The black pearl: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Las 40 palabras que Marie Lion repite una y otra vez en «The black pearl» 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.
aunt/ˈænt/tía26 veces en el libro
… ‘Old Meg,’ who directs everything here and holds us in ‘the path of virtue’ with an iron hand—Meg, your aunt’s faithful maid for thirty years, and now the right hand of Molly …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra17 veces en el libro
I am sure that a Martian savant ere this has discovered the cause, and explained it as a ceremony celebrated in honour of our satellite.”
pearls/ˈpɝɫz/perlas15 veces en el libro
I have had it attached as a pendant to a string of pearls of my own, which will look much better on your white neck than in my casket.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/apenas, difícilmente15 veces en el libro
Absence does not stop the everlasting pæan of praise, for as it is, he is scarcely ever at home.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/hablar o emitir un ruido bajo e indistinguible15 veces en el libro
I murmured, wonderingly, to Daisy.
pearl/ˈpɝɫ/perla14 veces en el libro
“I want to give you a black pearl which I have been keeping in trust.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/ama14 veces en el libro
“Now you have seen the real mistress of Gwylata, Jeannette …
necklace/ˈnɛkɫəs/collar14 veces en el libro
In it lies a necklace composed of exquisite pearls, some white and milky, others gleaming opalesquely in tints merging from grey to rose.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/por algo considerado más urgente o valioso sacrificar, inmolar13 veces en el libro
She would suffer martyrdom herself and sacrifice everybody for Molly, and, above all, for Hector.”
verandahgalería11 veces en el libro
I run to the verandah to see this relic of bygone days.
utter/ˈətɝ/completo, absoluto, perfecto11 veces en el libro
“Who is this man, an utter stranger an hour ago, whose gaze stirs my pulses, rousing latent forces and strangely elusive memories?
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar11 veces en el libro
“What a contrast to the ‘Brasier’ motor in which you drove me here yesterday, uncle,” I exclaim.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/afecto, cariño, afección11 veces en el libro
I have as much need of affection as of air.
awaken/əˈweɪkən/despertar10 veces en el libro
It is rather a kind of obsession, a response to the appeal in his eyes which awakens something obscure, half forgotten.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite, delicia, gozo10 veces en el libro
It is one of my greatest delights to get him to talk during our rides.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encantar, hechizar10 veces en el libro
While I contemplate this charming production of budding genius, Mr. Deslandes enters my little sitting-room, to which he has admission at all times.
keen/ˈkin/vehemente, voraz9 veces en el libro
… the need of devoting myself to someone or something; the keen suffering I experience when I find myself in a chilly atmosphere of indifference.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/delatar, demostrar9 veces en el libro
In the unconscious pride underlying the belief that all customs are perfect because they are English, there is betrayed a certain strength of character and will which refuses to be influenced by environment.
bush/ˈbʊʃ/arbusto8 veces en el libro
Yesterday a motor, to-day the old coach which carries letters to far-off bush homes, among them probably some from the Old World by the Messageries Boat on which you were a passenger.”
sombresombrío8 veces en el libro
Tall palms bent their sombre tufted heads and plantains waved their pale green leaves in the breeze.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/mañana8 veces en el libro
… unless,” bowing profoundly, “you will allow me to take his place and ride with you to-morrow.”
yacht/ˈjɑt/yate8 veces en el libro
“He has a big yacht as big as a ship,” says Gladys, extending her small arms.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/temblar, rilar, sacudir8 veces en el libro
A kiss soft as a sigh brushes my trembling lips.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/brillar, resplandecer, fulgir8 veces en el libro
His eyes, brilliant windows of the soul imprisoned in his stunted graceless body, glow at this proof of confidence.
tender/ˈtɛndɝ/tierno, cariñoso8 veces en el libro
Passionate, yet tender, evoking a shadowy, dim remembrance of forgotten things, it allures even while it repels me.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/calmo, calmado, calmoso8 veces en el libro
I wonder if one day I also shall come across a man who will love me simply and purely with a calm, untroubled affection like theirs …
magnetism/ˈmæɡnəˌtɪzəm/magnetismo7 veces en el libro
Pearls are feminine, it is said, and want light, heat and the magnetism of soft, warm flesh, or they lose their colour and die.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/reconocer7 veces en el libro
It is with the greatest astonishment that I recognise almost all the ritual of the Mass—the Vestments of the priest, the Crucifix, the flowers, and even the candles burning on the altar.
wherein/hwɛˈɹɪn/en el que7 veces en el libro
I have had a strange dream wherein, by a sort of dual personality, I beheld myself smaller and slimmer.
detach/ˈdɪˌtætʃ/desprender, desacoplar, desfijar7 veces en el libro
The gigantic trees, with their twisted branches and gnarled trunks detached against the sombre background of sapphire, recall the weird eerie effects of Gustave Doré.
vibrate/ˈvaɪbɹeɪt/vibrar7 veces en el libro
As I pass out he whispers in a tone vibrating with triumph, “A demain.”
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/coche, carruaje, calesa7 veces en el libro
I am still too much of a novice in the equestrian art to do other than venture the mild excitement of following the hounds in a carriage.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/evidentemente, a ojos vistas7 veces en el libro
He has evidently determined to make me a good horsewoman.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/querido, amado, bienamado7 veces en el libro
… taking with us Daisy, who can scarcely tear herself from her beloved Dick.
regain/ɹɪˈɡeɪn/reconseguir7 veces en el libro
His short absence enables me to regain mastery over my feelings, and to analyse the bewildering sensations I have just experienced.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/casa pequeña7 veces en el libro
On the road, I remarked a cottage where the wife was doing the family washing, hanging the clothes on ropes suspended between gum trees, which apparently serve many purposes.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/misterioso7 veces en el libro
The man with the mysterious eyes is standing before me.
divine/dɪˈvaɪn/divino7 veces en el libro
reçoit participation insigne de sa prime et divine origine et en contemplation de cette infinie sphère à laquelle rien n’advient, rien ne passe …
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/descender, bajar7 veces en el libro
It is the only souvenir which remained to your mother of her great ancestress, the Begum Jeanne, wife of Dupleix, from whom she was so proud to have descended.
favourite/ˈfeɪvɝɪt/favorito, preferido, ganchito6 veces en el libro
… containing all I possess in the world, my favourite books and the presents of my Parisian school-mates whom I left in tears at the idea of my departure for the antipodes—“a country of kangaroos and savages, where I would surely be eaten alive,” they sobbed.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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