Aytaşı: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins, «Aytaşı» 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.
aunt/ˈænt/hala, teyze, yengekitapta 120 kez
… we have been talking of the loss of the Indian Diamond, in my aunt’s house in Yorkshire, two years since.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/metreskitapta 82 kez
It was all one to me where I went, so long as my mistress and I were together.
till/ˈtɪɫ/kadarkitapta 76 kez
There I lived till Miss Julia married the late Sir John Verinder.
nightgowngecelikkitapta 71 kez
But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna’s things, and have nailed her in that way.
ladyshiphanımkitapta 63 kez
“We gratefully thank your ladyship,” I said; “but we ask your permission to do what is right in this matter by giving up our keys.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/cevher, değerli taş, mücevherkitapta 58 kez
… I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/öfkekitapta 55 kez
A foolish wrangle followed; and Herncastle’s unlucky temper got the better of him.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/sonra, sonraları, daha sonrakitapta 54 kez
… two years ago, and how it came to be lost in little more than twelve hours afterwards.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/afyonkitapta 48 kez
Sometimes they said he was given up to smoking opium and collecting old books; sometimes he was reported to be trying strange things in chemistry …
plainly/ˈpɫeɪnɫi/açıkçakitapta 45 kez
Herncastle’s fiery temper had been, as I could plainly see, exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/yukarıdakitapta 44 kez
When I wanted to go upstairs, there was my wife coming down; or when my wife wanted to go down, there was I coming up.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/onurkitapta 43 kez
And I declare, on my word of honour, that what I am now about to write is, strictly and literally, the truth.
smear/ˈsmɪɹ/lekekitapta 41 kez
says Mr. Superintendent, suddenly pointing to a little smear of the decorative painting on Miss Rachel’s door, at the outer edge, just under the lock.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/anında, derhâl, hemenkitapta 41 kez
… when I know a family plate-basket to be out on a pantry-table, is to be instantly reminded of that basket by the sight of a strolling stranger whose manners are superior to my own.
proceedings/pɹəˈsidɪŋz/olaylarkitapta 39 kez
… except that he was pretty and delicate-looking—the two girls had stolen along the inner side of the hedge between us and the road, and had watched the proceedings of the foreigners on the outer side.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/bun, kaygı, sıkıntıkitapta 39 kez
My mistress came out among us, looking sorely puzzled and distressed.
laudanum/ˈɫɔdənəm/afyon tentürükitapta 34 kez
“Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself?”
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/suçsuzluk, masumiyetkitapta 34 kez
It was no longer a question of quieting my young lady’s nervous excitement; it was a question of proving her innocence.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/mecburkitapta 33 kez
… no doubt, on people who are really obliged to get their living, to be forced to work for the clothes that cover them …
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/sormakkitapta 32 kez
When I inquire what this means, Penelope says, “Fiddlesticks!”
thief/ˈθif/hırsız, harami, karakkitapta 32 kez
Early in the morning, the plunder still going on, General Baird announced publicly by beat of drum, that any thief detected in the fact, be he whom he might, should be hung.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/arakitapta 32 kez
On summoning up my own recollections—and on getting Penelope to help me, by consulting her journal—I find that we may pass pretty rapidly over the interval between Mr. Franklin Blake’s arrival and Miss Rachel’s birthday.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/dehşet verici, dehşetli, korkunçkitapta 31 kez
… in regard to thinking about it, being truly dreadful after my lady had gone away, I applied the remedy which I have never yet found to fail me in cases of doubt and emergency.
privately/ˈpɹaɪvətɫi/kendi kendinekitapta 31 kez
I modestly declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed upon me—and I privately felt, all the time …
quicksand/ˈkwɪkˌsænd/bataklıkkitapta 30 kez
Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/bedbahtkitapta 30 kez
We were not a happy couple, and not a miserable couple.
rouse/ˈɹaʊs/uyandırmakkitapta 29 kez
I was roused up by my daughter Penelope running out at me as if the house was on fire.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/çekmece, gözkitapta 29 kez
One of the drawers inside was pulled out as far as it would go.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/aşağıkitapta 28 kez
I went downstairs with the message, of which I took the liberty of presenting a new and amended edition of my own contriving …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/denizci, kalyoncu, gemicikitapta 28 kez
It is a case (as a sailor would say) of very fine steering.
juggler/ˈdʒəɡəɫɝ/jonglörkitapta 27 kez
She wanted to have the three Indian jugglers instantly taken up; for this reason …
pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/afkitapta 27 kez
“One of them (if you will pardon my mentioning it) was never keeping to the matter in hand.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/bulup çıkarmakkitapta 26 kez
The only difficulty is to fetch out the dates, in the first place.
terrace/ˈtɛɹəs/teraskitapta 26 kez
… when I was stopped by hearing a sound like the soft beating of a drum, on the terrace in front of my lady’s residence.
disposal/dɪˈspoʊzəɫ/elden çıkarmakitapta 26 kez
In that case, and in no other, certain sealed instructions relating to the disposal of the Diamond, and deposited with it, were to be opened, and followed implicitly.
maid/ˈmeɪd/hizmetçikitapta 25 kez
… when old enough, to be Miss Rachel’s own maid.
useless/ˈjusɫəs/faydasızkitapta 25 kez
Quite useless!
objection/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/itirazkitapta 25 kez
But she points out one objection.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/bulmaca, muammakitapta 25 kez
“It’s just possible, Betteredge, that my stranger and your three jugglers may turn out to be pieces of the same puzzle.”
stain/ˈsteɪn/leke, lekelerkitapta 24 kez
“The stain is taken off,” she said.
Anlamlar: WikDict, English to Turkish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Telaffuz: ipa-dict (MIT), Vikisözlük verisinden.
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