«Странное превращение Ганны Стаббс»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
The strange transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs
40 слов из книги «Странное превращение Ганны Стаббс» (Флоренс Марриет): 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, вскрикивать101 раз в книге
he exclaimed, in English, which was quite intelligible, though rather broken, “and have you come to cheer my solitude?
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/покуда50 раз в книге
… and preserved the dignity of his birth, even whilst pursuing an occupation which is considered to place a man beyond the pale of Society.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/домовладелица, хозяйка39 раз в книге
“Anyways I must go,” observed the landlady, as he disappeared, “for that gal of mine is so stupid I can’t trust her to do a single thing alone.
commence/kəˈmɛns/начинать, начинаться32 раза в книге
… and with dried herbs and other mysterious preparations from a drawer, commenced to separate them into measured portions and to crumble them into a bowl.
cure/ˈkjʊɹ/лечить, вылечить, излечить26 раз в книге
said the Professor, “trust yourself to the Doctor and me and we’ll cure you of this nonsense.
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока24 раза в книге
“Wait till you have heard what I have to tell you, Steinberg, and you will acknowledge that I am right.
fool/ˈfuɫ/дурачиться23 раза в книге
I found her making the kitchen table hop round the room yesterday, and when I told her not to be fooling like a child of five year old, she said she hadn’t touched it.
sichтакой22 раза в книге
I’ve never been in sich a dark ’ole in all my life!
pore/ˈpɔɹ/тщательно изучать, корпеть22 раза в книге
… that I know but little of your doings, except that you shut yourself up in that little room for half the night and sit up poring over old books and manuscripts, long after you should be in bed and asleep.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/спрашивать, справляться22 раза в книге
he inquired; “do you not understand?”
supper/ˈsəpɝ/ужин22 раза в книге
… though I believe he’s sometimes sorely put-to to find the money, and every evenin’ he’s ’ome by eight o’clock and has his bit of supper and puts his light out by ten, but arter that—well!
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/небольшой дом22 раза в книге
The consternation which this mysterious epistle caused in the cottage home in Settlefield, may be better imagined than described.
ignorant/ˈɪɡnɝənt/тёмный, невежественный, неграмотный21 раз в книге
We have all been young, Mrs. Battleby, and all been ignorant and wilful and done silly things.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/чёрт, бес, дьявол21 раз в книге
If devils, then also my Leonora, to speak with whom I have been promised over and over again, and feel I only want more power to accomplish.”
aforepref. прежде, выше20 раз в книге
I often wish I’d been dead afore they’ve come after me!”
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/ступенька, лестница19 раз в книге
And so saying, he passed her and ran lightly up the stairs.
maid/ˈmeɪd/горничная, служанка19 раз в книге
“Mrs. Battleby, my good friend, I want to speak with you, on behalf of your little maid, Hannah!
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/испугать, напугать, пугать19 раз в книге
… if she had only cried, or seemed frightened, or sorry …
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/вниз, внизу, на нижнем этаже16 раз в книге
… as she piled all the plates and dishes on the top of one another, preparatory to making a grand smash if she should happen to slip going downstairs again.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/любознательность16 раз в книге
“And do you really believe that your dead wife will be able by the aid of Magic to return to you in bodily shape and satisfy your curiosity on this subject?”
allay/əˈɫeɪ/смягчить15 раз в книге
… if only for a moment, and allay his bitter fears by one means or the other.
fancy/ˈfænsi/мечта, фантазия15 раз в книге
You work so hard all day and permit this morbid fancy to occupy your tired brain by night, until it has become in a measure, diseased.
interpose/ˌɪntɝˈpoʊz/вмешиваться, вставлять, перебивать14 раз в книге
“But if evil spirits, then also good,” interposed the Professor eagerly, “you surely would not deny the same power to all those departed this earth.
coarse/ˈkɔɹs/вульгарный, грубый, необработанный14 раз в книге
Her bosom was unusually developed for so young a girl—her face was broad and flat—her mouth wide—her nose short and turned-up, and her colour coarse and high.
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/замечательный13 раз в книге
This is very marvellous!”
mortal/ˈmɔɹtəɫ/смертный13 раз в книге
… that have had nothing to do with this earth, but who yet can and do come to the aid of those mortals who solicit their assistance.
deceive/dɪˈsiv/обманывать, обмануть13 раз в книге
“Not if she were false,” cried the Professor, “I would kill her over again this moment, if she deceived me!
bargain/ˈbɑɹɡən/сделка13 раз в книге
Of course I did, and would have killed her lover into the bargain, but that he escaped before I could lay hands on him.
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/опознать12 раз в книге
An old woman whom I cannot recognise, seems to have taken her place the last few days.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/дошлый, коварный, лукавый12 раз в книге
These brainless creatures are sometimes uncommonly cunning.”
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/благожелательно, добродушно12 раз в книге
asked the Professor, kindly, “your brother?”
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/стонать12 раз в книге
Leonora seemed further off than ever, and he groaned in spirit to think she might be so near, and yet he was unable to communicate with her …
dull/ˈdəɫ/глупый, матовый, тусклый12 раз в книге
she answered, in a dull, low voice …
tray/ˈtɹeɪ/поднос, лоток, поддон12 раз в книге
… putting the key in his pocket, and by the time Mrs. Battleby appeared with the supper tray, the two friends were talking gaily of a new drama that had just created some sensation in the town.
grasp/ˈɡɹæsp/схватывать, схватить, хватать12 раз в книге
“I can see that you are weary,” said the young doctor, as he grasped his hand, “and more than that, Signor, you are weak.
uncouth/ˈənˈkuθ/грубый, неотёсанный11 раз в книге
Taken altogether, she was uncouth, but there was an innocence and simplicity in her gaze which was very attractive when one had the time to discover it.
physicразг. давать лекарство11 раз в книге
But if you wants to ’ave ’er up here of an evening, and physic ’er and all that sort of thing, why I don’t like to refuse a offer made in kindness …
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/умный, изобретательный, искусный11 раз в книге
He was a German of the name of Steinberg, and the profession of medicine—a clever fellow who was rising fast, and knew how to make the best of his opportunities.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/завтрашний день, следующий день, утро10 раз в книге
To-morrow, perhaps, I may be able to judge more calmly.
apparition/ˌæpɝˈɪʃən/призрак, привидение10 раз в книге
A few minutes’ patience was rewarded by the same apparition standing in the doorway, and holding out, as it seemed, its hand toward the Doctor.
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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