Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
Las 40 palabras que Mark Twain repite una y otra vez en «Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer» 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.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/coloquial: concluir, como por enumeración y balance de posibilidades76 veces en el libro
Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it’s so.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta55 veces en el libro
After struggling till both were hot and flushed, each relaxed his strain with watchful caution, and Tom said:
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/ahora44 veces en el libro
Ben Rogers hove in sight presently—the very boy, of all boys, whose ridicule he had been dreading.
aunt/ˈænt/tía31 veces en el libro
“I don’t know, aunt.”
widow/ˈwɪdoʊ/viuda27 veces en el libro
“I reckon maybe we’ll tackle the old tree that’s over yonder on Cardiff Hill back of the widow’s.”
mighty/ˈmaɪti/poderoso26 veces en el libro
It’s mighty hard to make him work Saturdays, when all the boys is having holiday …
treasure/ˈtɹɛʒɝ/tesoro25 veces en el libro
… his pliant toes closed upon it, and he hopped away with the treasure and disappeared round the corner.
fool/ˈfuɫ/tonto, necio, imbécil23 veces en el libro
But old fools is the biggest fools there is.
tick/ˈtɪk/garrapata, cabarra, rezno19 veces en el libro
“Nothing but a tick.”
pirate/ˈpaɪɹət/pirata, bucanero19 veces en el libro
He would be a pirate!
bout/ˈbaʊt/alrededor de18 veces en el libro
… and cut the wart so as to get some blood, and then you put the blood on one piece of the bean and take and dig a hole and bury it ’bout midnight at the crossroads in the dark of the moon, and then you burn up the rest of the bean.
lick/ˈɫɪk/bofetón, golpazo17 veces en el libro
… and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it’s all down again and I can’t hit him a lick.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante17 veces en el libro
The lad fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board-fence, and disappeared over it.
tavern/ˈtævɝn/taberna, caramanchel, chinchel16 veces en el libro
Here—it’s the number of a room—in a tavern, you know!”
alley/ˈæɫi/calleja, callejón, callejuela16 veces en el libro
I’ll give you a white alley!”
auntie/ˈænti/tiita, tití, tiíta15 veces en el libro
I must call auntie.”
skiff/ˈskɪf/batel, esquife15 veces en el libro
There were a great many skiffs rowing about or floating with the stream in the neighborhood of the ferryboat, but the boys could not determine what the men in them were doing.
awhile/əˈwaɪɫ/por algún tiempo15 veces en el libro
The boy mused awhile over the substantial change which had taken place in his worldly circumstances, and then wended toward headquarters to report.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/recoger, buscar, ir a buscar15 veces en el libro
“Say, Jim, I’ll fetch the water if you’ll whitewash some.”
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/conciencia15 veces en el libro
Every time I let him off, my conscience does hurt me so, and every time I hit him my old heart most breaks.
ling/ˈɫɪŋ/campanilleo14 veces en el libro
Ting-a-ling-ling!”
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dólar14 veces en el libro
And they get slathers of money—most a dollar a day, Ben Rogers says.
sermon/ˈsɝmən/sermón, prédica, plática14 veces en el libro
Two of the children always remained for the sermon voluntarily, and the other always remained too—for stronger reasons.
snatch/ˈsnætʃ/arrebatar, arranchar, rebatar14 veces en el libro
The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger.
mile/ˈmaɪɫ/milla13 veces en el libro
It was on a hill, about a mile and a half from the village.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/melancolía, engurrio13 veces en el libro
He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit.
robber/ˈɹɑbɝ/ladrón, ladrona, chori13 veces en el libro
“This ought to be a lesson to grave robbers!”
raft/ˈɹæft/balsa, armadía13 veces en el libro
A log raft in the river invited him, and he seated himself on its outer edge and contemplated the dreary vastness of the stream …
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/soltar un quejido13 veces en el libro
This was lucky; he was about to begin to groan, as a “starter,” as he called it …
circus/ˈsɝkəs/circo13 veces en el libro
“Was you ever at a circus?”
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/malestar aflicción, angustia, ansiedad13 veces en el libro
… he flung it out of the window, and the voice of distress quickly thinned away and died in the distance.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/diablo, demonio, mengue13 veces en el libro
you devil!”
mil/ˈmɪɫ/millas12 veces en el libro
There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer …
trifle/ˈtɹaɪfəɫ/pizca12 veces en el libro
Tom was a trifle disconcerted.
dismal/ˈdɪzməɫ/lúgubre, funesto, mísero12 veces en el libro
He got it out, rumpled and wilted, and it mightily increased his dismal felicity.
lad/ˈɫæd/chico, niño, mozalbete12 veces en el libro
He gathered quite a following of lads interested in the exhibition; and one that had cut his finger and had been a centre of fascination and homage up to this time …
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/escalofrío12 veces en el libro
How his name would fill the world, and make people shudder!
sob/ˈsɑb/sollozar, llantear, plañir12 veces en el libro
The new boy went off brushing the dust from his clothes, sobbing, snuffling …
rag/ˈɹæɡ/harapo, andrajo, trapo12 veces en el libro
Huckleberry was always dressed in the cast-off clothes of full-grown men, and they were in perennial bloom and fluttering with rags.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar12 veces en el libro
Potter dropped his knife, and exclaimed:
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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