled uselessly at the locked handle.

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1. Since I could not open the chain, I jumped over the gate and ran up the stone path lined with untidy gooseberry bushes, knocking uselessly for someone to let me in, until my knuckles hurt and the dogs howled. Go to

wading /ˈweɪdɪŋ/ (3 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: atravessando a água a pé

Simple English: walking through water or something that slows you down

Example: In another stride it was wading halfway across.

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1. I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights. Go to

wagging /ˈwæɡɪŋ/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: abanando; balançando

Simple English: Moving quickly from side to side, as the tail of a dog does.

Example: The dog came in wagging its tail.

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1. Luckily, the dogs seemed more interested in stretching their paws, yawning, and wagging their tails than in actually attacking me, but they would not let me get up, and I had to lie there until their spiteful masters chose to free me. Go to

waistcoat /ˈwɛskət/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: colete

Simple English: A short jacket without sleeves worn over a shirt.

Example: He wore a blue waistcoat to the wedding.

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1. He had no idea how warmly I felt towards him when I saw his dark eyes pull back so suspiciously under his eyebrows as I rode up, and when his fingers hid themselves, almost jealously, deeper into his waistcoat as I told him my name. Go to

Original English Version

1. He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name. Go to

wandered /ˈwɑːndərd/ (14 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: vagou; perambulou

Simple English: Walked around slowly with no clear plan.

Example: We wandered through the market all morning.

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1. It was so dark I could not find the way out, and as I wandered around, I overheard another example of how politely they treated each other. Go to

Original English Version

1. It was so dark that I could not see the means of exit; and, as I wandered round, I heard another specimen of their civil behaviour amongst each other. Go to

2. I began to nod drowsily over the dim page: my eye wandered from manuscript to print. Go to

3. At last, our curate (we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons and Earnshaws, and farming his bit of land himself) advised that the young man should be sent to college; and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit, for he said - “Hindley was nought, and would never thrive as where he wandered.” Go to

warmed /wɔːrmd/ (5 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: aqueceu

Simple English: Made someone or something less cold.

Example: The fire warmed her and made her feel less lonely.

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1. He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name. Go to

warmly /ˈwɔːrmli/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: calorosamente; com cordialidade

Simple English: In a friendly, kind way.

Example: Come along, said the Scarecrow warmly.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He had no idea how warmly I felt towards him when I saw his dark eyes pull back so suspiciously under his eyebrows as I rode up, and when his fingers hid themselves, almost jealously, deeper into his waistcoat as I told him my name. Go to

wavy /ˈweɪvi/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: ondulado

Simple English: Having gentle curves like small waves.

Example: She had long wavy brown hair.

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1. It was a good thing he did, because the whole hillside looked like one white, wavy sea - the hills and hollows in the snow did not match the real shape of the ground. Go to

weakness /ˈwiːknəs/ (9 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: fraqueza; debilidade; ponto fraco

Simple English: Lack of ability, power, or effectiveness; flaw present.

Example: Understanding your weakness can help you improve in your personal and professional life.

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1. "Seventy times seven times you twisted your face while yawning - seventy times seven times I discussed it with my own soul - well, this is just human weakness, and it too can be forgiven! Go to

weeping /ˈwiːpɪŋ/ (19 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: chorando

Simple English: Crying, with tears.

Example: She sat weeping by the fire.

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1. I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly - “Are they gone yet?” Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping - and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying! Go to

2. Edgar stood on the hearth weeping silently, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping; which, from their mutual accusations, we understood they had nearly pulled in two between them. Go to

wetter /ˈwɛtər/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: mais molhado; mais úmido

Simple English: more covered with water than something else

Example: Her ankles were getting wetter in the rain.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. A pleasant idea - and then, if the grumpy old man comes in, he might think his prediction has come true - we can hardly be wetter or colder in the rain than we are right here." Go to

whiskers /ˈwɪskərz/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: bigodes; suíças

Simple English: The hair growing on a man's face, or the long hairs on an animal's face.

Example: The soldier with the green whiskers came in.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. His thick brown hair was messy and uncombed, his side-whiskers grew wild over his cheeks, and his hands were browned like a labourer's. Go to

Original English Version

1. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Go to

whisper /ˈwɪspər/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sussurro; sussurrar; cochichar

Simple English: To speak very quietly so others nearby cannot easily hear.

Example: She had to whisper so the teacher wouldn’t hear their conversation.

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1. Finally, he said, in a half-whisper, clearly not expecting an answer, Go to

whispered /ˈwɪspərd/ (57 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: sussurraram; cochicharam

Simple English: Spoke very quietly, so that few people could hear.

Example: They stopped and whispered among themselves.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I thought something was wrong when he put the candle back down, and grabbing each child by the arm, he whispered for them to go quietly upstairs - they could pray alone that evening - he had something to do. Go to

2. 'Run, Heathcliff, run!' she whispered. Go to

3. 'That's Miss Earnshaw!' he whispered to his mother. Go to

Original English Version

1. I thought there was something wrong as he set down the light; and seizing the children each by an arm, whispered them to “frame upstairs, and make little din - they might pray alone that evening - he had summut to do.” Go to

2. ‘Run, Heathcliff, run!’ she whispered. Go to

3. ‘That’s Miss Earnshaw!’ he whispered to his mother, ‘and look how Skulker has bitten her - how her foot bleeds!’ Go to

wick /wɪk/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: pavio

Simple English: The string in a candle or lamp that burns.

Example: He trimmed the wick of the lamp.

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1. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Go to

willing /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: disposto; desejando; querendo

Simple English: Ready and enthusiastic to do something or agree.

Example: She is willing to help us with the project this weekend.

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1. As she led the way upstairs, she told me to hide the candle and make no noise, because her master had strange feelings about the room she was putting me in and never willingly let anyone stay there. Go to

winking /ˈwɪŋkɪŋ/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: cintilantes; que piscam

Simple English: Closing and opening one eye quickly as a sign.

Example: He kept winking at the other man.

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1. Not wanting to get near their teeth, I sat still, but thinking they would not understand silent insults, I made the mistake of winking and making faces at them, and something about my expression annoyed the mother dog so much that she suddenly attacked and jumped onto my knees. Go to

Original English Version

1. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. Go to

2. He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment: he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame. Go to

wiping /ˈwaɪpɪŋ/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: enxugando; limpando

Simple English: Rubbing something to make it clean or dry.

Example: The Lion spoke, wiping a tear from his eye.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. I sat there shaking, still wiping the sweat from my forehead. Go to

2. I thought, from the movement of the shadow of his arm, that he was wiping a tear from his eyes. Go to

Original English Version

1. I sat shuddering, yet, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead: the intruder appeared to hesitate, and muttered to himself. Go to

wrap /ræp/ (8 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: envoltório; embrulhar; enrole

Simple English: To cover an object in paper, fabric, or material.

Example: I will wrap the gift carefully before the party starts.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. "And at the end of it, I was nearly scared to death!" he said, opening his big coat, which he was holding wrapped up in his arms. Go to

wretch /retʃ/ (16 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: infeliz; desgraçado; miserável

Simple English: A person you pity, or one you despise.

Example: The poor wretch had not eaten for two days.

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1. A stranger is a stranger, be he rich or poor: it will not suit me to permit any one the range of the place while I am off guard!” said the unmannerly wretch. Go to

2. I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk. Go to

wretched /ˈretʃɪd/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: miserável; desgraçado; péssimo

Simple English: Very unhappy, or of very poor quality.

Example: We spent a wretched night in a cold tent.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. You will pay me for the trouble of always having you in front of me - do you hear me, wretched girl?" Go to

Original English Version

1. “Wretched inmates!” I ejaculated, mentally, “you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality. Go to

wrinkled /ˈrɪŋkəld/ (2 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: enrugado

Simple English: Covered with small lines and folds.

Example: Behind the screen stood a little man with a wrinkled face.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. She threw the tea back into the tin, spoon and all, and sat back down in her chair, annoyed, her forehead wrinkled and her red lower lip pushed out like a child about to cry. Go to

wrongdoings /ˈrɔŋˌduːɪŋz/ (1 occurrence in the simplified text)

Português: más ações; delitos

Simple English: bad or illegal acts that someone has done

Example: Their master was coming to punish their wrongdoings.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. They were very strange sins - odd wrongdoings I had never imagined before. Go to

wronged /rɔːŋd/ (10 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: prejudiquei; fiz mal a

Simple English: Treated someone in an unfair way.

Example: He said he had never wronged anyone.

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1. Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley hated him: and to say the truth I did the same; and we plagued and went on with him shamefully: for I wasn’t reasonable enough to feel my injustice, and the mistress never put in a word on his behalf when she saw him wronged. Go to

wrongs /rɔːŋz/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: injustiças; ofensas

Simple English: Bad or unfair things done to people.

Example: He wanted to repair the wrongs of the past.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. He became bitter, thinking constantly about these wrongs. Go to

wuthering /ˈwʌðərɪŋ/ (122 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: tempestuoso

Simple English: a Yorkshire dialect adjective describing the turbulent, blustery weather to which a house's exposed station is subject; it names Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling, Wuthering Heights.

Example: Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's house. Go to

2. "Wuthering" is a local word that describes the noisy, stormy weather the place gets in bad conditions. Go to

3. Here they simply call it "the house." Usually this room would include both kitchen and sitting room, but at Wuthering Heights I think the kitchen has been moved somewhere else entirely - I could hear voices talking and pots and pans clattering somewhere deep inside, but I saw no sign of cooking, boiling, or baking near the huge fireplace, and no shine of copper pans or tin strainers on the walls. Go to

4. I almost decided to stay by my study fire instead of walking through mud and rough grass to Wuthering Heights. Go to

5. "Well, yes - oh, I see, you mean that her spirit now acts as a guardian angel, watching over Wuthering Heights even though her body is gone. Go to

6. Anyway, whatever path I took, the clock struck twelve as I entered the house, which meant exactly one hour for every mile of the normal way from Wuthering Heights. Go to

Original English Version

1. Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff’s dwelling. Go to

2. “Wuthering” being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Go to

3. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Go to

4. I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights. Go to

5. “Well, yes - oh, you would intimate that her spirit has taken the post of ministering angel, and guards the fortunes of Wuthering Heights, even when her body is gone. Go to

6. At any rate, whatever were my wanderings, the clock chimed twelve as I entered the house; and that gave exactly an hour for every mile of the usual way from Wuthering Heights. Go to

yawned /jɔːnd/ (4 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: bocejou

Simple English: Opened the mouth wide because of being tired.

Example: He stretched and yawned.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. How I twisted, yawned, nodded off, and woke up again! Go to

Original English Version

1. How I writhed, and yawned, and nodded, and revived! Go to

yawning /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ (6 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: bocejando

Simple English: Opening the mouth wide because of being tired.

Example: He sat down, yawning.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Luckily, the dogs seemed more interested in stretching their paws, yawning, and wagging their tails than in actually attacking me, but they would not let me get up, and I had to lie there until their spiteful masters chose to free me. Go to

2. "Seventy times seven times you twisted your face while yawning - seventy times seven times I discussed it with my own soul - well, this is just human weakness, and it too can be forgiven! Go to

Original English Version

1. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Go to

yelping /ˈjelpɪŋ/ (7 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: ganindo; latindo agudo

Simple English: Making short high cries, as a dog in pain or excitement.

Example: The yelping dogs ran ahead of the sledge.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. Edgar stood by the fireplace crying quietly, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping - from what they were saying to each other, we understood they had nearly pulled it apart between them. Go to

Original English Version

1. Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don’t think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping. Go to

2. Edgar stood on the hearth weeping silently, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping; which, from their mutual accusations, we understood they had nearly pulled in two between them. Go to

zillah /ˈzɪlə/ (68 occurrences in the simplified text)

Português: Zillah

Simple English: the name of a household servant mentioned among the people living in the house

Example: There is only him, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph, and me.

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Simplified (B1) English Version

1. There is only him, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph, and me. Go to

2. This was Zillah, the sturdy housekeeper, who finally came out to find out what all the noise was about. Go to

3. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, then went on to the inner room, while she sympathized with me over my sorry state and, once she had done as he ordered and I felt somewhat better, showed me to bed. Go to

4. "It was your servant Zillah," I answered, dropping onto the floor and quickly putting my clothes back on. Go to

5. Zillah was pushing flames up the chimney with a huge pair of bellows, and Mrs. Heathcliff was kneeling by the fire, reading a book by its light. Go to

6. He stood by the fire with his back to me, just finishing an angry argument with poor Zillah, who kept stopping her work to lift the corner of her apron and let out an angry groan. Go to

Original English Version

1. There is himself, Earnshaw, Zillah, Joseph and I. Which would you have?” Go to

2. This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar. Go to

3. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she condoled with me on my sorry predicament, and having obeyed his orders, whereby I was somewhat revived, ushered me to bed. Go to

4. “It was your servant Zillah,” I replied, flinging myself on to the floor, and rapidly resuming my garments. Go to

5. It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. Go to

6. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan. Go to

Original Text: Rare Words (1/5)

Compact help for additional rare words found only in the original text. Each entry gives the spelling, pronunciation, common Portuguese meanings and one exact return to the source paragraph.

abduction /æbˈdʌkʃən/ — sequestro; rapto. I warn you to refrain from provoking me, or I’ll ask your abduction as a special favour! Return to Original English Version

abode /əˈboʊd/ — morada; habitação. But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. Return to Original English Version

abominable /əˈbɑːmɪnəbəl/ — abominável; detestável. ‘They have let the bull-dog loose, and he holds me!’ The devil had seized her ankle, Nelly: I heard his abominable snorting. Return to Original English Version

absented /æbˈsɛntɪd/ — ausentou-se; afastou-se. He would not even have seen after their going to church on Sundays, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order Heathcliff a flogging, and Catherine a fast from dinner or supper. Return to Original English Version

absolved /əbˈzɑːlvd/ — absolvido. “Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage - seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul - Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved! Return to Original English Version

abstain /əbˈsteɪn/ — abster-se. In the absence of clear proofs of his condition, I deemed it best to abstain from noticing his curious conduct; and, five minutes afterwards, the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me, in some measure, from my uncomfortable state. Return to Original English Version

accommodations /əˌkɑːməˈdeɪʃənz/ — acomodações; alojamento; arranjos. “As to staying here, I don’t keep accommodations for visitors: you must share a bed with Hareton or Joseph, if you do.” Return to Original English Version

actuate /ˈæktʃueɪt/ — motivar. Mr. Heathcliff may have entirely dissimilar reasons for keeping his hand out of the way when he meets a would-be acquaintance, to those which actuate me. Return to Original English Version

adieux /əˈdjuːz/ — adeuses; despedidas. Our adieux were limited to a hasty bow, and then I pushed forward, trusting to my own resources; for the porter’s lodge is untenanted as yet. Return to Original English Version

adjective /ˈædʒɪktɪv/ — adjetivo. “Wuthering” being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Return to Original English Version

adjourned /əˈdʒɜːrnd/ — adiado; suspenso. I bid them be quiet, now that they saw me returned, and, benumbed to my very heart, I dragged upstairs; whence, after putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro thirty or forty minutes, to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too much so to enjoy the cheerful fire and smoking coffee which the servant had prepared for my refreshment. Return to Original English Version

admittance /ədˈmɪtəns/ — admissão; entrada. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Return to Original English Version

affirmed /əˈfɜːrmd/ — afirmou. He got through, and the doctor affirmed it was in a great measure owing to me, and praised me for my care. Return to Original English Version

affirming /əˈfɜːrmɪŋ/ — afirmando. I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of “Catherine Linton” before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control. Return to Original English Version

afore /əˈfɔːr/ — antes, forma popular de before. Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

afresh /əˈfrɛʃ/ — de novo; novamente; do início. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. Return to Original English Version

agait /əˈɡeɪt/ — em andamento. “Well, Mr. Earnshaw,” she cried, “I wonder what you’ll have agait next? Return to Original English Version

aggravate /ˈæɡrəveɪt/ — agravar; irritar. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Return to Original English Version

agitation /ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃən/ — agitação; inquietação. The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded. Return to Original English Version

agreeable /əˈɡriːəbəl/ — agradável; aceitável. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Return to Original English Version

ailing /ˈeɪlɪŋ/ — adoentado. Now, Mr. Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children: he had always been strict and grave with them; and Catherine, on her part, had no idea why her father should be crosser and less patient in his ailing condition than he was in his prime. Return to Original English Version

ajar /əˈdʒɑːr/ — entreaberto. I reached this book, and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door ajar to give me light, and I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my companion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman’s cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter. Return to Original English Version

alms /ɑːmz/ — esmolas. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Return to Original English Version

amiable /ˈeɪmiəbəl/ — amável; afável. “They are not mine,” said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied. Return to Original English Version

amiss /əˈmɪs/ — errado; fora do lugar. He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman: that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure; and rather morose. Return to Original English Version

annihilate /əˈnaɪəleɪt/ — aniquilar; exterminar. I did, though: I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom; and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. Return to Original English Version

annum /ˈænəm/ — ano (latim, em per annum: por ano). The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. Return to Original English Version

anon /əˈnɒn/ — anônimo. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan. Return to Original English Version

appellation /ˌæpəˈleɪʃən/ — denominação; designação. I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of “Catherine Linton” before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control. Return to Original English Version

arm's /ɑːrmz/ — do braço (em arm's reach: ao alcance do braço). “Always at nine in winter, and rise at four,” said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, by the motion of his arm’s shadow, dashing a tear from his eyes. Return to Original English Version

aroused /əˈraʊzd/ — despertado; estimulado; exaltado. This proceeding aroused the whole hive: half-a-dozen four-footed fiends, of various sizes and ages, issued from hidden dens to the common centre. Return to Original English Version

ascending /əˈsɛndɪŋ/ — subindo; ascendente. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Return to Original English Version

ascent /əˈsent/ — subida; ascensão. We were both of us nodding ere any one invaded our retreat, and then it was Joseph, shuffling down a wooden ladder that vanished in the roof, through a trap: the ascent to his garret, I suppose. Return to Original English Version

ascribed /əˈskraɪbd/ — atribuído. This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. Return to Original English Version

assailant /əˈseɪlənt/ — agressor; atacante. With that concluding word, the whole assembly, exalting their pilgrim’s staves, rushed round me in a body; and I, having no weapon to raise in self-defence, commenced grappling with Joseph, my nearest and most ferocious assailant, for his. Return to Original English Version

asseverated /əˈsɛvəreɪtɪd/ — afirmou solenemente; asseverou. “Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. Return to Original English Version

assiduity /ˌæsɪˈdjuːəti/ — assiduidade; diligência. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

assuredly /əˈʃʊrɪdli/ — certamente; sem dúvida. “Not my son, assuredly.” Return to Original English Version

astir /əˈstɜːr/ — de pé; em movimento; alvoroçado. It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. Return to Original English Version

