「王子と乞食」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Prince and the Pauper
マーク・トウェインが「王子と乞食」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。
thou/ˈðaʊ/なんじ, そなた本文に206回
“Mind thy manners, thou young beggar!”
thee/ˈði/なんじを本文に137回
“Tom Canty, an’ it please thee, sir.”
prince/ˈpɹɪns/王子, 親王本文に100回
… and smarting from a thrashing, he unleashed his imagination and soon forgot his aches and pains in delicious picturings to himself of the charmed life of a petted prince in a regal palace.
lord/ˈɫɔɹd/貴族本文に65回
… unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tending him and watching over him—and not caring, either.
royal/ˈɹɔɪəɫ/王の, 女王の, 王室の本文に50回
Privately, after a while, Tom organised a royal court!
rag/ˈɹæɡ/ぼろ服本文に40回
But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his presence.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に36回
and so bravely dressed!—and there be plays wherein they that play do shout and fight till all are slain, and ’tis so fine to see …
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/=while本文に34回
My mother died whilst I was yet a boy.
palace/ˈpæɫəs/宮殿本文に34回
… lovely road, past the great cardinal’s stately palace, toward a far more mighty and majestic palace beyond—Westminster.
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/優雅さ, 洗練本文に30回
Thou speakest well; thou hast an easy grace in it.
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/やがて, まもなく本文に28回
… also, presently began to discuss Tom Canty, and to regard him as a most gifted and extraordinary creature.
mutter/ˈmətɝ/つぶやく本文に28回
He kept muttering to himself, “Offal Court—that is the name …
clothe/ˈkɫoʊð/…に衣服を着せる本文に25回
They were good-hearted girls, unclean, clothed in rags, and profoundly ignorant.
throne/ˈθɹoʊn/王位, 王権本文に25回
Then followed such a thing as England had never seen before—the sacred person of the heir to the throne rudely buffeted by plebeian hands, and set upon and torn by dogs.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/叫ぶ本文に24回
Lifting up his hands, he exclaimed—
crown/ˈkɹaʊn/王冠・王位, 統治権本文に24回
… with none to rebuke me or forbid, meseemeth I could forego the crown!”
doth/ˈdɔθ/doの三人称・単数・現在形本文に23回
How doth thy mother use thee?”
hermit/ˈhɝmət/世捨て人, 隠者本文に21回
The Prince and the hermit.
worship/ˈwɝʃəp/閣下本文に21回
“Neither to any other is she, so please your worship.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/壮大な, 堂々とした本文に21回
Splendid carriages, with splendid people in them and splendid servants outside, were arriving and departing by several other noble gateways that pierced the royal enclosure.
liege/ˈɫidʒ/君主, 領主本文に20回
“But is it not I that speed him hence, my liege?
cease/ˈsis/やむ, 終わる本文に20回
The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place.
mock/ˈmɑk/にせの, ごまかしの本文に18回
Daily the mock prince was received with elaborate ceremonials borrowed by Tom from his romantic readings; daily the great affairs of the mimic kingdom were discussed in the royal council …
instant/ˈɪnstənt/一瞬の間, 瞬間本文に18回
The next instant one of the soldiers snatched him rudely away, and sent him spinning among the gaping crowd of country gawks and London idlers.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/尊厳, 威厳, 気高さ本文に18回
The boys stopped their play and flocked about the prince, who said with native dignity—
thyself/ˌðaɪˈsɛɫf/なんじ自身本文に17回
Thou wilt not miscall thyself again, as they say thou didst a little while agone?”
honour/ˈɑnɝ/儀礼本文に17回
Is the prince to tarry uninstalled, because, forsooth, the realm lacketh an Earl Marshal free of treasonable taint to invest him with his honours?
majesty/ˈmædʒəsti/陛下本文に17回
“I have no knowledge of this tongue, so please your majesty.”
bow/ˈbaʊ/弓本文に17回
Next he drew the beautiful sword, and bowed, kissing the blade …
princely/ˈpɹɪnsɫi/王子の本文に16回
By-and-by Tom’s reading and dreaming about princely life wrought such a strong effect upon him that he began to act the prince, unconsciously.
wrought/ˈɹɔt/workの過去・過去分詞本文に16回
that he shall cease to speak to any of that lowly birth and life his malady hath conjured out of the unwholesome imaginings of o’er-wrought fancy; that he shall strive with diligence to bring unto his memory again those faces which he was wont to know—and where he faileth he shall hold his peace …
thine/ˈðaɪn/なんじの本文に16回
If that I could but clothe me in raiment like to thine, and strip my feet …
multitude/ˈməɫtəˌtud/大衆, 民衆本文に16回
… now, among that multitude of strangers; whereas …
royalty/ˈɹɔɪəɫti/王位本文に16回
… with its gilded bars and its magnificent array of colossal granite lions, and other the signs and symbols of English royalty.
utter/ˈətɝ/を発する, 口に出す本文に16回
It is not meet that one of my degree should utter the thing.”
nought=naught本文に15回
… whensoever any matter shall perplex him as to the thing he should do or the utterance he should make, he shall show nought of unrest to the curious that look on, but take advice in that matter of the Lord Hertford …
reign/ˈɹeɪn/統治する, 支配する, 君臨する本文に15回
He raised himself higher still, and went on with energy, “He is mad; but he is my son, and England’s heir; and, mad or sane, still shall he reign!
obey/oʊˈbeɪ/に服従する本文に15回
The soldier that had maltreated Tom obeyed promptly; and as the prince burst through the portal …
mercy/ˈmɝsi/慈悲, 寛大, あわれみ本文に15回
“God requite thy mercy, O my King, and save thee long to bless thy land!”
betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/…を示す, 表す本文に15回
The King was silent and thoughtful a while, and his face betrayed a growing distress and uneasiness.
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