Demiryolu Çocukları: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The Railway Children
E. Nesbit, «Demiryolu Çocukları» 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.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/demir yolu, şimendiferkitapta 43 kez
They were not railway children to begin with.
till/ˈtɪɫ/kadarkitapta 40 kez
And so they were, but they did not know HOW happy till the pretty life in the Red Villa was over and done with, and they had to live a very different life indeed.
canal/kəˈnæɫ/kanal, arkkitapta 30 kez
The rocks and hills and valleys and trees, the canal, and above all …
jersey/ˈdʒɝzi/trikokitapta 22 kez
And so it would have done if the Bargee hadn't let go of Peter's ear—and caught her in his jerseyed arm.
heap/ˈhip/öbekkitapta 20 kez
These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely nursery with heaps of toys, and a Mother Goose wall-paper.
silly/ˈsɪɫi/şapşalkitapta 20 kez
“There's nothing to be good ABOUT now, silly,” said Peter.
darling/ˈdɑɹɫɪŋ/biricik, canım, sevgilikitapta 19 kez
“Come, darlings, go at once.”
barge/ˈbɑɹdʒ/mavnakitapta 18 kez
… of course, the bargees, who steered the slow barges up and down …
handkerchief/ˈhæŋkɝtʃif/mendilkitapta 17 kez
… which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing and waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think whether they were clean handkerchiefs or the reverse.
petticoat/ˈpɛtiˌkoʊt/jüponkitapta 16 kez
she said; “and I thought it was going to be cold; I wish we hadn't put on our—” she stopped short, and then ended in quite a different tone—“our flannel petticoats.”
flannel/ˈfɫænəɫ/flanelkitapta 16 kez
“Now,” said Peter, taking hold of the largest flannel petticoat.
bun/ˈbən/çörek, hamburger ekmeğikitapta 16 kez
Whenever an Editor was sensible there were buns for tea.
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/çok, son derecekitapta 16 kez
It's awfully tall, isn't it?”
jolly/ˈdʒɑɫi/pek, çokkitapta 15 kez
It isn't our fault your secrets are so jolly easy to find out.”
chap/ˈtʃæp/adamkitapta 15 kez
“It always IS undone again,” said Peter, “and the Station Master was more of a gentleman than you'll ever be, Phil—throwing coal at a chap's head like that.”
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/cesur, yürekli, korkusuzkitapta 15 kez
“Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are!
horrid/ˈhɔɹəd/kötü, çirkinkitapta 14 kez
cried Roberta, putting down her egg-spoon; “don't let's be horrid to each other.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/sonra, sonraları, daha sonrakitapta 14 kez
Twopence indeed,” said he, and produced a bunch of sweetbrier from his hat, “just like a conjurer,” as Phyllis remarked afterwards.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/titremek, ürpermekkitapta 14 kez
… and there was Peter firmly held by the jacket, with an old carpenter's bag full of coal in his trembling clutch.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/mutsuzkitapta 14 kez
“I never wanted things to happen to make Mother unhappy,” said Roberta.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/yaktıkitapta 13 kez
There was a candle on the table, and he lighted it.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/kavga, dalaş, çıngarkitapta 13 kez
“You can help me very much,” said Mother, “by being good and happy and not quarrelling when I'm away”—Roberta and Peter exchanged guilty glances—“for I shall have to be away a good deal.”
breathless/ˈbɹɛθɫəs/nefes nefesekitapta 13 kez
… who stopped when he heard Peter's hasty boots crunching the road, and coming up with him very breathless and with his ears now quite magenta-coloured, he said:—
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/yakındakitapta 13 kez
When presently the Porter lounged out of his room at the twice-repeated tingling thrill of a gong over the station door, Peter said, “How do you do?”
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/korkutmakkitapta 13 kez
James was so frightened that he went out and did not come back all day.
cart/ˈkɑɹt/alışveriş arabası, kağnıkitapta 13 kez
The cart went at a foot's pace, and they followed the gritty crunch of its wheels.
indignantly/ˌɪnˈdɪɡnəntˌɫi/öfkeyle, kızgınlıklakitapta 12 kez
“We haven't got anything TO blab,” said Bobbie, indignantly.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/av köpeğikitapta 12 kez
And now, following the track of the hare by the little white blots of scattered paper, came the hounds.
fireman/ˈfaɪɹmən/itfaiyecikitapta 12 kez
“You mean a fireman,” said Daddy, pulling and twisting at the engine.
beast/ˈbist/hayvan, canavarkitapta 12 kez
And it was Father who mended the doll's cradle when no one else could; and with a little glue and some bits of wood and a pen-knife made all the Noah's Ark beasts as strong on their pins as ever they were, if not stronger.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/yarınkitapta 11 kez
It'll keep till to-morrow.
mend/ˈmɛnd/onarmak, tamir etmekkitapta 11 kez
He could mend all sorts of things.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/akıllı, zeki, afacankitapta 11 kez
All Peter's hopes for the curing of his afflicted Engine were now fixed on his Father, for Father was most wonderfully clever with his fingers.
cheer/ˈtʃɪɹ/neşelenmekkitapta 11 kez
But before he went to school he thumped his sister between the shoulders and told her to cheer up.
bushes/ˈbʊʃəz/çalılarkitapta 10 kez
The way to the railway was all down hill over smooth, short turf with here and there furze bushes and grey and yellow rocks sticking out like candied peel from the top of a cake.
din/ˈdɪn/yemek odasıkitapta 10 kez
I suppose she's laid it in the dining-room.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/getirdi, alıp geldikitapta 10 kez
So then Peter told the sad tale, and fetched what was left of the Engine.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/akşam yemeğikitapta 10 kez
“The woman I engaged to clean the place, and put the furniture straight and get supper.”
rattle/ˈɹætəɫ/takırdamakkitapta 10 kez
They felt the rush of its passing, and the pebbles on the line jumped and rattled under it as it went by.
dull/ˈdəɫ/sıkıcıkitapta 10 kez
Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull calls to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay calls to her.
Anlamlar: WikDict, English to Turkish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Telaffuz: ipa-dict (MIT), Vikisözlük verisinden.
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