40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «القضية الغريبة للدكتور جيكل والسيد هايد»
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
40 كلمة يكررها روبرت لويس ستيفنسون في «القضية الغريبة للدكتور جيكل والسيد هايد»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/كبير خدم12 مرة في الكتاب
The solemn butler knew and welcomed him; he was subjected to no stage of delay, but ushered direct from the door to the dining-room where Dr. Lanyon sat alone over his wine.
theatre/ˈθiətɝ/مسرح، مسرحية11 مرة في الكتاب
… to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
cheque/ˈtʃɛk/شيك10 مرة في الكتاب
… in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning and come out with another man’s cheque for close upon a hundred pounds.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/جارور، درج10 مرة في الكتاب
From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: “And you don’t know if the drawer of the cheque lives there?”
seal/ˈsiɫ/ختم10 مرة في الكتاب
… but no cards or papers, except a sealed and stamped envelope, which he had been probably carrying to the post …
maid/ˈmeɪd/خادمة9 مرة في الكتاب
A maid servant living alone in a house not far from the river, had gone upstairs to bed about eleven.
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/قاتل، قاتلة9 مرة في الكتاب
The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/فضول9 مرة في الكتاب
… almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/ملامح8 مرة في الكتاب
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold …
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/تعرف على8 مرة في الكتاب
Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she was surprised to recognise in him a certain Mr. Hyde, who had once visited her master and for whom she had conceived a dislike.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/مضاءة8 مرة في الكتاب
Street after street and all the folks asleep—street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church—till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.
scarce/ˈskɛɹs/بالكاد8 مرة في الكتاب
I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/بشرة، لون البشرة7 مرة في الكتاب
He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/استعلم، سأل7 مرة في الكتاب
he inquired at last.
disappearance/ˌdɪsəˈpiɹəns/اختفاء7 مرة في الكتاب
“And now one word more: it was Hyde who dictated the terms in your will about that disappearance?”
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/فاجأ، باغث7 مرة في الكتاب
He might see a reason for his friend’s strange preference or bondage (call it which you please) and even for the startling clauses of the will.
till/ˈtɪɫ/حتى، إلى أن، ريثما7 مرة في الكتاب
‘Set your mind at rest,’ says he, ‘I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.’
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/ضمير، طوية، وجدان7 مرة في الكتاب
Ah, it’s an ill conscience that’s such an enemy to rest!
draught/ˈdɹæft/جرعة دواء6 مرة في الكتاب
Let me but escape into my laboratory door, give me but a second or two to mix and swallow the draught that I had always standing ready; and whatever he had done …
pang/ˈpæŋ/وخزة ألم6 مرة في الكتاب
I put him back, conscious at his touch of a certain icy pang along my blood.
hatred/ˈheɪtɹəd/بغض، كراهية، كره، بغضاء6 مرة في الكتاب
… in the mind of the unimpressionable Enfield, a spirit of enduring hatred.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/معذب، متضايق6 مرة في الكتاب
I never saw a man so distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at what he called my scientific heresies.
stamp/ˈstæmp/يدوس بقدمه6 مرة في الكتاب
And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane …
deformity/dɪˈfɔɹməti/تشوه شكلي5 مرة في الكتاب
He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point.
hitherto/ˈhɪˌðɝˈtu/حتى الآن5 مرة في الكتاب
And hitherto it was his ignorance of Mr. Hyde that had swelled his indignation; now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/شرف، تكريم، احترام5 مرة في الكتاب
I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world.
slumber/ˈsɫəmbɝ/سنة5 مرة في الكتاب
… black as it was, was nearly ripe for the conception of the day—the inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber; and I determined …
din/ˈdɪn/ضجيج، صخب5 مرة في الكتاب
or shall I give you a light in the dining-room?”
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/غريب، عجيب5 مرة في الكتاب
It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/رجفة، ارتعاش5 مرة في الكتاب
But tonight there was a shudder in his blood; the face of Hyde sat heavy on his memory …
stature/ˈstætʃɝ/قامة، طول5 مرة في الكتاب
“Is this Mr. Hyde a person of small stature?”
doom/ˈdum/محكوم عليه بالموت5 مرة في الكتاب
And yet when Utterson remarked on his ill looks, it was with an air of great firmness that Lanyon declared himself a doomed man.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/بسرعة5 مرة في الكتاب
He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor’s …
tempt/ˈtɛmpt/أغوى، أغرى5 مرة في الكتاب
It was unlikely that the doctor should fear death; and yet that was what Utterson was tempted to suspect.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/يأس5 مرة في الكتاب
But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/اختلج، ارتجف5 مرة في الكتاب
But Lanyon’s face changed, and he held up a trembling hand.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/أخفى5 مرة في الكتاب
Ah, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, pede claudo, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault.”
fancy/ˈfænsi/خيال، تخيل5 مرة في الكتاب
… in which he was now left alone, was a pet fancy of his friend the doctor’s; and Utterson himself was wont to speak of it as the pleasantest room in London.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/أشع5 مرة في الكتاب
… as the colour grows richer in stained windows; and the glow of hot autumn afternoons on hillside vineyards, was ready to be set free and to disperse the fogs of London.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/مؤسف، سيئ5 مرة في الكتاب
… complaining of his exclusion from the house, and asking the cause of this unhappy break with Lanyon; and the next day brought him a long answer …
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