40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «نداء البرية»
The call of the wild
40 كلمة يكررها جاك لندن في «نداء البرية»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
sled/ˈsɫɛd/مزلقة69 مرة في الكتاب
And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.
till/ˈtɪɫ/حتى، إلى أن، ريثما38 مرة في الكتاب
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
lek/ˈɫɛk/اسم كلب30 مرة في الكتاب
He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.
husky/ˈhəski/كلب الهاسكي30 مرة في الكتاب
They were camped near the log store, where she, in her friendly way, made advances to a husky dog the size of a full-grown wolf, though not half so large as she.
wolf/ˈwʊɫf/ذئب27 مرة في الكتاب
It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.
mat/ˈmæt/تحت إشراف25 مرة في الكتاب
Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress.
whip/ˈhwɪp/سوط، كرباج24 مرة في الكتاب
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/عنان22 مرة في الكتاب
It was a harness, such as he had seen the grooms put on the horses at home.
breed/ˈbɹid/هجين20 مرة في الكتاب
Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but François was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/ميل19 مرة في الكتاب
That day they made forty miles, the trail being packed; but the next day, and for many days to follow, they broke their own trail, worked harder, and made poorer time.
snarl/ˈsnɑɹɫ/يكشر19 مرة في الكتاب
… he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
howl/ˈhaʊɫ/عوى18 مرة في الكتاب
… on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors …
toil/ˈtɔɪɫ/تعب، كدح، كد16 مرة في الكتاب
These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
limp/ˈɫɪmp/بترهل16 مرة في الكتاب
He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.
bull/ˈbʊɫ/ثور16 مرة في الكتاب
A band of twenty moose had crossed over from the land of streams and timber, and chief among them was a great bull.
bristle/ˈbɹɪsəɫ/منتصب15 مرة في الكتاب
And Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes.
yelp/ˈjɛɫp/ينبح14 مرة في الكتاب
… a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
fang/ˈfæŋ/ناب13 مرة في الكتاب
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/زمجر13 مرة في الكتاب
But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger’s hands, he growled menacingly.
fore/ˈfɔɹ/أمامية12 مرة في الكتاب
Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down.
stagger/ˈstæɡɝ/ترنح12 مرة في الكتاب
Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.
jerk/ˈdʒɝk/يهز12 مرة في الكتاب
He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
sweater/ˈswɛtɝ/سويتر12 مرة في الكتاب
A stout man, with a red sweater that sagged generously at the neck, came out and signed the book for the driver.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/ماكر11 مرة في الكتاب
The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
lash/ˈɫæʃ/جلدة11 مرة في الكتاب
They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/لحظة11 مرة في الكتاب
It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/صقيع، صقعة10 مرة في الكتاب
He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/تشاجر10 مرة في الكتاب
… for the dog-driver was in constant apprehension of the life-and-death struggle between the two which he knew must take place sooner or later; and on more than one night the sounds of quarrelling and strife among the other dogs turned him out of his sleeping robe, fearful that Buck and Spitz were at it.
moose/ˈmus/موظ10 مرة في الكتاب
The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
whine/ˈhwaɪn/أنّ10 مرة في الكتاب
He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/زئير10 مرة في الكتاب
With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/خشب10 مرة في الكتاب
… through Sheep Camp, past the Scales and the timber line, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep …
sack/ˈsæk/كيس10 مرة في الكتاب
When they put a clothes-sack on the front of the sled, she suggested it should go on the back …
hairy/ˈhɛɹi/مشعر9 مرة في الكتاب
At other times this hairy man squatted by the fire with head between his legs and slept.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/متعة9 مرة في الكتاب
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/عنيف9 مرة في الكتاب
After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.
nest/ˈnɛst/عش9 مرة في الكتاب
No matter how breathless the air when he dug his nest by tree or bank, the wind that later blew inevitably found him to leeward, sheltered and snug.
pole/ˈpoʊɫ/عمود، قطب8 مرة في الكتاب
François, guiding the sled at the gee-pole, sometimes exchanged places with him, but not often.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/حصة8 مرة في الكتاب
The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.
inch/ˈɪntʃ/بوصة، شبر8 مرة في الكتاب
Of this offence Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his indiscretion was when Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down.
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