「黒真珠」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The black pearl
マリー・リオンが「黒真珠」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。
aunt/ˈænt/おば本文に26回
… ‘Old Meg,’ who directs everything here and holds us in ‘the path of virtue’ with an iron hand—Meg, your aunt’s faithful maid for thirty years, and now the right hand of Molly …
honour/ˈɑnɝ/尊敬, 信用本文に17回
I am sure that a Martian savant ere this has discovered the cause, and explained it as a ceremony celebrated in honour of our satellite.”
pearls/ˈpɝɫz/真珠の連なり本文に15回
I have had it attached as a pendant to a string of pearls of my own, which will look much better on your white neck than in my casket.”
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/ほとんど…ない本文に15回
Absence does not stop the everlasting pæan of praise, for as it is, he is scarcely ever at home.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/ささやく, つぶやく本文に15回
I murmured, wonderingly, to Daisy.
pearl/ˈpɝɫ/真珠, パール本文に14回
“I want to give you a black pearl which I have been keeping in trust.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/女主人, 主婦本文に14回
“Now you have seen the real mistress of Gwylata, Jeannette …
necklace/ˈnɛkɫəs/首飾り, ネックレス本文に14回
In it lies a necklace composed of exquisite pearls, some white and milky, others gleaming opalesquely in tints merging from grey to rose.
sacrifice/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/…を犠牲にする本文に13回
She would suffer martyrdom herself and sacrifice everybody for Molly, and, above all, for Hector.”
verandahベランダ, 縁側本文に11回
I run to the verandah to see this relic of bygone days.
utter/ˈətɝ/全くの, 完全な本文に11回
“Who is this man, an utter stranger an hour ago, whose gaze stirs my pulses, rousing latent forces and strangely elusive memories?
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/叫ぶ本文に11回
“What a contrast to the ‘Brasier’ motor in which you drove me here yesterday, uncle,” I exclaim.
affection/əˈfɛkʃən/愛情, 好意, 恋情本文に11回
I have as much need of affection as of air.
awaken/əˈweɪkən/=awake本文に10回
It is rather a kind of obsession, a response to the appeal in his eyes which awakens something obscure, half forgotten.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/楽しみ, うれしいこと本文に10回
It is one of my greatest delights to get him to talk during our rides.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/魅力本文に10回
While I contemplate this charming production of budding genius, Mr. Deslandes enters my little sitting-room, to which he has admission at all times.
keen/ˈkin/激しい, 強烈な本文に9回
… the need of devoting myself to someone or something; the keen suffering I experience when I find myself in a chilly atmosphere of indifference.
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/…を示す, 表す本文に9回
In the unconscious pride underlying the belief that all customs are perfect because they are English, there is betrayed a certain strength of character and will which refuses to be influenced by environment.
bush/ˈbʊʃ/未開墾地, 森林地本文に8回
Yesterday a motor, to-day the old coach which carries letters to far-off bush homes, among them probably some from the Old World by the Messageries Boat on which you were a passenger.”
sombre暗い, ほの暗い本文に8回
Tall palms bent their sombre tufted heads and plantains waved their pale green leaves in the breeze.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に8回
… unless,” bowing profoundly, “you will allow me to take his place and ride with you to-morrow.”
yacht/ˈjɑt/ヨット, 快走船本文に8回
“He has a big yacht as big as a ship,” says Gladys, extending her small arms.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に8回
A kiss soft as a sigh brushes my trembling lips.
glow/ˈɡɫoʊ/光を放つ, 輝く本文に8回
His eyes, brilliant windows of the soul imprisoned in his stunted graceless body, glow at this proof of confidence.
tender/ˈtɛndɝ/世話をする人, 看護人本文に8回
Passionate, yet tender, evoking a shadowy, dim remembrance of forgotten things, it allures even while it repels me.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/穏やかな, 静かな本文に8回
I wonder if one day I also shall come across a man who will love me simply and purely with a calm, untroubled affection like theirs …
magnetism/ˈmæɡnəˌtɪzəm/人を引き付ける力本文に7回
Pearls are feminine, it is said, and want light, heat and the magnetism of soft, warm flesh, or they lose their colour and die.”
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/…を確かに認める本文に7回
It is with the greatest astonishment that I recognise almost all the ritual of the Mass—the Vestments of the priest, the Crucifix, the flowers, and even the candles burning on the altar.
wherein/hwɛˈɹɪn/本文に7回
I have had a strange dream wherein, by a sort of dual personality, I beheld myself smaller and slimmer.
detach/ˈdɪˌtætʃ/…を引き離す, 分離する, 取り外す本文に7回
The gigantic trees, with their twisted branches and gnarled trunks detached against the sombre background of sapphire, recall the weird eerie effects of Gustave Doré.
vibrate/ˈvaɪbɹeɪt/おののく, どきどきする本文に7回
As I pass out he whispers in a tone vibrating with triumph, “A demain.”
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/四輪馬車本文に7回
I am still too much of a novice in the equestrian art to do other than venture the mild excitement of following the hounds in a carriage.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明らかに本文に7回
He has evidently determined to make me a good horsewoman.
beloved/bɪˈɫəvd/最愛の, 非常に愛されている本文に7回
… taking with us Daisy, who can scarcely tear herself from her beloved Dick.
regain/ɹɪˈɡeɪn/を取り戻す, 回復する本文に7回
His short absence enables me to regain mastery over my feelings, and to analyse the bewildering sensations I have just experienced.
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/小さな家本文に7回
On the road, I remarked a cottage where the wife was doing the family washing, hanging the clothes on ropes suspended between gum trees, which apparently serve many purposes.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/神秘的な, 不思議な本文に7回
The man with the mysterious eyes is standing before me.
divine/dɪˈvaɪn/神の本文に7回
reçoit participation insigne de sa prime et divine origine et en contemplation de cette infinie sphère à laquelle rien n’advient, rien ne passe …
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/伝わる, 系統を引く本文に7回
It is the only souvenir which remained to your mother of her great ancestress, the Begum Jeanne, wife of Dupleix, from whom she was so proud to have descended.
favourite/ˈfeɪvɝɪt/気に入りの本文に6回
… containing all I possess in the world, my favourite books and the presents of my Parisian school-mates whom I left in tears at the idea of my departure for the antipodes—“a country of kangaroos and savages, where I would surely be eaten alive,” they sobbed.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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