«Собака Баскервилей»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The Hound of the Baskervilles
40 слов из книги «Собака Баскервилей» (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.
moor/ˈmʊɹ/вересковый|вересковая пустошь, пустошь159 раз в книге
… for by the aid of the growth of ivy which covered (and still covers) the south wall she came down from under the eaves, and so homeward across the moor, there being three leagues betwixt the Hall and her father’s farm.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/гончая, охотничья собака69 раз в книге
… more drunken than the rest, cried out that they should put the hounds upon her.
baronet/ˈbɛɹənət/баронет48 раз в книге
Our clients were punctual to their appointment, for the clock had just struck ten when Dr. Mortimer was shown up, followed by the young baronet.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/мгновение, момент34 раза в книге
At the last instant came this terrible catastrophe.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/седой22 раза в книге
… which jutted out between two keen, grey eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/борода, брада18 раз в книге
At that instant I was aware of a bushy black beard and a pair of piercing eyes turned upon us through the side window of the cab.
alley/ˈæɫi/алейка, аллея, переулок16 раз в книге
Sir Charles Baskerville was in the habit every night before going to bed of walking down the famous yew alley of Baskerville Hall.
neighbour/ˈneɪbɝ/сосед, соседка15 раз в книге
… in truth, his neighbours might have pardoned, seeing that saints have never flourished in those parts …
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/дворецкий, домоправитель, камердинер13 раз в книге
… and his indoor servants at Baskerville Hall consisted of a married couple named Barrymore, the husband acting as butler and the wife as housekeeper.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/очевидно13 раз в книге
“And a man of precise mind, evidently.”
heir/ˈɛɹ/наследник, наследница13 раз в книге
It is well that this is so, for it is obviously of the utmost importance that Sir Charles’s heir should settle at the Hall and continue the good work which has been so sadly interrupted.
telegram/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæm/депеша, телеграмма12 раз в книге
You will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you are looking for it.
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/необыкновенный, своеобразный12 раз в книге
When Dr. Mortimer had finished reading this singular narrative he pushed his spectacles up on his forehead and stared across at Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
keen/ˈkin/интенсивный, резкий, сильный12 раз в книге
He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to give publicity to his methods.
presume/pɹɪˈzum/предполагать, предположить12 раз в книге
I presume that it is Mr. Sherlock Holmes whom I am addressing and not—”
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/уединённый, безлюдный, одинокий12 раз в книге
… as I walked back along the grey, lonely road, that my friend might soon be freed from his preoccupations and able to come down to take this heavy burden of responsibility from my shoulders.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/миля11 раз в книге
With the exception of Mr. Frankland, of Lafter Hall, and Mr. Stapleton, the naturalist, there are no other men of education within many miles.
yonder/ˈjɑndɝ/вон там, там11 раз в книге
“A false step yonder means death to man or beast.
mire/ˈmaɪɝ/топь, трясина11 раз в книге
“The mire has him.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/скоро11 раз в книге
The moon shone clear above them, and they rode swiftly abreast, taking that course which the maid must needs have taken if she were to reach her own home.
granite/ˈɡɹænət/гранит11 раз в книге
In a very few hours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer …
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/покраснеть11 раз в книге
His dark brows knitted and his face flushed to a dusky red as he spoke.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/чёрт, бес, дьявол11 раз в книге
… as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for …
beast/ˈbist/зверь, бестия, животное11 раз в книге
… a great, black beast, shaped like a hound …
moorland/ˈmʊɹˌɫænd/верещатник10 раз в книге
But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/Центр10 раз в книге
The moon was shining bright upon the clearing, and there in the centre lay the unhappy maid where she had fallen, dead of fear and of fatigue.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/меланхолия10 раз в книге
Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood there rose in the distance a grey, melancholy hill, with a strange jagged summit …
exceedingly/ɪkˈsidɪŋɫi/крайне10 раз в книге
I had observed some newspaper comment at the time, but I was exceedingly preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in my anxiety to oblige the Pope I lost touch with several interesting English cases.
lurk/ˈɫɝk/поджидать, таиться10 раз в книге
… on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast …
boulder/ˈboʊɫdɝ/валун10 раз в книге
Still steadily rising, we passed over a narrow granite bridge and skirted a noisy stream which gushed swiftly down, foaming and roaring amid the grey boulders.
hut/ˈhət/хижина, лачуга, халупа10 раз в книге
As you look at their grey stone huts against the scarred hillsides you leave your own age behind you, and if you were to see a skin-clad …
vague/ˈveɪɡ/неопределённый, нечёткий, неясный10 раз в книге
Through the haze I had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips.
cabmanкэбмен9 раз в книге
“It puts him in the power of the cabman.”
naturalist/ˈnætʃɝəɫəst/натуралист, натуралистка9 раз в книге
There is a house indicated here which may be the residence of the naturalist—Stapleton, if I remember right, was his name.
gloom/ˈɡɫum/тьма, мгла, мрак9 раз в книге
“The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose name has been mentioned as the probable Liberal candidate for Mid-Devon at the next election, has cast a gloom over the county.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/страшный, ужасный, кошмарный9 раз в книге
… Mr. Holmes, he was honestly convinced that a dreadful fate overhung his family, and certainly the records which he was able to give of his ancestors were not encouraging.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/сигара9 раз в книге
That night he went out as usual for his nocturnal walk, in the course of which he was in the habit of smoking a cigar.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/после, потом, впоследствии9 раз в книге
An instant afterwards he gave a little cry of satisfaction, and …
countryside/ˈkəntɹiˌsaɪd/сельский|сельская местность, деревня, село9 раз в книге
Being himself childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole countryside should, within his own lifetime …
dull/ˈdəɫ/глупый, матовый, тусклый9 раз в книге
A dull light shone through heavy mullioned windows, and from the high chimneys which rose from the steep, high-angled roof there sprang a single black column of smoke.
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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