atrocious /əˈtroʊʃəs/ — atroz; abominável. Hindley is a detestable substitute - his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious - H. and I are going to rebel - we took our initiatory step this evening. Return to Original English Version

audible /ˈɔːdəbəl/ — audível. He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either to box his ears or render my hilarity audible. Return to Original English Version

austere /ɔːˈstɪr/ — austero; severo; despojado. When the preparations were finished, he invited me with - “Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal. Return to Original English Version

aversion /əˈvɜːrʒən/ — aversão; repulsa. Possibly, some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort: I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling - to manifestations of mutual kindliness. Return to Original English Version

awakened /əˈweɪkənd/ — acordou; foi acordada; despertou. Scarcely were these words uttered when I recollected the association of Heathcliff’s with Catherine’s name in the book, which had completely slipped from my memory, till thus awakened. Return to Original English Version

bairns /bɛərnz/ — crianças; meninos. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors: she did fly up, asking how he could fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house, when they had their own bairns to feed and fend for? Return to Original English Version

baiting /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/ — provocando; atormentando; açulamento. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Return to Original English Version

banished /ˈbænɪʃt/ — baniu; banido; desterrado. One Sunday evening, it chanced that they were banished from the sitting-room, for making a noise, or a light offence of the kind; and when I went to call them to supper, I could discover them nowhere. Return to Original English Version

banishment /ˈbænɪʃmənt/ — banimento; exílio. On coming back a few days afterwards (for I did not consider my banishment perpetual), I found they had christened him “Heathcliff”: it was the name of a son who died in childhood, and it has served him ever since, both for Christian and surname. Return to Original English Version

barren /ˈbærən/ — estéreis; improdutivos. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road. Return to Original English Version

basked /bæskt/ — aqueceu-se; tomou sol; desfrutou. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Return to Original English Version

bearishly /ˈbeərɪʃli/ — de modo hirsuto, como um urso. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

beclouded /bɪˈklaʊdɪd/ — encoberta por nuvens. Therefore, not to mention his clothes, which had seen three months’ service in mire and dust, and his thick uncombed hair, the surface of his face and hands was dismally beclouded. Return to Original English Version

befriend /bɪˈfrend/ — fazer amizade com; ajudar. At first the young man appeared about to befriend me. Return to Original English Version

beggarly /ˈbeɡərli/ — miserável; mesquinho. “And I pray that he may break your neck: take him, and be damned, you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has: only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan. - And take that, I hope he’ll kick out your brains!” Return to Original English Version

begone /bɪˈɡɒn/ — vá embora!. “Begone!” I shouted. Return to Original English Version

beheld /bɪˈhɛld/ — viu; contemplou. He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name. Return to Original English Version

beholding /bɪˈhoʊldɪŋ/ — contemplando; que enxerga ao longe. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Return to Original English Version

belied /bɪˈlaɪd/ — desmentia; contradizia. I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. Return to Original English Version

benefactor /ˈbɛnəˌfæktər/ — benfeitor. He was not insolent to his benefactor, he was simply insensible; though knowing perfectly the hold he had on his heart, and conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obliged to bend to his wishes. Return to Original English Version

beneficent /bəˈnefɪsənt/ — benfazejo; benéfico. “Ah, certainly - I see now: you are the favoured possessor of the beneficent fairy,” I remarked, turning to my neighbour. Return to Original English Version

benevolent /bɪˈnɛvələnt/ — benevolente; bondoso. I don’t know what would have concluded the scene, had there not been one person at hand rather more rational than myself, and more benevolent than my entertainer. Return to Original English Version

benumbed /bɪˈnʌmd/ — entorpecido. I bid them be quiet, now that they saw me returned, and, benumbed to my very heart, I dragged upstairs; whence, after putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro thirty or forty minutes, to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too much so to enjoy the cheerful fire and smoking coffee which the servant had prepared for my refreshment. Return to Original English Version

bestow /bɪˈstoʊ/ — conceder; outorgar; dar. No, I’m running on too fast: I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him. Return to Original English Version

bestowed /bɪˈstoʊd/ — concedeu; outorgou. Cathy, catching a glimpse of her friend in his concealment, flew to embrace him; she bestowed seven or eight kisses on his cheek within the second, and then stopped, and drawing back, burst into a laugh, exclaiming, “Why, how very black and cross you look! and how - how funny and grim! Return to Original English Version

bestowing /bɪˈstoʊɪŋ/ — concedendo; outorgando. He cast a sinister look at the little flame which I had enticed to play between the ribs, swept the cat from its elevation, and bestowing himself in the vacancy, commenced the operation of stuffing a three-inch pipe with tobacco. Return to Original English Version

billowy /ˈbɪloʊi/ — ondulante; encapelado. It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday’s walk left pictured in my mind. Return to Original English Version

bleeds /bliːdz/ — sangra. ‘That’s Miss Earnshaw!’ he whispered to his mother, ‘and look how Skulker has bitten her - how her foot bleeds!’ Return to Original English Version

blotted /ˈblɒtɪd/ — borrou; apagou. It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday’s walk left pictured in my mind. Return to Original English Version

blubbered /ˈblʌbərd/ — choramingou; soluçou. The former was a boy of fourteen, but when he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the great-coat, he blubbered aloud; and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip in attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing; earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners. Return to Original English Version

blunder /ˈblʌndər/ — erro grosseiro; gafe. Perceiving myself in a blunder, I attempted to correct it. Return to Original English Version

blustered /ˈblʌstərd/ — esbravejou; falou grosso. A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney: it sounded wild and stormy, yet it was not cold, and we were all together - I, a little removed from the hearth, busy at my knitting, and Joseph reading his Bible near the table (for the servants generally sat in the house then, after their work was done). Return to Original English Version

boastfully /ˈboʊstfəli/ — com vanglória; de modo arrogante. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. Return to Original English Version

bonniest /ˈbɑːniɪst/ — o mais bonito; o mais saudável. A wild, wicked slip she was - but she had the bonniest eye, the sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish: and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her. Return to Original English Version

bonny /ˈbɑːni/ — bonito; formoso; saudável. One fine summer morning - it was the beginning of harvest, I remember - Mr. Earnshaw, the old master, came downstairs, dressed for a journey; and, after he had told Joseph what was to be done during the day, he turned to Hindley, and Cathy, and me - for I sat eating my porridge with them - and he said, speaking to his son, “Now, my bonny man, I’m going to Liverpool to-day, what shall I bring you? Return to Original English Version

boor /bʊr/ — grosseirão. Here is the consequence of being buried alive: she has thrown herself away upon that boor from sheer ignorance that better individuals existed! Return to Original English Version

bordered /ˈbɔːrdərd/ — margeava; ladeava; contornava. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Return to Original English Version

bordering /ˈbɔːrdərɪŋ/ — que faz fronteira com; margeando. My neighbour struck me as bordering on repulsive; I knew, through experience, that I was tolerably attractive. Return to Original English Version

bough /baʊ/ — galho grande. This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. Return to Original English Version

bounding /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/ — saltando; pulando; correndo aos saltos. I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. Return to Original English Version

bracing /ˈbreɪsɪŋ/ — preparando-se; revigorante. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Return to Original English Version

breathless /ˈbrɛθləs/ — sem fôlego; suspensos. “Throw it,” he replied, standing still, “and then I’ll tell how you boasted that you would turn me out of doors as soon as he died, and see whether he will not turn you out directly.” Hindley threw it, hitting him on the breast, and down he fell, but staggered up immediately, breathless and white; and, had not I prevented it, he would have gone just so to the master, and got full revenge by letting his condition plead for him, intimating who had caused it. Return to Original English Version

brindled /ˈbrɪndəld/ — tigrado; rajado. Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew. Return to Original English Version

briskly /ˈbrɪskli/ — rapidamente; com energia; a passo firme. Having no desire to be entertained by a cat-and-dog combat, I stepped forward briskly, as if eager to partake the warmth of the hearth, and innocent of any knowledge of the interrupted dispute. Return to Original English Version

brooad /brɔːd/ — largo. Miss Cathy’s riven th’ back off “Th’ Helmet o’ Salvation,” un’ Heathcliff’s pawsed his fit into t’ first part o’ “T’ Brooad Way to Destruction!” It’s fair flaysome that ye let ’em go on this gait. Return to Original English Version

brood /bruːd/ — ninhada; prole; remoer pensamentos. You might as well leave a stranger with a brood of tigers!” Return to Original English Version

bundled /ˈbʌndəld/ — enfiou às pressas; empacotou. “And at the end of it to be flighted to death!” he said, opening his great-coat, which he held bundled up in his arms. Return to Original English Version

burnished /ˈbɜːrnɪʃt/ — polido; brunido; lustroso. I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. Return to Original English Version

bursting /ˈbɜːrstɪŋ/ — morrendo de vontade; a ponto de estourar. He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears. Return to Original English Version

bustled /ˈbʌsəld/ — azafamou-se; andou apressado. The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire; my head felt hot, and the rest of me chill: moreover, I was excited, almost to a pitch of foolishness, through my nerves and brain. Return to Original English Version

canine /ˈkeɪnaɪn/ — canino. I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. Return to Original English Version

canister /ˈkænɪstər/ — lata; recipiente cilíndrico. There was no reply to my question; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning a bundle of matches which had fallen from the chimney-piece as she restored the tea-canister to its place. Return to Original English Version

canisters /ˈkænɪstərz/ — latas; recipientes cilíndricos. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. Return to Original English Version

canst /kænst/ — podes. I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair - it pleased him rarely to see her gentle - and saying, “Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?” And she turned her face up to his, and laughed, and answered, “Why cannot you always be a good man, father?” But as soon as she saw him vexed again, she kissed his hand, and said she would sing him to sleep. Return to Original English Version

caprice /kəˈpriːs/ — capricho; veneta. Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!” The spectre showed a spectre’s ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light. Return to Original English Version

caress /kəˈres/ — acariciar; afagar. I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. Return to Original English Version

caricature /ˈkærɪkətʃər/ — caricatura. At the top of an extra page (quite a treasure, probably, when first lighted on) I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of my friend Joseph, - rudely, yet powerfully sketched. Return to Original English Version

casement /ˈkeɪsmənt/ — janela de batente; caixilho. This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. Return to Original English Version

catechised /ˈkætɪkaɪzd/ — interrogado; catequizado. Or reading sermons, and being catechised by their man-servant, and set to learn a column of Scripture names, if they don’t answer properly?” “Probably not,” I responded. Return to Original English Version

causeway /ˈkɔːzweɪ/ — estrada elevada; passadiço; dique. When he saw my horse’s breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court, - “Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood’s horse; and bring up some wine.” Return to Original English Version

cautiously /ˈkɔːʃəsli/ — cautelosamente. I descended cautiously to the lower regions, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire, raked compactly together, enabled me to rekindle my candle. Return to Original English Version

chanced /tʃænst/ — aconteceu por acaso; calhou de. One Sunday evening, it chanced that they were banished from the sitting-room, for making a noise, or a light offence of the kind; and when I went to call them to supper, I could discover them nowhere. Return to Original English Version

changeling /ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ/ — criança trocada por fadas. And that minx, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or however she was called - she must have been a changeling - wicked little soul! Return to Original English Version

chaplain /ˈtʃæplɪn/ — capelão. “‘Maister Hindley!’ shouted our chaplain. Return to Original English Version

charitably /ˈtʃærɪtəbli/ — benevolentemente. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Return to Original English Version

chide /tʃaɪd/ — censurar; ralhar com. She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face. Return to Original English Version

chided /ˈtʃaɪdɪd/ — ralhou; censurou. The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account. Return to Original English Version

childer /ˈtʃɪldər/ — crianças. Shame on ye! sit ye down, ill childer! there’s good books eneugh if ye’ll read ’em: sit ye down, and think o’ yer sowls!’ Return to Original English Version

chimed /tʃaɪmd/ — soou; deu badaladas. At any rate, whatever were my wanderings, the clock chimed twelve as I entered the house; and that gave exactly an hour for every mile of the usual way from Wuthering Heights. Return to Original English Version

chipping /ˈtʃɪpɪŋ/ — lascamento; talhando. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

christendom /ˈkrɪsəndəm/ — cristandade. I did, though: I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom; and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. Return to Original English Version

christened /ˈkrɪsənd/ — batizado; nomeado. On coming back a few days afterwards (for I did not consider my banishment perpetual), I found they had christened him “Heathcliff”: it was the name of a son who died in childhood, and it has served him ever since, both for Christian and surname. Return to Original English Version

churl /tʃɜːrl/ — grosseirão; camponês rude. “He must have had some ups and downs in life to make him such a churl. Return to Original English Version

churlish /ˈtʃɜːrlɪʃ/ — rude; grosseiro. “Wretched inmates!” I ejaculated, mentally, “you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality. Return to Original English Version

cinders /ˈsɪndərz/ — cinzas grossas; brasas apagadas. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. Return to Original English Version

civilities /sɪˈvɪlətiz/ — cortesias; gentilezas. He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. Return to Original English Version

clatter /ˈklætər/ — estrondo; estrépito; barulho de coisas caindo. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Return to Original English Version

clergyman /ˈklɜːrdʒimən/ — clérigo; pastor. The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. Return to Original English Version

clergyman's /ˈklɜːrdʒimənz/ — do clérigo; do pastor. The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. Return to Original English Version

clinging /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/ — agarrando-se; aderente. Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging to the ledge, and we saw - ah! it was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers. Return to Original English Version

cocks /kɑːks/ — galos. What vain weather-cocks we are! Return to Original English Version

colossal /kəˈlɑːsəl/ — colossal; descomunal. It opened into the house, where the females were already astir; Zillah urging flakes of flame up the chimney with a colossal bellows; and Mrs. Heathcliff, kneeling on the hearth, reading a book by the aid of the blaze. Return to Original English Version

combatants /kəmˈbætənts/ — combatentes. I felt my heels and coat-laps peculiar subjects of assault; and parrying off the larger combatants as effectually as I could with the poker, I was constrained to demand, aloud, assistance from some of the household in re-establishing peace. Return to Original English Version

commendations /ˌkɒmənˈdeɪʃənz/ — elogios; louvores. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. Return to Original English Version

compactly /kəmˈpæktli/ — de modo compacto; firmemente junto. I descended cautiously to the lower regions, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire, raked compactly together, enabled me to rekindle my candle. Return to Original English Version

companionable /kəmˈpænjənəbəl/ — de boa companhia. She returned presently, bringing a smoking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable. Return to Original English Version

complexioned /kəmˈplekʃənd/ — de tez (clara, escura). She was rather thin, but young, and fresh-complexioned, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. Return to Original English Version

compounded /kəmˈpaʊndɪd/ — preparado; misturado (remédio). It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the “missis,” an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. Return to Original English Version

concealment /kənˈsiːlmənt/ — ocultação; dissimulação. Cathy, catching a glimpse of her friend in his concealment, flew to embrace him; she bestowed seven or eight kisses on his cheek within the second, and then stopped, and drawing back, burst into a laugh, exclaiming, “Why, how very black and cross you look! and how - how funny and grim! Return to Original English Version

condescendingly /ˌkɑːndɪˈsendɪŋli/ — com ares de superioridade. “Shake hands, Heathcliff,” said Mr. Earnshaw, condescendingly; “once in a way, that is permitted.” Return to Original English Version

condoled /kənˈdoʊld/ — prestou condolências. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she condoled with me on my sorry predicament, and having obeyed his orders, whereby I was somewhat revived, ushered me to bed. Return to Original English Version

confluence /ˈkɑːnfluəns/ — confluência. In the confluence of the multitude, several clubs crossed; blows, aimed at me, fell on other sconces. Return to Original English Version

confound /kənˈfaʊnd/ — maldito seja; que te levem. “Oh, God confound you, Mr. Lockwood! Return to Original English Version

confounded /kənˈfaʊndɪd/ — confuso; perplexo; maldito. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road. Return to Original English Version

conjectured /kənˈdʒektʃərd/ — conjecturou; supôs. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Return to Original English Version

conjectures /kənˈdʒektʃərz/ — conjecturas; hipóteses. “Unhappy in your conjectures, sir,” observed my host; “we neither of us have the privilege of owning your good fairy; her mate is dead. Return to Original English Version

constrained /kənˈstreɪnd/ — constrangido; obrigado por regra. I felt my heels and coat-laps peculiar subjects of assault; and parrying off the larger combatants as effectually as I could with the poker, I was constrained to demand, aloud, assistance from some of the household in re-establishing peace. Return to Original English Version

contented /kənˈtɛntɪd/ — satisfeito; contente. Hindley and Cathy contented themselves with looking and listening till peace was restored: then, both began searching their father’s pockets for the presents he had promised them. Return to Original English Version

contort /kənˈtɔːt/ — distorcer. “Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage - seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul - Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved! Return to Original English Version

contrived /kənˈtraɪvd/ — deu um jeito de; forjado; artificioso. By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained. Return to Original English Version

convulsions /kənˈvʌlʃənz/ — convulsões; abalos violentos. “And who showed you up into this room?” he continued, crushing his nails into his palms, and grinding his teeth to subdue the maxillary convulsions. Return to Original English Version

coolly /ˈkuːlli/ — friamente; com calma; com indiferença. I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, and went on with his intention; exchanging saddles and all, and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, before he entered the house. Return to Original English Version

coom /kuːm/ — vir/vim. ‘Maister, coom hither! Return to Original English Version

copestone /ˈkoʊpstoʊn/ — pedra de remate; acabamento final. On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation. Return to Original English Version

copious /ˈkoʊpiəs/ — copioso; abundante. The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded. Return to Original English Version

correcting /kəˈrektɪŋ/ — corrigindo. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. Return to Original English Version

corroborating /kəˈrɑːbəreɪtɪŋ/ — corroborando; confirmando. Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law,” said Heathcliff, corroborating my surmise. Return to Original English Version

corrugated /ˈkɔːrəɡeɪtɪd/ — corrugado; enrugado. She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child’s ready to cry. Return to Original English Version

cot /kɑːt/ — catre; cama estreita. He hailed me to follow him, and, after marching through a wash-house, and a paved area containing a coal-shed, pump, and pigeon-cot, we at length arrived in the huge, warm, cheerful apartment where I was formerly received. Return to Original English Version

countenance /ˈkaʊntənəns/ — semblante; rosto; compostura. The apartment and furniture would have been nothing extraordinary as belonging to a homely, northern farmer, with a stubborn countenance, and stalwart limbs set out to advantage in knee-breeches and gaiters. Return to Original English Version

cram /kræm/ — de decoreba (em cram-books). I did, though: I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom; and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. Return to Original English Version

croaks /kroʊks/ — coaxos; grasnidos. He tears down my handiwork, boxes my ears, and croaks: Return to Original English Version

