«Питер Пэн»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
Peter Pan
40 слов из книги «Питер Пэн» (Джеймс Барри): 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.
fairy/ˈfɛɹi/фея, волшебница40 раз в книге
At first Mrs. Darling did not know, but after thinking back into her childhood she just remembered a Peter Pan who was said to live with the fairies.
nursery/ˈnɝsɝi/детская, детская комната40 раз в книге
Of course her kennel was in the nursery.
pirate/ˈpaɪɹət/пират, корсар, пиратка34 раза в книге
“There’s a pirate asleep in the pampas just beneath us,” Peter told him.
redskin/ˈɹɛdˌskɪn/краснокожий33 раза в книге
I say, John, I see the smoke of the redskin camp!”
lagoon/ɫəˈɡun/лагуна30 раз в книге
John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.
crocodile/ˈkɹɑkəˌdaɪɫ/крокодил25 раз в книге
When they have passed, comes the last figure of all, a gigantic crocodile.
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока22 раза в книге
It happened to be Nana’s evening off, and Mrs. Darling had bathed them and sung to them till one by one they had let go her hand and slid away into the land of sleep.
kennel/ˈkɛnəɫ/будка, конура18 раз в книге
Then she gave Mr. Darling such a look, not an angry look: she showed him the great red tear that makes us so sorry for noble dogs, and crept into her kennel.
crow/ˈkɹoʊ/кукарекать18 раз в книге
he crowed rapturously, “oh, the cleverness of me!”
tick/ˈtɪk/тиканье18 раз в книге
… “that crocodile would have had me before this, but by a lucky chance it swallowed a clock which goes tick tick inside it, and so before it can reach me I hear the tick and bolt.”
mermaid/ˈmɝˌmeɪd/сирена, морская дева, наяда16 раз в книге
“And, Wendy, there are mermaids.”
nest/ˈnɛst/гнездо, гнёздышко16 раз в книге
… particularly of the Never bird that built in a tree overhanging the lagoon, and how the nest fell into the water, and still the bird sat on her eggs …
claw/ˈkɫɔ/царапать14 раз в книге
“He has an iron hook instead of a right hand, and he claws with it.”
silly/ˈsɪɫi/глупый, дурной, тупой14 раз в книге
To this Tink replied in these words, “You silly ass,” and disappeared into the bathroom.
peep/ˈpip/заглядывать, подглядывать13 раз в книге
… and the Darlings had become acquainted with her in Kensington Gardens, where she spent most of her spare time peeping into perambulators, and was much hated by careless nursemaids …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/воскликнуть, восклицать, вскрикивать13 раз в книге
Wendy exclaimed.
arrow/ˈæɹoʊ/стрела13 раз в книге
“Where all the arrows are pointing.”
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/страшно12 раз в книге
They were awfully nice little night-lights, and one cannot help wishing that they could have kept awake to see Peter …
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/храбрый, бесстрашный, бравый12 раз в книге
Wendy said “tea first” quickly, and Michael pressed her hand in gratitude, but the braver John hesitated.
stern/ˈstɝn/строгий, суровый11 раз в книге
He thought Mrs. Darling was not sufficiently impressed, and he went on sternly, “I warn you of this …
plank/ˈpɫæŋk/доска, планка11 раз в книге
“We will seize the children and carry them to the boat: the boys we will make walk the plank, and Wendy shall be our mother.”
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/ящик, выдвижной ящик11 раз в книге
It is quite like tidying up drawers.
frightfully/ˈfɹaɪtfəɫi/ужасно10 раз в книге
Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable …
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/страшный, ужасный, кошмарный10 раз в книге
They would sit there in the empty nursery, recalling fondly every smallest detail of that dreadful evening.
chimney/ˈtʃɪmni/труба, дымоход10 раз в книге
She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls.
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/дрожать, содрогаться9 раз в книге
“John,” he said, shuddering, “it’s most beastly stuff.
cheer/ˈtʃɪɹ/аплодировать, болеть, воодушевлять9 раз в книге
“I am back,” he said hotly, “why do you not cheer?”
disturb/dɪˈstɝb/мешать, беспокоить, возмущать9 раз в книге
She hung it out at the window, meaning “He is sure to come back for it; let us put it where he can get it easily without disturbing the children.”
beast/ˈbist/зверь, бестия, животное9 раз в книге
… black shadows moved about in them, the roar of the beasts of prey was quite different now, and above all …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/колер8 раз в книге
It was the colour of milk; but the children did not have their father’s sense of humour, and they looked at him reproachfully as he poured the medicine into Nana’s bowl.
heartless/ˈhɑɹtɫəs/бездушный, бессердечный8 раз в книге
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are …
dagger/ˈdæɡɝ/кинжал, дирк, кортик8 раз в книге
Let us pretend to lie here among the sugar-cane and watch them as they steal by in single file, each with his hand on his dagger.
hollow/ˈhɑɫoʊ/полый, пустой, порожний8 раз в книге
Look closely, however, and you may note that there are here seven large trees, each with a hole in its hollow trunk as large as a boy.
dart/ˈdɑɹt/дротик8 раз в книге
… no bigger than your fist, which darted about the room like a living thing and I think it must have been this light that wakened Mrs. Darling.
mainland/ˈmeɪnˌɫænd/континент, материк8 раз в книге
They examined the mushroom, which was of a size and solidity unknown on the mainland; they tried to pull it up …
bark/ˈbɑɹk/лай8 раз в книге
Mr. Darling would cry, and Nana’s bark was the echo of it, but Mrs. Darling never upbraided Peter …
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/восторг, наслаждение, удовольствие8 раз в книге
In a moment he had recovered his shadow, and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/несчастный8 раз в книге
“That is not Nana’s unhappy bark,” she said, little guessing what was about to happen; “that is her bark when she smells danger.”
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/загадка, затруднение8 раз в книге
… one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more …
sword/ˈsɔɹd/меч, сабля, шпага8 раз в книге
… but she herself slept that night in the little house, and Peter kept watch outside with drawn sword, for the pirates could be heard carousing far away and the wolves were on the prowl.
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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