「チェンジリング」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Changeling, and Other Stories
Donn Byrneが「チェンジリング」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。
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/風変りな, 変な本文に37回
"I think to myself: 'This is a queer thing for any one as tough as they tell me Janssen is, to come out with.'
instant/ˈɪnstənt/一瞬の間, 瞬間本文に34回
As Officer McCarthy paused for an instant in his story the eyes of the court-room seemed by common consent to turn to Anna Janssen in the dock.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/猟犬本文に29回
Forward of him a hundred and fifty yards the hounds were circling around the copse, while the leaders were inside, raising the red fox.
mill/ˈmɪɫ/製粉機本文に29回
… moist vat, or ground coffee in the red mill that suggested a ceremonial vessel in a Hindu temple.
elephant/ˈɛɫəfənt/ゾウ本文に27回
And so her great and gorgeous train went on through the desert, crunch of camels' pads, shuffle of marching men, thud of lumbering elephants, screaming of peacocks, chattering of apes....
thunder/ˈθəndɝ/雷鳴本文に24回
"And then we hear thunder.
lion/ˈɫaɪən/ライオン, しし本文に24回
"See these brass bases, Balkis, with the borders of lions and oxen and cherubim.
immense/ˌɪˈmɛns/巨大な, 多大な, 測り知れない本文に23回
Two South American commonwealths, with the hearts of children and the bravery of men, decided to span the Andes with an immense bridge.
queen/ˈkwin/女王, 花形本文に22回
… as tall as he, who moved with the slow dignity of a queen.
damn/ˈdæm/少し本文に21回
'If I was all alone in the middle of the Pacific, I would n't give a damn, but these here coral insects,' he says …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/ささやく, つぶやく本文に18回
she murmured.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/…をどなって言う, どなるように歌う本文に18回
"Now, listen to me, men," he roared like a maddened bull.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/ドル米国の貨幣単位で100セント本文に17回
The ten or twelve dollars a week he made, and what he got for them, compared very unfavorably with the healthful comfort and clean sea air of home.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/あごひげ本文に17回
They turned to the foreman, a fine, florid personage, with a fan-shaped red beard, a man who ought to be equal to every occasion, so it seemed.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に16回
And I could feel her hands tremble, and then crisp, and then tremble, and suddenly grow firm and fine and powerful.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/尊厳, 威厳, 気高さ本文に16回
Immobile, somehow immaculate, with strange superhuman dignity, she did not blush, she did not smile.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/適した本文に15回
There will be no blight on the milk the cows give, and there will be great luck on the stock of the kindly land.
referee/ˌɹɛfɝˈi/審判員, レフェリー本文に15回
Before the bell had gone for the first round, before the referee had called them together for instructions, before even the gloves were laced on him …
twilight/ˈtwaɪˌɫaɪt/たそがれ[時], 夕暮れ本文に15回
The sun was going down and a soft bronze twilight was beginning to settle.
utter/ˈətɝ/を発する, 口に出す本文に15回
Their wings flapped wearily, and as they flew landward they uttered faint whimpering cries.
jungle/ˈdʒəŋɡəɫ/密林[地帯], ジャングル本文に15回
These mountains, that composition of jungle, that smashing drop to the turbulent river, the snarling waters themselves—all these were the work of the Great Mason, the detail of his Divine Hand.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/帆本文に15回
They reefed down sail until we were flying along under top and foresails.
huntsman/ˈhəntsmən/=hunter本文に14回
The hounds were being urged in by the pink-coated huntsman.
hush/ˈhəʃ/静かにする, 黙る本文に14回
"Excellency, from the time she was on it the bridge stopped quivering, the wind hushed.
fox/ˈfɑks/キツネ, 雄ギツネ本文に14回
… the horseman, the hunter of foxes, and she was of a family whose tradition it was never to hunt or harry a fox …
slim/ˈsɫɪm/ほっそりとした, 細い本文に14回
It rose there strong and slim and beautiful and of use to men, but terrible as an army with banners.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/穏やかな, 静かな本文に14回
It seemed impossible that this calm, majestic figure could once have acted the siren of the streets to the officer bringing her from her Tahitian sanctuary.
sinister/ˈsɪnɪstɝ/不吉な, 縁起の悪い本文に13回
There are houses and lands that are kindly, and places that are sinister, fields that are surly, meadows that are sweetly generous.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/最愛の, 非常に愛されている本文に13回
One man is proud that his horse whinnies in the stall when he hears the beloved footstep.
breeze/ˈbɹiz/微風・そよ風, 軟風本文に13回
A light breeze is in shore.
dawn/ˈdɔn/夜明け, 暁本文に13回
And I was lying on the sand in the dawn, and Janssen was bathing my head.
cove/ˈkoʊv/小さな入江, 小湾本文に12回
And that cove is full of fish.'
wail/ˈweɪɫ/泣き叫ぶ本文に12回
and then wailed, "My God!
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/そでなし外とう, マント本文に12回
She has let her hair down and it covers her to the knees in a great shining cloak, like some wonderful fur cloak.
pity/ˈpɪti/残念なこと, 惜しいこと, 気の毒なこと本文に12回
It's a pity.
tiger/ˈtaɪɡɝ/トラ本文に12回
Some trainers are born with power over man-eating tigers, some men can handle snakes, some can sooth stampeding cattle.
monk/ˈməŋk/修道僧, 僧侶本文に12回
She could understand the ideals of an ancient age, when a community of monks called themselves the Pontist Brothers, the Frères Pontifes.
merchant/ˈmɝtʃənt/商人本文に12回
And the soldier's honor and the sailor's courage, and the writer's fire and the builder's genius—yes, and the dreams of great merchants, too, Lovat grimaced—are curbed and roweled by the huckster's purse.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/かすかな, ぼんやりした本文に12回
He liked the faint powder on her face, and her carefully cultured eyebrows.
north/ˈnɔɹθ/北本文に11回
I look everywhere—north, east, south, and west—and there is nothing but boiling sea, white, muddy, with birds fluttering, or floating in the air.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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