crouched /kraʊtʃt/ — agachou-se; encolheu-se. The worthy woman bustled off, and I crouched nearer the fire; my head felt hot, and the rest of me chill: moreover, I was excited, almost to a pitch of foolishness, through my nerves and brain. Return to Original English Version

cudgel /ˈkʌdʒəl/ — cacete; porrete. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. Return to Original English Version

cuffed /kʌft/ — algemou; golpeou. “You must exchange horses with me: I don’t like mine; and if you won’t I shall tell your father of the three thrashings you’ve given me this week, and show him my arm, which is black to the shoulder.” Hindley put out his tongue, and cuffed him over the ears. Return to Original English Version

cullenders /ˈkʌləndərz/ — escorredores. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Return to Original English Version

culpable /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ — culpado; censurável. “‘What culpable carelessness in her brother!’ exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine. Return to Original English Version

curs /kɜːrz/ — vira-latas; cães desprezíveis. I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn. Return to Original English Version

cutters /ˈkʌtərz/ — cortadores. “No wonder the grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters.” Return to Original English Version

damnable /ˈdæmnəbəl/ — execrável; maldito. You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight - do you hear, damnable jade?” Return to Original English Version

damper /ˈdæmpər/ — desânimo; algo que esfria o entusiasmo. A pleasant suggestion - and then, if the surly old man come in, he may believe his prophecy verified - we cannot be damper, or colder, in the rain than we are here.” Return to Original English Version

damsel /ˈdæmzəl/ — donzela; jovem mulher. He might well skulk behind the settle, on beholding such a bright, graceful damsel enter the house, instead of a rough-headed counterpart of himself, as he expected. Return to Original English Version

daresay /ˌderˈseɪ/ — atrevo-me a dizer; suponho. We might have got on tolerably, notwithstanding, but for two people - Miss Cathy, and Joseph, the servant: you saw him, I daresay, up yonder. Return to Original English Version

darr /dɑː/ — ousar. “‘T’ maister nobbut just buried, and Sabbath not o’ered, und t’ sound o’ t’ gospel still i’ yer lugs, and ye darr be laiking! Return to Original English Version

dashing /ˈdæʃɪŋ/ — correndo; precipitando-se; garboso. “Always at nine in winter, and rise at four,” said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, by the motion of his arm’s shadow, dashing a tear from his eyes. Return to Original English Version

daubed /dɔːbd/ — borrado; pintado grosseiramente. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road. Return to Original English Version

decamp /dɪˈkæmp/ — ir embora. I confess it with shame - shrunk icily into myself, like a snail; at every glance retired colder and farther; till finally the poor innocent was led to doubt her own senses, and, overwhelmed with confusion at her supposed mistake, persuaded her mamma to decamp. Return to Original English Version

deceived /dɪˈsiːvd/ — enganado. He complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, that I really thought him not vindictive: I was deceived completely, as you will hear. Return to Original English Version

decidedly /dɪˈsaɪdɪdli/ — decididamente. Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. Return to Original English Version

decipher /dɪˈsaɪfər/ — decifrar. An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics. Return to Original English Version

decorum /dɪˈkɔːrəm/ — decoro. Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities: Heathcliff placed his fists, out of temptation, in his pockets; Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay. Return to Original English Version

defying /dɪˈfaɪɪŋ/ — desafiando; resistindo a. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Return to Original English Version

deigned /deɪnd/ — dignou-se a. I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance. Return to Original English Version

delf /dɛlf/ — louça de faiança. Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention. Return to Original English Version

delightedly /dɪˈlaɪtɪdli/ — encantado; com deleite. Hindley lifted her from her horse, exclaiming delightedly, “Why, Cathy, you are quite a beauty! Return to Original English Version

delightfully /dɪˈlaɪtfəli/ — encantadoramente. It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the “missis,” an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. Return to Original English Version

delusion /dɪˈluːʒən/ — ilusão. One was about forty: a period of mental vigour at which men seldom cherish the delusion of being married for love by girls: that dream is reserved for the solace of our declining years. Return to Original English Version

demolish /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃ/ — demolir. ‘I’ll demolish the first who puts me out of temper! Return to Original English Version

denominated /dɪˈnɑːmɪneɪtɪd/ — denominado; chamado de. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. Return to Original English Version

denounce /dɪˈnaʊns/ — denunciar. I was condemned to hear all out: finally, he reached the “First of the Seventy-First.” At that crisis, a sudden inspiration descended on me; I was moved to rise and denounce Jabez Branderham as the sinner of the sin that no Christian need pardon. Return to Original English Version

dens /denz/ — covis; antros. This proceeding aroused the whole hive: half-a-dozen four-footed fiends, of various sizes and ages, issued from hidden dens to the common centre. Return to Original English Version

depressions /dɪˈpreʃənz/ — depressões; rebaixamentos. It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday’s walk left pictured in my mind. Return to Original English Version

desirous /dɪˈzaɪrəs/ — desejoso. “It is only your guest, sir,” I called out, desirous to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further. Return to Original English Version

desisting /dɪˈsɪstɪŋ/ — desistindo; cessando. She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face. Return to Original English Version

desolation /ˌdesəˈleɪʃən/ — desolação; devastação; solidão. A perfect misanthropist’s Heaven - and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. Return to Original English Version

detestable /dɪˈtestəbəl/ — detestável. Hindley is a detestable substitute - his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious - H. and I are going to rebel - we took our initiatory step this evening. Return to Original English Version

deuce /duːs/ — diabo; diacho. The “walk in” was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself. Return to Original English Version

devoid /dɪˈvɔɪd/ — desprovido; totalmente sem. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

devouring /dɪˈvaʊərɪŋ/ — devorador. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Return to Original English Version

diabolical /ˌdaɪəˈbɑːlɪkəl/ — diabólico. “My amiable lady!” he interrupted, with an almost diabolical sneer on his face. Return to Original English Version

didst /dɪdst/ — ouviste (forma arcaica de did). “Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage - seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul - Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved! Return to Original English Version

dilapidation /dɪˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən/ — dilapidação. Catherine’s library was select, and its state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used, though not altogether for a legitimate purpose: scarcely one chapter had escaped a pen-and-ink commentary - at least the appearance of one - covering every morsel of blank that the printer had left. Return to Original English Version

dilating /daɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ — dilatando; expandindo-se; discorrendo longamente. He glanced over the back of the bench, dilating his nostrils, and thought as little of exchanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. Return to Original English Version

dine /daɪn/ — jantar; comer a refeição principal. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. Return to Original English Version

dingy /ˈdɪndʒi/ — encardido; sujo e desbotado. I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. Return to Original English Version

dins /dɪnz/ — barulhos. “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

disadvantages /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪdʒɪz/ — desvantagens. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

disagreeable /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbəl/ — desagradável; incômodo. I stared - she stared also: at any rate, she kept her eyes on me in a cool, regardless manner, exceedingly embarrassing and disagreeable. Return to Original English Version

disagreeably /ˌdɪsəˈɡriːəbli/ — desagradavelmente. I listened doubtingly an instant; detected the disturber, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before. Return to Original English Version

disarrange /ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒ/ — desorganizar. Ellen, help Miss Catherine off with her things - Stay, dear, you will disarrange your curls - let me untie your hat.” Return to Original English Version

discerned /dɪˈsɜːrnd/ — discerniu; distinguido. As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child’s face looking through the window. Return to Original English Version

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discomfiture /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃər/ — embaraço; desconcerto. “Heathcliff, you may come forward,” cried Mr. Hindley, enjoying his discomfiture, and gratified to see what a forbidding young blackguard he would be compelled to present himself. Return to Original English Version

discontent /ˌdɪskənˈtent/ — descontentamento. I fancied the discontent of age and disease arose from his family disagreements; as he would have it that it did: really, you know, sir, it was in his sinking frame. Return to Original English Version

discoursing /dɪsˈkɔːrsɪŋ/ — discorrendo; discursando. By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained. Return to Original English Version

disengage /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ — desvencilhar-se; separar. “Who are you?” I asked, struggling, meanwhile, to disengage myself. Return to Original English Version

dismal /ˈdɪzməl/ — sombrio; desolador. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time. Return to Original English Version

dismally /ˈdɪzməli/ — tristemente; lugubremente. Therefore, not to mention his clothes, which had seen three months’ service in mire and dust, and his thick uncombed hair, the surface of his face and hands was dismally beclouded. Return to Original English Version

disparity /dɪˈspærəti/ — disparidade; diferença. I might have seen there was too great a disparity between the ages of the parties to make it likely that they were man and wife. Return to Original English Version

dispel /dɪˈspel/ — dissipar; afastar. I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it. Return to Original English Version

disposition /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/ — temperamento; índole. By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate. Return to Original English Version

dissimilar /dɪˈsɪmələr/ — dissemelhante. Mr. Heathcliff may have entirely dissimilar reasons for keeping his hand out of the way when he meets a would-be acquaintance, to those which actuate me. Return to Original English Version

disturber /dɪˈstɜːrbər/ — perturbadora. I listened doubtingly an instant; detected the disturber, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before. Return to Original English Version

dived /daɪvd/ — mergulhou; enfiou-se. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Return to Original English Version

diverting /daɪˈvɜːrtɪŋ/ — divertido; desviando. There was no reply to my question; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning a bundle of matches which had fallen from the chimney-piece as she restored the tea-canister to its place. Return to Original English Version

divil /ˈdɪvəl/ — diabo (grafia irlandesa de devil). Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

doleful /ˈdoʊlfəl/ — lúgubre; lamentoso. I seemed to keep them closed above a quarter of an hour; yet, the instant I listened again, there was the doleful cry moaning on! Return to Original English Version

domestic's /dəˈmestɪks/ — do empregado doméstico. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

domestics /dəˈmestɪks/ — criados; empregados domésticos. “Here we have the whole establishment of domestics, I suppose,” was the reflection suggested by this compound order. Return to Original English Version

domineer /ˌdɒmɪˈnɪər/ — dominar com arrogância. This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. Return to Original English Version

dote /dəʊt/ — adorar; ser extremamente afeiçoado. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. Return to Original English Version

doubtingly /ˈdaʊtɪŋli/ — com desconfiança. I listened doubtingly an instant; detected the disturber, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before. Return to Original English Version

dreadfully /ˈdrɛdfəli/ — terrivelmente; extremamente. It was a Testament, in lean type, and smelling dreadfully musty: a fly-leaf bore the inscription - “Catherine Earnshaw, her book,” and a date some quarter of a century back. Return to Original English Version

dreamt /drɛmt/ — sonhou; sonhado. I listened doubtingly an instant; detected the disturber, then turned and dozed, and dreamt again: if possible, still more disagreeably than before. Return to Original English Version

drowsily /ˈdraʊzɪli/ — sonolentamente. I began to nod drowsily over the dim page: my eye wandered from manuscript to print. Return to Original English Version

dunnock /ˈdʌnək/ — ferreirinha. And Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock! Return to Original English Version

earshot /ˈɪəʃɒt/ — alcance da voz; distância de ouvir. He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern. Return to Original English Version

ech /ɛx/ — ah. Ech! th’ owd man wad ha’ laced ’em properly - but he’s goan!’ Return to Original English Version

effectually /ɪˈfektʃuəli/ — eficazmente; de fato. I felt my heels and coat-laps peculiar subjects of assault; and parrying off the larger combatants as effectually as I could with the poker, I was constrained to demand, aloud, assistance from some of the household in re-establishing peace. Return to Original English Version

egress /ˈiːɡres/ — saída. I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch, made a movement to follow him. Return to Original English Version

ejaculated /ɪˈdʒækjəleɪtɪd/ — exclamou de repente; bradou. “Wretched inmates!” I ejaculated, mentally, “you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality. Return to Original English Version

ejaculating /ɪˈdʒækjuleɪtɪŋ/ — exclamando de repente. The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out, praying, and ejaculating “wicked” as he went. Return to Original English Version

ejaculation /ɪˌdʒækjəˈleɪʃən/ — exclamação súbita; brado. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Return to Original English Version

eloquence /ˈeləkwəns/ — eloquência. I imagined, for a moment, that this piece of eloquence was addressed to me; and, sufficiently enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal with an intention of kicking him out of the door. Return to Original English Version

embalming /ɪmˈbɑːmɪŋ/ — embalsamamento. I have passed it really in my walks, twice or thrice; it lies in a hollow, between two hills: an elevated hollow, near a swamp, whose peaty moisture is said to answer all the purposes of embalming on the few corpses deposited there. Return to Original English Version

embrowned /ɪmˈbraʊnd/ — escurecido; bronzeado. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

eminently /ˈemɪnəntli/ — eminentemente; notavelmente. One step brought us into the family sitting-room, without any introductory lobby or passage: they call it here “the house” pre-eminently. Return to Original English Version

ems /əmz/ — coisas (trecos). The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - “Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ’ems goan out! Return to Original English Version

enchanting /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ — encantador; fascinante. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. Return to Original English Version

encroached /ɪnˈkrəʊtʃt/ — invadiu; avançou sobre. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

endeavoured /ɪnˈdevərd/ — esforçou-se; procurou. I thought her conduct must be prompted by a species of dreary fun; and, now that we were alone, I endeavoured to interest her in my distress. Return to Original English Version

eneugh /ɪˈnʊx/ — suficientes. Shame on ye! sit ye down, ill childer! there’s good books eneugh if ye’ll read ’em: sit ye down, and think o’ yer sowls!’ Return to Original English Version

enraged /ɪnˈreɪdʒd/ — enfurecido; encolerizado. I imagined, for a moment, that this piece of eloquence was addressed to me; and, sufficiently enraged, stepped towards the aged rascal with an intention of kicking him out of the door. Return to Original English Version

ensconcing /ɪnˈskɑːnsɪŋ/ — acomodando-se; instalando-se. “Take the road you came,” she answered, ensconcing herself in a chair, with a candle, and the long book open before her. Return to Original English Version

ensued /ɪnˈsuːd/ — seguiu-se; sobreveio. There ensued a pause. Return to Original English Version

entertainer /ˌentərˈteɪnər/ — artista; animador. I don’t know what would have concluded the scene, had there not been one person at hand rather more rational than myself, and more benevolent than my entertainer. Return to Original English Version

enticed /ɪnˈtaɪst/ — atraiu; seduziu. He cast a sinister look at the little flame which I had enticed to play between the ribs, swept the cat from its elevation, and bestowing himself in the vacancy, commenced the operation of stuffing a three-inch pipe with tobacco. Return to Original English Version

epithet /ˈepɪθet/ — epíteto; qualificativo. “And you, you worthless - ” he broke out as I entered, turning to his daughter-in-law, and employing an epithet as harmless as duck, or sheep, but generally represented by a dash - . Return to Original English Version

ere /ɪə/ — aqui. We were both of us nodding ere any one invaded our retreat, and then it was Joseph, shuffling down a wooden ladder that vanished in the roof, through a trap: the ascent to his garret, I suppose. Return to Original English Version

erecting /ɪˈrektɪŋ/ — erguendo; construindo. Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. Return to Original English Version

esteemed /ɪˈstiːmd/ — apreciou; teve em boa conta. My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he silently applied the tube to his lips, folded his arms, and puffed away. Return to Original English Version

eternally /ɪˈtɜːrnəli/ — eternamente; sem parar. You shall pay me for the plague of having you eternally in my sight - do you hear, damnable jade?” Return to Original English Version

evinced /ɪˈvɪnst/ — evidenciou; manifestado. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Return to Original English Version

evincing /ɪˈvɪnsɪŋ/ — evidenciando; dando mostras de. A few words from her, evincing a dislike to Heathcliff, were enough to rouse in him all his old hatred of the boy. Return to Original English Version

exaggeratedly /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪdli/ — exageradamente. The “walk in” was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself. Return to Original English Version

exalting /ɪɡˈzɔːltɪŋ/ — exaltando; enaltecendo. With that concluding word, the whole assembly, exalting their pilgrim’s staves, rushed round me in a body; and I, having no weapon to raise in self-defence, commenced grappling with Joseph, my nearest and most ferocious assailant, for his. Return to Original English Version

exceedingly /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/ — extremamente; sobremaneira. Guests are so exceedingly rare in this house that I and my dogs, I am willing to own, hardly know how to receive them. Return to Original English Version

excepting /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/ — exceto; com exceção de. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road. Return to Original English Version

exclaim /ɪkˈskleɪm/ — exclamar. The service lasted precisely three hours; and yet my brother had the face to exclaim, when he saw us descending, ‘What, done already?’ On Sunday evenings we used to be permitted to play, if we did not make much noise; now a mere titter is sufficient to send us into corners. Return to Original English Version

exclaiming /ɪkˈskleɪmɪŋ/ — exclamando. “I don’t think it possible for me to get home now without a guide,” I could not help exclaiming. Return to Original English Version

excommunicated /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ — excomungado. I was not going there: we were journeying to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach, from the text - “Seventy Times Seven;” and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the “First of the Seventy-First,” and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated. Return to Original English Version

excursion /ɪkˈskɜːrʒən/ — excursão; passeio. Mrs. Linton took off the grey cloak of the dairy-maid which we had borrowed for our excursion, shaking her head and expostulating with her, I suppose: she was a young lady, and they made a distinction between her treatment and mine. Return to Original English Version

execrations /ˌeksɪˈkreɪʃənz/ — imprecações; maldições. He carried her in; I followed, grumbling execrations and vengeance. Return to Original English Version

expiring /ɪkˈspaɪərɪŋ/ — expirante; agonizante. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness. Return to Original English Version

expostulating /ɪkˈspɑːstʃuleɪtɪŋ/ — protestando; ponderando em desacordo. Mrs. Linton took off the grey cloak of the dairy-maid which we had borrowed for our excursion, shaking her head and expostulating with her, I suppose: she was a young lady, and they made a distinction between her treatment and mine. Return to Original English Version

extinguished /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/ — apagou; extinto; sufocado. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. Return to Original English Version

extinguishing /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/ — apagando; extinguindo. On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation. Return to Original English Version

extremities /ɪkˈstremətiz/ — extremidades; pontas; situações extremas. “You are incurable, Heathcliff; and Mr. Hindley will have to proceed to extremities, see if he won’t.” My words came truer than I desired. Return to Original English Version

eyeing /ˈaɪɪŋ/ — observando; fitando; medindo com os olhos. “What the devil is the matter?” he asked, eyeing me in a manner that I could ill endure after this inhospitable treatment. Return to Original English Version

faishion /ˈfeɪʃən/ — conseguir tolerar. The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - “Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ’ems goan out! Return to Original English Version

fancied /ˈfænsid/ — imaginou. “Always at nine in winter, and rise at four,” said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, by the motion of his arm’s shadow, dashing a tear from his eyes. Return to Original English Version

fangs /fæŋz/ — presas; caninos afiados. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. Return to Original English Version

fawn /fɔːn/ — cervo novo; bege claro. I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. Return to Original English Version

