Beyaz Geceler ve Diğer Öyküler: okumadan önce öğrenilecek 40 kelime
White nights, and other stories
Fyodor Dostoyevski, «Beyaz Geceler ve Diğer Öyküler» 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.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/sabahkitapta 76 kez
I am being redecorated to-morrow;" or, "I was almost burnt down and had such a fright," and so on.
till/ˈtɪɫ/e kadarkitapta 48 kez
… I like it too, and I won't drive you away till I get home."
lodgerkiracıkitapta 46 kez
… well, there moved into our upper storey a new lodger."
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/sonra, sonraları, daha sonrakitapta 44 kez
… only two words, even though we never meet again afterwards!...
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/utanmakkitapta 43 kez
It seemed as though Petersburg threatened to become a wilderness, so that at last I felt ashamed, mortified and sad that I had nowhere to go for the holidays and no reason to go away.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/korkutmakkitapta 42 kez
… always silent and splenetic, who frightened them, while timid as children they hid their love from each other?
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/hakaret etmek, aşağılamakkitapta 37 kez
You are not capable of insulting, even in thought, her who so loved and so loves you.'"
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/sevinç, mutluluk, neşekitapta 35 kez
I know them intimately, I have almost made a study of their faces, and am delighted when they are gay, and downcast when they are under a cloud.
spite/ˈspaɪt/rağmenkitapta 35 kez
As soon as it struck nine o'clock I could not stay indoors, but put on my things, and went out in spite of the weather.
haste/ˈheɪst/acelekitapta 31 kez
The girl flew straight as an arrow, with the timid haste one sees in all girls who do not want any one to volunteer to accompany them home at night, and no doubt the staggering gentleman would not have pursued her …
timid/ˈtɪmɪd/ürkekkitapta 31 kez
… the same pale face, the same meek and timid movements, and even signs of remorse …
positively/ˈpɑzətɪvɫi/kesinliklekitapta 30 kez
Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society …
utterly/ˈətɝɫi/tamamenkitapta 29 kez
I have lived, as they say, keeping myself to myself, that is, utterly alone—alone, entirely alone.
fond/ˈfɑnd/düşkünkitapta 28 kez
Why do you suppose he is so fond of his four walls, which are invariably painted green, grimy, dismal and reeking unpardonably of tobacco smoke?
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/umutsuzlukkitapta 27 kez
I cried jumping up from the seat in utter despair.
fancy/ˈfænsi/hayalkitapta 27 kez
perhaps it was my fancy....
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/kızarmakkitapta 26 kez
… neither where he is going nor where he is standing now, and flushing with vexation he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/daimakitapta 26 kez
… the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen …
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/saçmalık, palavrakitapta 25 kez
Not to talk nonsense, as I did yesterday.
goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/Allahımkitapta 25 kez
Oh, my goodness!
fool/ˈfuɫ/salak, ahmak, aptalkitapta 25 kez
… taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/ev sahibesikitapta 24 kez
They were all landladies, that....
absurd/əbˈsɝd/abes, saçma, absürtkitapta 24 kez
A type is an original, it's an absurd person!"
instant/ˈɪnstənt/ankitapta 24 kez
But forgive me that a doubt has stolen—if only for one instant—into my heart.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/onurkitapta 23 kez
Anyway, gentlemen, I shall welcome both views as an honour and a special favour.
quiver/ˈkwɪvɝ/titremekkitapta 23 kez
She tried to smile, to calm herself, but her chin was quivering and her bosom was still heaving.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/titremek, ürpermekkitapta 23 kez
She took my arm without a word, still trembling with excitement and terror.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/haysiyet, şerefkitapta 23 kez
I should live at ease, I should die with dignity, why, it is charming, perfectly charming!
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/hazkitapta 22 kez
… I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/büyülemekkitapta 22 kez
It was such a charming little brick house, it looked so hospitably at me, and so proudly at its ungainly neighbours, that my heart rejoiced whenever I happened to pass it.
ache/ˈeɪk/ağrımak, acımakkitapta 21 kez
it made my heart ache....
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/aksinekitapta 21 kez
"No, nothing, nothing, quite the contrary.
nasty/ˈnæsti/piskitapta 21 kez
My servant is an old country-woman, ill-natured from stupidity, and, moreover, there is always a nasty smell about her.
crush/ˈkɹəʃ/ezilmekkitapta 21 kez
… why I was not able to entertain my visitor, and why I was crushed under the weight of my own hospitality?"
bless/ˈbɫɛs/mübarekkitapta 21 kez
I have almost struck up a friendship with one old man whom I meet every blessed day, at the same hour in Fontanka.
sob/ˈsɑb/hıçkırmakkitapta 20 kez
Surely when the hour of parting came she must have lain sobbing and grieving on his bosom, heedless of the tempest raging under the sullen sky …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/belli belirsizkitapta 20 kez
So much the better for you; it will give it a faint flavour of romance.
spiteful/ˈspaɪtfəɫ/gönlü karakitapta 19 kez
… making her count the strokes, and I cursed myself for my spiteful impulse; I felt sorry for her …
moan/ˈmoʊn/ahlamak, inlemekkitapta 19 kez
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/neredeysekitapta 19 kez
… as though tired or preoccupied with some other more interesting subject, so that he could scarcely spare a glance for anything about him.
Anlamlar: WikDict, English to Turkish (Wiktionary, CC-BY-SA) Telaffuz: ipa-dict (MIT), Vikisözlük verisinden.
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