That Girl Montana: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Las 40 palabras que Marah Ellis Ryan repite una y otra vez en «That Girl Montana» 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.
squawindia75 veces en el libro
She was giving the money and some directions to the Indian, when a word from a squaw drew her attention to the river.
canoe/kəˈnu/canoa55 veces en el libro
Why, I have gone alone in a canoe on a longer trail than we floated over, and I think I will again some day.
utter/ˈətɝ/pronunciado33 veces en el libro
… after a cool glance at them all, she walked directly past them and spoke to the tall Indian who had first uttered her name to the others.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/agradable, bondadoso31 veces en el libro
Then the color swept upward over her face 11 as she met his kindly glance, and drawing herself a little straighter, she walked indifferently away.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/coloquial: concluir, como por enumeración y balance de posibilidades27 veces en el libro
I reckon you folks heard how Lee Holly—toughest man in the 3 length of the Columbia—was wiped off the living earth by her last week.”
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/sonrojo27 veces en el libro
The man she called Max bent his head and whispered something to her, at which her face flushed just a little and a tiny wrinkle crept between her straight, beautiful brows.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/mañana26 veces en el libro
“To-morrow I would ask that Black Bow and the chief Akkomi eat at our table.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/extraño26 veces en el libro
While I was waiting for—Dan,” she said in a queer tone, and bent her head over the clay image.
miner/ˈmaɪnɝ/minero24 veces en el libro
“Some miner rushing down to see the train go by,” remarked Mr. Haydon; but the girl did not answer.
helpless/ˈhɛɫpɫəs/indefenso, desamparado23 veces en el libro
… and swam out to the little fellow who had struggled to keep his head above water, but was fast growing helpless in the chill of the mountain river.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que23 veces en el libro
He prates about civilization and Eastern culture till I get weary sometimes.
clasp/ˈkɫæsp/agarrar21 veces en el libro
Her face grew even more pale, and her hands clasped each other nervously.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/evidentemente, a ojos vistas21 veces en el libro
… and was carried bodily up to one of the lodges, while another squaw—evidently the mother—carried the little redskin who had caused all the commotion.
guardian/ˈɡɑɹdiən/guardián, guardia21 veces en el libro
murmured Mr. Lyster, as he eyed the stalwart form of the retreating guardian, who was so bent on guarding.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/murmurar, mascullar21 veces en el libro
she muttered, and all the color and bravado were gone from her face …
heap/ˈhip/montón, pila, cúmulo20 veces en el libro
Young ones of any sort do take a heap of looking after.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/temblar, rilar, sacudir20 veces en el libro
Oh, well, never mind,” he added, as he saw the red mouth tremble, and tears show in her eyes as she looked at him.
clay/ˈkɫeɪ/arcilla, barro, greda20 veces en el libro
At first all he could see were the hands—hands playing with a bit of wet clay—or so it seemed to him.
assent/əˈsɛnt/asentir, consentir19 veces en el libro
“We heard she was cleared of it,” assented the stranger.
commence/kəˈmɛns/empezar, comenzar, decentar18 veces en el libro
“Only don’t commence by disliking, that’s all …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar18 veces en el libro
“Well, now, he is good-natured to take it like that, and speak so beautiful,” she exclaimed, admiringly; “and you surely did try any man’s patience, Mr. Dan.
fancy/ˈfænsi/imaginar18 veces en el libro
“If my stepson at times forgets what is due a gentleman in your house, do not fancy that I reflect on you in the slightest for it.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/estropear, echar a perder, arruinar17 veces en el libro
“In fact, I’m afraid she’ll be a nuisance, and spoil our jolly good time all the way home.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dólar16 veces en el libro
I’d rather lose a thousand dollars than meet them now!
paddle/ˈpædəɫ/remo, canalete16 veces en el libro
He was not using the paddle, and his chin was resting on one clenched hand, while in the other he held something to which he was giving earnest attention.
brow/ˈbɹaʊ/sobreceja, sobrecejo16 veces en el libro
He looked at her moodily from under his dark brows, and noticed the color flutter over her cheek and throat in an adorable way.
curt/ˈkɝt/brusco, seco, cortante15 veces en el libro
With this curt reply, she turned her shoulder very coolly on the searcher for information.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/cena15 veces en el libro
I’d give half my supper to know if she has killed herself with that ice-bath.”
ward/ˈwɔɹd/entenado, pupilo15 veces en el libro
She’s a ward of mine.”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/norte, septentrión14 veces en el libro
That it had become the one topic of general interest in the community was due partly to the personality of the girl, and partly to the fact that the murdered man had been one of the most notorious in all that wild land extending north and west into British Columbia.
impatience/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəns/impaciencia14 veces en el libro
said the other man, with a sort of impatience.
earnest/ˈɝnɪst/encarecido14 veces en el libro
’Tana saw Mr. Haydon among them, in earnest conversation with the conductor; saw Max …
keen/ˈkin/ardoroso, entusiasmado, entusiasta14 veces en el libro
Even the Indians were aroused from their lethargy, and watched with keen curiosity the approaching canoes.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/diablo, demonio, mengue14 veces en el libro
“I didn’t hear a word he said to her; but his eyes spoke strongly enough, poor devil!
fool/ˈfuɫ/tonto, necio, imbécil14 veces en el libro
“He—he might have thought it was nice, if you hadn’t been here with your fool speeches.
careless/ˈkɛɹɫəs/descuidado, negligente, irresponsable13 veces en el libro
Her gaze rested lightly on the two strangers and their trophies of the chase, on the careless ferryman, and the few stragglers from the ranch and the cabins.
bead/ˈbid/abalorio, cuenta, gargantilla13 veces en el libro
… making remarks about the Indians, admiring particularly one boy’s beaded dress, and garnishing her remarks with a good deal of slang.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/arrugar el ceño, encapotarse, fruncir el ceño13 veces en el libro
And it was not a woman at all,—only a girl of perhaps sixteen years instead—who shrank back into the gloom, and frowned on him with great, dark …
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encanto13 veces en el libro
… or so fittingly and picturesquely dressed, for Mr. Maxwell Lyster was artist enough to make the most of his many good points and to exhibit them all with charming unconsciousness.
tramp/ˈtɹæmp/caminaron12 veces en el libro
… with their trophies of elk-horn and beaver paws, with their scarred outfit and a general air of elation gained from a successful “outing,” tramped down to the 2 little station after a last lingering view toward far hunting grounds.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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