Top 1000 English words
Page 5 of 10. Frequency across the English books in this collection, with an example sentence.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| hardly | apenas | 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 |
| nature | naturaleza | Dracula |
| terrible | terrible | Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. Dracula |
| body | cuerpo | Where his body has gone why may not another body go? Dracula |
| five | cinco | Fifty years ago a series of great fires took place, which made terrible havoc on five separate occasions. Dracula |
| followed | siguió | 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 |
| london | Londres | 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 |
| ship | barco | Now, suppose I, who have much of affairs, wish to ship goods, say, to Newcastle, or Durham, or Harwich, or Dover, might it not be that it could with more ease be done by consigning to one in these ports?” I answered… Dracula |
| times | veces | They were a hundred times more terrible in the grim silence which held them than even when they howled. Dracula |
| large | grande | 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 |
| mowgli | Mowgli | Mowgli’s Brothers Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack Kaa’s Hunting Road-Song of the Bandar-Log “Tiger! The Jungle Book |
| country | país | 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 |
| girl | chica | The fair girl shook her head coquettishly, and the other two urged her on. Dracula |
| hard | duro | The only light was the flickering rays of our own lamps, in which the steam from our hard-driven horses rose in a white cloud. Dracula |
| held | sostuvo | This was emphasised by the fact that the snowy mountain-top still held the sunset, and seemed to glow out with a delicate cool pink. Dracula |
| i’ll | futuro de I | Dracula |
| soul | alma | I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. Dracula |
| whether | si | 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 |
| wild | salvaje | He lashed the horses unmercifully with his long whip, and with wild cries of encouragement urged them on to further exertions. Dracula |
| mean | significar | 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 |
| used | usado | One was an atlas, which I found opened naturally at England, as if that map had been much used. Dracula |
| dog | perro | 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 |
| says | dice | Dracula |
| sun | sol | 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 |
| high | alto | They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. Dracula |
| i’m | soy, estoy | Dracula |
| wife | esposa | He and his wife, the old lady who had received me, looked at each other in a frightened sort of way. Dracula |
| lips | labios | 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 |
| none | ninguno | But still in none of the rooms is there a mirror. Dracula |
| appeared | apareció | The road grew more level, and we appeared to fly along. Dracula |
| can’t | no poder | Dracula |
| entered | entró | I have to be away till the afternoon; so sleep well and dream well!” With a courteous bow, he opened for me himself the door to the octagonal room, and I entered my bedroom.... Dracula |
| known | conocido | 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 |
| wonder | asombro | “Is it a wonder that we were a conquering race; that we were proud; that when the Magyar, the Lombard, the Avar, the Bulgar, or the Turk poured his thousands on our frontiers, we drove them back? Dracula |
| feeling | sentimiento | 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 |
| strong | fuerte | It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. Dracula |
| change | cambio | 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 |
| past | pasado | 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 |
| possible | posible | 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 |
| ready | listo | When you are ready, come into the other room, where you will find your supper prepared.” Dracula |
| above | encima | 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 |
| return | volver | 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 |
| feelings | sentimientos | “Ah, sir, you dwellers in the city cannot enter into the feelings of the hunter.” Then he rose and said:-- Dracula |
| reason | razón | There is reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand.” I said I was sure of this, and then he went on:-- Dracula |
| silence | silencio | They were a hundred times more terrible in the grim silence which held them than even when they howled. Dracula |
| care | cuidado | “The night is chill, mein Herr, and my master the Count bade me take all care of you. Dracula |
| during | durante | 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 |
| fellow | compañero | 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 |
| minutes | minutos | 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 |
| jonathan | Jonathan | 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 |
| rose | rosa | She then rose and dried her eyes, and taking a crucifix from her neck offered it to me. Dracula |
| continued | continuó | JONATHAN HARKER’S JOURNAL--_continued_ Dracula |
| heavy | pesado | 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 |
| turn | turno | 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 |
| sight | vista | I soon lost sight and recollection of ghostly fears in the beauty of the scene as we drove along, although had I known the language, or rather languages, which my fellow-passengers were speaking, I might not have been… Dracula |
