Top 1000 English words
Page 10 of 10. Frequency across the English books in this collection, with an example sentence.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| finished | terminó | By this time I had finished my supper, and by my host’s desire had drawn up a chair by the fire and begun to smoke a cigar which he offered me, at the same time excusing himself that he did not smoke. Dracula |
| listen | escuchar | “Listen to them--the children of the night. Dracula |
| presently | enseguida | Presently, with an excuse, he left me, asking me to put all my papers together. Dracula |
| steps | pasos | Let me see to your comfort myself.” He insisted on carrying my traps along the passage, and then up a great winding stair, and along another great passage, on whose stone floor our steps rang heavily. Dracula |
| tired | cansado | “But you must be tired. Dracula |
| company | compañía | Dracula |
| forgotten | olvidado | Dracula |
| horse | caballo | He petted and soothed them, and whispered something in their ears, as I have heard of horse-tamers doing, and with extraordinary effect, for under his caresses they became quite manageable again, though they still… Dracula |
| nose | nariz | His face was a strong--a very strong--aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils; with lofty domed forehead, and hair growing scantily round the temples but profusely elsewhere. Dracula |
| sharp | agudo | You cannot deceive me, my friend; I know too much, and my horses are swift.” As he spoke he smiled, and the lamplight fell on a hard-looking mouth, with very red lips and sharp-looking teeth, as white as ivory. Dracula |
| sisters | hermanas | I dared not wait to see him return, for I feared to see those weird sisters. Dracula |
| worse | peor | I was already thinking what I had best do, when the driver, looking at his watch, said to the others something which I could hardly hear, it was spoken so quietly and in so low a tone; I thought it was “An hour less… Dracula |
| blind | ciego | Dracula |
| break | romper | I called to the coachman to come, for it seemed to me that our only chance was to try to break out through the ring and to aid his approach. Dracula |
| discovered | descubrió | Having then reached my normal state, I discovered that I was half famished with hunger; so making a hasty toilet, I went into the other room. Dracula |
| england | Inglaterra | The books were of the most varied kind--history, geography, politics, political economy, botany, geology, law--all relating to England and English life and customs and manners. Dracula |
| leaving | dejando | The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule. Dracula |
| longbourn | Longbourn | They returned, therefore, in good spirits to Longbourn, the village where they lived, and of which they were the principal inhabitants. Pride and Prejudice |
| notice | aviso | Again I could not but notice his prodigious strength. Dracula |
| piece | pieza | I have given the letters; I threw them through the bars of my window with a gold piece, and made what signs I could to have them posted. Dracula |
| pulled | tiró | So I pulled the curtains again, and have written of this day. Dracula |
| satisfied | satisfecho | When he had satisfied himself on these points of which he had spoken, and I had verified all as well as I could by the books available, he suddenly stood up and said:-- Dracula |
| study | estudio | The lamps were also lit in the study or library, and I found the Count lying on the sofa, reading, of all things in the world, an English Bradshaw’s Guide. Dracula |
| talked | habló | Dracula |
| thee | te | Frankenstein |
| train | tren | M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Dracula |
| de | de | Dracula |
| experience | experiencia | Dracula |
| fly | volar | The road was rugged, but still we seemed to fly over it with a feverish haste. Dracula |
| iron | hierro | Then he took out my traps, and placed them on the ground beside me as I stood close to a great door, old and studded with large iron nails, and set in a projecting doorway of massive stone. Dracula |
| knees | rodillas | Finally she went down on her knees and implored me not to go; at least to wait a day or two before starting. Dracula |
| listened | escuchó | They were evidently talking of me, for every now and then they looked at me, and some of the people who were sitting on the bench outside the door--which they call by a name meaning “word-bearer”--came and listened,… Dracula |
| pause | pausa | “No, no,” he said; “you must not walk here; the dogs are too fierce”; and then he added, with what he evidently meant for grim pleasantry--for he looked round to catch the approving smile of the rest--“and you may have… Dracula |
