「キャンプ・ファイア・ガールズの謎」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House
ヒルデガルド・G・フレイが「キャンプ・ファイア・ガールズの謎」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。
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/…を叫ぶ, 大声で言う本文に41回
she exclaimed, demolishing the mountain by throwing the quilt aside with a sudden movement of her arms and disclosing a slender little body wrapped in a grayish woolen dressing gown.
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/階段本文に40回
… backed away from the banister, ran down the stairs two steps at a time and disappeared through the front door, leaving Katherine standing in the empty hall …
shutter/ˈʃətɝ/よろい戸, 雨戸本文に39回
On the inside of the glass—if there was a pane of glass there—was a heavy black iron shutter fastened to the casement with great screws.
footprint/ˈfʊtˌpɹɪnt/足跡本文に28回
… eager to begin the search for the secret passage again, but whatever plans they had formed were driven entirely out of their minds by the appearance of the footprints on the stairs.
princess/ˈpɹɪnsɛs/王女, 皇女, 内親王本文に18回
She did not know how to act when introduced to a princess.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/階上へ, 2階へ本文に18回
With the prospect of a fresh field for investigation the others revived their interest in the search and followed Nyoda eagerly as she led the way upstairs and unlocked the closed door at the head.
exclamation/ˌɛkskɫəˈmeɪʃən/叫び, 絶叫本文に16回
From somewhere in the room came a sudden exclamation of surprise.
burglar/ˈbɝɡɫɝ/夜盗, 強盗本文に16回
She must explain quickly, or he would take her for a burglar, coming in that way and looking around with a flashlight.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/階下へ, 下の階へ, 1階へ本文に16回
Upstairs and downstairs they tapped, peered, pried and investigated, but without success.
aunt/ˈænt/おば本文に15回
“Or have you had something to eat since your aunt went away?”
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/風変りな, 変な本文に14回
Then a queer, bewildered look came into her eyes and she stood still with the book hanging uncertainly from her fingers.
royal/ˈɹɔɪəɫ/王の, 女王の, 王室の本文に13回
“This is the royal hunting lodge, and I am the Princess Sylvia!”
spell/ˈspɛɫ/魅力, 魔力本文に13回
Katherine felt the spell of it and gradually her hasty steps became slower and at times she stood still and looked upon the quiet scene with a feeling of awe and reverence.
jest/ˈdʒɛst/ただ本文に12回
I ain’t tellin’ why I wants it put up; I jest wants it put up, dat’s all.’
bookseller/ˈbʊkˌsɛɫɝ/書籍商, 本屋の主人本文に12回
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers, A.
postpaid{副} 郵便料金を前払いで本文に12回
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers.
cellar/ˈsɛɫɝ/地下室食料貯蔵室, 穴蔵本文に12回
The cellar windows had a heavy screening over them on the outside which could not be removed without being destroyed, and this screening was everywhere intact.
receipt/ɹiˈsit/受け取ること, 受領本文に12回
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers A.
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/はしご本文に12回
In the opening thus made they could see the top of an iron ladder set upright against the wall below.
stove/ˈstoʊv/ストーブ, 暖炉本文に12回
… a cot bed next to the wall; a small stove; a rocking chair and a sewing machine …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/かすかな, ぼんやりした本文に12回
It loomed large and silent before her, its frost covered window panes shining whitely in the starlight with a faint, ghostly glimmer.
lark/ˈɫɑɹk/ヒバリ本文に11回
“Hark, hark, the lark at heaven’s gate sings,
shriek/ˈʃɹik/甲高い叫び声, 悲鳴本文に11回
Nyoda gave a little shriek of laughter and held it up for the Winnebagos to see.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/大声で本文に11回
she said aloud to herself scornfully, with a flash of her brown eyes, and Katherine caught a glimpse of an indomitable spirit that no hardship could bow down.
sail/ˈseɪɫ/出航する本文に11回
He’s goin’ ter sail Noo Year’s Day.”
astonishment/əˈstɑnɪʃmənt/驚き, びっくり本文に10回
… leaving Katherine standing in the empty hall, open-mouthed with astonishment.
stairway/ˈstɛɹˌweɪ/=staircase本文に10回
By the way they point, the man was going downstairs, but they begin in the middle of the stairway.
mahogany/məˈhɑɡəni/マホガニー熱帯フメリカ産の赤褐色の堅い木本文に10回
Idly she turned her flashlight on the staircase and noticed that the post was of beautifully carved mahogany.
hastily/ˈheɪstəɫi/急いで本文に10回
I knocked before I came in,” she added hastily, “but you didn’t come to the door, so I took the liberty of walking in.
bill/ˈbɪɫ/勘定書, 請求書, つけ本文に10回
She looked carefully through the desk first, through old account books and files of papers and bills, but came upon nothing that touched upon repairs made to the house.
eagerly/ˈiɡɝɫi/しきりに本文に10回
asked Sahwah eagerly, pausing with the nutcracker held open in her hand.
lobster/ˈɫɑbstɝ/ウミザリガニ本文に10回
“Then let’s compromise on lobster croquettes,” said Veronica.
gasp/ˈɡæsp/あえぎ, 息切れ本文に10回
Katherine felt the hair rising on her head; she gave an odd little dry gasp.
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/…を飛び上がらせる, ぎょっとさせる本文に10回
At the sound of her voice the man gave a startled jump, backed away from the banister …
till/ˈtɪɫ/…してそして[ついに]…本文に10回
Beginning softly, the tone swelled out in volume till it seemed to Katherine’s ears to fill the whole house and to come pouring out of all the doors and windows.
screw/ˈskɹu/ねじ, ねじくぎ, ねじボルト本文に10回
It was no easy job, taking that shutter off, for the screws had rusted in so that it was almost impossible to turn them.
costume/ˈkɑstum/衣装本文に10回
Let’s find a masquerade costume for him, too, so he can be one of us.”
north/ˈnɔɹθ/北の, 北部の, 北向きの本文に9回
A sportive north wind, racing up the hill, paused at the top to whirl about in a mad frolic, and Katherine shivered from head to foot.
casement開き窓本文に9回
She knew it was a window because it was framed in a mahogany casement like the other windows in the house, but instead of a pane of glass there was a dark …
latch/ˈɫætʃ/に掛け金を掛ける本文に9回
He examined all the rest of the windows on the first floor, and found them all latched and their latches undisturbed.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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