La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Around the World in Eighty Days
Las 40 palabras que Julio Verne repite una y otra vez en «La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días» 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.
steamer/ˈstimɝ/barco de vapor109 veces en el libro
From Suez to Bombay, by steamer ....................
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milla68 veces en el libro
It is thirteen hundred and ten miles from Suez to Aden, at the other end of the Red Sea, and she has to take in a fresh coal supply.”
sail/ˈseɪɫ/vela46 veces en el libro
She had a hundred and sixty-eight hours in which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north-west, and all sails aiding the engine.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/ferrocarril35 veces en el libro
“But that doesn’t take into account bad weather, contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on.”
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/elefante, elefanta35 veces en el libro
Mosques, minarets, temples, fakirs, pagodas, tigers, snakes, elephants!
traveller/ˈtɹævəɫɝ/viajero, viajera, navegante34 veces en el libro
… with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities …
robber/ˈɹɑbɝ/ladrón, ladrona, chori30 veces en el libro
“On the contrary,” broke in Ralph, “I hope we may put our hands on the robber.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/delatar, demostrar30 veces en el libro
… exactitude personified, and this was betrayed even in the expression of his very hands and feet; for in men …
wager/ˈweɪdʒɝ/apostar28 veces en el libro
But I would wager four thousand pounds that such a journey, made under these conditions, is impossible.”
pagoda/pəˈɡoʊdə/pagoda27 veces en el libro
… its Armenian churches, and the noble pagoda on Malabar Hill, with its two polygonal towers—he cared not a straw to see them.
locomotive/ˌɫoʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/locomotora27 veces en el libro
Just then the locomotive gave a sharp screech, and the train passed out into the darkness of the night.
eighty/ˈeɪti/ochenta27 veces en el libro
On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shaving-water at eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit instead of eighty-six; and he was awaiting his successor …
consul/ˈkɑnsəɫ/cónsul25 veces en el libro
One was the British consul at Suez, who …
steam/ˈstim/vapor25 veces en el libro
… ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon the waters of the Red Sea.
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/descender, bajar25 veces en el libro
… he carefully shut the door of his room, and descended to Mr. Fogg.
warrant/ˈwɔɹənt/orden, mandamiento judicial, orden de allanamiento23 veces en el libro
Send without delay warrant of arrest to Bombay.
midst/ˈmɪdst/centro23 veces en el libro
The train stopped, at eight o’clock, in the midst of a glade some fifteen miles beyond Rothal, where there were several bungalows, and workmen’s cabins.
quay/ˈkeɪ/muelle, embarcadero22 veces en el libro
Little by little the scene on the quay became more animated; sailors of various nations, merchants, ship-brokers, porters, fellahs, bustled to and fro as if the steamer were immediately expected.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra21 veces en el libro
“We will trust your word, as a gentleman of honour.”
eleven/ˈiɫɛvən/once21 veces en el libro
… and he was awaiting his successor, who was due at the house between eleven and half-past.
sledge/ˈsɫɛdʒ/trineo, carretoncillo, mierra20 veces en el libro
“No; on a sledge,” replied Fix.
passport/ˈpæsˌpɔɹt/pasaporte20 veces en el libro
… and, if you will examine my passport when I get back, you will be able to judge whether I have accomplished the journey agreed upon.”
conductor/kənˈdəktɝ/revisor, guarda, inspector20 veces en el libro
The conductor, passing along the carriages, shouted, “Passengers will get out here!”
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta19 veces en el libro
… exactly at which hour Phileas Fogg rose, till half-past eleven, when he left the house for the Reform Club—all the details of service …
whistwhist18 veces en el libro
His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist.
voyage/ˈvɔɪədʒ/viaje, travesía, viajata18 veces en el libro
It is a ten days’ voyage by sea.”
worthy/ˈwɝði/digno18 veces en el libro
And the worthy fellow returned the watch to its fob with a defiant gesture.
ruin/ˈɹuən/ruina18 veces en el libro
Meanwhile the “Mongolia” was pushing forward rapidly; on the 13th, Mocha, surrounded by its ruined walls whereon date-trees were growing, was sighted, and on the mountains beyond were espied vast coffee-fields.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante17 veces en el libro
… precisely like that in Mr. Fogg’s bedchamber, both beating the same second at the same instant.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/calma, sosiego17 veces en el libro
Whether she would find a protector in him she could not tell; but Mr. Fogg essayed to calm her anxieties, and to assure her that everything would be mathematically—he used the very word—arranged.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/por algo considerado más urgente o valioso sacrificar, inmolar17 veces en el libro
I have two days, which I have already gained, to sacrifice.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/mañana16 veces en el libro
The woman you have just seen will be burned to-morrow at the dawn of day.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/apenas, difícilmente16 veces en el libro
… without ever shedding blood; there was a period when this part of the country could scarcely be travelled over without corpses being found in every direction.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/ocultar, esconder, absconder16 veces en el libro
An English criminal, you know, is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/reconoció15 veces en el libro
When Passepartout reached the second story he recognised at once the room which he was to inhabit, and he was well satisfied with it.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/norte, septentrión15 veces en el libro
… which means in Arabic “The Bridge of Tears,” and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal.
rajahrajá15 veces en el libro
A considerable portion of India is still free from British authority; and there are certain ferocious rajahs in the interior who are absolutely independent.
madam/ˈmædəm/señora15 veces en el libro
… “It is an accident, madam; nothing more.”
utter/ˈətɝ/perorar, resolgar, resollar15 veces en el libro
Just as the train was whirling through Sydenham, Passepartout suddenly uttered a cry of despair.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/evidentemente, a ojos vistas15 veces en el libro
The detective was evidently inspired by the hope of obtaining the splendid reward which would be the prize of success, and awaited with a feverish impatience …
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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