Seksen Günde Devriâlem: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne, «Seksen Günde Devriâlem» 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.
steamer/ˈstimɝ/buharlı gemikitapta 109 kez
From Suez to Bombay, by steamer ....................
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milkitapta 68 kez
It is thirteen hundred and ten miles from Suez to Aden, at the other end of the Red Sea, and she has to take in a fresh coal supply.”
sail/ˈseɪɫ/yelkenkitapta 46 kez
She had a hundred and sixty-eight hours in which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north-west, and all sails aiding the engine.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/demir yolu, şimendiferkitapta 35 kez
“But that doesn’t take into account bad weather, contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on.”
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/filkitapta 35 kez
Mosques, minarets, temples, fakirs, pagodas, tigers, snakes, elephants!
traveller/ˈtɹævəɫɝ/yolcu, gezgin, seyyahkitapta 34 kez
… with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities …
robber/ˈɹɑbɝ/soyguncu, harami, hırsızkitapta 30 kez
“On the contrary,” broke in Ralph, “I hope we may put our hands on the robber.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/ele vermekkitapta 30 kez
… exactitude personified, and this was betrayed even in the expression of his very hands and feet; for in men …
wager/ˈweɪdʒɝ/iddiakitapta 28 kez
But I would wager four thousand pounds that such a journey, made under these conditions, is impossible.”
pagoda/pəˈɡoʊdə/pagoda, uzakdoğu tapınağıkitapta 27 kez
… its Armenian churches, and the noble pagoda on Malabar Hill, with its two polygonal towers—he cared not a straw to see them.
locomotive/ˌɫoʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/lokomotifkitapta 27 kez
Just then the locomotive gave a sharp screech, and the train passed out into the darkness of the night.
eighty/ˈeɪti/seksenkitapta 27 kez
On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shaving-water at eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit instead of eighty-six; and he was awaiting his successor …
consul/ˈkɑnsəɫ/konsoloskitapta 25 kez
One was the British consul at Suez, who …
steam/ˈstim/buhar, buğu, islimkitapta 25 kez
… ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon the waters of the Red Sea.
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/alçalmak, inmekkitapta 25 kez
… he carefully shut the door of his room, and descended to Mr. Fogg.
warrant/ˈwɔɹənt/tutuklama emrikitapta 23 kez
Send without delay warrant of arrest to Bombay.
midst/ˈmɪdst/ortakitapta 23 kez
The train stopped, at eight o’clock, in the midst of a glade some fifteen miles beyond Rothal, where there were several bungalows, and workmen’s cabins.
quay/ˈkeɪ/rıhtım, iskelekitapta 22 kez
Little by little the scene on the quay became more animated; sailors of various nations, merchants, ship-brokers, porters, fellahs, bustled to and fro as if the steamer were immediately expected.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/onurkitapta 21 kez
“We will trust your word, as a gentleman of honour.”
eleven/ˈiɫɛvən/on bir, artığınkitapta 21 kez
… and he was awaiting his successor, who was due at the house between eleven and half-past.
sledge/ˈsɫɛdʒ/kızakkitapta 20 kez
“No; on a sledge,” replied Fix.
passport/ˈpæsˌpɔɹt/pasaport, buyruldukitapta 20 kez
… and, if you will examine my passport when I get back, you will be able to judge whether I have accomplished the journey agreed upon.”
conductor/kənˈdəktɝ/kondüktörkitapta 20 kez
The conductor, passing along the carriages, shouted, “Passengers will get out here!”
till/ˈtɪɫ/kadar, -e kadarkitapta 19 kez
… exactly at which hour Phileas Fogg rose, till half-past eleven, when he left the house for the Reform Club—all the details of service …
whistvist oyunukitapta 18 kez
His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist.
voyage/ˈvɔɪədʒ/seyahatkitapta 18 kez
It is a ten days’ voyage by sea.”
worthy/ˈwɝði/layıkkitapta 18 kez
And the worthy fellow returned the watch to its fob with a defiant gesture.
ruin/ˈɹuən/kalıntı, harabe, viranekitapta 18 kez
Meanwhile the “Mongolia” was pushing forward rapidly; on the 13th, Mocha, surrounded by its ruined walls whereon date-trees were growing, was sighted, and on the mountains beyond were espied vast coffee-fields.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/ankitapta 17 kez
… precisely like that in Mr. Fogg’s bedchamber, both beating the same second at the same instant.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/yatıştırmak, dindirmek, sakinleştirmekkitapta 17 kez
Whether she would find a protector in him she could not tell; but Mr. Fogg essayed to calm her anxieties, and to assure her that everything would be mathematically—he used the very word—arranged.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/feda etmekkitapta 17 kez
I have two days, which I have already gained, to sacrifice.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/sabahkitapta 16 kez
The woman you have just seen will be burned to-morrow at the dawn of day.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/neredeyse hiçkitapta 16 kez
… without ever shedding blood; there was a period when this part of the country could scarcely be travelled over without corpses being found in every direction.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/gizlemekkitapta 16 kez
An English criminal, you know, is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/tanımakkitapta 15 kez
When Passepartout reached the second story he recognised at once the room which he was to inhabit, and he was well satisfied with it.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/kuzey, şimalkitapta 15 kez
… which means in Arabic “The Bridge of Tears,” and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal.
rajahrajakitapta 15 kez
A considerable portion of India is still free from British authority; and there are certain ferocious rajahs in the interior who are absolutely independent.
madam/ˈmædəm/efendim, hanımefendi, madamkitapta 15 kez
… “It is an accident, madam; nothing more.”
utter/ˈətɝ/haykırmakkitapta 15 kez
Just as the train was whirling through Sydenham, Passepartout suddenly uttered a cry of despair.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/açıkçakitapta 15 kez
The detective was evidently inspired by the hope of obtaining the splendid reward which would be the prize of success, and awaited with a feverish impatience …
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