Mutlu Prens ve Başka Masallar: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde, «Mutlu Prens ve Başka Masallar» 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.
wheelbarrow/ˈhwiɫˌbɛɹoʊ/el arabasıkitapta 19 kez
I am going to bring them into the market and sell them to the Burgomaster’s daughter, and buy back my wheelbarrow with the money.’
thorn/ˈθɔɹn/dikenkitapta 12 kez
You must sing to me with your breast against a thorn.
blossom/ˈbɫɑsəm/çiçek, baharkitapta 12 kez
His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the rose of his desire …
ruby/ˈɹubi/yakutkitapta 9 kez
He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
weep/ˈwip/ağlamakkitapta 8 kez
“Why are you weeping then?”
plank/ˈpɫæŋk/kalaskitapta 7 kez
‘I can easily put it in repair, as I have a plank of wood in the house.’
till/ˈtɪɫ/kadarkitapta 7 kez
Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the Swallow picked off, till the Happy Prince looked quite dull and grey.
mend/ˈmɛnd/onarmak, tamir etmekkitapta 6 kez
… looking at it, ‘and I am afraid that after I have mended my barn-roof there won’t be any left for you to mend the wheelbarrow with; but …
delightful/dɪˈɫaɪtfəɫ/iç açıcıkitapta 6 kez
“This is a delightful spot,” he said, “we must ask the Hail on a visit.”
pluck/ˈpɫək/yolmakkitapta 6 kez
So the Swallow plucked out the Prince’s eye, and flew away to the student’s garret.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/kükremekitapta 6 kez
They have eyes like green beryls, and their roar is louder than the roar of the cataract.”
bride/ˈbɹaɪd/gelinkitapta 6 kez
And a delicate flush of pink came into the leaves of the rose, like the flush in the face of the bridegroom when he kisses the lips of the bride.
sack/ˈsæk/çuvalkitapta 6 kez
“There was the Miller with a large sack of flour on his back.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/onurkitapta 5 kez
She is embroidering passion-flowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the Queen’s maids-of-honour to wear at the next Court-ball.
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/harikakitapta 5 kez
“Dear little Swallow,” said the Prince, “you tell me of marvellous things, but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women.
scarlet/ˈskɑɹɫət/kızılkitapta 5 kez
“He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores.
lantern/ˈɫæntɝn/fener, fanuskitapta 5 kez
He passed over the river, and saw the lanterns hanging to the masts of the ships.
selfish/ˈsɛɫfɪʃ/bencil, egoist, hodbinkitapta 5 kez
She thinks merely of music, and everybody knows that the arts are selfish.
ditch/ˈdɪtʃ/hendekkitapta 5 kez
But you must lend me your lantern, as the night is so dark that I am afraid I might fall into the ditch.’
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/cevher, değerli taş, mücevherkitapta 5 kez
Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/homurdanma, homurtu, mırıldanmakitapta 5 kez
he murmured, “will you let me kiss your hand?”
soar/ˈsɔɹ/uçmakkitapta 5 kez
Suddenly she spread her brown wings for flight, and soared into the air.
barn/ˈbɑɹn/ahır, ambarkitapta 5 kez
said the Miller; ‘why, that is just what I want for the roof of my barn.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/kılıçkitapta 5 kez
Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, will you not bring her the ruby out of my sword-hilt?
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/sabahkitapta 4 kez
“To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/bozkitapta 4 kez
He was dressed in grey, and his breath was like ice.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/don, ayaz, soğukkitapta 4 kez
Then the snow came, and after the snow came the frost.
bridegroom/ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹum/damat, güvey, güveyikitapta 4 kez
It was a magnificent ceremony, and the bride and bridegroom walked hand in hand under a canopy of purple velvet embroidered with little pearls.
quack/ˈkwæk/vaklamakkitapta 4 kez
“Quack, quack, quack,” she said.
selfishness/ˈsɛɫfɪʃnəs/bencillik, egoistlik, hodbinlikkitapta 4 kez
The Reed used to like the rain, but that was merely her selfishness.”
violet/ˈvaɪəɫɪt/menekşekitapta 4 kez
He is leaning over a desk covered with papers, and in a tumbler by his side there is a bunch of withered violets.
petal/ˈpɛtəɫ/taç yaprakkitapta 4 kez
And on the top-most spray of the Rose-tree there blossomed a marvellous rose, petal following petal, as song followed song.
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/cübbekitapta 4 kez
The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak, and the Frost painted all the trees silver.
fireworks/ˈfaɪɹˌwɝks/havai fişek gösterisikitapta 4 kez
The last item on the programme was a grand display of fireworks, to be let off exactly at midnight.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/bozmak, mahvetmekkitapta 4 kez
She has let her matches fall in the gutter, and they are all spoiled.
cough/ˈkɑf/öksürükkitapta 4 kez
Suddenly, a sharp, dry cough was heard, and they all looked round.
magnificent/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/muhteşemkitapta 4 kez
It was certainly a magnificent display.
drown/ˈdɹaʊn/boğmakkitapta 4 kez
cried the old Water-rat; “they really deserve to be drowned.”
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/merdivenkitapta 4 kez
So he jumped off the ladder, and ran down the garden, and looked over the wall.
spray/ˈspɹeɪ/filizkitapta 4 kez
In the centre of the grass-plot was standing a beautiful Rose-tree, and when she saw it she flew over to it, and lit upon a spray.
Anlamlar: WikDict, English to Turkish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Telaffuz: ipa-dict (MIT), Vikisözlük verisinden.
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