「スペードの女王」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Queen of Spades, and other stories
アレクサンドル・プーシキンが「スペードの女王」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。
maid/ˈmeɪd/少女, おとめ本文に32回
A scathing epigram upon Vorontsoff led the count to ask for Pushkin's removal from Odessa, "where," he said, "excessive flattery had turned the young maids head."
negro/ˈniɡɹoʊ/黒人奴隷本文に28回
His mother, Nadejda Ossipovna Hannibal, was the grand-daughter of Abraham Petrovitch Hannibal, Peter the Great's famous negro.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/…を叫ぶ, 大声で言う本文に26回
"And you mean to say," exclaimed Narumoff, "that you have a grandmother who knows the names of three winning cards, and you have never made her tell them to you?"
undertaker/ˈəndɝˌteɪkɝ/葬儀屋本文に25回
The last remaining goods of the undertaker, Adrian Prohoroff …
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/…を尋ねる, 問う本文に25回
Left alone with Scholtz, Pushkin inquired what he thought of his condition.
pistol/ˈpɪstəɫ/ピストル, 拳銃本文に24回
Hermann rose, and drew a pistol from his pocket.
thou/ˈðaʊ/なんじ, そなた本文に23回
Stay in the shelter of our camp till morning, or longer it thou wilt.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に23回
He afterwards relinquished his earlier models of the romantic school, and sought a simpler, truer inspiration in the pages of Shakespeare.
neighbour/ˈneɪbɝ/隣人, 隣国, 隣国人本文に22回
These two years spent in the simple, pleasant company of country neighbours proved a turning point in his career.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/四輪馬車本文に21回
The butler carried him from the carriage into the house.
peasant/ˈpɛzənt/農夫本文に21回
He had come into the country with a passionate love for everything that showed the feeling or fancy of the Russian peasant.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/…を大いに楽しませる, 大喜びさせる, うれしがらせる本文に20回
This poem, which contains many beautiful passages, so delighted Derjavin, that he wished to embrace the young author; but Pushkin fled in confusion from the hall.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に19回
There he remained till 1824, travelling from place to place, first with the Raevskys to the Caucasus, and thence again with them through the Crimea.
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/…を確かに認める本文に18回
She was much surprised, however, when she recognised, on the letter that was now handed to her, the writing of Hermann.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/ほとんど…ない本文に18回
She had scarcely been there two minutes when the Countess rang with all her might.
sledge/ˈsɫɛdʒ/=sled1本文に17回
… the streets were deserted; from time to time passed a sledge, drawn by a wretched hack …
regret/ɹəˈɡɹɛt/…を後悔する本文に16回
I return your letter, and trust that you will not give me cause to regret my imprudence."
spite/ˈspaɪt/悪意, 意地悪本文に16回
However that may be, in spite of the mystery of his life, St. Germain was much sought after in good society, and was really an agreeable man.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/道義心, 誠実, 高潔本文に14回
Listen to what my uncle told me about it, Count Ivan Ilitch, and he told me on his word of honour.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に14回
She may die this week—to-morrow perhaps.
gown/ˈɡaʊn/ガウン, 室内着本文に14回
There, before a lamp, a footman was sleeping, stretched out in a dirty greasy dressing-gown.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に14回
Lisaveta was afraid, without knowing why, and she trembled as she took her seat in the carriage.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/好奇心, 物好き本文に14回
She at once withdrew, burning at the same time with curiosity, and moved by a strange feeling which she now experienced for the first time.
steward/ˈstuɝd/執事, 家令本文に13回
My grandfather, now no more, was, so to say, his wife's steward.
thee/ˈði/なんじを本文に13回
I am-ready to share with thee both bread and roof.
acquaintance/əˈkweɪntəns/知り合い, 知人本文に13回
Before long a dumb acquaintance was established between them.
calm/ˈkɑɫm/平静な, 落ち着いた本文に13回
His calm expression of face and steady voice deceived the poor wife.
starosta村長本文に12回
Until the dinner hour I somehow occupied the time, talking to the starosta, driving round to see how the work went on, or visiting the new buildings.
hussar/ˈhəsɝ/軽騎兵本文に12回
The traveller was a tall, young hussar with a small black moustache.
regiment/ˈɹɛdʒəmənt/連隊本文に12回
There was only one man among us who did not belong to the regiment.
staircase/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/階段, はしご段本文に12回
"The bread of the stranger is bitter," says Dante, "and his staircase hard to climb."
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/不幸な, 不運な, みじめな本文に12回
Lisaveta Ivanovna was, in fact, a most unhappy creature.
cease/ˈsis/…をやめる, 中止する本文に12回
When Spaski (another doctor) came near and tried to give him hope, Pushkin waved his hand in dissent, and from that moment apparently ceased to think about himself.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/気が遠くなる, 気絶する本文に12回
At the same moment, close to the church door, Lisaveta fainted.
traveller/ˈtɹævəɫɝ/旅行者, 旅人本文に11回
All the irritation accumulated in the course of a dull journey by the traveller is vented upon the Postmaster.
accustom/əˈkəstəm/を慣らす, 習慣づける本文に11回
He thought, that his orderly, drunk as usual, was returning from some nocturnal excursion; but the step was one to which he was not accustomed.
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/悲しみの原因, 不幸の種, 心配ごと本文に11回
Maria experienced yet another sorrow.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/夕食本文に11回
A long winter night had passed unnoticed, and it was five o'clock in the morning when supper was served.
bow/ˈbaʊ/を弓でひく本文に11回
"Who is that man that bowed to us?
fool/ˈfuɫ/ばか者本文に11回
"What a fool!
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