「説得」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Persuasion
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acquaintance/əˈkweɪntəns/知り合い, 知人本文に61回
This friend, and Sir Walter, did not marry, whatever might have been anticipated on that head by their acquaintance.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に50回
… and every weather, till they are not fit to be seen.
agreeable/əˈɡɹiəbəɫ/気持ちのよい, 快い本文に38回
He was at that time a very young man, just engaged in the study of the law; and Elizabeth found him extremely agreeable, and every plan in his favour was confirmed.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/に義務を負わせる, 強制する本文に38回
But these measures, however good in themselves, were insufficient for the real extent of the evil, the whole of which Sir Walter found himself obliged to confess to her soon afterwards.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に36回
Lady Elliot had been an excellent woman, sensible and amiable; whose judgement and conduct, if they might be pardoned the youthful infatuation which made her Lady Elliot, had never required indulgence afterwards.
acquaint/əˈkweɪnt/に…を知らせる, 告げる《acquaint 人 with …本文に27回
A name that I am so very well acquainted with; knew the gentleman so well by sight …
sensible/ˈsɛnsəbəɫ/分別がある, ものの分かる本文に27回
… one very intimate friend, a sensible, deserving woman …
attachment/əˈtætʃmənt/愛着, 愛情本文に27回
His good looks and his rank had one fair claim on his attachment; since to them he must have owed a wife of very superior character to anything deserved by his own.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/四輪馬車本文に26回
The last office of the four carriage-horses was to draw Sir Walter, Miss Elliot, and Mrs. Clay to Bath.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/悩みの種本文に26回
Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting, and the rapid increase of the crow’s foot about Lady Russell’s temples had long been a distress to him.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/大喜びする, うれしがる, 楽しむ本文に25回
Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did, nor could the valet of any new made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society.
regret/ɹəˈɡɹɛt/後悔, 悔い本文に23回
She had the remembrance of all this, she had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions; she was fully satisfied of being still quite as handsome as ever …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/尊敬, 信用本文に21回
… for Mary had merely connected herself with an old country family of respectability and large fortune, and had therefore given all the honour and received none: Elizabeth would …
dispose/dɪˈspoʊz/…を配置する, 整える本文に19回
There was only a small part of his estate that Sir Walter could dispose of; but had every acre been alienable, it would have made no difference.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/魅力本文に19回
… if there has been neither ill health nor anxiety, it is a time of life at which scarcely any charm is lost.
favour/ˈfeɪvɝ/親切な行為本文に18回
… on his own terms, and as a great favour, that he would let it at all.
agitation/ˌædʒəˈteɪʃən/動揺本文に18回
… and many a sigh, were necessary to dispel the agitation of the idea.
dine/ˈdaɪn/正餐をとる本文に18回
… that Mrs. Musgrove was very apt not to give her the precedence that was her due, when they dined at the Great House with other families; and she did not see any reason why she was to be considered so much at home as to lose her place.
tenant/ˈtɛnənt/借地人, 借家人本文に18回
Could not be a better time, Sir Walter, for having a choice of tenants, very responsible tenants.
humour/ˈhjumɝ/のごきげんをとる, を甘やかす本文に17回
She had humoured, or softened …
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/好奇心, 物好き本文に17回
… but, except from some natural sensation of curiosity, he had no desire of meeting her again.
invitation/ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/招待, 案内本文に17回
This invitation of Mary’s removed all Lady Russell’s difficulties, and it was consequently soon settled that Anne should not go to Bath till Lady Russell took her …
vain/ˈveɪn/むだな, 無益な, なんにもならない本文に16回
… but was hearing of it so often, that it became vain to attempt concealing it longer, even partially …
bless/ˈbɫɛs/に授ける, 恵む本文に16回
He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot …
sentiment/ˈsɛnəmənt/感想, 所感, 意見本文に16回
… “never forgets who she is; and as I am rather better acquainted with her sentiments than you can be, I can assure you …
recollect/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkt/…を思い出す本文に15回
At this moment I cannot recollect his name, though I have heard it so lately.
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/顔つき, 顔色, 表情本文に15回
Captain Harville was a tall, dark man, with a sensible, benevolent countenance; a little lame; and from strong features and want of health, looking much older than Captain Wentworth.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/親切, 思いやり, 情け深さ本文に15回
… in the village of Kellynch; and on her kindness and advice, Lady Elliot mainly relied for the best help and maintenance of the good principles and instruction which she had been anxiously giving her daughters.
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/楽しむこと, 喜ぶこと本文に15回
… as she travelled up to London with her father, for a few weeks’ annual enjoyment of the great world.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/を和らげる, ゆるめる本文に15回
He thought it a very degrading alliance; and Lady Russell, though with more tempered and pardonable pride, received it as a most unfortunate one.
neighbourhood/ˈneɪbɝˌhʊd/近所, 近隣本文に14回
Thirteen winters’ revolving frosts had seen her opening every ball of credit which a scanty neighbourhood afforded, and thirteen springs shown their blossoms …
enquiry/ɪnˈkwaɪˌɹi/=inquiry本文に14回
I have made no enquiries, because I concluded you must have been obliged to give up the party.”
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/恥じて, 恥ずかしく思って本文に14回
She was ashamed of herself, quite ashamed of being so nervous …
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/間の時間, 合い間本文に14回
This very awkward history of Mr. Elliot was still, after an interval of several years, felt with anger by Elizabeth …
sensation/sɛnˈseɪʃən/感じ, 気持ち本文に14回
She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/ただちに本文に14回
… and, instantly rising, said …
recollection/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkʃən/思い出すこと, 記憶本文に13回
With all these circumstances, recollections and feelings, she could not hear that Captain Wentworth’s sister was likely to live at Kellynch without a revival of former pain …
compliment/ˈkɑmpɫəmɛnt/賛辞, ほめ言葉本文に13回
—reciprocal compliments, which would have been esteemed about equal.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/マイル本文に12回
… still resident in Kellynch, and Mary fixed only three miles off, must be anticipated …
exertion/ɪɡˈzɝʃən/努力, 骨折り本文に12回
how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that overanxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence!
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