Pedro- Nascida a dezoito de junho de mil novecentos e um, Born on the eighteenth of June, 1901,
- Anastasia Romanov foi a quarta filha do czar Nicolau II. Anastasia Romanov was the fourth daughter of Tsar Nicholas II.
- Apesar de muito adorada pelos pais, o seu nascimento desapontou-os por ser outra menina. Although much adored by her parents, her birth disappointed them due to her being yet another girl.
- Três anos mais tarde, a situação resolveu-se ao nascer o seu irmão Alexei. Three years later, the situation was solved when her brother Alexei was born.
- No entanto, Alexei sofria de hemofilia. However, Alexei suffered from hemophilia.
- Ao contrário do irmão, Anastasia era uma menina robusta e energética. Unlike her brother, Anastasia was a robust and energetic girl.
- Quando a Revolução se deu e derrubou a monarquia em mil novecentos e dezassete, o destino da família ficou comprometido. When the Revolution took place and overthrew the monarchy in 1917, the family's destiny was compromised.
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Vocabulary
AdoradaAdored ajudahelp algunssome, a few masc. Apesar deAlthough, even though, despite ComprometidoCompromised ConseguidoManaged CorposBodies Criadosservants destaquehighlight, prominence, emphasis DestinoFate, destiny DeterminadoDetermined DezoitoEighteen 18 EnergéticaEnergetic entrebetween, among escaparto escape EspeculaçõesSpeculations esposaspouse fem., wife EsqueletosSkeletons ExecutadosExecuted a famíliafamily filhadaughter filhoschildren, kids, offspring, sons o fimthe end finalmenteeventually, ultimately, finally FingidoPretended Guardaguard HemofiliaHemophilia a históriahistory, story ImpostoraImpostor o irmãobrother junhoJune mais tardelater meninagirl MeninaMiss, young lady o mistériomystery a monarquiamonarchy Mortadead muitasmany, a lot of fem. muitovery, a lot, much As mulheresThe women o nascimentobirth, origin, inception outraother, another (fem.) os paisparents a penapity, shame, penalty, regret PorémHowever, yet, though PrisioneirosPrisoners quandowhen Quartafourth quasealmost, about to Os restosthe remains a revoluçãorevolution RobustaSturdy situaçãosituation SobrevivênciaSurvival SupostaSupposed SurrealSurreal o séculocentury váriosseveral, many masc.
Expressions
no entantohowever Ao longo dos anosOver the years ao contráriounlike, as opposed to, in contrast to, upside down Teste de ADNDNA test
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Comments
Great, thank you, it is so good that your shorties talk about alot of different subjects.
Maybe an idee to write the names of the people who read them? so we know who is hiding behind the pleasant voices?
Good job dear fellows,
Miriam
Yes, we plan to have a featured page for each person featured in the Shorties with a short bio etc. Stay tuned 🙂
Yes! More of these interesting stories 🙂