O Kız Montana: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
That Girl Montana
Marah Ellis Ryan, «O Kız Montana» 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.
squawkarıkitapta 75 kez
She was giving the money and some directions to the Indian, when a word from a squaw drew her attention to the river.
canoe/kəˈnu/kano, kayıkkitapta 55 kez
Why, I have gone alone in a canoe on a longer trail than we floated over, and I think I will again some day.
utter/ˈətɝ/konuşmakkitapta 33 kez
… after a cool glance at them all, she walked directly past them and spoke to the tall Indian who had first uttered her name to the others.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/nazikçekitapta 31 kez
Then the color swept upward over her face 11 as she met his kindly glance, and drawing herself a little straighter, she walked indifferently away.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/sanırımkitapta 27 kez
I reckon you folks heard how Lee Holly—toughest man in the 3 length of the Columbia—was wiped off the living earth by her last week.”
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/kızarmakkitapta 27 kez
The man she called Max bent his head and whispered something to her, at which her face flushed just a little and a tiny wrinkle crept between her straight, beautiful brows.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/sabahkitapta 26 kez
“To-morrow I would ask that Black Bow and the chief Akkomi eat at our table.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/tuhafkitapta 26 kez
While I was waiting for—Dan,” she said in a queer tone, and bent her head over the clay image.
miner/ˈmaɪnɝ/madencikitapta 24 kez
“Some miner rushing down to see the train go by,” remarked Mr. Haydon; but the girl did not answer.
helpless/ˈhɛɫpɫəs/âcizkitapta 23 kez
… and swam out to the little fellow who had struggled to keep his head above water, but was fast growing helpless in the chill of the mountain river.
till/ˈtɪɫ/-e kadarkitapta 23 kez
He prates about civilization and Eastern culture till I get weary sometimes.
clasp/ˈkɫæsp/kenetlenmekkitapta 21 kez
Her face grew even more pale, and her hands clasped each other nervously.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/açıkçakitapta 21 kez
… and was carried bodily up to one of the lodges, while another squaw—evidently the mother—carried the little redskin who had caused all the commotion.
guardian/ˈɡɑɹdiən/gardiyan, korumakitapta 21 kez
murmured Mr. Lyster, as he eyed the stalwart form of the retreating guardian, who was so bent on guarding.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/homurdanma, homurtu, mırıldanmakitapta 21 kez
she muttered, and all the color and bravado were gone from her face …
heap/ˈhip/çokkitapta 20 kez
Young ones of any sort do take a heap of looking after.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/titremek, ürpermekkitapta 20 kez
Oh, well, never mind,” he added, as he saw the red mouth tremble, and tears show in her eyes as she looked at him.
clay/ˈkɫeɪ/kilkitapta 20 kez
At first all he could see were the hands—hands playing with a bit of wet clay—or so it seemed to him.
assent/əˈsɛnt/kabul etmek, onaylamak, rıza göstermekkitapta 19 kez
“We heard she was cleared of it,” assented the stranger.
commence/kəˈmɛns/başlamak, açmak, başlatmakkitapta 18 kez
“Only don’t commence by disliking, that’s all …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/haykırmakkitapta 18 kez
“Well, now, he is good-natured to take it like that, and speak so beautiful,” she exclaimed, admiringly; “and you surely did try any man’s patience, Mr. Dan.
fancy/ˈfænsi/sanmakkitapta 18 kez
“If my stepson at times forgets what is due a gentleman in your house, do not fancy that I reflect on you in the slightest for it.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/bozmak, mahvetmekkitapta 17 kez
“In fact, I’m afraid she’ll be a nuisance, and spoil our jolly good time all the way home.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dolarkitapta 16 kez
I’d rather lose a thousand dollars than meet them now!
paddle/ˈpædəɫ/kürekkitapta 16 kez
He was not using the paddle, and his chin was resting on one clenched hand, while in the other he held something to which he was giving earnest attention.
brow/ˈbɹaʊ/alınkitapta 16 kez
He looked at her moodily from under his dark brows, and noticed the color flutter over her cheek and throat in an adorable way.
curt/ˈkɝt/kısakitapta 15 kez
With this curt reply, she turned her shoulder very coolly on the searcher for information.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/akşam yemeğikitapta 15 kez
I’d give half my supper to know if she has killed herself with that ice-bath.”
ward/ˈwɔɹd/mahcur, mehcur, musikitapta 15 kez
She’s a ward of mine.”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/kuzeyekitapta 14 kez
That it had become the one topic of general interest in the community was due partly to the personality of the girl, and partly to the fact that the murdered man had been one of the most notorious in all that wild land extending north and west into British Columbia.
impatience/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəns/sabırsızlıkkitapta 14 kez
said the other man, with a sort of impatience.
earnest/ˈɝnɪst/ciddi, coşkun, heveslikitapta 14 kez
’Tana saw Mr. Haydon among them, in earnest conversation with the conductor; saw Max …
keen/ˈkin/düşkün, hevesli, isteklikitapta 14 kez
Even the Indians were aroused from their lethargy, and watched with keen curiosity the approaching canoes.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/şeytan, İbliskitapta 14 kez
“I didn’t hear a word he said to her; but his eyes spoke strongly enough, poor devil!
fool/ˈfuɫ/salak, ahmak, aptalkitapta 14 kez
“He—he might have thought it was nice, if you hadn’t been here with your fool speeches.
careless/ˈkɛɹɫəs/ihmalci, ihmalkâr, umursamazkitapta 13 kez
Her gaze rested lightly on the two strangers and their trophies of the chase, on the careless ferryman, and the few stragglers from the ranch and the cabins.
bead/ˈbid/boncukkitapta 13 kez
… making remarks about the Indians, admiring particularly one boy’s beaded dress, and garnishing her remarks with a good deal of slang.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/kaşlarını çatmakkitapta 13 kez
And it was not a woman at all,—only a girl of perhaps sixteen years instead—who shrank back into the gloom, and frowned on him with great, dark …
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/büyülemekkitapta 13 kez
… or so fittingly and picturesquely dressed, for Mr. Maxwell Lyster was artist enough to make the most of his many good points and to exhibit them all with charming unconsciousness.
tramp/ˈtɹæmp/yürümekkitapta 12 kez
… with their trophies of elk-horn and beaver paws, with their scarred outfit and a general air of elation gained from a successful “outing,” tramped down to the 2 little station after a last lingering view toward far hunting grounds.
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