«Принц и нищий»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The Prince and the Pauper
40 слов из книги «Принц и нищий» (Марк Твен): 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.
thou/ˈðaʊ/ты206 раз в книге
“Mind thy manners, thou young beggar!”
thee/ˈði/тебе, тебя, тобой137 раз в книге
“Tom Canty, an’ it please thee, sir.”
prince/ˈpɹɪns/принц, королевич, царевич100 раз в книге
… and smarting from a thrashing, he unleashed his imagination and soon forgot his aches and pains in delicious picturings to himself of the charmed life of a petted prince in a regal palace.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/лорд, вельможа65 раз в книге
… unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tending him and watching over him—and not caring, either.
royal/ˈɹɔɪəɫ/королевский, царский50 раз в книге
Privately, after a while, Tom organised a royal court!
rag/ˈɹæɡ/тряпьё, ветошь, лохмотья40 раз в книге
But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his presence.
till/ˈtɪɫ/пока не, до тех пор36 раз в книге
and so bravely dressed!—and there be plays wherein they that play do shout and fight till all are slain, and ’tis so fine to see …
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/покуда34 раза в книге
My mother died whilst I was yet a boy.
palace/ˈpæɫəs/дворец, чертог34 раза в книге
… lovely road, past the great cardinal’s stately palace, toward a far more mighty and majestic palace beyond—Westminster.
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/грация, изящество30 раз в книге
Thou speakest well; thou hast an easy grace in it.
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/вскоре, скоро28 раз в книге
… also, presently began to discuss Tom Canty, and to regard him as a most gifted and extraordinary creature.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/бормотать, бубнить, бурчать28 раз в книге
He kept muttering to himself, “Offal Court—that is the name …
clothe/ˈkɫoʊð/облачать, облачить, одеть25 раз в книге
They were good-hearted girls, unclean, clothed in rags, and profoundly ignorant.
throne/ˈθɹoʊn/трон, престол, стол25 раз в книге
Then followed such a thing as England had never seen before—the sacred person of the heir to the throne rudely buffeted by plebeian hands, and set upon and torn by dogs.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/воскликнуть, восклицать, вскрикивать24 раза в книге
Lifting up his hands, he exclaimed—
crown/ˈkɹaʊn/корона, венец24 раза в книге
… with none to rebuke me or forbid, meseemeth I could forego the crown!”
doth/ˈdɔθ/уст. 3-е л. ед. ч. настоящего времени гл.23 раза в книге
How doth thy mother use thee?”
hermit/ˈhɝmət/отшельник21 раз в книге
The Prince and the hermit.
worship/ˈwɝʃəp/милость21 раз в книге
“Neither to any other is she, so please your worship.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/относящийся к знати21 раз в книге
Splendid carriages, with splendid people in them and splendid servants outside, were arriving and departing by several other noble gateways that pierced the royal enclosure.
liege/ˈɫidʒ/свободный и независимый человек20 раз в книге
“But is it not I that speed him hence, my liege?
cease/ˈsis/прекратиться, прекращаться20 раз в книге
The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place.
mock/ˈmɑk/поддельный18 раз в книге
Daily the mock prince was received with elaborate ceremonials borrowed by Tom from his romantic readings; daily the great affairs of the mimic kingdom were discussed in the royal council …
instant/ˈɪnstənt/мгновение, момент18 раз в книге
The next instant one of the soldiers snatched him rudely away, and sent him spinning among the gaping crowd of country gawks and London idlers.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/достоинство18 раз в книге
The boys stopped their play and flocked about the prince, who said with native dignity—
thyself/ˌðaɪˈsɛɫf/refl. себя, -ся17 раз в книге
Thou wilt not miscall thyself again, as they say thou didst a little while agone?”
honour/ˈɑnɝ/честь17 раз в книге
Is the prince to tarry uninstalled, because, forsooth, the realm lacketh an Earl Marshal free of treasonable taint to invest him with his honours?
majesty/ˈmædʒəsti/величество17 раз в книге
“I have no knowledge of this tongue, so please your majesty.”
bow/ˈbaʊ/кланяться, поклониться17 раз в книге
Next he drew the beautiful sword, and bowed, kissing the blade …
princely/ˈpɹɪnsɫi/княжеский16 раз в книге
By-and-by Tom’s reading and dreaming about princely life wrought such a strong effect upon him that he began to act the prince, unconsciously.
wrought/ˈɹɔt/обработанный, подготовленный16 раз в книге
that he shall cease to speak to any of that lowly birth and life his malady hath conjured out of the unwholesome imaginings of o’er-wrought fancy; that he shall strive with diligence to bring unto his memory again those faces which he was wont to know—and where he faileth he shall hold his peace …
thine/ˈðaɪn/твой16 раз в книге
If that I could but clothe me in raiment like to thine, and strip my feet …
multitude/ˈməɫtəˌtud/масса, множество16 раз в книге
… now, among that multitude of strangers; whereas …
royalty/ˈɹɔɪəɫti/величие, царственность16 раз в книге
… with its gilded bars and its magnificent array of colossal granite lions, and other the signs and symbols of English royalty.
utter/ˈətɝ/выговорить, выговаривать, говорить16 раз в книге
It is not meet that one of my degree should utter the thing.”
noughtничто15 раз в книге
… whensoever any matter shall perplex him as to the thing he should do or the utterance he should make, he shall show nought of unrest to the curious that look on, but take advice in that matter of the Lord Hertford …
reign/ˈɹeɪn/править, царствовать15 раз в книге
He raised himself higher still, and went on with energy, “He is mad; but he is my son, and England’s heir; and, mad or sane, still shall he reign!
obey/oʊˈbeɪ/подчиниться, подчиняться, покориться15 раз в книге
The soldier that had maltreated Tom obeyed promptly; and as the prince burst through the portal …
mercy/ˈmɝsi/милость15 раз в книге
“God requite thy mercy, O my King, and save thee long to bless thy land!”
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/выдать, выдавать15 раз в книге
The King was silent and thoughtful a while, and his face betrayed a growing distress and uneasiness.
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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