「緋色の研究」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
A Study in Scarlet
アーサー・コナン・ドイルが「緋色の研究」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。
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明らかに本文に15回
It is evidently the theory of some arm-chair lounger who evolves all these neat little paradoxes in the seclusion of his own study.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/毒, 毒薬本文に14回
“I have to be careful,” he continued, turning to me with a smile, “for I dabble with poisons a good deal.”
murderer/ˈmɝdɝɝ/殺人者, 人殺し, 謀殺犯本文に13回
“Then, of course, this blood belongs to a second individual—presumably the murderer, if murder has been committed.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/しらがの多い本文に12回
The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/一瞬の間, 瞬間本文に12回
In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar.
stain/ˈsteɪn/しみ, 汚れ本文に11回
Don’t you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains.
keen/ˈkin/鋭敏な, 鋭い本文に10回
The old woman faced round and looked keenly at him from her little red-rimmed eyes.
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/激しい, 猛烈な本文に10回
So powerful and so fierce was he, that the four of us were shaken off again and again.
whip/ˈhwɪp/さっと出す本文に10回
As he spoke, he whipped a tape measure and a large round magnifying glass from his pocket.
waggon=wagon本文に9回
You say over them ones that you used to say every night in the waggon when we was on the Plains.”
astonishment/əˈstɑnɪʃmənt/驚き, びっくり本文に9回
I asked in astonishment.
savage/ˈsævədʒ/残忍な, どう猛な本文に8回
… of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs …
deduction/dɪˈdəkʃən/推論本文に8回
I pondered over our short conversation, however, and endeavoured to draw my deductions from it.
utter/ˈətɝ/を発する, 口に出す本文に8回
… and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting-room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night.
boulder/ˈboʊɫdɝ/丸石, 玉石本文に8回
“Why not here, as well as in a feather bed, twenty years hence,” he muttered, as he seated himself in the shelter of a boulder.
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/…を飛び上がらせる, ぎょっとさせる本文に8回
So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer.
dull/ˈdəɫ/どんよりした, 曇った, うっとうしい本文に8回
As for myself, I was silent, for the dull weather and the melancholy business upon which we were engaged, depressed my spirits.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/努力する本文に7回
… when I confess how much this man stimulated my curiosity, and how often I endeavoured to break through the reticence which he showed on all that concerned himself.
speedily/ˈspidəɫi/速く本文に7回
… are both engaged upon the case, and it is confidently anticipated that these well-known officers will speedily throw light upon the matter.
wanderer/ˈwɑndɝɝ/放浪者, さすらう人本文に7回
They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/階段本文に7回
“We have it all here,” said Gregson, pointing to a litter of objects upon one of the bottom steps of the stairs.
unravel/ənˈɹævəɫ/を解明する本文に7回
Under these circumstances, I eagerly hailed the little mystery which hung around my companion, and spent much of my time in endeavouring to unravel it.
hail/ˈheɪɫ/…を歓呼して迎える本文に7回
In old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be delighted to see me.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/広告, 宣伝ad., adv.本文に7回
“I have had advertisements sent to all the newspapers, and one of my men has gone to the American Exchange, but he has not returned yet.”
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/葉巻きたばこ, シガー本文に7回
He was more than six feet high, was in the prime of life, had small feet for his height, wore coarse, square-toed boots and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/…をひどく驚かせる, おびえさせる本文に7回
John Rance sprang to his feet with a frightened face and suspicion in his eyes.
fancy/ˈfænsi/空想, 想像本文に7回
“No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.”
vague/ˈveɪɡ/ばく然としている, ぼんやりした本文に7回
There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.”
seldom/ˈsɛɫdəm/めったに…ない, まれに本文に7回
Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/神秘的な, 不思議な本文に7回
The other belonged to the dining-room, which was the apartment in which the mysterious affair had occurred.
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/寂しい, 心細い本文に7回
The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.
coloured/ˈkəɫɝd/「…色の」の意を表す本文に6回
It was familiar ground to me, and I needed no guiding as we ascended the bleak stone staircase and made our way down the long corridor with its vista of whitewashed wall and dun-coloured doors.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に6回
“Call for me here at noon to-morrow, and we’ll go together and settle everything,” he answered.
haired/ˈhɛɹd/髪の本文に6回
On another occasion an old white-haired gentleman had an interview with my companion; and on another a railway porter in his velveteen uniform.
constable/ˈkɑnstəbəɫ/巡査, 警官本文に6回
The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers …
telegraph/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæf/を電報で知らせる本文に6回
“We telegraphed this morning.”
mil/ˈmɪɫ/マイル本文に6回
Nothing more is known of them until Mr. Drebber’s body was, as recorded, discovered in an empty house in the Brixton Road, many miles from Euston.
resolute/ˈɹɛzəˌɫut/決心の堅い, 断固たる本文に6回
Beside the driver there sat a man who could not have been more than thirty years of age, but whose massive head and resolute expression marked him as a leader.
maiden/ˈmeɪdən/少女, 娘本文に6回
Least of all does the maiden herself know it until the tone of a voice or the touch of a hand sets her heart thrilling within her, and she learns …
clatter/ˈkɫætɝ/ガチャガチャという音本文に6回
There rose through the clear air a confused clattering and rumbling from this great mass of humanity, with the creaking of wheels and the neighing of horses.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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