Democracy—false or true?: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Las 40 palabras que Sir W. B. Richmond repite una y otra vez en «Democracy—false or true?» 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.
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/trabajo92 veces en el libro
Obviously, the gods thought well of labour and the labourer both loved and feared the gods.
wag/ˈwæɡ/salarios38 veces en el libro
If wages reach an extravagant sum, capital will not find the money to pay them.
leisure/ˈɫɛʒɝ/ocio, tiempo libre33 veces en el libro
Before Labour is fit to govern it must learn how to use leisure.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/noble30 veces en el libro
a very noble art going hand in hand with “modern” economies and created in a primitive age, as we call it.
idle/ˈaɪdəɫ/ocioso, desocupado29 veces en el libro
In the period of exercise to gain some experience capital would be wasted; it might be gambled away or spent in hours of idle self-indulgence.
ignorant/ˈɪɡnɝənt/ignorante, chúntaro, desentendido26 veces en el libro
One thing, however, is pretty certain; he will be as good or evil, ignorant or learned, as he chooses.
neighbour/ˈneɪbɝ/prójimo, prójima23 veces en el libro
… and, having done that as the first duty to his neighbour and to himself as an honourable man, he must have proved by the good use of his hours of leisure that he is in earnest …
workman/ˈwɝkmən/peón23 veces en el libro
… our workmen still saw straight according to their ancient traditions as yet unbroken, as yet deaf to “catch words” from noisy rhetoric out of the mouths of ignorant and mischievous leaders inflated by vanity and rendered blind by egotism and desire for power over a more ignorant but clear-thinking workman.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/veneno, ponzoña23 veces en el libro
Iron, steel, explosives, every poison upon the Pharmacy List, every evil pulsation of the heart were German weapons.
agriculture/ˈæɡɹɪˌkəɫtʃɝ/agricultura23 veces en el libro
Demeter was the goddess of corn, the protectress of agriculture.
craftsmanship/ˈkɹæfsmənˌʃɪp/arte22 veces en el libro
What was the meaning of all this superb beauty of labour and craftsmanship?
industrious/ˌɪnˈdəstɹiəs/industrioso, trabajador, afanoso21 veces en el libro
If a man is industrious he has trained himself to be so by acting upon a theory which he has found to be advantageous.
primitive/ˈpɹɪmətɪv/primitivo20 veces en el libro
We still think of Apollo as the primitive author and forerunner of all that Greece became.
prevail/pɹiˈveɪɫ/estar vigente, extendido o predominar20 veces en el libro
It prevailed!
cease/ˈsis/terminar, cesar, parar20 veces en el libro
When reason and peaceful persuasion cease to avail, powder and shot have to be used, and sometimes unmercifully!
instinct/ˈɪnstɪŋkt/instinto20 veces en el libro
There is a great deal to be said for emotion, it is our strongest instinct.
artificial/ˌɑɹtəˈfɪʃəɫ/artificial20 veces en el libro
It is evident whatever artificial light they used was smokeless, because the ceiling and walls are not discoloured.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra19 veces en el libro
Thus have they done it honour.
discontent/dɪskənˈtɛnt/descontento19 veces en el libro
And yet somehow, although perhaps they cannot define it, they feel a want, a yearning for something better, and it is that which makes their souls discontented, hard, and unsympathetic.
industrialismindustrialismo17 veces en el libro
… the voices of the winds, even the wild utterances of beasts of the forest than the shrieks of machinery of which industrialism is so proud.
craftsman/ˈkɹæfsmən/artesano, artífice, fabro17 veces en el libro
… from a straw bed, from a girl of the people and a craftsman.
tyranny/ˈtɪɹəni/tiranía17 veces en el libro
Licence is, in fact, the grossest form of tyranny.
worship/ˈwɝʃəp/rendir / dar culto, rendir culto17 veces en el libro
… for fear of vengeance from the God of Light, whom they worshipped.
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/reconocer15 veces en el libro
… and they are quite capable to do that, will recognise that to preach “equality” is one thing; it sounds attractive …
folly/ˈfɑɫi/locura, necedad, insensatez15 veces en el libro
What folly it is when it is regarded coolly, rationally and with common sense!
cultivate/ˈkəɫtəˌveɪt/cultivar15 veces en el libro
First comes the open country, freely cultivated, then the city …
agitator/ˈædʒəˌteɪtɝ/agitador, agitadora14 veces en el libro
The most prominent agitators fell as victims to their cruelties and misdeeds.
squalor/ˈskwɑɫɝ/inmundicia, miseria14 veces en el libro
I have lived long enough to have seen the agriculture of our dear country productive and the people, relatively to now, content; when squalor was a far rarer spectacle than now.
starve/ˈstɑɹv/morir de hambre, hambrear14 veces en el libro
Doubtless starving.
desirable/dɪˈzaɪɝəbəɫ/deseable, conveniente14 veces en el libro
It is likely that the desirable, according to my philosophy, would be the undesirable to many, perhaps, just now, most people!
genius/ˈdʒinjəs/genio, genia, portento14 veces en el libro
… these monuments to the skill, industry and genius of Egyptian craftsmen 4,000 years ago stand as an example to us moderns, who at present show no signs of handing their genius down even to a dozen generations.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/centro13 veces en el libro
All the pagan gods emanate from the Divine centre, be it Olympus, Rome, or Jerusalem.
selfish/ˈsɛɫfɪʃ/egoísta13 veces en el libro
… to please their followers whom they have coerced, would advocate a purely class and selfish policy which might lead to civil war, of all wars the one which is certainly soul-killing.
erect/ɪˈɹɛkt/erigir13 veces en el libro
They thought thus to obliterate His teaching, to wipe out the Ideal He taught, the Utopia He would erect—a kingdom of the soul that He would revive in the materialistic Roman decay.
neglect/nəˈɡɫɛkt/descuidar, negligir13 veces en el libro
We, the English, were growing idle, neglecting agriculture, buying from foreign markets instead of creating our own.
goods/ˈɡʊdz/géneros, bienes12 veces en el libro
The agricultural labourer is helping to feed his country, the craftsman is making desirable and durable goods for his own as well as foreign markets, and they must be the best he can turn out to his honour!
simplicity/sɪmˈpɫɪsəti/sencillez12 veces en el libro
In their efforts to codify it and convert its simplicity into dogmatic and puzzling creeds, upon acceptance of which or not depends the salvation or damnation of the human race …
attain/əˈteɪn/obtener mediante esfuerzo conseguir, lograr, alcanzar12 veces en el libro
If it were possible to attain equality it would ruin the world; it would paralyse effort; it would reduce mankind to a system of self-indulgence, lassitude, and, finally, to imbecility.
peasant/ˈpɛzənt/campesino, campesina, guajiro12 veces en el libro
Apollo the Healer was to give way before the child of a Nazarene peasant and a humble carpenter.
labourerjornalero11 veces en el libro
Think of it, farmers, agricultural labourers, and all who live on and by the land!
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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