David Copperfield - צ'ארלס דיקנס
10 ביוני 2022
ללמוד אנגלית עם David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
חלקים מתוך הספר באנגלית
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"Doctor Strong looked almost as rusty, to my thinking, as the tall iron rails and gates outside the house; and almost as stiff and heavy as the great stone urns that flanked them, and were set up, on the top of the red-brick wall, at regular distances all round the court, like sublimated skittles, for Time to play at. He was in his library (I mean Doctor Strong was), with his clothes not particularly well brushed, and his hair not particularly well combed; his knee-smalls unbraced; his long black gaiters unbuttoned; and his shoes yawning like two caverns on the hearth-rug. Turning upon me a lustreless eye, that reminded me of a long-forgotten blind old horse who once used to crop the grass, and tumble over the graves, in Blunderstone churchyard, he said he was glad to see me: and then he gave me his hand; which I didn’t know what to do with, as it did nothing for itself.
But, sitting at work, not far from Doctor Strong, was a very pretty young lady — whom he called Annie, and who was his daughter, I supposed — who got me out of my difficulty by kneeling down to put Doctor Strong’s shoes on, and button his gaiters, which she did with great cheerfulness and quickness. When she had finished, and we were going out to the schoolroom, I was much surprised to hear Mr. Wickfield, in bidding her good morning, address her as ‘Mrs. Strong’; and I was wondering could she be Doctor Strong’s son’s wife, or could she be Mrs. Doctor Strong, when Doctor Strong himself unconsciously enlightened me.
‘By the by, Wickfield,’ he said, stopping in a passage with his hand on my shoulder; ‘you have not found any suitable provision for my wife’s cousin yet?’"
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מילים וביטויים באנגלית מתוך הנאום
פירוש בעברית | משפט דוגמא באנגלית | מילה / ביטוי באנגלית |
חלוד | This rusty old nail won't hold the picter up, it needs to be replaced. | rusty |
נוקשה | When faceing a tuff situationit's important to keep a stiff upper lip. | stiff |
נשכח | He found a long forgotten treasure in his attic - a pair of silver candle holders. | forgotten |
מלא שמחה, עליז | They seemed extremly cheerful coming out of that room together. | cheerful |
מכרז | The bid for this one of a kind painting will start at 1 million dollar! | bid |
מתאים | It is very common and even abundant in suitable sheltered habitats reducing in frequency as the degree of exposure increases. | suitable |