40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «مغامرات شيرلوك هولمز»
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
40 كلمة يكررها آرثر كونان دويل في «مغامرات شيرلوك هولمز»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/مفرد33 مرة في الكتاب
… of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/لحظة31 مرة في الكتاب
It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front.
goose/ˈɡus/إوز، وز27 مرة في الكتاب
“I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,” observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.
coronet/ˈkɔɹəˈnɛt/تاج مرصع25 مرة في الكتاب
The lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum which I have asked.
keen/ˈkin/شديد، حاد، متحمس25 مرة في الكتاب
… and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
maid/ˈmeɪd/خادمة25 مرة في الكتاب
… shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air of a man who was thoroughly at home.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/رمادي، أغبر24 مرة في الكتاب
He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat …
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/عربة22 مرة في الكتاب
It is her carriage.
stepfather/ˈstɛpˌfɑðɝ/زوج ٱلأم، أب ربيب21 مرة في الكتاب
“Your father,” said Holmes, “your stepfather, surely, since the name is different.”
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/إيذان، إعلان، إشهار، دعاية21 مرة في الكتاب
As he glanced down the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper flattened out upon his knee …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/لون19 مرة في الكتاب
If my hair would only change colour, here’s a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.’
peculiar/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/غريب19 مرة في الكتاب
Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’
fancy/ˈfænsi/خيال، تخيل19 مرة في الكتاب
Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/غدا18 مرة في الكتاب
“If you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o’clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you.”
deduce/dɪˈdus/إستنتج18 مرة في الكتاب
“I see it, I deduce it.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/أخير، بعد ذلك18 مرة في الكتاب
Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/مركز، وسط17 مرة في الكتاب
… who had stepped from her carriage, was the centre of a little knot of flushed and struggling men, who struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/ميل17 مرة في الكتاب
… has referred the case to me, and hence it is that two middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly digesting their breakfasts at home.”
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/فظيع17 مرة في الكتاب
It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/سيجار، سيكار17 مرة في الكتاب
… he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
geese/ˈɡis/إوز17 مرة في الكتاب
“Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese,” said he.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/فورا، حالا17 مرة في الكتاب
It was instantly opened by a bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/محاولا16 مرة في الكتاب
“The man who wrote it was presumably well to do,” I remarked, endeavouring to imitate my companion’s processes.
armchair/ˈɑɹmˌtʃɛɹ/كرسي ذو ذراعين، أريكة، كرسي16 مرة في الكتاب
… but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/مصراع16 مرة في الكتاب
Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a letter.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/خشى، أفزع16 مرة في الكتاب
She was so frightened by their violence that she ran away and told her mother when she reached home that she had left the two McCarthys quarrelling near Boscombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to fight.
ventilator/ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪtɝ/مروحة15 مرة في الكتاب
You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/قبو، سرداب15 مرة في الكتاب
Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
lane/ˈɫeɪn/زقاق، ممر15 مرة في الكتاب
“I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/عقيد، زعيم، زعيم رتبة، كولونيل14 مرة في الكتاب
At the time of the war he fought in Jackson’s army, and afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/سلالم13 مرة في الكتاب
A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door.
gem/ˈdʒɛm/جوهر، جوهرة13 مرة في الكتاب
A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no trace of them could be found …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/شرف، تكريم، احترام12 مرة في الكتاب
Whom have I the honour to address?”
madam/ˈmædəm/سيدة، سيدتي، أستاذة، مدام12 مرة في الكتاب
“My dear madam,” said I, “I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I can very well see that no apology is needed.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/أفيون12 مرة في الكتاب
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, was much addicted to opium.
fasten/ˈfæsən/مثبتا نظره12 مرة في الكتاب
she cried, glancing from one to the other of us, and finally, with a woman’s quick intuition, fastening upon my companion, “I am so glad that you have come.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/بسرعة12 مرة في الكتاب
He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him.
weary/ˈwɪɹi/متعب12 مرة في الكتاب
My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position …
stain/ˈsteɪn/يصبغ12 مرة في الكتاب
That trick of staining the fishes’ scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China.
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/صفر12 مرة في الكتاب
Holmes whistled.
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
اقرأ الكتاب مجانًاترجمة لكل جملة، وصوت طبيعي، وقاموس بلمسة واحدة