| scarcely | apenas | Dracula |
| shere | Shere | “Shere Khan, the Big One, has shifted his hunting grounds. The Jungle Book |
| tone | tono | I was already thinking what I had best do, when the driver, looking at his watch, said to the others something which I could hardly hear, it was spoken so quietly and in so low a tone; I thought it was “An hour less… Dracula |
| whispered | susurró | One of my companions whispered to another the line from Burger’s “Lenore”:-- Dracula |
| windows | ventanas | Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken… Dracula |
| allowed | permitió | Dracula |
| dress | vestido | I was evidently expected, for when I got near the door I faced a cheery-looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress--white undergarment with long double apron, front, and back, of coloured stuff fitting almost too… Dracula |
| exclaimed | exclamó | Pride and Prejudice |
| fast | rápido | “Denn die Todten reiten schnell”-- (“For the dead travel fast.”) Dracula |
| grow | crecer | Dracula |
| mere | mero | The mere beauty seemed to cheer me; there was peace and comfort in every breath I drew. Dracula |
| north | norte | In the population of Transylvania there are four distinct nationalities: Saxons in the South, and mixed with them the Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the West, and Szekelys in the East and… Dracula |
| pleasant | agradable | This was not very pleasant for me, just starting for an unknown place to meet an unknown man; but every one seemed so kind-hearted, and so sorrowful, and so sympathetic that I could not but be touched. Dracula |
| bolsillo | When I had written in my diary and had fortunately replaced the book and pen in my pocket I felt sleepy. Dracula | |
| serious | serio | Dracula |
| society | sociedad | Dracula |
| spent | pasó | I had spent the day wearily over books, and, simply to keep my mind occupied, went over some of the matters I had been examining at Lincoln’s Inn. Dracula |
| tea | té | Dracula |
| duchess | duquesa | Pride and Prejudice |
| evidently | evidentemente | I was evidently expected, for when I got near the door I faced a cheery-looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress--white undergarment with long double apron, front, and back, of coloured stuff fitting almost too… Dracula |
| excellent | excelente | I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was “mamaliga,” and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call “impletata.” (Mem., get recipe for… Dracula |
| gentlemen | caballeros | Dracula |
| godalming | Godalming | Dracula |
| lose | perder | Then I went over every inch of the ground, so as not to lose a chance. Dracula |
| manners | modales | The books were of the most varied kind--history, geography, politics, political economy, botany, geology, law--all relating to England and English life and customs and manners. Dracula |
| misery | miseria | Dracula |
| smiled | sonrió | When I came close she bowed and said, “The Herr Englishman?” “Yes,” I said, “Jonathan Harker.” She smiled, and gave some message to an elderly man in white shirt-sleeves, who had followed her to the door. Dracula |
| spring | primavera | Dracula |
| thy | tu | who but a native can tell the delight I took in again beholding thy streams, thy mountains, and, more than all, thy lovely lake! Frankenstein |
| worth | valor | Dracula |
| begin | empezar | _12 May._--Let me begin with facts--bare, meagre facts, verified by books and figures, and of which there can be no doubt. Dracula |
| despair | desesperación | Despair has its own calms. Dracula |
| frightened | asustado | He and his wife, the old lady who had received me, looked at each other in a frightened sort of way. Dracula |
| gardiner | Gardiner | Pride and Prejudice |
| growing | creciendo | As the evening fell it began to get very cold, and the growing twilight seemed to merge into one dark mistiness the gloom of the trees, oak, beech, and pine, though in the valleys which ran deep between the spurs of… Dracula |
| laughing | riendo | Dracula |
| looks | aspecto | It looks like part of a keep, and is close to an old chapel or church. Dracula |
| shoulders | hombros | As they sank into the darkness I felt a strange chill, and a lonely feeling came over me; but a cloak was thrown over my shoulders, and a rug across my knees, and the driver said in excellent German:-- Dracula |
| surely | sin duda | When later I saw him through the chink of the hinges of the door laying the table in the dining-room, I was assured of it; for if he does himself all these menial offices, surely it is proof that there is no one else… Dracula |
