「月長石」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Moonstone
ウィルキー・コリンズが「月長石」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120回
… we have been talking of the loss of the Indian Diamond, in my aunt’s house in Yorkshire, two years since.
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/女主人, 主婦本文に82回
It was all one to me where I went, so long as my mistress and I were together.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に76回
There I lived till Miss Julia married the late Sir John Verinder.
nightgown寝巻き本文に71回
But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna’s things, and have nailed her in that way.
ladyshipLadyの尊称をもつ婦人に対する敬称本文に63回
“We gratefully thank your ladyship,” I said; “but we ask your permission to do what is right in this matter by giving up our keys.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/宝石本文に58回
… I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/気質, 気性本文に55回
A foolish wrangle followed; and Herncastle’s unlucky temper got the better of him.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に54回
… two years ago, and how it came to be lost in little more than twelve hours afterwards.
opium/ˈoʊpiəm/アヘンケシの種子から製造本文に48回
Sometimes they said he was given up to smoking opium and collecting old books; sometimes he was reported to be trying strange things in chemistry …
plainly/ˈpɫeɪnɫi/はっきりと, 明白に本文に45回
Herncastle’s fiery temper had been, as I could plainly see, exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed.
upstairs/əpˈstɛɹz/階上へ, 2階へ本文に44回
When I wanted to go upstairs, there was my wife coming down; or when my wife wanted to go down, there was I coming up.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/道義心, 誠実, 高潔本文に43回
And I declare, on my word of honour, that what I am now about to write is, strictly and literally, the truth.
smear/ˈsmɪɹ/…に塗る, …を汚す本文に41回
says Mr. Superintendent, suddenly pointing to a little smear of the decorative painting on Miss Rachel’s door, at the outer edge, just under the lock.
instantly/ˈɪnstəntɫi/ただちに本文に41回
… when I know a family plate-basket to be out on a pantry-table, is to be instantly reminded of that basket by the sight of a strolling stranger whose manners are superior to my own.
proceedings/pɹəˈsidɪŋz/行動本文に39回
… except that he was pretty and delicate-looking—the two girls had stolen along the inner side of the hedge between us and the road, and had watched the proceedings of the foreigners on the outer side.
distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/激しい苦しみ, 苦痛, 苦悩本文に39回
My mistress came out among us, looking sorely puzzled and distressed.
laudanum/ˈɫɔdənəm/アヘンチンキ本文に34回
“Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself?”
innocence/ˈɪnəsəns/無罪, 潔白本文に34回
It was no longer a question of quieting my young lady’s nervous excitement; it was a question of proving her innocence.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/に義務を負わせる, 強制する本文に33回
… no doubt, on people who are really obliged to get their living, to be forced to work for the clothes that cover them …
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/…を尋ねる, 問う本文に32回
When I inquire what this means, Penelope says, “Fiddlesticks!”
thief/ˈθif/泥棒, こそどろ, 空き巣本文に32回
Early in the morning, the plunder still going on, General Baird announced publicly by beat of drum, that any thief detected in the fact, be he whom he might, should be hung.
interval/ˈɪntɝvəɫ/間の時間, 合い間本文に32回
On summoning up my own recollections—and on getting Penelope to help me, by consulting her journal—I find that we may pass pretty rapidly over the interval between Mr. Franklin Blake’s arrival and Miss Rachel’s birthday.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/恐ろしい, ものすごい本文に31回
… in regard to thinking about it, being truly dreadful after my lady had gone away, I applied the remedy which I have never yet found to fail me in cases of doubt and emergency.
privately/ˈpɹaɪvətɫi/ひそかに, 秘密に本文に31回
I modestly declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed upon me—and I privately felt, all the time …
quicksand/ˈkwɪkˌsænd/流砂, 砂地獄本文に30回
Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire.
miserable/ˈmɪzɝəbəɫ/みじめな, ひどく不幸な本文に30回
We were not a happy couple, and not a miserable couple.
rouse/ˈɹaʊs/の目を覚まさせる, を起こす本文に29回
I was roused up by my daughter Penelope running out at me as if the house was on fire.
drawer/ˈdɹɔɹ/引き出し本文に29回
One of the drawers inside was pulled out as far as it would go.
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/階下へ, 下の階へ, 1階へ本文に28回
I went downstairs with the message, of which I took the liberty of presenting a new and amended edition of my own contriving …
sailor/ˈseɪɫɝ/水夫, 船員, 海員本文に28回
It is a case (as a sailor would say) of very fine steering.
juggler/ˈdʒəɡəɫɝ/曲投げ師本文に27回
She wanted to have the three Indian jugglers instantly taken up; for this reason …
pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/を許す, を大目に見る本文に27回
“One of them (if you will pardon my mentioning it) was never keeping to the matter in hand.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/を引き出す本文に26回
The only difficulty is to fetch out the dates, in the first place.
terrace/ˈtɛɹəs/テラス, 頂台本文に26回
… when I was stopped by hearing a sound like the soft beating of a drum, on the terrace in front of my lady’s residence.
disposal/dɪˈspoʊzəɫ/処置, 処理本文に26回
In that case, and in no other, certain sealed instructions relating to the disposal of the Diamond, and deposited with it, were to be opened, and followed implicitly.
maid/ˈmeɪd/お手伝いさん, 女中本文に25回
… when old enough, to be Miss Rachel’s own maid.
useless/ˈjusɫəs/役に立たない, 使いものにならない本文に25回
Quite useless!
objection/əbˈdʒɛkʃən/反対, 異議, 異論本文に25回
But she points out one objection.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/悩ませる物, 難問, 難物本文に25回
“It’s just possible, Betteredge, that my stranger and your three jugglers may turn out to be pieces of the same puzzle.”
stain/ˈsteɪn/しみ, 汚れ本文に24回
“The stain is taken off,” she said.
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