O Caso do Expresso de Plymouth: 22 palavras para aprender antes de ler
The Plymouth Express Affair
As 22 palavras que Agatha Christie repete muitas vezes em «O Caso do Expresso de Plymouth» e que ficam fora das 4 mil mais comuns do inglês. Aprenda antes e os primeiros capítulos ficam bem mais fáceis. Cada uma vem com a pronúncia, a tradução e uma frase do livro.
maid/ˈmeɪd/empregada, servente, doméstica14 vezes no livro
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/senhor10 vezes no livro
“I accept, monsieur, all the more willingly that I saw your daughter in Paris several times.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/joia10 vezes no livro
… 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/senhora8 vezes no livro
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/carruagem8 vezes no livro
Lieutenant Simpson had the carriage to himself.
accomplice/əˈkɑmpɫəs/cúmplice5 vezes no livro
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/bagagem5 vezes no livro
She directed Mason to get out the luggage and put it in the cloak-room.
compartment/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/compartimento5 vezes no livro
N., stepped from the platform at Newton Abbot into a first-class compartment of the Plymouth Express.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/não quer4 vezes no livro
“Why the devil wont it go in?”
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/guarda-volumes4 vezes no livro
She put the luggage in the cloak-room and had some tea.
chloroform/ˈkɫɔɹəˌfɔɹm/anestésico clorofórmio3 vezes no livro
Yes, chloroform; that was it!
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dólar3 vezes no livro
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/canalha3 vezes no livro
I should say that for a good-looking, well-mannered, utterly unscrupulous young scoundrel, it would be hard to find his match!”
footman/ˈfʊtmən/lacaio3 vezes no livro
Halliday rang the bell, and gave a short order to the footman.
toquechapéu feminino3 vezes no livro
“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/milionário3 vezes no livro
The millionaire hesitated for a moment, and then replied.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/murmúrio3 vezes no livro
“That good Inspector believes in matter in motion,” murmured Poirot as our friend departed.
stab/ˈstæb/apunhalar, chinar, esfaquear3 vezes no livro
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/em voz alta3 vezes no livro
For answer he took up the newspaper and read aloud:
suitcase/ˈsutˌkeɪs/mala, valise3 vezes no livro
A porter followed him with a heavy suitcase.
fourteen/ˈfɔɹˈtin/catorze, quatorze3 vezes no livro
She left London by the twelve-fourteen from Paddington, arriving at Bristol (where she had to change) at two-fifty.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/fazer cara feia, franzir o cenho3 vezes no livro
Then he sniffed vaguely, and frowned.
Traduções: WikDict, English to Portuguese (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Pronúncia: ipa-dict (MIT), a partir do Wikcionário.
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