«Подменыш и другие рассказы»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
Changeling, and Other Stories
40 слов из книги «Подменыш и другие рассказы» (Донн Бирн): 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.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/странный37 раз в книге
"I think to myself: 'This is a queer thing for any one as tough as they tell me Janssen is, to come out with.'
instant/ˈɪnstənt/мгновение, момент34 раза в книге
As Officer McCarthy paused for an instant in his story the eyes of the court-room seemed by common consent to turn to Anna Janssen in the dock.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/гончая, охотничья собака29 раз в книге
Forward of him a hundred and fifty yards the hounds were circling around the copse, while the leaders were inside, raising the red fox.
mill/ˈmɪɫ/мельница29 раз в книге
… moist vat, or ground coffee in the red mill that suggested a ceremonial vessel in a Hindu temple.
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/слон, слониха27 раз в книге
And so her great and gorgeous train went on through the desert, crunch of camels' pads, shuffle of marching men, thud of lumbering elephants, screaming of peacocks, chattering of apes....
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/гром24 раза в книге
"And then we hear thunder.
lion/ˈɫaɪən/лев, львица24 раза в книге
"See these brass bases, Balkis, with the borders of lions and oxen and cherubim.
immense/ˌɪˈmɛns/огромный, гигантский, неизмеримый23 раза в книге
Two South American commonwealths, with the hearts of children and the bravery of men, decided to span the Andes with an immense bridge.
queen/ˈkwin/королева, царица22 раза в книге
… as tall as he, who moved with the slow dignity of a queen.
damn/ˈdæm/чёрт, проклятие, чёрт возьми21 раз в книге
'If I was all alone in the middle of the Pacific, I would n't give a damn, but these here coral insects,' he says …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/бормотать, мычать18 раз в книге
she murmured.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/реветь, рычать18 раз в книге
"Now, listen to me, men," he roared like a maddened bull.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/доллар17 раз в книге
The ten or twelve dollars a week he made, and what he got for them, compared very unfavorably with the healthful comfort and clean sea air of home.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/борода, брада17 раз в книге
They turned to the foreman, a fine, florid personage, with a fan-shaped red beard, a man who ought to be equal to every occasion, so it seemed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/дрожать, трепетать, трястись16 раз в книге
And I could feel her hands tremble, and then crisp, and then tremble, and suddenly grow firm and fine and powerful.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/достоинство16 раз в книге
Immobile, somehow immaculate, with strange superhuman dignity, she did not blush, she did not smile.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/добрый15 раз в книге
There will be no blight on the milk the cows give, and there will be great luck on the stock of the kindly land.
referee/ˌɹɛfɝˈi/арбитр, судья15 раз в книге
Before the bell had gone for the first round, before the referee had called them together for instructions, before even the gloves were laced on him …
twilight/ˈtwaɪˌɫaɪt/сумерки, сумрак15 раз в книге
The sun was going down and a soft bronze twilight was beginning to settle.
utter/ˈətɝ/выговорить, выговаривать, говорить15 раз в книге
Their wings flapped wearily, and as they flew landward they uttered faint whimpering cries.
jungle/ˈdʒəŋɡəɫ/джунгли15 раз в книге
These mountains, that composition of jungle, that smashing drop to the turbulent river, the snarling waters themselves—all these were the work of the Great Mason, the detail of his Divine Hand.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/парус, ветрило15 раз в книге
They reefed down sail until we were flying along under top and foresails.
huntsman/ˈhəntsmən/охотник14 раз в книге
The hounds were being urged in by the pink-coated huntsman.
hush/ˈhəʃ/замолкнуть, замолкать, замолчать14 раз в книге
"Excellency, from the time she was on it the bridge stopped quivering, the wind hushed.
fox/ˈfɑks/лис, лиса, лисица14 раз в книге
… the horseman, the hunter of foxes, and she was of a family whose tradition it was never to hunt or harry a fox …
slim/ˈsɫɪm/стройный, худой14 раз в книге
It rose there strong and slim and beautiful and of use to men, but terrible as an army with banners.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/спокойный14 раз в книге
It seemed impossible that this calm, majestic figure could once have acted the siren of the streets to the officer bringing her from her Tahitian sanctuary.
sinister/ˈsɪnɪstɝ/зловещий, злополучный13 раз в книге
There are houses and lands that are kindly, and places that are sinister, fields that are surly, meadows that are sweetly generous.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/возлюбленный, желанный, любимый13 раз в книге
One man is proud that his horse whinnies in the stall when he hears the beloved footstep.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/бриз, ветерок13 раз в книге
A light breeze is in shore.
dawn/ˈdɔn/восход, восход солнца, заря13 раз в книге
And I was lying on the sand in the dawn, and Janssen was bathing my head.
cove/ˈkoʊv/бухточка12 раз в книге
And that cove is full of fish.'
wail/ˈweɪɫ/выть, вопить, причитать12 раз в книге
and then wailed, "My God!
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/плащ, мантия12 раз в книге
She has let her hair down and it covers her to the knees in a great shining cloak, like some wonderful fur cloak.
pity/ˈpɪti/жаль, сожаление12 раз в книге
It's a pity.
tiger/ˈtaɪɡɝ/тигр12 раз в книге
Some trainers are born with power over man-eating tigers, some men can handle snakes, some can sooth stampeding cattle.
monk/ˈməŋk/монах12 раз в книге
She could understand the ideals of an ancient age, when a community of monks called themselves the Pontist Brothers, the Frères Pontifes.
merchant/ˈmɝtʃənt/купец, торговец12 раз в книге
And the soldier's honor and the sailor's courage, and the writer's fire and the builder's genius—yes, and the dreams of great merchants, too, Lovat grimaced—are curbed and roweled by the huckster's purse.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/слабый, слабонервный12 раз в книге
He liked the faint powder on her face, and her carefully cultured eyebrows.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/север11 раз в книге
I look everywhere—north, east, south, and west—and there is nothing but boiling sea, white, muddy, with birds fluttering, or floating in the air.
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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