«Зов предков»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The call of the wild
40 слов из книги «Зов предков» (Джек Лондон): 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.
sled/ˈsɫɛd/кошева69 раз в книге
And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.
till/ˈtɪɫ/пока не, до тех пор38 раз в книге
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
lek/ˈɫɛk/кличка30 раз в книге
He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.
husky/ˈhəski/хаски, эскимосская лайка30 раз в книге
They were camped near the log store, where she, in her friendly way, made advances to a husky dog the size of a full-grown wolf, though not half so large as she.
wolf/ˈwʊɫf/волк, волчица27 раз в книге
It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.
mat/ˈmæt/коврик, мат, подстилка25 раз в книге
Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress.
whip/ˈhwɪp/кнут, бич, плеть24 раза в книге
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/ремень, сбруя, упряжь22 раза в книге
It was a harness, such as he had seen the grooms put on the horses at home.
breed/ˈbɹid/раса, племя, род20 раз в книге
Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but François was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/миля19 раз в книге
That day they made forty miles, the trail being packed; but the next day, and for many days to follow, they broke their own trail, worked harder, and made poorer time.
snarl/ˈsnɑɹɫ/ворчать, огрызаться, рычать19 раз в книге
… he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
howl/ˈhaʊɫ/выть, завывать, реветь18 раз в книге
… on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors …
toil/ˈtɔɪɫ/вкалывать, трудиться16 раз в книге
These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
limp/ˈɫɪmp/вяло, обмякло16 раз в книге
He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.
bull/ˈbʊɫ/самец, бык16 раз в книге
A band of twenty moose had crossed over from the land of streams and timber, and chief among them was a great bull.
bristle/ˈbɹɪsəɫ/ощетиниваться, ощетиниться, топорщиться15 раз в книге
And Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes.
yelp/ˈjɛɫp/визжать14 раз в книге
… a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
fang/ˈfæŋ/клык13 раз в книге
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/рычать13 раз в книге
But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger’s hands, he growled menacingly.
fore/ˈfɔɹ/передний|передняя часть, нос, перед12 раз в книге
Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down.
stagger/ˈstæɡɝ/шататься12 раз в книге
Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.
jerk/ˈdʒɝk/дёргать, дёрнуть, рвануть12 раз в книге
He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
sweater/ˈswɛtɝ/джемпер, кофта, пуловер12 раз в книге
A stout man, with a red sweater that sagged generously at the neck, came out and signed the book for the driver.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/коварство, хитрость11 раз в книге
The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
lash/ˈɫæʃ/бич, кнут, нагайка11 раз в книге
They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/мгновение, момент11 раз в книге
It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/мороз, заморозки10 раз в книге
He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/браниться, препираться, ругаться10 раз в книге
… for the dog-driver was in constant apprehension of the life-and-death struggle between the two which he knew must take place sooner or later; and on more than one night the sounds of quarrelling and strife among the other dogs turned him out of his sleeping robe, fearful that Buck and Spitz were at it.
moose/ˈmus/лось10 раз в книге
The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
whine/ˈhwaɪn/плакаться, скулить10 раз в книге
He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/рёв10 раз в книге
With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/строевой лес, древесина, лес на корень|корню10 раз в книге
… through Sheep Camp, past the Scales and the timber line, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep …
sack/ˈsæk/куль, мешок10 раз в книге
When they put a clothes-sack on the front of the sled, she suggested it should go on the back …
hairy/ˈhɛɹi/волосатый, мохнатый9 раз в книге
At other times this hairy man squatted by the fire with head between his legs and slept.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/восторг, наслаждение, удовольствие9 раз в книге
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/грозный, лютый, неистовый9 раз в книге
After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.
nest/ˈnɛst/пристанище, убежище9 раз в книге
No matter how breathless the air when he dug his nest by tree or bank, the wind that later blew inevitably found him to leeward, sheltered and snug.
pole/ˈpoʊɫ/шест8 раз в книге
François, guiding the sled at the gee-pole, sometimes exchanged places with him, but not often.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/паёк, норма, порция8 раз в книге
The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.
inch/ˈɪntʃ/дюйм8 раз в книге
Of this offence Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his indiscretion was when Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down.
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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