「絶望の救済」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Desperate Remedies
トーマス・ハーディが「絶望の救済」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。
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に133回
Glimpses of the sea now interested them, which became more and more frequent till the train finally drew up beside the platform at Budmouth.
steward/ˈstuɝd/執事, 家令本文に112回
‘Those are, more properly, a land or building steward’s duties—at least I have always imagined so.
maid/ˈmeɪd/少女, おとめ本文に60回
Sweet, sweet Love must not be slain thus, was the fair maid’s reasoning.
rector/ˈɹɛktɝ/教区司祭, 教区牧師本文に55回
There’s the rector, Mr. Raunham—he’s a relation by marriage—yet she’s quite distant towards him.
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/=while本文に49回
During her entry, and at various times whilst sitting in her seat and listening to the reader on the platform, her personal appearance formed an interesting subject of study for several neighbouring eyes.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/一瞬の間, 瞬間本文に47回
An instant of doubling forward and sideways, and he reeled off into the air, immediately disappearing downwards.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/…をささやく, ぼそぼそと言う, 小声で言う本文に42回
When she had done murmuring the words her father indecisively laid hold of one of the scaffold-poles, as if to test its strength, then let it go and stepped back.
porter/ˈpɔɹtɝ/赤帽本文に39回
She asked one of the porters if he could find a lad to go with her and carry her bag: he offered to do it himself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に38回
It was the last hour of experience she ever enjoyed with a mind entirely free from a knowledge of that labyrinth into which she stepped immediately afterwards—to continue a perplexed course along its mazes for the greater portion of twenty-nine subsequent months.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/ほとんど…ない本文に37回
Thus Ambrose Graye’s good intentions with regard to the reintegration of his property had scarcely taken tangible form when his sudden death put them for ever out of his power.
madam/ˈmædəm/奥様, お嬢様本文に36回
‘No, madam; in the next room.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/尋ねる, 問い合わせる本文に35回
he inquired.
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/広告, 宣伝ad., adv.本文に35回
The same day Cytherea drew up and sent off the advertisement appended:—
postman/ˈpoʊsmən/郵便集配人本文に32回
At breakfast time, just as Cytherea had again seen the postman pass without bringing her an answer to the advertisement, as she had fully expected he would do, Owen entered the room.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/=railroad本文に28回
‘He’s gone across to the railway station, for certain,’ said another passenger.
fancy/ˈfænsi/空想, 想像本文に28回
… who had always sadly needed her, was already definitely pictured in her fancy, which …
parish/ˈpæɹɪʃ/教区本文に28回
‘Tis jest the house for a nice ghastly hair-on-end story, that would make the parish religious.
maiden/ˈmeɪdən/少女, 娘本文に27回
Among these later ones came an exceptional young maiden who glowed amid the dulness like a single bright-red poppy in a field of brown stubble.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/静かに本文に27回
The young man softly followed her, stood opposite the house and watched her come into the upper room with the light.
indoors/ˈɪnˌdɔɹz/室内に, 屋内に本文に24回
I must go indoors now.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/叫ぶ本文に24回
she exclaimed.
spite/ˈspaɪt/悪意, 意地悪本文に24回
In spite of evasions as an obstacle, and in consequence of them as a spur, he would put the matter off no longer.
heap/ˈhip/山, 塊, 堆積本文に23回
… grindstones, heaps of building stone and brick, explained that the spot was the centre of operations for the building work done on the estate.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/…を秘密にする本文に23回
… Miss Aldclyffe might perhaps have taken her into the household; yet her history she particularly wished to conceal from a stranger.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/気絶, 失神本文に23回
“I have never heard that name mentioned since that time till to-night, and then there instantly rose to my eyes the vision of that young lady lying in a fainting fit.”
dread/ˈdɹɛd/…を非常にこわがる本文に22回
… blinding herself to its meaning and only natural tendency, and appearing to dread his announcement of them.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/身のこなし, 動作, 態度本文に22回
The carriage of her head—motion within motion—a glide upon a glide—was as delicate as that of a magnetic needle.
linger/ˈɫɪŋɝ/なかなか立ち去らない本文に22回
Cytherea lingered till the very last, reluctant to follow, and looking alternately at the boat and the valley behind.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色の, ねずみ色の, 鉛色の本文に21回
She wore an elegant dark jacket, lavender dress, hat with grey strings and trimmings, and gloves of a colour to harmonize.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/顔つき, 顔色, 表情本文に21回
There was a severity about the lower outlines of the face which gave a masculine cast to this portion of her countenance.
manor/ˈmænɝ/邸宅, 母屋本文に21回
‘No; that’s the old manor-house—or rather all that’s left of it.
lodge/ˈɫɑdʒ/を泊める本文に21回
She was to take up her abode in her brother’s lodging at Budmouth, when she would immediately advertise for a situation as governess …
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/を取って来る本文に21回
I am going to fetch her,’ said the attendant.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/ひんぱんに, たびたび本文に21回
thought Owen continually.
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/色, 色採, 色調本文に19回
Placid flocks of sheep reclining under trees a little way off appeared of a pale blue colour.
gloom/ˈɡɫum/憂うつ, 意気消沈, 深い悲しみ本文に19回
I never forget that original disheartening blow, and how that from it sprang all the ills of his life—everything connected with his gloom, and the lassitude in business we used so often to see about him.’
utter/ˈətɝ/全くの, 完全な本文に19回
… the beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit; but with some natures utter elusion is the one special event which will make a passing love permanent for ever.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/間の時間, 合い間本文に19回
… and thriving shopkeepers, in their intervals of leisure, stood at their shop-doors—their toes hanging over the edge of the step …
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/好奇心, 物好き本文に19回
… whenever occasion allowed, at Mrs. Morris with great interest and curiosity, to discover …
ruin/ˈɹuən/破滅させるもの本文に19回
‘And once mamma said that an excellent woman was papa’s ruin, because he did not know the way to give her up when he had lost her.
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