Top 1000 English words
Page 8 of 10. Frequency across the English books in this collection, with an example sentence.
| Word | Translation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| straight | recto | The carriage went at a hard pace straight along, then we made a complete turn and went along another straight road. Dracula |
| trust | confianza | I trust that your journey from London has been a happy one, and that you will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land. Dracula |
| diary | diario | Lucy Westenra’s Diary CHAPTER XII. Dracula |
| kill | matar | I myself am of an old family, and to live in a new house would kill me. Dracula |
| letters | cartas | Letters—Lucy and Mina CHAPTER VI. Dracula |
| outside | fuera | It takes a lot of water, and running strong, to sweep the outside edge of a river clear. Dracula |
| quickly | rápidamente | You must make your conversation regarding my dear new country of England less interesting, so that I may not forget how time flies by us,” and, with a courtly bow, he quickly left me. Dracula |
| simply | simplemente | 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 |
| usual | habitual | 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 |
| whatever | lo que sea | When the invader was triumphant he found but little, for whatever there was had been sheltered in the friendly soil.” Dracula |
| absolutely | absolutamente | “I must regret that an attack of gout, from which malady I am a constant sufferer, forbids absolutely any travelling on my part for some time to come; but I am happy to say I can send a sufficient substitute, one in… Dracula |
| beginning | comienzo | 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 |
| jim | Jim | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| opinion | opinión | Dracula |
| paper | papel | Is it not so?” As he spoke he handed me three sheets of note-paper and three envelopes. Dracula |
| sorry | lo siento | I am sorry that I had to be away so long to-day; but you will, I know, forgive one who has so many important affairs in hand.” Dracula |
| uncle | tío | Pride and Prejudice |
| whilst | mientras | 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 |
| affection | afecto | Dracula |
| below | debajo | 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 |
| harker | Harker | 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 |
| laugh | risa | They whispered together, and then they all three laughed--such a silvery, musical laugh, but as hard as though the sound never could have come through the softness of human lips. Dracula |
| morrow | día siguiente | At three to-morrow the diligence will start for Bukovina; a place on it is kept for you. Dracula |
| order | orden | I was told that this road is in summertime excellent, but that it had not yet been put in order after the winter snows. Dracula |
| remembered | recordó | I felt myself struggling to awake to some call of my instincts; nay, my very soul was struggling, and my half-remembered sensibilities were striving to answer the call. Dracula |
| safe | seguro | I wish I were safe out of it, or that I had never come. Dracula |
| showed | mostró | 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 |
| surprised | sorprendido | Dracula |
| entirely | por completo | They simply seemed to fade into the rays of the moonlight and pass out through the window, for I could see outside the dim, shadowy forms for a moment before they entirely faded away. Dracula |
| exactly | exactamente | 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 |
| george | George | George’s Day. Dracula |
| hat | sombrero | They were driven by a tall man, with a long brown beard and a great black hat, which seemed to hide his face from us. Dracula |
| ladies | damas | This was evidently the portion of the castle occupied by the ladies in bygone days, for the furniture had more air of comfort than any I had seen. Dracula |
| placed | colocó | How these papers have been placed in sequence will be made manifest in the reading of them. Dracula |
| promise | promesa | Well, now I promise you that when I am done with him you shall kiss him at your will. Dracula |
| tears | lágrimas | “Shut the door; I shall wait till morning!” and covered my face with my hands to hide my tears of bitter disappointment. Dracula |
| character | personaje | Dracula |
| garden | jardín | PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y. Dracula |
| immediately | de inmediato | He went, but immediately returned with a letter:-- Dracula |
| pale | pálido | For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. Dracula |
| pride | orgullo | This he afterwards explained by saying that to a _boyar_ the pride of his house and name is his own pride, that their glory is his glory, that their fate is his fate. Dracula |
| state | estado | young Herr, must you go?” She was in such an excited state that she seemed to have lost her grip of what German she knew, and mixed it all up with some other language which I did not know at all. Dracula |
| wrong | mal | Dracula |
| evil | malvado | Do you not know that to-night, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Dracula |
| further | más | It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. Dracula |
| ghost | fantasma | 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 |
