«Вокруг света за восемьдесят дней»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
Around the World in Eighty Days
40 слов из книги «Вокруг света за восемьдесят дней» (Жюль Верн): автор повторяет их снова и снова, а в 4000 самых частых слов английского они не входят. Выучите их заранее, и первые главы пойдут гораздо легче. У каждого слова есть транскрипция, перевод и предложение из книги.
steamer/ˈstimɝ/пароход, локомобиль109 раз в книге
From Suez to Bombay, by steamer ....................
mil/ˈmɪɫ/мил68 раз в книге
It is thirteen hundred and ten miles from Suez to Aden, at the other end of the Red Sea, and she has to take in a fresh coal supply.”
sail/ˈseɪɫ/парус, ветрило46 раз в книге
She had a hundred and sixty-eight hours in which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north-west, and all sails aiding the engine.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/железнодорожный путь, железная дорога, железнодорожное полотно35 раз в книге
“But that doesn’t take into account bad weather, contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on.”
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/слон, слониха35 раз в книге
Mosques, minarets, temples, fakirs, pagodas, tigers, snakes, elephants!
traveller/ˈtɹævəɫɝ/путник, путница, путешественник34 раза в книге
… with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities …
robber/ˈɹɑbɝ/грабитель, грабительница, разбойник30 раз в книге
“On the contrary,” broke in Ralph, “I hope we may put our hands on the robber.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/предавать, выдать, выдавать30 раз в книге
… exactitude personified, and this was betrayed even in the expression of his very hands and feet; for in men …
wager/ˈweɪdʒɝ/заклад, пари28 раз в книге
But I would wager four thousand pounds that such a journey, made under these conditions, is impossible.”
pagoda/pəˈɡoʊdə/пагода27 раз в книге
… its Armenian churches, and the noble pagoda on Malabar Hill, with its two polygonal towers—he cared not a straw to see them.
locomotive/ˌɫoʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/локомотив, паровоз, тепловоз27 раз в книге
Just then the locomotive gave a sharp screech, and the train passed out into the darkness of the night.
eighty/ˈeɪti/восемьдесят27 раз в книге
On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shaving-water at eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit instead of eighty-six; and he was awaiting his successor …
consul/ˈkɑnsəɫ/консул25 раз в книге
One was the British consul at Suez, who …
steam/ˈstim/пар25 раз в книге
… ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon the waters of the Red Sea.
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/спускаться, сойти, спуститься25 раз в книге
… he carefully shut the door of his room, and descended to Mr. Fogg.
warrant/ˈwɔɹənt/ордер, приказ23 раза в книге
Send without delay warrant of arrest to Bombay.
midst/ˈmɪdst/середина23 раза в книге
The train stopped, at eight o’clock, in the midst of a glade some fifteen miles beyond Rothal, where there were several bungalows, and workmen’s cabins.
quay/ˈkeɪ/мол, набережная, пристань22 раза в книге
Little by little the scene on the quay became more animated; sailors of various nations, merchants, ship-brokers, porters, fellahs, bustled to and fro as if the steamer were immediately expected.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/честь21 раз в книге
“We will trust your word, as a gentleman of honour.”
eleven/ˈiɫɛvən/одиннадцать21 раз в книге
… and he was awaiting his successor, who was due at the house between eleven and half-past.
sledge/ˈsɫɛdʒ/сани, нарты, санки20 раз в книге
“No; on a sledge,” replied Fix.
passport/ˈpæsˌpɔɹt/паспорт, заграничный паспорт, загран20 раз в книге
… and, if you will examine my passport when I get back, you will be able to judge whether I have accomplished the journey agreed upon.”
conductor/kənˈdəktɝ/кондуктор, проводник, проводница20 раз в книге
The conductor, passing along the carriages, shouted, “Passengers will get out here!”
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока19 раз в книге
… exactly at which hour Phileas Fogg rose, till half-past eleven, when he left the house for the Reform Club—all the details of service …
whistвист18 раз в книге
His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist.
voyage/ˈvɔɪədʒ/вояж, плавание, путешествие18 раз в книге
It is a ten days’ voyage by sea.”
worthy/ˈwɝði/достопочтенный, заслуженный18 раз в книге
And the worthy fellow returned the watch to its fob with a defiant gesture.
ruin/ˈɹuən/руина, развалина18 раз в книге
Meanwhile the “Mongolia” was pushing forward rapidly; on the 13th, Mocha, surrounded by its ruined walls whereon date-trees were growing, was sighted, and on the mountains beyond were espied vast coffee-fields.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/мгновение, момент17 раз в книге
… precisely like that in Mr. Fogg’s bedchamber, both beating the same second at the same instant.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/успокаиваться, успокоиться17 раз в книге
Whether she would find a protector in him she could not tell; but Mr. Fogg essayed to calm her anxieties, and to assure her that everything would be mathematically—he used the very word—arranged.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ради чего-то более важного или ценного жертвовать, пожертвовать17 раз в книге
I have two days, which I have already gained, to sacrifice.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/завтрашний день, следующий день, утро16 раз в книге
The woman you have just seen will be burned to-morrow at the dawn of day.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/вряд ли, еле, еле-еле16 раз в книге
… without ever shedding blood; there was a period when this part of the country could scarcely be travelled over without corpses being found in every direction.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/прятать, скрывать, спрятать16 раз в книге
An English criminal, you know, is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/опознать15 раз в книге
When Passepartout reached the second story he recognised at once the room which he was to inhabit, and he was well satisfied with it.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/север15 раз в книге
… which means in Arabic “The Bridge of Tears,” and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal.
rajahраджа15 раз в книге
A considerable portion of India is still free from British authority; and there are certain ferocious rajahs in the interior who are absolutely independent.
madam/ˈmædəm/барыня, госпожа, дама15 раз в книге
… “It is an accident, madam; nothing more.”
utter/ˈətɝ/выговорить, выговаривать, говорить15 раз в книге
Just as the train was whirling through Sydenham, Passepartout suddenly uttered a cry of despair.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/очевидно15 раз в книге
The detective was evidently inspired by the hope of obtaining the splendid reward which would be the prize of success, and awaited with a feverish impatience …
Переводы: WikDict, English to Russian (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA), with the Mueller dictionary for words it lacks Транскрипция: ipa-dict (MIT), по данным Викисловаря.
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