«Загадка Плимутского экспресса»: 22 слова, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The Plymouth Express Affair
22 слова из книги «Загадка Плимутского экспресса» (Агата Кристи): 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.
maid/ˈmeɪd/горничная, служанка14 раз в книге
My daughter traveled alone in her carriage, which was reserved as far as Bristol, her maid being in a third-class carriage in the next coach.”
monsieur/məsˈjɝ/месье10 раз в книге
“I accept, monsieur, all the more willingly that I saw your daughter in Paris several times.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/драгоценность10 раз в книге
… with several balls, and in consequence my daughter had with her nearly all her jewels—amounting in value perhaps, to about a hundred thousand dollars.”
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/госпожа, хозяйка8 раз в книге
She could have tea in the refreshment-room, but she was to wait at the station for her mistress, who would return to Bristol by an up-train in the course of the afternoon.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/карета, воз, повозка8 раз в книге
Lieutenant Simpson had the carriage to himself.
accomplice/əˈkɑmpɫəs/клеврет, подельник, подельница5 раз в книге
Now, Mr. Halliday, let me introduce you to Grace Kidd, otherwise Jane Mason, who will shortly rejoin her accomplice, Red Narky, under the kind escort of Japp.”
luggage/ˈɫəɡədʒ/кладь, багаж, поклажа5 раз в книге
She directed Mason to get out the luggage and put it in the cloak-room.
compartment/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/отделение, купе, отсек5 раз в книге
N., stepped from the platform at Newton Abbot into a first-class compartment of the Plymouth Express.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/не влезает4 раза в книге
“Why the devil wont it go in?”
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/камера хранения4 раза в книге
She put the luggage in the cloak-room and had some tea.
chloroform/ˈkɫɔɹəˌfɔɹm/анестетик хлороформ3 раза в книге
Yes, chloroform; that was it!
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/доллар3 раза в книге
He’d pretty well run through his own money on the turf, and I should imagine old man Halliday’s dollars came along in the nick of time.
scoundrel/ˈskaʊndɹəɫ/мерзавец, выродок, гадина3 раза в книге
I should say that for a good-looking, well-mannered, utterly unscrupulous young scoundrel, it would be hard to find his match!”
footman/ˈfʊtmən/лакей3 раза в книге
Halliday rang the bell, and gave a short order to the footman.
toqueток3 раза в книге
“She was wearing a white fox fur toque, sir, with a white spotted veil, and a blue frieze coat and skirt—the shade of blue they call electric.”
millionaire/ˌmɪɫjəˈnɛɹ/миллионер, миллионерша3 раза в книге
The millionaire hesitated for a moment, and then replied.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/бормотать, мычать3 раза в книге
“That good Inspector believes in matter in motion,” murmured Poirot as our friend departed.
stab/ˈstæb/удар, прокалывание, прокол3 раза в книге
A young naval officer returning to Plymouth found under the seat of his compartment, the body of a woman, stabbed through the heart.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/громко3 раза в книге
For answer he took up the newspaper and read aloud:
suitcase/ˈsutˌkeɪs/чемодан3 раза в книге
A porter followed him with a heavy suitcase.
fourteen/ˈfɔɹˈtin/четырнадцать3 раза в книге
She left London by the twelve-fourteen from Paddington, arriving at Bristol (where she had to change) at two-fifty.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/нахмурить бровь|брови, хмурить бровь|брови, насупиться3 раза в книге
Then he sniffed vaguely, and frowned.
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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