La llamada de lo salvaje: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The call of the wild
Las 40 palabras que Jack London repite una y otra vez en «La llamada de lo salvaje» 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.
sled/ˈsɫɛd/treno69 veces en el libro
And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que38 veces en el libro
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
lek/ˈɫɛk/nombre propio30 veces en el libro
He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.
husky/ˈhəski/husky30 veces en el libro
They were camped near the log store, where she, in her friendly way, made advances to a husky dog the size of a full-grown wolf, though not half so large as she.
wolf/ˈwʊɫf/lobo, loba27 veces en el libro
It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.
mat/ˈmæt/compañero25 veces en el libro
Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress.
whip/ˈhwɪp/látigo, fusta, flagelo24 veces en el libro
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/arnés22 veces en el libro
It was a harness, such as he had seen the grooms put on the horses at home.
breed/ˈbɹid/raza, casta, cepa20 veces en el libro
Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but François was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milla19 veces en el libro
That day they made forty miles, the trail being packed; but the next day, and for many days to follow, they broke their own trail, worked harder, and made poorer time.
snarl/ˈsnɑɹɫ/gruñir19 veces en el libro
… he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
howl/ˈhaʊɫ/aullar, guarrear, otilar18 veces en el libro
… on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors …
toil/ˈtɔɪɫ/afanar, afanarse, ajetrearse16 veces en el libro
These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
limp/ˈɫɪmp/sin fuerzas16 veces en el libro
He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.
bull/ˈbʊɫ/toro16 veces en el libro
A band of twenty moose had crossed over from the land of streams and timber, and chief among them was a great bull.
bristle/ˈbɹɪsəɫ/erizarse, horripilarse15 veces en el libro
And Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes.
yelp/ˈjɛɫp/gañir14 veces en el libro
… a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
fang/ˈfæŋ/colmillo, canero, canil13 veces en el libro
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/gruñir13 veces en el libro
But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger’s hands, he growled menacingly.
fore/ˈfɔɹ/ante12 veces en el libro
Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down.
stagger/ˈstæɡɝ/tambalear12 veces en el libro
Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.
jerk/ˈdʒɝk/jalonear, tironear12 veces en el libro
He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
sweater/ˈswɛtɝ/suéter, jersey, chompa12 veces en el libro
A stout man, with a red sweater that sagged generously at the neck, came out and signed the book for the driver.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/astucia, ardid, ardil11 veces en el libro
The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
lash/ˈɫæʃ/latigazo, látigo, zurriagazo11 veces en el libro
They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante11 veces en el libro
It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/escarcha, helada, carama10 veces en el libro
He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/pelea, riña, discusión10 veces en el libro
… for the dog-driver was in constant apprehension of the life-and-death struggle between the two which he knew must take place sooner or later; and on more than one night the sounds of quarrelling and strife among the other dogs turned him out of his sleeping robe, fearful that Buck and Spitz were at it.
moose/ˈmus/alce, ante, anta10 veces en el libro
The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
whine/ˈhwaɪn/lloriquear, gimotear, mañosear10 veces en el libro
He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/rugido10 veces en el libro
With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/madera, leña10 veces en el libro
… through Sheep Camp, past the Scales and the timber line, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep …
sack/ˈsæk/saco, bolsa, bayón10 veces en el libro
When they put a clothes-sack on the front of the sled, she suggested it should go on the back …
hairy/ˈhɛɹi/peludo, velludo, velloso9 veces en el libro
At other times this hairy man squatted by the fire with head between his legs and slept.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite, delicia, gozo9 veces en el libro
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/enconado, fiero9 veces en el libro
After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.
nest/ˈnɛst/nido9 veces en el libro
No matter how breathless the air when he dug his nest by tree or bank, the wind that later blew inevitably found him to leeward, sheltered and snug.
pole/ˈpoʊɫ/pértiga, palo, vara8 veces en el libro
François, guiding the sled at the gee-pole, sometimes exchanged places with him, but not often.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/ración, alforja, pitanza8 veces en el libro
The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.
inch/ˈɪntʃ/pulgada8 veces en el libro
Of this offence Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his indiscretion was when Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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