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Searching for the Lost Cat

Marina confronts her neighbour to accuse him of stealing her cat… again.

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  • 00:00:03Marina: Olá, senhor José, bom dia. Desculpe incomodá-lo tão cedo.
  • 00:00:08José: Bom dia, menina Marina. Não se preocupe, eu acordo cedo. Passa-se alguma coisa?
  • 00:00:16Marina: Olhe… Perdi novamente a minha gata. Fugiu de casa.
  • 00:00:21José: Não me diga!
  • 00:00:23Marina: Pois. A gata, ultimamente, parece que anda maluca. Deve andar com o cio. Mia praticamente o dia todo.
  • 00:00:33José: Isso é uma grande chatice. Mas em que é que a posso ajudar?
  • 00:00:38-- A Marina olha friamente para o senhor José.
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o arranhãoscratch noun bichoanimal, critter bufarto huff, snort, hiss a chaticehassle, nuisance, drag, annoyance, bummer o cololap body CompletamenteCompletely DesafinadoOut of tune desdesince devolverto return, restore EducadamentePolitely EnvergonhadamenteShamefully EstúpidoStupid FacilmenteEasily FeioUgly FriamenteColdly HorrendoHorrendous Imediatamenteimmediately LadrãozecoPetty thief malucacrazy fem.,sing. miarto meow novamenteagain, once more O padeirobaker péssimovery bad, terrible roubarto steal sextosixth SimplesmenteSimply subirto climb, go up, rise testaforehead TimidamenteTimidly a varandabalcony
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o animal de estimaçãopet Ao menosAt least Não se preocupeDon't worry sing.,formal Do avessoInside-out, Upside-down Andar com o cioTo be in heat Vai sair-lhe o tiro pela culatraIt's going to backfire Passa-se alguma coisa?Is something wrong? Não me diga!No way!, You're joking!, You don't say! Como se atreve?How dare you? No ano passadoLast year Está a passar das marcas!You're out of line! De voltaBack to, upon return
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Comments

  • Amusing dialogue! Please explain what happens at 00:48. The transcription reads ‘la lá eu’… but it doesn’t sound like he says that. This is where he is reacting to the accusation of theft.

    • Thanks for commenting!
      The transcription is accurate; he does say “Ia lá eu”. Note that it’s “ia” with an I, and “” with an L 🙂 This is a Portuguese idiom that basically means “I would never”. It’s very emphatic and rather ironic, because it almost seems to mean the opposite of what it says.

  • Uma aula muito divertida em como lidar com pessoas chatas e quardar paciência. Engraçado e muito útil por haver vocabulário que normalmente não se encontra nos livros de aprendizagem traditionais.
    Abraço.

    • Ahah, podemos dizer que ela “não tem papas na língua” (she doesn’t hold back; doesn’t mince her words; speaks her mind) 🙂

  • I’m not good enough at Portuguese yet to completely translate this, so I had to guess at some things. I usually got them right, but I definitely appreciate the chance to check whaat it really says against what I think it probably does. I think it helps the new information stick more firmly. Also, there wass a whole lot of new vocabulary with this one. I don’t think much of it will stick unless I sort of invent myself my own lesson to try to acquire it. Just my opinion, of course.

  • This shorty audio ( & text ) is loaded with colloquial phrases not yet learnt making it very difficult to understand and follow. It seems out of place just after exercises on basic adverbs. Whilst previous shortys were generally at the level of learning
    I appreciate it is level B2 but an easier shorty here would be appropriate to this level C2

    In the text Natacha says ” É que estou a ouvi-la miar aí dentro ” É que translates to “it is that” . it seems unnecessary as estou on its own would suffice unless it means “It is just that … ” Is this the real meaning ?

    thanks
    Simon

    • Olá, Simon. Thank you so much for your feedback – we’ll review the placement of this shorty.

      About your question, “É que” does correspond to “It’s just that…”, so it’s kind of added for emphasis, it’s not an essential part of the sentence 🙂

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