Top 1000 English words
Page 3 of 10. Frequency across the English books in this collection, with an example sentence.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| father | padre | (_Mem._, this diary seems horribly like the beginning of the “Arabian Nights,” for everything has to break off at cockcrow--or like the ghost of Hamlet’s father.) Dracula |
| give | dar | It was evident that something very exciting was either happening or expected, but though I asked each passenger, no one would give me the slightest explanation. Dracula |
| those | esos | Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque. Dracula |
| holmes | Holmes | To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| poor | pobre | Dracula |
| mother | madre | She saw, I suppose, the doubt in my face, for she put the rosary round my neck, and said, “For your mother’s sake,” and went out of the room. Dracula |
| morning | mañana | M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Dracula |
| side | lado | Sometimes we saw little towns or castles on the top of steep hills such as we see in old missals; sometimes we ran by rivers and streams which seemed from the wide stony margin on each side of them to be subject to… Dracula |
| enough | suficiente | I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams. Dracula |
| yes | sí | 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 |
| find | encontrar | I find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country, just on the borders of three states, Transylvania, Moldavia and Bukovina, in the midst of the Carpathian mountains; one of the wildest and least… Dracula |
| heart | corazón | There were even such books of reference as the London Directory, the “Red” and “Blue” books, Whitaker’s Almanac, the Army and Navy Lists, and--it somehow gladdened my heart to see it--the Law List. Dracula |
| love | amor | Through them I have come to know your great England; and to know her is to love her. Dracula |
| looking | mirando | 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 |
| indeed | en efecto | I found my smattering of German very useful here; indeed, I don’t know how I should be able to get on without it. Dracula |
| going | yendo | I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns. Dracula |
| far | lejos | I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible. Dracula |
| few | pocos | By-and-by, however, as I was curious to know how time was passing, I struck a match, and by its flame looked at my watch; it was within a few minutes of midnight. Dracula |
| white | blanco | They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other, and most of them had big belts with a lot of strips of something fluttering from them like the dresses in a ballet, but of course there were petticoats under them. Dracula |
| herself | ella misma | When she saw my face at the window she threw herself forward, and shouted in a voice laden with menace:-- Dracula |
| people | gente | At every station there were groups of people, sometimes crowds, and in all sorts of attire. Dracula |
| under | bajo | There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it; or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty. Dracula |
| anything | cualquier cosa | When I asked him if he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of his castle, both he and his wife crossed themselves, and, saying that they knew nothing at all, simply refused to speak further. Dracula |
| each | cada | Sometimes we saw little towns or castles on the top of steep hills such as we see in old missals; sometimes we ran by rivers and streams which seemed from the wide stony margin on each side of them to be subject to… Dracula |
| lady | dama | He and his wife, the old lady who had received me, looked at each other in a frightened sort of way. Dracula |
| dorian | Dorian | Your rank and wealth, Harry; my brains, such as they are—my art, whatever it may be worth; Dorian Gray’s good looks—we shall all suffer for what the gods have given us, suffer terribly.” The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| sure | seguro | On this were sure to be seated quite a group of home-coming peasants, the Cszeks with their white, and the Slovaks with their coloured, sheepskins, the latter carrying lance-fashion their long staves, with axe at end. Dracula |
| work | trabajo | I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordnance Survey maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post… Dracula |
| perhaps | quizá | In the gloom the courtyard looked of considerable size, and as several dark ways led from it under great round arches, it perhaps seemed bigger than it really is. Dracula |
| sir | señor | “Nay, sir, you are my guest. Dracula |
| end | fin | Before us lay a green sloping land full of forests and woods, with here and there steep hills, crowned with clumps of trees or with farmhouses, the blank gable end to the road. Dracula |
| turned | se volvió | I could only see the gleam of a pair of very bright eyes, which seemed red in the lamplight, as he turned to us. Dracula |
| better | mejor | He will now come on to Bukovina, and return to-morrow or the next day; better the next day.” Whilst he was speaking the horses began to neigh and snort and plunge wildly, so that the driver had to hold them up. Dracula |
| peter | Peter | You come to me not alone as agent of my friend Peter Hawkins, of Exeter, to tell me all about my new estate in London. Dracula |
| want | querer | Looking out on this, I felt that I was indeed in prison, and I seemed to want a breath of fresh air, though it were of the night. Dracula |
| alice | Alice | Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it,… Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
| lord | lord | Lord, help me, and those to whom I am dear! Dracula |
| world | mundo | I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting. Dracula |
| hear | oír | I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd; so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out. Dracula |
| light | luz | I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordnance Survey maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post… Dracula |
| against | contra | With some difficulty I got a fellow-passenger to tell me what they meant; he would not answer at first, but on learning that I was English, he explained that it was a charm or guard against the evil eye. Dracula |
| between | entre | 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 |
| sat | se sentó | The Count, evidently noticing it, drew back; and with a grim sort of smile, which showed more than he had yet done his protuberant teeth, sat himself down again on his own side of the fireplace. Dracula |
| course | curso | They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other, and most of them had big belts with a lot of strips of something fluttering from them like the dresses in a ballet, but of course there were petticoats under them. Dracula |
| darcy | Darcy | Although Miss Austen always liked something of the misunderstanding kind, which afforded her opportunities for the display of the peculiar and incomparable talent to be noticed presently, she has been satisfied here… Pride and Prejudice |
| believe | creer | They say that people who are near death die generally at the change to the dawn or at the turn of the tide; any one who has when tired, and tied as it were to his post, experienced this change in the atmosphere can… Dracula |
