«Белые ночи»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
White nights, and other stories
40 слов из книги «Белые ночи» (Фёдор Достоевский): 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.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/завтрашний день, следующий день, утро76 раз в книге
I am being redecorated to-morrow;" or, "I was almost burnt down and had such a fright," and so on.
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока48 раз в книге
… I like it too, and I won't drive you away till I get home."
lodgerжилец, жилица, квартирант46 раз в книге
… well, there moved into our upper storey a new lodger."
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/после, потом, впоследствии44 раза в книге
… only two words, even though we never meet again afterwards!...
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/пристыженный, совестно, стыдно43 раза в книге
It seemed as though Petersburg threatened to become a wilderness, so that at last I felt ashamed, mortified and sad that I had nowhere to go for the holidays and no reason to go away.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/испугать, напугать, пугать42 раза в книге
… always silent and splenetic, who frightened them, while timid as children they hid their love from each other?
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/оскорблять, обидеть, обижать37 раз в книге
You are not capable of insulting, even in thought, her who so loved and so loves you.'"
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/восторг, наслаждение, удовольствие35 раз в книге
I know them intimately, I have almost made a study of their faces, and am delighted when they are gay, and downcast when they are under a cloud.
spite/ˈspaɪt/враждебность, злость, недоброжелательность35 раз в книге
As soon as it struck nine o'clock I could not stay indoors, but put on my things, and went out in spite of the weather.
haste/ˈheɪst/спешка31 раз в книге
The girl flew straight as an arrow, with the timid haste one sees in all girls who do not want any one to volunteer to accompany them home at night, and no doubt the staggering gentleman would not have pursued her …
timid/ˈtɪmɪd/боязливый, застенчивый, несмелый31 раз в книге
… the same pale face, the same meek and timid movements, and even signs of remorse …
positively/ˈpɑzətɪvɫi/положительно30 раз в книге
Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society …
utterly/ˈətɝɫi/абсолютно29 раз в книге
I have lived, as they say, keeping myself to myself, that is, utterly alone—alone, entirely alone.
fond/ˈfɑnd/любить, нравиться28 раз в книге
Why do you suppose he is so fond of his four walls, which are invariably painted green, grimy, dismal and reeking unpardonably of tobacco smoke?
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/безнадёжность, отчаяние, тлен27 раз в книге
I cried jumping up from the seat in utter despair.
fancy/ˈfænsi/мечта, фантазия27 раз в книге
perhaps it was my fancy....
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/приступ, прилив26 раз в книге
… neither where he is going nor where he is standing now, and flushing with vexation he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/непрерывно26 раз в книге
… the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen …
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/вздор, абсурд, ахинея25 раз в книге
Not to talk nonsense, as I did yesterday.
goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/добродетель25 раз в книге
Oh, my goodness!
fool/ˈfuɫ/балбес, болван, глупец25 раз в книге
… taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/домовладелица, хозяйка24 раза в книге
They were all landladies, that....
absurd/əbˈsɝd/нелепый, абсурдный24 раза в книге
A type is an original, it's an absurd person!"
instant/ˈɪnstənt/мгновение, момент24 раза в книге
But forgive me that a doubt has stolen—if only for one instant—into my heart.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/честь23 раза в книге
Anyway, gentlemen, I shall welcome both views as an honour and a special favour.
quiver/ˈkwɪvɝ/дрожать, трепетать, трястись23 раза в книге
She tried to smile, to calm herself, but her chin was quivering and her bosom was still heaving.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/дрожать, трепетать, трястись23 раза в книге
She took my arm without a word, still trembling with excitement and terror.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/достоинство23 раза в книге
I should live at ease, I should die with dignity, why, it is charming, perfectly charming!
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/наслаждение, удовольствие22 раза в книге
… I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/обаяние, очарование, чары22 раза в книге
It was such a charming little brick house, it looked so hospitably at me, and so proudly at its ungainly neighbours, that my heart rejoiced whenever I happened to pass it.
ache/ˈeɪk/болеть21 раз в книге
it made my heart ache....
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/противоположный21 раз в книге
"No, nothing, nothing, quite the contrary.
nasty/ˈnæsti/гадкий, мерзкий, неприятный21 раз в книге
My servant is an old country-woman, ill-natured from stupidity, and, moreover, there is always a nasty smell about her.
crush/ˈkɹəʃ/подавлять21 раз в книге
… why I was not able to entertain my visitor, and why I was crushed under the weight of my own hospitality?"
bless/ˈbɫɛs/благословить, благословлять21 раз в книге
I have almost struck up a friendship with one old man whom I meet every blessed day, at the same hour in Fontanka.
sob/ˈsɑb/всхлипывать, всхлипнуть, рыдать20 раз в книге
Surely when the hour of parting came she must have lain sobbing and grieving on his bosom, heedless of the tempest raging under the sullen sky …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/слабый, слабонервный20 раз в книге
So much the better for you; it will give it a faint flavour of romance.
spiteful/ˈspaɪtfəɫ/злой, злобный, злостный19 раз в книге
… making her count the strokes, and I cursed myself for my spiteful impulse; I felt sorry for her …
moan/ˈmoʊn/стонать19 раз в книге
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/вряд ли, еле, еле-еле19 раз в книге
… as though tired or preoccupied with some other more interesting subject, so that he could scarcely spare a glance for anything about him.
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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