「シャーロック・ホームズの冒険」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/奇妙な, 変わった本文に33回
… of his summons to Odessa in the case of the Trepoff murder, of his clearing up of the singular tragedy of the Atkinson brothers at Trincomalee, and finally of the mission which he had accomplished so delicately and successfully for the reigning family of Holland.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/一瞬の間, 瞬間本文に31回
It was all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front.
goose/ˈɡus/ガチョウ本文に27回
“I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,” observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.
coronet/ˈkɔɹəˈnɛt/宝冠, 小冠本文に25回
The lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum which I have asked.
keen/ˈkin/激しい, 強烈な本文に25回
… and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
maid/ˈmeɪd/お手伝いさん, 女中本文に25回
… shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air of a man who was thoroughly at home.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色の, ねずみ色の, 鉛色の本文に24回
He wore rather baggy grey shepherd’s check trousers, a not over-clean black frock-coat …
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/身のこなし, 動作, 態度本文に22回
It is her carriage.
stepfather/ˈstɛpˌfɑðɝ/まま父, 継父, 義父本文に21回
“Your father,” said Holmes, “your stepfather, surely, since the name is different.”
advertisement/ˌædvɝˈtaɪzmənt/広告, 宣伝ad., adv.本文に21回
As he glanced down the advertisement column, with his head thrust forward and the paper flattened out upon his knee …
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/色, 色採, 色調本文に19回
If my hair would only change colour, here’s a nice little crib all ready for me to step into.’
peculiar/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/独特な, 特有の本文に19回
Do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence—‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’
fancy/ˈfænsi/空想, 想像本文に19回
Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に18回
“If you will be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o’clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you.”
deduce/dɪˈdus/…を導き出す, 推論する本文に18回
“I see it, I deduce it.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に18回
Four or five minutes afterwards the sitting-room window will open.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/中心, 中央, 中核本文に17回
… who had stepped from her carriage, was the centre of a little knot of flushed and struggling men, who struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/マイル本文に17回
… has referred the case to me, and hence it is that two middle-aged gentlemen are flying westward at fifty miles an hour instead of quietly digesting their breakfasts at home.”
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/実に不快な, ひどく悪い本文に17回
It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/葉巻きたばこ, シガー本文に17回
… he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner.
geese/ˈɡis/gooseの複数形本文に17回
“Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese,” said he.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/ただちに本文に17回
It was instantly opened by a bright-looking, clean-shaven young fellow, who asked him to step in.
endeavour/ɪnˈdɛvɝ/努力する本文に16回
“The man who wrote it was presumably well to do,” I remarked, endeavouring to imitate my companion’s processes.
armchair/ˈɑɹmˌtʃɛɹ/ひじ掛けいす本文に16回
… but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/よろい戸, 雨戸本文に16回
Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a letter.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/ひどく怖がる, おびえる本文に16回
She was so frightened by their violence that she ran away and told her mother when she reached home that she had left the two McCarthys quarrelling near Boscombe Pool, and that she was afraid that they were going to fight.
ventilator/ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪtɝ/換気装置, 通風機, 換気口本文に15回
You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is.”
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/地下室食料貯蔵室, 穴蔵本文に15回
Snapping away with a camera when he ought to be improving his mind, and then diving down into the cellar like a rabbit into its hole to develop his pictures.
lane/ˈɫeɪn/小道, 横町, 路地本文に15回
“I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/陸軍大佐, 陸軍大佐本文に14回
At the time of the war he fought in Jackson’s army, and afterwards under Hood, where he rose to be a colonel.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/階段本文に13回
A slow and heavy step, which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage, paused immediately outside the door.
gem/ˈdʒɛm/宝石, 宝玉本文に13回
A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no trace of them could be found …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/名誉, 栄光, 名声本文に12回
Whom have I the honour to address?”
madam/ˈmædəm/奥様, お嬢様本文に12回
“My dear madam,” said I, “I am an old campaigner, and if I were not I can very well see that no apology is needed.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/アヘンケシの種子から製造本文に12回
Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, was much addicted to opium.
fasten/ˈfæsən/を集中する, じっと向ける本文に12回
she cried, glancing from one to the other of us, and finally, with a woman’s quick intuition, fastening upon my companion, “I am so glad that you have come.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/速く本文に12回
He was pacing the room swiftly, eagerly, with his head sunk upon his chest and his hands clasped behind him.
weary/ˈwɪɹi/疲れた, 疲れはてた本文に12回
My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position …
stain/ˈsteɪn/に着色する本文に12回
That trick of staining the fishes’ scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China.
whistle/ˈhwɪsəɫ/口笛を吹く本文に12回
Holmes whistled.
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