El gran Gatsby: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The Great Gatsby
Las 40 palabras que F. Scott Fitzgerald repite una y otra vez en «El gran Gatsby» 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.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/inquirir, informarse, inquerir27 veces en el libro
I inquired innocently.
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/mayordomo, guardés20 veces en el libro
When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/gris17 veces en el libro
Her grey sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming discontented face.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/hablar o emitir un ruido bajo e indistinguible16 veces en el libro
If she saw me out of the corner of her eyes she gave no hint of it—indeed, I was almost surprised into murmuring an apology for having disturbed her by coming in.
policeman/pəˈɫismən/policía14 veces en el libro
When we came into the station he was next to me and his white shirt-front pressed against my arm—and so I told him I'd have to call a policeman, but he knew I lied.
taxi/ˈtæksi/taxi, libre, taxímetro12 veces en el libro
Upstairs, in the solemn echoing drive she let four taxi cabs drive away before she selected a new one, lavender-colored with grey upholstery …
coup/ˈku/cupé12 veces en el libro
In the ditch beside the road, right side up but violently shorn of one wheel, rested a new coupé which had left Gatsby's drive not two minutes before.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/apagado, apenas perceptible, apenas visible12 veces en el libro
… when that certain girl played tennis, a faint mustache of perspiration appeared on her upper lip.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/temblar, rilar, sacudir11 veces en el libro
The murmur trembled on the verge of coherence, sank down, mounted excitedly, and then ceased altogether.
chauffeur/ˈʃoʊfɝ/chófer, chofer, chafirita10 veces en el libro
A chauffeur in a uniform of robin's egg blue crossed my lawn early that Saturday morning with a surprisingly formal note from his employer—the honor would be entirely Gatsby's, it said …
anyhow/ˈɛniˌhaʊ/de todas formas, de todas maneras, al tuntún10 veces en el libro
"You see I think everything's terrible anyhow," she went on in a convinced way.
faintly/ˈfeɪntɫi/tenuemente10 veces en el libro
I am not even faintly like a rose.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/brillar, resplandecer, fulgir10 veces en el libro
The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold, and wide open to the warm windy afternoon …
eagerly/ˈiɡɝɫi/ansiosamente9 veces en el libro
asked Mrs. Wilson eagerly as he came to the taxi-window.
twilight/ˈtwaɪˌɫaɪt/crepúsculo9 veces en el libro
Tom and Miss Baker, with several feet of twilight between them strolled back into the library, as if to a vigil beside a perfectly tangible body …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar9 veces en el libro
she exclaimed surprisingly.
unfamiliar/ˌənfəˈmɪɫjɝ/no / poco familiar9 veces en el libro
They shook hands briefly and a strained, unfamiliar look of embarrassment came over Gatsby's face.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/subiendo las escaleras9 veces en el libro
The last swimmers have come in from the beach now and are dressing upstairs; the cars from New York are parked five deep in the drive …
fool/ˈfuɫ/tonto, necio, imbécil9 veces en el libro
"I'd be a God Damned fool to live anywhere else."
whereupon/ˈhwɛɹəˈpɑn/con lo cual, tras lo cual8 veces en el libro
The butler came back and murmured something close to Tom's ear whereupon Tom frowned, pushed back his chair and without a word went inside.
incredulous/ˌɪnˈkɹɛdʒəɫəs/incrédulo8 veces en el libro
Her host looked at her incredulously.
politely/pəˈɫaɪtɫi/cortésmente, educadamente8 veces en el libro
He turned me around again, politely and abruptly.
yacht/ˈjɑt/yate8 veces en el libro
A large photograph of an elderly man in yachting costume attracted me, hung on the wall over his desk.
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/quejido8 veces en el libro
I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/cena8 veces en el libro
Tom rang for the janitor and sent him for some celebrated sandwiches, which were a complete supper in themselves.
cocktail/ˈkɑkˌteɪɫ/cóctel, coctel, cocktail8 veces en el libro
"No, thanks," said Miss Baker to the four cocktails just in from the pantry, "I'm absolutely in training."
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/ocultar, esconder, absconder8 veces en el libro
She was only extemporizing but a stirring warmth flowed from her as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/murmurar, mascullar8 veces en el libro
… at least I had him for a few days until he ran away, and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.
impatiently/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəntɫi/impacientemente7 veces en el libro
What was that word we—" "Well, these books are all scientific," insisted Tom, glancing at her impatiently.
solemn/ˈsɑɫəm/solemne7 veces en el libro
I was rather literary in college—one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the "Yale News"—and now I was going to bring back all such things into my life and become again that most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man."
cheerful/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫ/alegre, animado, risueño7 veces en el libro
Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay.
restless/ˈɹɛstɫəs/inquieto7 veces en el libro
I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless.
whiskey/ˈhwɪski/whisky, güisqui, wiski7 veces en el libro
Meanwhile Tom brought out a bottle of whiskey from a locked bureau door.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/apenas, difícilmente7 veces en el libro
And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all.
goodbye/ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego, hasta la vista7 veces en el libro
He was saying some last word to her but the eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say goodbye.
overhead/ˈoʊvɝˈhɛd/en lo alto7 veces en el libro
They are not perfect ovals—like the egg in the Columbus story they are both crushed flat at the contact end—but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual confusion to the gulls that fly overhead.
champagne/ʃæmˈpeɪn/champán, champaña7 veces en el libro
In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.
orchestra/ˈɔɹkəstɹə/orquesta, orquestra7 veces en el libro
By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived—no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/arrugar el ceño, encapotarse, fruncir el ceño7 veces en el libro
objected Daisy, frowning.
fantastic/fænˈtæstɪk/fantástico7 veces en el libro
This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort …
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
Leer el libro gratisCada oración traducida, audio natural, diccionario con un toque