«Монтана»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
That Girl Montana
40 слов из книги «Монтана» (Марэл Ил Райан): 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.
squawженщина, жена75 раз в книге
She was giving the money and some directions to the Indian, when a word from a squaw drew her attention to the river.
canoe/kəˈnu/байдарка, каноэ55 раз в книге
Why, I have gone alone in a canoe on a longer trail than we floated over, and I think I will again some day.
utter/ˈətɝ/выговорить, выговаривать, говорить33 раза в книге
… after a cool glance at them all, she walked directly past them and spoke to the tall Indian who had first uttered her name to the others.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/добрый31 раз в книге
Then the color swept upward over her face 11 as she met his kindly glance, and drawing herself a little straighter, she walked indifferently away.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/считать27 раз в книге
I reckon you folks heard how Lee Holly—toughest man in the 3 length of the Columbia—was wiped off the living earth by her last week.”
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/приступ, прилив27 раз в книге
The man she called Max bent his head and whispered something to her, at which her face flushed just a little and a tiny wrinkle crept between her straight, beautiful brows.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/завтрашний день, следующий день, утро26 раз в книге
“To-morrow I would ask that Black Bow and the chief Akkomi eat at our table.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/странный26 раз в книге
While I was waiting for—Dan,” she said in a queer tone, and bent her head over the clay image.
miner/ˈmaɪnɝ/шахтёр, горняк24 раза в книге
“Some miner rushing down to see the train go by,” remarked Mr. Haydon; but the girl did not answer.
helpless/ˈhɛɫpɫəs/беспомощный, бессильный23 раза в книге
… and swam out to the little fellow who had struggled to keep his head above water, but was fast growing helpless in the chill of the mountain river.
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока23 раза в книге
He prates about civilization and Eastern culture till I get weary sometimes.
clasp/ˈkɫæsp/хватать21 раз в книге
Her face grew even more pale, and her hands clasped each other nervously.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/очевидно21 раз в книге
… and was carried bodily up to one of the lodges, while another squaw—evidently the mother—carried the little redskin who had caused all the commotion.
guardian/ˈɡɑɹdiən/опекун, попечитель, попечительница21 раз в книге
murmured Mr. Lyster, as he eyed the stalwart form of the retreating guardian, who was so bent on guarding.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/бормотать, бубнить, бурчать21 раз в книге
she muttered, and all the color and bravado were gone from her face …
heap/ˈhip/ворох, груда, кипа20 раз в книге
Young ones of any sort do take a heap of looking after.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/дрожать, трепетать, трястись20 раз в книге
Oh, well, never mind,” he added, as he saw the red mouth tremble, and tears show in her eyes as she looked at him.
clay/ˈkɫeɪ/глина20 раз в книге
At first all he could see were the hands—hands playing with a bit of wet clay—or so it seemed to him.
assent/əˈsɛnt/одобрять, соглашаться19 раз в книге
“We heard she was cleared of it,” assented the stranger.
commence/kəˈmɛns/начинать, начинаться18 раз в книге
“Only don’t commence by disliking, that’s all …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/воскликнуть, восклицать, вскрикивать18 раз в книге
“Well, now, he is good-natured to take it like that, and speak so beautiful,” she exclaimed, admiringly; “and you surely did try any man’s patience, Mr. Dan.
fancy/ˈfænsi/воображение18 раз в книге
“If my stepson at times forgets what is due a gentleman in your house, do not fancy that I reflect on you in the slightest for it.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/испортить, портить, повредить17 раз в книге
“In fact, I’m afraid she’ll be a nuisance, and spoil our jolly good time all the way home.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/доллар16 раз в книге
I’d rather lose a thousand dollars than meet them now!
paddle/ˈpædəɫ/весло16 раз в книге
He was not using the paddle, and his chin was resting on one clenched hand, while in the other he held something to which he was giving earnest attention.
brow/ˈbɹaʊ/брови16 раз в книге
He looked at her moodily from under his dark brows, and noticed the color flutter over her cheek and throat in an adorable way.
curt/ˈkɝt/немногословный, односложный, отрывистый15 раз в книге
With this curt reply, she turned her shoulder very coolly on the searcher for information.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/ужин15 раз в книге
I’d give half my supper to know if she has killed herself with that ice-bath.”
ward/ˈwɔɹd/подопечная, подопечный15 раз в книге
She’s a ward of mine.”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/север14 раз в книге
That it had become the one topic of general interest in the community was due partly to the personality of the girl, and partly to the fact that the murdered man had been one of the most notorious in all that wild land extending north and west into British Columbia.
impatience/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəns/нетерпение14 раз в книге
said the other man, with a sort of impatience.
earnest/ˈɝnɪst/серьёзный, ревностный, убедительный14 раз в книге
’Tana saw Mr. Haydon among them, in earnest conversation with the conductor; saw Max …
keen/ˈkin/острый14 раз в книге
Even the Indians were aroused from their lethargy, and watched with keen curiosity the approaching canoes.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/чёрт, дьявол14 раз в книге
“I didn’t hear a word he said to her; but his eyes spoke strongly enough, poor devil!
fool/ˈfuɫ/балбес, болван, глупец14 раз в книге
“He—he might have thought it was nice, if you hadn’t been here with your fool speeches.
careless/ˈkɛɹɫəs/небрежный, невнимательный, нерадивый13 раз в книге
Her gaze rested lightly on the two strangers and their trophies of the chase, on the careless ferryman, and the few stragglers from the ranch and the cabins.
bead/ˈbid/бусина, бисер13 раз в книге
… making remarks about the Indians, admiring particularly one boy’s beaded dress, and garnishing her remarks with a good deal of slang.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/нахмурить бровь|брови, хмурить бровь|брови, насупиться13 раз в книге
And it was not a woman at all,—only a girl of perhaps sixteen years instead—who shrank back into the gloom, and frowned on him with great, dark …
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/обаяние, очарование, чары13 раз в книге
… or so fittingly and picturesquely dressed, for Mr. Maxwell Lyster was artist enough to make the most of his many good points and to exhibit them all with charming unconsciousness.
tramp/ˈtɹæmp/бродить12 раз в книге
… with their trophies of elk-horn and beaver paws, with their scarred outfit and a general air of elation gained from a successful “outing,” tramped down to the 2 little station after a last lingering view toward far hunting grounds.
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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