40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «المتمردون»
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
40 كلمة يكررها ماريانو أثويلا في «المتمردون»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
damn/ˈdæm/اللعنة39 مرة في الكتاب
Look here, confound it, we want to eat, and damn quick tool Are you coming out or are we going to make you?"
sierra/siˈɛɹə/سلسلة جبال28 مرة في الكتاب
The woman stared into the darkness of the sierra.
fool/ˈfuɫ/مغفل، أحمق، سفيه19 مرة في الكتاب
"You cursed fool, you've maimed me for life."
ranch/ˈɹæntʃ/مزرعة كبيرة، مزرعة مواشي16 مرة في الكتاب
"Tell me what they call this ranch, woman?"
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/خشى، أفزع14 مرة في الكتاب
As he sought to seize her wrist, she grew frightened, and Picking up the empty pitcher, flew out the door.
tenderfootمبتدئ13 مرة في الكتاب
"Who's this tenderfoot?"
corral/kɝˈæɫ/حظيرة13 مرة في الكتاب
The dog, excited to the point of madness, had jumped over the corral fence.
canyon/ˈkænjən/خانق، أخدود، تلعة13 مرة في الكتاب
When, after many hours of climbing, he gazed back, huge flames shot up from the depths of the canyon by the river.
bill/ˈbɪɫ/فاتورة، حساب12 مرة في الكتاب
See this wallet full of nice new bills?
trousers/ˈtɹaʊzɝz/بنطال12 مرة في الكتاب
He was tall and well built, with a sanguine face and beardless chin; he wore shirt and trousers of white cloth, a broad Mexican hat and leather sandals.
rag/ˈɹæɡ/خرقة12 مرة في الكتاب
Ropes hung from the roof, securing an old adobe mold, used as a bed; on it a child slept, covered with gray rags.
saddle/ˈsædəɫ/سرج، مركب11 مرة في الكتاب
A few moments later, amid cries of joy and a bustle of arms, they began saddling their horses.
peso/ˈpeɪsoʊ/بيزو، بيسو10 مرة في الكتاب
… your superiors, will go about trying to pile up a few million pesos....'"
bandit/ˈbændət/قاطع طريق10 مرة في الكتاب
"I'll wager you know Macias the bandit, lady?
hut/ˈhət/كوخ، تخشيبة10 مرة في الكتاب
These proved to be a few wretched straw huts, dispersed all over the river slopes, between rows of young sprouting corn and beans.
dawn/ˈdɔn/فجر10 مرة في الكتاب
At dawn, he approached the pit of the canyon.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/الغد9 مرة في الكتاب
On the morrow, Demetrio complained bitterly of his wound; he could no longer ride on horseback.
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/إهانة9 مرة في الكتاب
Now it was Demetrio's men who screamed insults.
spur/ˈspɝ/مهماز9 مرة في الكتاب
They spurred their horses to a gallop as if in that mad race they laid claims of possession to the earth.
scratch/ˈskɹætʃ/خربش9 مرة في الكتاب
"Yes, I know what brought you here," Demetrio interrupted dryly, scratching his head.
tequila/təˈkiɫə/تكيلا8 مرة في الكتاب
"Bring me a bottle of tequila, Sergeant: I've decided to spend the night with this charming lady....
stretcher/ˈstɹɛtʃɝ/نقالة، محفة8 مرة في الكتاب
They were forced to carry him the rest of the way on a makeshift stretcher of leaves and branches.
hoof/ˈhuf/حافر، ظلف، خف8 مرة في الكتاب
The beat of horses' hoofs rang in the quarry nearby.
lousy/ˈɫaʊzi/قذر8 مرة في الكتاب
"Show your faces, you lousy cowards!"
crest/ˈkɹɛst/قمة، ذروة، عرف8 مرة في الكتاب
The pitaya trees rose tenuous, tall, like the tapering, gnarled fingers of a giant; other trees of all sorts bowed their crests toward the pit of the abyss.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/عقيد، زعيم، زعيم رتبة، كولونيل8 مرة في الكتاب
The colonel?
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/غمغم، تغمغم، تمتم، دمدم8 مرة في الكتاب
The river crept along, murmuring as the waters rose and fell in small cascades.
waiter/ˈweɪtɝ/نادل، نادلة8 مرة في الكتاب
"I don't want no more to drink," Blondie said to the waiter, "I'm feeling sick.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/الشيطان، إبليس8 مرة في الكتاب
"What the devil are you waiting for, fool?
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/شجاع، جريء، جسور8 مرة في الكتاب
I'll always stand up for a brave man."
boil/ˈbɔɪɫ/غلى8 مرة في الكتاب
His injured leg trailing behind him, he shuffled from hut to hut in search of a little alcohol, a kettle of boiled water and some rags.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/إغماء8 مرة في الكتاب
At last, when the ultimate faint rays of the moon were spent in the rosy dimness of the dawn, the silhouette of a soldier loomed at the end of the trail.
cacique/kəˈsik/زعيم محلي7 مرة في الكتاب
That cacique who's chased and run me ragged over these hills, is at Mohayua now …
mil/ˈmɪɫ/ألف، مليون7 مرة في الكتاب
In the middle of the night, they pulled me out of my house; three damn policemen; I woke up a soldier twenty-five miles away from my hometown.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/سوداوية7 مرة في الكتاب
Among the reeds, the frogs chanted the implacable melancholy of the hour.
brim/ˈbɹɪm/حافة7 مرة في الكتاب
This time she carried a pitcher of milk brimming over with foam.
shrill/ˈʃɹɪɫ/حاد7 مرة في الكتاب
The ragged crew jumped to their feet, uttering shrill cries of joy; then their jubilation turned sinister and they gave vent to threats, oaths and imprecations.
vain/ˈveɪn/عبثا7 مرة في الكتاب
In vain an old sergeant harangued the soldiers, insulting them in the hope of rallying them.
barracks/ˈbæɹəks/ثكنة7 مرة في الكتاب
I wrote a piece in favor of the revolution, you see; as a result, they persecuted me, caught me, and finally landed me in the barracks."
tortilla/tɔɹˈtiə/تورتيا7 مرة في الكتاب
said a man, who sat Indian-fashion, eating, a coarse earthenware plate in his right hand, three folded tortillas in the other.
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
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