40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «المبدل وقصص أخرى»
Changeling, and Other Stories
40 كلمة يكررها دون بايرن في «المبدل وقصص أخرى»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/كوير37 مرة في الكتاب
"I think to myself: 'This is a queer thing for any one as tough as they tell me Janssen is, to come out with.'
instant/ˈɪnstənt/لحظة34 مرة في الكتاب
As Officer McCarthy paused for an instant in his story the eyes of the court-room seemed by common consent to turn to Anna Janssen in the dock.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/كلب صيد29 مرة في الكتاب
Forward of him a hundred and fifty yards the hounds were circling around the copse, while the leaders were inside, raising the red fox.
mill/ˈmɪɫ/مطحنة29 مرة في الكتاب
… moist vat, or ground coffee in the red mill that suggested a ceremonial vessel in a Hindu temple.
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/فيل27 مرة في الكتاب
And so her great and gorgeous train went on through the desert, crunch of camels' pads, shuffle of marching men, thud of lumbering elephants, screaming of peacocks, chattering of apes....
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/رعد24 مرة في الكتاب
"And then we hear thunder.
lion/ˈɫaɪən/أسد، ليث24 مرة في الكتاب
"See these brass bases, Balkis, with the borders of lions and oxen and cherubim.
immense/ˌɪˈmɛns/هائل23 مرة في الكتاب
Two South American commonwealths, with the hearts of children and the bravery of men, decided to span the Andes with an immense bridge.
queen/ˈkwin/ملكة22 مرة في الكتاب
… as tall as he, who moved with the slow dignity of a queen.
damn/ˈdæm/اللعنة21 مرة في الكتاب
'If I was all alone in the middle of the Pacific, I would n't give a damn, but these here coral insects,' he says …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/غمغم، تغمغم، تمتم، دمدم18 مرة في الكتاب
she murmured.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/زأر، هرهر18 مرة في الكتاب
"Now, listen to me, men," he roared like a maddened bull.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/دولار17 مرة في الكتاب
The ten or twelve dollars a week he made, and what he got for them, compared very unfavorably with the healthful comfort and clean sea air of home.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/لحية، ذقن17 مرة في الكتاب
They turned to the foreman, a fine, florid personage, with a fan-shaped red beard, a man who ought to be equal to every occasion, so it seemed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/اختلج، ارتجف16 مرة في الكتاب
And I could feel her hands tremble, and then crisp, and then tremble, and suddenly grow firm and fine and powerful.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/كرامة، وقار، منزلة، شأن، عزة، شرف16 مرة في الكتاب
Immobile, somehow immaculate, with strange superhuman dignity, she did not blush, she did not smile.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/كريم مبارك15 مرة في الكتاب
There will be no blight on the milk the cows give, and there will be great luck on the stock of the kindly land.
referee/ˌɹɛfɝˈi/حكم15 مرة في الكتاب
Before the bell had gone for the first round, before the referee had called them together for instructions, before even the gloves were laced on him …
twilight/ˈtwaɪˌɫaɪt/شفق15 مرة في الكتاب
The sun was going down and a soft bronze twilight was beginning to settle.
utter/ˈətɝ/ينطق أو يصدر صوتا أو كلاما بالصوت نطق ب15 مرة في الكتاب
Their wings flapped wearily, and as they flew landward they uttered faint whimpering cries.
jungle/ˈdʒəŋɡəɫ/أجمة، أدغال، دغل، غابة15 مرة في الكتاب
These mountains, that composition of jungle, that smashing drop to the turbulent river, the snarling waters themselves—all these were the work of the Great Mason, the detail of his Divine Hand.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/شراع15 مرة في الكتاب
They reefed down sail until we were flying along under top and foresails.
huntsman/ˈhəntsmən/صياد14 مرة في الكتاب
The hounds were being urged in by the pink-coated huntsman.
hush/ˈhəʃ/صمت، أصمت14 مرة في الكتاب
"Excellency, from the time she was on it the bridge stopped quivering, the wind hushed.
fox/ˈfɑks/ثعلب14 مرة في الكتاب
… the horseman, the hunter of foxes, and she was of a family whose tradition it was never to hunt or harry a fox …
slim/ˈsɫɪm/نحيل، نحيف، أهيف14 مرة في الكتاب
It rose there strong and slim and beautiful and of use to men, but terrible as an army with banners.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/هادئ14 مرة في الكتاب
It seemed impossible that this calm, majestic figure could once have acted the siren of the streets to the officer bringing her from her Tahitian sanctuary.
sinister/ˈsɪnɪstɝ/شرير13 مرة في الكتاب
There are houses and lands that are kindly, and places that are sinister, fields that are surly, meadows that are sweetly generous.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/محبوب13 مرة في الكتاب
One man is proud that his horse whinnies in the stall when he hears the beloved footstep.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/نسيم، هواء، نسمة13 مرة في الكتاب
A light breeze is in shore.
dawn/ˈdɔn/فجر13 مرة في الكتاب
And I was lying on the sand in the dawn, and Janssen was bathing my head.
cove/ˈkoʊv/خليج صغير، جون12 مرة في الكتاب
And that cove is full of fish.'
wail/ˈweɪɫ/أطلق صرخة12 مرة في الكتاب
and then wailed, "My God!
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/معطف فضفاض12 مرة في الكتاب
She has let her hair down and it covers her to the knees in a great shining cloak, like some wonderful fur cloak.
pity/ˈpɪti/شفقة12 مرة في الكتاب
It's a pity.
tiger/ˈtaɪɡɝ/نمر، ببر12 مرة في الكتاب
Some trainers are born with power over man-eating tigers, some men can handle snakes, some can sooth stampeding cattle.
monk/ˈməŋk/راهب، ناسك12 مرة في الكتاب
She could understand the ideals of an ancient age, when a community of monks called themselves the Pontist Brothers, the Frères Pontifes.
merchant/ˈmɝtʃənt/تاجر، تاجرة12 مرة في الكتاب
And the soldier's honor and the sailor's courage, and the writer's fire and the builder's genius—yes, and the dreams of great merchants, too, Lovat grimaced—are curbed and roweled by the huckster's purse.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/خفيف12 مرة في الكتاب
He liked the faint powder on her face, and her carefully cultured eyebrows.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/شمال11 مرة في الكتاب
I look everywhere—north, east, south, and west—and there is nothing but boiling sea, white, muddy, with birds fluttering, or floating in the air.
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