「ピノッキオの冒険」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Adventures of Pinocchio
カルロ・コッローディが「ピノッキオの冒険」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。
donkey/ˈdɑŋki/ばか者, とんま本文に38回
Don’t you know that if you go on like that, you will grow into a perfect donkey and that you’ll be the laughingstock of everyone?”
till/ˈtɪɫ/…してそして[ついに]…本文に24回
It stretched and stretched and stretched till it became so long, it seemed endless.
hunger/ˈhəŋɡɝ/飢え, 空腹本文に23回
… and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger …
wagon/ˈwæɡən/馬車本文に17回
“I’ll give you four if you will help me pull these two wagons.”
faint/ˈfeɪnt/気が遠くなって, 目が回りそうで本文に17回
Soon he became dizzy and faint.
weep/ˈwip/涙を流す, 泣く本文に16回
Might it be that this piece of wood has learned to weep and cry like a child?
sooner/ˈsunɝ/すぐに本文に15回
No sooner was it finished than it began to laugh and poke fun at him.
penny/ˈpɛni/1セント銅貨, セント本文に15回
Geppetto did not have a penny in his pocket, so he made his son a little suit of flowered paper …
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/ひどく怖がる, おびえる本文に14回
He turned frightened eyes about the room to find out where that wee, little voice had come from and he saw no one!
straw/ˈstɹɔ/麦わら, わら本文に12回
“If tonight it should happen to rain,” said the Farmer, “you can sleep in that little doghouse near-by, where you will find plenty of straw for a soft bed.
twinkle/ˈtwɪŋkəɫ/=twinkling本文に11回
Pinocchio ate one pear in a twinkling and started to throw the core away, but Geppetto held his arm.
lame/ˈɫeɪm/びっこの, 脚の不自由な本文に11回
You have made me almost lame!”
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に11回
As soon as he regained the use of his senses, he said, trembling and stuttering from fright: “Where did that voice come from, when there is no one around?
yawn/ˈjɔn/あくびをする本文に10回
The only relief poor Pinocchio had was to yawn; and he certainly did yawn, such a big yawn that his mouth stretched out to the tips of his ears.
angrily/ˈæŋɡɹəɫi/おこって, 腹を立てて本文に10回
On hearing himself called Polendina, Mastro Geppetto turned the color of a red pepper and, facing the carpenter, said to him angrily: “Why do you insult me?”
pity/ˈpɪti/あわれみ, 同情本文に10回
… asked in a pitiful voice which could scarcely be heard: “Have pity, I beg of you …
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/恥じて, 恥ずかしく思って本文に10回
He was ashamed to beg, because his father had always preached to him that begging should be done only by the sick or the old.
drown/ˈdɹaʊn/溺死する本文に10回
He thought they must surely be drowned and turned his head to see.
fever/ˈfivɝ/熱, 発熱本文に10回
As soon as the three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever.
whip/ˈhwɪp/むち本文に10回
I say,” repeated Geppetto, “or I’ll give you a sound whipping when I get in.”
dawn/ˈdɔn/夜明け, 暁本文に10回
What I know is, that tomorrow, at dawn, I leave this place forever.
rascal/ˈɹæskəɫ/いたずらっ子本文に9回
In the meantime that rascal, Pinocchio, free now from the clutches of the Carabineer, was running wildly across fields and meadows, taking one short cut after another toward home.
pennies/ˈpɛniz/小銭本文に9回
With the very first pennies I make, I’ll buy Father a new cloth coat.
sob/ˈsɑb/すすり泣き本文に9回
The poor old fellow did not know how to defend himself, but wept and wailed like a child and said between his sobs: “Ungrateful boy!
bark/ˈbɑɹk/木の皮, 樹皮本文に9回
He grasped the hatchet quickly to peel off the bark and shape the wood.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/悲しい, 気の滅入る本文に9回
Geppetto, though trying to look very stern, felt his eyes fill with tears and his heart soften when he saw Pinocchio so unhappy.
sneeze/ˈsniz/くしゃみ本文に8回
Finally, he could control himself no longer and gave a loud sneeze.
fright/ˈfɹaɪt/恐怖, 驚き本文に8回
His face had changed; fright had turned even the tip of his nose from red to deepest purple.
shriek/ˈʃɹik/金切り声をあげる本文に8回
When he came to himself, he began to cry and shriek at the top of his lungs, stamping his feet on the ground and wailing all the while …
carpenter/ˈkɑɹpəntɝ/大工本文に8回
I do not know how this really happened, yet the fact remains that one fine day this piece of wood found itself in the shop of an old carpenter.
obey/oʊˈbeɪ/に服従する本文に8回
“Woe to boys who refuse to obey their parents and run away from home!
doghouse/ˈdɔɡˌhaʊs/犬小屋本文に7回
Poor Pinocchio huddled close to the doghouse more dead than alive from cold, hunger, and fright.
gladly/ˈɡɫædɫi/喜んで, 快く本文に7回
… “These three pears were for my breakfast, but I give them to you gladly.
wail/ˈweɪɫ/泣き叫ぶ本文に7回
He wept and wailed to himself: “The Talking Cricket was right.
bitterly/ˈbɪtɝɫi/ひどく, 激しく本文に7回
… threw himself at the feet of Fire Eater and, weeping bitterly, asked in a pitiful voice which could scarcely be heard …
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/速く本文に7回
Encouraged by this first victory, he freed himself from the claws of his assailers and, leaping over the bushes along the road, ran swiftly across the fields.
awaken/əˈweɪkən/=awake本文に7回
Just as Pinocchio stretched out his hand to take a handful of them, he was awakened by three loud knocks at the door.
meantime/ˈminˌtaɪm/その間に本文に7回
In the meantime, since my watchdog died today, you may take his place and guard my henhouse.”
happily/ˈhæpəɫi/幸福に本文に7回
Rubbing his hands together happily, he mumbled half to himself: “This has come in the nick of time.
awake/əˈweɪk/眠らずに, 目がさめて本文に7回
Am I asleep or awake?
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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