It is to be trusted the eccentric “Guide” to which this short sketch is intended to serve as Introduction—and, so far as may be, elucidation—is not a fair specimen of Portuguese or Brazilian educational literature; if such be the case the schoolmaster is indeed “abroad,” and one may justly fear that his instruction—to quote once more the Preface—“only will be for to accustom the Portuguese pupils, or foreign, to speak very bad any of the mentioned idioms.”
Author’s Preface
A choice of familiar dialogues, clean of gallicisms, and despoiled phrases, it was missing yet to studious portuguese and brazilian Youth; and also to persons of others nations, that wish to know the portuguese language. We sought all we may do, to correct that want, composing and divising the present little work in two parts. The first includes a greatest vocabulary proper names by alphabetical order; and the second forty three Dialogues adapted to the usual precisions of the life. For that reason we did put, with a scrupulous exactness, a great variety own expressions to english and portuguese idioms; without to attach us selves (as make some others) almost at a literal translation; translation what only will be for to accustom the portuguese pupils, or-foreign, to speak very bad any of the mentioned idioms.
We were increasing this second edition with a phraseology, in the first part, and some familiar letters, anecdotes, idiotisms, proverbs, and to second a coin’s index.
The Works which we were confering for this labour, fond use us for nothing; but those what were publishing to Portugal, or out, they were almost all composed for some foreign, or for some national little acquainted in the spirit of both languages. It was resulting from that corelessness to rest these Works fill of imperfections, and anomalies of style; in spite of the infinite typographical faults which some times, invert the sense of the periods. It increase not to contain any of those Works the figured pronunciation of the english words, nor the prosodical accent in the portuguese; indispensable object whom wish to speak the english and portuguese languages correctly.
We expect then, who the little book (for the care what we wrote him, and for her typographical correction) that may be worth the acceptation of the studious persons, and especially of the Youth, at which we dedicate him particularly.
English as She Is Spoke
Or, A Jest in Sober Earnest
Of the Man
| The Brain | The inferior lip |
| The brains | The superior lip |
| The fat of the leg | The marrow |
| The ham | The reins |
Defects of the body
| A blind | A left handed |
| A lame | An ugly |
| A bald | A squint-eyed |
| A deaf | |
Degrees of kindred
| The gossip | The quater-grandfather |
| The gossip mistress | The quater-grandmother |
| The nurse | A guardian |
| A relation | An guardian |
| An relation | A widower |
| An widow | |
Trades
| Starch-maker | Porter |
| Barber | Chinaman |
| Coffeeman | Founder |
| Porkshop-keeper | Grave-digger |
| Cartwright | Tradesman |
| Tinker, a brasier | Stockingmender |
| Nailer | Lochsmith |
Objects of man
| The boots | The lining |
| The buckles | The clogs |
| The buttons-holes | The wig |
| The buskins | The morning-gown, night-gown |
Woman objects
| The busk | The paint or disguise |
| The sash | The spindle |
| The cornet | The patches |
| The pumps | The skate |
Servants
| Coochmann | Spendth |
| Running footman | Business-man |
| Groome | |
Diseases
| The apoplexy | The megrime |
| The scrofulas | The whitlow |
| The melancholy | The rheumatisme |
| The vomitory | |
Parties a Town
| The butchery | The low eating house |
| The cause-way | The obelis-ks |
| The sink | The prison, geol |
Kitchen utensils
| The skimming-dish | The spark |
| The potlid | The fire |
| The pothanger | The smoke |
| The spunge | The clout |
| The jack | |
Of the bed
| The bed wood | The feet’s bed |
| The bed battom | The pillar’s bed |
| The head’s bed | |
For the table
| Some knifes | Some groceries |
| Some crumb | |
Eatings
| Some black pudding | A little mine |
| Some sugar-plum | Hog fat |
| Some wigs | Some marchpanes |
| A chitterling sausages | An amelet |
| A dainty-dishes | A slice, steak |
| A mutton shoulder | Vegetables boiled to a pap |
Seasonings
| Some wing | Some pinions |
| Some cinnamon | Some hog’slard |
| Some oranges | Some verjuice |
Drinkings
| Some orgeat | Some paltry wine |
| Some sirup or sirop | |
Quadruped’s beasts
| Lamb | Rocbuck |
| Ass | Dragon |
| Shi ass | Wild sow |
| Ass-colt | Lioness |
| Ram, aries | Dormouse |
Birds
| Becafico | Heuth-cock |
| Calander | Whoop |
| Stor | Pea cock |
| Yeung turkey | Pinch |
| Red-breast, a robin | |
Insects-reptiles
| Asp, aspic | Fly |
| Morpion | Butter fly |
| Serpent | |
Fishes and shell-fishes
| Calamary | Large lobster |
| Dorado | Snail |
| A sorte of fish | Wolf |
| Hedge hog | Torpedo |
| Sea-calf | |
Trees
| Lote-tree lotos | Service-tree |
| Chest nut-tree | Jujube-tree |
| Linden-tree | |
Flowers
| Anemony | Mil-foils |
| Blue-bottle | Hink |
| Turnsol | |
Hunting
| Hunting dog | Picker |
| Relay dog | Gun-powder |
| Hound dog | Priming-powder |
| Hound’s fee | Hunts man |
Colours
| White | Gridelin |
| Cray | Musk |
| Red | |
Metals and minerals
| Starch | Latten |
| Cooper | Plaster |
| Vitriole | |
