「眺めのいい部屋」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
A Room with a View
E・M・フォースターが「眺めのいい部屋」で何度も使う、英語の頻出4,000語に入らない40語です。先に覚えておくと、最初の章がずっと読みやすくなります。各単語に発音記号、意味、本文の例文をつけました。
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/…を叫ぶ, 大声で言う本文に31回
Lucy, who had not yet acquired decency, at once rose to her feet, exclaiming: “Oh, oh!
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/四輪馬車本文に29回
“That will mean another carriage.”
clergyman/ˈkɫɝdʒiˌmæn/聖職者, 牧師本文に28回
The curtains at the end of the room parted, and revealed a clergyman, stout but attractive, who hurried forward to take his place at the table, cheerfully apologizing for his lateness.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に25回
Generally at a pension people looked them over for a day or two before speaking, and often did not find out that they would “do” till they had gone.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/実に不快な, ひどく悪い本文に24回
It is so dreadful for Charlotte, being poor.”
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/利口な, 頭のよい, 才気のある本文に24回
“That lady looks so clever,” whispered Miss Bartlett to her cousin.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/ささやく, つぶやく本文に19回
“Of course,” said the little old lady; and they murmured that one could not be too careful with a young girl.
silly/ˈsɪɫi/愚かな, 思慮のない, ばかな本文に19回
“How silly of them!”
muddle/ˈmədəɫ/…をごちゃ混ぜにする, 混ぜ合わせる本文に17回
You are inclined to get muddled, if I may judge from last night.
violet/ˈvaɪəɫɪt/スミレ本文に16回
“I consider that you are bound to class him as nice, Miss Alan, after that business of the violets.”
maid/ˈmeɪd/お手伝いさん, 女中本文に16回
A dear friend of mine, Contessa Baroncelli, has two daughters, and when she cannot send a maid to school with them, she lets them go in sailor-hats instead.
despise/dɪˈspaɪz/…を軽べつする, さげすむ本文に15回
In her chastened mood she no longer despised the Emersons.
glorious/ˈɡɫɔɹiəs/壮麗な, 荘厳な本文に15回
… not the innocence of childhood, nor the glorious bewilderment of youth, but the conscious achievements of maturity.
villa/ˈvɪɫə/別荘本文に14回
… some in furnished flats, others in Renaissance villas on Fiesole’s slope, they read …
bathe/ˈbeɪð/水泳する本文に14回
Then Freddy used to bathe there.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/どうぞ本文に13回
Would you then, Mr. Beebe, kindly tell Mr. Emerson that I accept his kind offer, and then conduct him to me, in order that I may thank him personally?”
chaplain/ˈtʃæpɫən/礼拝堂つき牧師本文に13回
“Ah, not for me,” said the chaplain blandly, “for I have been watching you and Miss Honeychurch for quite a little time.”
delightful/dɪˈɫaɪtfəɫ/喜びを与える, 楽しい, うれしい本文に13回
How delightful a view is!”
annoyed/əˈnɔɪd/腹を立てた本文に13回
Charlotte was most annoyed at finding me practically alone, and so I couldn’t help being a little annoyed with Miss Lavish.”
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/…をひどく驚かせる, おびえさせる本文に13回
“Here’s a mess: a baby hurt, cold, and frightened!
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/…を魅惑する, うっとりさせる, 喜ばせる本文に13回
I am lucky to be appointed to such a charming neighbourhood.”
tiresome/ˈtaɪɝsəm/飽き飽きさせる, うんざりさせる本文に12回
“I think he is; nice and tiresome.
gossip/ˈɡɑsəp/うわさ話をする, むだ話をする本文に12回
Those gossiping little Miss Alans must have—” She checked herself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に12回
he asked the vicar afterwards.
splendid/ˈspɫɛndɪd/すてきな, 結構な, 申し分ない本文に11回
I’m thoroughly happy, and having a splendid time.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/親切, 思いやり, 情け深さ本文に11回
It would be hard indeed if I stopped you doing as you liked at Florence, when I am only here through your kindness.
neighbourhood/ˈneɪbɝˌhʊd/近所, 近隣本文に10回
There will be a deal of local colouring, descriptions of Florence and the neighbourhood, and I shall also introduce some humorous characters.
shilling/ˈʃɪɫɪŋ/シリング本文に10回
Five shillings, and I gave a bob to the driver.”
dislike/dɪˈsɫaɪk/…を嫌う本文に10回
She had refused, not because she disliked him, but because she did not know what had happened, and suspected that he did know.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/を甘やかしてだめにする, 増長させる本文に10回
“Charlotte, you mustn’t spoil me: of course, you must look over the Arno, too.
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/無意味な言葉, たわごと本文に10回
And as it is, the glass over our front door was broken last election, and Freddy is sure it was the Tories; but mother says nonsense, a tramp.”
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/紅潮, 赤らみ本文に10回
“Very well, dear,” said Miss Bartlett, with a faint flush of pleasure that called forth a deep flush of shame on the cheeks of Lucy.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/とどろく, 鳴り響く, ゴーゴーいう本文に10回
Each time that old Mr. Emerson and Lucy set it erect it collapsed with a roar.
pin/ˈpɪn/ピン・留め針・ピンの働きをする物本文に10回
It was then that she saw, pinned up over the washstand, a sheet of paper on which was scrawled an enormous note of interrogation.
bow/ˈbaʊ/おじぎをした本文に10回
Mr. Beebe bowed.
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/下る, 降りる本文に10回
She descended slowly into the Piazza with the intention of rejoining Miss Lavish, who was really almost too original.
saint/ˈseɪnt/聖人, 聖者本文に9回
Then Lucy realized that they had mistaken Machiavelli for some saint, hoping to acquire virtue.
rubbish/ˈɹəbɪʃ/くだらない考え, ばかげたこと本文に9回
He repeated any rubbish that came into his head.
vulgar/ˈvəɫɡɝ/下品な, 野卑な, 無作法な本文に9回
… he knows that I am a resident perfectly well, and yet he goes on worrying me to buy his vulgar views.”
behaviour/bɪˈheɪvjɝ/ふるまい, 行動本文に9回
“I mean, would you not mention it to any one, my foolish behaviour?”
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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