| touch | tocar | for it is a comfort and a strength to me whenever I touch it. Dracula |
| touched | tocó | This was not very pleasant for me, just starting for an unknown place to meet an unknown man; but every one seemed so kind-hearted, and so sorrowful, and so sympathetic that I could not but be touched. Dracula |
| afternoon | tarde | Right and left of us they towered, with the afternoon sun falling full upon them and bringing out all the glorious colours of this beautiful range, deep blue and purple in the shadows of the peaks, green and brown… Dracula |
| appear | aparecer | Those flames only appear on one night; and on that night no man of this land will, if he can help it, stir without his doors. Dracula |
| drawn | atraído | Then there was the sound of rattling chains and the clanking of massive bolts drawn back. Dracula |
| hurried | apurado | Of one thing I am glad: if it was that the Count carried me here and undressed me, he must have been hurried in his task, for my pockets are intact. Dracula |
| ice | hielo | The instant, however, that I had stepped over the threshold, he moved impulsively forward, and holding out his hand grasped mine with a strength which made me wince, an effect which was not lessened by the fact that it… Dracula |
| leaves | hojas | There were many things new to me: for instance, hay-ricks in the trees, and here and there very beautiful masses of weeping birch, their white stems shining like silver through the delicate green of the leaves. Dracula |
| moments | momentos | Dracula |
| opportunity | oportunidad | I had now an opportunity of observing him, and found him of a very marked physiognomy. Dracula |
| peace | paz | Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonourable peace; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told.” Dracula |
| sad | triste | I determined not to return to-night to the gloom-haunted rooms, but to sleep here, where, of old, ladies had sat and sung and lived sweet lives whilst their gentle breasts were sad for their menfolk away in the midst… Dracula |
| sibyl | Sibyl | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| toomai | Toomai | Tiger!” Mowgli’s Song The White Seal Lukannon “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Darzee’s Chant Toomai of the Elephants Shiv and the Grasshopper Her Majesty’s Servants Parade Song of the Camp Animals The Jungle Book |
| unless | a menos que | It is very annoying, for I do not see how I am to shave, unless in my watch-case or the bottom of the shaving-pot, which is fortunately of metal. Dracula |
| yesterday | ayer | I was not sleepy, as the long sleep yesterday had fortified me; but I could not help experiencing that chill which comes over one at the coming of the dawn, which is like, in its way, the turn of the tide. Dracula |
| dust | polvo | The windows were curtainless, and the yellow moonlight, flooding in through the diamond panes, enabled one to see even colours, whilst it softened the wealth of dust which lay over all and disguised in some measure the… Dracula |
| escape | escapar | I feel the dread of this horrible place overpowering me; I am in fear--in awful fear--and there is no escape for me; I am encompassed about with terrors that I dare not think of.... Dracula |
| former | anterior | On the latter side, as well as to the former, there was a great precipice. Dracula |
| grave | tumba | Dracula |
| passage | pasaje | Let me see to your comfort myself.” He insisted on carrying my traps along the passage, and then up a great winding stair, and along another great passage, on whose stone floor our steps rang heavily. Dracula |
| queen | reina | The Queen’s Croquet-Ground CHAPTER IX. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
| seward | Seward | Seward’s Diary CHAPTER XIII. Dracula |
| sign | señal | When we started, the crowd round the inn door, which had by this time swelled to a considerable size, all made the sign of the cross and pointed two fingers towards me. Dracula |
| somewhat | algo | 4 May.--I found that my landlord had got a letter from the Count, directing him to secure the best place on the coach for me; but on making inquiries as to details he seemed somewhat reticent, and pretended that he… Dracula |
| sprang | saltó | It was almost as if the sound sprang up at the rising of his hand, just as the music of a great orchestra seems to leap under the bâton of the conductor. Dracula |
| thornton | Thornton | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| believed | creyó | He then explained to me that it was commonly believed that on a certain night of the year--last night, in fact, when all evil spirits are supposed to have unchecked sway--a blue flame is seen over any place where… Dracula |