「八十日間世界一周」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Around the World in Eighty Days
ジュール・ヴェルヌが「八十日間世界一周」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。
steamer/ˈstimɝ/汽船本文に109回
From Suez to Bombay, by steamer ....................
mil/ˈmɪɫ/ミル本文に68回
It is thirteen hundred and ten miles from Suez to Aden, at the other end of the Red Sea, and she has to take in a fresh coal supply.”
sail/ˈseɪɫ/帆本文に46回
She had a hundred and sixty-eight hours in which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north-west, and all sails aiding the engine.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/=railroad本文に35回
“But that doesn’t take into account bad weather, contrary winds, shipwrecks, railway accidents, and so on.”
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/ゾウ本文に35回
Mosques, minarets, temples, fakirs, pagodas, tigers, snakes, elephants!
traveller/ˈtɹævəɫɝ/旅行者, 旅人本文に34回
… with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities …
robber/ˈɹɑbɝ/泥棒, 強盗本文に30回
“On the contrary,” broke in Ralph, “I hope we may put our hands on the robber.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/…を示す, 表す本文に30回
… exactitude personified, and this was betrayed even in the expression of his very hands and feet; for in men …
wager/ˈweɪdʒɝ/かけごとをする, かける本文に28回
But I would wager four thousand pounds that such a journey, made under these conditions, is impossible.”
pagoda/pəˈɡoʊdə/塔, パゴダ本文に27回
… its Armenian churches, and the noble pagoda on Malabar Hill, with its two polygonal towers—he cared not a straw to see them.
locomotive/ˌɫoʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/機関車本文に27回
Just then the locomotive gave a sharp screech, and the train passed out into the darkness of the night.
eighty/ˈeɪti/80の, 80人の, 80個の本文に27回
On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shaving-water at eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit instead of eighty-six; and he was awaiting his successor …
consul/ˈkɑnsəɫ/領事本文に25回
One was the British consul at Suez, who …
steam/ˈstim/蒸気の力本文に25回
… ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon the waters of the Red Sea.
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/下る, 降りる本文に25回
… he carefully shut the door of his room, and descended to Mr. Fogg.
warrant/ˈwɔɹənt/令状本文に23回
Send without delay warrant of arrest to Bombay.
midst/ˈmɪdst/中央, まん中本文に23回
The train stopped, at eight o’clock, in the midst of a glade some fifteen miles beyond Rothal, where there were several bungalows, and workmen’s cabins.
quay/ˈkeɪ/はとば, 埠頭本文に22回
Little by little the scene on the quay became more animated; sailors of various nations, merchants, ship-brokers, porters, fellahs, bustled to and fro as if the steamer were immediately expected.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/道義心, 誠実, 高潔本文に21回
“We will trust your word, as a gentleman of honour.”
eleven/ˈiɫɛvən/11時本文に21回
… and he was awaiting his successor, who was due at the house between eleven and half-past.
sledge/ˈsɫɛdʒ/=sled1本文に20回
“No; on a sledge,” replied Fix.
passport/ˈpæsˌpɔɹt/旅券, パスポート本文に20回
… and, if you will examine my passport when I get back, you will be able to judge whether I have accomplished the journey agreed upon.”
conductor/kənˈdəktɝ/車掌本文に20回
The conductor, passing along the carriages, shouted, “Passengers will get out here!”
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に19回
… exactly at which hour Phileas Fogg rose, till half-past eleven, when he left the house for the Reform Club—all the details of service …
whistホイスト四人二組に分かれてするカードゲーム本文に18回
His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist.
voyage/ˈvɔɪədʒ/航海, 航行本文に18回
It is a ten days’ voyage by sea.”
worthy/ˈwɝði/価値のある, 尊敬するべき本文に18回
And the worthy fellow returned the watch to its fob with a defiant gesture.
ruin/ˈɹuən/崩壊した物, 残がい本文に18回
Meanwhile the “Mongolia” was pushing forward rapidly; on the 13th, Mocha, surrounded by its ruined walls whereon date-trees were growing, was sighted, and on the mountains beyond were espied vast coffee-fields.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/一瞬の間, 瞬間本文に17回
… precisely like that in Mr. Fogg’s bedchamber, both beating the same second at the same instant.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/をなだめる, 静かにさせる本文に17回
Whether she would find a protector in him she could not tell; but Mr. Fogg essayed to calm her anxieties, and to assure her that everything would be mathematically—he used the very word—arranged.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/…を犠牲にする本文に17回
I have two days, which I have already gained, to sacrifice.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に16回
The woman you have just seen will be burned to-morrow at the dawn of day.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/ほとんど…ない本文に16回
… without ever shedding blood; there was a period when this part of the country could scarcely be travelled over without corpses being found in every direction.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/を隠す本文に16回
An English criminal, you know, is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/…を確かに認める本文に15回
When Passepartout reached the second story he recognised at once the room which he was to inhabit, and he was well satisfied with it.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/北本文に15回
… which means in Arabic “The Bridge of Tears,” and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal.
rajah王本文に15回
A considerable portion of India is still free from British authority; and there are certain ferocious rajahs in the interior who are absolutely independent.
madam/ˈmædəm/奥様, お嬢様本文に15回
… “It is an accident, madam; nothing more.”
utter/ˈətɝ/を発する, 口に出す本文に15回
Just as the train was whirling through Sydenham, Passepartout suddenly uttered a cry of despair.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明らかに本文に15回
The detective was evidently inspired by the hope of obtaining the splendid reward which would be the prize of success, and awaited with a feverish impatience …
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