El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Las 40 palabras que Robert Louis Stevenson repite una y otra vez en «El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde» 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.
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/mayordomo, guardés12 veces en el libro
The solemn butler knew and welcomed him; he was subjected to no stage of delay, but ushered direct from the door to the dining-room where Dr. Lanyon sat alone over his wine.
theatre/ˈθiətɝ/teatro11 veces en el libro
… to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
cheque/ˈtʃɛk/cheque, chocoso, talón10 veces en el libro
… in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning and come out with another man’s cheque for close upon a hundred pounds.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/girador10 veces en el libro
From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: “And you don’t know if the drawer of the cheque lives there?”
seal/ˈsiɫ/sello, precinto10 veces en el libro
… but no cards or papers, except a sealed and stamped envelope, which he had been probably carrying to the post …
maid/ˈmeɪd/sirvienta, criada, chacha9 veces en el libro
A maid servant living alone in a house not far from the river, had gone upstairs to bed about eleven.
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/asesino, asesina, homicida9 veces en el libro
The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/curiosidad9 veces en el libro
… almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/rostro, faz, semblante8 veces en el libro
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold …
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/reconocer8 veces en el libro
Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she was surprised to recognise in him a certain Mr. Hyde, who had once visited her master and for whom she had conceived a dislike.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/iluminado8 veces en el libro
Street after street and all the folks asleep—street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church—till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.
scarce/ˈskɛɹs/apenas8 veces en el libro
I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/aspecto7 veces en el libro
He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/consultar, inquerir, inquirir7 veces en el libro
he inquired at last.
disappearance/ˌdɪsəˈpiɹəns/desaparición7 veces en el libro
“And now one word more: it was Hyde who dictated the terms in your will about that disappearance?”
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/asustar, alarmar, aspaventar7 veces en el libro
He might see a reason for his friend’s strange preference or bondage (call it which you please) and even for the startling clauses of the will.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta7 veces en el libro
‘Set your mind at rest,’ says he, ‘I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.’
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/conciencia7 veces en el libro
Ah, it’s an ill conscience that’s such an enemy to rest!
draught/ˈdɹæft/trago6 veces en el libro
Let me but escape into my laboratory door, give me but a second or two to mix and swallow the draught that I had always standing ready; and whatever he had done …
pang/ˈpæŋ/cimbrón, picada, pinchazo6 veces en el libro
I put him back, conscious at his touch of a certain icy pang along my blood.
hatred/ˈheɪtɹəd/odio6 veces en el libro
… in the mind of the unimpressionable Enfield, a spirit of enduring hatred.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/malestar aflicción, angustia, ansiedad6 veces en el libro
I never saw a man so distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at what he called my scientific heresies.
stamp/ˈstæmp/patear6 veces en el libro
And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane …
deformity/dɪˈfɔɹməti/deformidad, disformidad5 veces en el libro
He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point.
hitherto/ˈhɪˌðɝˈtu/hasta ahora, en ese entonces, hasta aquí5 veces en el libro
And hitherto it was his ignorance of Mr. Hyde that had swelled his indignation; now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra5 veces en el libro
I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world.
slumber/ˈsɫəmbɝ/adormecimiento, adormilamiento5 veces en el libro
… black as it was, was nearly ripe for the conception of the day—the inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber; and I determined …
din/ˈdɪn/ruido5 veces en el libro
or shall I give you a light in the dining-room?”
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/singular5 veces en el libro
It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/escalofrío5 veces en el libro
But tonight there was a shudder in his blood; the face of Hyde sat heavy on his memory …
stature/ˈstætʃɝ/estatura5 veces en el libro
“Is this Mr. Hyde a person of small stature?”
doom/ˈdum/condenar, anatematizar, dañar5 veces en el libro
And yet when Utterson remarked on his ill looks, it was with an air of great firmness that Lanyon declared himself a doomed man.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/rápidamente5 veces en el libro
He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor’s …
tempt/ˈtɛmpt/tentar, acodiciar, acudiciar5 veces en el libro
It was unlikely that the doctor should fear death; and yet that was what Utterson was tempted to suspect.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/desespero, desesperación5 veces en el libro
But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/temblar, rilar, sacudir5 veces en el libro
But Lanyon’s face changed, and he held up a trembling hand.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/ocultar, esconder, absconder5 veces en el libro
Ah, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, pede claudo, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault.”
fancy/ˈfænsi/la imaginación5 veces en el libro
… in which he was now left alone, was a pet fancy of his friend the doctor’s; and Utterson himself was wont to speak of it as the pleasantest room in London.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/resplandor, resplandeciente5 veces en el libro
… as the colour grows richer in stained windows; and the glow of hot autumn afternoons on hillside vineyards, was ready to be set free and to disperse the fogs of London.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/no feliz5 veces en el libro
… complaining of his exclusion from the house, and asking the cause of this unhappy break with Lanyon; and the next day brought him a long answer …
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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