Melez: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
Mariano Azuela, «Melez» 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.
damn/ˈdæm/lanet olsunkitapta 39 kez
Look here, confound it, we want to eat, and damn quick tool Are you coming out or are we going to make you?"
sierra/siˈɛɹə/dağ silsilesi, sivri dağlar dizisikitapta 28 kez
The woman stared into the darkness of the sierra.
fool/ˈfuɫ/salak, ahmak, aptalkitapta 19 kez
"You cursed fool, you've maimed me for life."
ranch/ˈɹæntʃ/çiftlikkitapta 16 kez
"Tell me what they call this ranch, woman?"
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/korkutmakkitapta 14 kez
As he sought to seize her wrist, she grew frightened, and Picking up the empty pitcher, flew out the door.
tenderfoottoykitapta 13 kez
"Who's this tenderfoot?"
corral/kɝˈæɫ/ağıl, konak yerikitapta 13 kez
The dog, excited to the point of madness, had jumped over the corral fence.
canyon/ˈkænjən/kanyonkitapta 13 kez
When, after many hours of climbing, he gazed back, huge flames shot up from the depths of the canyon by the river.
bill/ˈbɪɫ/hesap, faturakitapta 12 kez
See this wallet full of nice new bills?
trousers/ˈtɹaʊzɝz/pantolonkitapta 12 kez
He was tall and well built, with a sanguine face and beardless chin; he wore shirt and trousers of white cloth, a broad Mexican hat and leather sandals.
rag/ˈɹæɡ/paçavrakitapta 12 kez
Ropes hung from the roof, securing an old adobe mold, used as a bed; on it a child slept, covered with gray rags.
saddle/ˈsædəɫ/bir hayvana eyer vurmak eyerlemekkitapta 11 kez
A few moments later, amid cries of joy and a bustle of arms, they began saddling their horses.
peso/ˈpeɪsoʊ/pesokitapta 10 kez
… your superiors, will go about trying to pile up a few million pesos....'"
bandit/ˈbændət/haydutkitapta 10 kez
"I'll wager you know Macias the bandit, lady?
hut/ˈhət/kulübekitapta 10 kez
These proved to be a few wretched straw huts, dispersed all over the river slopes, between rows of young sprouting corn and beans.
dawn/ˈdɔn/şafak, seher, tankitapta 10 kez
At dawn, he approached the pit of the canyon.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/sabahkitapta 9 kez
On the morrow, Demetrio complained bitterly of his wound; he could no longer ride on horseback.
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/hakaret, aşağılama, eziyetkitapta 9 kez
Now it was Demetrio's men who screamed insults.
spur/ˈspɝ/mahmuzlamakkitapta 9 kez
They spurred their horses to a gallop as if in that mad race they laid claims of possession to the earth.
scratch/ˈskɹætʃ/çizmek, kaşımakkitapta 9 kez
"Yes, I know what brought you here," Demetrio interrupted dryly, scratching his head.
tequila/təˈkiɫə/tekilakitapta 8 kez
"Bring me a bottle of tequila, Sergeant: I've decided to spend the night with this charming lady....
stretcher/ˈstɹɛtʃɝ/sedye, teskerekitapta 8 kez
They were forced to carry him the rest of the way on a makeshift stretcher of leaves and branches.
hoof/ˈhuf/toynak, tırnakkitapta 8 kez
The beat of horses' hoofs rang in the quarry nearby.
lousy/ˈɫaʊzi/bitlikitapta 8 kez
"Show your faces, you lousy cowards!"
crest/ˈkɹɛst/ibikkitapta 8 kez
The pitaya trees rose tenuous, tall, like the tapering, gnarled fingers of a giant; other trees of all sorts bowed their crests toward the pit of the abyss.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/albaykitapta 8 kez
The colonel?
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/homurdanma, homurtu, mırıldanmakitapta 8 kez
The river crept along, murmuring as the waters rose and fell in small cascades.
waiter/ˈweɪtɝ/garsonkitapta 8 kez
"I don't want no more to drink," Blondie said to the waiter, "I'm feeling sick.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/şeytan, İbliskitapta 8 kez
"What the devil are you waiting for, fool?
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/cesur, yürekli, korkusuzkitapta 8 kez
I'll always stand up for a brave man."
boil/ˈbɔɪɫ/haşlamak, kaynatmakkitapta 8 kez
His injured leg trailing behind him, he shuffled from hut to hut in search of a little alcohol, a kettle of boiled water and some rags.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/bayılma, sakakitapta 8 kez
At last, when the ultimate faint rays of the moon were spent in the rosy dimness of the dawn, the silhouette of a soldier loomed at the end of the trail.
cacique/kəˈsik/yerel ağakitapta 7 kez
That cacique who's chased and run me ragged over these hills, is at Mohayua now …
mil/ˈmɪɫ/milkitapta 7 kez
In the middle of the night, they pulled me out of my house; three damn policemen; I woke up a soldier twenty-five miles away from my hometown.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/hüzün, melankoli, durgunlukkitapta 7 kez
Among the reeds, the frogs chanted the implacable melancholy of the hour.
brim/ˈbɹɪm/kenarkitapta 7 kez
This time she carried a pitcher of milk brimming over with foam.
shrill/ˈʃɹɪɫ/batıcıkitapta 7 kez
The ragged crew jumped to their feet, uttering shrill cries of joy; then their jubilation turned sinister and they gave vent to threats, oaths and imprecations.
vain/ˈveɪn/beyhudekitapta 7 kez
In vain an old sergeant harangued the soldiers, insulting them in the hope of rallying them.
barracks/ˈbæɹəks/kışlakitapta 7 kez
I wrote a piece in favor of the revolution, you see; as a result, they persecuted me, caught me, and finally landed me in the barracks."
tortilla/tɔɹˈtiə/lavaşkitapta 7 kez
said a man, who sat Indian-fashion, eating, a coarse earthenware plate in his right hand, three folded tortillas in the other.
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