Top 1000 English words
Page 4 of 10. Frequency across the English books in this collection, with an example sentence.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| since | desde | These companions”--and he laid his hand on some of the books--“have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure. Dracula |
| red | rojo | I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty. Dracula |
| jane | Jane | Lizzy is not a bit better than the others: and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia. Pride and Prejudice |
| others | otros | 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 |
| years | años | Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. Dracula |
| alone | solo | 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 |
| keep | guardar | Then, far off in the distance, from the mountains on each side of us began a louder and a sharper howling--that of wolves--which affected both the horses and myself in the same way--for I was minded to jump from the… Dracula |
| also | también | 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 |
| woman | mujer | 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 |
| water | agua | 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 |
| black | negro | They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. Dracula |
| speak | hablar | 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 |
| suddenly | de repente | This time, after going to the far side of the Pass, he suddenly turned down a narrow roadway which ran sharply to the right. Dracula |
| already | ya | 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 |
| often | a menudo | 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 |
| case | caso | I would have liked to have asked the driver what this all meant, but I really feared to do so, for I thought that, placed as I was, any protest would have had no effect in case there had been an intention to delay. Dracula |
| feel | sentir | It was all very ridiculous but I did not feel comfortable. Dracula |
| captain | capitán | Dracula |
| leave | dejar | 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 |
| set | conjunto | On the stage they would be set down at once as some old Oriental band of brigands. Dracula |
| spoke | habló | 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 |
| replied | respondió | “The English Herr was in a hurry,” to which the stranger replied:-- Dracula |
| bed | cama | I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams. Dracula |
| dark | oscuro | It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place. Dracula |
| nor | ni | Here and there was a peasant man or woman kneeling before a shrine, who did not even turn round as we approached, but seemed in the self-surrender of devotion to have neither eyes nor ears for the outer world. Dracula |
| sister | hermana | Dracula |
| across | al otro lado | 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 |
| full | lleno | All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind. Dracula |
| letter | carta | He went, but immediately returned with a letter:-- Dracula |
| until | hasta | Some time after I had finished my meal--I do not know whether to call it breakfast or dinner, for it was between five and six o’clock when I had it--I looked about for something to read, for I did not like to go about… Dracula |
| brought | trajo | This gave me a fright, for if there is no one else in the castle, it must have been the Count himself who was the driver of the coach that brought me here. Dracula |
| name | nombre | 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 |
| dr | doctor | Dr. Dracula |
| fell | cayó | 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 |
| near | cerca | 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 |
| true | verdadero | 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 |
| gray | Gray | 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 |
| ran | corrió | 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 |
| bingley | Bingley | “Bingley.” Pride and Prejudice |
| best | el mejor | 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 |
| family | familia | I myself am of an old family, and to live in a new house would kill me. Dracula |
| henry | Henry | _Darcy has always seemed to me by far the best and most interesting of Miss Austen’s heroes; the only possible competitor being Henry Tilney, whose part is so slight and simple that it hardly enters into comparison. Pride and Prejudice |
| everything | todo | There seemed a strange stillness over everything; but as I listened I heard as if from down below in the valley the howling of many wolves. Dracula |
| silver | plata | 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 |
| call | llamar | 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 |
| happy | feliz | I trust that your journey from London has been a happy one, and that you will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land. Dracula |
| certainly | sin duda | Being practically on the frontier--for the Borgo Pass leads from it into Bukovina--it has had a very stormy existence, and it certainly shows marks of it. Dracula |
| least | el menos | 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 |
| less | menos | 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 |
| manner | manera | What manner of man is this, or what manner of creature is it in the semblance of man? Dracula |
| god | Dios | Isten szek!”--“God’s seat!”--and he crossed himself reverently. Dracula |
| table | mesa | At the end of this he threw open a heavy door, and I rejoiced to see within a well-lit room in which a table was spread for supper, and on whose mighty hearth a great fire of logs, freshly replenished, flamed and flared. Dracula |
