La piedra lunar: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The Moonstone
Las 40 palabras que Wilkie Collins repite una y otra vez en «La piedra lunar» 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/tía120 veces en el libro
… we have been talking of the loss of the Indian Diamond, in my aunt’s house in Yorkshire, two years since.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/ama82 veces en el libro
It was all one to me where I went, so long as my mistress and I were together.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que76 veces en el libro
There I lived till Miss Julia married the late Sir John Verinder.
nightgowncamisón71 veces en el libro
But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna’s things, and have nailed her in that way.
ladyshipLa Señora63 veces en el libro
“We gratefully thank your ladyship,” I said; “but we ask your permission to do what is right in this matter by giving up our keys.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/joya, alhaite, alhaja58 veces en el libro
… I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/temperamento, carácter55 veces en el libro
A foolish wrangle followed; and Herncastle’s unlucky temper got the better of him.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/después, consecuentemente, en seguida54 veces en el libro
… two years ago, and how it came to be lost in little more than twelve hours afterwards.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/opio, anfión48 veces en el libro
Sometimes they said he was given up to smoking opium and collecting old books; sometimes he was reported to be trying strange things in chemistry …
plainly/ˈpɫeɪnɫi/claramente45 veces en el libro
Herncastle’s fiery temper had been, as I could plainly see, exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/subiendo las escaleras44 veces en el libro
When I wanted to go upstairs, there was my wife coming down; or when my wife wanted to go down, there was I coming up.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra43 veces en el libro
And I declare, on my word of honour, that what I am now about to write is, strictly and literally, the truth.
smear/ˈsmɪɹ/churrete, mancha41 veces en el libro
says Mr. Superintendent, suddenly pointing to a little smear of the decorative painting on Miss Rachel’s door, at the outer edge, just under the lock.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/instantáneamente, al instante, al tiro41 veces en el libro
… when I know a family plate-basket to be out on a pantry-table, is to be instantly reminded of that basket by the sight of a strolling stranger whose manners are superior to my own.
proceedings/pɹəˈsidɪŋz/actuaciones39 veces en el libro
… except that he was pretty and delicate-looking—the two girls had stolen along the inner side of the hedge between us and the road, and had watched the proceedings of the foreigners on the outer side.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/malestar aflicción, angustia, ansiedad39 veces en el libro
My mistress came out among us, looking sorely puzzled and distressed.
laudanum/ˈɫɔdənəm/láudano34 veces en el libro
“Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself?”
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/inocencia34 veces en el libro
It was no longer a question of quieting my young lady’s nervous excitement; it was a question of proving her innocence.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/obligar33 veces en el libro
… no doubt, on people who are really obliged to get their living, to be forced to work for the clothes that cover them …
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/consultar, inquerir, inquirir32 veces en el libro
When I inquire what this means, Penelope says, “Fiddlesticks!”
thief/ˈθif/ladrón, caco, chorizo32 veces en el libro
Early in the morning, the plunder still going on, General Baird announced publicly by beat of drum, that any thief detected in the fact, be he whom he might, should be hung.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/intervalo32 veces en el libro
On summoning up my own recollections—and on getting Penelope to help me, by consulting her journal—I find that we may pass pretty rapidly over the interval between Mr. Franklin Blake’s arrival and Miss Rachel’s birthday.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/empavorecedor, empavoreciente, espantoso31 veces en el libro
… in regard to thinking about it, being truly dreadful after my lady had gone away, I applied the remedy which I have never yet found to fail me in cases of doubt and emergency.
privately/ˈpɹaɪvətɫi/privadamente31 veces en el libro
I modestly declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed upon me—and I privately felt, all the time …
quicksand/ˈkwɪkˌsænd/arenas movedizas, arena movediza30 veces en el libro
Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/miserable, mísero30 veces en el libro
We were not a happy couple, and not a miserable couple.
rouse/ˈɹaʊs/despertar29 veces en el libro
I was roused up by my daughter Penelope running out at me as if the house was on fire.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/cajón, gaveta29 veces en el libro
One of the drawers inside was pulled out as far as it would go.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/abajo28 veces en el libro
I went downstairs with the message, of which I took the liberty of presenting a new and amended edition of my own contriving …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/marinero, marino, grumete28 veces en el libro
It is a case (as a sailor would say) of very fine steering.
juggler/ˈdʒəɡəɫɝ/malabarista27 veces en el libro
She wanted to have the three Indian jugglers instantly taken up; for this reason …
pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/imperative ¿disculpar / perdonar?, ¿perdón?27 veces en el libro
“One of them (if you will pardon my mentioning it) was never keeping to the matter in hand.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/recoger, buscar, ir a buscar26 veces en el libro
The only difficulty is to fetch out the dates, in the first place.
terrace/ˈtɛɹəs/terraza, terrado26 veces en el libro
… when I was stopped by hearing a sound like the soft beating of a drum, on the terrace in front of my lady’s residence.
disposal/dɪˈspoʊzəɫ/disposición26 veces en el libro
In that case, and in no other, certain sealed instructions relating to the disposal of the Diamond, and deposited with it, were to be opened, and followed implicitly.
maid/ˈmeɪd/sirvienta, criada, chacha25 veces en el libro
… when old enough, to be Miss Rachel’s own maid.
useless/ˈjusɫəs/inútil25 veces en el libro
Quite useless!
objection/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/objeción, objecto25 veces en el libro
But she points out one objection.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/rompecabezas, puzle25 veces en el libro
“It’s just possible, Betteredge, that my stranger and your three jugglers may turn out to be pieces of the same puzzle.”
stain/ˈsteɪn/mancha, mácula, chorretón24 veces en el libro
“The stain is taken off,” she said.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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