Vahşetin Çağrısı: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The call of the wild
Jack London, «Vahşetin Çağrısı» 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.
sled/ˈsɫɛd/kızakkitapta 69 kez
And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.
till/ˈtɪɫ/dek, -e kadarkitapta 38 kez
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
lek/ˈɫɛk/özel adkitapta 30 kez
He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.
husky/ˈhəski/boğukkitapta 30 kez
They were camped near the log store, where she, in her friendly way, made advances to a husky dog the size of a full-grown wolf, though not half so large as she.
wolf/ˈwʊɫf/kurt, börükitapta 27 kez
It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.
mat/ˈmæt/arkadaş, eşkitapta 25 kez
Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress.
whip/ˈhwɪp/kamçı, kırbaçkitapta 24 kez
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/koşumkitapta 22 kez
It was a harness, such as he had seen the grooms put on the horses at home.
breed/ˈbɹid/melezkitapta 20 kez
Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but François was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milkitapta 19 kez
That day they made forty miles, the trail being packed; but the next day, and for many days to follow, they broke their own trail, worked harder, and made poorer time.
snarl/ˈsnɑɹɫ/hırlamakkitapta 19 kez
… he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
howl/ˈhaʊɫ/ulumakkitapta 18 kez
… on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors …
toil/ˈtɔɪɫ/didinmekkitapta 16 kez
These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
limp/ˈɫɪmp/gevşek, cansızkitapta 16 kez
He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.
bull/ˈbʊɫ/boğa, öküzkitapta 16 kez
A band of twenty moose had crossed over from the land of streams and timber, and chief among them was a great bull.
bristle/ˈbɹɪsəɫ/sert kılkitapta 15 kez
And Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes.
yelp/ˈjɛɫp/havlamakkitapta 14 kez
… a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
fang/ˈfæŋ/dişkitapta 13 kez
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/hırlama, hırlamakkitapta 13 kez
But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger’s hands, he growled menacingly.
fore/ˈfɔɹ/önkitapta 12 kez
Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down.
stagger/ˈstæɡɝ/sendelemekkitapta 12 kez
Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.
jerk/ˈdʒɝk/ani hareketkitapta 12 kez
He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
sweater/ˈswɛtɝ/kazak, süveterkitapta 12 kez
A stout man, with a red sweater that sagged generously at the neck, came out and signed the book for the driver.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/cerbeze, kurnazlıkkitapta 11 kez
The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
lash/ˈɫæʃ/kamçıkitapta 11 kez
They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/ankitapta 11 kez
It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/don, ayaz, soğukkitapta 10 kez
He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/kavga, dalaş, çıngarkitapta 10 kez
… for the dog-driver was in constant apprehension of the life-and-death struggle between the two which he knew must take place sooner or later; and on more than one night the sounds of quarrelling and strife among the other dogs turned him out of his sleeping robe, fearful that Buck and Spitz were at it.
moose/ˈmus/sığın, alageyikkitapta 10 kez
The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
whine/ˈhwaɪn/inlemekkitapta 10 kez
He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/kükremekitapta 10 kez
With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/ahşap, kerestelik, ormankitapta 10 kez
… through Sheep Camp, past the Scales and the timber line, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep …
sack/ˈsæk/çuvalkitapta 10 kez
When they put a clothes-sack on the front of the sled, she suggested it should go on the back …
hairy/ˈhɛɹi/kürklü, kıllı, postlukitapta 9 kez
At other times this hairy man squatted by the fire with head between his legs and slept.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/sevinç, mutluluk, neşekitapta 9 kez
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/vahşi, azgın, azılıkitapta 9 kez
After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.
nest/ˈnɛst/yuvakitapta 9 kez
No matter how breathless the air when he dug his nest by tree or bank, the wind that later blew inevitably found him to leeward, sheltered and snug.
pole/ˈpoʊɫ/direk, sırıkkitapta 8 kez
François, guiding the sled at the gee-pole, sometimes exchanged places with him, but not often.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/tayın, azıkkitapta 8 kez
The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.
inch/ˈɪntʃ/inçkitapta 8 kez
Of this offence Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his indiscretion was when Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down.
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