| lives | vidas | 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 |
| reached | alcanzó | 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 |
| rikki | Rikki | 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 |
| thank | gracias | “I thank you, my friend, for your all too-flattering estimate, but yet I fear that I am but a little way on the road I would travel. Dracula |
| written | escrito | There was a card on the table, on which was written:-- Dracula |
| gold | oro | The table service is of gold, and so beautifully wrought that it must be of immense value. Dracula |
| hall | salón | They were all locked, as I had expected, and the locks were comparatively new; but I went down the stone stairs to the hall where I had entered originally. Dracula |
| months | meses | Dracula |
| passion | pasión | 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 |
| picture | cuadro | Dracula |
| slowly | lentamente | Sometimes the hills were so steep that, despite our driver’s haste, the horses could only go slowly. Dracula |
| asleep | dormido | I think I must have fallen asleep and kept dreaming of the incident, for it seemed to be repeated endlessly, and now looking back, it is like a sort of awful nightmare. Dracula |
| colour | color | Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere. Dracula |
| companion | compañero | Dracula |
| fight | pelea | Dracula |
| figure | figura | Dracula |
| knows | sabe | He knows well that I am imprisoned; and as he has done it himself, and has doubtless his own motives for it, he would only deceive me if I trusted him fully with the facts. Dracula |
| machine | máquina | Dracula |
| ought | debería | 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 |
| wolves | lobos | 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 |
| died | murió | Dracula |
| fixed | fijo | Enter freely and of your own will!” He made no motion of stepping to meet me, but stood like a statue, as though his gesture of welcome had fixed him into stone. Dracula |
| line | línea | One of my companions whispered to another the line from Burger’s “Lenore”:-- Dracula |
| shut | cerrado | In and out amongst these green hills of what they call here the “Mittel Land” ran the road, losing itself as it swept round the grassy curve, or was shut out by the straggling ends of pine woods, which here and there… Dracula |
| there’s | hay | Dracula |
| wall | pared | 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 |
| camp | campamento | Dracula |
| living | vivo | The horses jumped about and reared, and looked helplessly round with eyes that rolled in a way painful to see; but the living ring of terror encompassed them on every side; and they had perforce to remain within it. Dracula |
| news | noticias | Dracula |
| pack | manada | Before many minutes had passed a pack of them poured, like a pent-up dam when liberated, through the wide entrance into the courtyard. Dracula |
| raised | alzó | 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 |
| christmas | Navidad | Pride and Prejudice |
| curious | curioso | 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 |
| hill | colina | 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 |
| likely | probable | Of bell or knocker there was no sign; through these frowning walls and dark window openings it was not likely that my voice could penetrate. Dracula |
| observed | observó | Goldwin Smith has truly observed that “metaphor has been exhausted in depicting the perfection of it, combined with the narrowness of her field;” and he has justly added that we need not go beyond her own comparison to… Pride and Prejudice |
| turning | girando | 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 |
| aunt | tía | “Accompanied by their aunt” 225 Pride and Prejudice |
| general | general | 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 |
| instead | en cambio | I think had there been any alternative I should have taken it, instead of prosecuting that unknown night journey. Dracula |
| length | largo | Dracula |
| note | nota | 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 |
| rock | roca | 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 |
| shot | disparo | I could see that the bolt of the lock had not been shot, but the door is fastened from the inside. Dracula |
| step | paso | Just as I had come to this conclusion I heard a heavy step approaching behind the great door, and saw through the chinks the gleam of a coming light. Dracula |
| trying | intentando | I rushed up and down the stairs, trying every door and peering out of every window I could find; but after a little the conviction of my helplessness overpowered all other feelings. Dracula |
| visit | visita | Dracula |
| you’re | eres | Dracula |
| bit | poco | Dracula |
| boat | barco | 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 |
| distance | distancia | 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 |
| miles | millas | He will be in Exeter, miles away, probably working at papers of the law with my other friend, Peter Hawkins. Dracula |
| object | objeto | I tried it, for, since I could not find the key of the room or the key of the outer door, which was the main object of my search, I must make further examination, or all my efforts would be in vain. Dracula |
| purpose | propósito | 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 |