40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «بوارو يحقق»
Poirot Investigates
40 كلمة يكررها أغاثا كريستي في «بوارو يحقق»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
diamond/ˈdaɪmənd/ماس، ألماسة، ألماس، ماسة33 مرة في الكتاب
… above all one jewel, the great diamond which had been nicknamed, to match its owner …
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/جوهر، جوهرة32 مرة في الكتاب
… her furs, her jewels, above all one jewel …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/غمغم، تغمغم، تمتم، دمدم24 مرة في الكتاب
he murmured.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/رمادي، أغبر23 مرة في الكتاب
You use your grey cells at last.
chambermaidخادمة23 مرة في الكتاب
An hotel chambermaid, looking frightened to death …
necklace/ˈnɛkɫəs/قلادة18 مرة في الكتاب
She stood there with one hand just touching the necklace.
monsieur/məsˈjɝ/سيدي17 مرة في الكتاب
“Then perhaps I might have a few words alone with you, monsieur?”
housekeeper/ˈhaʊˌskipɝ/مدبرة المنزل17 مرة في الكتاب
Hunter’s Lodge is looked after by a housekeeper who is quite capable of doing all we need when we run down for an occasional week-end.
revolver/ɹɪˈvɑɫvɝ/مسدس17 مرة في الكتاب
By the way, Hastings, have you a revolver?”
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/جارور، درج16 مرة في الكتاب
I went to the drawer here,”—she indicated the bottom right-hand drawer of the knee-hole dressing-table—“took out my jewel-case and unlocked it.
maid/ˈmeɪd/خادمة15 مرة في الكتاب
“I was changing for tea when my maid came up—one of the gardeners had just run to the house.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/أخفى15 مرة في الكتاب
I was secretly rather pleased with myself, though I tried to conceal the fact for fear of irritating him.
valet/væˈɫeɪ/خادم شخصي14 مرة في الكتاب
… and then walked down to the end of the corridor, stopping outside the small den where the chambermaids and valets of the respective floors congregated.
pearls/ˈpɝɫz/لآلئ13 مرة في الكتاب
You know, I’ve got some pearls of my own that have a history attached to them.
telegram/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæm/برقية، تلغراف13 مرة في الكتاب
At that moment the butler entered with a telegram on a salver which he handed to Lord Yardly.
thoughtfully/ˈθɔtfəɫi/بتأمل13 مرة في الكتاب
Poirot nodded thoughtfully.
nephew/ˈnɛfju/ابن أخ، ابن أخت13 مرة في الكتاب
… Monsieur Poirot, but Lord Cronshaw was telling me last night how wonderfully you cleared up the mystery of his nephew’s death, and I felt that I just must have your advice.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/لحية، ذقن13 مرة في الكتاب
“He had a black beard, sir, and was about middle-aged, and had on a light overcoat.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/ذكي12 مرة في الكتاب
“That ‘full of the moon’ idea was clever.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/سحر، جاذبية12 مرة في الكتاب
A very beautiful and charming young creature, but terribly unstrung by this sad catastrophe.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/حير12 مرة في الكتاب
As we hurried in a taxi to the Magnificent, I puzzled out the true inwardness of the scheme.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/الغد11 مرة في الكتاب
But to-morrow morning we see this milord!”
placid/ˈpɫæsəd/هادئ، ساكن11 مرة في الكتاب
asked Poirot placidly, from the depths of his comfortable chair.
utter/ˈətɝ/ينطق أو يصدر صوتا أو كلاما بالصوت نطق ب11 مرة في الكتاب
Then I uttered another cry which Lord Yardly echoed.
thief/ˈθif/لص، لصة، سارق، سارقة، حرامي، حرامية11 مرة في الكتاب
There, just short of the threshold, lay the glittering necklace, evidently dropped by the thief in the panic of his flight.
bolt/ˈboʊɫt/مصمال11 مرة في الكتاب
There was no doubt as to my bolt having shot home.
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/غادر، رحل11 مرة في الكتاب
I had my way with Poirot, however, and we departed immediately, leaving behind us a note of explanation and apology for Lord Yardly.
bow/ˈbaʊ/انحنى للتحية، انحنى، ركع11 مرة في الكتاب
He bowed them both to the door.
milordمولاي10 مرة في الكتاب
“First, milord, I would ask you if these facts are substantially correct?”
impatiently/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəntɫi/بنفاد صبر10 مرة في الكتاب
I said impatiently.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/جلب10 مرة في الكتاب
We returned reluctantly, and Lord Yardly sent off one of the footmen post-haste to fetch the police.
keen/ˈkin/شديد، حاد، متحمس10 مرة في الكتاب
He took the jewel in his own hand and scrutinized it keenly, then restored it to her with a little bow.
insure/ˌɪnˈʃʊɹ/يؤمن، يضمن10 مرة في الكتاب
Much, true and untrue, had been written about this famous stone which was reported to be insured for the enormous sum of fifty thousand pounds.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/سم10 مرة في الكتاب
Still, life is full of discrepancies, and assuredly the man cannot have taken his own life—there is no poison that would fill his mouth with blood.
fancy/ˈfænsi/خيال، تخيل10 مرة في الكتاب
“I presume that it is a true story, not one of your efforts of fancy.”
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/في الطابق العلوي10 مرة في الكتاب
She has already wrenched out the diamond with pliers upstairs——”
chauffeur/ˈʃoʊfɝ/سائق9 مرة في الكتاب
The real car was found in a side road, with the chauffeur and the A.D.C.
superstition/ˌsupɝˈstɪʃən/خرافة9 مرة في الكتاب
I saw Mrs. Maltravers give a terrified start, and my mind flew to the old superstition that a suicide cannot rest.
briskly/ˈbɹɪskɫi/بخفة9 مرة في الكتاب
He remained a moment or so in thought, then rose briskly to his feet.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/سيدة9 مرة في الكتاب
She showed us into a small morning-room, and retired to tell her mistress.
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
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