Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Las 40 palabras que Arthur Conan Doyle repite una y otra vez en «Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes» 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.
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/singular33 veces en el libro
… of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/momento31 veces en el libro
It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front.
goose/ˈɡus/ganso, oca, ánsar27 veces en el libro
“I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,” observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.
coronet/ˈkɔɹəˈnɛt/corona25 veces en el libro
The lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum which I have asked.
keen/ˈkin/vehemente, voraz25 veces en el libro
… and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
maid/ˈmeɪd/sirvienta, criada, chacha25 veces en el libro
… shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air of a man who was thoroughly at home.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/agrisar24 veces en el libro
He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat …
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/coche, carruaje, calesa22 veces en el libro
It is her carriage.
stepfather/ˈstɛpˌfɑðɝ/padrastro21 veces en el libro
“Your father,” said Holmes, “your stepfather, surely, since the name is different.”
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/anuncio, publicidad, reclamo21 veces en el libro
As he glanced down the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper flattened out upon his knee …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/color19 veces en el libro
If my hair would only change colour, here’s a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.’
peculiar/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/peculiar, raro19 veces en el libro
Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’
fancy/ˈfænsi/creo19 veces en el libro
Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/mañana18 veces en el libro
“If you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o’clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you.”
deduce/dɪˈdus/aplicando reglas de lógica u otras formas de razonamiento deducir18 veces en el libro
“I see it, I deduce it.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/después, consecuentemente, en seguida18 veces en el libro
Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/centro17 veces en el libro
… who had stepped from her carriage, was the centre of a little knot of flushed and struggling men, who struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/millas17 veces en el libro
… has referred the case to me, and hence it is that two middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly digesting their breakfasts at home.”
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/empavorecedor, empavoreciente, espantoso17 veces en el libro
It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/puro, cigarro, habano17 veces en el libro
… he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
geese/ˈɡis/gansos17 veces en el libro
“Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese,” said he.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/instantáneamente, al instante, al tiro17 veces en el libro
It was instantly opened by a bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/intentando16 veces en el libro
“The man who wrote it was presumably well to do,” I remarked, endeavouring to imitate my companion’s processes.
armchair/ˈɑɹmˌtʃɛɹ/sillón, butaca, poltrona16 veces en el libro
… but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/contraventana, postigo, puertaventana16 veces en el libro
Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a letter.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/asustar, amedrentar, atemorizar16 veces en el libro
She was so frightened by their violence that she ran away and told her mother when she reached home that she had left the two McCarthys quarrelling near Boscombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to fight.
ventilator/ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪtɝ/ventilador15 veces en el libro
You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/sótano, furnia, sibil15 veces en el libro
Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
lane/ˈɫeɪn/calle15 veces en el libro
“I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/coronel14 veces en el libro
At the time of the war he fought in Jackson’s army, and afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/escalera, escalinata, gradas13 veces en el libro
A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door.
gem/ˈdʒɛm/gema, alhaja, camafeo13 veces en el libro
A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no trace of them could be found …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra12 veces en el libro
Whom have I the honour to address?”
madam/ˈmædəm/señora12 veces en el libro
“My dear madam,” said I, “I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I can very well see that no apology is needed.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/opio, anfión12 veces en el libro
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, was much addicted to opium.
fasten/ˈfæsən/fijar, sujetar, atar12 veces en el libro
she cried, glancing from one to the other of us, and finally, with a woman’s quick intuition, fastening upon my companion, “I am so glad that you have come.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/rápidamente12 veces en el libro
He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him.
weary/ˈwɪɹi/cansado, cansino12 veces en el libro
My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position …
stain/ˈsteɪn/manchar, percudir12 veces en el libro
That trick of staining the fishes’ scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China.
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/silbar, chiflar, pitar12 veces en el libro
Holmes whistled.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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