Dom Casmurro 116.11 · 116.11

Expressões cruas da Bíblia

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Você não imagina como a Bíblia é cheia de expressões cruas e grosseiras. Eu falava assim para variar. Tu como vais, meu anjo? Meu anjo, como é que eu ando na rua?

You don't imagine how full the Bible is of crude and coarse expressions. I spoke like that to vary. How are you, my angel? My angel, how is it that I walk in the street?

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Vocêvoh-SEHyounãonahngnotimaginaee-mah-JEE-nahimaginecomoKOH-moohowaahtheBíbliaBEE-blee-ahBibleéehischeiaSHAY-ahfulldejeeofexpressõeses-preh-SOH-yngsexpressionscruasKROO-ahscrudeeeeandgrosseirasgroh-SAY-rahscoarse.Eueh-ooIfalavafah-LAH-vahspokeassimah-SEENGlike thatparaPAH-rahtovariarvah-ree-AHRvary.TutooyoucomoKOH-moohowvaisvysgo,meumeh-oomyanjoAHN-jooangel?Meumeh-oomyanjoAHN-jooangel,comoKOH-moohowéehisquekeethateueh-ooIandoAHN-doowalknanahin theruaHOO-ahstreet?

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The narrator comments on the crude expressions in the Bible and then addresses someone affectionately.

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The narrator comments on the crude expressions in the Bible and then shifts to a tender address, asking how the listener is and questioning his own behavior in the street.

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