40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «حجر القمر»
The Moonstone
40 كلمة يكررها ويلكي كولينز في «حجر القمر»، 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 الخال120 مرة في الكتاب
… we have been talking of the loss of the Indian Diamond, in my aunt’s house in Yorkshire, two years since.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/سيدة82 مرة في الكتاب
It was all one to me where I went, so long as my mistress and I were together.
till/ˈtɪɫ/حتى، إلى أن، ريثما76 مرة في الكتاب
There I lived till Miss Julia married the late Sir John Verinder.
nightgownقميص نوم71 مرة في الكتاب
But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna’s things, and have nailed her in that way.
ladyshipسيادتك63 مرة في الكتاب
“We gratefully thank your ladyship,” I said; “but we ask your permission to do what is right in this matter by giving up our keys.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/جوهر، جوهرة58 مرة في الكتاب
… I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/مزاج55 مرة في الكتاب
A foolish wrangle followed; and Herncastle’s unlucky temper got the better of him.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/أخير، بعد ذلك54 مرة في الكتاب
… two years ago, and how it came to be lost in little more than twelve hours afterwards.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/أفيون48 مرة في الكتاب
Sometimes they said he was given up to smoking opium and collecting old books; sometimes he was reported to be trying strange things in chemistry …
plainly/ˈpɫeɪnɫi/بوضوح45 مرة في الكتاب
Herncastle’s fiery temper had been, as I could plainly see, exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/الطابق العلوي44 مرة في الكتاب
When I wanted to go upstairs, there was my wife coming down; or when my wife wanted to go down, there was I coming up.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/شرف، تكريم، احترام43 مرة في الكتاب
And I declare, on my word of honour, that what I am now about to write is, strictly and literally, the truth.
smear/ˈsmɪɹ/لوث41 مرة في الكتاب
says Mr. Superintendent, suddenly pointing to a little smear of the decorative painting on Miss Rachel’s door, at the outer edge, just under the lock.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/فورا، حالا41 مرة في الكتاب
… when I know a family plate-basket to be out on a pantry-table, is to be instantly reminded of that basket by the sight of a strolling stranger whose manners are superior to my own.
proceedings/pɹəˈsidɪŋz/وقائع، أعمال مؤتمر39 مرة في الكتاب
… except that he was pretty and delicate-looking—the two girls had stolen along the inner side of the hedge between us and the road, and had watched the proceedings of the foreigners on the outer side.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/محنة39 مرة في الكتاب
My mistress came out among us, looking sorely puzzled and distressed.
laudanum/ˈɫɔdənəm/صابون الأفيون34 مرة في الكتاب
“Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself?”
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/براءة34 مرة في الكتاب
It was no longer a question of quieting my young lady’s nervous excitement; it was a question of proving her innocence.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/مضطرون33 مرة في الكتاب
… no doubt, on people who are really obliged to get their living, to be forced to work for the clothes that cover them …
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/استعلم، سأل32 مرة في الكتاب
When I inquire what this means, Penelope says, “Fiddlesticks!”
thief/ˈθif/لص، لصة، سارق، سارقة، حرامي، حرامية32 مرة في الكتاب
Early in the morning, the plunder still going on, General Baird announced publicly by beat of drum, that any thief detected in the fact, be he whom he might, should be hung.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/مدة، فترة32 مرة في الكتاب
On summoning up my own recollections—and on getting Penelope to help me, by consulting her journal—I find that we may pass pretty rapidly over the interval between Mr. Franklin Blake’s arrival and Miss Rachel’s birthday.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/فظيع31 مرة في الكتاب
… in regard to thinking about it, being truly dreadful after my lady had gone away, I applied the remedy which I have never yet found to fail me in cases of doubt and emergency.
privately/ˈpɹaɪvətɫi/سرا، بشكل سري31 مرة في الكتاب
I modestly declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed upon me—and I privately felt, all the time …
quicksand/ˈkwɪkˌsænd/رمال متحركة30 مرة في الكتاب
Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/بائس30 مرة في الكتاب
We were not a happy couple, and not a miserable couple.
rouse/ˈɹaʊs/أيقظ29 مرة في الكتاب
I was roused up by my daughter Penelope running out at me as if the house was on fire.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/جارور، درج29 مرة في الكتاب
One of the drawers inside was pulled out as far as it would go.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/الطابق السفلي28 مرة في الكتاب
I went downstairs with the message, of which I took the liberty of presenting a new and amended edition of my own contriving …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/بحار، بحري، ملاح، نوتي28 مرة في الكتاب
It is a case (as a sailor would say) of very fine steering.
juggler/ˈdʒəɡəɫɝ/مشعوذ27 مرة في الكتاب
She wanted to have the three Indian jugglers instantly taken up; for this reason …
pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/عفا27 مرة في الكتاب
“One of them (if you will pardon my mentioning it) was never keeping to the matter in hand.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/جلب26 مرة في الكتاب
The only difficulty is to fetch out the dates, in the first place.
terrace/ˈtɛɹəs/شرفة26 مرة في الكتاب
… when I was stopped by hearing a sound like the soft beating of a drum, on the terrace in front of my lady’s residence.
disposal/dɪˈspoʊzəɫ/تخلص من، تصريف، إزالة26 مرة في الكتاب
In that case, and in no other, certain sealed instructions relating to the disposal of the Diamond, and deposited with it, were to be opened, and followed implicitly.
maid/ˈmeɪd/خادمة25 مرة في الكتاب
… when old enough, to be Miss Rachel’s own maid.
useless/ˈjusɫəs/عديم الفائدة25 مرة في الكتاب
Quite useless!
objection/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/اعتراض25 مرة في الكتاب
But she points out one objection.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/لغز، معضلة، أحجية25 مرة في الكتاب
“It’s just possible, Betteredge, that my stranger and your three jugglers may turn out to be pieces of the same puzzle.”
stain/ˈsteɪn/بقعة24 مرة في الكتاب
“The stain is taken off,” she said.
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
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