El misterio del expreso de Plymouth: 22 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The Plymouth Express Affair
Las 22 palabras que Agatha Christie repite una y otra vez en «El misterio del expreso de Plymouth» 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.
maid/ˈmeɪd/sirvienta, criada, chacha14 veces en el libro
My daughter traveled alone in her carriage, which was reserved as far as Bristol, her maid being in a third-class carriage in the next coach.”
monsieur/məsˈjɝ/señor10 veces en el libro
“I accept, monsieur, all the more willingly that I saw your daughter in Paris several times.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/joya, alhaite, alhaja10 veces en el libro
… with several balls, and in consequence my daughter had with her nearly all her jewels—amounting in value perhaps, to about a hundred thousand dollars.”
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/ama8 veces en el libro
She could have tea in the refreshment-room, but she was to wait at the station for her mistress, who would return to Bristol by an up-train in the course of the afternoon.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/coche, carruaje, calesa8 veces en el libro
Lieutenant Simpson had the carriage to himself.
accomplice/əˈkɑmpɫəs/cómplice5 veces en el libro
Now, Mr. Halliday, let me introduce you to Grace Kidd, otherwise Jane Mason, who will shortly rejoin her accomplice, Red Narky, under the kind escort of Japp.”
luggage/ˈɫəɡədʒ/equipaje5 veces en el libro
She directed Mason to get out the luggage and put it in the cloak-room.
compartment/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/compartimento, compartimiento5 veces en el libro
N., stepped from the platform at Newton Abbot into a first-class compartment of the Plymouth Express.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/no quiere4 veces en el libro
“Why the devil wont it go in?”
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/guardarropa4 veces en el libro
She put the luggage in the cloak-room and had some tea.
chloroform/ˈkɫɔɹəˌfɔɹm/anestésico cloroformo3 veces en el libro
Yes, chloroform; that was it!
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dólar3 veces en el libro
He’d pretty well run through his own money on the turf, and I should imagine old man Halliday’s dollars came along in the nick of time.
scoundrel/ˈskaʊndɹəɫ/canalla, bribón, villano3 veces en el libro
I should say that for a good-looking, well-mannered, utterly unscrupulous young scoundrel, it would be hard to find his match!”
footman/ˈfʊtmən/lacayo3 veces en el libro
Halliday rang the bell, and gave a short order to the footman.
toquesombrero3 veces en el libro
“She was wearing a white fox fur toque, sir, with a white spotted veil, and a blue frieze coat and skirt—the shade of blue they call electric.”
millionaire/ˌmɪɫjəˈnɛɹ/millonario, millonaria3 veces en el libro
The millionaire hesitated for a moment, and then replied.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/hablar o emitir un ruido bajo e indistinguible3 veces en el libro
“That good Inspector believes in matter in motion,” murmured Poirot as our friend departed.
stab/ˈstæb/apuñalar, acuchillar, asestar3 veces en el libro
A young naval officer returning to Plymouth found under the seat of his compartment, the body of a woman, stabbed through the heart.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/en voz alta, de viva voz, en alto3 veces en el libro
For answer he took up the newspaper and read aloud:
suitcase/ˈsutˌkeɪs/maleta, valija, petaca3 veces en el libro
A porter followed him with a heavy suitcase.
fourteen/ˈfɔɹˈtin/catorce3 veces en el libro
She left London by the twelve-fourteen from Paddington, arriving at Bristol (where she had to change) at two-fifty.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/arrugar el ceño, encapotarse, fruncir el ceño3 veces en el libro
Then he sniffed vaguely, and frowned.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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