「あの娘モンタナ」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
That Girl Montana
マラー・エリス・ライアンが「あの娘モンタナ」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。
squawインディアン女性本文に75回
She was giving the money and some directions to the Indian, when a word from a squaw drew her attention to the river.
canoe/kəˈnu/カヌー, 丸木舟本文に55回
Why, I have gone alone in a canoe on a longer trail than we floated over, and I think I will again some day.
utter/ˈətɝ/を発する, 口に出す本文に33回
… after a cool glance at them all, she walked directly past them and spoke to the tall Indian who had first uttered her name to the others.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/親切な, 思いやりのある本文に31回
Then the color swept upward over her face 11 as she met his kindly glance, and drawing herself a little straighter, she walked indifferently away.
reckon/ˈɹɛkən/思う本文に27回
I reckon you folks heard how Lee Holly—toughest man in the 3 length of the Columbia—was wiped off the living earth by her last week.”
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/赤らむ, 赤面する本文に27回
The man she called Max bent his head and whispered something to her, at which her face flushed just a little and a tiny wrinkle crept between her straight, beautiful brows.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に26回
“To-morrow I would ask that Black Bow and the chief Akkomi eat at our table.
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/風変りな, 変な本文に26回
While I was waiting for—Dan,” she said in a queer tone, and bent her head over the clay image.
miner/ˈmaɪnɝ/鉱夫, 坑夫本文に24回
“Some miner rushing down to see the train go by,” remarked Mr. Haydon; but the girl did not answer.
helpless/ˈhɛɫpɫəs/役に立たない, 無力な本文に23回
… and swam out to the little fellow who had struggled to keep his head above water, but was fast growing helpless in the chill of the mountain river.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に23回
He prates about civilization and Eastern culture till I get weary sometimes.
clasp/ˈkɫæsp/…を握り締める本文に21回
Her face grew even more pale, and her hands clasped each other nervously.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明らかに本文に21回
… and was carried bodily up to one of the lodges, while another squaw—evidently the mother—carried the little redskin who had caused all the commotion.
guardian/ˈɡɑɹdiən/保護者, 監視人, 管理者本文に21回
murmured Mr. Lyster, as he eyed the stalwart form of the retreating guardian, who was so bent on guarding.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/つぶやく本文に21回
she muttered, and all the color and bravado were gone from her face …
heap/ˈhip/たくさん, 多数[量]本文に20回
Young ones of any sort do take a heap of looking after.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に20回
Oh, well, never mind,” he added, as he saw the red mouth tremble, and tears show in her eyes as she looked at him.
clay/ˈkɫeɪ/粘土本文に20回
At first all he could see were the hands—hands playing with a bit of wet clay—or so it seemed to him.
assent/əˈsɛnt/同意する, 賛同する本文に19回
“We heard she was cleared of it,” assented the stranger.
commence/kəˈmɛns/…を始める, に着手する本文に18回
“Only don’t commence by disliking, that’s all …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/…を叫ぶ, 大声で言う本文に18回
“Well, now, he is good-natured to take it like that, and speak so beautiful,” she exclaimed, admiringly; “and you surely did try any man’s patience, Mr. Dan.
fancy/ˈfænsi/空想したもの, 根拠のない考え本文に18回
“If my stepson at times forgets what is due a gentleman in your house, do not fancy that I reflect on you in the slightest for it.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/をだいなしにする, 損なう本文に17回
“In fact, I’m afraid she’ll be a nuisance, and spoil our jolly good time all the way home.
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/ドル米国の貨幣単位で100セント本文に16回
I’d rather lose a thousand dollars than meet them now!
paddle/ˈpædəɫ/パドル本文に16回
He was not using the paddle, and his chin was resting on one clenched hand, while in the other he held something to which he was giving earnest attention.
brow/ˈbɹaʊ/まゆ, まゆ毛本文に16回
He looked at her moodily from under his dark brows, and noticed the color flutter over her cheek and throat in an adorable way.
curt/ˈkɝt/そっけない, ぶっきらぼうな本文に15回
With this curt reply, she turned her shoulder very coolly on the searcher for information.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/夕食本文に15回
I’d give half my supper to know if she has killed herself with that ice-bath.”
ward/ˈwɔɹd/後見, 保護本文に15回
She’s a ward of mine.”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/北に, 北方へ本文に14回
That it had become the one topic of general interest in the community was due partly to the personality of the girl, and partly to the fact that the murdered man had been one of the most notorious in all that wild land extending north and west into British Columbia.
impatience/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəns/じれったさ, もどかしさ本文に14回
said the other man, with a sort of impatience.
earnest/ˈɝnɪst/まじめな, 真剣な本文に14回
’Tana saw Mr. Haydon among them, in earnest conversation with the conductor; saw Max …
keen/ˈkin/鋭敏な, 鋭い本文に14回
Even the Indians were aroused from their lethargy, and watched with keen curiosity the approaching canoes.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/やつ, 男本文に14回
“I didn’t hear a word he said to her; but his eyes spoke strongly enough, poor devil!
fool/ˈfuɫ/ばか者本文に14回
“He—he might have thought it was nice, if you hadn’t been here with your fool speeches.
careless/ˈkɛɹɫəs/無とんじゃくな, 無関心な, 気にしない本文に13回
Her gaze rested lightly on the two strangers and their trophies of the chase, on the careless ferryman, and the few stragglers from the ranch and the cabins.
bead/ˈbid/ビーズ, じゅず玉, ガラス玉本文に13回
… making remarks about the Indians, admiring particularly one boy’s beaded dress, and garnishing her remarks with a good deal of slang.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/まゆをひそめる, しかめづらをする本文に13回
And it was not a woman at all,—only a girl of perhaps sixteen years instead—who shrank back into the gloom, and frowned on him with great, dark …
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/魅力本文に13回
… or so fittingly and picturesquely dressed, for Mr. Maxwell Lyster was artist enough to make the most of his many good points and to exhibit them all with charming unconsciousness.
tramp/ˈtɹæmp/ドシンドシンと歩く本文に12回
… with their trophies of elk-horn and beaver paws, with their scarred outfit and a general air of elation gained from a successful “outing,” tramped down to the 2 little station after a last lingering view toward far hunting grounds.
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