40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «التحول الغريب لهانا ستابس»
The strange transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs
40 كلمة يكررها فلورنس مارييت في «التحول الغريب لهانا ستابس»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/صاح، صرخ101 مرة في الكتاب
he exclaimed, in English, which was quite intelligible, though rather broken, “and have you come to cheer my solitude?
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/بينما، في حين أن50 مرة في الكتاب
… and preserved the dignity of his birth, even whilst pursuing an occupation which is considered to place a man beyond the pale of Society.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/صاحبة المنزل39 مرة في الكتاب
“Anyways I must go,” observed the landlady, as he disappeared, “for that gal of mine is so stupid I can’t trust her to do a single thing alone.
commence/kəˈmɛns/بدأ32 مرة في الكتاب
… and with dried herbs and other mysterious preparations from a drawer, commenced to separate them into measured portions and to crumble them into a bowl.
cure/ˈkjʊɹ/شفى26 مرة في الكتاب
said the Professor, “trust yourself to the Doctor and me and we’ll cure you of this nonsense.
till/ˈtɪɫ/حتى، إلى أن، ريثما24 مرة في الكتاب
“Wait till you have heard what I have to tell you, Steinberg, and you will acknowledge that I am right.
fool/ˈfuɫ/يتصرف بحماقة23 مرة في الكتاب
I found her making the kitchen table hop round the room yesterday, and when I told her not to be fooling like a child of five year old, she said she hadn’t touched it.
sichمثل هذه22 مرة في الكتاب
I’ve never been in sich a dark ’ole in all my life!
pore/ˈpɔɹ/يتأمل22 مرة في الكتاب
… that I know but little of your doings, except that you shut yourself up in that little room for half the night and sit up poring over old books and manuscripts, long after you should be in bed and asleep.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/استعلم، سأل22 مرة في الكتاب
he inquired; “do you not understand?”
supper/ˈsəpɝ/عشاء22 مرة في الكتاب
… though I believe he’s sometimes sorely put-to to find the money, and every evenin’ he’s ’ome by eight o’clock and has his bit of supper and puts his light out by ten, but arter that—well!
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/كوخ، منيزل، عشة22 مرة في الكتاب
The consternation which this mysterious epistle caused in the cottage home in Settlefield, may be better imagined than described.
ignorant/ˈɪɡnɝənt/جاهل21 مرة في الكتاب
We have all been young, Mrs. Battleby, and all been ignorant and wilful and done silly things.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/شيطان، إبليس21 مرة في الكتاب
If devils, then also my Leonora, to speak with whom I have been promised over and over again, and feel I only want more power to accomplish.”
aforeقبل20 مرة في الكتاب
I often wish I’d been dead afore they’ve come after me!”
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/سلالم19 مرة في الكتاب
And so saying, he passed her and ran lightly up the stairs.
maid/ˈmeɪd/خادمة19 مرة في الكتاب
“Mrs. Battleby, my good friend, I want to speak with you, on behalf of your little maid, Hannah!
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/خشى، أفزع19 مرة في الكتاب
… if she had only cried, or seemed frightened, or sorry …
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/إلى أسفل16 مرة في الكتاب
… as she piled all the plates and dishes on the top of one another, preparatory to making a grand smash if she should happen to slip going downstairs again.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/فضول16 مرة في الكتاب
“And do you really believe that your dead wife will be able by the aid of Magic to return to you in bodily shape and satisfy your curiosity on this subject?”
allay/əˈɫeɪ/يهدئ15 مرة في الكتاب
… if only for a moment, and allay his bitter fears by one means or the other.
fancy/ˈfænsi/خيال، تخيل15 مرة في الكتاب
You work so hard all day and permit this morbid fancy to occupy your tired brain by night, until it has become in a measure, diseased.
interpose/ˌɪntɝˈpoʊz/قاطع14 مرة في الكتاب
“But if evil spirits, then also good,” interposed the Professor eagerly, “you surely would not deny the same power to all those departed this earth.
coarse/ˈkɔɹs/خشن14 مرة في الكتاب
Her bosom was unusually developed for so young a girl—her face was broad and flat—her mouth wide—her nose short and turned-up, and her colour coarse and high.
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/عجيب13 مرة في الكتاب
This is very marvellous!”
mortal/ˈmɔɹtəɫ/البشر الفانين13 مرة في الكتاب
… that have had nothing to do with this earth, but who yet can and do come to the aid of those mortals who solicit their assistance.
deceive/dɪˈsiv/خدع، غش، غر13 مرة في الكتاب
“Not if she were false,” cried the Professor, “I would kill her over again this moment, if she deceived me!
bargain/ˈbɑɹɡən/زيادة على ذلك13 مرة في الكتاب
Of course I did, and would have killed her lover into the bargain, but that he escaped before I could lay hands on him.
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/يتعرف12 مرة في الكتاب
An old woman whom I cannot recognise, seems to have taken her place the last few days.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/ماكر12 مرة في الكتاب
These brainless creatures are sometimes uncommonly cunning.”
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/بلطف12 مرة في الكتاب
asked the Professor, kindly, “your brother?”
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/تأوه، أن12 مرة في الكتاب
Leonora seemed further off than ever, and he groaned in spirit to think she might be so near, and yet he was unable to communicate with her …
dull/ˈdəɫ/باهت12 مرة في الكتاب
she answered, in a dull, low voice …
tray/ˈtɹeɪ/صينية12 مرة في الكتاب
… putting the key in his pocket, and by the time Mrs. Battleby appeared with the supper tray, the two friends were talking gaily of a new drama that had just created some sensation in the town.
grasp/ˈɡɹæsp/أمسك12 مرة في الكتاب
“I can see that you are weary,” said the young doctor, as he grasped his hand, “and more than that, Signor, you are weak.
uncouth/ˈənˈkuθ/فظ11 مرة في الكتاب
Taken altogether, she was uncouth, but there was an innocence and simplicity in her gaze which was very attractive when one had the time to discover it.
physicيعالج11 مرة في الكتاب
But if you wants to ’ave ’er up here of an evening, and physic ’er and all that sort of thing, why I don’t like to refuse a offer made in kindness …
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/ذكي11 مرة في الكتاب
He was a German of the name of Steinberg, and the profession of medicine—a clever fellow who was rising fast, and knew how to make the best of his opportunities.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/الغد10 مرة في الكتاب
To-morrow, perhaps, I may be able to judge more calmly.
apparition/ˌæpɝˈɪʃən/شبح10 مرة في الكتاب
A few minutes’ patience was rewarded by the same apparition standing in the doorway, and holding out, as it seemed, its hand toward the Doctor.
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