「ポアロの事件簿」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Poirot Investigates
アガサ・クリスティーが「ポアロの事件簿」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。
diamond/ˈdaɪmənd/ダイヤモンド, ダイヤ, 金剛石本文に33回
… above all one jewel, the great diamond which had been nicknamed, to match its owner …
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/宝石本文に32回
… her furs, her jewels, above all one jewel …
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/ささやく, つぶやく本文に24回
he murmured.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色の, ねずみ色の, 鉛色の本文に23回
You use your grey cells at last.
chambermaid部屋係メイド本文に23回
An hotel chambermaid, looking frightened to death …
necklace/ˈnɛkɫəs/首飾り, ネックレス本文に18回
She stood there with one hand just touching the necklace.
monsieur/məsˈjɝ/…様本文に17回
“Then perhaps I might have a few words alone with you, monsieur?”
housekeeper/ˈhaʊˌskipɝ/家政婦本文に17回
Hunter’s Lodge is looked after by a housekeeper who is quite capable of doing all we need when we run down for an occasional week-end.
revolver/ɹɪˈvɑɫvɝ/回転式連発拳銃本文に17回
By the way, Hastings, have you a revolver?”
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/引き出し本文に16回
I went to the drawer here,”—she indicated the bottom right-hand drawer of the knee-hole dressing-table—“took out my jewel-case and unlocked it.
maid/ˈmeɪd/お手伝いさん, 女中本文に15回
“I was changing for tea when my maid came up—one of the gardeners had just run to the house.
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/を隠す本文に15回
I was secretly rather pleased with myself, though I tried to conceal the fact for fear of irritating him.
valet/væˈɫeɪ/従者, 従僕本文に14回
… and then walked down to the end of the corridor, stopping outside the small den where the chambermaids and valets of the respective floors congregated.
pearls/ˈpɝɫz/真珠本文に13回
You know, I’ve got some pearls of my own that have a history attached to them.
telegram/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæm/電報, 電文本文に13回
At that moment the butler entered with a telegram on a salver which he handed to Lord Yardly.
thoughtfully/ˈθɔtfəɫi/物思いにふけって本文に13回
Poirot nodded thoughtfully.
nephew/ˈnɛfju/おいご本文に13回
… Monsieur Poirot, but Lord Cronshaw was telling me last night how wonderfully you cleared up the mystery of his nephew’s death, and I felt that I just must have your advice.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/あごひげ本文に13回
“He had a black beard, sir, and was about middle-aged, and had on a light overcoat.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/利口な, 頭のよい, 才気のある本文に12回
“That ‘full of the moon’ idea was clever.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/…を魅惑する, うっとりさせる, 喜ばせる本文に12回
A very beautiful and charming young creature, but terribly unstrung by this sad catastrophe.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/頭を悩ませる, 頭をひねって考える本文に12回
As we hurried in a taxi to the Magnificent, I puzzled out the true inwardness of the scheme.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に11回
But to-morrow morning we see this milord!”
placid/ˈpɫæsəd/静かな, 穏やかな, 落ち着いた本文に11回
asked Poirot placidly, from the depths of his comfortable chair.
utter/ˈətɝ/を発する, 口に出す本文に11回
Then I uttered another cry which Lord Yardly echoed.
thief/ˈθif/泥棒, こそどろ, 空き巣本文に11回
There, just short of the threshold, lay the glittering necklace, evidently dropped by the thief in the panic of his flight.
bolt/ˈboʊɫt/かんぬき, 差し錠本文に11回
There was no doubt as to my bolt having shot home.
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/立ち去る, 出発する本文に11回
I had my way with Poirot, however, and we departed immediately, leaving behind us a note of explanation and apology for Lord Yardly.
bow/ˈbaʊ/おじぎをする本文に11回
He bowed them both to the door.
milord御前様, だんな本文に10回
“First, milord, I would ask you if these facts are substantially correct?”
impatiently/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəntɫi/いらいらして, 待ちかねて本文に10回
I said impatiently.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/を取って来る本文に10回
We returned reluctantly, and Lord Yardly sent off one of the footmen post-haste to fetch the police.
keen/ˈkin/鋭い本文に10回
He took the jewel in his own hand and scrutinized it keenly, then restored it to her with a little bow.
insure/ˌɪnˈʃʊɹ/に保険をかける, を損害保証する本文に10回
Much, true and untrue, had been written about this famous stone which was reported to be insured for the enormous sum of fifty thousand pounds.
poison/ˈpɔɪzən/毒, 毒薬本文に10回
Still, life is full of discrepancies, and assuredly the man cannot have taken his own life—there is no poison that would fill his mouth with blood.
fancy/ˈfænsi/空想, 想像本文に10回
“I presume that it is a true story, not one of your efforts of fancy.”
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/階上へ, 2階へ本文に10回
She has already wrenched out the diamond with pliers upstairs——”
chauffeur/ˈʃoʊfɝ/自家用車の運転手本文に9回
The real car was found in a side road, with the chauffeur and the A.D.C.
superstition/ˌsupɝˈstɪʃən/迷信本文に9回
I saw Mrs. Maltravers give a terrified start, and my mind flew to the old superstition that a suicide cannot rest.
briskly/ˈbɹɪskɫi/活発に, きびきびと本文に9回
He remained a moment or so in thought, then rose briskly to his feet.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/女主人, 主婦本文に9回
She showed us into a small morning-room, and retired to tell her mistress.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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