「鉄道きょうだい」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Railway Children
E・ネズビットが「鉄道きょうだい」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。
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/=railroad本文に43回
They were not railway children to begin with.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[…ない], …になって初めて[…する]本文に40回
And so they were, but they did not know HOW happy till the pretty life in the Red Villa was over and done with, and they had to live a very different life indeed.
canal/kəˈnæɫ/運河本文に30回
The rocks and hills and valleys and trees, the canal, and above all …
jersey/ˈdʒɝzi/ジャージーのセーター本文に22回
And so it would have done if the Bargee hadn't let go of Peter's ear—and caught her in his jerseyed arm.
heap/ˈhip/たくさん, 多数[量]本文に20回
These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely nursery with heaps of toys, and a Mother Goose wall-paper.
silly/ˈsɪɫi/おばかさん本文に20回
“There's nothing to be good ABOUT now, silly,” said Peter.
darling/ˈdɑɹɫɪŋ/いとしい人, 最愛の人本文に19回
“Come, darlings, go at once.”
barge/ˈbɑɹdʒ/平底の荷船, はしけ本文に18回
… of course, the bargees, who steered the slow barges up and down …
handkerchief/ˈhæŋkɝtʃif/ハンカチ本文に17回
… which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing and waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think whether they were clean handkerchiefs or the reverse.
petticoat/ˈpɛtiˌkoʊt/ペチコート, スリップ本文に16回
she said; “and I thought it was going to be cold; I wish we hadn't put on our—” she stopped short, and then ended in quite a different tone—“our flannel petticoats.”
flannel/ˈfɫænəɫ/フランネル, ネル, フラノ本文に16回
“Now,” said Peter, taking hold of the largest flannel petticoat.
bun/ˈbən/ロールパン本文に16回
Whenever an Editor was sensible there were buns for tea.
awfully/ˈɑfɫi/ひどく, とても本文に16回
It's awfully tall, isn't it?”
jolly/ˈdʒɑɫi/非常に本文に15回
It isn't our fault your secrets are so jolly easy to find out.”
chap/ˈtʃæp/やつ本文に15回
“It always IS undone again,” said Peter, “and the Station Master was more of a gentleman than you'll ever be, Phil—throwing coal at a chap's head like that.”
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/勇敢な, 勇ましい本文に15回
“Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are!
horrid/ˈhɔɹəd/いやな, 不愉快な本文に14回
cried Roberta, putting down her egg-spoon; “don't let's be horrid to each other.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に14回
Twopence indeed,” said he, and produced a bunch of sweetbrier from his hat, “just like a conjurer,” as Phyllis remarked afterwards.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に14回
… and there was Peter firmly held by the jacket, with an old carpenter's bag full of coal in his trembling clutch.
unhappy/ənˈhæpi/悲しい, 気の滅入る本文に14回
“I never wanted things to happen to make Mother unhappy,” said Roberta.
lighted/ˈɫaɪtəd/火をつけた本文に13回
There was a candle on the table, and he lighted it.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/口げんかする, 言い争う, 口論する本文に13回
“You can help me very much,” said Mother, “by being good and happy and not quarrelling when I'm away”—Roberta and Peter exchanged guilty glances—“for I shall have to be away a good deal.”
breathless/ˈbɹɛθɫəs/息切れした, 息もつけない本文に13回
… who stopped when he heard Peter's hasty boots crunching the road, and coming up with him very breathless and with his ears now quite magenta-coloured, he said:—
presently/ˈpɹɛzəntɫi/やがて, まもなく本文に13回
When presently the Porter lounged out of his room at the twice-repeated tingling thrill of a gong over the station door, Peter said, “How do you do?”
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/…をひどく驚かせる, おびえさせる本文に13回
James was so frightened that he went out and did not come back all day.
cart/ˈkɑɹt/二輪車, 荷馬車, 荷車本文に13回
The cart went at a foot's pace, and they followed the gritty crunch of its wheels.
indignantly/ˌɪnˈdɪɡnəntˌɫi/憤慨して本文に12回
“We haven't got anything TO blab,” said Bobbie, indignantly.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/猟犬本文に12回
And now, following the track of the hare by the little white blots of scattered paper, came the hounds.
fireman/ˈfaɪɹmən/火夫, かまたき, ボイラーマン本文に12回
“You mean a fireman,” said Daddy, pulling and twisting at the engine.
beast/ˈbist/動物, 四足獣本文に12回
And it was Father who mended the doll's cradle when no one else could; and with a little glue and some bits of wood and a pen-knife made all the Noah's Ark beasts as strong on their pins as ever they were, if not stronger.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に11回
It'll keep till to-morrow.
mend/ˈmɛnd/…を直す, 修繕する本文に11回
He could mend all sorts of things.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/器用な, じょうずな本文に11回
All Peter's hopes for the curing of his afflicted Engine were now fixed on his Father, for Father was most wonderfully clever with his fingers.
cheer/ˈtʃɪɹ/を元気づける, 励ます本文に11回
But before he went to school he thumped his sister between the shoulders and told her to cheer up.
bushes/ˈbʊʃəz/低木本文に10回
The way to the railway was all down hill over smooth, short turf with here and there furze bushes and grey and yellow rocks sticking out like candied peel from the top of a cake.
din/ˈdɪn/騒音本文に10回
I suppose she's laid it in the dining-room.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/を取って来る本文に10回
So then Peter told the sad tale, and fetched what was left of the Engine.
supper/ˈsəpɝ/夕食本文に10回
“The woman I engaged to clean the place, and put the furniture straight and get supper.”
rattle/ˈɹætəɫ/ガタガタ音を立てる本文に10回
They felt the rush of its passing, and the pebbles on the line jumped and rattled under it as it went by.
dull/ˈdəɫ/鈍い本文に10回
Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull calls to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay calls to her.
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