«Девочки из лагеря раскрывают тайну»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House
40 слов из книги «Девочки из лагеря раскрывают тайну» (Хильдегарда Фрей): 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.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/воскликнуть, восклицать, вскрикивать41 раз в книге
she exclaimed, demolishing the mountain by throwing the quilt aside with a sudden movement of her arms and disclosing a slender little body wrapped in a grayish woolen dressing gown.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/ступенька, лестница40 раз в книге
… backed away from the banister, ran down the stairs two steps at a time and disappeared through the front door, leaving Katherine standing in the empty hall …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/ставень39 раз в книге
On the inside of the glass—if there was a pane of glass there—was a heavy black iron shutter fastened to the casement with great screws.
footprint/ˈfʊtˌpɹɪnt/след, отпечаток28 раз в книге
… eager to begin the search for the secret passage again, but whatever plans they had formed were driven entirely out of their minds by the appearance of the footprints on the stairs.
princess/ˈpɹɪnsɛs/королевна, принцесса, царевна18 раз в книге
She did not know how to act when introduced to a princess.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/вверх по лестнице18 раз в книге
With the prospect of a fresh field for investigation the others revived their interest in the search and followed Nyoda eagerly as she led the way upstairs and unlocked the closed door at the head.
exclamation/ˌɛkskɫəˈmeɪʃən/восклицание16 раз в книге
From somewhere in the room came a sudden exclamation of surprise.
burglar/ˈbɝɡɫɝ/взломщик, взломщица, домушник16 раз в книге
She must explain quickly, or he would take her for a burglar, coming in that way and looking around with a flashlight.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/вниз, внизу, на нижнем этаже16 раз в книге
Upstairs and downstairs they tapped, peered, pried and investigated, but without success.
aunt/ˈænt/тётя, тётка, тётушка15 раз в книге
“Or have you had something to eat since your aunt went away?”
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/странный14 раз в книге
Then a queer, bewildered look came into her eyes and she stood still with the book hanging uncertainly from her fingers.
royal/ˈɹɔɪəɫ/королевский, царский13 раз в книге
“This is the royal hunting lodge, and I am the Princess Sylvia!”
spell/ˈspɛɫ/заговор, заклинание13 раз в книге
Katherine felt the spell of it and gradually her hasty steps became slower and at times she stood still and looked upon the quiet scene with a feeling of awe and reverence.
jest/ˈdʒɛst/просто12 раз в книге
I ain’t tellin’ why I wants it put up; I jest wants it put up, dat’s all.’
bookseller/ˈbʊkˌsɛɫɝ/продавец книг, букинист, книготорговец12 раз в книге
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers, A.
postpaidс оплаченными почтовыми расходами12 раз в книге
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers.
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/погреб, подвал12 раз в книге
The cellar windows had a heavy screening over them on the outside which could not be removed without being destroyed, and this screening was everywhere intact.
receipt/ɹiˈsit/получение, приём12 раз в книге
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers A.
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/лестница, стремянка12 раз в книге
In the opening thus made they could see the top of an iron ladder set upright against the wall below.
stove/ˈstoʊv/печь, буржуйка, печка12 раз в книге
… a cot bed next to the wall; a small stove; a rocking chair and a sewing machine …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/тусклый12 раз в книге
It loomed large and silent before her, its frost covered window panes shining whitely in the starlight with a faint, ghostly glimmer.
lark/ˈɫɑɹk/жаворонок11 раз в книге
“Hark, hark, the lark at heaven’s gate sings,
shriek/ˈʃɹik/визг11 раз в книге
Nyoda gave a little shriek of laughter and held it up for the Winnebagos to see.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/громко11 раз в книге
she said aloud to herself scornfully, with a flash of her brown eyes, and Katherine caught a glimpse of an indomitable spirit that no hardship could bow down.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/плыть, плыть под парусами11 раз в книге
He’s goin’ ter sail Noo Year’s Day.”
astonishment/əˈstɑnɪʃmənt/изумление, удивление10 раз в книге
… leaving Katherine standing in the empty hall, open-mouthed with astonishment.
stairway/ˈstɛɹˌweɪ/лестница, лестничный марш10 раз в книге
By the way they point, the man was going downstairs, but they begin in the middle of the stairway.
mahogany/məˈhɑɡəni/красное дерево, махагони10 раз в книге
Idly she turned her flashlight on the staircase and noticed that the post was of beautifully carved mahogany.
hastily/ˈheɪstəɫi/поспешно, торопливо10 раз в книге
I knocked before I came in,” she added hastily, “but you didn’t come to the door, so I took the liberty of walking in.
bill/ˈbɪɫ/счёт, счёт-фактура10 раз в книге
She looked carefully through the desk first, through old account books and files of papers and bills, but came upon nothing that touched upon repairs made to the house.
eagerly/ˈiɡɝɫi/нетерпеливо10 раз в книге
asked Sahwah eagerly, pausing with the nutcracker held open in her hand.
lobster/ˈɫɑbstɝ/лобстер, омар10 раз в книге
“Then let’s compromise on lobster croquettes,” said Veronica.
gasp/ˈɡæsp/судорожный вздох10 раз в книге
Katherine felt the hair rising on her head; she gave an odd little dry gasp.
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/испугать, напугать, пугать10 раз в книге
At the sound of her voice the man gave a startled jump, backed away from the banister …
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока10 раз в книге
Beginning softly, the tone swelled out in volume till it seemed to Katherine’s ears to fill the whole house and to come pouring out of all the doors and windows.
screw/ˈskɹu/винт, шуруп10 раз в книге
It was no easy job, taking that shutter off, for the screws had rusted in so that it was almost impossible to turn them.
costume/ˈkɑstum/костюм, наряд10 раз в книге
Let’s find a masquerade costume for him, too, so he can be one of us.”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/северный, север9 раз в книге
A sportive north wind, racing up the hill, paused at the top to whirl about in a mad frolic, and Katherine shivered from head to foot.
casementоконная створка9 раз в книге
She knew it was a window because it was framed in a mahogany casement like the other windows in the house, but instead of a pane of glass there was a dark …
latch/ˈɫætʃ/защёлка, задвижка, запор9 раз в книге
He examined all the rest of the windows on the first floor, and found them all latched and their latches undisturbed.
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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