«Франкенштейн, или Современный Прометей»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
40 слов из книги «Франкенштейн, или Современный Прометей» (Мэри Шелли): 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.
misery/ˈmɪzɝi/беда, горе, мука63 раза в книге
… yet I have found a man who, before his spirit had been broken by misery, I should have been happy to have possessed as the brother of my heart.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/бедный, несчастный63 раза в книге
He said little, but when he spoke I read in his kindling eye and in his animated glance a restrained but firm resolve not to be chained to the miserable details of commerce.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/пробовать56 раз в книге
… if I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/отчаиваться, отчаяться51 раз в книге
But he is generally melancholy and despairing, and sometimes he gnashes his teeth, as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppresses him.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/небольшой дом51 раз в книге
… when the gates of Geneva were shut, and she was forced to remain several hours of the night in a barn belonging to a cottage, being unwilling to call up the inhabitants …
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/привязанность, любовь48 раз в книге
… and I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as romantic, and affection enough for me to endeavour to regulate my mind.
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/ощущение, чувство44 раза в книге
I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/восторг, наслаждение, удовольствие43 раза в книге
… I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/выражение лица39 раз в книге
… if anyone performs an act of kindness towards him or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were …
fiend/ˈfind/демон, злодей, изверг33 раза в книге
Because he knows a frightful fiend
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/труд, работа32 раза в книге
I am practically industrious—painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance and labour—but besides this there is a love for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous …
bestow/bɪˈstoʊ/вручать, вручить, дарить30 раз в книге
… on which he had designed to pass the remainder of his life; but he bestowed the whole on his rival, together with the remains of his prize-money to purchase stock …
agony/ˈæɡəni/агония, страдание30 раз в книге
With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me …
grief/ˈɡɹif/скорбь, горе, кручина29 раз в книге
For my own part, I begin to love him as a brother, and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/доброжелательность, доброта, любезность27 раз в книге
Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/убийца, душегуб, киллер27 раз в книге
This picture is gone, and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/безветрие, затишье, штиль27 раз в книге
… and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe.
wretch/ˈɹɛtʃ/бедняга, бедняжка24 раза в книге
How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?
cottagerживущий в хижине, коттедже24 раза в книге
The girl was young and of gentle demeanour, unlike what I have since found cottagers and farmhouse servants to be.
revenge/ɹiˈvɛndʒ/месть, воздаяние, мщение24 раза в книге
When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/возлюбленная, возлюбленный, любимая24 раза в книге
Heaven bless my beloved sister!
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/охваченный или исполненный глубокого горя или страдания23 раза в книге
I never saw a man in so wretched a condition.
anguish/ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/мука, мучение, страдание23 раза в книге
… and was exposed to all the damps and dews of night; Elizabeth also suffered extreme anguish.
hop/ˈhɑp/хмель23 раза в книге
My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/дрожание, дрожь23 раза в книге
It is impossible to communicate to you a conception of the trembling sensation, half pleasurable and half fearful, with which I am preparing to depart.
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/отправиться, отправляться23 раза в книге
I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there …
sympathy/ˈsɪmpəθi/сострадание, сочувствие23 раза в книге
… while it renders his conduct the more astonishing, detracts from the interest and sympathy which otherwise he would command.
conceive/kənˈsiv/понимать23 раза в книге
Yet do not suppose, because I complain a little or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know, that I am wavering in my resolutions.
vengeance/ˈvɛndʒəns/месть, воздаяние, мщение21 раз в книге
“Come, Victor; not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness, that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds.
utter/ˈətɝ/полный, сущий21 раз в книге
Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/ознакомить20 раз в книге
You are well acquainted with my failure and how heavily I bore the disappointment.
commence/kəˈmɛns/начинать, начинаться20 раз в книге
These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat, with his holiday mates …
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/грусть, скорбь, горе20 раз в книге
… in some degree, recompensing her for the sorrows she had endured, but which gave inexpressible grace to his behaviour to her.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/воскликнуть, восклицать, вскрикивать20 раз в книге
you will exclaim.
creator/kɹiˈeɪtɝ/создатель, создательница, творец19 раз в книге
We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/меланхолия18 раз в книге
… his full-toned voice swells in my ears; his lustrous eyes dwell on me with all their melancholy sweetness; I see his thin hand raised in animation …
procure/pɹoʊkˈjʊɹ/добывать, доставать18 раз в книге
… but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months, and in the meantime he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant’s house.
consolation/ˌkɑnsəˈɫeɪʃən/утешение18 раз в книге
This expectation will now be the consolation of your father.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/непрерывно18 раз в книге
… my men are bold and apparently firm of purpose, nor do the floating sheets of ice that continually pass us, indicating the dangers of the region towards which we are advancing …
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/невинность, невиновность18 раз в книге
How much more a murdered that could destroy radiant innocence!
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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