40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «اللؤلؤة السوداء»
The black pearl
40 كلمة يكررها ماري ليون في «اللؤلؤة السوداء»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
aunt/ˈænt/عمة، خالة، زوجة العم، زوجة الخال26 مرة في الكتاب
… ‘Old Meg,’ who directs everything here and holds us in ‘the path of virtue’ with an iron hand—Meg, your aunt’s faithful maid for thirty years, and now the right hand of Molly …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/شرف، تكريم، احترام17 مرة في الكتاب
I am sure that a Martian savant ere this has discovered the cause, and explained it as a ceremony celebrated in honour of our satellite.”
pearls/ˈpɝɫz/لؤلؤ15 مرة في الكتاب
I have had it attached as a pendant to a string of pearls of my own, which will look much better on your white neck than in my casket.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/نادرا ما15 مرة في الكتاب
Absence does not stop the everlasting pæan of praise, for as it is, he is scarcely ever at home.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/غمغم، تغمغم، تمتم، دمدم15 مرة في الكتاب
I murmured, wonderingly, to Daisy.
pearl/ˈpɝɫ/لؤلؤة، لؤلؤ، جوهر14 مرة في الكتاب
“I want to give you a black pearl which I have been keeping in trust.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/سيدة14 مرة في الكتاب
“Now you have seen the real mistress of Gwylata, Jeannette …
necklace/ˈnɛkɫəs/قلادة14 مرة في الكتاب
In it lies a necklace composed of exquisite pearls, some white and milky, others gleaming opalesquely in tints merging from grey to rose.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ضحى13 مرة في الكتاب
She would suffer martyrdom herself and sacrifice everybody for Molly, and, above all, for Hector.”
verandahشرفة11 مرة في الكتاب
I run to the verandah to see this relic of bygone days.
utter/ˈətɝ/تام، مطلق11 مرة في الكتاب
“Who is this man, an utter stranger an hour ago, whose gaze stirs my pulses, rousing latent forces and strangely elusive memories?
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/صاح، صرخ11 مرة في الكتاب
“What a contrast to the ‘Brasier’ motor in which you drove me here yesterday, uncle,” I exclaim.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/حنان، محبة11 مرة في الكتاب
I have as much need of affection as of air.
awaken/əˈweɪkən/أيقظ10 مرة في الكتاب
It is rather a kind of obsession, a response to the appeal in his eyes which awakens something obscure, half forgotten.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/متعة، بهجة10 مرة في الكتاب
It is one of my greatest delights to get him to talk during our rides.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/سحر، جاذبية10 مرة في الكتاب
While I contemplate this charming production of budding genius, Mr. Deslandes enters my little sitting-room, to which he has admission at all times.
keen/ˈkin/شديد، حاد، متحمس9 مرة في الكتاب
… the need of devoting myself to someone or something; the keen suffering I experience when I find myself in a chilly atmosphere of indifference.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/انكشف، ظهر9 مرة في الكتاب
In the unconscious pride underlying the belief that all customs are perfect because they are English, there is betrayed a certain strength of character and will which refuses to be influenced by environment.
bush/ˈbʊʃ/شجيرة، شجرة8 مرة في الكتاب
Yesterday a motor, to-day the old coach which carries letters to far-off bush homes, among them probably some from the Old World by the Messageries Boat on which you were a passenger.”
sombreقاتم، داكن8 مرة في الكتاب
Tall palms bent their sombre tufted heads and plantains waved their pale green leaves in the breeze.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/الغد، غدا8 مرة في الكتاب
… unless,” bowing profoundly, “you will allow me to take his place and ride with you to-morrow.”
yacht/ˈjɑt/يخت8 مرة في الكتاب
“He has a big yacht as big as a ship,” says Gladys, extending her small arms.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/اختلج، ارتجف8 مرة في الكتاب
A kiss soft as a sigh brushes my trembling lips.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/أشع8 مرة في الكتاب
His eyes, brilliant windows of the soul imprisoned in his stunted graceless body, glow at this proof of confidence.
tender/ˈtɛndɝ/لطيف، رقيق، حنون8 مرة في الكتاب
Passionate, yet tender, evoking a shadowy, dim remembrance of forgotten things, it allures even while it repels me.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/هادئ8 مرة في الكتاب
I wonder if one day I also shall come across a man who will love me simply and purely with a calm, untroubled affection like theirs …
magnetism/ˈmæɡnəˌtɪzəm/مغناطيسية7 مرة في الكتاب
Pearls are feminine, it is said, and want light, heat and the magnetism of soft, warm flesh, or they lose their colour and die.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/أتعرف على7 مرة في الكتاب
It is with the greatest astonishment that I recognise almost all the ritual of the Mass—the Vestments of the priest, the Crucifix, the flowers, and even the candles burning on the altar.
wherein/hwɛˈɹɪn/فيه، حيث7 مرة في الكتاب
I have had a strange dream wherein, by a sort of dual personality, I beheld myself smaller and slimmer.
detach/ˈdɪˌtætʃ/منفصلة، بارزة7 مرة في الكتاب
The gigantic trees, with their twisted branches and gnarled trunks detached against the sombre background of sapphire, recall the weird eerie effects of Gustave Doré.
vibrate/ˈvaɪbɹeɪt/يرتج، يهتز7 مرة في الكتاب
As I pass out he whispers in a tone vibrating with triumph, “A demain.”
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/عربة7 مرة في الكتاب
I am still too much of a novice in the equestrian art to do other than venture the mild excitement of following the hounds in a carriage.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/من الواضح7 مرة في الكتاب
He has evidently determined to make me a good horsewoman.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/محبوب7 مرة في الكتاب
… taking with us Daisy, who can scarcely tear herself from her beloved Dick.
regain/ɹɪˈɡeɪn/أستعيد7 مرة في الكتاب
His short absence enables me to regain mastery over my feelings, and to analyse the bewildering sensations I have just experienced.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/كوخ، منيزل، عشة7 مرة في الكتاب
On the road, I remarked a cottage where the wife was doing the family washing, hanging the clothes on ropes suspended between gum trees, which apparently serve many purposes.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/غامض7 مرة في الكتاب
The man with the mysterious eyes is standing before me.
divine/dɪˈvaɪn/إلهي7 مرة في الكتاب
reçoit participation insigne de sa prime et divine origine et en contemplation de cette infinie sphère à laquelle rien n’advient, rien ne passe …
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/نزل7 مرة في الكتاب
It is the only souvenir which remained to your mother of her great ancestress, the Begum Jeanne, wife of Dupleix, from whom she was so proud to have descended.
favourite/ˈfeɪvɝɪt/مفضل6 مرة في الكتاب
… containing all I possess in the world, my favourite books and the presents of my Parisian school-mates whom I left in tears at the idea of my departure for the antipodes—“a country of kangaroos and savages, where I would surely be eaten alive,” they sobbed.
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
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