feathery /ˈfeðəri/ — plumoso; leve como pena. This spectacle drove me back immediately; I took my hat, and, after a four-miles’ walk, arrived at Heathcliff’s garden-gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower. Return to Original English Version

feeble /ˈfiːbəl/ — fraco; débil. Thereat began a feeble scratching outside, and the pile of books moved as if thrust forward. Return to Original English Version

fend /fend/ — defender-se; afastar. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors: she did fly up, asking how he could fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house, when they had their own bairns to feed and fend for? Return to Original English Version

ferocious /fəˈroʊʃəs/ — feroz; brutal. “Are you going to mak’ the tea?” demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady. Return to Original English Version

fiend /fiːnd/ — demônio; espírito maligno. “If the little fiend had got in at the window, she probably would have strangled me!” I returned. Return to Original English Version

fiends /fiːndz/ — demônios. This proceeding aroused the whole hive: half-a-dozen four-footed fiends, of various sizes and ages, issued from hidden dens to the common centre. Return to Original English Version

firmer /ˈfɜːrmər/ — mais firme; mais sólido. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road. Return to Original English Version

firs /fɜːrz/ — abetos; pinheiros. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Return to Original English Version

flagged /flæɡd/ — sinalizou. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Return to Original English Version

flattery /ˈflætəri/ — bajulação; lisonja. The mistress visited her often in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in. Return to Original English Version

flaxen /ˈflæksən/ — louro-claro; da cor do linho. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Return to Original English Version

flaysome /ˈfleɪsəm/ — assustador. “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

flighted /ˈflaɪtɪd/ — assustado. “And at the end of it to be flighted to death!” he said, opening his great-coat, which he held bundled up in his arms. Return to Original English Version

fling /flɪŋ/ — atirar; lançar com força. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors: she did fly up, asking how he could fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house, when they had their own bairns to feed and fend for? Return to Original English Version

flinging /ˈflɪŋɪŋ/ — arremessando. “It was your servant Zillah,” I replied, flinging myself on to the floor, and rapidly resuming my garments. Return to Original English Version

flit /flɪt/ — esvoaçar; passar rapidamente. Yes, yes, he’s rich enough to live in a finer house than this: but he’s very near - close-handed; and, if he had meant to flit to Thrushcross Grange, as soon as he heard of a good tenant he could not have borne to miss the chance of getting a few hundreds more. Return to Original English Version

flogging /ˈflɑːɡɪŋ/ — açoitamento. He would not even have seen after their going to church on Sundays, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order Heathcliff a flogging, and Catherine a fast from dinner or supper. Return to Original English Version

floundered /ˈflaʊndərd/ — debateu-se; atrapalhou-se. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. Return to Original English Version

flourishing /ˈflɜːrɪʃɪŋ/ — sacudindo; agitando no ar. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene. Return to Original English Version

flung /flʌŋ/ — arremessou; lançou. I flung her back, and hastened to interpose the table between us. Return to Original English Version

flurried /ˈflɜːrid/ — agitado; atrapalhado. “Come, come,” he said, “you are flurried, Mr. Lockwood. Return to Original English Version

folly /ˈfɑːli/ — tolice; insensatez. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

fondling /ˈfɑːndəlɪŋ/ — acariciando. After behaving as badly as possible all day, she sometimes came fondling to make it up at night. Return to Original English Version

footed /ˈfʊtɪd/ — de pés (em flat-footed, de pés chatos). This proceeding aroused the whole hive: half-a-dozen four-footed fiends, of various sizes and ages, issued from hidden dens to the common centre. Return to Original English Version

forbidding /fərˈbɪdɪŋ/ — inóspito; ameaçador; austero. “Heathcliff, you may come forward,” cried Mr. Hindley, enjoying his discomfiture, and gratified to see what a forbidding young blackguard he would be compelled to present himself. Return to Original English Version

foresight /ˈfɔːrsaɪt/ — previdência. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones. Return to Original English Version

forthwith /ˌfɔːrθˈwɪθ/ — imediatamente; sem demora. An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics. Return to Original English Version

fowld /fəʊld/ — curral. “T’ maister’s down i’ t’ fowld. Return to Original English Version

fret /frɛt/ — afligir-se; impacientar-se. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Return to Original English Version

frightful /ˈfraɪtfəl/ — terrível; assustador. “I had the misfortune to scream in my sleep, owing to a frightful nightmare. Return to Original English Version

fro /froʊ/ — para trás; de um lado para outro. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear. Return to Original English Version

frock /frɑːk/ — casaca; parte do termo que designa uma casaca formal. “Were you asked to tea?” she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot. Return to Original English Version

frothing /ˈfrɔːθɪŋ/ — espumando. Such an individual seated in his arm-chair, his mug of ale frothing on the round table before him, is to be seen in any circuit of five or six miles among these hills, if you go at the right time after dinner. Return to Original English Version

furnish /ˈfɜːrnɪʃ/ — fornecer; mobiliar; prover. Come in; I’ll furnish them a reception. Return to Original English Version

gable /ˈɡeɪbəl/ — frontão. I’d not exchange, for a thousand lives, my condition here, for Edgar Linton’s at Thrushcross Grange - not if I might have the privilege of flinging Joseph off the highest gable, and painting the house-front with Hindley’s blood!” Return to Original English Version

gait /ɡeɪt/ — andar; modo de caminhar. Miss Cathy’s riven th’ back off “Th’ Helmet o’ Salvation,” un’ Heathcliff’s pawsed his fit into t’ first part o’ “T’ Brooad Way to Destruction!” It’s fair flaysome that ye let ’em go on this gait. Return to Original English Version

gaiters /ˈɡeɪtərz/ — polainas. The apartment and furniture would have been nothing extraordinary as belonging to a homely, northern farmer, with a stubborn countenance, and stalwart limbs set out to advantage in knee-breeches and gaiters. Return to Original English Version

gaping /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ — olhando de boca aberta. Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. Return to Original English Version

gapingly /ˈɡeɪpɪŋli/ — boquiabertamente. “Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage - seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul - Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved! Return to Original English Version

garret /ˈɡærət/ — sótão; quarto no sótão. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Return to Original English Version

gaudily /ˈɡɔːdɪli/ — de modo espalhafatoso. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. Return to Original English Version

gaunt /ɡɔːnt/ — magro e abatido. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Return to Original English Version

gibberish /ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ/ — algaravia. We crowded round, and over Miss Cathy’s head I had a peep at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child; big enough both to walk and talk: indeed, its face looked older than Catherine’s; yet when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some gibberish that nobody could understand. Return to Original English Version

gleam /ɡliːm/ — clarão; brilho trêmulo. I descended cautiously to the lower regions, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire, raked compactly together, enabled me to rekindle my candle. Return to Original English Version

glimmered /ˈɡlɪmərd/ — bruxuleou; brilhou fracamente. To my confusion, I discovered the yell was not ideal: hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, with a vigorous hand, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed. Return to Original English Version

gnarl /nɑːl/ — rosnado rouco. My caress provoked a long, guttural gnarl. Return to Original English Version

goa /ˈɡoʊə/ — Goa. Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

goan /ɡəʊən/ — saíram. The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - “Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ’ems goan out! Return to Original English Version

goblins /ˈɡɑːblɪnz/ — duendes; gnomos. Well, it is - swarming with ghosts and goblins! Return to Original English Version

goings /ˈɡoʊɪŋz/ — idas; movimentações. She did not know, she answered: she had only lived there a year or two; and they had so many queer goings on, she could not begin to be curious. Return to Original English Version

grappling /ˈɡræplɪŋ/ — lutando corpo a corpo. With that concluding word, the whole assembly, exalting their pilgrim’s staves, rushed round me in a body; and I, having no weapon to raise in self-defence, commenced grappling with Joseph, my nearest and most ferocious assailant, for his. Return to Original English Version

grated /ˈɡreɪtɪd/ — gradeado; protegido por grades. The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - “Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ’ems goan out! Return to Original English Version

gratified /ˈɡrætɪfaɪd/ — satisfeito; contente. “Heathcliff, you may come forward,” cried Mr. Hindley, enjoying his discomfiture, and gratified to see what a forbidding young blackguard he would be compelled to present himself. Return to Original English Version

grievously /ˈɡriːvəsli/ — gravemente; penosamente. He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly; and when he was confined to the chimney-corner he grew grievously irritable. Return to Original English Version

griffins /ˈɡrɪfɪnz/ — grifos. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Return to Original English Version

grimalkin /ɡrɪˈmælkɪn/ — gata; Grimalkin. Two benches, shaped in sections of a circle, nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and Grimalkin mounted the other. Return to Original English Version

gripe /ɡraɪp/ — agarrar com força; cólica; queixume. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear. Return to Original English Version

groped /ɡroʊpt/ — tateou; procurou às apalpadelas. We crept through a broken hedge, groped our way up the path, and planted ourselves on a flower-plot under the drawing-room window. Return to Original English Version

grotesque /ɡroʊˈtɛsk/ — grotesco. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Return to Original English Version

gruel /ˈɡruːəl/ — mingau ralo. But you’ve caught cold: I saw you shivering, and you must have some gruel to drive it out.” Return to Original English Version

gruffly /ˈɡrʌfli/ — asperamente; com voz rude. “Sit down,” said the young man, gruffly. Return to Original English Version

grumbled /ˈɡrʌmbəld/ — resmungou. Well, the conclusion was, that my mistress grumbled herself calm; and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, and give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children. Return to Original English Version

guardianship /ˈɡɑːrdiənʃɪp/ — tutela; guarda. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Return to Original English Version

guffaw /ɡəˈfɔː/ — gargalhada alta; risada estrondosa. On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation. Return to Original English Version

gush /ɡʌʃ/ — jorrar; falar com entusiasmo exagerado. There was such anguish in the gush of grief that accompanied this raving, that my compassion made me overlook its folly, and I drew off, half angry to have listened at all, and vexed at having related my ridiculous nightmare, since it produced that agony; though why was beyond my comprehension. Return to Original English Version

guttural /ˈɡʌtərəl/ — gutural; de garganta. My caress provoked a long, guttural gnarl. Return to Original English Version

habitual /həˈbɪtʃuəl/ — habitual; costumeiro. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness. Return to Original English Version

hae /heɪ/ — ter. I’ll hae no hend wi’t,” muttered the head, vanishing. Return to Original English Version

hailed /heɪld/ — chamou; saudou; era natural de. He hailed me to follow him, and, after marching through a wash-house, and a paved area containing a coal-shed, pump, and pigeon-cot, we at length arrived in the huge, warm, cheerful apartment where I was formerly received. Return to Original English Version

halloed /hæˈluːd/ — gritou. My landlord halloed for me to stop ere I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to accompany me across the moor. Return to Original English Version

hallooed /həˈluːd/ — gritou; chamou. “Is there nobody inside to open the door?” I hallooed, responsively. Return to Original English Version

handiwork /ˈhændiwɜːrk/ — obra das próprias mãos. He tears down my handiwork, boxes my ears, and croaks: Return to Original English Version

handsomest /ˈhænsəməst/ — o mais belo. Heathcliff took the handsomest, but it soon fell lame, and when he discovered it, he said to Hindley - Return to Original English Version

hardness /ˈhɑːrdnəs/ — dureza; rigidez. Cathy and her brother harassed me terribly: he was as uncomplaining as a lamb; though hardness, not gentleness, made him give little trouble. Return to Original English Version

haste /heɪst/ — pressa; urgência. I uttered an expression of disgust, and pushed past him into the yard, running against Earnshaw in my haste. Return to Original English Version

hastened /ˈheɪsənd/ — apressou-se; acelerou. I flung her back, and hastened to interpose the table between us. Return to Original English Version

hasty /ˈheɪsti/ — apressado; precipitado; impulsivo. To my confusion, I discovered the yell was not ideal: hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, with a vigorous hand, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed. Return to Original English Version

haughty /ˈhɔːti/ — altivo; arrogante; soberbo. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

heaping /ˈhiːpɪŋ/ — amontoando; enchendo até acima. He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine: always minding to flatter Earnshaw’s weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the latter. Return to Original English Version

heaps /hiːps/ — montes; montinhos. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. Return to Original English Version

hearken /ˈhɑːrkən/ — escutar com atenção, arcaico. “Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on ’em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering. Return to Original English Version

heart's /hɑːrts/ — do coração. Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!” The spectre showed a spectre’s ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light. Return to Original English Version

heartlessness /ˈhɑːrtləsnəs/ — crueldade; falta de compaixão. By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate. Return to Original English Version

heathenism /ˈhiːðənɪzəm/ — paganismo. ‘I’ve understood from Shielders’” (that was the curate, sir) “‘that he lets her grow up in absolute heathenism. Return to Original English Version

heave /hiːv/ — erguer; lançar; movimento de subida. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan. Return to Original English Version

heaving /ˈhiːvɪŋ/ — arfante; ondulante; erguendo com esforço. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene. Return to Original English Version

hemmed /hɛmd/ — embainhado; com bainha feita. I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance. Return to Original English Version

hend /hænd/ — mão (aqui, no sentido de 'envolvimento' ou 'participação'). I’ll hae no hend wi’t,” muttered the head, vanishing. Return to Original English Version

hieroglyphics /ˌhaɪrəˈɡlɪfɪks/ — hieróglifos; garranchos. An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics. Return to Original English Version

hilarity /hɪˈlærəti/ — hilaridade; folia. He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either to box his ears or render my hilarity audible. Return to Original English Version

hinder /ˈhɪndər/ — impedir; dificultar. “I should not allow any one to inconvenience me, if I could hinder it - walk in!” Return to Original English Version

hither /ˈhɪðər/ — para cá; até aqui. ‘Maister, coom hither! Return to Original English Version

hitherto /ˌhɪðərˈtuː/ — até agora; até então. The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. Return to Original English Version

hob /hɒb/ — chapa do fogão; apoio junto ao fogo. She returned presently, bringing a smoking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable. Return to Original English Version

holld /hoʊld/ — segura! (comando dado a um cão). Hey Wolf, holld him, holld him!” Return to Original English Version

homely /ˈhoʊmli/ — acolhedor; simples; caseiro. The apartment and furniture would have been nothing extraordinary as belonging to a homely, northern farmer, with a stubborn countenance, and stalwart limbs set out to advantage in knee-breeches and gaiters. Return to Original English Version

homily /ˈhɒməli/ — sermão; discurso moralizante. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Return to Original English Version

horrid /ˈhɒrɪd/ — horrível; detestável. Lie down and finish out the night, since you are here; but, for Heaven’s sake! don’t repeat that horrid noise: nothing could excuse it, unless you were having your throat cut!” Return to Original English Version

hostilities /hɒˈstɪlətiz/ — hostilidades; combates. Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities: Heathcliff placed his fists, out of temptation, in his pockets; Mrs. Heathcliff curled her lip, and walked to a seat far off, where she kept her word by playing the part of a statue during the remainder of my stay. Return to Original English Version

houseless /ˈhaʊsləs/ — sem teto; sem morada. The master tried to explain the matter; but he was really half dead with fatigue, and all that I could make out, amongst her scolding, was a tale of his seeing it starving, and houseless, and as good as dumb, in the streets of Liverpool, where he picked it up and inquired for its owner. Return to Original English Version

housewife /ˈhaʊswaɪf/ — dona de casa. This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar. Return to Original English Version

hovered /ˈhʌvərd/ — pairou; rondou; ficou suspenso. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Return to Original English Version

howl /haʊl/ — uivo; lamúria. Oh, papa, oh!’ They really did howl out something in that way. Return to Original English Version

hubbub /ˈhʌbʌb/ — algazarra; burburinho. Then there was a hubbub! Return to Original English Version

humoured /ˈhjuːmərd/ — de humor, em compostos; fez a vontade a. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Return to Original English Version

humouring /ˈhjuːmərɪŋ/ — fazendo-lhe a vontade; dando corda. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Return to Original English Version

hurled /hɜːrld/ — arremessou; atirou com força. I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. Return to Original English Version

hurriedly /ˈhɜːrɪdli/ — às pressas; apressadamente. The fingers relaxed, I snatched mine through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to exclude the lamentable prayer. Return to Original English Version

hysterical /hɪˈsterɪkəl/ — histérico. I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly - “Are they gone yet?” Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping - and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying! Return to Original English Version

icily /ˈaɪsɪli/ — friamente. I confess it with shame - shrunk icily into myself, like a snail; at every glance retired colder and farther; till finally the poor innocent was led to doubt her own senses, and, overwhelmed with confusion at her supposed mistake, persuaded her mamma to decamp. Return to Original English Version

imaginable /ɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/ — imaginável. I “never told my love” vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears: she understood me at last, and looked a return - the sweetest of all imaginable looks. Return to Original English Version

immeasurably /ɪˈmeʒərəbli/ — imensuravelmente. I saw they were full of stupid admiration; she is so immeasurably superior to them - to everybody on earth, is she not, Nelly?” Return to Original English Version

immovable /ɪˈmuːvəbəl/ — imóvel; inabalável. She had some reason to put the question, for shame and pride threw double gloom over his countenance, and kept him immovable. Return to Original English Version

imp /ɪmp/ — diabrete; capeta. “And I pray that he may break your neck: take him, and be damned, you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has: only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan. - And take that, I hope he’ll kick out your brains!” Return to Original English Version

impalpable /ɪmˈpælpəbəl/ — impalpável; intangível. I declined joining their breakfast, and, at the first gleam of dawn, took an opportunity of escaping into the free air, now clear, and still, and cold as impalpable ice. Return to Original English Version

impatience /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/ — impaciência. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Return to Original English Version

impertinence /ɪmˈpɜːrtɪnəns/ — impertinência; insolência. He’ll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again. Return to Original English Version

importunate /ɪmˈpɔːrtʃənət/ — importuno; insistente. “I must stop it, nevertheless!” I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand! Return to Original English Version

impracticable /ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl/ — impraticável. I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk. Return to Original English Version

impudence /ˈɪmpjədəns/ — impudência; descaramento. My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he silently applied the tube to his lips, folded his arms, and puffed away. Return to Original English Version

inarticulate /ˌɪnɑːrˈtɪkjələt/ — sem conseguir falar; incapaz de articular. He noticed this, and thrust at an inner door with the end of his spade, intimating by an inarticulate sound that there was the place where I must go, if I changed my locality. Return to Original English Version

inclination /ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃən/ — inclinação; vontade. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Return to Original English Version

incoherent /ˌɪnkoʊˈhɪrənt/ — incoerente; desconexo. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Return to Original English Version

inconsideration /ˌɪnkənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃən/ — falta de consideração. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. Return to Original English Version

inconvenienced /ˌɪnkənˈviːniənst/ — incomodado; prejudicado. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts - ” Return to Original English Version

incurable /ɪnˈkjʊrəbəl/ — incorrigíveis; sem emenda. “You are incurable, Heathcliff; and Mr. Hindley will have to proceed to extremities, see if he won’t.” My words came truer than I desired. Return to Original English Version

indefinite /ɪnˈdefɪnət/ — indefinido. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Return to Original English Version

indigenae /ɪnˈdɪdʒɪniː/ — nativos, indígenas do lugar. And that pretty girl-widow, I should like to know her history: whether she be a native of the country, or, as is more probable, an exotic that the surly indigenae will not recognise for kin.” With this intention I asked Mrs. Dean why Heathcliff let Thrushcross Grange, and preferred living in a situation and residence so much inferior. Return to Original English Version

indignant /ɪnˈdɪɡnənt/ — indignado; revoltado. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan. Return to Original English Version

