Noches blancas: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
White nights, and other stories
Las 40 palabras que Fiódor Dostoyevski repite una y otra vez en «Noches blancas» 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.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/mañana76 veces en el libro
I am being redecorated to-morrow;" or, "I was almost burnt down and had such a fright," and so on.
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que48 veces en el libro
… I like it too, and I won't drive you away till I get home."
lodgerhuésped46 veces en el libro
… well, there moved into our upper storey a new lodger."
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/después, consecuentemente, en seguida44 veces en el libro
… only two words, even though we never meet again afterwards!...
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/avergonzado, apenado, abochornado43 veces en el libro
It seemed as though Petersburg threatened to become a wilderness, so that at last I felt ashamed, mortified and sad that I had nowhere to go for the holidays and no reason to go away.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/asustar, amedrentar, atemorizar42 veces en el libro
… always silent and splenetic, who frightened them, while timid as children they hid their love from each other?
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/insultar, injuriar, agraviar37 veces en el libro
You are not capable of insulting, even in thought, her who so loved and so loves you.'"
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/complacer, delectar, deleitar35 veces en el libro
I know them intimately, I have almost made a study of their faces, and am delighted when they are gay, and downcast when they are under a cloud.
spite/ˈspaɪt/despecho, ojeriza35 veces en el libro
As soon as it struck nine o'clock I could not stay indoors, but put on my things, and went out in spite of the weather.
haste/ˈheɪst/prisa, apuro, acucia31 veces en el libro
The girl flew straight as an arrow, with the timid haste one sees in all girls who do not want any one to volunteer to accompany them home at night, and no doubt the staggering gentleman would not have pursued her …
timid/ˈtɪmɪd/tímido31 veces en el libro
… the same pale face, the same meek and timid movements, and even signs of remorse …
positively/ˈpɑzətɪvɫi/de todas maneras, inequívocamente, terminantemente30 veces en el libro
Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society …
utterly/ˈətɝɫi/totalmente29 veces en el libro
I have lived, as they say, keeping myself to myself, that is, utterly alone—alone, entirely alone.
fond/ˈfɑnd/querer, tener cariño a28 veces en el libro
Why do you suppose he is so fond of his four walls, which are invariably painted green, grimy, dismal and reeking unpardonably of tobacco smoke?
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/desespero, desesperación27 veces en el libro
I cried jumping up from the seat in utter despair.
fancy/ˈfænsi/la imaginación27 veces en el libro
perhaps it was my fancy....
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/sonrojo26 veces en el libro
… neither where he is going nor where he is standing now, and flushing with vexation he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/continuadamente, continuamente26 veces en el libro
… the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen …
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/disparate, sinsentido, tontería25 veces en el libro
Not to talk nonsense, as I did yesterday.
goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/bondad25 veces en el libro
Oh, my goodness!
fool/ˈfuɫ/tonto, necio, imbécil25 veces en el libro
… taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/arredataria, casera, terrateniente24 veces en el libro
They were all landladies, that....
absurd/əbˈsɝd/absurdo24 veces en el libro
A type is an original, it's an absurd person!"
instant/ˈɪnstənt/instante24 veces en el libro
But forgive me that a doubt has stolen—if only for one instant—into my heart.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/honor, honra23 veces en el libro
Anyway, gentlemen, I shall welcome both views as an honour and a special favour.
quiver/ˈkwɪvɝ/temblar23 veces en el libro
She tried to smile, to calm herself, but her chin was quivering and her bosom was still heaving.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/temblar, rilar, sacudir23 veces en el libro
She took my arm without a word, still trembling with excitement and terror.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/dignidad23 veces en el libro
I should live at ease, I should die with dignity, why, it is charming, perfectly charming!
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/disfrute, gozo, holganza22 veces en el libro
… I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/encantar, hechizar22 veces en el libro
It was such a charming little brick house, it looked so hospitably at me, and so proudly at its ungainly neighbours, that my heart rejoiced whenever I happened to pass it.
ache/ˈeɪk/doler, sufrir21 veces en el libro
it made my heart ache....
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/contrario21 veces en el libro
"No, nothing, nothing, quite the contrary.
nasty/ˈnæsti/sucio21 veces en el libro
My servant is an old country-woman, ill-natured from stupidity, and, moreover, there is always a nasty smell about her.
crush/ˈkɹəʃ/aplastar, destripar, escrachar21 veces en el libro
… why I was not able to entertain my visitor, and why I was crushed under the weight of my own hospitality?"
bless/ˈbɫɛs/bendecir21 veces en el libro
I have almost struck up a friendship with one old man whom I meet every blessed day, at the same hour in Fontanka.
sob/ˈsɑb/sollozar, llantear, plañir20 veces en el libro
Surely when the hour of parting came she must have lain sobbing and grieving on his bosom, heedless of the tempest raging under the sullen sky …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/apagado, apenas perceptible, apenas visible20 veces en el libro
So much the better for you; it will give it a faint flavour of romance.
spiteful/ˈspaɪtfəɫ/malévolo, rencoroso, venenoso19 veces en el libro
… making her count the strokes, and I cursed myself for my spiteful impulse; I felt sorry for her …
moan/ˈmoʊn/gemido, quejido19 veces en el libro
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/apenas, difícilmente19 veces en el libro
… as though tired or preoccupied with some other more interesting subject, so that he could scarcely spare a glance for anything about him.
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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