Hannah Stubbs'un Tuhaf Değişimi: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The strange transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs
Florence Marryat, «Hannah Stubbs'un Tuhaf Değişimi» 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.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/haykırmakkitapta 101 kez
he exclaimed, in English, which was quite intelligible, though rather broken, “and have you come to cheer my solitude?
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/iken, esnasında, süresincekitapta 50 kez
… and preserved the dignity of his birth, even whilst pursuing an occupation which is considered to place a man beyond the pale of Society.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/ev sahibesikitapta 39 kez
“Anyways I must go,” observed the landlady, as he disappeared, “for that gal of mine is so stupid I can’t trust her to do a single thing alone.
commence/kəˈmɛns/başlamak, açmak, başlatmakkitapta 32 kez
… and with dried herbs and other mysterious preparations from a drawer, commenced to separate them into measured portions and to crumble them into a bowl.
cure/ˈkjʊɹ/tedavi etmek, iyileştirmek, sağaltmakkitapta 26 kez
said the Professor, “trust yourself to the Doctor and me and we’ll cure you of this nonsense.
till/ˈtɪɫ/kadar, ta kikitapta 24 kez
“Wait till you have heard what I have to tell you, Steinberg, and you will acknowledge that I am right.
fool/ˈfuɫ/aptallık etmekkitapta 23 kez
I found her making the kitchen table hop round the room yesterday, and when I told her not to be fooling like a child of five year old, she said she hadn’t touched it.
sichböyle birkitapta 22 kez
I’ve never been in sich a dark ’ole in all my life!
pore/ˈpɔɹ/derinlemesine incelemekkitapta 22 kez
… that I know but little of your doings, except that you shut yourself up in that little room for half the night and sit up poring over old books and manuscripts, long after you should be in bed and asleep.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/sormakkitapta 22 kez
he inquired; “do you not understand?”
supper/ˈsəpɝ/akşam yemeğikitapta 22 kez
… though I believe he’s sometimes sorely put-to to find the money, and every evenin’ he’s ’ome by eight o’clock and has his bit of supper and puts his light out by ten, but arter that—well!
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/kulübekitapta 22 kez
The consternation which this mysterious epistle caused in the cottage home in Settlefield, may be better imagined than described.
ignorant/ˈɪɡnɝənt/cahilkitapta 21 kez
We have all been young, Mrs. Battleby, and all been ignorant and wilful and done silly things.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/şeytan, İbliskitapta 21 kez
If devils, then also my Leonora, to speak with whom I have been promised over and over again, and feel I only want more power to accomplish.”
aforeöncekitapta 20 kez
I often wish I’d been dead afore they’ve come after me!”
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/merdiven, basamakkitapta 19 kez
And so saying, he passed her and ran lightly up the stairs.
maid/ˈmeɪd/hizmetçikitapta 19 kez
“Mrs. Battleby, my good friend, I want to speak with you, on behalf of your little maid, Hannah!
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/korkmuşkitapta 19 kez
… if she had only cried, or seemed frightened, or sorry …
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/aşağıkitapta 16 kez
… as she piled all the plates and dishes on the top of one another, preparatory to making a grand smash if she should happen to slip going downstairs again.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/meraklılıkkitapta 16 kez
“And do you really believe that your dead wife will be able by the aid of Magic to return to you in bodily shape and satisfy your curiosity on this subject?”
allay/əˈɫeɪ/teskin etmekkitapta 15 kez
… if only for a moment, and allay his bitter fears by one means or the other.
fancy/ˈfænsi/hayal gücükitapta 15 kez
You work so hard all day and permit this morbid fancy to occupy your tired brain by night, until it has become in a measure, diseased.
interpose/ˌɪntɝˈpoʊz/araya girmekkitapta 14 kez
“But if evil spirits, then also good,” interposed the Professor eagerly, “you surely would not deny the same power to all those departed this earth.
coarse/ˈkɔɹs/kabakitapta 14 kez
Her bosom was unusually developed for so young a girl—her face was broad and flat—her mouth wide—her nose short and turned-up, and her colour coarse and high.
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/hayret vericikitapta 13 kez
This is very marvellous!”
mortal/ˈmɔɹtəɫ/fani, ölümlükitapta 13 kez
… that have had nothing to do with this earth, but who yet can and do come to the aid of those mortals who solicit their assistance.
deceive/dɪˈsiv/kandırmak, aldatmak, ayartmakkitapta 13 kez
“Not if she were false,” cried the Professor, “I would kill her over again this moment, if she deceived me!
bargain/ˈbɑɹɡən/üstelikkitapta 13 kez
Of course I did, and would have killed her lover into the bargain, but that he escaped before I could lay hands on him.
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/tanımakkitapta 12 kez
An old woman whom I cannot recognise, seems to have taken her place the last few days.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/cerbeze, kurnazlıkkitapta 12 kez
These brainless creatures are sometimes uncommonly cunning.”
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/nazikçekitapta 12 kez
asked the Professor, kindly, “your brother?”
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/inlemek, inilti, inlemekitapta 12 kez
Leonora seemed further off than ever, and he groaned in spirit to think she might be so near, and yet he was unable to communicate with her …
dull/ˈdəɫ/kör, küt, matkitapta 12 kez
she answered, in a dull, low voice …
tray/ˈtɹeɪ/tepsi, sinikitapta 12 kez
… putting the key in his pocket, and by the time Mrs. Battleby appeared with the supper tray, the two friends were talking gaily of a new drama that had just created some sensation in the town.
grasp/ˈɡɹæsp/kavramakkitapta 12 kez
“I can see that you are weary,” said the young doctor, as he grasped his hand, “and more than that, Signor, you are weak.
uncouth/ˈənˈkuθ/kabakitapta 11 kez
Taken altogether, she was uncouth, but there was an innocence and simplicity in her gaze which was very attractive when one had the time to discover it.
physicilaç vermekkitapta 11 kez
But if you wants to ’ave ’er up here of an evening, and physic ’er and all that sort of thing, why I don’t like to refuse a offer made in kindness …
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/akıllı, zeki, afacankitapta 11 kez
He was a German of the name of Steinberg, and the profession of medicine—a clever fellow who was rising fast, and knew how to make the best of his opportunities.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/sabahkitapta 10 kez
To-morrow, perhaps, I may be able to judge more calmly.
apparition/ˌæpɝˈɪʃən/hayaletkitapta 10 kez
A few minutes’ patience was rewarded by the same apparition standing in the doorway, and holding out, as it seemed, its hand toward the Doctor.
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