40 كلمة تتعلمها قبل قراءة «جثة في حوض الاستحمام»
Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
40 كلمة يكررها دوروثي إل. سايرز في «جثة في حوض الاستحمام»، وليست بين أكثر 4000 كلمة شيوعًا في الإنجليزية. تعلّمها أولًا تصبح الفصول الأولى أسهل بكثير. لكل كلمة نطقها ومعناها وجملة من الكتاب.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/لورد75 مرة في الكتاب
“Her Grace has just called up from Denver, my lord.
lordship/ˈɫɔɹdʃɪp/ربوبية، سيادة45 مرة في الكتاب
“I believe that’s his lordship just coming in again—if your Grace would kindly hold the line a moment.”
till/ˈtɪɫ/حتى، إلى أن، ريثما36 مرة في الكتاب
“Inspector Sugg said nothing was to be touched till his men came in to move it.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/استعلم، سأل24 مرة في الكتاب
“I didn’t hear Inspector Sugg inquire,” he said, with some agitation.
workhouseدار الفقراء18 مرة في الكتاب
Died workhouse Monday.
taxi/ˈtæksi/تاكسي، سيارة أجرة18 مرة في الكتاب
The taxi man, irritated at receiving this appeal while negotiating the intricacies of turning into Lower Regent Street across the route of a 19 ’bus …
dissect/daɪˈsɛkt/شرح الجثة17 مرة في الكتاب
thought one of the young medical gentlemen at the hospital might have brought the corpse round for a joke, as you might say, they always having bodies in the dissecting-room.
deceased/dɪˈsist/ميت ميت، متوفى15 مرة في الكتاب
He had never seen the deceased before.
corpse/ˈkɔɹps/جثة، جثمان، جيفة13 مرة في الكتاب
—if the Church of Rome went to pot or Switzerland invaded Italy—whereas a strange corpse doesn’t turn up in a suburban bathroom more than once in a lifetime—at least, I should think not—at any rate …
beard/ˈbɪɹd/لحية، ذقن13 مرة في الكتاب
Oddly enough, though, he would be really extraordinarily like Sir Reuben if he had a beard, and as Lady Levy
inquest/ˈɪnˌkwɛst/تحقيق الوفاة12 مرة في الكتاب
“I see they adjourned the inquest,” said Parker presently.
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/جدا12 مرة في الكتاب
Well, thanks awfully for tellin’ me.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/تفرض12 مرة في الكتاب
Noblesse oblige—for a consideration.
umbrella/ˈəmˌbɹɛɫə/مظلة، شمسية12 مرة في الكتاب
He walked upstairs, leaving his greatcoat on the hall peg and his umbrella in the stand—you remember how it rained last night.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/إلى الطابق السفلي12 مرة في الكتاب
… and seeing that it was already a quarter to three, ran briskly downstairs, and …
pauper/ˈpɔpɝ/فقير11 مرة في الكتاب
“Then the man was a pauper from the workhouse?”
brandy/ˈbɹændi/براندي، كونياك11 مرة في الكتاب
… and I get that sinking feeling sometimes in the morning, and what with one thing and another I ’ad—had to send the girl for a stiff brandy, or I don’t know what mightn’t have happened.
respectable/ɹiˈspɛktəbəɫ/محترم11 مرة في الكتاب
He’s such a respectable little man—and having the police in the house and so on, really worried him.”
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/غمغم، تغمغم، تمتم، دمدم11 مرة في الكتاب
“That’s all, I think,” he murmured to himself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/أخير، بعد ذلك11 مرة في الكتاب
“I’ll tell you afterwards.
waiter/ˈweɪtɝ/نادل، نادلة11 مرة في الكتاب
inquired the waiter of the Honourable Freddy.
rubber/ˈɹəbɝ/مطاط11 مرة في الكتاب
I say, Parker, I suppose yours are rubber-soled.
fool/ˈfuɫ/مغفل، أحمق، سفيه11 مرة في الكتاب
a bally fool all the time.
cheerfully/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫi/بمرح10 مرة في الكتاب
“Very wise of you,” said Lord Peter, cheerfully.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/شيطان، إبليس10 مرة في الكتاب
But as a matter of fact, the man in the bath is no more Sir Reuben Levy than Adolf Beck, poor devil, was John Smith.
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/سلم10 مرة في الكتاب
There were no ladder marks or footmarks in the yard; the yard was paved with asphalt.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/غامض10 مرة في الكتاب
… cheque-book, and—most mysterious and important of all—his spectacles, without which he can’t see a step …
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/يتعرف9 مرة في الكتاب
The little book off the night table, my lord, has only the marks of one set of fingers—there’s a little scar on the right thumb which makes them easy recognised.
cistern/ˈsɪstɝn/صهريج، فنطاس، حوض9 مرة في الكتاب
Me and my wife sleep next to the cistern-room.
eyeglass/ˈaɪˌɡɫæs/نظارة9 مرة في الكتاب
… too, except for a pair of eyeglasses, I assure you …
valet/væˈɫeɪ/خادم شخصي9 مرة في الكتاب
The valet, cook, parlourmaid, housemaid and kitchenmaid were the only people in the house, and naturally wasted an hour or two squawking and gossiping.
jolly/ˈdʒɑɫi/جيدا9 مرة في الكتاب
Gin a body jolly well knows who murdered a body
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/سكة حديدية، سكة حديد9 مرة في الكتاب
He’s afraid those railway people will get in now, and then it’ll be all U.
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/آهة، أنين9 مرة في الكتاب
“Any amount,” replied Mr. Bunter, with a groan calculated to appeal to Mr. Graves’s heart and unlock his confidence.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/إيذان، إعلان، إشهار، دعاية9 مرة في الكتاب
“I’ve just put an advertisement in the Times about it,” said Lord Peter.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/مزعج9 مرة في الكتاب
… always living very retired, and it’s most distressing to a man of regular habits, my lord …
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/حاسة، حس9 مرة في الكتاب
To go in for cheap sensations
uncommonly/ˌənˈkɑmənɫi/بشكل غير عادي8 مرة في الكتاب
“I’m sure it must have been uncommonly distressin’,” said Lord Peter, sympathetically, “especially comin’ like that before breakfast.
beastly/ˈbistˌɫi/بغيض8 مرة في الكتاب
What a beastly foggy night, ain’t it?
linoleum/ɫəˈnoʊɫiəm/مشمع8 مرة في الكتاب
Her visitor placed on the table a basket, containing a water-bottle, a silver-backed hair-brush, a pair of boots, a small roll of linoleum, and the “Letters of a Self-made
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