「プリマス急行の事件」を読む前に覚えたい英単語22
The Plymouth Express Affair
アガサ・クリスティーが「プリマス急行の事件」で何度も使う、英語の頻出4,000語に入らない22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。
maid/ˈmeɪd/お手伝いさん, 女中本文に14回
My daughter traveled alone in her carriage, which was reserved as far as Bristol, her maid being in a third-class carriage in the next coach.”
monsieur/məsˈjɝ/…様本文に10回
“I accept, monsieur, all the more willingly that I saw your daughter in Paris several times.
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/宝石本文に10回
… with several balls, and in consequence my daughter had with her nearly all her jewels—amounting in value perhaps, to about a hundred thousand dollars.”
mistress/ˈmɪstɹəs/女主人, 主婦本文に8回
She could have tea in the refreshment-room, but she was to wait at the station for her mistress, who would return to Bristol by an up-train in the course of the afternoon.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/四輪馬車本文に8回
Lieutenant Simpson had the carriage to himself.
accomplice/əˈkɑmpɫəs/共犯者本文に5回
Now, Mr. Halliday, let me introduce you to Grace Kidd, otherwise Jane Mason, who will shortly rejoin her accomplice, Red Narky, under the kind escort of Japp.”
luggage/ˈɫəɡədʒ/手荷物, 小荷物, トランク・スーツケースなどの旅行かばん類本文に5回
She directed Mason to get out the luggage and put it in the cloak-room.
compartment/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/個室本文に5回
N., stepped from the platform at Newton Abbot into a first-class compartment of the Plymouth Express.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/動かない本文に4回
“Why the devil wont it go in?”
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/そでなし外とう, マント本文に4回
She put the luggage in the cloak-room and had some tea.
chloroform/ˈkɫɔɹəˌfɔɹm/クロロホルム本文に3回
Yes, chloroform; that was it!
dollar/ˈdɑɫɝ/ドル米国の貨幣単位で100セント本文に3回
He’d pretty well run through his own money on the turf, and I should imagine old man Halliday’s dollars came along in the nick of time.
scoundrel/ˈskaʊndɹəɫ/悪党, ならず者本文に3回
I should say that for a good-looking, well-mannered, utterly unscrupulous young scoundrel, it would be hard to find his match!”
footman/ˈfʊtmən/従僕本文に3回
Halliday rang the bell, and gave a short order to the footman.
toqueトーク本文に3回
“She was wearing a white fox fur toque, sir, with a white spotted veil, and a blue frieze coat and skirt—the shade of blue they call electric.”
millionaire/ˌmɪɫjəˈnɛɹ/百万長者, 大金持ち本文に3回
The millionaire hesitated for a moment, and then replied.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/ささやく, つぶやく本文に3回
“That good Inspector believes in matter in motion,” murmured Poirot as our friend departed.
stab/ˈstæb/…を刺す, 突き刺す本文に3回
A young naval officer returning to Plymouth found under the seat of his compartment, the body of a woman, stabbed through the heart.
aloud/əˈɫaʊd/声を出して本文に3回
For answer he took up the newspaper and read aloud:
suitcase/ˈsutˌkeɪs/スーツケース, 小型旅行かばん本文に3回
A porter followed him with a heavy suitcase.
fourteen/ˈfɔɹˈtin/14時, 14分本文に3回
She left London by the twelve-fourteen from Paddington, arriving at Bristol (where she had to change) at two-fifty.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/まゆをひそめる, しかめづらをする本文に3回
Then he sniffed vaguely, and frowned.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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