A boy breaks one old vase at a rich uncle’s house. The uncle gets extremely angry and yells: “Do you even know how old the vase was? It was from the 17th century!”

The boy sagged in relief: “Oh, good that it wasn’t new.”

Vocabulary Help

  • angry – nervoso
  • know (know, knew, known) – saber
  • Oh, good that it wasn’t new – Oh, que bom que não era novo
  • old – velho
  • sag in relief – ficar aliviado
  • uncle – tio
  • yell – gritar