| afraid | asustado | I grew dreadfully afraid, and the horses shared my fear. Dracula |
| lost | perdido | At the very beginning of the seventeenth century it underwent a siege of three weeks and lost 13,000 people, the casualties of war proper being assisted by famine and disease. Dracula |
| sometimes | a veces | 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 |
| read | leer | 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 |
| returned | volvió | He went, but immediately returned with a letter:-- Dracula |
| taken | tomado | When I got on the coach the driver had not taken his seat, and I saw him talking with the landlady. Dracula |
| answer | respuesta | 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 |
| evening | tarde | 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 |
| along | a lo largo | (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 |
| it’s | es | Dracula |
| whose | cuyo | 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 |
| suppose | suponer | 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 |
| present | presente | In his speaking of things and people, and especially of battles, he spoke as if he had been present at them all. Dracula |
| ground | suelo | It seemed to me that we were simply going over and over the same ground again; and so I took note of some salient point, and found that this was so. Dracula |
| small | pequeño | 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 |
| children | niños | “Listen to them--the children of the night. Dracula |
| sound | sonido | The sound was taken up by another dog, and then another and another, till, borne on the wind which now sighed softly through the Pass, a wild howling began, which seemed to come from all over the country, as far as the… Dracula |
| hour | hora | M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Dracula |
| opened | abrió | One of my companions touched my arm as we swept round the base of a hill and opened up the lofty, snow-covered peak of a mountain, which seemed, as we wound on our serpentine way, to be right before us:-- Dracula |
| blood | sangre | Why, there is hardly a foot of soil in all this region that has not been enriched by the blood of men, patriots or invaders. Dracula |
| friends | amigos | These companions”--and he laid his hand on some of the books--“have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure. Dracula |
| four | cuatro | 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 |
| became | se convirtió | In a few minutes, however, my own ears got accustomed to the sound, and the horses so far became quiet that the driver was able to descend and to stand before them. Dracula |
| boy | chico | 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 |
| doctor | médico | Dracula |
| understand | entender | 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 |
| ask | preguntar | (Mem., I must ask the Count all about them.) Dracula |
| child | niño | If my ears did not deceive me there was a gasp and a low wail, as of a half-smothered child. Dracula |
| close | cerca | 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 |
| lucy | Lucy | Letters—Lucy and Mina CHAPTER VI. Dracula |
| remember | recordar | Hawkins’s interest, not mine, and I had to think of him, not myself; and besides, while Count Dracula was speaking, there was that in his eyes and in his bearing which made me remember that I was a prisoner, and that… Dracula |
| mina | Mina | (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 |
| big | grande | 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 |
| cold | frío | 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 |
| pleasure | placer | One passage of it, at least, gave me a thrill of pleasure. Dracula |
| sort | clase | 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 |
| met | se encontró | His face was deathly pale, and the lines of it were hard like drawn wires; the thick eyebrows that met over the nose now seemed like a heaving bar of white-hot metal. Dracula |
| within | dentro de | There is throughout no statement of past things wherein memory may err, for all the records chosen are exactly contemporary, given from the standpoints and within the range of knowledge of those who made them. Dracula |
| doubt | duda | 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 |
| either | o bien | I must say they were not cheering to me, for amongst them were “Ordog”--Satan, “pokol”--hell, “stregoica”--witch, “vrolok” and “vlkoslak”--both of which mean the same thing, one being Slovak and the other Servian for… Dracula |
| tried | intentó | Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?” She was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect. Dracula |
| talk | charla | I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina. Dracula |
| business | negocio | When I told her that I must go at once, and that I was engaged on important business, she asked again: Dracula |
| idea | idea | These companions”--and he laid his hand on some of the books--“have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure. Dracula |
| given | dado | There is throughout no statement of past things wherein memory may err, for all the records chosen are exactly contemporary, given from the standpoints and within the range of knowledge of those who made them. Dracula |
| kept | guardó | At three to-morrow the diligence will start for Bukovina; a place on it is kept for you. Dracula |
| point | punto | 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 |
| yourself | tú mismo | “You will need, after your journey, to refresh yourself by making your toilet. Dracula |