| trees | árboles | 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 |
| certain | cierto | 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 |
| else | otro | It was so near the time of starting that I had no time to ask any one else, for it was all very mysterious and not by any means comforting. Dracula |
| walked | caminó | He grew excited as he spoke, and walked about the room pulling his great white moustache and grasping anything on which he laid his hands as though he would crush it by main strength. Dracula |
| run | correr | In this respect it is different from the general run of roads in the Carpathians, for it is an old tradition that they are not to be kept in too good order. Dracula |
| able | capaz | (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 |
| brother | hermano | Woe was it that his own unworthy brother, when he had fallen, sold his people to the Turk and brought the shame of slavery on them! Dracula |
| cut | cortar | 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 |
| spirit | espíritu | Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Wodin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, ay,… Dracula |
| added | añadió | “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 |
| beautiful | hermoso | I trust that your journey from London has been a happy one, and that you will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land. Dracula |
| that’s | eso es | Dracula |
| thus | así | Now here let me say frankly, lest you should think it strange that I have sought the services of one so far off from London instead of some one resident there, that my motive was that no local interest might be served… Dracula |
| live | vivir | I myself am of an old family, and to live in a new house would kill me. Dracula |
| several | varios | One by one several of the passengers offered me gifts, which they pressed upon me with an earnestness which would take no denial; these were certainly of an odd and varied kind, but each was given in simple good faith,… Dracula |
| short | corto | 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 |
| late | tarde | M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Dracula |
| use | usar | 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 |
| means | medios | It was so near the time of starting that I had no time to ask any one else, for it was all very mysterious and not by any means comforting. Dracula |
| saying | diciendo | 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 |
| drew | sacó | The passengers drew back with a sigh of gladness, which seemed to mock my own disappointment. Dracula |
| grew | creció | When it grew dark there seemed to be some excitement amongst the passengers, and they kept speaking to him, one after the other, as though urging him to further speed. Dracula |
| dogs | perros | “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 |
| eye | ojo | 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 |
| forward | adelante | Then, as we flew along, the driver leaned forward, and on each side the passengers, craning over the edge of the coach, peered eagerly into the darkness. Dracula |
| ill | enfermo | Here I am, sitting at a little oak table where in old times possibly some fair lady sat to pen, with much thought and many blushes, her ill-spelt love-letter, and writing in my diary in shorthand all that has happened… Dracula |
| count | conde | 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 |
| harry | Harry | “You don’t understand me, Harry,” answered the artist. The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| struck | golpeó | 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 |
| seems | parece | Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets. Dracula |
| power | poder | As my eyes opened involuntarily I saw his strong hand grasp the slender neck of the fair woman and with giant’s power draw it back, the blue eyes transformed with fury, the white teeth champing with rage, and the fair… Dracula |
| clear | claro | It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. Dracula |
| low | bajo | 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 |
| money | dinero | He mumbled out that the money had been sent in a letter, and that was all he knew. Dracula |
| ah | ah | “Ah, sir, you dwellers in the city cannot enter into the feelings of the hunter.” Then he rose and said:-- Dracula |
| bad | malo | It is old, and has many memories, and there are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely. Dracula |
| street | calle | Dracula |
| earth | tierra | Here, too, when they came, they found the Huns, whose warlike fury had swept the earth like a living flame, till the dying peoples held that in their veins ran the blood of those old witches, who, expelled from Scythia… Dracula |
| ten | diez | Dracula |
| need | necesitar | Come in; the night air is chill, and you must need to eat and rest.” As he was speaking, he put the lamp on a bracket on the wall, and stepping out, took my luggage; he had carried it in before I could forestall him. Dracula |
| story | historia | One thing he said which I shall put down as nearly as I can; for it tells in its way the story of his race:-- Dracula |
| mouth | boca | 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 |
| wickham | Wickham | The elopement of Lydia and Wickham is not, like that of Crawford and Mrs. Pride and Prejudice |
| collins | Collins | Collins, the visit to Hunsford, the Derbyshire tour--fit in after the same unostentatious, but masterly fashion. Pride and Prejudice |
| hair | pelo | They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches. Dracula |