El cambiazo y otros cuentos: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Changeling, and Other Stories
Las 40 palabras que Donn Byrne repite una y otra vez en «El cambiazo y otros cuentos» 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.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/queer, cuir, non heterosexual37 veces en el libro
"I think to myself: 'This is a queer thing for any one as tough as they tell me Janssen is, to come out with.'
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante34 veces en el libro
As Officer McCarthy paused for an instant in his story the eyes of the court-room seemed by common consent to turn to Anna Janssen in the dock.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/perro de caza, sabueso, cárabo29 veces en el libro
Forward of him a hundred and fifty yards the hounds were circling around the copse, while the leaders were inside, raising the red fox.
mill/ˈmɪɫ/molino29 veces en el libro
… moist vat, or ground coffee in the red mill that suggested a ceremonial vessel in a Hindu temple.
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/elefante, elefanta27 veces en el libro
And so her great and gorgeous train went on through the desert, crunch of camels' pads, shuffle of marching men, thud of lumbering elephants, screaming of peacocks, chattering of apes....
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/trueno24 veces en el libro
"And then we hear thunder.
lion/ˈɫaɪən/león24 veces en el libro
"See these brass bases, Balkis, with the borders of lions and oxen and cherubim.
immense/ˌɪˈmɛns/inmenso23 veces en el libro
Two South American commonwealths, with the hearts of children and the bravery of men, decided to span the Andes with an immense bridge.
queen/ˈkwin/reina, dama22 veces en el libro
… as tall as he, who moved with the slow dignity of a queen.
damn/ˈdæm/diablos, maldición, maldita sea21 veces en el libro
'If I was all alone in the middle of the Pacific, I would n't give a damn, but these here coral insects,' he says …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/hablar o emitir un ruido bajo e indistinguible18 veces en el libro
she murmured.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/rugir, bramar18 veces en el libro
"Now, listen to me, men," he roared like a maddened bull.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dólar17 veces en el libro
The ten or twelve dollars a week he made, and what he got for them, compared very unfavorably with the healthful comfort and clean sea air of home.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/barba17 veces en el libro
They turned to the foreman, a fine, florid personage, with a fan-shaped red beard, a man who ought to be equal to every occasion, so it seemed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/temblar, rilar, sacudir16 veces en el libro
And I could feel her hands tremble, and then crisp, and then tremble, and suddenly grow firm and fine and powerful.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/dignidad16 veces en el libro
Immobile, somehow immaculate, with strange superhuman dignity, she did not blush, she did not smile.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/agradable, bondadoso15 veces en el libro
There will be no blight on the milk the cows give, and there will be great luck on the stock of the kindly land.
referee/ˌɹɛfɝˈi/árbitro, referee, réferi15 veces en el libro
Before the bell had gone for the first round, before the referee had called them together for instructions, before even the gloves were laced on him …
twilight/ˈtwaɪˌɫaɪt/crepúsculo15 veces en el libro
The sun was going down and a soft bronze twilight was beginning to settle.
utter/ˈətɝ/perorar, resolgar, resollar15 veces en el libro
Their wings flapped wearily, and as they flew landward they uttered faint whimpering cries.
jungle/ˈdʒəŋɡəɫ/jungla, selva15 veces en el libro
These mountains, that composition of jungle, that smashing drop to the turbulent river, the snarling waters themselves—all these were the work of the Great Mason, the detail of his Divine Hand.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/vela15 veces en el libro
They reefed down sail until we were flying along under top and foresails.
huntsman/ˈhəntsmən/cazador14 veces en el libro
The hounds were being urged in by the pink-coated huntsman.
hush/ˈhəʃ/acallar, calmar14 veces en el libro
"Excellency, from the time she was on it the bridge stopped quivering, the wind hushed.
fox/ˈfɑks/zorro, zorra, raposa14 veces en el libro
… the horseman, the hunter of foxes, and she was of a family whose tradition it was never to hunt or harry a fox …
slim/ˈsɫɪm/delgado, flaco14 veces en el libro
It rose there strong and slim and beautiful and of use to men, but terrible as an army with banners.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/calmo, calmado, calmoso14 veces en el libro
It seemed impossible that this calm, majestic figure could once have acted the siren of the streets to the officer bringing her from her Tahitian sanctuary.
sinister/ˈsɪnɪstɝ/siniestro13 veces en el libro
There are houses and lands that are kindly, and places that are sinister, fields that are surly, meadows that are sweetly generous.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/querido, amado, bienamado13 veces en el libro
One man is proud that his horse whinnies in the stall when he hears the beloved footstep.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/brisa, alisio, vahaje13 veces en el libro
A light breeze is in shore.
dawn/ˈdɔn/amanecer, alba, albor13 veces en el libro
And I was lying on the sand in the dawn, and Janssen was bathing my head.
cove/ˈkoʊv/ensenada, cala12 veces en el libro
And that cove is full of fish.'
wail/ˈweɪɫ/lamentar, llantear, llorar12 veces en el libro
and then wailed, "My God!
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/embozo, velo12 veces en el libro
She has let her hair down and it covers her to the knees in a great shining cloak, like some wonderful fur cloak.
pity/ˈpɪti/lástima, pena12 veces en el libro
It's a pity.
tiger/ˈtaɪɡɝ/tigre12 veces en el libro
Some trainers are born with power over man-eating tigers, some men can handle snakes, some can sooth stampeding cattle.
monk/ˈməŋk/monje12 veces en el libro
She could understand the ideals of an ancient age, when a community of monks called themselves the Pontist Brothers, the Frères Pontifes.
merchant/ˈmɝtʃənt/mercader, comerciante, mercador12 veces en el libro
And the soldier's honor and the sailor's courage, and the writer's fire and the builder's genius—yes, and the dreams of great merchants, too, Lovat grimaced—are curbed and roweled by the huckster's purse.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/apagado, apenas perceptible, apenas visible12 veces en el libro
He liked the faint powder on her face, and her carefully cultured eyebrows.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/norte, septentrión11 veces en el libro
I look everywhere—north, east, south, and west—and there is nothing but boiling sea, white, muddy, with birds fluttering, or floating in the air.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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