40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «الأمير السعيد وحكايات أخرى»
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales
40 كلمة يكررها أوسكار وايلد في «الأمير السعيد وحكايات أخرى»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
wheelbarrow/ˈhwiɫˌbɛɹoʊ/عربة يدوية، عجلة يد19 مرة في الكتاب
I am going to bring them into the market and sell them to the Burgomaster’s daughter, and buy back my wheelbarrow with the money.’
thorn/ˈθɔɹn/أسلة، شوكة12 مرة في الكتاب
You must sing to me with your breast against a thorn.
blossom/ˈbɫɑsəm/زهرة12 مرة في الكتاب
His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the rose of his desire …
ruby/ˈɹubi/ياقوت9 مرة في الكتاب
He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
weep/ˈwip/بكى، يبكي8 مرة في الكتاب
“Why are you weeping then?”
plank/ˈpɫæŋk/عارضة7 مرة في الكتاب
‘I can easily put it in repair, as I have a plank of wood in the house.’
till/ˈtɪɫ/حتى، إلى أن، ريثما7 مرة في الكتاب
Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the Swallow picked off, till the Happy Prince looked quite dull and grey.
mend/ˈmɛnd/أصلح6 مرة في الكتاب
… looking at it, ‘and I am afraid that after I have mended my barn-roof there won’t be any left for you to mend the wheelbarrow with; but …
delightful/dɪˈɫaɪtfəɫ/بهيج6 مرة في الكتاب
“This is a delightful spot,” he said, “we must ask the Hail on a visit.”
pluck/ˈpɫək/قطف6 مرة في الكتاب
So the Swallow plucked out the Prince’s eye, and flew away to the student’s garret.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/زئير6 مرة في الكتاب
They have eyes like green beryls, and their roar is louder than the roar of the cataract.”
bride/ˈbɹaɪd/عروس6 مرة في الكتاب
And a delicate flush of pink came into the leaves of the rose, like the flush in the face of the bridegroom when he kisses the lips of the bride.
sack/ˈsæk/كيس6 مرة في الكتاب
“There was the Miller with a large sack of flour on his back.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/شرف، تكريم، احترام5 مرة في الكتاب
She is embroidering passion-flowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the Queen’s maids-of-honour to wear at the next Court-ball.
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/عجيبة5 مرة في الكتاب
“Dear little Swallow,” said the Prince, “you tell me of marvellous things, but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women.
scarlet/ˈskɑɹɫət/سقلاتي، قرمزي5 مرة في الكتاب
“He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores.
lantern/ˈɫæntɝn/فانوس5 مرة في الكتاب
He passed over the river, and saw the lanterns hanging to the masts of the ships.
selfish/ˈsɛɫfɪʃ/أناني5 مرة في الكتاب
She thinks merely of music, and everybody knows that the arts are selfish.
ditch/ˈdɪtʃ/خندق، أخدود، قنال، قناة5 مرة في الكتاب
But you must lend me your lantern, as the night is so dark that I am afraid I might fall into the ditch.’
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/جوهر، جوهرة5 مرة في الكتاب
Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/غمغم، تغمغم، تمتم، دمدم5 مرة في الكتاب
he murmured, “will you let me kiss your hand?”
soar/ˈsɔɹ/حلقت5 مرة في الكتاب
Suddenly she spread her brown wings for flight, and soared into the air.
barn/ˈbɑɹn/حظيرة، زريبة5 مرة في الكتاب
said the Miller; ‘why, that is just what I want for the roof of my barn.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/سيف، حسام5 مرة في الكتاب
Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, will you not bring her the ruby out of my sword-hilt?
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/غدا4 مرة في الكتاب
“To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/رمادي، أغبر4 مرة في الكتاب
He was dressed in grey, and his breath was like ice.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/صقيع، صقعة4 مرة في الكتاب
Then the snow came, and after the snow came the frost.
bridegroom/ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹum/عريس4 مرة في الكتاب
It was a magnificent ceremony, and the bride and bridegroom walked hand in hand under a canopy of purple velvet embroidered with little pearls.
quack/ˈkwæk/بطبطة، زبط4 مرة في الكتاب
“Quack, quack, quack,” she said.
selfishness/ˈsɛɫfɪʃnəs/أنانية4 مرة في الكتاب
The Reed used to like the rain, but that was merely her selfishness.”
violet/ˈvaɪəɫɪt/بنفسج4 مرة في الكتاب
He is leaning over a desk covered with papers, and in a tumbler by his side there is a bunch of withered violets.
petal/ˈpɛtəɫ/بتلة، تويجة، تويجية4 مرة في الكتاب
And on the top-most spray of the Rose-tree there blossomed a marvellous rose, petal following petal, as song followed song.
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/معطف فضفاض4 مرة في الكتاب
The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak, and the Frost painted all the trees silver.
fireworks/ˈfaɪɹˌwɝks/مفرقعات، ألعاب نارية4 مرة في الكتاب
The last item on the programme was a grand display of fireworks, to be let off exactly at midnight.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/أفسد4 مرة في الكتاب
She has let her matches fall in the gutter, and they are all spoiled.
cough/ˈkɑf/سعلة، سعال، كحة4 مرة في الكتاب
Suddenly, a sharp, dry cough was heard, and they all looked round.
magnificent/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/عظيم، رائع4 مرة في الكتاب
It was certainly a magnificent display.
drown/ˈdɹaʊn/أغرق4 مرة في الكتاب
cried the old Water-rat; “they really deserve to be drowned.”
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/سلم4 مرة في الكتاب
So he jumped off the ladder, and ran down the garden, and looked over the wall.
spray/ˈspɹeɪ/غصن4 مرة في الكتاب
In the centre of the grass-plot was standing a beautiful Rose-tree, and when she saw it she flew over to it, and lit upon a spray.
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
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