Kızıl Dosya: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle, «Kızıl Dosya» kitabında bu 40 kelimeyi tekrar tekrar kullanıyor ve hiçbiri İngilizcenin en sık 4.000 kelimesi arasında değil. Önceden öğrenirseniz ilk bölümler çok daha kolay okunur. Her kelimenin telaffuzu, anlamı ve kitaptan bir cümlesi var.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/açıkçakitapta 15 kez
It is evidently the theory of some arm-chair lounger who evolves all these neat little paradoxes in the seclusion of his own study.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/zehir, ağıkitapta 14 kez
“I have to be careful,” he continued, turning to me with a smile, “for I dabble with poisons a good deal.”
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/katilkitapta 13 kez
“Then, of course, this blood belongs to a second individual—presumably the murderer, if murder has been committed.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/kır saçlıkitapta 12 kez
The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/ankitapta 12 kez
In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar.
stain/ˈsteɪn/leke, lekelerkitapta 11 kez
Don’t you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains.
keen/ˈkin/düşkün, hevesli, isteklikitapta 10 kez
The old woman faced round and looked keenly at him from her little red-rimmed eyes.
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/vahşi, azgın, azılıkitapta 10 kez
So powerful and so fierce was he, that the four of us were shaken off again and again.
whip/ˈhwɪp/çekip çıkarmakkitapta 10 kez
As he spoke, he whipped a tape measure and a large round magnifying glass from his pocket.
waggonyük vagonukitapta 9 kez
You say over them ones that you used to say every night in the waggon when we was on the Plains.”
astonishment/əˈstɑnɪʃmənt/sürpriz, şaşkınlık, şaşırtıkitapta 9 kez
I asked in astonishment.
savage/ˈsævədʒ/vahşikitapta 8 kez
… of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs …
deduction/dɪˈdəkʃən/tümdengelim, talilkitapta 8 kez
I pondered over our short conversation, however, and endeavoured to draw my deductions from it.
utter/ˈətɝ/konuşmakkitapta 8 kez
… and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting-room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night.
boulder/ˈboʊɫdɝ/kaya taşıkitapta 8 kez
“Why not here, as well as in a feather bed, twenty years hence,” he muttered, as he seated himself in the shelter of a boulder.
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/şaşırtmakkitapta 8 kez
So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer.
dull/ˈdəɫ/sıkıcıkitapta 8 kez
As for myself, I was silent, for the dull weather and the melancholy business upon which we were engaged, depressed my spirits.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/çabalamakkitapta 7 kez
… when I confess how much this man stimulated my curiosity, and how often I endeavoured to break through the reticence which he showed on all that concerned himself.
speedily/ˈspidəɫi/hızlakitapta 7 kez
… are both engaged upon the case, and it is confidently anticipated that these well-known officers will speedily throw light upon the matter.
wanderer/ˈwɑndɝɝ/gezginkitapta 7 kez
They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/merdiven, basamakkitapta 7 kez
“We have it all here,” said Gregson, pointing to a litter of objects upon one of the bottom steps of the stairs.
unravel/ənˈɹævəɫ/çözmekkitapta 7 kez
Under these circumstances, I eagerly hailed the little mystery which hung around my companion, and spent much of my time in endeavouring to unravel it.
hail/ˈheɪɫ/selamlamakkitapta 7 kez
In old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be delighted to see me.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/reklam, ilan, duyurukitapta 7 kez
“I have had advertisements sent to all the newspapers, and one of my men has gone to the American Exchange, but he has not returned yet.”
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/puro, sigarakitapta 7 kez
He was more than six feet high, was in the prime of life, had small feet for his height, wore coarse, square-toed boots and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/korkutmakkitapta 7 kez
John Rance sprang to his feet with a frightened face and suspicion in his eyes.
fancy/ˈfænsi/heveskitapta 7 kez
“No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.”
vague/ˈveɪɡ/belirsiz, anlaşılmaz, bulanıkkitapta 7 kez
There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.”
seldom/ˈsɛɫdəm/az, nadirenkitapta 7 kez
Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/gizemli, esrarlıkitapta 7 kez
The other belonged to the dining-room, which was the apartment in which the mysterious affair had occurred.
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/yalnız, gariban, garipkitapta 7 kez
The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.
coloured/ˈkəɫɝd/renklikitapta 6 kez
It was familiar ground to me, and I needed no guiding as we ascended the bleak stone staircase and made our way down the long corridor with its vista of whitewashed wall and dun-coloured doors.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/yarınkitapta 6 kez
“Call for me here at noon to-morrow, and we’ll go together and settle everything,” he answered.
haired/ˈhɛɹd/saçlıkitapta 6 kez
On another occasion an old white-haired gentleman had an interview with my companion; and on another a railway porter in his velveteen uniform.
constable/ˈkɑnstəbəɫ/polis memurukitapta 6 kez
The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers …
telegraph/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæf/telgraf çekmekkitapta 6 kez
“We telegraphed this morning.”
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milkitapta 6 kez
Nothing more is known of them until Mr. Drebber’s body was, as recorded, discovered in an empty house in the Brixton Road, many miles from Euston.
resolute/ˈɹɛzəˌɫut/azimli, dirençli, kararlıkitapta 6 kez
Beside the driver there sat a man who could not have been more than thirty years of age, but whose massive head and resolute expression marked him as a leader.
maiden/ˈmeɪdən/bakirekitapta 6 kez
Least of all does the maiden herself know it until the tone of a voice or the touch of a hand sets her heart thrilling within her, and she learns …
clatter/ˈkɫætɝ/takır tukurkitapta 6 kez
There rose through the clear air a confused clattering and rumbling from this great mass of humanity, with the creaking of wheels and the neighing of horses.
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