Estudio en escarlata: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
A Study in Scarlet
Las 40 palabras que Arthur Conan Doyle repite una y otra vez en «Estudio en escarlata» y que no están entre las 4.000 más comunes del inglés. Apréndelas antes y los primeros capítulos se leerán mucho mejor. Cada una lleva su pronunciación, su traducción y una frase del libro.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/evidentemente, a ojos vistas15 veces en el libro
It is evidently the theory of some arm-chair lounger who evolves all these neat little paradoxes in the seclusion of his own study.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/veneno, ponzoña14 veces en el libro
“I have to be careful,” he continued, turning to me with a smile, “for I dabble with poisons a good deal.”
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/asesino, asesina, homicida13 veces en el libro
“Then, of course, this blood belongs to a second individual—presumably the murderer, if murder has been committed.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/canoso12 veces en el libro
The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante12 veces en el libro
In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar.
stain/ˈsteɪn/mancha, mácula, chorretón11 veces en el libro
Don’t you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains.
keen/ˈkin/agudo, aguzado10 veces en el libro
The old woman faced round and looked keenly at him from her little red-rimmed eyes.
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/enconado, fiero10 veces en el libro
So powerful and so fierce was he, that the four of us were shaken off again and again.
whip/ˈhwɪp/sacó rápidamente10 veces en el libro
As he spoke, he whipped a tape measure and a large round magnifying glass from his pocket.
waggoncarreta9 veces en el libro
You say over them ones that you used to say every night in the waggon when we was on the Plains.”
astonishment/əˈstɑnɪʃmənt/sorpresa, asombro, estupefacción9 veces en el libro
I asked in astonishment.
savage/ˈsævədʒ/salvaje8 veces en el libro
… of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs …
deduction/dɪˈdəkʃən/deducción8 veces en el libro
I pondered over our short conversation, however, and endeavoured to draw my deductions from it.
utter/ˈətɝ/perorar, resolgar, resollar8 veces en el libro
… and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting-room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night.
boulder/ˈboʊɫdɝ/peñasco, roca, pedrusco8 veces en el libro
“Why not here, as well as in a feather bed, twenty years hence,” he muttered, as he seated himself in the shelter of a boulder.
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/asustar, alarmar, aspaventar8 veces en el libro
So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer.
dull/ˈdəɫ/chirle, desabrido, insulso8 veces en el libro
As for myself, I was silent, for the dull weather and the melancholy business upon which we were engaged, depressed my spirits.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/intentaba7 veces en el libro
… when I confess how much this man stimulated my curiosity, and how often I endeavoured to break through the reticence which he showed on all that concerned himself.
speedily/ˈspidəɫi/rápidamente7 veces en el libro
… are both engaged upon the case, and it is confidently anticipated that these well-known officers will speedily throw light upon the matter.
wanderer/ˈwɑndɝɝ/vagabundo, nómada, pataiperro7 veces en el libro
They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/escalera, escalinata, gradas7 veces en el libro
“We have it all here,” said Gregson, pointing to a litter of objects upon one of the bottom steps of the stairs.
unravel/ənˈɹævəɫ/separar los hilos de algo tejido desenmarañar, desenredar, deshilar7 veces en el libro
Under these circumstances, I eagerly hailed the little mystery which hung around my companion, and spent much of my time in endeavouring to unravel it.
hail/ˈheɪɫ/saludar7 veces en el libro
In old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be delighted to see me.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/anuncio, publicidad, reclamo7 veces en el libro
“I have had advertisements sent to all the newspapers, and one of my men has gone to the American Exchange, but he has not returned yet.”
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/puro, cigarro, habano7 veces en el libro
He was more than six feet high, was in the prime of life, had small feet for his height, wore coarse, square-toed boots and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/asustar, amedrentar, atemorizar7 veces en el libro
John Rance sprang to his feet with a frightened face and suspicion in his eyes.
fancy/ˈfænsi/la imaginación7 veces en el libro
“No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.”
vague/ˈveɪɡ/vago, desvaído, difuminado7 veces en el libro
There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.”
seldom/ˈsɛɫdəm/pocas veces, a penas, apenas7 veces en el libro
Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/misterioso7 veces en el libro
The other belonged to the dining-room, which was the apartment in which the mysterious affair had occurred.
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/solitario, solo7 veces en el libro
The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.
coloured/ˈkəɫɝd/de color pardo6 veces en el libro
It was familiar ground to me, and I needed no guiding as we ascended the bleak stone staircase and made our way down the long corridor with its vista of whitewashed wall and dun-coloured doors.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/mañana6 veces en el libro
“Call for me here at noon to-morrow, and we’ll go together and settle everything,” he answered.
haired/ˈhɛɹd/de cabello, de pelo6 veces en el libro
On another occasion an old white-haired gentleman had an interview with my companion; and on another a railway porter in his velveteen uniform.
constable/ˈkɑnstəbəɫ/policía6 veces en el libro
The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers …
telegraph/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæf/telegrafiar6 veces en el libro
“We telegraphed this morning.”
mil/ˈmɪɫ/millas6 veces en el libro
Nothing more is known of them until Mr. Drebber’s body was, as recorded, discovered in an empty house in the Brixton Road, many miles from Euston.
resolute/ˈɹɛzəˌɫut/resoluto6 veces en el libro
Beside the driver there sat a man who could not have been more than thirty years of age, but whose massive head and resolute expression marked him as a leader.
maiden/ˈmeɪdən/doncella, señorita6 veces en el libro
Least of all does the maiden herself know it until the tone of a voice or the touch of a hand sets her heart thrilling within her, and she learns …
clatter/ˈkɫætɝ/traquetear6 veces en el libro
There rose through the clear air a confused clattering and rumbling from this great mass of humanity, with the creaking of wheels and the neighing of horses.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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