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indistinctly /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋktli/ — indistintamente; de modo vago. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Return to Original English Version

indulged /ɪnˈdʌldʒd/ — satisfez; entregou-se a. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. Return to Original English Version

indulgence /ɪnˈdʌldʒəns/ — indulgência; concessão. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. Return to Original English Version

infernal /ɪnˈfɜːrnəl/ — infernal; maldito. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. Return to Original English Version

inhabitant /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ — habitante. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene. Return to Original English Version

inhospitable /ˌɪnhɑːˈspɪtəbəl/ — inóspito; pouco acolhedor. “What the devil is the matter?” he asked, eyeing me in a manner that I could ill endure after this inhospitable treatment. Return to Original English Version

inhospitality /ˌɪnhɑːspɪˈtæləti/ — inospitalidade. “Wretched inmates!” I ejaculated, mentally, “you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality. Return to Original English Version

inhumanity /ˌɪnhjuːˈmænəti/ — desumanidade; crueldade. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. Return to Original English Version

initiatory /ɪˈnɪʃiətɔːri/ — inicial, de iniciação. Hindley is a detestable substitute - his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious - H. and I are going to rebel - we took our initiatory step this evening. Return to Original English Version

inquire /ɪnˈkwaɪər/ — perguntar; indagar. This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar. Return to Original English Version

inquired /ɪnˈkwaɪərd/ — perguntou; indagou. “Is he not rich enough to keep the estate in good order?” I inquired. Return to Original English Version

inquiring /ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ/ — indagando; inquiridor. The latter had never been under-drawn: its entire anatomy lay bare to an inquiring eye, except where a frame of wood laden with oatcakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham, concealed it. Return to Original English Version

inquisitive /ɪnˈkwɪzətɪv/ — curioso; intrometido. Edgar Linton, after an inquisitive stare, collected sufficient wit to recognise her. Return to Original English Version

insensible /ɪnˈsɛnsəbəl/ — inconsciente; sem sentidos. He was not insolent to his benefactor, he was simply insensible; though knowing perfectly the hold he had on his heart, and conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obliged to bend to his wishes. Return to Original English Version

insolence /ˈɪnsələns/ — insolência; atrevimento. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Return to Original English Version

inspecting /ɪnˈspɛktɪŋ/ — encarregado de inspeções. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Return to Original English Version

interloper /ˈɪntərloʊpər/ — intruso. “And I pray that he may break your neck: take him, and be damned, you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has: only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan. - And take that, I hope he’ll kick out your brains!” Return to Original English Version

interpose /ˌɪntərˈpoʊz/ — interpor; intervir. I flung her back, and hastened to interpose the table between us. Return to Original English Version

interposed /ˌɪntərˈpoʊzd/ — interveio; interrompeu. She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face. Return to Original English Version

interpreting /ɪnˈtɜːrprɪtɪŋ/ — interpretando. He had his private manner of interpreting the phrase, and it seemed necessary the brother should sin different sins on every occasion. Return to Original English Version

interspersed /ˌɪntərˈspɜːrst/ — intercalado; entremeado. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. Return to Original English Version

intimating /ˈɪntɪmeɪtɪŋ/ — insinuando; dando a entender. He noticed this, and thrust at an inner door with the end of his spade, intimating by an inarticulate sound that there was the place where I must go, if I changed my locality. Return to Original English Version

intimation /ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃən/ — insinuação; indício; aviso velado. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Return to Original English Version

involuntarily /ɪnˈvɑːləntərəli/ — involuntariamente; sem querer. I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. Return to Original English Version

jest /dʒɛst/ — gracejo; piada. Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him. Return to Original English Version

journeying /ˈdʒɜːrniɪŋ/ — viajando; jornada. I was not going there: we were journeying to hear the famous Jabez Branderham preach, from the text - “Seventy Times Seven;” and either Joseph, the preacher, or I had committed the “First of the Seventy-First,” and were to be publicly exposed and excommunicated. Return to Original English Version

joyfully /ˈdʒɔɪfəli/ — alegremente; com alegria. I removed the habit, and there shone forth beneath a grand plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes; and, while her eyes sparkled joyfully when the dogs came bounding up to welcome her, she dared hardly touch them lest they should fawn upon her splendid garments. Return to Original English Version

jutting /ˈdʒʌtɪŋ/ — saliente; que se projeta. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones. Return to Original English Version

kindled /ˈkɪndəld/ — acendeu; ateado; despertado. An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics. Return to Original English Version

kindliness /ˈkaɪndlinəs/ — bondade; doçura de trato. Possibly, some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort: I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling - to manifestations of mutual kindliness. Return to Original English Version

kindling /ˈkɪndlɪŋ/ — gravetos; acendendo; despertando. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. Return to Original English Version

knack /næk/ — jeito; dom especial. By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained. Return to Original English Version

labourer /ˈleɪbərər/ — trabalhador braçal. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

laced /see source pronunciation/ — termo lexical. Ech! th’ owd man wad ha’ laced ’em properly - but he’s goan!’ Return to Original English Version

lachrymose /ˈlækrɪmoʊs/ — lacrimoso; choroso. I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject: she waxed lachrymose. Return to Original English Version

laconic /ləˈkɑːnɪk/ — lacônico. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

laiking /ˈleɪkɪŋ/ — brincando/vadiando (sem trabalhar). “‘T’ maister nobbut just buried, and Sabbath not o’ered, und t’ sound o’ t’ gospel still i’ yer lugs, and ye darr be laiking! Return to Original English Version

lain /leɪn/ — jazido; estado deitado. Leaving Joseph to explain matters, I ran to the children’s room: their door was ajar, I saw they had never lain down, though it was past midnight; but they were calmer, and did not need me to console them. Return to Original English Version

laith /leɪθ/ — celeiro. Go round by th’ end o’ t’ laith, if ye went to spake to him.” Return to Original English Version

lamed /leɪmd/ — aleijou; deixou coxo. And yet, my dear, the child is in mourning - surely it is - and she may be lamed for life!’ Return to Original English Version

lamentable /ˈlæməntəbəl/ — lamentável; penoso. The fingers relaxed, I snatched mine through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to exclude the lamentable prayer. Return to Original English Version

lanthern /ˈlæntərn/ — lanterna. “Maister, maister, he’s staling t’ lanthern!” shouted the ancient, pursuing my retreat. Return to Original English Version

lascar /ˈlæskər/ — lascar; marinheiro asiático empregado em navios europeus, em uso histórico. I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool - a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.’ Return to Original English Version

lass /læs/ — moça; garota. I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair - it pleased him rarely to see her gentle - and saying, “Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?” And she turned her face up to his, and laughed, and answered, “Why cannot you always be a good man, father?” But as soon as she saw him vexed again, she kissed his hand, and said she would sing him to sleep. Return to Original English Version

lattice /ˈlætɪs/ — treliça; grade. Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! Return to Original English Version

lavished /ˈlævɪʃt/ — prodigalizou; cobriu de. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Return to Original English Version

leant /lent/ — apoiou-se; inclinou-se. The “walk in” was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself. Return to Original English Version

leaped /liːpt/ — saltou. The first creak of the oak startled him like an electric shock: the light leaped from his hold to a distance of some feet, and his agitation was so extreme, that he could hardly pick it up. Return to Original English Version

leapt /lɛpt/ — saltou; pulou. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. Return to Original English Version

liberally /ˈlɪbərəli/ — liberalmente; com generosidade. No, I’m running on too fast: I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him. Return to Original English Version

lighted /ˈlaɪtɪd/ — acesa; iluminada. At the top of an extra page (quite a treasure, probably, when first lighted on) I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of my friend Joseph, - rudely, yet powerfully sketched. Return to Original English Version

lisping /ˈlɪspɪŋ/ — falar com a língua presa. The cowardly children crept nearer also, Isabella lisping - ‘Frightful thing! Return to Original English Version

listlessness /ˈlɪstlɛssnɛss/ — termo inglês: listlessnes. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

lobbies /ˈlɒbiz/ — corredores. I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. Return to Original English Version

lodgings /ˈlɑːdʒɪŋz/ — aposentos alugados; moradia alugada. I was sick exceedingly, and dizzy, and faint; and thus compelled perforce to accept lodgings under his roof. Return to Original English Version

looped /luːpt/ — em laçada; enlaçado. The curtains were still looped up at one corner, and I resumed my station as spy; because, if Catherine had wished to return, I intended shattering their great glass panes to a million of fragments, unless they let her out. Return to Original English Version

loth /loʊθ/ — relutante (grafia antiga de loath). I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn. Return to Original English Version

luckless /ˈlʌkləs/ — desafortunado; sem sorte. The luckless adventure made Earnshaw furious. Return to Original English Version

lugs /lʌɡz/ — velas de espicha. “‘T’ maister nobbut just buried, and Sabbath not o’ered, und t’ sound o’ t’ gospel still i’ yer lugs, and ye darr be laiking! Return to Original English Version

lull /lʌl/ — trégua; calmaria; acalentar. I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk. Return to Original English Version

lusty /ˈlʌsti/ — vigoroso; robusto; sonoro. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene. Return to Original English Version

magically /ˈmædʒɪkli/ — magicamente. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene. Return to Original English Version

maister /ˈmeɪstər/ — patrão; mestre. “Maister, maister, he’s staling t’ lanthern!” shouted the ancient, pursuing my retreat. Return to Original English Version

maister's /ˈmaɪstəz/ — do patrão. “T’ maister’s down i’ t’ fowld. Return to Original English Version

mak /ˈmeɪkərz/ — mak (parte de makers). “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

malignant /məˈlɪɡnənt/ — malignos; maléficos. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Return to Original English Version

malignity /məˈlɪɡnəti/ — malignidade; má vontade. The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere horror, hurried out, praying, and ejaculating “wicked” as he went. Return to Original English Version

manifestation /ˌmænɪfeˈsteɪʃən/ — manifestação; demonstração. Still it became in a manner necessary; twice, or thrice, Hindley’s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it. Return to Original English Version

manifestations /ˌmænɪfeˈsteɪʃənz/ — manifestações. Possibly, some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort: I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling - to manifestations of mutual kindliness. Return to Original English Version

manifested /ˈmænɪfestɪd/ — manifestou; demonstrado. The “walk in” was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself. Return to Original English Version

martyrs /ˈmɑːrtərz/ — mártires. Fellow-martyrs, have at him! Return to Original English Version

matronly /ˈmeɪtrənli/ — matronal. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. Return to Original English Version

maxillary /mækˈsɪləri/ — maxilar. “And who showed you up into this room?” he continued, crushing his nails into his palms, and grinding his teeth to subdue the maxillary convulsions. Return to Original English Version

meddle /ˈmedəl/ — intrometer-se; meter-se; mexer em. “They won’t meddle with persons who touch nothing,” he remarked, putting the bottle before me, and restoring the displaced table. Return to Original English Version

meditated /ˈmɛdɪteɪtɪd/ — pensou em; ponderou. This was worse than before: the youth grew crimson, and clenched his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault. Return to Original English Version

melancholy /ˈmɛlənkəli/ — melancolia; tristeza pensativa. The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed, Return to Original English Version

mend /mɛnd/ — consertar; remendar. Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

merest /ˈmɪrəst/ — o mais simples; mero. I “never told my love” vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears: she understood me at last, and looked a return - the sweetest of all imaginable looks. Return to Original English Version

merriment /ˈmerimənt/ — alegria ruidosa; folguedo. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness. Return to Original English Version

mew /mjuː/ — miado. Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew. Return to Original English Version

mildewed /ˈmɪlduːd/ — com mofo. The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. Return to Original English Version

minding /ˈmaɪndɪŋ/ — tomando conta de; guardando. He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine: always minding to flatter Earnshaw’s weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the latter. Return to Original English Version

mingled /ˈmɪŋɡəld/ — misturou-se; misturava-se. A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow. Return to Original English Version

ministering /ˈmɪnɪstərɪŋ/ — prestando assistência. “Well, yes - oh, you would intimate that her spirit has taken the post of ministering angel, and guards the fortunes of Wuthering Heights, even when her body is gone. Return to Original English Version

minute's /ˈmɪnɪts/ — de um minuto. But a minute’s reflection convinced me it was not my ghostly Catherine. Return to Original English Version

minx /mɪŋks/ — garota travessa. And that minx, Catherine Linton, or Earnshaw, or however she was called - she must have been a changeling - wicked little soul! Return to Original English Version

mire /maɪər/ — lamaçal. Therefore, not to mention his clothes, which had seen three months’ service in mire and dust, and his thick uncombed hair, the surface of his face and hands was dismally beclouded. Return to Original English Version

misanthropist's /mɪˈsænθrəpɪsts/ — de um misantropo. A perfect misanthropist’s Heaven - and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. Return to Original English Version

misbehaviour /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjər/ — mau comportamento. I bowed and returned the pledge; beginning to perceive that it would be foolish to sit sulking for the misbehaviour of a pack of curs; besides, I felt loth to yield the fellow further amusement at my expense; since his humour took that turn. Return to Original English Version

miscreants /ˈmɪskriənts/ — malfeitores. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Return to Original English Version

misfortune /mɪsˈfɔːrtʃən/ — infortúnio; desgraça; azar. “I had the misfortune to scream in my sleep, owing to a frightful nightmare. Return to Original English Version

missis /ˈmɪsɪz/ — senhora; patroa; esposa. “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

modelled /ˈmɑːdəld/ — modelado; moldou. I’ll have you all modelled in wax and clay! and the first who passes the limits I fix shall - I’ll not say what he shall be done to - but, you’ll see! Return to Original English Version

monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs/ — monótono. A monotonous occupation, calculated to set me asleep, like counting, or - ” Return to Original English Version

morose /məˈroʊs/ — taciturno; carrancudo. He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman: that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure; and rather morose. Return to Original English Version

moroseness /məˈrəʊsnəs/ — mau humor. Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness. Return to Original English Version

morrow /ˈmɒrəʊ/ — amanhã. I found him very intelligent on the topics we touched; and before I went home, I was encouraged so far as to volunteer another visit to-morrow. Return to Original English Version

morsel /ˈmɔːrsəl/ — bocado; pedacinho. Catherine’s library was select, and its state of dilapidation proved it to have been well used, though not altogether for a legitimate purpose: scarcely one chapter had escaped a pen-and-ink commentary - at least the appearance of one - covering every morsel of blank that the printer had left. Return to Original English Version

morsels /ˈmɔːrsəlz/ — bocados; pedacinhos. The former was a boy of fourteen, but when he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the great-coat, he blubbered aloud; and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip in attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing; earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners. Return to Original English Version

motionless /ˈmoʊʃənləs/ — imóvel; sem se mexer. She looked at me, leaning back in her chair, and remained motionless and mute. Return to Original English Version

mounds /maʊndz/ — montes. It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday’s walk left pictured in my mind. Return to Original English Version

mun'n't /ˈmʌnənt/ — não deve. Wisht, wisht; you mun’n’t go on so. Return to Original English Version

musty /ˈmʌsti/ — bolorento; com cheiro de mofo. It was a Testament, in lean type, and smelling dreadfully musty: a fly-leaf bore the inscription - “Catherine Earnshaw, her book,” and a date some quarter of a century back. Return to Original English Version

mutton /ˈmʌtən/ — carne de carneiro. The latter had never been under-drawn: its entire anatomy lay bare to an inquiring eye, except where a frame of wood laden with oatcakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham, concealed it. Return to Original English Version

nay /neɪ/ — nï¿½o; de modo algum. Joseph was an elderly, nay, an old man, very old, perhaps, though hale and sinewy. Return to Original English Version

necessities /nəˈsesətiz/ — necessidades. I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk. Return to Original English Version

neeght /niːt/ — noite. “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

negligent /ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/ — negligente; desleixado. They both promised fair to grow up as rude as savages; the young master being entirely negligent how they behaved, and what they did, so they kept clear of him. Return to Original English Version

negus /ˈniːɡəs/ — negus; bebida quente de vinho adoçado. Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. Return to Original English Version

neutralised /ˈnjuːtrəlaɪzd/ — neutralizado, anulado. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time. Return to Original English Version

niver /ˈnɪvər/ — nunca. Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

nobbut /ˈnɒbət/ — apenas; somente; nada além de. “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

noisily /ˈnɔɪzɪli/ — ruidosamente; com estardalhaço. Not liking to show him that I had heard the conflict, I continued my toilette rather noisily, looked at my watch, and soliloquised on the length of the night: “Not three o’clock yet! Return to Original English Version

nook /nʊk/ — canto. “Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. Return to Original English Version

notwithstanding /ˌnɑːtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/ — não obstante; apesar de. I shall go, notwithstanding. Return to Original English Version

nought /nɔːt/ — nada; coisa nenhuma. At last, our curate (we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons and Earnshaws, and farming his bit of land himself) advised that the young man should be sent to college; and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit, for he said - “Hindley was nought, and would never thrive as where he wandered.” Return to Original English Version

nourishment /ˈnɜːrɪʃmənt/ — alimento; nutrição; sustento. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Return to Original English Version

nowt /naʊt/ — nada. Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

nursed /nɜːrst/ — cuidei de; tratei. I nursed her, poor thing! Return to Original English Version

o'ered /ˈoʊərd/ — terminado. “‘T’ maister nobbut just buried, and Sabbath not o’ered, und t’ sound o’ t’ gospel still i’ yer lugs, and ye darr be laiking! Return to Original English Version

o'yer /əˈjɜːr/ — dos seus. Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

oblige /əˈblaɪdʒ/ — obrigar; fazer o favor de. A wild, wicked slip she was - but she had the bonniest eye, the sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish: and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her. Return to Original English Version

obscurely /əbˈskjʊrli/ — obscuramente. As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child’s face looking through the window. Return to Original English Version

observable /əbˈzɜːrvəbəl/ — observável; perceptível. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

obtrusive /əbˈtruːsɪv/ — intrometido; que se impõe. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

obviate /ˈɒbvieɪt/ — evitar. Having approached this structure, I looked inside, and perceived it to be a singular sort of old-fashioned couch, very conveniently designed to obviate the necessity for every member of the family having a room to himself. Return to Original English Version

