started to shake
He began to tremble.
Tom começou a tremer.
Tom began to tremble.
Mas Nicolau começou a tremer de febre.
But Nicolau started shivering with a fever.
— O Pagador de Promessas (1962)
O chão começou a tremer e disparou o alarme.
The ground began to shake and the alarm went off.
The house started to shake.
The ground began to shake.