Cartas de Napoleón a Josefina: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812
Las 40 palabras que Napoleón I repite una y otra vez en «Cartas de Napoleón a Josefina» 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.
surrender/sɝˈɛndɝ/rendición, claudicación46 veces en el libro
You cannot have inspired a boundless love without sharing it, for a cultured mind and a soul like yours cannot requite complete surrender and devotion with the death-blow.
cannon/ˈkænən/cañón43 veces en el libro
Austrians lose 2000 men and 20 cannon.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/mañana32 veces en el libro
I am at Port Maurice, near Oneille; to-morrow I shall be at Albenga.
cheerful/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫ/alegre, animado, risueño32 veces en el libro
Tell me you are cheerful, in good health, and very affectionate.
bulletin/ˈbʊɫɪtən/boletín, boletín de noticias, boletín informativo30 veces en el libro
For generations it was the fashion to consider "as false as a bulletin" peculiar to Napoleon's despatches; but the publication of Napoleon's correspondence, by order of Napoleon III., has changed all that.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/afecto, cariño, afección28 veces en el libro
… and the Emperor felt and spoke, not in his discourses or his proclamations—the official garb of his thought—but in the free outpourings of the most passionate or the most tender affections....
mil/ˈmɪɫ/millas27 veces en el libro
Napoleon was sometimes 1200 miles away from home; he had to gauge the effect of his bulletins from one end to the other of the largest effective empire that the world has ever seen …
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encanto27 veces en el libro
A child as charming as its mamma will soon see the daylight, and will pass many years in your arms.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que25 veces en el libro
Napoleon raged and stormed about the Tallien friendship, till his final mandate in 1806; and then it was too late.
retreat/ɹiˈtɹit/retirada, repliegue24 veces en el libro
The enemy made a general sortie on June 16th; it has killed or wounded two hundred of our men, but lost five hundred of its own in a precipitous retreat.
correspondence/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndəns/correspondencia, carteo23 veces en el libro
… in the words of an eminent but unsympathetic divine, know something of the "domestic side of the monster," first hand from his own correspondence, confirmed or corrected by contemporaries.
grief/ˈɡɹif/pena, pesar, dolor23 veces en el libro
My soul is broken with grief, and there is no rest for your lover.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra21 veces en el libro
Like Medea, one of whose other exploits he had evoked in a bulletin, he could say—but to his honour and not to his shame—
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/caracterizado por o que siente profunda aflicción o angustia20 veces en el libro
You do not speak of your wretched indigestion—I hate it.
despatchdespachos19 veces en el libro
Carlyle was the first to point out that his despatches are as instinct with genius as his conquests—his very words have "Austerlitz battles" in them.
favour/ˈfeɪvɝ/favor19 veces en el libro
From the days of his new power—political power, first the Consulate and then the Empire—he lavished gifts and favours even on the most undeserving of his early comrades.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/querido, amado, bienamado19 veces en el libro
Every moment separates me further from you, my beloved, and every moment I have less energy to exist so far from you.
spite/ˈspaɪt/despecho, ojeriza19 veces en el libro
He appeared to have no relish for anything gay; and in spite of the prepossessing amenity of his manners, an observation struck me often, he seemed to be of bronze.
subjoinañadir18 veces en el libro
I shall subjoin a copy of it."
franc/ˈfɹæŋk/franco18 veces en el libro
May 9th.—Capitulation of Parma by the Grand Duke, who pays ransom of 2 million francs, 1600 artillery horses, food, and 20 paintings.
artillery/ɑɹˈtɪɫɝi/artillería17 veces en el libro
The Emperor will have to create a second army: artillery, pontoons, baggage, everything is taken.
glory/ˈɡɫɔɹi/gloria17 veces en el libro
"The letters of Napoleon can add nothing to his glory, but they better enable us to comprehend his prodigious destiny …
courier/ˈkɝiɝ/mensajero, estafeta16 veces en el libro
Soul of my life, write me by every courier, else I shall not know how to exist.
siege/ˈsidʒ/asedio, sitio16 veces en el libro
"By declaring that his public life dated from the siege of Toulon, Napoleon has himself determined the point of departure which the Commission should choose.
jealous/ˈdʒɛɫəs/celoso16 veces en el libro
… to go into the country; and in spite of that you give me to understand that you are jealous of me, who am here …
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/después, consecuentemente, en seguida16 veces en el libro
At last when Bonaparte drew up plans—afterwards followed—for the invasion of Piedmont, Schérer replied roughly that he who had drawn up the plan of campaign had better come and execute it.
thee/ˈði/te, ti15 veces en el libro
My waking thoughts are all of thee.
grieve/ˈɡɹiv/contristarse, desolarse, enlutarse15 veces en el libro
But I am most truly grieved to know that you are in pain.
prosper/ˈpɹɑspɝ/prosperar15 veces en el libro
We must admire The Man[3] who found within the fields of France the command of the Tropics, and who needed nothing but time to prosper Corsican cotton and Solingen steel.
destiny/ˈdɛstəni/destinación, destino15 veces en el libro
"The letters of Napoleon can add nothing to his glory, but they better enable us to comprehend his prodigious destiny, the prestige that he exercised over his contemporaries—'le culte universel dont sa mémoire est l'objet …
realise/ˈɹiəˌɫaɪz/percatarse14 veces en el libro
It has realised that the most conspicuous (éclatant) homage to render to this incomparable genius was to make him known in his entirety.
affectionate/əˈfɛkʃənət/afectuoso, cariñoso, querendón14 veces en el libro
… and to arrive at Brescia on July 25th, where the most affectionate of lovers awaits you.
cavalry/ˈkævəɫɹi/caballería14 veces en el libro
May 30th-31st.—Bonaparte defeats Beaulieu at Borghetto, crosses the Mincio, and makes French cavalry fight (a new feature for the Republican troops).
conquer/ˈkɑŋkɝ/conquistar, debelar14 veces en el libro
Beaten at sea, he has but two weapons left against England—to "conquer her by land," or to stir up a maritime rival who will sooner or later avenge him.
uneasy/əˈnizi/incómodo14 veces en el libro
Yes, my kind, kind love, I am not jealous, but sometimes uneasy.
vexed/ˈvɛkst/irritado, molesto13 veces en el libro
Are you vexed?
splendid/ˈspɫɛndɪd/espléndido13 veces en el libro
Of his goodness we have the well-weighed verdict of Lord Acton, that it was "the most splendid that has appeared on earth."
reinforcement/ˌɹiɪnˈfɔɹsmənt/refuerzo13 veces en el libro
July 9th.—Bonaparte asks Kellermann for reinforcements.
genius/ˈdʒinjəs/genio, genia, portento13 veces en el libro
Let us then each to his task, and each try, as best he may, to weigh in honest scales the modern Hannibal—"our last great man,"[4] "the mightiest genius of two thousand years."[5]
heir/ˈɛɹ/heredero12 veces en el libro
This is the third pilgrimage Josephine has made, under the doctor's orders, to Plombières; but the longed-for heir will have to be sought for elsewhere, by fair means or foul.
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