«Отчаянные средства»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
Desperate Remedies
40 слов из книги «Отчаянные средства» (Томас Гарди): 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.
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока133 раза в книге
Glimpses of the sea now interested them, which became more and more frequent till the train finally drew up beside the platform at Budmouth.
steward/ˈstuɝd/управляющий112 раз в книге
‘Those are, more properly, a land or building steward’s duties—at least I have always imagined so.
maid/ˈmeɪd/дева, девушка, девица60 раз в книге
Sweet, sweet Love must not be slain thus, was the fair maid’s reasoning.
rector/ˈɹɛktɝ/пастор55 раз в книге
There’s the rector, Mr. Raunham—he’s a relation by marriage—yet she’s quite distant towards him.
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/покуда49 раз в книге
During her entry, and at various times whilst sitting in her seat and listening to the reader on the platform, her personal appearance formed an interesting subject of study for several neighbouring eyes.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/мгновение, момент47 раз в книге
An instant of doubling forward and sideways, and he reeled off into the air, immediately disappearing downwards.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/бормотать, мычать42 раза в книге
When she had done murmuring the words her father indecisively laid hold of one of the scaffold-poles, as if to test its strength, then let it go and stepped back.
porter/ˈpɔɹtɝ/грузчик, носильщик39 раз в книге
She asked one of the porters if he could find a lad to go with her and carry her bag: he offered to do it himself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/после, потом, впоследствии38 раз в книге
It was the last hour of experience she ever enjoyed with a mind entirely free from a knowledge of that labyrinth into which she stepped immediately afterwards—to continue a perplexed course along its mazes for the greater portion of twenty-nine subsequent months.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/вряд ли, еле, еле-еле37 раз в книге
Thus Ambrose Graye’s good intentions with regard to the reintegration of his property had scarcely taken tangible form when his sudden death put them for ever out of his power.
madam/ˈmædəm/барыня, госпожа, дама36 раз в книге
‘No, madam; in the next room.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/спрашивать, справляться35 раз в книге
he inquired.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/реклама, анонс, заявление35 раз в книге
The same day Cytherea drew up and sent off the advertisement appended:—
postman/ˈpoʊsmən/письмоносец32 раза в книге
At breakfast time, just as Cytherea had again seen the postman pass without bringing her an answer to the advertisement, as she had fully expected he would do, Owen entered the room.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/железная дорога28 раз в книге
‘He’s gone across to the railway station, for certain,’ said another passenger.
fancy/ˈfænsi/мечта, фантазия28 раз в книге
… who had always sadly needed her, was already definitely pictured in her fancy, which …
parish/ˈpæɹɪʃ/паства, прихожане28 раз в книге
‘Tis jest the house for a nice ghastly hair-on-end story, that would make the parish religious.
maiden/ˈmeɪdən/дева, девушка, девица27 раз в книге
Among these later ones came an exceptional young maiden who glowed amid the dulness like a single bright-red poppy in a field of brown stubble.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/тихо27 раз в книге
The young man softly followed her, stood opposite the house and watched her come into the upper room with the light.
indoors/ˈɪnˌdɔɹz/внутри, в помещение|помещении24 раза в книге
I must go indoors now.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/воскликнуть, восклицать, вскрикивать24 раза в книге
she exclaimed.
spite/ˈspaɪt/враждебность, злость, недоброжелательность24 раза в книге
In spite of evasions as an obstacle, and in consequence of them as a spur, he would put the matter off no longer.
heap/ˈhip/ворох, груда, кипа23 раза в книге
… grindstones, heaps of building stone and brick, explained that the spot was the centre of operations for the building work done on the estate.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/прятать, скрывать, спрятать23 раза в книге
… Miss Aldclyffe might perhaps have taken her into the household; yet her history she particularly wished to conceal from a stranger.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/обморок23 раза в книге
“I have never heard that name mentioned since that time till to-night, and then there instantly rose to my eyes the vision of that young lady lying in a fainting fit.”
dread/ˈdɹɛd/бояться22 раза в книге
… blinding herself to its meaning and only natural tendency, and appearing to dread his announcement of them.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/осанка, походка, стойка22 раза в книге
The carriage of her head—motion within motion—a glide upon a glide—was as delicate as that of a magnetic needle.
linger/ˈɫɪŋɝ/задерживаться22 раза в книге
Cytherea lingered till the very last, reluctant to follow, and looking alternately at the boat and the valley behind.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/седой21 раз в книге
She wore an elegant dark jacket, lavender dress, hat with grey strings and trimmings, and gloves of a colour to harmonize.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/выражение лица21 раз в книге
There was a severity about the lower outlines of the face which gave a masculine cast to this portion of her countenance.
manor/ˈmænɝ/поместье, усадьба21 раз в книге
‘No; that’s the old manor-house—or rather all that’s left of it.
lodge/ˈɫɑdʒ/будка, домик, сторожка21 раз в книге
She was to take up her abode in her brother’s lodging at Budmouth, when she would immediately advertise for a situation as governess …
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/ехать, принести, приносить21 раз в книге
I am going to fetch her,’ said the attendant.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/непрерывно21 раз в книге
thought Owen continually.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/колер19 раз в книге
Placid flocks of sheep reclining under trees a little way off appeared of a pale blue colour.
gloom/ˈɡɫum/уныние19 раз в книге
I never forget that original disheartening blow, and how that from it sprang all the ills of his life—everything connected with his gloom, and the lassitude in business we used so often to see about him.’
utter/ˈətɝ/полный, сущий19 раз в книге
… the beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit; but with some natures utter elusion is the one special event which will make a passing love permanent for ever.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/интервал, промежуток19 раз в книге
… and thriving shopkeepers, in their intervals of leisure, stood at their shop-doors—their toes hanging over the edge of the step …
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/любознательность19 раз в книге
… whenever occasion allowed, at Mrs. Morris with great interest and curiosity, to discover …
ruin/ˈɹuən/гибель, крах, крушение19 раз в книге
‘And once mamma said that an excellent woman was papa’s ruin, because he did not know the way to give her up when he had lost her.
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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