Plymouth Ekspresi Olayı: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 22 kelime
The Plymouth Express Affair
Agatha Christie, «Plymouth Ekspresi Olayı» kitabında bu 22 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.
maid/ˈmeɪd/hizmetçikitapta 14 kez
My daughter traveled alone in her carriage, which was reserved as far as Bristol, her maid being in a third-class carriage in the next coach.”
monsieur/məsˈjɝ/bayımkitapta 10 kez
“I accept, monsieur, all the more willingly that I saw your daughter in Paris several times.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/cevher, değerli taş, mücevherkitapta 10 kez
… with several balls, and in consequence my daughter had with her nearly all her jewels—amounting in value perhaps, to about a hundred thousand dollars.”
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/hanımefendikitapta 8 kez
She could have tea in the refreshment-room, but she was to wait at the station for her mistress, who would return to Bristol by an up-train in the course of the afternoon.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/fayton, arabakitapta 8 kez
Lieutenant Simpson had the carriage to himself.
accomplice/əˈkɑmpɫəs/suç ortağıkitapta 5 kez
Now, Mr. Halliday, let me introduce you to Grace Kidd, otherwise Jane Mason, who will shortly rejoin her accomplice, Red Narky, under the kind escort of Japp.”
luggage/ˈɫəɡədʒ/bagaj, yükkitapta 5 kez
She directed Mason to get out the luggage and put it in the cloak-room.
compartment/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/bölme, kompartımankitapta 5 kez
N., stepped from the platform at Newton Abbot into a first-class compartment of the Plymouth Express.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/istemekkitapta 4 kez
“Why the devil wont it go in?”
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/vestiyerkitapta 4 kez
She put the luggage in the cloak-room and had some tea.
chloroform/ˈkɫɔɹəˌfɔɹm/bir anestezik kloroformkitapta 3 kez
Yes, chloroform; that was it!
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/dolarkitapta 3 kez
He’d pretty well run through his own money on the turf, and I should imagine old man Halliday’s dollars came along in the nick of time.
scoundrel/ˈskaʊndɹəɫ/dürzü, alçak, köpekkitapta 3 kez
I should say that for a good-looking, well-mannered, utterly unscrupulous young scoundrel, it would be hard to find his match!”
footman/ˈfʊtmən/uşakkitapta 3 kez
Halliday rang the bell, and gave a short order to the footman.
toqueşapkakitapta 3 kez
“She was wearing a white fox fur toque, sir, with a white spotted veil, and a blue frieze coat and skirt—the shade of blue they call electric.”
millionaire/ˌmɪɫjəˈnɛɹ/milyonerkitapta 3 kez
The millionaire hesitated for a moment, and then replied.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/homurdanma, homurtu, mırıldanmakitapta 3 kez
“That good Inspector believes in matter in motion,” murmured Poirot as our friend departed.
stab/ˈstæb/bıçaklamak, şişlemekkitapta 3 kez
A young naval officer returning to Plymouth found under the seat of his compartment, the body of a woman, stabbed through the heart.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/yüksek seslekitapta 3 kez
For answer he took up the newspaper and read aloud:
suitcase/ˈsutˌkeɪs/bavul, valizkitapta 3 kez
A porter followed him with a heavy suitcase.
fourteen/ˈfɔɹˈtin/on dörtkitapta 3 kez
She left London by the twelve-fourteen from Paddington, arriving at Bristol (where she had to change) at two-fifty.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/kaşlarını çatmakkitapta 3 kez
Then he sniffed vaguely, and frowned.
Anlamlar: WikDict, English to Turkish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Telaffuz: ipa-dict (MIT), Vikisözlük verisinden.
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