| cannot | no poder | 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 |
| whole | entero | Then our driver, whose wide linen drawers covered the whole front of the box-seat--“gotza” they call them--cracked his big whip over his four small horses, which ran abreast, and we set off on our journey. Dracula |
| because | porque | This could not be true, because up to then he had understood it perfectly; at least, he answered my questions exactly as if he did. Dracula |
| voice | voz | How he came there, I know not, but I heard his voice raised in a tone of imperious command, and looking towards the sound, saw him stand in the roadway. Dracula |
| really | de verdad | Of old the Hospadars would not repair them, lest the Turk should think that they were preparing to bring in foreign troops, and so hasten the war which was always really at loading point. Dracula |
| passed | pasó | The Castle._--The grey of the morning has passed, and the sun is high over the distant horizon, which seems jagged, whether with trees or hills I know not, for it is so far off that big things and little are mixed. Dracula |
| dead | muerto | “Denn die Todten reiten schnell”-- (“For the dead travel fast.”) Dracula |
| home | hogar | Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque. Dracula |
| sea | mar | The excitement of the passengers grew greater; the crazy coach rocked on its great leather springs, and swayed like a boat tossed on a stormy sea. Dracula |
| almost | casi | 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 |
| gave | dio | 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 |
| together | juntos | Though we were in shelter, we could hear the rising wind, for it moaned and whistled through the rocks, and the branches of the trees crashed together as we swept along. Dracula |
| hope | esperanza | You will, I hope, find all things as you wish.” At the door he turned, and after a moment’s pause said:-- Dracula |
| rather | más bien | I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty. Dracula |
| gone | ido | At last there came a time when the driver went further afield than he had yet gone, and during his absence, the horses began to tremble worse than ever and to snort and scream with fright. Dracula |
| john | John | Dracula |
| open | abierto | He held in his hand an antique silver lamp, in which the flame burned without chimney or globe of any kind, throwing long quivering shadows as it flickered in the draught of the open door. Dracula |
| behind | detrás | As we wound on our endless way, and the sun sank lower and lower behind us, the shadows of the evening began to creep round us. Dracula |
| fear | miedo | Whether it is the old lady’s fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual. Dracula |
| towards | hacia | Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then. Dracula |
| lay | yacía | Before us lay a green sloping land full of forests and woods, with here and there steep hills, crowned with clumps of trees or with farmhouses, the blank gable end to the road. Dracula |
| both | ambos | When I asked him if he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of his castle, both he and his wife crossed themselves, and, saying that they knew nothing at all, simply refused to speak further. Dracula |
| words | palabras | I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd; so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out. Dracula |
| stood | estaba de pie | I shall never forget the last glimpse which I had of the inn-yard and its crowd of picturesque figures, all crossing themselves, as they stood round the wide archway, with its background of rich foliage of oleander and… Dracula |
| new | nuevo | NEW YORK Dracula |
| feet | pies | All at once we heard the crow of a cock coming up with preternatural shrillness through the clear morning air; Count Dracula, jumping to his feet, said:-- Dracula |
| help | ayuda | 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 |
| wendy | Wendy | They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. Peter Pan |
| death | muerte | I long to go through the crowded streets of your mighty London, to be in the midst of the whirl and rush of humanity, to share its life, its change, its death, and all that makes it what it is. Dracula |
| whom | a quién | Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring!” The strength of the handshake was so much akin to that which I had noticed in the driver, whose face I had not seen, that for a moment I doubted if it were… Dracula |
| next | siguiente | M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Dracula |
| matter | asunto | Some time, if it may be, I must examine this matter and try to make up my mind about it. Dracula |
| part | parte | I am writing up this part of the diary whilst I am waiting for the coach, which is, of course, late; and the crucifix is still round my neck. Dracula |
| buck | Buck | A Christmas Carol |
| coming | que viene | Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque. Dracula |
| van | van | Seward’s Phonograph Diary, spoken by Van Helsing CHAPTER XXV. Dracula |
| wish | desear | I trust you will find all you wish. Dracula |
| air | aire | There were dark, rolling clouds overhead, and in the air the heavy, oppressive sense of thunder. Dracula |
| sleep | sueño | I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams. Dracula |
| answered | respondió | This could not be true, because up to then he had understood it perfectly; at least, he answered my questions exactly as if he did. Dracula |
| strange | extraño | Sometimes, as the road was cut through the pine woods that seemed in the darkness to be closing down upon us, great masses of greyness, which here and there bestrewed the trees, produced a peculiarly weird and solemn… Dracula |
| fire | fuego | I dined on what they called “robber steak”--bits of bacon, onion, and beef, seasoned with red pepper, and strung on sticks and roasted over the fire, in the simple style of the London cat’s meat! Dracula |
| word | palabra | 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 |
| having | habiendo | Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding Transylvania; it had struck me that some foreknowledge of the… Dracula |
| kind | tipo | All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. Dracula |
| scrooge | Scrooge | Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. A Christmas Carol |
| window | ventana | There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it; or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty. Dracula |
| days | días | In old days there were stirring times, when the Austrian and the Hungarian came up in hordes, and the patriots went out to meet them--men and women, the aged and the children too--and waited their coming on the rocks… Dracula |
| bennet | Bennet | Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?” Pride and Prejudice |
| called | llamado | (Mem., get recipe for Mina.) I asked the waiter, and he said it was called “paprika hendl,” and that, as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians. Dracula |
| among | entre | 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 |
| rest | resto | The strangest figures we saw were the Slovaks, who were more barbarian than the rest, with their big cow-boy hats, great baggy dirty-white trousers, white linen shirts, and enormous heavy leather belts, nearly a foot… Dracula |
| does | hace | If it does I am lost. Dracula |
| helsing | Helsing | Seward’s Phonograph Diary, spoken by Van Helsing CHAPTER XXV. Dracula |