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- No dia 1 de novembro de 1755, Lisboa acordou para um sismo que deixou a cidade destruída, On November 1, 1755, Lisbon woke up to an earthquake that left the city destroyed,
- sendo depois atingida por um tsunami e por um incêndio que a consumiu durante dias. being then hit by a tsunami and a fire that consumed it for days.
- Foram nove minutos de puro terror, It was nine minutes of pure terror,
- tanto que arrasou por completo a cidade de Lisboa como era conhecida na altura. so much so that it completely destroyed the city of Lisbon as it was known at the time.
- Mas, para o desalento dos Lisboetas, o terror ainda não tinha acabado. But, to the dismay of the people of Lisbon, the terror had not yet ended.
- Ondas gigantes invadiram as ruas, levando tudo na sua passagem, Giant waves invaded the streets, sweeping away everything in their wake,
- acabando com o pouco que ainda restava da cidade. wiping out what little was still left of the city.
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Vocabulary
abalarto shake, shock, undermine acontecimentoevent, occurrence, incident AntissísmicasAnti-seismic AtingidaStruck a cidadecity DestruídaDestroyed o incêndiofire as in wildfire or house fire Modernamodern Mortosdead ondaswaves recuperarto recover, regain, revive O sismoSeism, shock SismologiaSeismology a tarefatask TumultoTurmoil VivosLiving, live, alive
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