occasioned /əˈkeɪʒənd/ — ocasionou; provocado por. I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, and went on with his intention; exchanging saddles and all, and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, before he entered the house. Return to Original English Version

odour /ˈoʊdər/ — odor; cheiro. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

offending /əˈfendɪŋ/ — ofensivo; que causa ofensa. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

oftener /ˈɔːfənər/ — mais amiúde; com mais frequência. Certainly she had ways with her such as I never saw a child take up before; and she put all of us past our patience fifty times and oftener in a day: from the hour she came downstairs till the hour she went to bed, we had not a minute’s security that she wouldn’t be in mischief. Return to Original English Version

oho /oʊˈhoʊ/ — Oh-oh!; Ora vejam!. Oho! Return to Original English Version

oppen /ˈɒpən/ — abrir. “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

orison /ˈɒrɪzən/ — oração. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Return to Original English Version

ornament /ˈɔːrnəmənt/ — ornamento; enfeite. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. Return to Original English Version

ornamented /ˈɔːrnəmɛntɪd/ — ornamentado; enfeitado. I saw a red ornamented title - “Seventy Times Seven, and the First of the Seventy-First. Return to Original English Version

outcry /ˈaʊtkraɪ/ — clamor; grito de protesto. Lockwood,” he added, “you may go into my room: you’ll only be in the way, coming downstairs so early: and your childish outcry has sent sleep to the devil for me.” Return to Original English Version

overforwardly /ˌoʊvərˈfɔːrwərdli/ — de modo atrevido demais / intrometidamente. She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face. Return to Original English Version

owd /aʊd/ — velho. Ech! th’ owd man wad ha’ laced ’em properly - but he’s goan!’ Return to Original English Version

pail /peɪl/ — balde. There was no reply to my question; and on looking round I saw only Joseph bringing in a pail of porridge for the dogs, and Mrs. Heathcliff leaning over the fire, diverting herself with burning a bundle of matches which had fallen from the chimney-piece as she restored the tea-canister to its place. Return to Original English Version

palaver /pəˈlævər/ — parlapatice; conversa comprida. Frances darling, pull his hair as you go by: I heard him snap his fingers.’ Frances pulled his hair heartily, and then went and seated herself on her husband’s knee, and there they were, like two babies, kissing and talking nonsense by the hour - foolish palaver that we should be ashamed of. Return to Original English Version

pane /peɪn/ — vidraça; painel de vidro. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear. Return to Original English Version

panes /peɪnz/ — vidraças; painéis de vidro. Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! Return to Original English Version

papered /ˈpeɪpərd/ — empapelado. Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention. Return to Original English Version

parent's /ˈperənts/ — do pai ou da mãe; de um dos pais. So, from the very beginning, he bred bad feeling in the house; and at Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, which happened in less than two years after, the young master had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent’s affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter with brooding over these injuries. Return to Original English Version

parrying /ˈpæriɪŋ/ — aparando. I felt my heels and coat-laps peculiar subjects of assault; and parrying off the larger combatants as effectually as I could with the poker, I was constrained to demand, aloud, assistance from some of the household in re-establishing peace. Return to Original English Version

partake /pɑːrˈteɪk/ — partilhar; participar de; comer. Having no desire to be entertained by a cat-and-dog combat, I stepped forward briskly, as if eager to partake the warmth of the hearth, and innocent of any knowledge of the interrupted dispute. Return to Original English Version

partiality /ˌpɑːrʃiˈæləti/ — parcialidade; predileção. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Return to Original English Version

paternity /pəˈtɜːrnəti/ — paternidade. Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him. Return to Original English Version

pawsed /pɔːzd/ — chutou, empurrou com o pé. Miss Cathy’s riven th’ back off “Th’ Helmet o’ Salvation,” un’ Heathcliff’s pawsed his fit into t’ first part o’ “T’ Brooad Way to Destruction!” It’s fair flaysome that ye let ’em go on this gait. Return to Original English Version

peep /piːp/ — espiada; espiar; dar uma olhada rápida. We crowded round, and over Miss Cathy’s head I had a peep at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child; big enough both to walk and talk: indeed, its face looked older than Catherine’s; yet when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some gibberish that nobody could understand. Return to Original English Version

peevish /ˈpiːvɪʃ/ — irritadiço; ranzinza. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Return to Original English Version

pendent /ˈpendənt/ — pendente; suspenso. The dog was throttled off; his huge, purple tongue hanging half a foot out of his mouth, and his pendent lips streaming with bloody slaver. Return to Original English Version

penetralium /ˌpɛnɪˈtreɪliəm/ — santuário interior, recesso mais íntimo. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Return to Original English Version

perceiving /pərˈsiːvɪŋ/ — percebendo; dando-se conta. Perceiving myself in a blunder, I attempted to correct it. Return to Original English Version

perforce /pərˈfɔːrs/ — forçosamente; por obrigação. I was sick exceedingly, and dizzy, and faint; and thus compelled perforce to accept lodgings under his roof. Return to Original English Version

perfuming /pərˈfjuːmɪŋ/ — perfumando. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

peril /ˈperəl/ — perigo. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Return to Original English Version

perished /ˈperɪʃt/ — pereceu; morreu; deteriorou-se. My human fixture and her satellites rushed to welcome me; exclaiming, tumultuously, they had completely given me up: everybody conjectured that I perished last night; and they were wondering how they must set about the search for my remains. Return to Original English Version

persecuting /ˈpɜːrsɪkjuːtɪŋ/ — perseguindo. This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor fatherless child, as he called him. Return to Original English Version

persecutions /ˌpɜːrsɪˈkjuːʃənz/ — perseguições. “I’m not going to endure the persecutions of your hospitable ancestors again. Return to Original English Version

perseverance /ˌpɜːrsəˈvɪrəns/ — perseverança; persistência. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts - ” Return to Original English Version

persisted /pərˈsɪstɪd/ — persistiu; insistiu. “You’d better do it at once,” he persisted, escaping to the porch (they were in the stable): “you will have to: and if I speak of these blows, you’ll get them again with interest.” “Off, dog!” cried Hindley, threatening him with an iron weight used for weighing potatoes and hay. Return to Original English Version

personified /pərˈsɑːnɪfaɪd/ — personificado. I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of “Catherine Linton” before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control. Return to Original English Version

perspiration /ˌpɜːrspəˈreɪʃən/ — transpiração; suor. I sat shuddering, yet, and wiping the perspiration from my forehead: the intruder appeared to hesitate, and muttered to himself. Return to Original English Version

perusing /pəˈruːzɪŋ/ — lendo atentamente; percorrendo com os olhos. I blushed at my inconsideration: but, without showing further consciousness of the offence, I hastened to add - “The truth is, sir, I passed the first part of the night in - ” Here I stopped afresh - I was about to say “perusing those old volumes,” then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written, as well as their printed, contents; so, correcting myself, I went on - “in spelling over the name scratched on that window-ledge. Return to Original English Version

perverse /pərˈvɜːrs/ — teimoso. He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look in her direction: a look of hatred; unless he has a most perverse set of facial muscles that will not, like those of other people, interpret the language of his soul. Return to Original English Version

petting /ˈpɛtɪŋ/ — acariciando. He took to Heathcliff strangely, believing all he said (for that matter, he said precious little, and generally the truth), and petting him up far above Cathy, who was too mischievous and wayward for a favourite. Return to Original English Version

pharisee /ˈfærɪsiː/ — fariseu; pessoa hipócrita e moralista. He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. Return to Original English Version

phlegm /flɛm/ — catarro. Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don’t think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping. Return to Original English Version

physiognomy /ˌfɪziˈɑːɡnəmi/ — fisionomia; feições. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. Return to Original English Version

pilgrim's /ˈpɪlɡrɪmz/ — do peregrino. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. Return to Original English Version

pinafores /ˈpɪnæfɔrɛs/ — aventais infantis. I had just fastened our pinafores together, and hung them up for a curtain, when in comes Joseph, on an errand from the stables. Return to Original English Version

pinches /ˈpɪntʃɛs/ — belisca. He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment: he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame. Return to Original English Version

plagued /pleɪɡd/ — atormentado; afligido. Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley hated him: and to say the truth I did the same; and we plagued and went on with him shamefully: for I wasn’t reasonable enough to feel my injustice, and the mistress never put in a word on his behalf when she saw him wronged. Return to Original English Version

plaguing /pleɪɡ/ — atormentando. Her spirits were always at high-water mark, her tongue always going - singing, laughing, and plaguing everybody who would not do the same. Return to Original English Version

plank /plæŋk/ — tábua. They’ll be covered if left in the fold all night: and put a plank before them,” said Heathcliff. Return to Original English Version

plateful /ˈpleɪtfʊl/ — prato cheio. Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. Return to Original English Version

plentiful /ˈplɛntɪfəl/ — abundante. It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the “missis,” an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. Return to Original English Version

ploughboy /ˈplaʊbɔɪ/ — jovem lavrador. “All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go to church, so Joseph must needs get up a congregation in the garret; and, while Hindley and his wife basked downstairs before a comfortable fire - doing anything but reading their Bibles, I’ll answer for it - Heathcliff, myself, and the unhappy ploughboy were commanded to take our prayer-books, and mount: we were ranged in a row, on a sack of corn, groaning and shivering, and hoping that Joseph would shiver too, so that he might give us a short homily for his own sake. Return to Original English Version

pluck /plʌk/ — colher; depenar; coragem. He stood by the fire, his back towards me, just finishing a stormy scene with poor Zillah; who ever and anon interrupted her labour to pluck up the corner of her apron, and heave an indignant groan. Return to Original English Version

plucked /plʌkt/ — arrancou; colheu. Seventy times seven times have I plucked up my hat and been about to depart - Seventy times seven times have you preposterously forced me to resume my seat. Return to Original English Version

pocketful /ˈpɑːkɪtfʊl/ — um bolso cheio. He promised to bring me a pocketful of apples and pears, and then he kissed his children, said good-bye, and set off. Return to Original English Version

poised /pɔɪzd/ — erguida; suspensa no ar. “Were you asked to tea?” she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot. Return to Original English Version

portended /pɔːrˈtɛndɪd/ — pressagiava; anunciava. I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. Return to Original English Version

porter's /ˈpɔːrtərz/ — do porteiro; do carregador. Our adieux were limited to a hasty bow, and then I pushed forward, trusting to my own resources; for the porter’s lodge is untenanted as yet. Return to Original English Version

possessor /pəˈzesər/ — possuidor. “Ah, certainly - I see now: you are the favoured possessor of the beneficent fairy,” I remarked, turning to my neighbour. Return to Original English Version

postern /ˈpɒstərn/ — portão secundário. He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern. Return to Original English Version

powerfully /ˈpaʊərfəli/ — poderosamente. At the top of an extra page (quite a treasure, probably, when first lighted on) I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of my friend Joseph, - rudely, yet powerfully sketched. Return to Original English Version

prattled /ˈprætəld/ — tagarelou. She expressed pleasure, too, at finding a sister among her new acquaintance; and she prattled to Catherine, and kissed her, and ran about with her, and gave her quantities of presents, at the beginning. Return to Original English Version

predecessor's /ˈpriːdɪsesərz/ — do predecessor. “Then,” I continued, “my predecessor’s name was Linton?” Return to Original English Version

predicament /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/ — apuro; situação difícil. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she condoled with me on my sorry predicament, and having obeyed his orders, whereby I was somewhat revived, ushered me to bed. Return to Original English Version

prematurely /ˌpriːməˈtʊrli/ — prematuramente; antes da hora. A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow. Return to Original English Version

preposterously /prɪˈpɒstərəsli/ — absurdamente. Seventy times seven times have I plucked up my hat and been about to depart - Seventy times seven times have you preposterously forced me to resume my seat. Return to Original English Version

presiding /prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/ — presidindo; que preside. “It is strange,” I began, in the interval of swallowing one cup of tea and receiving another - “it is strange how custom can mould our tastes and ideas: many could not imagine the existence of happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as you spend, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I’ll venture to say, that, surrounded by your family, and with your amiable lady as the presiding genius over your home and heart - ” Return to Original English Version

pretence /prɪˈtɛns/ — pretexto. I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk. Return to Original English Version

pricked /prɪkt/ — levantou as orelhas; espetou. How I pinched and pricked myself, and rubbed my eyes, and stood up, and sat down again, and nudged Joseph to inform me if he would ever have done. Return to Original English Version

pronouns /ˈproʊnaʊnz/ — pronomes. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

proofs /pruːfs/ — provas; demonstrações. In the absence of clear proofs of his condition, I deemed it best to abstain from noticing his curious conduct; and, five minutes afterwards, the entrance of Heathcliff relieved me, in some measure, from my uncomfortable state. Return to Original English Version

providential /ˌprɑːvəˈdenʃəl/ — providencial. The red cow didn’t die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!” Return to Original English Version

prudential /pruːˈdenʃəl/ — de prudência; cautelar. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

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puffed /pʌft/ — estufado; inchado. My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he silently applied the tube to his lips, folded his arms, and puffed away. Return to Original English Version

qualm /kwɑːm/ — escrúpulo; receio. I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, and went on with his intention; exchanging saddles and all, and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, before he entered the house. Return to Original English Version

quarries /ˈkwɒriz/ — pedreiras. It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday’s walk left pictured in my mind. Return to Original English Version

querulous /ˈkwerələs/ — queixoso; resmungão. Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew. Return to Original English Version

quiver /ˈkwɪvər/ — aljava; carcás. I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. Return to Original English Version

radiance /ˈreɪdiəns/ — resplendor; fulgor. It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire, compounded of coal, peat, and wood; and near the table, laid for a plentiful evening meal, I was pleased to observe the “missis,” an individual whose existence I had never previously suspected. Return to Original English Version

rafters /ˈræftərz/ — vigas do telhado; caibros. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time. Return to Original English Version

raight /raɪt/ — certo; bem (grafia do Babu para right). Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

raked /reɪkt/ — esquadrinhou; vasculhou de ponta a ponta. I descended cautiously to the lower regions, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire, raked compactly together, enabled me to rekindle my candle. Return to Original English Version

ramble /ˈræmbəl/ — passeio a esmo; divagar. “Half an hour?” he said, shaking the white flakes from his clothes; “I wonder you should select the thick of a snow-storm to ramble about in. Return to Original English Version

ransacked /ˈrænsækt/ — revirou; saqueou. He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. Return to Original English Version

rappings /ˈræpɪŋz/ — batidas, pancadas. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. Return to Original English Version

rascals /ˈræskəlz/ — malandros; velhacos. ‘The rascals knew that yesterday was my rent-day: they thought to have me cleverly. Return to Original English Version

reared rɪrd — ergueu. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!” That made her cry, at first; and then being repulsed continually hardened her, and she laughed if I told her to say she was sorry for her faults, and beg to be forgiven. Return to Original English Version

recesses /ˈriːsesɪz/ — reentrâncias; recônditos; nichos. In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses. Return to Original English Version

reckoned /ˈrɛkənd/ — considerado; tido como. The red cow didn’t die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!” Return to Original English Version

reclining /rɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/ — reclinado; recostado. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

recollect /ˌrekəˈlekt/ — recordar; recompor-se. But he seemed to recollect himself presently, and smothered the storm in a brutal curse, muttered on my behalf: which, however, I took care not to notice. Return to Original English Version

recollected /ˌrekəˈlektɪd/ — recordou-se; recompôs-se. Scarcely were these words uttered when I recollected the association of Heathcliff’s with Catherine’s name in the book, which had completely slipped from my memory, till thus awakened. Return to Original English Version

recollection /ˌrekəˈlekʃən/ — recordação; lembrança. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. Return to Original English Version

recommenced /ˌriːkəˈmenst/ — recomeçou. “I recommenced cursing - don’t be angry, Nelly - and so Robert was ordered to take me off. Return to Original English Version

recompense /ˈrɛkəmpɛns/ — recompensar; retribuir. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. Return to Original English Version

refreshment /rɪˈfreʃmənt/ — refresco; comida e bebida; alívio. I bid them be quiet, now that they saw me returned, and, benumbed to my very heart, I dragged upstairs; whence, after putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro thirty or forty minutes, to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too much so to enjoy the cheerful fire and smoking coffee which the servant had prepared for my refreshment. Return to Original English Version

rekindle ˌriːˈkɪndəl — reacender. I descended cautiously to the lower regions, and landed in the back-kitchen, where a gleam of fire, raked compactly together, enabled me to rekindle my candle. Return to Original English Version

relieving /rɪˈliːvɪŋ/ — aliviando; rendendo a guarda. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Return to Original English Version

repellingly rɪˈpɛlənt — repugnante. “They are not mine,” said the amiable hostess, more repellingly than Heathcliff himself could have replied. Return to Original English Version

repetition /ˌrɛpəˈtɪʃən/ — repetição. He evidently wished no repetition of my intrusion. Return to Original English Version

reposed /rɪˈpoʊzd/ — repousou; depositado (confiança). In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses. Return to Original English Version

reprimanded ˈrɛprɪmænd — repreender. He would not even have seen after their going to church on Sundays, only Joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order Heathcliff a flogging, and Catherine a fast from dinner or supper. Return to Original English Version

reproaches /rɪˈproʊtʃɪz/ — censuras; reprovações. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. Return to Original English Version

reprobate /ˈreprəbeɪt/ — réprobo; devasso. “No, reprobate! you are a castaway - be off, or I’ll hurt you seriously! Return to Original English Version

reproofs /rɪˈpruːfs/ — reprimendas; censuras. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Return to Original English Version

repulsed /rɪˈpʌlst/ — repelido; rechaçado. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!” That made her cry, at first; and then being repulsed continually hardened her, and she laughed if I told her to say she was sorry for her faults, and beg to be forgiven. Return to Original English Version

resent /rɪˈzent/ — ressentir-se de; melindrar-se com. I did not know whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirming I had never heard the appellation of “Catherine Linton” before, but reading it often over produced an impression which personified itself when I had no longer my imagination under control. Return to Original English Version

resounded /rɪˈzaʊndɪd/ — ressoou; retumbou. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. Return to Original English Version

responsively rɪˈspɑːnsɪv — responsivo. “Is there nobody inside to open the door?” I hallooed, responsively. Return to Original English Version

resuming /rɪˈzuːmɪŋ/ — retomando; reassumindo. “It was your servant Zillah,” I replied, flinging myself on to the floor, and rapidly resuming my garments. Return to Original English Version

retorted ritɔrtɪd — replicar. “Not at your command!” retorted Hareton. Return to Original English Version

richly /ˈrɪtʃli/ — lautamente; fartamente. “I should not care if you did, Mr. Heathcliff; she richly deserves it. Return to Original English Version

ridicule /ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/ — zombaria; escárnio. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Return to Original English Version

