Demokrasi: Sahte mi, Gerçek mi?: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
Democracy—false or true?
Sir W. B. Richmond, «Demokrasi: Sahte mi, Gerçek mi?» 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.
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/iş, emekkitapta 92 kez
Obviously, the gods thought well of labour and the labourer both loved and feared the gods.
wag/ˈwæɡ/ücretlerkitapta 38 kez
If wages reach an extravagant sum, capital will not find the money to pay them.
leisure/ˈɫɛʒɝ/artan zamankitapta 33 kez
Before Labour is fit to govern it must learn how to use leisure.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/asil, soylukitapta 30 kez
a very noble art going hand in hand with “modern” economies and created in a primitive age, as we call it.
idle/ˈaɪdəɫ/aylak, atıl, avarekitapta 29 kez
In the period of exercise to gain some experience capital would be wasted; it might be gambled away or spent in hours of idle self-indulgence.
ignorant/ˈɪɡnɝənt/cahilkitapta 26 kez
One thing, however, is pretty certain; he will be as good or evil, ignorant or learned, as he chooses.
neighbour/ˈneɪbɝ/komşukitapta 23 kez
… and, having done that as the first duty to his neighbour and to himself as an honourable man, he must have proved by the good use of his hours of leisure that he is in earnest …
workman/ˈwɝkmən/işçikitapta 23 kez
… our workmen still saw straight according to their ancient traditions as yet unbroken, as yet deaf to “catch words” from noisy rhetoric out of the mouths of ignorant and mischievous leaders inflated by vanity and rendered blind by egotism and desire for power over a more ignorant but clear-thinking workman.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/zehir, ağıkitapta 23 kez
Iron, steel, explosives, every poison upon the Pharmacy List, every evil pulsation of the heart were German weapons.
agriculture/ˈæɡɹɪˌkəɫtʃɝ/tarım, ziraat, ekincilikkitapta 23 kez
Demeter was the goddess of corn, the protectress of agriculture.
craftsmanship/ˈkɹæfsmənˌʃɪp/ustalıkkitapta 22 kez
What was the meaning of all this superb beauty of labour and craftsmanship?
industrious/ˌɪnˈdəstɹiəs/gayretlikitapta 21 kez
If a man is industrious he has trained himself to be so by acting upon a theory which he has found to be advantageous.
primitive/ˈpɹɪmətɪv/ilkelkitapta 20 kez
We still think of Apollo as the primitive author and forerunner of all that Greece became.
prevail/pɹiˈveɪɫ/ağır basmakkitapta 20 kez
It prevailed!
cease/ˈsis/bitmek, durmakkitapta 20 kez
When reason and peaceful persuasion cease to avail, powder and shot have to be used, and sometimes unmercifully!
instinct/ˈɪnstɪŋkt/içgüdü, insiyak, sevkitabiikitapta 20 kez
There is a great deal to be said for emotion, it is our strongest instinct.
artificial/ˌɑɹtəˈfɪʃəɫ/yapay, sunikitapta 20 kez
It is evident whatever artificial light they used was smokeless, because the ceiling and walls are not discoloured.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/saygıkitapta 19 kez
Thus have they done it honour.
discontent/dɪskənˈtɛnt/hoşnutsuzlukkitapta 19 kez
And yet somehow, although perhaps they cannot define it, they feel a want, a yearning for something better, and it is that which makes their souls discontented, hard, and unsympathetic.
industrialismsanayicilikkitapta 17 kez
… the voices of the winds, even the wild utterances of beasts of the forest than the shrieks of machinery of which industrialism is so proud.
craftsman/ˈkɹæfsmən/zanaatçı, sanatkâr, ustakitapta 17 kez
… from a straw bed, from a girl of the people and a craftsman.
tyranny/ˈtɪɹəni/zulüm, zorbalıkkitapta 17 kez
Licence is, in fact, the grossest form of tyranny.
worship/ˈwɝʃəp/tapmak, ibadet etmek, tapınmakkitapta 17 kez
… for fear of vengeance from the God of Light, whom they worshipped.
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/kabul etmekkitapta 15 kez
… and they are quite capable to do that, will recognise that to preach “equality” is one thing; it sounds attractive …
folly/ˈfɑɫi/aptallıkkitapta 15 kez
What folly it is when it is regarded coolly, rationally and with common sense!
cultivate/ˈkəɫtəˌveɪt/ekmekkitapta 15 kez
First comes the open country, freely cultivated, then the city …
agitator/ˈædʒəˌteɪtɝ/ajitatörkitapta 14 kez
The most prominent agitators fell as victims to their cruelties and misdeeds.
squalor/ˈskwɑɫɝ/sefaletkitapta 14 kez
I have lived long enough to have seen the agriculture of our dear country productive and the people, relatively to now, content; when squalor was a far rarer spectacle than now.
starve/ˈstɑɹv/açlıktan ölmekkitapta 14 kez
Doubtless starving.
desirable/dɪˈzaɪɝəbəɫ/istenen şeykitapta 14 kez
It is likely that the desirable, according to my philosophy, would be the undesirable to many, perhaps, just now, most people!
genius/ˈdʒinjəs/dehakitapta 14 kez
… these monuments to the skill, industry and genius of Egyptian craftsmen 4,000 years ago stand as an example to us moderns, who at present show no signs of handing their genius down even to a dozen generations.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/ortakitapta 13 kez
All the pagan gods emanate from the Divine centre, be it Olympus, Rome, or Jerusalem.
selfish/ˈsɛɫfɪʃ/bencil, egoist, hodbinkitapta 13 kez
… to please their followers whom they have coerced, would advocate a purely class and selfish policy which might lead to civil war, of all wars the one which is certainly soul-killing.
erect/ɪˈɹɛkt/kurmakkitapta 13 kez
They thought thus to obliterate His teaching, to wipe out the Ideal He taught, the Utopia He would erect—a kingdom of the soul that He would revive in the materialistic Roman decay.
neglect/nəˈɡɫɛkt/ihmal etmekkitapta 13 kez
We, the English, were growing idle, neglecting agriculture, buying from foreign markets instead of creating our own.
goods/ˈɡʊdz/malkitapta 12 kez
The agricultural labourer is helping to feed his country, the craftsman is making desirable and durable goods for his own as well as foreign markets, and they must be the best he can turn out to his honour!
simplicity/sɪmˈpɫɪsəti/basitlikkitapta 12 kez
In their efforts to codify it and convert its simplicity into dogmatic and puzzling creeds, upon acceptance of which or not depends the salvation or damnation of the human race …
attain/əˈteɪn/ulaşmakkitapta 12 kez
If it were possible to attain equality it would ruin the world; it would paralyse effort; it would reduce mankind to a system of self-indulgence, lassitude, and, finally, to imbecility.
peasant/ˈpɛzənt/köylü, dışarlıklı, taşralıkitapta 12 kez
Apollo the Healer was to give way before the child of a Nazarene peasant and a humble carpenter.
labourerçalışankitapta 11 kez
Think of it, farmers, agricultural labourers, and all who live on and by the land!
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