«Пуаро ведет следствие»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
Poirot Investigates
40 слов из книги «Пуаро ведет следствие» (Агата Кристи): 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.
diamond/ˈdaɪmənd/алмаз, диамант, бриллиант33 раза в книге
… above all one jewel, the great diamond which had been nicknamed, to match its owner …
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/драгоценность32 раза в книге
… her furs, her jewels, above all one jewel …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/бормотать, мычать24 раза в книге
he murmured.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/серые клеточки23 раза в книге
You use your grey cells at last.
chambermaidгорничная23 раза в книге
An hotel chambermaid, looking frightened to death …
necklace/ˈnɛkɫəs/ожерелье, колье, монисто18 раз в книге
She stood there with one hand just touching the necklace.
monsieur/məsˈjɝ/месье17 раз в книге
“Then perhaps I might have a few words alone with you, monsieur?”
housekeeper/ˈhaʊˌskipɝ/домоправительница, экономка17 раз в книге
Hunter’s Lodge is looked after by a housekeeper who is quite capable of doing all we need when we run down for an occasional week-end.
revolver/ɹɪˈvɑɫvɝ/наган, револьвер17 раз в книге
By the way, Hastings, have you a revolver?”
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/ящик, выдвижной ящик16 раз в книге
I went to the drawer here,”—she indicated the bottom right-hand drawer of the knee-hole dressing-table—“took out my jewel-case and unlocked it.
maid/ˈmeɪd/горничная, служанка15 раз в книге
“I was changing for tea when my maid came up—one of the gardeners had just run to the house.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/прятать, скрывать, спрятать15 раз в книге
I was secretly rather pleased with myself, though I tried to conceal the fact for fear of irritating him.
valet/væˈɫeɪ/денщик, камердинер, ординарец14 раз в книге
… and then walked down to the end of the corridor, stopping outside the small den where the chambermaids and valets of the respective floors congregated.
pearls/ˈpɝɫz/жемчуг13 раз в книге
You know, I’ve got some pearls of my own that have a history attached to them.
telegram/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæm/депеша, телеграмма13 раз в книге
At that moment the butler entered with a telegram on a salver which he handed to Lord Yardly.
thoughtfully/ˈθɔtfəɫi/задумчиво13 раз в книге
Poirot nodded thoughtfully.
nephew/ˈnɛfju/племянник, племяш13 раз в книге
… Monsieur Poirot, but Lord Cronshaw was telling me last night how wonderfully you cleared up the mystery of his nephew’s death, and I felt that I just must have your advice.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/борода, брада13 раз в книге
“He had a black beard, sir, and was about middle-aged, and had on a light overcoat.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/умный, изобретательный, искусный12 раз в книге
“That ‘full of the moon’ idea was clever.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/обаяние, очарование, чары12 раз в книге
A very beautiful and charming young creature, but terribly unstrung by this sad catastrophe.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/загадка, затруднение12 раз в книге
As we hurried in a taxi to the Magnificent, I puzzled out the true inwardness of the scheme.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/завтрашний день, следующий день, утро11 раз в книге
But to-morrow morning we see this milord!”
placid/ˈpɫæsəd/спокойно11 раз в книге
asked Poirot placidly, from the depths of his comfortable chair.
utter/ˈətɝ/выговорить, выговаривать, говорить11 раз в книге
Then I uttered another cry which Lord Yardly echoed.
thief/ˈθif/вор, воришка, воровка11 раз в книге
There, just short of the threshold, lay the glittering necklace, evidently dropped by the thief in the panic of his flight.
bolt/ˈboʊɫt/засов11 раз в книге
There was no doubt as to my bolt having shot home.
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/отправиться, отправляться11 раз в книге
I had my way with Poirot, however, and we departed immediately, leaving behind us a note of explanation and apology for Lord Yardly.
bow/ˈbaʊ/кланяться, поклониться11 раз в книге
He bowed them both to the door.
milordмилорд, сударь10 раз в книге
“First, milord, I would ask you if these facts are substantially correct?”
impatiently/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəntɫi/нетерпеливо10 раз в книге
I said impatiently.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/ехать, принести, приносить10 раз в книге
We returned reluctantly, and Lord Yardly sent off one of the footmen post-haste to fetch the police.
keen/ˈkin/проницательный, сообразительный10 раз в книге
He took the jewel in his own hand and scrutinized it keenly, then restored it to her with a little bow.
insure/ˌɪnˈʃʊɹ/застраховать, страховать10 раз в книге
Much, true and untrue, had been written about this famous stone which was reported to be insured for the enormous sum of fifty thousand pounds.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/яд, отрава10 раз в книге
Still, life is full of discrepancies, and assuredly the man cannot have taken his own life—there is no poison that would fill his mouth with blood.
fancy/ˈfænsi/воображение10 раз в книге
“I presume that it is a true story, not one of your efforts of fancy.”
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/вверх по лестнице10 раз в книге
She has already wrenched out the diamond with pliers upstairs——”
chauffeur/ˈʃoʊfɝ/шофёр, персональный водитель, водитель9 раз в книге
The real car was found in a side road, with the chauffeur and the A.D.C.
superstition/ˌsupɝˈstɪʃən/суеверие, поверье, предрассудок9 раз в книге
I saw Mrs. Maltravers give a terrified start, and my mind flew to the old superstition that a suicide cannot rest.
briskly/ˈbɹɪskɫi/быстро9 раз в книге
He remained a moment or so in thought, then rose briskly to his feet.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/госпожа, хозяйка9 раз в книге
She showed us into a small morning-room, and retired to tell her mistress.
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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