40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «أطفال السكة الحديد»
The Railway Children
40 كلمة يكررها إ. نيسبي في «أطفال السكة الحديد»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/سكة حديدية، سكة حديد43 مرة في الكتاب
They were not railway children to begin with.
till/ˈtɪɫ/حتى، إلى أن، ريثما40 مرة في الكتاب
And so they were, but they did not know HOW happy till the pretty life in the Red Villa was over and done with, and they had to live a very different life indeed.
canal/kəˈnæɫ/قناة30 مرة في الكتاب
The rocks and hills and valleys and trees, the canal, and above all …
jersey/ˈdʒɝzi/سترة صوفية22 مرة في الكتاب
And so it would have done if the Bargee hadn't let go of Peter's ear—and caught her in his jerseyed arm.
heap/ˈhip/كومة20 مرة في الكتاب
These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely nursery with heaps of toys, and a Mother Goose wall-paper.
silly/ˈsɪɫi/سخيف20 مرة في الكتاب
“There's nothing to be good ABOUT now, silly,” said Peter.
darling/ˈdɑɹɫɪŋ/حبيب، حبيبة19 مرة في الكتاب
“Come, darlings, go at once.”
barge/ˈbɑɹdʒ/صنادل نهري18 مرة في الكتاب
… of course, the bargees, who steered the slow barges up and down …
handkerchief/ˈhæŋkɝtʃif/منديل، محرمة17 مرة في الكتاب
… which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing and waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think whether they were clean handkerchiefs or the reverse.
petticoat/ˈpɛtiˌkoʊt/تنورة داخلية16 مرة في الكتاب
she said; “and I thought it was going to be cold; I wish we hadn't put on our—” she stopped short, and then ended in quite a different tone—“our flannel petticoats.”
flannel/ˈfɫænəɫ/قماش فانيلا16 مرة في الكتاب
“Now,” said Peter, taking hold of the largest flannel petticoat.
bun/ˈbən/كعكة16 مرة في الكتاب
Whenever an Editor was sensible there were buns for tea.
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/جدا16 مرة في الكتاب
It's awfully tall, isn't it?”
jolly/ˈdʒɑɫi/جدا15 مرة في الكتاب
It isn't our fault your secrets are so jolly easy to find out.”
chap/ˈtʃæp/شاب، رجل15 مرة في الكتاب
“It always IS undone again,” said Peter, “and the Station Master was more of a gentleman than you'll ever be, Phil—throwing coal at a chap's head like that.”
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/شجاع، جريء، جسور15 مرة في الكتاب
“Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are!
horrid/ˈhɔɹəd/بغيض14 مرة في الكتاب
cried Roberta, putting down her egg-spoon; “don't let's be horrid to each other.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/أخير، بعد ذلك14 مرة في الكتاب
Twopence indeed,” said he, and produced a bunch of sweetbrier from his hat, “just like a conjurer,” as Phyllis remarked afterwards.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/اختلج، ارتجف14 مرة في الكتاب
… and there was Peter firmly held by the jacket, with an old carpenter's bag full of coal in his trembling clutch.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/تعيسة14 مرة في الكتاب
“I never wanted things to happen to make Mother unhappy,” said Roberta.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/أشعل13 مرة في الكتاب
There was a candle on the table, and he lighted it.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/تشاجر13 مرة في الكتاب
“You can help me very much,” said Mother, “by being good and happy and not quarrelling when I'm away”—Roberta and Peter exchanged guilty glances—“for I shall have to be away a good deal.”
breathless/ˈbɹɛθɫəs/مبهور، لاهث، منقطع النفس، مقطوع النفس13 مرة في الكتاب
… who stopped when he heard Peter's hasty boots crunching the road, and coming up with him very breathless and with his ears now quite magenta-coloured, he said:—
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/قريبا، بعد قليل13 مرة في الكتاب
When presently the Porter lounged out of his room at the twice-repeated tingling thrill of a gong over the station door, Peter said, “How do you do?”
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/خشى، أفزع13 مرة في الكتاب
James was so frightened that he went out and did not come back all day.
cart/ˈkɑɹt/عربة نقل، عربة13 مرة في الكتاب
The cart went at a foot's pace, and they followed the gritty crunch of its wheels.
indignantly/ˌɪnˈdɪɡnəntˌɫi/باستنكار12 مرة في الكتاب
“We haven't got anything TO blab,” said Bobbie, indignantly.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/كلب صيد12 مرة في الكتاب
And now, following the track of the hare by the little white blots of scattered paper, came the hounds.
fireman/ˈfaɪɹmən/رجل إطفاء12 مرة في الكتاب
“You mean a fireman,” said Daddy, pulling and twisting at the engine.
beast/ˈbist/وحش12 مرة في الكتاب
And it was Father who mended the doll's cradle when no one else could; and with a little glue and some bits of wood and a pen-knife made all the Noah's Ark beasts as strong on their pins as ever they were, if not stronger.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/غدا11 مرة في الكتاب
It'll keep till to-morrow.
mend/ˈmɛnd/أصلح11 مرة في الكتاب
He could mend all sorts of things.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/ذكي11 مرة في الكتاب
All Peter's hopes for the curing of his afflicted Engine were now fixed on his Father, for Father was most wonderfully clever with his fingers.
cheer/ˈtʃɪɹ/يتشجع11 مرة في الكتاب
But before he went to school he thumped his sister between the shoulders and told her to cheer up.
bushes/ˈbʊʃəz/شجيرات10 مرة في الكتاب
The way to the railway was all down hill over smooth, short turf with here and there furze bushes and grey and yellow rocks sticking out like candied peel from the top of a cake.
din/ˈdɪn/ضجيج، صخب10 مرة في الكتاب
I suppose she's laid it in the dining-room.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/جلب10 مرة في الكتاب
So then Peter told the sad tale, and fetched what was left of the Engine.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/عشاء10 مرة في الكتاب
“The woman I engaged to clean the place, and put the furniture straight and get supper.”
rattle/ˈɹætəɫ/قعقع10 مرة في الكتاب
They felt the rush of its passing, and the pebbles on the line jumped and rattled under it as it went by.
dull/ˈdəɫ/كليل10 مرة في الكتاب
Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull calls to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay calls to her.
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
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