«Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
40 слов из книги «Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда» (Robert Louis Stevenson): 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.
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/дворецкий, домоправитель, камердинер12 раз в книге
The solemn butler knew and welcomed him; he was subjected to no stage of delay, but ushered direct from the door to the dining-room where Dr. Lanyon sat alone over his wine.
theatre/ˈθiətɝ/театр11 раз в книге
… to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
cheque/ˈtʃɛk/чек10 раз в книге
… in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning and come out with another man’s cheque for close upon a hundred pounds.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/трассант10 раз в книге
From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: “And you don’t know if the drawer of the cheque lives there?”
seal/ˈsiɫ/печать, пломба10 раз в книге
… but no cards or papers, except a sealed and stamped envelope, which he had been probably carrying to the post …
maid/ˈmeɪd/горничная, служанка9 раз в книге
A maid servant living alone in a house not far from the river, had gone upstairs to bed about eleven.
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/убийца, душегуб, киллер9 раз в книге
The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/любознательность9 раз в книге
… almost an inordinate, curiosity to behold the features of the real Mr. Hyde.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/выражение лица8 раз в книге
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold …
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/опознать8 раз в книге
Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she was surprised to recognise in him a certain Mr. Hyde, who had once visited her master and for whom she had conceived a dislike.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/зажёгший8 раз в книге
Street after street and all the folks asleep—street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church—till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.
scarce/ˈskɛɹs/едва8 раз в книге
I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/колер7 раз в книге
He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/спрашивать, справляться7 раз в книге
he inquired at last.
disappearance/ˌdɪsəˈpiɹəns/исчезновение, пропажа7 раз в книге
“And now one word more: it was Hyde who dictated the terms in your will about that disappearance?”
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/испугать, напугать, пугать7 раз в книге
He might see a reason for his friend’s strange preference or bondage (call it which you please) and even for the startling clauses of the will.
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока7 раз в книге
‘Set your mind at rest,’ says he, ‘I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.’
conscience/ˈkɑnʃəns/совесть7 раз в книге
Ah, it’s an ill conscience that’s such an enemy to rest!
draught/ˈdɹæft/лекарство6 раз в книге
Let me but escape into my laboratory door, give me but a second or two to mix and swallow the draught that I had always standing ready; and whatever he had done …
pang/ˈpæŋ/боль, внезапный, укол6 раз в книге
I put him back, conscious at his touch of a certain icy pang along my blood.
hatred/ˈheɪtɹəd/ненависть6 раз в книге
… in the mind of the unimpressionable Enfield, a spirit of enduring hatred.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/бедствие, беда6 раз в книге
I never saw a man so distressed as you were by my will; unless it were that hide-bound pedant, Lanyon, at what he called my scientific heresies.
stamp/ˈstæmp/топать, топнуть6 раз в книге
And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane …
deformity/dɪˈfɔɹməti/деформация5 раз в книге
He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point.
hitherto/ˈhɪˌðɝˈtu/до сих пор, доныне, поднесь5 раз в книге
And hitherto it was his ignorance of Mr. Hyde that had swelled his indignation; now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/честь5 раз в книге
I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world.
slumber/ˈsɫəmbɝ/дрёма, сон5 раз в книге
… black as it was, was nearly ripe for the conception of the day—the inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber; and I determined …
din/ˈdɪn/шум5 раз в книге
or shall I give you a light in the dining-room?”
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/необыкновенный, своеобразный5 раз в книге
It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
shudder/ˈʃədɝ/дрожь, содрогание5 раз в книге
But tonight there was a shudder in his blood; the face of Hyde sat heavy on his memory …
stature/ˈstætʃɝ/рост5 раз в книге
“Is this Mr. Hyde a person of small stature?”
doom/ˈdum/гибель, кончина, смерть5 раз в книге
And yet when Utterson remarked on his ill looks, it was with an air of great firmness that Lanyon declared himself a doomed man.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/скоро5 раз в книге
He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then of the figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor’s …
tempt/ˈtɛmpt/искусить, искушать, прельстить5 раз в книге
It was unlikely that the doctor should fear death; and yet that was what Utterson was tempted to suspect.
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/безнадёжность, отчаяние, тлен5 раз в книге
But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/дрожать, трепетать, трястись5 раз в книге
But Lanyon’s face changed, and he held up a trembling hand.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/прятать, скрывать, спрятать5 раз в книге
Ah, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, pede claudo, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault.”
fancy/ˈfænsi/каприз, прихоть, причуда5 раз в книге
… in which he was now left alone, was a pet fancy of his friend the doctor’s; and Utterson himself was wont to speak of it as the pleasantest room in London.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/зарево, свечение, сияние5 раз в книге
… as the colour grows richer in stained windows; and the glow of hot autumn afternoons on hillside vineyards, was ready to be set free and to disperse the fogs of London.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/неудачный5 раз в книге
… complaining of his exclusion from the house, and asking the cause of this unhappy break with Lanyon; and the next day brought him a long answer …
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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