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O Castigo De Prometeu

Prometheus’ Punishment

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O Castigo De Prometeu

Prometheus’ Punishment

Explore the pretérito mais-que-perfeito and other forms of the past tense, in this story of the titan Prometheus.

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  • Conhecem o mito do titã Prometeu Do you know the myth of the titan Prometheus
  • e do preço que pagou por ter ajudado a humanidade? and the price he paid for helping mankind?
  • Não? Então eu conto-vos. No? Then I'll tell you.
  • Ao contrário dos outros titãs que reinaram antes dos deuses do Olimpo, Unlike the other titans who reigned before the Olympian gods,
  • o titã Prometeu nunca desviara o olhar do the titan Prometheus had never looked away from the
  • sofrimento e escuridão que assolavam a humanidade. suffering and darkness that plagued mankind.
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Vocabulary
assistirto watch, attend, to assist assolarto devastate, ravage, befall o castigopunishment despercebidounnoticed desviar-seto dodge, to stray, to deviate o fígadothe liver a ousadiaboldness rasgarto tear apart o sofrimentosuffering a tiraniatyranny o titãtitan
Expressions
ao contráriounlike, as opposed to, in contrast to, upside down
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