¿El cuerpo de quién?: 40 palabras para aprender antes de leerlo
Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
Las 40 palabras que Dorothy L. Sayers repite una y otra vez en «¿El cuerpo de quién?» 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.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/lord75 veces en el libro
“Her Grace has just called up from Denver, my lord.
lordship/ˈɫɔɹdʃɪp/el Señor, señoría45 veces en el libro
“I believe that’s his lordship just coming in again—if your Grace would kindly hold the line a moment.”
till/ˈtɪɫ/hasta que36 veces en el libro
“Inspector Sugg said nothing was to be touched till his men came in to move it.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/consultar, inquerir, inquirir24 veces en el libro
“I didn’t hear Inspector Sugg inquire,” he said, with some agitation.
workhouseasilo de pobres18 veces en el libro
Died workhouse Monday.
taxi/ˈtæksi/taxi, libre, taxímetro18 veces en el libro
The taxi man, irritated at receiving this appeal while negotiating the intricacies of turning into Lower Regent Street across the route of a 19 ’bus …
dissect/daɪˈsɛkt/diseccionar, disecar17 veces en el libro
thought one of the young medical gentlemen at the hospital might have brought the corpse round for a joke, as you might say, they always having bodies in the dissecting-room.
deceased/dɪˈsist/difunto, fallecido, decesado15 veces en el libro
He had never seen the deceased before.
corpse/ˈkɔɹps/cadáver, cuerpo, fiambre13 veces en el libro
—if the Church of Rome went to pot or Switzerland invaded Italy—whereas a strange corpse doesn’t turn up in a suburban bathroom more than once in a lifetime—at least, I should think not—at any rate …
beard/ˈbɪɹd/barba13 veces en el libro
Oddly enough, though, he would be really extraordinarily like Sir Reuben if he had a beard, and as Lady Levy
inquest/ˈɪnˌkwɛst/pesquisa judicial12 veces en el libro
“I see they adjourned the inquest,” said Parker presently.
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/muchísimo12 veces en el libro
Well, thanks awfully for tellin’ me.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/obligar12 veces en el libro
Noblesse oblige—for a consideration.
umbrella/ˈəmˌbɹɛɫə/paraguas, ambrela, bateaguas12 veces en el libro
He walked upstairs, leaving his greatcoat on the hall peg and his umbrella in the stand—you remember how it rained last night.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/abajo12 veces en el libro
… and seeing that it was already a quarter to three, ran briskly downstairs, and …
pauper/ˈpɔpɝ/indigente11 veces en el libro
“Then the man was a pauper from the workhouse?”
brandy/ˈbɹændi/brandy, coñac11 veces en el libro
… and I get that sinking feeling sometimes in the morning, and what with one thing and another I ’ad—had to send the girl for a stiff brandy, or I don’t know what mightn’t have happened.
respectable/ɹiˈspɛktəbəɫ/respetable11 veces en el libro
He’s such a respectable little man—and having the police in the house and so on, really worried him.”
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/hablar o emitir un ruido bajo e indistinguible11 veces en el libro
“That’s all, I think,” he murmured to himself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/después, consecuentemente, en seguida11 veces en el libro
“I’ll tell you afterwards.
waiter/ˈweɪtɝ/camarero, mesero, garzón11 veces en el libro
inquired the waiter of the Honourable Freddy.
rubber/ˈɹəbɝ/goma11 veces en el libro
I say, Parker, I suppose yours are rubber-soled.
fool/ˈfuɫ/tonto, necio, imbécil11 veces en el libro
a bally fool all the time.
cheerfully/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫi/alegremente10 veces en el libro
“Very wise of you,” said Lord Peter, cheerfully.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/diablo, demonio10 veces en el libro
But as a matter of fact, the man in the bath is no more Sir Reuben Levy than Adolf Beck, poor devil, was John Smith.
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/escalera, escala, escalera de mano10 veces en el libro
There were no ladder marks or footmarks in the yard; the yard was paved with asphalt.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/misterioso10 veces en el libro
… cheque-book, and—most mysterious and important of all—his spectacles, without which he can’t see a step …
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/reconocer9 veces en el libro
The little book off the night table, my lord, has only the marks of one set of fingers—there’s a little scar on the right thumb which makes them easy recognised.
cistern/ˈsɪstɝn/cisterna, aljibe9 veces en el libro
Me and my wife sleep next to the cistern-room.
eyeglass/ˈaɪˌɡɫæs/monóculo9 veces en el libro
… too, except for a pair of eyeglasses, I assure you …
valet/væˈɫeɪ/ayuda de cámara9 veces en el libro
The valet, cook, parlourmaid, housemaid and kitchenmaid were the only people in the house, and naturally wasted an hour or two squawking and gossiping.
jolly/ˈdʒɑɫi/muy9 veces en el libro
Gin a body jolly well knows who murdered a body
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/ferrocarril9 veces en el libro
He’s afraid those railway people will get in now, and then it’ll be all U.
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/quejido9 veces en el libro
“Any amount,” replied Mr. Bunter, with a groan calculated to appeal to Mr. Graves’s heart and unlock his confidence.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/anuncio, publicidad, reclamo9 veces en el libro
“I’ve just put an advertisement in the Times about it,” said Lord Peter.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/malestar aflicción, angustia, ansiedad9 veces en el libro
… always living very retired, and it’s most distressing to a man of regular habits, my lord …
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/sensación9 veces en el libro
To go in for cheap sensations
uncommonly/ˌənˈkɑmənɫi/extraordinariamente8 veces en el libro
“I’m sure it must have been uncommonly distressin’,” said Lord Peter, sympathetically, “especially comin’ like that before breakfast.
beastly/ˈbistˌɫi/horrible8 veces en el libro
What a beastly foggy night, ain’t it?
linoleum/ɫəˈnoʊɫiəm/linóleo8 veces en el libro
Her visitor placed on the table a basket, containing a water-bottle, a silver-backed hair-brush, a pair of boots, a small roll of linoleum, and the “Letters of a Self-made
Traducciones: WikDict, English to Spanish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronunciación: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir de Wiktionary.
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