「ハンナ・スタッブスの奇妙な変身」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The strange transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs
フローレンス・マリアットが「ハンナ・スタッブスの奇妙な変身」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。
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/…を叫ぶ, 大声で言う本文に101回
he exclaimed, in English, which was quite intelligible, though rather broken, “and have you come to cheer my solitude?
whilst/ˈwaɪɫst/=while本文に50回
… and preserved the dignity of his birth, even whilst pursuing an occupation which is considered to place a man beyond the pale of Society.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/女主人, おかみ本文に39回
“Anyways I must go,” observed the landlady, as he disappeared, “for that gal of mine is so stupid I can’t trust her to do a single thing alone.
commence/kəˈmɛns/…を始める, に着手する本文に32回
… and with dried herbs and other mysterious preparations from a drawer, commenced to separate them into measured portions and to crumble them into a bowl.
cure/ˈkjʊɹ/をなおす, 取り除く本文に26回
said the Professor, “trust yourself to the Doctor and me and we’ll cure you of this nonsense.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に24回
“Wait till you have heard what I have to tell you, Steinberg, and you will acknowledge that I am right.
fool/ˈfuɫ/ばかなまねをする, ふざける, 冗談をいう本文に23回
I found her making the kitchen table hop round the room yesterday, and when I told her not to be fooling like a child of five year old, she said she hadn’t touched it.
sichsuchの訛り本文に22回
I’ve never been in sich a dark ’ole in all my life!
pore/ˈpɔɹ/熟読する, 注意深く考える・没頭する, 熟考[熟視本文に22回
… that I know but little of your doings, except that you shut yourself up in that little room for half the night and sit up poring over old books and manuscripts, long after you should be in bed and asleep.
inquire/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/尋ねる, 問い合わせる本文に22回
he inquired; “do you not understand?”
supper/ˈsəpɝ/夕食本文に22回
… though I believe he’s sometimes sorely put-to to find the money, and every evenin’ he’s ’ome by eight o’clock and has his bit of supper and puts his light out by ten, but arter that—well!
cottage/ˈkɑtədʒ/小さな家本文に22回
The consternation which this mysterious epistle caused in the cottage home in Settlefield, may be better imagined than described.
ignorant/ˈɪɡnɝənt/知識がない, 無知な, 教育を受けていない本文に21回
We have all been young, Mrs. Battleby, and all been ignorant and wilful and done silly things.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/悪魔, 悪鬼本文に21回
If devils, then also my Leonora, to speak with whom I have been promised over and over again, and feel I only want more power to accomplish.”
afore=before本文に20回
I often wish I’d been dead afore they’ve come after me!”
stairs/ˈstɛɹz/階段本文に19回
And so saying, he passed her and ran lightly up the stairs.
maid/ˈmeɪd/お手伝いさん, 女中本文に19回
“Mrs. Battleby, my good friend, I want to speak with you, on behalf of your little maid, Hannah!
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/ひどく怖がる, おびえる本文に19回
… if she had only cried, or seemed frightened, or sorry …
downstairs/ˈdaʊnˈstɛɹz/階下へ, 下の階へ, 1階へ本文に16回
… as she piled all the plates and dishes on the top of one another, preparatory to making a grand smash if she should happen to slip going downstairs again.
curiosity/ˌkjʊɹiˈɑsəti/好奇心, 物好き本文に16回
“And do you really believe that your dead wife will be able by the aid of Magic to return to you in bodily shape and satisfy your curiosity on this subject?”
allay/əˈɫeɪ/を静める, 和らげる本文に15回
… if only for a moment, and allay his bitter fears by one means or the other.
fancy/ˈfænsi/空想したもの, 根拠のない考え本文に15回
You work so hard all day and permit this morbid fancy to occupy your tired brain by night, until it has become in a measure, diseased.
interpose/ˌɪntɝˈpoʊz/を差しはさむ本文に14回
“But if evil spirits, then also good,” interposed the Professor eagerly, “you surely would not deny the same power to all those departed this earth.
coarse/ˈkɔɹs/粗末な, 下等な本文に14回
Her bosom was unusually developed for so young a girl—her face was broad and flat—her mouth wide—her nose short and turned-up, and her colour coarse and high.
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/驚嘆すべき, 信じがたい本文に13回
This is very marvellous!”
mortal/ˈmɔɹtəɫ/人間の, 現世の本文に13回
… that have had nothing to do with this earth, but who yet can and do come to the aid of those mortals who solicit their assistance.
deceive/dɪˈsiv/を欺く, だます, 裏切る本文に13回
“Not if she were false,” cried the Professor, “I would kill her over again this moment, if she deceived me!
bargain/ˈbɑɹɡən/契約, 売買契約, 取引き本文に13回
Of course I did, and would have killed her lover into the bargain, but that he escaped before I could lay hands on him.
recognise/ˈɹɛkəɡˌnaɪz/…を確かに認める本文に12回
An old woman whom I cannot recognise, seems to have taken her place the last few days.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/ずるい, 悪賢い本文に12回
These brainless creatures are sometimes uncommonly cunning.”
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/親切に, 優しく本文に12回
asked the Professor, kindly, “your brother?”
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/うめく, うなる本文に12回
Leonora seemed further off than ever, and he groaned in spirit to think she might be so near, and yet he was unable to communicate with her …
dull/ˈdəɫ/鈍い, はっきりしない本文に12回
she answered, in a dull, low voice …
tray/ˈtɹeɪ/浅いへりのついた平たい容器, 盆, 皿本文に12回
… putting the key in his pocket, and by the time Mrs. Battleby appeared with the supper tray, the two friends were talking gaily of a new drama that had just created some sensation in the town.
grasp/ˈɡɹæsp/…をしっかり握る, ぎゅっとつかむ本文に12回
“I can see that you are weary,” said the young doctor, as he grasped his hand, “and more than that, Signor, you are weak.
uncouth/ˈənˈkuθ/洗練されてない, 粗野な本文に11回
Taken altogether, she was uncouth, but there was an innocence and simplicity in her gaze which was very attractive when one had the time to discover it.
physic…に薬を飲ませる本文に11回
But if you wants to ’ave ’er up here of an evening, and physic ’er and all that sort of thing, why I don’t like to refuse a offer made in kindness …
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/利口な, 頭のよい, 才気のある本文に11回
He was a German of the name of Steinberg, and the profession of medicine—a clever fellow who was rising fast, and knew how to make the best of his opportunities.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に10回
To-morrow, perhaps, I may be able to judge more calmly.
apparition/ˌæpɝˈɪʃən/幽霊, 亡霊本文に10回
A few minutes’ patience was rewarded by the same apparition standing in the doorway, and holding out, as it seemed, its hand toward the Doctor.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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