Prens: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli, «Prens» 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.
prince/ˈpɹɪns/prens, beyrek, şehzadekitapta 185 kez
Those who strive to obtain the good graces of a prince are accustomed to come before him with such things as they hold most precious, or in which they see him take most delight …
duke/ˈduk/dük, dukakitapta 63 kez
Machiavelli never hesitates to cite the actions of the duke for the benefit of usurpers who wish to keep the states they have seized; he can …
principality/ˌpɹɪnsɪˈpæɫɪti/prenslikkitapta 44 kez
All states, all powers, that have held and hold rule over men have been and are either republics or principalities.
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/iken, esnasında, süresincekitapta 38 kez
… their chief aim was to appear well dressed and to speak with wit and acuteness, whilst he who could wound others the most cleverly was thought the wisest.”
ruin/ˈɹuən/mahvetmekkitapta 38 kez
Julius did not rest until he had ruined Cesare.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/sonra, sonraları, daha sonrakitapta 37 kez
… after acquiring rebellious provinces a second time, they are not so lightly lost afterwards, because the prince …
kingdom/ˈkɪŋdəm/krallıkkitapta 33 kez
… members annexed to the hereditary state of the prince who has acquired them, as was the kingdom of Naples to that of the King of Spain.
infantry/ˈɪnfəntɹi/piyadekitapta 32 kez
… which may be as keys to that state, for it is necessary either to do this or else to keep there a great number of cavalry and infantry.
favour/ˈfeɪvɝ/iyilik, lütufkitapta 30 kez
Machiavelli, when commenting on this election, says that he who thinks new favours will cause great personages to forget old injuries deceives himself.
conquer/ˈkɑŋkɝ/fethetmekkitapta 29 kez
Therefore, he who considers both of these states will recognize great difficulties in seizing the state of the Turk, but, once it is conquered, great ease in holding it.
stat/ˈstæt/devletkitapta 28 kez
It is impossible to follow here the varying fortunes of the Italian states, which in 1507 were controlled by France …
valourcesaretkitapta 27 kez
Thus one year after he had committed this parricide, he was strangled, together with Vitellozzo, whom he had made his leader in valour and wickedness.
cavalry/ˈkævəɫɹi/süvarikitapta 25 kez
From the above I have excepted the Turk, who always keeps round him twelve thousand infantry and fifteen thousand cavalry on which depend the security and strength of the kingdom, and it is necessary that …
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/ağa, bey, efendikitapta 22 kez
… the one, that the family of their former lord is extinguished; the other …
accustom/əˈkəstəm/alıştırmakkitapta 21 kez
Such dominions thus acquired are either accustomed to live under a prince, or to live in freedom …
emperor/ˈɛmpɝɝ/imparator, ilhankitapta 21 kez
… in order that they might hold the cities both for his security and his glory; as also were those emperors who, by the corruption of the soldiers …
cruelty/ˈkɹuəɫti/zulümkitapta 20 kez
… he desired to show that, if any cruelty had been practised, it had not originated with him …
compel/kəmˈpɛɫ/zorunda olmakkitapta 20 kez
… if not unmeaning: we are compelled to say that “Rome maintained friendly relations with the Ætolians,” etc., using four words to do the work of one.
fortress/ˈfɔɹtɹəs/kale, hisarkitapta 19 kez
… “my lady of Forli” of The Prince, from whose conduct and fate he drew the moral that it is far better to earn the confidence of the people than to rely on fortresses.
hatred/ˈheɪtɹəd/nefret, iğrenti, tiksintikitapta 19 kez
… all the subject states are drawn to him, moved by the hatred which they feel against the ruling power.
hostile/ˈhɑstəɫ/düşmancakitapta 19 kez
Thus it happens that whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack they do it like partisans, whilst the others defend lukewarmly …
mercenary/ˈmɝsəˌnɛɹi/paralı askerkitapta 18 kez
I say, therefore, that the arms with which a prince defends his state are either his own, or they are mercenaries, auxiliaries, or mixed.
greatness/ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/büyük olma durumu, koşulu veya niteliğikitapta 17 kez
His youth was concurrent with the greatness of Florence as an Italian power under the guidance of Lorenzo de’ Medici, Il Magnifico.
thee/ˈði/sanakitapta 16 kez
… I should have laboured less, and I should have left thee, if a smaller state …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/onurkitapta 15 kez
… take pains to study letters and music, for you see what honour is done to me for the little skill I have.
liberality/ˌɫɪˌbɝˈæɫəˌti/cömertlikkitapta 15 kez
… humanity, and liberality Scipio conformed to those things which have been written of Cyrus by Xenophon.
thou/ˈðaʊ/senkitapta 15 kez
And in order that thou shouldst not only possess the estate which thy father left, but also that which my fortune and abilities have gained …
deceive/dɪˈsiv/kandırmak, aldatmak, ayartmakkitapta 15 kez
… because those who had opened the gates to him, finding themselves deceived in their hopes of future benefit, would not endure the ill-treatment of the new prince.
faction/ˈfækʃən/nifakkitapta 15 kez
… according to their rank, honouring them with office and command in such a way that in a few months all attachment to the factions was destroyed and turned entirely to the duke.
ambition/æmˈbɪʃən/hirskitapta 15 kez
Machiavelli’s public life was largely occupied with events arising out of the ambitions of Pope Alexander VI and his son, Cesare Borgia …
empire/ˈɛmpaɪɝ/imparatorlukkitapta 15 kez
Then—to pass to a higher plane—Machiavelli reiterates that, although crimes may win an empire, they do not win glory.
glory/ˈɡɫɔɹi/şan, şeref, şöhretkitapta 15 kez
… where princes were made by Darius, in order that they might hold the cities both for his security and his glory; as also were those emperors who …
reproach/ɹiˈpɹoʊtʃ/kınama, ayıplamakitapta 14 kez
And again, he need not make himself uneasy at incurring a reproach for those vices without which the state can only be saved with difficulty, for if everything is considered carefully …
offend/əˈfɛnd/rahatsız etmekkitapta 14 kez
… being tasted less, they offend less; benefits ought to be given little by little …
faithful/ˈfeɪθfəɫ/sadık, sadakatli, vefakarkitapta 14 kez
… because having always kept faith I could not now learn how to break it; for he who has been faithful and honest, as I have …
dominion/dəˈmɪnjən/egemenlikkitapta 13 kez
… nor those of Pope Julius in ’10, unless he had been long established in his dominions.
conspiracy/kənˈspɪɹəsi/desise, kumpas, muamerekitapta 13 kez
Shortly after this he was accused of complicity in an abortive conspiracy against the Medici, imprisoned, and put to the question by torture.
castle/ˈkæsəɫ/kale, hisar, saraykitapta 12 kez
The castle of Milan, built by Francesco Sforza, has made, and will make, more trouble for the house of Sforza than any other disorder in the state.
foreigner/ˈfɑɹənɝ/yabancı, ecnebi, çet ellikitapta 12 kez
And the usual course of affairs is that, as soon as a powerful foreigner enters a country, all the subject states are drawn to him …
goodwill/ˈɡʊdˈwɪɫ/iyi niyet, rızakitapta 11 kez
For, although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province one has always need of the goodwill of the natives.
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