Değiştirilmiş Çocuk ve Diğer Öyküler: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
Changeling, and Other Stories
Donn Byrne, «Değiştirilmiş Çocuk ve Diğer Öyküler» 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.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/kuir, queerkitapta 37 kez
"I think to myself: 'This is a queer thing for any one as tough as they tell me Janssen is, to come out with.'
instant/ˈɪnstənt/ankitapta 34 kez
As Officer McCarthy paused for an instant in his story the eyes of the court-room seemed by common consent to turn to Anna Janssen in the dock.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/av köpeğikitapta 29 kez
Forward of him a hundred and fifty yards the hounds were circling around the copse, while the leaders were inside, raising the red fox.
mill/ˈmɪɫ/değirmenkitapta 29 kez
… moist vat, or ground coffee in the red mill that suggested a ceremonial vessel in a Hindu temple.
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/filkitapta 27 kez
And so her great and gorgeous train went on through the desert, crunch of camels' pads, shuffle of marching men, thud of lumbering elephants, screaming of peacocks, chattering of apes....
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/gök gürültüsü, yıldırımkitapta 24 kez
"And then we hear thunder.
lion/ˈɫaɪən/aslan, arslankitapta 24 kez
"See these brass bases, Balkis, with the borders of lions and oxen and cherubim.
immense/ˌɪˈmɛns/kocamankitapta 23 kez
Two South American commonwealths, with the hearts of children and the bravery of men, decided to span the Andes with an immense bridge.
queen/ˈkwin/kraliçe, ece, vezirkitapta 22 kez
… as tall as he, who moved with the slow dignity of a queen.
damn/ˈdæm/lanet olsunkitapta 21 kez
'If I was all alone in the middle of the Pacific, I would n't give a damn, but these here coral insects,' he says …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/homurdanma, homurtu, mırıldanmakitapta 18 kez
she murmured.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/kükremekkitapta 18 kez
"Now, listen to me, men," he roared like a maddened bull.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dolarkitapta 17 kez
The ten or twelve dollars a week he made, and what he got for them, compared very unfavorably with the healthful comfort and clean sea air of home.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/sakalkitapta 17 kez
They turned to the foreman, a fine, florid personage, with a fan-shaped red beard, a man who ought to be equal to every occasion, so it seemed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/titremek, ürpermekkitapta 16 kez
And I could feel her hands tremble, and then crisp, and then tremble, and suddenly grow firm and fine and powerful.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/haysiyet, şerefkitapta 16 kez
Immobile, somehow immaculate, with strange superhuman dignity, she did not blush, she did not smile.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/hayırsever, bereketlikitapta 15 kez
There will be no blight on the milk the cows give, and there will be great luck on the stock of the kindly land.
referee/ˌɹɛfɝˈi/hakemkitapta 15 kez
Before the bell had gone for the first round, before the referee had called them together for instructions, before even the gloves were laced on him …
twilight/ˈtwaɪˌɫaɪt/alacakaranlık, tankitapta 15 kez
The sun was going down and a soft bronze twilight was beginning to settle.
utter/ˈətɝ/çıkarmakkitapta 15 kez
Their wings flapped wearily, and as they flew landward they uttered faint whimpering cries.
jungle/ˈdʒəŋɡəɫ/cengelkitapta 15 kez
These mountains, that composition of jungle, that smashing drop to the turbulent river, the snarling waters themselves—all these were the work of the Great Mason, the detail of his Divine Hand.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/yelkenkitapta 15 kez
They reefed down sail until we were flying along under top and foresails.
huntsman/ˈhəntsmən/avcıkitapta 14 kez
The hounds were being urged in by the pink-coated huntsman.
hush/ˈhəʃ/suskunlaşmak, susmakkitapta 14 kez
"Excellency, from the time she was on it the bridge stopped quivering, the wind hushed.
fox/ˈfɑks/tilkikitapta 14 kez
… the horseman, the hunter of foxes, and she was of a family whose tradition it was never to hunt or harry a fox …
slim/ˈsɫɪm/incekitapta 14 kez
It rose there strong and slim and beautiful and of use to men, but terrible as an army with banners.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/durgun, sakin, dinginkitapta 14 kez
It seemed impossible that this calm, majestic figure could once have acted the siren of the streets to the officer bringing her from her Tahitian sanctuary.
sinister/ˈsɪnɪstɝ/gönlü karakitapta 13 kez
There are houses and lands that are kindly, and places that are sinister, fields that are surly, meadows that are sweetly generous.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/sevgilikitapta 13 kez
One man is proud that his horse whinnies in the stall when he hears the beloved footstep.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/meltem, esinti, rüzgârkitapta 13 kez
A light breeze is in shore.
dawn/ˈdɔn/şafak, seher, tankitapta 13 kez
And I was lying on the sand in the dawn, and Janssen was bathing my head.
cove/ˈkoʊv/kovukkitapta 12 kez
And that cove is full of fish.'
wail/ˈweɪɫ/feryat etmekkitapta 12 kez
and then wailed, "My God!
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/cübbekitapta 12 kez
She has let her hair down and it covers her to the knees in a great shining cloak, like some wonderful fur cloak.
pity/ˈpɪti/acıma, merhamet, şefkatkitapta 12 kez
It's a pity.
tiger/ˈtaɪɡɝ/kaplankitapta 12 kez
Some trainers are born with power over man-eating tigers, some men can handle snakes, some can sooth stampeding cattle.
monk/ˈməŋk/keşiş, rahip, ruhbankitapta 12 kez
She could understand the ideals of an ancient age, when a community of monks called themselves the Pontist Brothers, the Frères Pontifes.
merchant/ˈmɝtʃənt/tüccar, tacirkitapta 12 kez
And the soldier's honor and the sailor's courage, and the writer's fire and the builder's genius—yes, and the dreams of great merchants, too, Lovat grimaced—are curbed and roweled by the huckster's purse.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/hafifkitapta 12 kez
He liked the faint powder on her face, and her carefully cultured eyebrows.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/kuzey, şimalkitapta 11 kez
I look everywhere—north, east, south, and west—and there is nothing but boiling sea, white, muddy, with birds fluttering, or floating in the air.
Anlamlar: WikDict, English to Turkish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Telaffuz: ipa-dict (MIT), Vikisözlük verisinden.
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