40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «ليال بيضاء وقصص أخرى»
White nights, and other stories
40 كلمة يكررها فيودور دوستويفسكي في «ليال بيضاء وقصص أخرى»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/غدا76 مرة في الكتاب
I am being redecorated to-morrow;" or, "I was almost burnt down and had such a fright," and so on.
till/ˈtɪɫ/حتى، إلى أن، ريثما48 مرة في الكتاب
… I like it too, and I won't drive you away till I get home."
lodgerمستأجر46 مرة في الكتاب
… well, there moved into our upper storey a new lodger."
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/أخير، بعد ذلك44 مرة في الكتاب
… only two words, even though we never meet again afterwards!...
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/خجلان، خجول43 مرة في الكتاب
It seemed as though Petersburg threatened to become a wilderness, so that at last I felt ashamed, mortified and sad that I had nowhere to go for the holidays and no reason to go away.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/خشى، أفزع42 مرة في الكتاب
… always silent and splenetic, who frightened them, while timid as children they hid their love from each other?
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/إهانة37 مرة في الكتاب
You are not capable of insulting, even in thought, her who so loved and so loves you.'"
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/مسرور35 مرة في الكتاب
I know them intimately, I have almost made a study of their faces, and am delighted when they are gay, and downcast when they are under a cloud.
spite/ˈspaɪt/رغم35 مرة في الكتاب
As soon as it struck nine o'clock I could not stay indoors, but put on my things, and went out in spite of the weather.
haste/ˈheɪst/عجلة31 مرة في الكتاب
The girl flew straight as an arrow, with the timid haste one sees in all girls who do not want any one to volunteer to accompany them home at night, and no doubt the staggering gentleman would not have pursued her …
timid/ˈtɪmɪd/جبان31 مرة في الكتاب
… the same pale face, the same meek and timid movements, and even signs of remorse …
positively/ˈpɑzətɪvɫi/حتما30 مرة في الكتاب
Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society …
utterly/ˈətɝɫi/تماما29 مرة في الكتاب
I have lived, as they say, keeping myself to myself, that is, utterly alone—alone, entirely alone.
fond/ˈfɑnd/مولع28 مرة في الكتاب
Why do you suppose he is so fond of his four walls, which are invariably painted green, grimy, dismal and reeking unpardonably of tobacco smoke?
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/يأس27 مرة في الكتاب
I cried jumping up from the seat in utter despair.
fancy/ˈfænsi/خيال، تخيل27 مرة في الكتاب
perhaps it was my fancy....
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/احمرار26 مرة في الكتاب
… neither where he is going nor where he is standing now, and flushing with vexation he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/مرارا، مرارا وتكرارا26 مرة في الكتاب
… the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen …
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/هراء، لغو25 مرة في الكتاب
Not to talk nonsense, as I did yesterday.
goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/خير25 مرة في الكتاب
Oh, my goodness!
fool/ˈfuɫ/مغفل، أحمق، سفيه25 مرة في الكتاب
… taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/صاحبات البيت24 مرة في الكتاب
They were all landladies, that....
absurd/əbˈsɝd/عبثي، سخيف24 مرة في الكتاب
A type is an original, it's an absurd person!"
instant/ˈɪnstənt/لحظة24 مرة في الكتاب
But forgive me that a doubt has stolen—if only for one instant—into my heart.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/شرف، تكريم، احترام23 مرة في الكتاب
Anyway, gentlemen, I shall welcome both views as an honour and a special favour.
quiver/ˈkwɪvɝ/ترتجف23 مرة في الكتاب
She tried to smile, to calm herself, but her chin was quivering and her bosom was still heaving.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/اختلج، ارتجف23 مرة في الكتاب
She took my arm without a word, still trembling with excitement and terror.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/كرامة، وقار، منزلة، شأن، عزة، شرف23 مرة في الكتاب
I should live at ease, I should die with dignity, why, it is charming, perfectly charming!
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/متعة22 مرة في الكتاب
… I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/يسحر، يجذب22 مرة في الكتاب
It was such a charming little brick house, it looked so hospitably at me, and so proudly at its ungainly neighbours, that my heart rejoiced whenever I happened to pass it.
ache/ˈeɪk/ألم، وجع21 مرة في الكتاب
it made my heart ache....
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/عكس، نقيض21 مرة في الكتاب
"No, nothing, nothing, quite the contrary.
nasty/ˈnæsti/سيء، كريه، بغيض21 مرة في الكتاب
My servant is an old country-woman, ill-natured from stupidity, and, moreover, there is always a nasty smell about her.
crush/ˈkɹəʃ/سحق21 مرة في الكتاب
… why I was not able to entertain my visitor, and why I was crushed under the weight of my own hospitality?"
bless/ˈbɫɛs/كامل21 مرة في الكتاب
I have almost struck up a friendship with one old man whom I meet every blessed day, at the same hour in Fontanka.
sob/ˈsɑb/شهق20 مرة في الكتاب
Surely when the hour of parting came she must have lain sobbing and grieving on his bosom, heedless of the tempest raging under the sullen sky …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/خفيف20 مرة في الكتاب
So much the better for you; it will give it a faint flavour of romance.
spiteful/ˈspaɪtfəɫ/حقود19 مرة في الكتاب
… making her count the strokes, and I cursed myself for my spiteful impulse; I felt sorry for her …
moan/ˈmoʊn/تأوه19 مرة في الكتاب
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/بالكاد19 مرة في الكتاب
… as though tired or preoccupied with some other more interesting subject, so that he could scarcely spare a glance for anything about him.
المعاني: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org, English to Arabic (CC-BY-SA) النطق: ipa-dict (MIT)، من ويكاموس.
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