Sherlock Holmes'un Maceraları: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, «Sherlock Holmes'un Maceraları» 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.
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/farklıkitapta 33 kez
… of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/ankitapta 31 kez
It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front.
goose/ˈɡus/kazkitapta 27 kez
“I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,” observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.
coronet/ˈkɔɹəˈnɛt/taçkitapta 25 kez
The lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum which I have asked.
keen/ˈkin/ateşli, coşkulu, öfkelikitapta 25 kez
… and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
maid/ˈmeɪd/hizmetçikitapta 25 kez
… shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air of a man who was thoroughly at home.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/bozkitapta 24 kez
He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat …
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/fayton, arabakitapta 22 kez
It is her carriage.
stepfather/ˈstɛpˌfɑðɝ/üvey babakitapta 21 kez
“Your father,” said Holmes, “your stepfather, surely, since the name is different.”
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/reklam, ilan, duyurukitapta 21 kez
As he glanced down the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper flattened out upon his knee …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/renkkitapta 19 kez
If my hair would only change colour, here’s a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.’
peculiar/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/tuhaf, olağandışıkitapta 19 kez
Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’
fancy/ˈfænsi/sanırımkitapta 19 kez
Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/sabahkitapta 18 kez
“If you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o’clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you.”
deduce/dɪˈdus/sonuç çıkarmakkitapta 18 kez
“I see it, I deduce it.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/sonra, sonraları, daha sonrakitapta 18 kez
Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/ortakitapta 17 kez
… who had stepped from her carriage, was the centre of a little knot of flushed and struggling men, who struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milkitapta 17 kez
… has referred the case to me, and hence it is that two middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly digesting their breakfasts at home.”
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/dehşet verici, dehşetli, korkunçkitapta 17 kez
It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/puro, sigarakitapta 17 kez
… he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
geese/ˈɡis/kazlarkitapta 17 kez
“Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese,” said he.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/anında, derhâl, hemenkitapta 17 kez
It was instantly opened by a bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/çalışmakkitapta 16 kez
“The man who wrote it was presumably well to do,” I remarked, endeavouring to imitate my companion’s processes.
armchair/ˈɑɹmˌtʃɛɹ/koltukkitapta 16 kez
… but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/küçük kapakkitapta 16 kez
Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a letter.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/korkutmakkitapta 16 kez
She was so frightened by their violence that she ran away and told her mother when she reached home that she had left the two McCarthys quarrelling near Boscombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to fight.
ventilator/ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪtɝ/vantilatörkitapta 15 kez
You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/mahzenkitapta 15 kez
Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
lane/ˈɫeɪn/dar yol, patikakitapta 15 kez
“I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/albaykitapta 14 kez
At the time of the war he fought in Jackson’s army, and afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/merdiven, basamakkitapta 13 kez
A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door.
gem/ˈdʒɛm/mücevherkitapta 13 kez
A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no trace of them could be found …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/onurkitapta 12 kez
Whom have I the honour to address?”
madam/ˈmædəm/efendim, hanımefendi, madamkitapta 12 kez
“My dear madam,” said I, “I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I can very well see that no apology is needed.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/afyonkitapta 12 kez
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, was much addicted to opium.
fasten/ˈfæsən/dikmekkitapta 12 kez
she cried, glancing from one to the other of us, and finally, with a woman’s quick intuition, fastening upon my companion, “I am so glad that you have come.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/aceletenkitapta 12 kez
He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him.
weary/ˈwɪɹi/yorgunkitapta 12 kez
My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position …
stain/ˈsteɪn/boyamakkitapta 12 kez
That trick of staining the fishes’ scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China.
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/ıslık çalmakkitapta 12 kez
Holmes whistled.
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