Baskerville'lerin Köpeği: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle, «Baskerville'lerin Köpeği» 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.
moor/ˈmʊɹ/kırkitapta 159 kez
… for by the aid of the growth of ivy which covered (and still covers) the south wall she came down from under the eaves, and so homeward across the moor, there being three leagues betwixt the Hall and her father’s farm.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/av köpeğikitapta 69 kez
… more drunken than the rest, cried out that they should put the hounds upon her.
baronet/ˈbɛɹənət/baronetkitapta 48 kez
Our clients were punctual to their appointment, for the clock had just struck ten when Dr. Mortimer was shown up, followed by the young baronet.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/ankitapta 34 kez
At the last instant came this terrible catastrophe.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/bozkitapta 22 kez
… which jutted out between two keen, grey eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/sakalkitapta 18 kez
At that instant I was aware of a bushy black beard and a pair of piercing eyes turned upon us through the side window of the cab.
alley/ˈæɫi/dar sokak, geçit, pasajkitapta 16 kez
Sir Charles Baskerville was in the habit every night before going to bed of walking down the famous yew alley of Baskerville Hall.
neighbour/ˈneɪbɝ/komşukitapta 15 kez
… in truth, his neighbours might have pardoned, seeing that saints have never flourished in those parts …
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/kahyakitapta 13 kez
… and his indoor servants at Baskerville Hall consisted of a married couple named Barrymore, the husband acting as butler and the wife as housekeeper.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/açıkçakitapta 13 kez
“And a man of precise mind, evidently.”
heir/ˈɛɹ/mirasçı, vâriskitapta 13 kez
It is well that this is so, for it is obviously of the utmost importance that Sir Charles’s heir should settle at the Hall and continue the good work which has been so sadly interrupted.
telegram/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæm/telgrafkitapta 12 kez
You will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you are looking for it.
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/farklıkitapta 12 kez
When Dr. Mortimer had finished reading this singular narrative he pushed his spectacles up on his forehead and stared across at Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
keen/ˈkin/ateşli, coşkulu, öfkelikitapta 12 kez
He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to give publicity to his methods.
presume/pɹɪˈzum/sanmakkitapta 12 kez
I presume that it is Mr. Sherlock Holmes whom I am addressing and not—”
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/tenha, ıssızkitapta 12 kez
… as I walked back along the grey, lonely road, that my friend might soon be freed from his preoccupations and able to come down to take this heavy burden of responsibility from my shoulders.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milkitapta 11 kez
With the exception of Mr. Frankland, of Lafter Hall, and Mr. Stapleton, the naturalist, there are no other men of education within many miles.
yonder/ˈjɑndɝ/oradakikitapta 11 kez
“A false step yonder means death to man or beast.
mire/ˈmaɪɝ/batak, bataklıkkitapta 11 kez
“The mire has him.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/aceletenkitapta 11 kez
The moon shone clear above them, and they rode swiftly abreast, taking that course which the maid must needs have taken if she were to reach her own home.
granite/ˈɡɹænət/granitkitapta 11 kez
In a very few hours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer …
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/kızarmakkitapta 11 kez
His dark brows knitted and his face flushed to a dusky red as he spoke.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/şeytan, İbliskitapta 11 kez
… as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for …
beast/ˈbist/hayvan, canavarkitapta 11 kez
… a great, black beast, shaped like a hound …
moorland/ˈmʊɹˌɫænd/bozkırkitapta 10 kez
But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/ortakitapta 10 kez
The moon was shining bright upon the clearing, and there in the centre lay the unhappy maid where she had fallen, dead of fear and of fatigue.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/hüzün, melankoli, durgunlukkitapta 10 kez
Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood there rose in the distance a grey, melancholy hill, with a strange jagged summit …
exceedingly/ɪkˈsidɪŋɫi/son derecekitapta 10 kez
I had observed some newspaper comment at the time, but I was exceedingly preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in my anxiety to oblige the Pope I lost touch with several interesting English cases.
lurk/ˈɫɝk/gözetlemekkitapta 10 kez
… on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast …
boulder/ˈboʊɫdɝ/kaya taşıkitapta 10 kez
Still steadily rising, we passed over a narrow granite bridge and skirted a noisy stream which gushed swiftly down, foaming and roaring amid the grey boulders.
hut/ˈhət/kulübekitapta 10 kez
As you look at their grey stone huts against the scarred hillsides you leave your own age behind you, and if you were to see a skin-clad …
vague/ˈveɪɡ/belirsiz, anlaşılmaz, bulanıkkitapta 10 kez
Through the haze I had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips.
cabmanarabacıkitapta 9 kez
“It puts him in the power of the cabman.”
naturalist/ˈnætʃɝəɫəst/doğa bilimcikitapta 9 kez
There is a house indicated here which may be the residence of the naturalist—Stapleton, if I remember right, was his name.
gloom/ˈɡɫum/karanlıkkitapta 9 kez
“The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose name has been mentioned as the probable Liberal candidate for Mid-Devon at the next election, has cast a gloom over the county.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/dehşet verici, dehşetli, korkunçkitapta 9 kez
… Mr. Holmes, he was honestly convinced that a dreadful fate overhung his family, and certainly the records which he was able to give of his ancestors were not encouraging.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/puro, sigarakitapta 9 kez
That night he went out as usual for his nocturnal walk, in the course of which he was in the habit of smoking a cigar.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/sonra, sonraları, daha sonrakitapta 9 kez
An instant afterwards he gave a little cry of satisfaction, and …
countryside/ˈkəntɹiˌsaɪd/kırkitapta 9 kez
Being himself childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole countryside should, within his own lifetime …
dull/ˈdəɫ/kör, küt, matkitapta 9 kez
A dull light shone through heavy mullioned windows, and from the high chimneys which rose from the steep, high-angled roof there sprang a single black column of smoke.
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