rigidly /ˈrɪdʒɪdli/ — rigidamente; de modo inflexível. He was relentless in worrying him about his soul’s concerns, and about ruling his children rigidly. Return to Original English Version

ringlets /ˈrɪŋlɪts/ — cachos; anéis de cabelo. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Return to Original English Version

riven ˈrɪvən — dilacerado. Miss Cathy’s riven th’ back off “Th’ Helmet o’ Salvation,” un’ Heathcliff’s pawsed his fit into t’ first part o’ “T’ Brooad Way to Destruction!” It’s fair flaysome that ye let ’em go on this gait. Return to Original English Version

roasting /ˈroʊstɪŋ/ — assando; assado; tostando. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Return to Original English Version

rouse raʊz — despertar. I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk. Return to Original English Version

rousing /ˈraʊzɪŋ/ — despertando; acordando. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

ruddy /ˈrʌdi/ — avermelhado; rubro. However, having studied for an interval, with a fist on either knee, and a cloud of meditation over her ruddy countenance, she ejaculated - “Ah, times are greatly changed since then!” Return to Original English Version

ruffianly ˈrʌfianli — de valentão. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Return to Original English Version

rummaged /ˈrʌmɪdʒd/ — remexeu; vasculhou. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Return to Original English Version

rustic /ˈrʌstɪk/ — rústico; campestre. When the preparations were finished, he invited me with - “Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal. Return to Original English Version

sagacity /səˈɡæsəti/ — sagacidade; perspicácia. Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity.” Return to Original English Version

salutation /ˌsæljəˈteɪʃən/ — saudação; cumprimento. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Return to Original English Version

saluted /səˈluːtɪd/ — saudou; cumprimentou. Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew. Return to Original English Version

sanctum ˈsæŋktəm — santuário; espaço privado. My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he silently applied the tube to his lips, folded his arms, and puffed away. Return to Original English Version

saucepans /ˈsɔːspænz/ — panelas. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Return to Original English Version

saucy /ˈsɔːsi/ — atrevido; petulante. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Return to Original English Version

savagely /ˈsævɪdʒli/ — ferozmente. “Get it ready, will you?” was the answer, uttered so savagely that I started. Return to Original English Version

scamper /ˈskæmpər/ — correr aos pulos. I reached this book, and a pot of ink from a shelf, and pushed the house-door ajar to give me light, and I have got the time on with writing for twenty minutes; but my companion is impatient, and proposes that we should appropriate the dairywoman’s cloak, and have a scamper on the moors, under its shelter. Return to Original English Version

scandalous /\u02c8sk\u00e6nd\u0259l\u0259s/ — escandaloso. “You scandalous old hypocrite!” she replied. Return to Original English Version

scarcely /\u02c8sk\u025brsli/ — mal. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. Return to Original English Version

sconces /skˈɑnsɪz/ — arandelas. In the confluence of the multitude, several clubs crossed; blows, aimed at me, fell on other sconces. Return to Original English Version

scorned /skɔːrnd/ — desprezou; desdenhou. She did not yell out - no! she would have scorned to do it, if she had been spitted on the horns of a mad cow. Return to Original English Version

scouring /ˈskaʊrɪŋ/ — esfregando; vasculhando. Nonsense!’ cried the dame; ‘Miss Earnshaw scouring the country with a gipsy! Return to Original English Version

scowls /skaʊlz/ — carrancas; olhares hostis. Don’t be afraid, it is but a boy - yet the villain scowls so plainly in his face; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once, before he shows his nature in acts as well as features?’ He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton placed her spectacles on her nose and raised her hands in horror. Return to Original English Version

scrawled /skrɔːld/ — rabiscou; garatujou. Some were detached sentences; other parts took the form of a regular diary, scrawled in an unformed, childish hand. Return to Original English Version

scroop /skruːp/ — lombada (do livro), como se fosse pela nuca. I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. Return to Original English Version

scuttles /ˈskətəl/ — corre depressa. On coming up from dinner, however, (N.B. - I dine between twelve and one o’clock; the housekeeper, a matronly lady, taken as a fixture along with the house, could not, or would not, comprehend my request that I might be served at five) - on mounting the stairs with this lazy intention, and stepping into the room, I saw a servant-girl on her knees surrounded by brushes and coal-scuttles, and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished the flames with heaps of cinders. Return to Original English Version

seizing /ˈsiːzɪŋ/ — agarrando; apoderando-se de; aproveitando. “Hindley hurried up from his paradise on the hearth, and seizing one of us by the collar, and the other by the arm, hurled both into the back-kitchen; where, Joseph asseverated, ‘owd Nick’ would fetch us as sure as we were living: and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent. Return to Original English Version

sentinel /ˈsentɪnəl/ — sentinela. Keep out of the yard, though, the dogs are unchained; and the house - Juno mounts sentinel there, and - nay, you can only ramble about the steps and passages. Return to Original English Version

sermonising /ˈsɜːmənaɪzɪŋ/ — pregando, moralizando. By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained. Return to Original English Version

shattering /ˈʃætərɪŋ/ — estilhaçando; devastador. The curtains were still looped up at one corner, and I resumed my station as spy; because, if Catherine had wished to return, I intended shattering their great glass panes to a million of fragments, unless they let her out. Return to Original English Version

shedding ʃˈɛdɪŋ — derramamento. He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment: he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame. Return to Original English Version

shimmering /ˈʃɪmərɪŋ/ — cintilante; reluzente. Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging to the ledge, and we saw - ah! it was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers. Return to Original English Version

shiveringly /ˈʃɪvərɪŋli/ — tremendo de medo ou frio. “Catherine Linton,” it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of Linton? Return to Original English Version

shoo'll /ʃuːl/ — ela vai. “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

shoo's /ʃuːz/ — ela está. “Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on ’em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering. Return to Original English Version

shouldering /ˈʃoʊldərɪŋ/ — pondo ao ombro; carregando no ombro. I seized the handle to essay another trial; when a young man without coat, and shouldering a pitchfork, appeared in the yard behind. Return to Original English Version

showy /ˈʃoʊi/ — vistoso; espalhafatoso. Possibly, some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort: I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling - to manifestations of mutual kindliness. Return to Original English Version

shrieking ʃrikɪŋ — gritando agudamente. Isabella - I believe she is eleven, a year younger than Cathy - lay screaming at the farther end of the room, shrieking as if witches were running red-hot needles into her. Return to Original English Version

shuffling /ˈʃʌfəlɪŋ/ — arrastando; levantando aos pés. We were both of us nodding ere any one invaded our retreat, and then it was Joseph, shuffling down a wooden ladder that vanished in the roof, through a trap: the ascent to his garret, I suppose. Return to Original English Version

signet sɪgnɪt — selo. “If I had been, I would have set my signet on the biter.” Heathcliff’s countenance relaxed into a grin. Return to Original English Version

sinewy /ˈsɪnjui/ — fibroso; magro e musculoso. Joseph was an elderly, nay, an old man, very old, perhaps, though hale and sinewy. Return to Original English Version

singularly /ˈsɪŋɡjələrli/ — singularmente; extraordinariamente. She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there. Return to Original English Version

sketched /skɛtʃ/ — esboçar. At the top of an extra page (quite a treasure, probably, when first lighted on) I was greatly amused to behold an excellent caricature of my friend Joseph, - rudely, yet powerfully sketched. Return to Original English Version

skulk /skʌlk/ — esgueirar-se. He might well skulk behind the settle, on beholding such a bright, graceful damsel enter the house, instead of a rough-headed counterpart of himself, as he expected. Return to Original English Version

slant /slænt/ — inclinação; declive. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind, blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Return to Original English Version

slapping /ˈslæpɪŋ/ — dando tapas; batendo com a mão. In play, she liked exceedingly to act the little mistress; using her hands freely, and commanding her companions: she did so to me, but I would not bear slapping and ordering; and so I let her know. Return to Original English Version

slaver /slˈeɪvər/ — baba. The dog was throttled off; his huge, purple tongue hanging half a foot out of his mouth, and his pendent lips streaming with bloody slaver. Return to Original English Version

slights /slˈaɪts/ — leve. A nothing vexed him; and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits. Return to Original English Version

slovenly /ˈslʌvənli/ — desmazelado; relaxado. He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman: that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure; and rather morose. Return to Original English Version

slung /slʌŋ/ — pendurado; lançado. Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. Return to Original English Version

smacked /smˈækt/ — tapa. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Return to Original English Version

smartly /ˈsmɑːrtli/ — elegantemente; com desembaraço; energicamente. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. Return to Original English Version

smothered /ˈsmʌðərd/ — sufocado; abafado; contido. But he seemed to recollect himself presently, and smothered the storm in a brutal curse, muttered on my behalf: which, however, I took care not to notice. Return to Original English Version

snoozled /ˈsnuːzəld/ — aconchegou (o focinho). She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face. Return to Original English Version

snuffed /snʌft/ — farejou; cheirou. I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee. Return to Original English Version

snug /snəg/ — aconchegante. We made ourselves as snug as our means allowed in the arch of the dresser. Return to Original English Version

sobriety /səˈbraɪəti/ — sobriedade; comedimento. I insist on perfect sobriety and silence. Return to Original English Version

solace /ˈsɑːləs/ — consolo. One was about forty: a period of mental vigour at which men seldom cherish the delusion of being married for love by girls: that dream is reserved for the solace of our declining years. Return to Original English Version

soliciting /səˈlɪsɪtɪŋ/ — solicitando. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts - ” Return to Original English Version

soliloquised /səˈlɪləkwaɪzd/ — solilóquiou (falou consigo mesmo). “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Return to Original English Version

solitude /ˈsɑləˌtud/ — solidão. I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk. Return to Original English Version

sorrowful /ˈsɑːroʊfəl/ — lamentável; penoso. A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow. Return to Original English Version

sotto /ˌsɒtoʊ ˈvoʊtʃeɪ/ — em voz baixa. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Return to Original English Version

sowls /soʊlz/ — almas. Shame on ye! sit ye down, ill childer! there’s good books eneugh if ye’ll read ’em: sit ye down, and think o’ yer sowls!’ Return to Original English Version

spake /speɪk/ — proferia; falava (forma arcaica de spoke). Go round by th’ end o’ t’ laith, if ye went to spake to him.” Return to Original English Version

sparer /ˈspɛərər/ — mais magro. He had grown sparer, and lost his colour, and spoke and dressed quite differently; and, on the very day of his return, he told Joseph and me we must thenceforth quarter ourselves in the back-kitchen, and leave the house for him. Return to Original English Version

spectacles /ˈspɛktəkəlz/ — óculos. Don’t be afraid, it is but a boy - yet the villain scowls so plainly in his face; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once, before he shows his nature in acts as well as features?’ He pulled me under the chandelier, and Mrs. Linton placed her spectacles on her nose and raised her hands in horror. Return to Original English Version

spectre /ˈspektər/ — espectro; fantasma; assombração. Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!” The spectre showed a spectre’s ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light. Return to Original English Version

spectre's /ˈspɛktərz/ — do espectro. Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!” The spectre showed a spectre’s ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light. Return to Original English Version

spectres /ˈspɛktərz/ — espectros. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

speedily /ˈspiːdəli/ — rapidamente; prontamente. The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. Return to Original English Version

spitted /ˈspɪtɪd/ — assado no espeto. She did not yell out - no! she would have scorned to do it, if she had been spitted on the horns of a mad cow. Return to Original English Version

splashed /splæʃt/ — esparramou; atirou água. With these words she suddenly splashed a pint of icy water down my neck, and pulled me into the kitchen. Return to Original English Version

splendidly /ˈsplendɪdli/ — esplendidamente; magnificamente. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. Return to Original English Version

sprang /spræŋ/ — saltou; pulou. Heathcliff lifted his hand, and the speaker sprang to a safer distance, obviously acquainted with its weight. Return to Original English Version

squire /ˈskwaɪər/ — escudeiro; senhor de terras. He is a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman: that is, as much a gentleman as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure; and rather morose. Return to Original English Version

stagnates /ˈstæɡneɪts/ — estagna, para. Time stagnates here: we must surely have retired to rest at eight!” Return to Original English Version

staling /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ — roubando. “Maister, maister, he’s staling t’ lanthern!” shouted the ancient, pursuing my retreat. Return to Original English Version

stalwart /ˈstɔːlwərt/ — robusto; leal e firme; partidário fiel. The apartment and furniture would have been nothing extraordinary as belonging to a homely, northern farmer, with a stubborn countenance, and stalwart limbs set out to advantage in knee-breeches and gaiters. Return to Original English Version

staves /steɪvz/ — aduelas; bastões. With that concluding word, the whole assembly, exalting their pilgrim’s staves, rushed round me in a body; and I, having no weapon to raise in self-defence, commenced grappling with Joseph, my nearest and most ferocious assailant, for his. Return to Original English Version

stipend /ˈstaɪpɛnd/ — estipêndio. The roof has been kept whole hitherto; but as the clergyman’s stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the living by one penny from their own pockets. Return to Original English Version

stirs /stɜrz/ — desperta; provoca; mexe. He complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, that I really thought him not vindictive: I was deceived completely, as you will hear. Return to Original English Version

stout /staʊt/ — grosso e resistente; robusto. This was Zillah, the stout housewife; who at length issued forth to inquire into the nature of the uproar. Return to Original English Version

straggling /ˈstræɡəlɪŋ/ — desgarradas; espalhadas em desordem. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Return to Original English Version

striding /ˈstraɪdɪŋ/ — caminhando a passos largos. “She’s not accustomed to be spoiled - not kept for a pet.” Then, striding to a side door, he shouted again, “Joseph!” Return to Original English Version

stronghold /ˈstrɔːŋhoʊld/ — fortaleza; reduto. To beard a magistrate in his stronghold, and on the Sabbath, too! Return to Original English Version

stupefied /ˈstuːpɪfaɪd/ — estarrecido; atordoado. Too stupefied to be curious myself, I fastened my door and glanced round for the bed. Return to Original English Version

subdue /səbˈduː/ — subjugar; dominar. “And who showed you up into this room?” he continued, crushing his nails into his palms, and grinding his teeth to subdue the maxillary convulsions. Return to Original English Version

subsided /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ — acalmou-se; cessou. Happily, an inhabitant of the kitchen made more dispatch; a lusty dame, with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and fire-flushed cheeks, rushed into the midst of us flourishing a frying-pan: and used that weapon, and her tongue, to such purpose, that the storm subsided magically, and she only remained, heaving like a sea after a high wind, when her master entered on the scene. Return to Original English Version

suffocating /ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/ — sufocante. A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow. Return to Original English Version

summut /ˈsʌmət/ — alguma coisa. I thought there was something wrong as he set down the light; and seizing the children each by an arm, whispered them to “frame upstairs, and make little din - they might pray alone that evening - he had summut to do.” Return to Original English Version

sundry /ˈsʌndri/ — vários; diversos. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. Return to Original English Version

superstition /ˌsuːpərˈstɪʃən/ — superstição. I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood still, and was witness, involuntarily, to a piece of superstition on the part of my landlord which belied, oddly, his apparent sense. Return to Original English Version

suppressing /səˈpresɪŋ/ — reprimindo; sufocando. “Always at nine in winter, and rise at four,” said my host, suppressing a groan: and, as I fancied, by the motion of his arm’s shadow, dashing a tear from his eyes. Return to Original English Version

surly /ˈsɜːrli/ — rabugentos; mal-encarados. Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date “1500,” and the name “Hareton Earnshaw.” I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium. Return to Original English Version

surmise /sərˈmaɪz/ — conjecturar; supor. Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law,” said Heathcliff, corroborating my surmise. Return to Original English Version

swallowing /ˈswɑːloʊɪŋ/ — engolindo; tragando. “It is strange,” I began, in the interval of swallowing one cup of tea and receiving another - “it is strange how custom can mould our tastes and ideas: many could not imagine the existence of happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as you spend, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I’ll venture to say, that, surrounded by your family, and with your amiable lady as the presiding genius over your home and heart - ” Return to Original English Version

swarm /swɔːrm/ — enxame. In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses. Return to Original English Version

swarmed /swɔːrmd/ — acorreu em massa; fervilhou. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

swarming /ˈswɔːrmɪŋ/ — fervilhante; apinhado; enxameando. Well, it is - swarming with ghosts and goblins! Return to Original English Version

swayed /sweɪd/ — balançou; oscilou. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

swells /swelz/ — incha; cresce; vagalhões. It was well he did, for the whole hill-back was one billowy, white ocean; the swells and falls not indicating corresponding rises and depressions in the ground: many pits, at least, were filled to a level; and entire ranges of mounds, the refuse of the quarries, blotted from the chart which my yesterday’s walk left pictured in my mind. Return to Original English Version

swine /swaɪn/ — porco; canalha. “The herd of possessed swine could have had no worse spirits in them than those animals of yours, sir. Return to Original English Version

syllable /ˈsɪləbəl/ — sílaba. The curate might set as many chapters as he pleased for Catherine to get by heart, and Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time I’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. Return to Original English Version

sympathise /ˈsɪmpəθaɪz/ — ter compaixão; solidarizar-se. I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. Return to Original English Version

sympathised /ˈsɪmpəθaɪzd/ — compadeceu-se (grafia britânica). I sympathised a while; but when the children fell ill of the measles, and I had to tend them, and take on me the cares of a woman at once, I changed my idea. Return to Original English Version

sympathising /ˈsɪmpəθaɪzɪŋ/ — demonstrando solidariedade; compartilhando os sentimentos. The “walk in” was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself. Return to Original English Version

tacit /ˈtæsɪt/ — tácito. Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. Return to Original English Version

taciturn /ˈtæsɪtɜːrn/ — taciturno. They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance. Return to Original English Version

tankards /ˈtæŋkərdz/ — canecas, canecos de cerveja. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. Return to Original English Version

tapers /ˈteɪpərz/ — velas finas; afunila-se. Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement, and clinging to the ledge, and we saw - ah! it was beautiful - a splendid place carpeted with crimson, and crimson-covered chairs and tables, and a pure white ceiling bordered by gold, a shower of glass-drops hanging in silver chains from the centre, and shimmering with little soft tapers. Return to Original English Version

teller /ˈtɛlər/ — adivinho (em fortune-teller). He’s exactly like the son of the fortune-teller that stole my tame pheasant. Return to Original English Version

tempers /ˈtempərz/ — temperamentos; ânimos. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. Return to Original English Version

tempest /ˈtempɪst/ — tempestade violenta; borrasca. Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don’t think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping. Return to Original English Version

tenacious /təˈneɪʃəs/ — tenaz. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear. Return to Original English Version

terrify /ˈterɪfaɪ/ — aterrorizar. We made frightful noises to terrify them still more, and then we dropped off the ledge, because somebody was drawing the bars, and we felt we had better flee. Return to Original English Version

thear /θɪər/ — querido. The former, when he had deposited his burden, took a critical survey of the room, and in cracked tones grated out - “Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i’ idleness un war, when all on ’ems goan out! Return to Original English Version

