「秘密の花園」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Secret Garden
フランシス・ホジソン・バーネットが「秘密の花園」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。
robin/ˈɹɑbən/ロビン, コマドリ胸が黄色がかって赤色本文に110回
She thought of the robin and of the way he seemed to sing his song at her, and as she remembered the treetop he perched on she stopped rather suddenly on the path.
moor/ˈmʊɹ/荒れ地, 荒野などが一面に生えた湿地本文に90回
The house is six hundred years old and it’s on the edge of the moor, and there’s near a hundred rooms in it, though most of them’s shut up and locked.
thee/ˈði/なんじを本文に90回
“An’ tha’s browt th’ young ’un with thee.”
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/風変りな, 変な本文に61回
“How queer and quiet it is,” she said.
skip/ˈskɪp/なわ跳びをする本文に40回
It was a strong, slender rope with a striped red and blue handle at each end, but Mary Lennox had never seen a skipping-rope before.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/ひどく怖がる, おびえる本文に36回
The woman looked frightened, but she only stammered that the Ayah could not come and when Mary threw herself into a passion and beat and kicked her …
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/小さな家本文に34回
Then they had passed a church and a vicarage and a little shopwindow or so in a cottage with toys and sweets and odd things set out for sale.
nest/ˈnɛst/巣, 巣穴本文に32回
He come out of th’ nest in th’ other garden an’ when first he flew over th’ wall he was too weak to fly back for a few days an’ we got friendly.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/尋ねる, 問い合わせる本文に26回
inquired Mary.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/ほとんど…ない本文に25回
The wine made her so sleepy that she could scarcely keep her eyes open and she lay down on her bed and knew nothing more for a long time.
gardener/ˈɡɑɹdənɝ/植木屋, 庭師, 園丁本文に25回
A slow smile spread over it and the gardener looked quite different.
lump/ˈɫəmp/こぶ, はれもの本文に23回
“Look along th’ twigs an’ branches an’ if tha’ sees a bit of a brown lump swelling here an’ there, watch it after th’ warm rain an’ see what happens.”
spade/ˈspeɪd/すき, 踏みぐわ本文に22回
Presently an old man with a spade over his shoulder walked through the door leading from the second garden.
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/叫ぶ本文に22回
exclaimed the man, turning to his companions.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/静かに本文に21回
said Mary, and she moved toward the little tree softly and looked up.
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/車両, 客車本文に20回
When the next day they set out on their journey to Yorkshire, she walked through the station to the railway carriage with her head up and trying to keep as far away from her as she could, because she did not want to seem to belong to her.
lamb/ˈɫæm/子羊本文に20回
… and the seeds we planted are up, and Dickon has brought the fox and the crow and the squirrels and a newborn lamb.”
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/立腹, かんしゃく本文に19回
Martha sat up on her heels, with her blacking-brush in her hand, and laughed, without seeming the least out of temper.
hop/ˈhɑp/足をそろえてぴょんぴょん跳ぶ本文に19回
He hopped about and pecked the earth briskly, looking for seeds and insects.
sour/ˈsaʊɝ/気難しい, 不きげんな本文に19回
She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression.
bush/ˈbʊʃ/低木本文に18回
The robin flew down from his treetop and hopped about or flew after her from one bush to another.
cushion/ˈkʊʃən/クッション, 座ぶとん本文に18回
… and they drove off, the little girl found herself seated in a comfortably cushioned corner, but she was not inclined to go to sleep again.
oblige/əˈbɫaɪdʒ/に義務を負わせる, 強制する本文に18回
Two or three times she lost her way by turning down the wrong corridor and was obliged to ramble up and down until she found the right one; but at last she reached her own floor again …
startle/ˈstɑɹtəɫ/…を飛び上がらせる, ぎょっとさせる本文に18回
He looked tired and troubled, but when he saw her he was so startled that he almost jumped back.
mysterious/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/神秘的な, 不思議な本文に18回
There was something mysterious in the air that morning.
gasp/ˈɡæsp/はっと息をのむ本文に17回
Mrs. Lennox gasped.
sofa/ˈsoʊfə/長いす, ソファー本文に17回
It made her jump and look around at the sofa by the fireplace, from which it seemed to come.
weed/ˈwid/雑草本文に17回
She searched about until she found a rather sharp piece of wood and knelt down and dug and weeded out the weeds and grass until she made nice little clear places around them.
scent/ˈsɛnt/におい, かおり, 香気本文に17回
The sun was shining and a little wind was blowing —not a rough wind, but one which came in delightful little gusts and brought a fresh scent of newly turned earth with it.
fond/ˈfɑnd/好んで, 好きで本文に16回
Everyone was too panic-stricken to think of a little girl no one was fond of.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/大喜び, 歓喜本文に16回
But she knew he had followed her and the surprise so filled her with delight that she almost trembled a little.
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/の頭を悩ませる本文に16回
Mary listened to her with a grave, puzzled expression.
grin/ˈɡɹɪn/歯をむき出した笑い本文に16回
“That’s th’ moor,” with a good-natured grin.
springtime/ˈspɹɪŋˌtaɪm/春, 春季本文に15回
That’s because th’ springtime’s on its way.
tantrum/ˈtæntɹəm/かんしゃく, むかっ腹本文に15回
If he’d been like he is most times he’d have throwed himself into one of his tantrums and roused th’ house.
squirrel/ˈskwɝəɫ/リス本文に15回
He moved so slowly that it scarcely seemed as though he were moving at all, but at last he stood on his feet and then the squirrel scampered back up into the branches of his tree, the pheasant withdrew his head and the rabbits dropped on all fours and began to hop away …
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に15回
He was a sour young man and got no good of all his money and big place till he was married.”
awake/əˈweɪk/眠らずに, 目がさめて本文に15回
She had no intention of going to sleep, and, in fact, she was becoming wider awake every day which passed at Misselthwaite.
rabbit/ˈɹæbət/ウサギ本文に15回
“Well,” said Martha stoutly, “I’ve told thee that th’ very birds likes him an’ th’ rabbits an’ wild sheep an’ ponies, an’ th’ foxes themselves.
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/寂しい, 心細い本文に15回
Since she had been living in other people’s houses and had had no Ayah, she had begun to feel lonely and to think queer thoughts which were new to her.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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