El jardín secreto: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The Secret Garden
Las 40 palabras que Frances Hodgson Burnett repite una y otra vez en «El jardín secreto» 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.
robin/ˈɹɑbən/petirrojo110 veces en el libro
She thought of the robin and of the way he seemed to sing his song at her, and as she remembered the treetop he perched on she stopped rather suddenly on the path.
moor/ˈmʊɹ/brezal, pantano, turbera90 veces en el libro
The house is six hundred years old and it’s on the edge of the moor, and there’s near a hundred rooms in it, though most of them’s shut up and locked.
thee/ˈði/te, ti90 veces en el libro
“An’ tha’s browt th’ young ’un with thee.”
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/queer, cuir, non heterosexual61 veces en el libro
“How queer and quiet it is,” she said.
skip/ˈskɪp/saltar40 veces en el libro
It was a strong, slender rope with a striped red and blue handle at each end, but Mary Lennox had never seen a skipping-rope before.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/asustar, amedrentar, atemorizar36 veces en el libro
The woman looked frightened, but she only stammered that the Ayah could not come and when Mary threw herself into a passion and beat and kicked her …
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/casa pequeña34 veces en el libro
Then they had passed a church and a vicarage and a little shopwindow or so in a cottage with toys and sweets and odd things set out for sale.
nest/ˈnɛst/nido32 veces en el libro
He come out of th’ nest in th’ other garden an’ when first he flew over th’ wall he was too weak to fly back for a few days an’ we got friendly.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/consultar, inquerir, inquirir26 veces en el libro
inquired Mary.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/apenas, difícilmente25 veces en el libro
The wine made her so sleepy that she could scarcely keep her eyes open and she lay down on her bed and knew nothing more for a long time.
gardener/ˈɡɑɹdənɝ/jardinero, jardinera25 veces en el libro
A slow smile spread over it and the gardener looked quite different.
lump/ˈɫəmp/grumo, chichón, bollo23 veces en el libro
“Look along th’ twigs an’ branches an’ if tha’ sees a bit of a brown lump swelling here an’ there, watch it after th’ warm rain an’ see what happens.”
spade/ˈspeɪd/pala, azada22 veces en el libro
Presently an old man with a spade over his shoulder walked through the door leading from the second garden.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/exclamar22 veces en el libro
exclaimed the man, turning to his companions.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/suavemente21 veces en el libro
said Mary, and she moved toward the little tree softly and looked up.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/coche, carruaje, calesa20 veces en el libro
When the next day they set out on their journey to Yorkshire, she walked through the station to the railway carriage with her head up and trying to keep as far away from her as she could, because she did not want to seem to belong to her.
lamb/ˈɫæm/cordero20 veces en el libro
… and the seeds we planted are up, and Dickon has brought the fox and the crow and the squirrels and a newborn lamb.”
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/temperamento, carácter19 veces en el libro
Martha sat up on her heels, with her blacking-brush in her hand, and laughed, without seeming the least out of temper.
hop/ˈhɑp/saltar, dar saltitos19 veces en el libro
He hopped about and pecked the earth briskly, looking for seeds and insects.
sour/ˈsaʊɝ/agrio, ácido, acedo19 veces en el libro
She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression.
bush/ˈbʊʃ/arbusto18 veces en el libro
The robin flew down from his treetop and hopped about or flew after her from one bush to another.
cushion/ˈkʊʃən/cojín, almohadón, citara18 veces en el libro
… and they drove off, the little girl found herself seated in a comfortably cushioned corner, but she was not inclined to go to sleep again.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/obligar18 veces en el libro
Two or three times she lost her way by turning down the wrong corridor and was obliged to ramble up and down until she found the right one; but at last she reached her own floor again …
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/asustar, alarmar, aspaventar18 veces en el libro
He looked tired and troubled, but when he saw her he was so startled that he almost jumped back.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/misterioso18 veces en el libro
There was something mysterious in the air that morning.
gasp/ˈɡæsp/boquear, afogar un grito, ahogar un grito17 veces en el libro
Mrs. Lennox gasped.
sofa/ˈsoʊfə/sofá, sillón17 veces en el libro
It made her jump and look around at the sofa by the fireplace, from which it seemed to come.
weed/ˈwid/carpir, deshierbar, desyerbar17 veces en el libro
She searched about until she found a rather sharp piece of wood and knelt down and dug and weeded out the weeds and grass until she made nice little clear places around them.
scent/ˈsɛnt/olor, aroma, esencia17 veces en el libro
The sun was shining and a little wind was blowing —not a rough wind, but one which came in delightful little gusts and brought a fresh scent of newly turned earth with it.
fond/ˈfɑnd/querer, tener cariño a16 veces en el libro
Everyone was too panic-stricken to think of a little girl no one was fond of.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/deleite, delicia, gozo16 veces en el libro
But she knew he had followed her and the surprise so filled her with delight that she almost trembled a little.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/hacer que se sienta confundido o desconcertado porque no puede entender un asunto complicado, un problema, etc. desconcertar16 veces en el libro
Mary listened to her with a grave, puzzled expression.
grin/ˈɡɹɪn/sonrisa abierta, sonrisa amplia16 veces en el libro
“That’s th’ moor,” with a good-natured grin.
springtime/ˈspɹɪŋˌtaɪm/primavera15 veces en el libro
That’s because th’ springtime’s on its way.
tantrum/ˈtæntɹəm/berrinche, pataleta, rabieta15 veces en el libro
If he’d been like he is most times he’d have throwed himself into one of his tantrums and roused th’ house.
squirrel/ˈskwɝəɫ/ardilla15 veces en el libro
He moved so slowly that it scarcely seemed as though he were moving at all, but at last he stood on his feet and then the squirrel scampered back up into the branches of his tree, the pheasant withdrew his head and the rabbits dropped on all fours and began to hop away …
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que15 veces en el libro
He was a sour young man and got no good of all his money and big place till he was married.”
awake/əˈweɪk/despierto, desvelado, vigil15 veces en el libro
She had no intention of going to sleep, and, in fact, she was becoming wider awake every day which passed at Misselthwaite.
rabbit/ˈɹæbət/conejo, conejil, conejuno15 veces en el libro
“Well,” said Martha stoutly, “I’ve told thee that th’ very birds likes him an’ th’ rabbits an’ wild sheep an’ ponies, an’ th’ foxes themselves.
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/solitario, solo15 veces en el libro
Since she had been living in other people’s houses and had had no Ayah, she had begun to feel lonely and to think queer thoughts which were new to her.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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