Learning English and backgammon
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Em compensação, quis aprender inglês com um velho professor amigo do pai e parceiro deste ao solo, mas não foi adiante. Tio Cosme ensinou -lhe gamão. Anda apanhar um capotinho, Capitu, dizia -lhe ele. Capitu obedecia e jogava com facilidade, com atenção, não sei se diga com amor.
In compensation, he wanted to learn English with an old teacher friend of the father and partner of this to the soil, but did not go forward. Uncle Cosme taught him backgammon. — Come catch a little game, Capitu, he said to her. Capitu obeyed and played with ease, with attention, I do not know if to say with love.
The narrator describes attempts to learn English and backgammon, with Capitu playing attentively.
The narrator tried to learn English but failed, then learned backgammon from Uncle Cosme, who invited Capitu to play; she played attentively, perhaps with love.
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