«Чьё тело?»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
40 слов из книги «Чьё тело?» (Дороти Ли Сэйерс): 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.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/лорд, вельможа75 раз в книге
“Her Grace has just called up from Denver, my lord.
lordship/ˈɫɔɹdʃɪp/милорд, светлость45 раз в книге
“I believe that’s his lordship just coming in again—if your Grace would kindly hold the line a moment.”
till/ˈtɪɫ/до, до тех пор пока36 раз в книге
“Inspector Sugg said nothing was to be touched till his men came in to move it.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/спрашивать, справляться24 раза в книге
“I didn’t hear Inspector Sugg inquire,” he said, with some agitation.
workhouseист. работный дом18 раз в книге
Died workhouse Monday.
taxi/ˈtæksi/такси, таксомотор18 раз в книге
The taxi man, irritated at receiving this appeal while negotiating the intricacies of turning into Lower Regent Street across the route of a 19 ’bus …
dissect/daɪˈsɛkt/анатомировать, вскрывать, препарировать17 раз в книге
thought one of the young medical gentlemen at the hospital might have brought the corpse round for a joke, as you might say, they always having bodies in the dissecting-room.
deceased/dɪˈsist/мёртвый, покойник, покойница15 раз в книге
He had never seen the deceased before.
corpse/ˈkɔɹps/труп, мертвец, мертвяк13 раз в книге
—if the Church of Rome went to pot or Switzerland invaded Italy—whereas a strange corpse doesn’t turn up in a suburban bathroom more than once in a lifetime—at least, I should think not—at any rate …
beard/ˈbɪɹd/борода, брада13 раз в книге
Oddly enough, though, he would be really extraordinarily like Sir Reuben if he had a beard, and as Lady Levy
inquest/ˈɪnˌkwɛst/расследование12 раз в книге
“I see they adjourned the inquest,” said Parker presently.
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/страшно12 раз в книге
Well, thanks awfully for tellin’ me.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/делать одолжение, сделать одолжение12 раз в книге
Noblesse oblige—for a consideration.
umbrella/ˈəmˌbɹɛɫə/зонт, зонтик12 раз в книге
He walked upstairs, leaving his greatcoat on the hall peg and his umbrella in the stand—you remember how it rained last night.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/вниз, внизу, на нижнем этаже12 раз в книге
… and seeing that it was already a quarter to three, ran briskly downstairs, and …
pauper/ˈpɔpɝ/бедный, бедняк, неимущий11 раз в книге
“Then the man was a pauper from the workhouse?”
brandy/ˈbɹændi/бренди, коньяк11 раз в книге
… and I get that sinking feeling sometimes in the morning, and what with one thing and another I ’ad—had to send the girl for a stiff brandy, or I don’t know what mightn’t have happened.
respectable/ɹiˈspɛktəbəɫ/почтенный, респектабельный, уважаемый11 раз в книге
He’s such a respectable little man—and having the police in the house and so on, really worried him.”
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/бормотать, мычать11 раз в книге
“That’s all, I think,” he murmured to himself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/после, потом, впоследствии11 раз в книге
“I’ll tell you afterwards.
waiter/ˈweɪtɝ/кельнер, официант, официантка11 раз в книге
inquired the waiter of the Honourable Freddy.
rubber/ˈɹəbɝ/резина11 раз в книге
I say, Parker, I suppose yours are rubber-soled.
fool/ˈfuɫ/балбес, болван, глупец11 раз в книге
a bally fool all the time.
cheerfully/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫi/весело10 раз в книге
“Very wise of you,” said Lord Peter, cheerfully.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/чёрт, дьявол10 раз в книге
But as a matter of fact, the man in the bath is no more Sir Reuben Levy than Adolf Beck, poor devil, was John Smith.
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/лестница, стремянка10 раз в книге
There were no ladder marks or footmarks in the yard; the yard was paved with asphalt.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/таинственный, загадочный10 раз в книге
… cheque-book, and—most mysterious and important of all—his spectacles, without which he can’t see a step …
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/опознать9 раз в книге
The little book off the night table, my lord, has only the marks of one set of fingers—there’s a little scar on the right thumb which makes them easy recognised.
cistern/ˈsɪstɝn/бачок9 раз в книге
Me and my wife sleep next to the cistern-room.
eyeglass/ˈaɪˌɡɫæs/монокль9 раз в книге
… too, except for a pair of eyeglasses, I assure you …
valet/væˈɫeɪ/денщик, камердинер, ординарец9 раз в книге
The valet, cook, parlourmaid, housemaid and kitchenmaid were the only people in the house, and naturally wasted an hour or two squawking and gossiping.
jolly/ˈdʒɑɫi/весёлый9 раз в книге
Gin a body jolly well knows who murdered a body
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/железная дорога9 раз в книге
He’s afraid those railway people will get in now, and then it’ll be all U.
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/стон9 раз в книге
“Any amount,” replied Mr. Bunter, with a groan calculated to appeal to Mr. Graves’s heart and unlock his confidence.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/реклама, анонс, заявление9 раз в книге
“I’ve just put an advertisement in the Times about it,” said Lord Peter.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/бедствие, беда9 раз в книге
… always living very retired, and it’s most distressing to a man of regular habits, my lord …
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/сенсация9 раз в книге
To go in for cheap sensations
uncommonly/ˌənˈkɑmənɫi/замечательно, удивительно8 раз в книге
“I’m sure it must have been uncommonly distressin’,” said Lord Peter, sympathetically, “especially comin’ like that before breakfast.
beastly/ˈbistˌɫi/животный, звериный8 раз в книге
What a beastly foggy night, ain’t it?
linoleum/ɫəˈnoʊɫiəm/линолеум8 раз в книге
Her visitor placed on the table a basket, containing a water-bottle, a silver-backed hair-brush, a pair of boots, a small roll of linoleum, and the “Letters of a Self-made
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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