«Приключения Шерлока Холмса»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
40 слов из книги «Приключения Шерлока Холмса» (Артур Конан Дойл): 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.
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/необыкновенный, своеобразный33 раза в книге
… of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/мгновение, момент31 раз в книге
It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front.
goose/ˈɡus/напрасная затея27 раз в книге
“I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,” observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.
coronet/ˈkɔɹəˈnɛt/диадема25 раз в книге
The lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum which I have asked.
keen/ˈkin/интенсивный, резкий, сильный25 раз в книге
… and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
maid/ˈmeɪd/горничная, служанка25 раз в книге
… shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air of a man who was thoroughly at home.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/серый24 раза в книге
He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat …
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/осанка, походка, стойка22 раза в книге
It is her carriage.
stepfather/ˈstɛpˌfɑðɝ/отчим, приёмный отец21 раз в книге
“Your father,” said Holmes, “your stepfather, surely, since the name is different.”
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/реклама, анонс, заявление21 раз в книге
As he glanced down the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper flattened out upon his knee …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/цвет19 раз в книге
If my hair would only change colour, here’s a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.’
peculiar/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/необычный, особенный, своеобразный19 раз в книге
Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’
fancy/ˈfænsi/полагать19 раз в книге
Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/завтрашний день, следующий день, утро18 раз в книге
“If you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o’clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you.”
deduce/dɪˈdus/путём применения правил логики или иных форм рассуждения делать вывод, сделать вывод18 раз в книге
“I see it, I deduce it.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/после, потом, впоследствии18 раз в книге
Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/Центр17 раз в книге
… who had stepped from her carriage, was the centre of a little knot of flushed and struggling men, who struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/миля17 раз в книге
… has referred the case to me, and hence it is that two middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly digesting their breakfasts at home.”
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/страшный, ужасный, кошмарный17 раз в книге
It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/сигара17 раз в книге
… he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
geese/ˈɡis/гуси17 раз в книге
“Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese,” said he.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/сразу17 раз в книге
It was instantly opened by a bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/пробовать16 раз в книге
“The man who wrote it was presumably well to do,” I remarked, endeavouring to imitate my companion’s processes.
armchair/ˈɑɹmˌtʃɛɹ/кресло16 раз в книге
… but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/ставень16 раз в книге
Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a letter.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/испугать, напугать, пугать16 раз в книге
She was so frightened by their violence that she ran away and told her mother when she reached home that she had left the two McCarthys quarrelling near Boscombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to fight.
ventilator/ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪtɝ/вентилятор15 раз в книге
You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/погреб, подвал15 раз в книге
Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
lane/ˈɫeɪn/алейка, аллея, переулок15 раз в книге
“I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/полковник14 раз в книге
At the time of the war he fought in Jackson’s army, and afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/ступенька, лестница13 раз в книге
A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door.
gem/ˈdʒɛm/драгоценный камень, самоцвет13 раз в книге
A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no trace of them could be found …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/честь12 раз в книге
Whom have I the honour to address?”
madam/ˈmædəm/барыня, госпожа, дама12 раз в книге
“My dear madam,” said I, “I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I can very well see that no apology is needed.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/опий, опиум12 раз в книге
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, was much addicted to opium.
fasten/ˈfæsən/остановиться12 раз в книге
she cried, glancing from one to the other of us, and finally, with a woman’s quick intuition, fastening upon my companion, “I am so glad that you have come.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/скоро12 раз в книге
He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him.
weary/ˈwɪɹi/утомлённый, усталый12 раз в книге
My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position …
stain/ˈsteɪn/красить, морить12 раз в книге
That trick of staining the fishes’ scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China.
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/свистеть, свистнуть12 раз в книге
Holmes whistled.
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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