40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «مزرعة الحيوان»
Animal Farm
40 كلمة يكررها جورج أورويل في «مزرعة الحيوان»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
windmill/ˈwɪndˌmɪɫ/طاحونة هوائية71 مرة في الكتاب
But of all their controversies, none was so bitter as the one that took place over the windmill.
sheep/ˈʃip/خروف، ضأن، غنم، شاء، حمل36 مرة في الكتاب
The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud.
farmhouse/ˈfɑɹmˌhaʊs/بيت المزرعة34 مرة في الكتاب
Then they filed back to the farm buildings and halted in silence outside the door of the farmhouse.
hoof/ˈhuf/حافر، ظلف، خف26 مرة في الكتاب
… came in together, walking very slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw.
barn/ˈbɑɹn/حظيرة، زريبة25 مرة في الكتاب
It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way.
hen/ˈhɛn/دجاجة22 مرة في الكتاب
And you hens, how many eggs have you laid in this last year, and how many of those eggs ever hatched into chickens?
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/عمل، شغل19 مرة في الكتاب
Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings.
stall/ˈstɔɫ/معلف، مراح18 مرة في الكتاب
I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living.
harvest/ˈhɑɹvəst/حصاد15 مرة في الكتاب
Today we begin the hay harvest.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/حصة14 مرة في الكتاب
In return for your four confinements and all your labour in the fields, what have you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?
pigeon/ˈpɪdʒən/حمامة14 مرة في الكتاب
Every day Snowball and Napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms, tell them the story of the Rebellion …
comrade/ˈkɑmˌɹæd/رفيق، رفيقة، صديق، صديقة13 مرة في الكتاب
… of course) and tramp steadily round and round the field with a pig walking behind and calling out "Gee up, comrade!"
utter/ˈətɝ/ينطق أو يصدر صوتا أو كلاما بالصوت نطق ب13 مرة في الكتاب
… he would move rapidly to and fro, drawing in line after line and uttering little whimpers of excitement.
straw/ˈstɹɔ/قش13 مرة في الكتاب
At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.
orchard/ˈɔɹtʃɝd/بستان، بيارة11 مرة في الكتاب
… he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking.
pasture/ˈpæstʃɝ/مرعى، مسرح11 مرة في الكتاب
But they woke at dawn as usual, and suddenly remembering the glorious thing that had happened, they all raced out into the pasture together.
shed/ˈʃɛd/سقيفة11 مرة في الكتاب
One of the cows broke in the door of the store-shed with her horn and all the animals began to help themselves from the bins.
rumour/ˈɹumɝ/أقاويل10 مرة في الكتاب
But there were also rumours of something more serious.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/خشب10 مرة في الكتاب
It happened that there was in the yard a pile of timber which had been stacked there ten years earlier when a beech spinney was cleared.
cart/ˈkɑɹt/عربة نقل، عربة10 مرة في الكتاب
The two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover …
trotter/ˈtɹɑtɝ/ظلف9 مرة في الكتاب
Major raised his trotter for silence.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/شرف، تكريم، احترام9 مرة في الكتاب
Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do."
rebellion/ɹɪˈbɛɫjən/ثورة، تمرد، عصيان، قيام9 مرة في الكتاب
Nevertheless, they were both thoroughly frightened by the rebellion on Animal Farm, and very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much about it.
ribbon/ˈɹɪbən/شريط9 مرة في الكتاب
She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with.
spite/ˈspaɪt/رغم9 مرة في الكتاب
… but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.
bleatingثغاء8 مرة في الكتاب
… the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad!
pellet/ˈpɛɫət/رصاصة8 مرة في الكتاب
The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly.
expulsion/ɪkˈspəɫʃən/إبعاد8 مرة في الكتاب
In spite of the shock that Snowball's expulsion had given them, the animals were dismayed by this announcement.
quarry/ˈkwɔɹi/مقلع8 مرة في الكتاب
There was a good quarry of limestone on the farm, and plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses …
inch/ˈɪntʃ/بوصة، شبر8 مرة في الكتاب
As for the horses, they knew every inch of the field, and in fact understood the business of mowing and raking far better than Jones and his men had ever done.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/ذكي8 مرة في الكتاب
Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.
cockerelديك صغير7 مرة في الكتاب
He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else, and would put in some volunteer labour at whatever seemed to be most needed …
gallop/ˈɡæɫəp/يعدو7 مرة في الكتاب
Their first act was to gallop in a body right round the boundaries of the farm, as though to make quite sure that no human being was hiding anywhere upon it …
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/عنان7 مرة في الكتاب
The harness-room at the end of the stables was broken open; the bits …
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/زمجرة7 مرة في الكتاب
But suddenly the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again.
hedge/ˈhɛdʒ/وشيع، سياج نباتي7 مرة في الكتاب
… the geese, who had been hiding behind the hedge, rushed out and pecked viciously at the calves of their legs.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/خشى، أفزع7 مرة في الكتاب
… and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them almost out of their wits.
whip/ˈhwɪp/سوط، كرباج7 مرة في الكتاب
The next moment he and his four men were in the store-shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions.
knoll/ˈnoʊɫ/تل صغير6 مرة في الكتاب
A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm.
maxim/ˈmæksəm/حكمة6 مرة في الكتاب
After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: "Four legs good, two legs bad."
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
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