thence /ðɛns/ — dali; a partir de lá. The light came from thence; they had not put up the shutters, and the curtains were only half closed. Return to Original English Version

thenceforth /ˌðensˈfɔːrθ/ — daí em diante. He had grown sparer, and lost his colour, and spoke and dressed quite differently; and, on the very day of his return, he told Joseph and me we must thenceforth quarter ourselves in the back-kitchen, and leave the house for him. Return to Original English Version

thereat /ðeərˈæt/ — com isso. Thereat began a feeble scratching outside, and the pile of books moved as if thrust forward. Return to Original English Version

thickly /ˈθɪkli/ — densamente; espessamente. The snow began to drive thickly. Return to Original English Version

thou'rt /ðaʊrt/ — tu és; tu estás. “Nay, Cathy,” the old man would say, “I cannot love thee, thou’rt worse than thy brother. Return to Original English Version

thrash /θræʃ/ — surrar; bater violentamente. The curate might set as many chapters as he pleased for Catherine to get by heart, and Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time I’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. Return to Original English Version

thrashings /ˈθræʃɪŋz/ — surras; espancamentos. “You must exchange horses with me: I don’t like mine; and if you won’t I shall tell your father of the three thrashings you’ve given me this week, and show him my arm, which is black to the shoulder.” Hindley put out his tongue, and cuffed him over the ears. Return to Original English Version

thrice /θraɪs/ — três vezes. I have passed it really in my walks, twice or thrice; it lies in a hollow, between two hills: an elevated hollow, near a swamp, whose peaty moisture is said to answer all the purposes of embalming on the few corpses deposited there. Return to Original English Version

throttled /ˈθrɑːtəld/ — estrangulou; sufocou. The dog was throttled off; his huge, purple tongue hanging half a foot out of his mouth, and his pendent lips streaming with bloody slaver. Return to Original English Version

tingled /ˈtɪŋɡəld/ — formigavam. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Return to Original English Version

titter /ˈtɪtər/ — risinho contido. The service lasted precisely three hours; and yet my brother had the face to exclaim, when he saw us descending, ‘What, done already?’ On Sunday evenings we used to be permitted to play, if we did not make much noise; now a mere titter is sufficient to send us into corners. Return to Original English Version

toilette /twɑːˈlɛt/ — toalete; preparação pessoal. Not liking to show him that I had heard the conflict, I continued my toilette rather noisily, looked at my watch, and soliloquised on the length of the night: “Not three o’clock yet! Return to Original English Version

tolerably /ˈtɑːlərəbli/ — razoavelmente; passavelmente. My neighbour struck me as bordering on repulsive; I knew, through experience, that I was tolerably attractive. Return to Original English Version

tome /toʊm/ — tomo; livro grande e pesado. I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee. Return to Original English Version

tongues /tʌŋz/ — línguas; bocas. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Return to Original English Version

towering /ˈtaʊərɪŋ/ — altíssimo; imponente; descomunal. One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof. Return to Original English Version

transgressions /trænzˈɡrɛʃənz/ — transgressões. They were of the most curious character: odd transgressions that I never imagined previously. Return to Original English Version

troublesomely /ˈtrʌbəlsəmli/ — de modo importuno. I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. Return to Original English Version

truer /ˈtruːər/ — mais verdadeiro; mais fiel; mais autêntico. “You are incurable, Heathcliff; and Mr. Hindley will have to proceed to extremities, see if he won’t.” My words came truer than I desired. Return to Original English Version

tumbler /ˈtʌmblər/ — copo de vidro sem pé. Then the woman-servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance. Return to Original English Version

tumult /ˈtuːmʌlt/ — tumulto; alvoroço. “Wuthering” being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Return to Original English Version

tumultuously /tuːˈmʌltʃuəsli/ — tumultuosamente. My human fixture and her satellites rushed to welcome me; exclaiming, tumultuously, they had completely given me up: everybody conjectured that I perished last night; and they were wondering how they must set about the search for my remains. Return to Original English Version

tyrannical /təˈrænɪkəl/ — tirânico. Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical. Return to Original English Version

umph /ʌmf/ — hum!; grunhido. “Umph!” Return to Original English Version

unachieved /ˌʌnəˈtʃiːvd/ — não realizado; não alcançado. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Return to Original English Version

unannoyed /ˌʌnəˈnɔɪd/ — sem ser incomodado, tranquilo. I let him enjoy the luxury unannoyed; and after sucking out his last wreath, and heaving a profound sigh, he got up, and departed as solemnly as he came. Return to Original English Version

unavenged /ˌʌnəˈvɛndʒd/ — não vingado. Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us. Return to Original English Version

uncared /ʌnˈkɛrd/ — sem cuidados. If he were careless, and uncared for, before Catherine’s absence, he had been ten times more so since. Return to Original English Version

unceremoniously /ˌʌnserəˈmoʊniəsli/ — sem cerimônia. He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern. Return to Original English Version

unchain /ʌnˈʧeɪn/ — soltar da corrente. When he saw my horse’s breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court, - “Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood’s horse; and bring up some wine.” Return to Original English Version

unchained /ʌnˈʧeɪnd/ — solto da corrente. Keep out of the yard, though, the dogs are unchained; and the house - Juno mounts sentinel there, and - nay, you can only ramble about the steps and passages. Return to Original English Version

uncultivated /ʌnˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/ — inculto. I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not: his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic’s assiduity in attending on the lady of the house. Return to Original English Version

undertone /ˈʌndərtoʊn/ — voz baixa; meia-voz. “The Lord help us!” he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent. Return to Original English Version

undertook /ˌʌndərˈtʊk/ — comprometeram-se; encarregaram-se. Heathcliff received no flogging, but he was told that the first word he spoke to Miss Catherine should ensure a dismissal; and Mrs. Earnshaw undertook to keep her sister-in-law in due restraint when she returned home; employing art, not force: with force she would have found it impossible. Return to Original English Version

undeserved /ˌʌndɪˈzɜːrvd/ — imerecido. By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate. Return to Original English Version

unfledged /ʌnˈflɛdʒd/ — implume; inexperiente; novato. And Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock! Return to Original English Version

unformed /ʌnˈfɔːrmd/ — informe; ainda não formado. Some were detached sentences; other parts took the form of a regular diary, scrawled in an unformed, childish hand. Return to Original English Version

unfriended /ʌnˈfrɛndɪd/ — sem amigos; desamparado. The curate might set as many chapters as he pleased for Catherine to get by heart, and Joseph might thrash Heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time I’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. Return to Original English Version

unhasp /ʌnˈhæsp/ — destravar; abrir o fecho de. This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement. Return to Original English Version

unison /ˈjuːnɪsən/ — uníssono. “You’d better let the dog alone,” growled Mr. Heathcliff in unison, checking fiercer demonstrations with a punch of his foot. Return to Original English Version

unmannerly /ʌnˈmænərli/ — malcriado. A stranger is a stranger, be he rich or poor: it will not suit me to permit any one the range of the place while I am off guard!” said the unmannerly wretch. Return to Original English Version

unmistakably /ˌʌnmɪˈsteɪkəbli/ — sem dúvida. I began to feel unmistakably out of place in that pleasant family circle. Return to Original English Version

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untenanted /ʌnˈtenəntɪd/ — desocupado; sem morador. Our adieux were limited to a hasty bow, and then I pushed forward, trusting to my own resources; for the porter’s lodge is untenanted as yet. Return to Original English Version

ushered /ˈʌʃərd/ — conduziu; acompanhou até. He told Zillah to give me a glass of brandy, and then passed on to the inner room; while she condoled with me on my sorry predicament, and having obeyed his orders, whereby I was somewhat revived, ushered me to bed. Return to Original English Version

usurper /juːˈsɜːrpər/ — usurpador. So, from the very beginning, he bred bad feeling in the house; and at Mrs. Earnshaw’s death, which happened in less than two years after, the young master had learned to regard his father as an oppressor rather than a friend, and Heathcliff as a usurper of his parent’s affections and his privileges; and he grew bitter with brooding over these injuries. Return to Original English Version

utensils /juːˈtensəlz/ — utensílios. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter: at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fireplace; nor any glitter of copper saucepans and tin cullenders on the walls. Return to Original English Version

uttered /ˈʌtərd/ — pronunciou; proferiu. The “walk in” was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself. Return to Original English Version

uttering /ˈʌtərɪŋ/ — proferindo; emitindo. The business of eating being concluded, and no one uttering a word of sociable conversation, I approached a window to examine the weather. Return to Original English Version

vagabond /ˈvæɡəbɑːnd/ — vagabundo; vadio. Hindley calls him a vagabond, and won’t let him sit with us, nor eat with us any more; and, he says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the house if we break his orders. Return to Original English Version

vainly /ˈveɪnli/ — em vão; com vaidade. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled and the dogs howled. Return to Original English Version

vanishing /ˈvænɪʃɪŋ/ — desaparecendo; que se esvai. I’ll hae no hend wi’t,” muttered the head, vanishing. Return to Original English Version

vanquish /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ — vencer; derrotar; superar. I guessed, however, by his irregular and intercepted breathing, that he struggled to vanquish an excess of violent emotion. Return to Original English Version

vapid /ˈvæpɪd/ — insosso; sem graça; insípido. In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw - Heathcliff - Linton, till my eyes closed; but they had not rested five minutes when a glare of white letters started from the dark, as vivid as spectres - the air swarmed with Catherines; and rousing myself to dispel the obtrusive name, I discovered my candle-wick reclining on one of the antique volumes, and perfuming the place with an odour of roasted calf-skin. Return to Original English Version

vehemence /ˈviːəməns/ — veemência. The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff laughed, and still I scolded. Return to Original English Version

vehemently /ˈviːəməntli/ — veementemente; profundamente. I don’t care - I will get in!” So resolved, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently. Return to Original English Version

ventured /ˈventʃərd/ — arriscou; atreveu-se a; aventurou-se. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than neutralised, the glowing physical comforts round me; and I resolved to be cautious how I ventured under those rafters a third time. Return to Original English Version

verbs /vɜrbz/ — verbos. He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement. Return to Original English Version

vexatious /vɛkˈseɪʃəs/ — irritante; vexatório. Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don’t think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping. Return to Original English Version

vexed /vɛkst/ — irritados; contrariados. There was such anguish in the gush of grief that accompanied this raving, that my compassion made me overlook its folly, and I drew off, half angry to have listened at all, and vexed at having related my ridiculous nightmare, since it produced that agony; though why was beyond my comprehension. Return to Original English Version

vigilance /ˈvɪdʒələns/ — vigilância. I slid back the panelled sides, got in with my light, pulled them together again, and felt secure against the vigilance of Heathcliff, and every one else. Return to Original English Version

vigilant /ˈvɪdʒələnt/ — vigilante. “The dogs do right to be vigilant. Return to Original English Version

vigorous /ˈvɪɡərəs/ — vigoroso; enérgico; forte. To my confusion, I discovered the yell was not ideal: hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, with a vigorous hand, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed. Return to Original English Version

vigour /ˈvɪɡər/ — vigor (grafia britânica). One was about forty: a period of mental vigour at which men seldom cherish the delusion of being married for love by girls: that dream is reserved for the solace of our declining years. Return to Original English Version

villainous /ˈvɪlənəs/ — vil; infame; celerado. Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge. Return to Original English Version

vindictive /vɪnˈdɪktɪv/ — vingativo; rancoroso. He complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, that I really thought him not vindictive: I was deceived completely, as you will hear. Return to Original English Version

virulency /ˈvɪrʊlənsi/ — virulência. Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws, and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive; but they would suffer no resurrection, and I was forced to lie till their malignant masters pleased to deliver me: then, hatless and trembling with wrath, I ordered the miscreants to let me out - on their peril to keep me one minute longer - with several incoherent threats of retaliation that, in their indefinite depth of virulency, smacked of King Lear. Return to Original English Version

vis /vɪs/ — força. Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements. Return to Original English Version

visage /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ — semblante; rosto; fisionomia. “Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage - seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul - Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved! Return to Original English Version

visitations /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃənz/ — visitas oficiais; provações enviadas por Deus. The red cow didn’t die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!” Return to Original English Version

vocally /ˈvəʊkəli/ — verbalmente, em voz alta. I “never told my love” vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears: she understood me at last, and looked a return - the sweetest of all imaginable looks. Return to Original English Version

voce /ˈvoʊtʃeɪ/ — voz. A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts. Return to Original English Version

vociferated /voʊˈsɪfəˌreɪtɪd/ — vociferou; gritou. I did, though: I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom; and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat. Return to Original English Version

vowing /ˈvaʊɪŋ/ — jurando; afirmando solenemente. I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. Return to Original English Version

wad /wɑd/ — maço; bolo; chumaço. Ech! th’ owd man wad ha’ laced ’em properly - but he’s goan!’ Return to Original English Version

waif /weɪf/ — náufrago sem rumo. I’ve been a waif for twenty years!” Return to Original English Version

wail /weɪl/ — lamento; gemido. I joined my wail to theirs, loud and bitter; but Joseph asked what we could be thinking of to roar in that way over a saint in heaven. Return to Original English Version

wailed /weɪld/ — gemeu; uivou. Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched my lattice as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes! Return to Original English Version

wakened /ˈweɪkənd/ — acordou; despertou. His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him: she was never so happy as when we were all scolding her at once, and she defying us with her bold, saucy look, and her ready words; turning Joseph’s religious curses into ridicule, baiting me, and doing just what her father hated most - showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding in anything, and his only when it suited his own inclination. Return to Original English Version

wanderings /ˈwɑndərɪŋz/ — divagações; andanças. At any rate, whatever were my wanderings, the clock chimed twelve as I entered the house; and that gave exactly an hour for every mile of the usual way from Wuthering Heights. Return to Original English Version

waxed /wækst/ — encerou; alisou com cera. I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject: she waxed lachrymose. Return to Original English Version

wayward /ˈweɪwərd/ — teimoso; rebelde; caprichoso. He took to Heathcliff strangely, believing all he said (for that matter, he said precious little, and generally the truth), and petting him up far above Cathy, who was too mischievous and wayward for a favourite. Return to Original English Version

wearied /ˈwɪrid/ — cansou; fatigou. The snow lay yards deep in our road; and, as we floundered on, my companion wearied me with constant reproaches that I had not brought a pilgrim’s staff: telling me that I could never get into the house without one, and boastfully flourishing a heavy-headed cudgel, which I understood to be so denominated. Return to Original English Version

wearisomest /ˈwɪəriˌsʌməst/ — mais cansativo (mais enfadonho). He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. Return to Original English Version

wheedle /ˈwiːdl/ — persuadir com carinho. “And I pray that he may break your neck: take him, and be damned, you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has: only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan. - And take that, I hope he’ll kick out your brains!” Return to Original English Version

wheeled /wiːld/ — fez meia-volta. Afterwards, they dried and combed her beautiful hair, and gave her a pair of enormous slippers, and wheeled her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; and kindling a spark of spirit in the vacant blue eyes of the Lintons - a dim reflection from her own enchanting face. Return to Original English Version

whence /wɛns/ — de onde; donde. I bid them be quiet, now that they saw me returned, and, benumbed to my very heart, I dragged upstairs; whence, after putting on dry clothes, and pacing to and fro thirty or forty minutes, to restore the animal heat, I adjourned to my study, feeble as a kitten: almost too much so to enjoy the cheerful fire and smoking coffee which the servant had prepared for my refreshment. Return to Original English Version

whinstone /ˈwɪnstoʊn/ — basalto. “Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! Return to Original English Version

whirl /wɜːrl/ — girar; rodopiar. A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow. Return to Original English Version

whirled /wɜːrld/ — girou; rodopiou. Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!” The spectre showed a spectre’s ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light. Return to Original English Version

whitened /ˈwaɪtənd/ — branqueou; embranquecido. “Is Heathcliff not here?” she demanded, pulling off her gloves, and displaying fingers wonderfully whitened with doing nothing and staying indoors. Return to Original English Version

wi't /wɪt/ — com isso. I’ll hae no hend wi’t,” muttered the head, vanishing. Return to Original English Version

wildness /ˈwaɪldnəs/ — selvageria; descontrole. I hemmed once more, and drew closer to the hearth, repeating my comment on the wildness of the evening. Return to Original English Version

wincing /ˈwɪnsɪŋ/ — estremecendo (de dor); encolhendo-se. “Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir,” he interrupted, wincing. Return to Original English Version

windings /ˈwaɪndɪŋz/ — curvas; meandros. I had remarked on one side of the road, at intervals of six or seven yards, a line of upright stones, continued through the whole length of the barren: these were erected and daubed with lime on purpose to serve as guides in the dark, and also when a fall, like the present, confounded the deep swamps on either hand with the firmer path: but, excepting a dirty dot pointing up here and there, all traces of their existence had vanished: and my companion found it necessary to warn me frequently to steer to the right or left, when I imagined I was following, correctly, the windings of the road. Return to Original English Version

wisht /wɪʃt/ — queria. Wisht, wisht; you mun’n’t go on so. Return to Original English Version

wolfishly /ˈwʊlfɪʃli/ — como um lobo; ferozmente. I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch. Return to Original English Version

wreath /riːθ/ — coroa; grinalda. I let him enjoy the luxury unannoyed; and after sucking out his last wreath, and heaving a profound sigh, he got up, and departed as solemnly as he came. Return to Original English Version

wrenched /rɛntʃt/ — puxou com força; torceu. He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears. Return to Original English Version

writhed /raɪðd/ — se contorceu de dor. How I writhed, and yawned, and nodded, and revived! Return to Original English Version

yah'll /jæl/ — você vai. Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

yah're /jɑː/ — você é. Bud yah’re a nowt, and it’s no use talking - yah’ll niver mend o’yer ill ways, but goa raight to t’ divil, like yer mother afore ye!” Return to Original English Version

ye'll /jil/ — você vai. Shame on ye! sit ye down, ill childer! there’s good books eneugh if ye’ll read ’em: sit ye down, and think o’ yer sowls!’ Return to Original English Version

yer /jɜːr/ — você; teu (fala popular de your). “There’s nobbut t’ missis; and shoo’ll not oppen ’t an ye mak’ yer flaysome dins till neeght.” Return to Original English Version

yonder /ˈjɑndər/ — além; ali adiante; acolá. We might have got on tolerably, notwithstanding, but for two people - Miss Cathy, and Joseph, the servant: you saw him, I daresay, up yonder. Return to Original English Version

zeal /ziːl/ — zelo; fervor. Presently the whole chapel resounded with rappings and counter rappings: every man’s hand was against his neighbour; and Branderham, unwilling to remain idle, poured forth his zeal in a shower of loud taps on the boards of the pulpit, which responded so smartly that, at last, to my unspeakable relief, they woke me. Return to Original English Version