«Чёрная жемчужина»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The black pearl
40 слов из книги «Чёрная жемчужина» (Мари Лион): 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.
aunt/ˈænt/тётя, тётка, тётушка26 раз в книге
… ‘Old Meg,’ who directs everything here and holds us in ‘the path of virtue’ with an iron hand—Meg, your aunt’s faithful maid for thirty years, and now the right hand of Molly …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/честь17 раз в книге
I am sure that a Martian savant ere this has discovered the cause, and explained it as a ceremony celebrated in honour of our satellite.”
pearls/ˈpɝɫz/жемчуг15 раз в книге
I have had it attached as a pendant to a string of pearls of my own, which will look much better on your white neck than in my casket.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/вряд ли, еле, еле-еле15 раз в книге
Absence does not stop the everlasting pæan of praise, for as it is, he is scarcely ever at home.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/бормотать, мычать15 раз в книге
I murmured, wonderingly, to Daisy.
pearl/ˈpɝɫ/перл, жемчужина14 раз в книге
“I want to give you a black pearl which I have been keeping in trust.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/госпожа, хозяйка14 раз в книге
“Now you have seen the real mistress of Gwylata, Jeannette …
necklace/ˈnɛkɫəs/ожерелье, колье, монисто14 раз в книге
In it lies a necklace composed of exquisite pearls, some white and milky, others gleaming opalesquely in tints merging from grey to rose.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ради чего-то более важного или ценного жертвовать, пожертвовать13 раз в книге
She would suffer martyrdom herself and sacrifice everybody for Molly, and, above all, for Hector.”
verandahверанда11 раз в книге
I run to the verandah to see this relic of bygone days.
utter/ˈətɝ/полный, сущий11 раз в книге
“Who is this man, an utter stranger an hour ago, whose gaze stirs my pulses, rousing latent forces and strangely elusive memories?
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/воскликнуть, восклицать, вскрикивать11 раз в книге
“What a contrast to the ‘Brasier’ motor in which you drove me here yesterday, uncle,” I exclaim.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/привязанность, любовь11 раз в книге
I have as much need of affection as of air.
awaken/əˈweɪkən/пробудить, пробуждать10 раз в книге
It is rather a kind of obsession, a response to the appeal in his eyes which awakens something obscure, half forgotten.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/восторг, наслаждение, удовольствие10 раз в книге
It is one of my greatest delights to get him to talk during our rides.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/обаяние, очарование, чары10 раз в книге
While I contemplate this charming production of budding genius, Mr. Deslandes enters my little sitting-room, to which he has admission at all times.
keen/ˈkin/интенсивный, резкий, сильный9 раз в книге
… the need of devoting myself to someone or something; the keen suffering I experience when I find myself in a chilly atmosphere of indifference.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/выдать, выдавать9 раз в книге
In the unconscious pride underlying the belief that all customs are perfect because they are English, there is betrayed a certain strength of character and will which refuses to be influenced by environment.
bush/ˈbʊʃ/куст, кустарник8 раз в книге
Yesterday a motor, to-day the old coach which carries letters to far-off bush homes, among them probably some from the Old World by the Messageries Boat on which you were a passenger.”
sombreтёмный, мрачный8 раз в книге
Tall palms bent their sombre tufted heads and plantains waved their pale green leaves in the breeze.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/завтрашний день, следующий день, утро8 раз в книге
… unless,” bowing profoundly, “you will allow me to take his place and ride with you to-morrow.”
yacht/ˈjɑt/яхта8 раз в книге
“He has a big yacht as big as a ship,” says Gladys, extending her small arms.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/дрожать, трепетать, трястись8 раз в книге
A kiss soft as a sigh brushes my trembling lips.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/светиться, пылать, рдеть8 раз в книге
His eyes, brilliant windows of the soul imprisoned in his stunted graceless body, glow at this proof of confidence.
tender/ˈtɛndɝ/нежный, ласковый8 раз в книге
Passionate, yet tender, evoking a shadowy, dim remembrance of forgotten things, it allures even while it repels me.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/спокойный, тихий8 раз в книге
I wonder if one day I also shall come across a man who will love me simply and purely with a calm, untroubled affection like theirs …
magnetism/ˈmæɡnəˌtɪzəm/магнетизм7 раз в книге
Pearls are feminine, it is said, and want light, heat and the magnetism of soft, warm flesh, or they lose their colour and die.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/опознать7 раз в книге
It is with the greatest astonishment that I recognise almost all the ritual of the Mass—the Vestments of the priest, the Crucifix, the flowers, and even the candles burning on the altar.
wherein/hwɛˈɹɪn/rel. там, где7 раз в книге
I have had a strange dream wherein, by a sort of dual personality, I beheld myself smaller and slimmer.
detach/ˈdɪˌtætʃ/отделить, отделять, отцепить7 раз в книге
The gigantic trees, with their twisted branches and gnarled trunks detached against the sombre background of sapphire, recall the weird eerie effects of Gustave Doré.
vibrate/ˈvaɪbɹeɪt/вибрировать7 раз в книге
As I pass out he whispers in a tone vibrating with triumph, “A demain.”
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/карета, воз, повозка7 раз в книге
I am still too much of a novice in the equestrian art to do other than venture the mild excitement of following the hounds in a carriage.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/очевидно7 раз в книге
He has evidently determined to make me a good horsewoman.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/возлюбленная, возлюбленный, любимая7 раз в книге
… taking with us Daisy, who can scarcely tear herself from her beloved Dick.
regain/ɹɪˈɡeɪn/обрести7 раз в книге
His short absence enables me to regain mastery over my feelings, and to analyse the bewildering sensations I have just experienced.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/небольшой дом7 раз в книге
On the road, I remarked a cottage where the wife was doing the family washing, hanging the clothes on ropes suspended between gum trees, which apparently serve many purposes.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/таинственный, загадочный7 раз в книге
The man with the mysterious eyes is standing before me.
divine/dɪˈvaɪn/божественный7 раз в книге
reçoit participation insigne de sa prime et divine origine et en contemplation de cette infinie sphère à laquelle rien n’advient, rien ne passe …
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/произойти, происходить7 раз в книге
It is the only souvenir which remained to your mother of her great ancestress, the Begum Jeanne, wife of Dupleix, from whom she was so proud to have descended.
favourite/ˈfeɪvɝɪt/излюбленный, любимый6 раз в книге
… containing all I possess in the world, my favourite books and the presents of my Parisian school-mates whom I left in tears at the idea of my departure for the antipodes—“a country of kangaroos and savages, where I would surely be eaten alive,” they sobbed.
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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