Common stones
| Loadstones | White lead |
| Brick | Gum-stone |
Weights
| Counterpoise | An obole |
| A pound an half | A quater ounce |
Games
| Foot-ball | Pile |
| Bar | Mall |
| Gleek | Even or non even |
| Carousal | Keel |
Perfumes
| Benzion | Pomatum |
| Perfume paw | Storax |
On the church
| The sides of the nef | The little cellal |
| The holywater-pot | The boby of the church |
Solemn-feasts
| The Deads-day | The Vigil |
| The Twelfth-Day | The Visitation |
Ecclesiastical dignities
| Incumbent | General of an order |
| Canon | Penitentiary |
| Canoness | Theologist |
| Chanter, a clerk | General curate |
Chivalry orders
| Black eagle | Elephant |
| Avis, advice | Honour Legion |
| Calatrava | Saint Michaelmas |
| Very-merit | |
Degrees
| A cannoneer | A general to galeries |
| A vessel captain | A great admiral |
| A harbinger | A king a lieutenant |
| A parapet | A quater master |
| A army general | A vice admiral’s ship |
Military objects
| The bait | The fire pan |
| An arquebuse | A bomb ketch |
| A bandoleer | The military case |
| A fusil, a gun | |
Music’s instruments
| A flagelet | A dreum |
| A hurdy-gurdy | |
Chastisements
| A fine | To break upon |
| Honourable fine | To tear off the flesh |
| To draw to four horses | |
Familiar Phrases
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Go to send for.
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Have you say that?
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Have you understand that he says?
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At what purpose have say so?
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Put your confidence at my.
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At what o’clock dine him?
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Apply you at the study during that you are young.
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Dress your hairs.
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Sing an area.
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These apricots and these peaches make me and to come water in mouth.
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How do you can it to deny?
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Wax my shoes.
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That is that I have think.
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That are the dishes whose you must be and to abstain.
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This meat ist not too over do.
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This ink is white.
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This room is filled of bugs.
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This girl have a beauty edge.
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It is a noise which to cleave the head.
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This wood is fill of thief’s.
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Tell me, it can one to know?
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Give me some good milk newly get out.
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To morrow hi shall be entirely (her master) or unoccupied.
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She do not that to talk and to cackle.
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Dry this wine.
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He laughs at my nose, he jest by me.
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He has spit in my coat.
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He has me take out my hairs.
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He does me some kicks.
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He has scratch the face with hers nails.
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He burns one’s self the brains.
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He is valuable his weight’s gold.
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He has the word for to laugh.
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He do the devil at four.
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He make to weep the room.
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He was fighted in duel.
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They fight one’s selfs together.
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He do want to fall.
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It must never to laugh of the unhappies.
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He was wanting to be killed.
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I am confused all yours civilities.
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I am catched cold.
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I not make what to coughand spit.
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Never I have feeld a such heat
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Till say-us?
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Till hither.
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I have put my stockings outward.
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I have croped the candle.
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I have
