«Остров сокровищ»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
Treasure Island
40 слов из книги «Остров сокровищ» (Роберт Льюис Стивенсон): 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.
squire/ˈskwaɪɹ/господин99 раз в книге
And, now I come to think of it, I might as well ride round there myself and report to him or squire.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/плыть, плыть под парусами57 раз в книге
And indeed bad as his clothes were and coarsely as he spoke, he had none of the appearance of a man who sailed before the mast, but seemed like a mate or skipper accustomed to be obeyed or to strike.
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока53 раза в книге
Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn till he had drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.
treasure/ˈtɹɛʒɝ/сокровище, клад, драгоценность44 раза в книге
What I want to know is this: Supposing that I have here in my pocket some clue to where Flint buried his treasure, will that treasure amount to much?”
stockade/ˈstɑˌkeɪd/палисад, частокол37 раз в книге
From the ship we could see nothing of the house or stockade, for they were quite buried among trees …
ashore/əˈʃɔɹ/на берегу37 раз в книге
… knew all the seafaring men in Bristol, had lost his health ashore, and wanted a good berth as cook to get to sea again.
aboard/əˈbɔɹd/на борт, на борт|борту34 раза в книге
… I will!—to that eternal doctor swab, and tell him to pipe all hands—magistrates and sich—and he’ll lay ’em aboard at the Admiral Benbow—all old Flint’s crew, man and boy …
mate/ˈmeɪt/друг, приятель, товарищ32 раза в книге
Much company, mate?”
buccaneer/ˌbəkəˈniɹ/пират28 раз в книге
“It’s the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness …
anchorage/ˈæŋkɝədʒ/якорная стоянка28 раз в книге
… names of hills and bays and inlets, and every particular that would be needed to bring a ship to a safe anchorage upon its shores.
schooner/ˈskunɝ/шхуна28 раз в книге
You never imagined a sweeter schooner—a child might sail her—two hundred tons; name, Hispaniola.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/считать27 раз в книге
But you’re able to hear, I reckon; leastways, your ears is big enough.
fancy/ˈfænsi/каприз, прихоть, причуда27 раз в книге
And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/греметь, громыхать, грохотать26 раз в книге
The captain had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy.
mutineer/ˌmjutəˈnɪɹ/бунтовщик, мятежник, повстанец24 раза в книге
There was nothing left for me but death by starvation or death by the hands of the mutineers.
coracle/ˈkɔɹəkəɫ/рыбачья лодка, сплетённая из ивняка и обтянутая кожей или брезентом24 раза в книге
I had not then seen a coracle, such as the ancient Britons made …
crutch/ˈkɹətʃ/костыль24 раза в книге
His left leg was cut off close by the hip, and under the left shoulder he carried a crutch, which he managed with wonderful dexterity, hopping about upon it like a bird.
musket/ˈməskət/мушкет23 раза в книге
‘As for you, Benjamin Gunn,’ says they, ‘here’s a musket,’ they says, ‘and a spade, and pick-axe.
stern/ˈstɝn/строгий, суровый23 раза в книге
“Now, Morgan,” said Long John very sternly, “you never clapped your eyes on that Black—Black Dog before, did you, now?”
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/свистеть, свистнуть23 раза в книге
I remember him looking round the cove and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards:
seaman/ˈsimən/матрос21 раз в книге
When a seaman did put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for Bristol) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour …
pistol/ˈpɪstəɫ/пистолет, пушка21 раз в книге
All they would do was to give me a loaded pistol lest we were attacked, and to promise to have horses ready saddled in case we were pursued on our return …
tide/ˈtaɪd/прилив, отлив19 раз в книге
“Why, by the powers,” cried Long John, “if we do, we’ll miss the morning tide!”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/север18 раз в книге
… but above all, three crosses of red ink—two on the north part of the island, one in the southwest—and beside this last …
meantime/ˈminˌtaɪm/между тем, тем временем18 раз в книге
In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we all knew to mean silence.
bless/ˈbɫɛs/благословить, благословлять18 раз в книге
And here, sure enough, is my mate Bill, with a spy-glass under his arm, bless his old ’art, to be sure.
cutlass/ˈkətɫəs/абордажная сабля, сабля, тесак17 раз в книге
The captain had risen earlier than usual and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of the old blue coat, his brass telescope under his arm …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/матрос, мореплаватель, моряк17 раз в книге
He sprang to his feet, drew and opened a sailor’s clasp-knife, and balancing it open on the palm of his hand, threatened to pin the doctor to the wall.
mast/ˈmæst/мачта, машта16 раз в книге
But now I find that every man before the mast knows more than I do.
mat/ˈmæt/коврик, мат, подстилка16 раз в книге
I been in places hot as pitch, and mates dropping round with Yellow Jack, and the blessed land a-heaving like the sea with earthquakes—what do the doctor know of lands like that?—and I lived on rum …
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/реветь, рычать16 раз в книге
On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms …
anchor/ˈæŋkɝ/якорь16 раз в книге
She lies at anchor, ready for sea.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/бриз, ветерок16 раз в книге
and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/цвет лица15 раз в книге
He was breathing very loud and hard, but his eyes were closed and his face a horrible colour.
coxswainрулевой15 раз в книге
And the coxswain, Israel Hands, was a careful, wily, old, experienced seaman who could be trusted at a pinch with almost anything.
mile/ˈmaɪɫ/миля14 раз в книге
Although the breeze had now utterly ceased, we had made a great deal of way during the night and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the south-east of the low eastern coast.
gig/ˈɡɪɡ/гичка14 раз в книге
A turn ashore’ll hurt nobody—the boats are still in the water; you can take the gigs, and as many as please may go ashore for the afternoon.
spit/ˈspɪt/наплевать, плевать, плюнуть14 раз в книге
It did all our hearts good to see him spit in his hand, knit his brows, and make the blade sing through the air.
haul/ˈhɔɫ/волочить, тянуть14 раз в книге
“We was a-talkin’ of keel-hauling,” answered Morgan.
fool/ˈfuɫ/балбес, болван, глупец14 раз в книге
That doctor’s a fool, I tell you.
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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