「メキシコ革命の小説」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
マリアーノ・アスエラが「メキシコ革命の小説」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。
damn/ˈdæm/…をのろう本文に39回
Look here, confound it, we want to eat, and damn quick tool Are you coming out or are we going to make you?"
sierra/siˈɛɹə/山脈本文に28回
The woman stared into the darkness of the sierra.
fool/ˈfuɫ/ばか者本文に19回
"You cursed fool, you've maimed me for life."
ranch/ˈɹæntʃ/大牧場本文に16回
"Tell me what they call this ranch, woman?"
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/ひどく怖がる, おびえる本文に14回
As he sought to seize her wrist, she grew frightened, and Picking up the empty pitcher, flew out the door.
tenderfoot新参者, 新前本文に13回
"Who's this tenderfoot?"
corral/kɝˈæɫ/さく, 囲い, おり本文に13回
The dog, excited to the point of madness, had jumped over the corral fence.
canyon/ˈkænjən/峡谷本文に13回
When, after many hours of climbing, he gazed back, huge flames shot up from the depths of the canyon by the river.
bill/ˈbɪɫ/紙弊, 札本文に12回
See this wallet full of nice new bills?
trousers/ˈtɹaʊzɝz/ズボン本文に12回
He was tall and well built, with a sanguine face and beardless chin; he wore shirt and trousers of white cloth, a broad Mexican hat and leather sandals.
rag/ˈɹæɡ/ぼろ服本文に12回
Ropes hung from the roof, securing an old adobe mold, used as a bed; on it a child slept, covered with gray rags.
saddle/ˈsædəɫ/にくらを置く本文に11回
A few moments later, amid cries of joy and a bustle of arms, they began saddling their horses.
peso/ˈpeɪsoʊ/ペソメキシコ・キューバ・フィリピンなどの貨幣単位本文に10回
… your superiors, will go about trying to pile up a few million pesos....'"
bandit/ˈbændət/追いはぎ, 盗賊本文に10回
"I'll wager you know Macias the bandit, lady?
hut/ˈhət/小屋, 仮小屋, ヒュッテ本文に10回
These proved to be a few wretched straw huts, dispersed all over the river slopes, between rows of young sprouting corn and beans.
dawn/ˈdɔn/夜明け, 暁本文に10回
At dawn, he approached the pit of the canyon.
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に9回
On the morrow, Demetrio complained bitterly of his wound; he could no longer ride on horseback.
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/侮辱, 侮辱的な言動本文に9回
Now it was Demetrio's men who screamed insults.
spur/ˈspɝ/に拍車を当てる本文に9回
They spurred their horses to a gallop as if in that mad race they laid claims of possession to the earth.
scratch/ˈskɹætʃ/をかく本文に9回
"Yes, I know what brought you here," Demetrio interrupted dryly, scratching his head.
tequila/təˈkiɫə/テキーラ本文に8回
"Bring me a bottle of tequila, Sergeant: I've decided to spend the night with this charming lady....
stretcher/ˈstɹɛtʃɝ/担架本文に8回
They were forced to carry him the rest of the way on a makeshift stretcher of leaves and branches.
hoof/ˈhuf/ひづめ本文に8回
The beat of horses' hoofs rang in the quarry nearby.
lousy/ˈɫaʊzi/いやな, ひどい, 下劣な本文に8回
"Show your faces, you lousy cowards!"
crest/ˈkɹɛst/山頂, 尾根本文に8回
The pitaya trees rose tenuous, tall, like the tapering, gnarled fingers of a giant; other trees of all sorts bowed their crests toward the pit of the abyss.
colonel/ˈkɝnəɫ/陸軍大佐, 陸軍大佐本文に8回
The colonel?
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/ざわめく本文に8回
The river crept along, murmuring as the waters rose and fell in small cascades.
waiter/ˈweɪtɝ/給仕人, ウエーター本文に8回
"I don't want no more to drink," Blondie said to the waiter, "I'm feeling sick.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/いったいぜんたい本文に8回
"What the devil are you waiting for, fool?
brave/ˈbɹeɪv/勇敢な, 勇ましい本文に8回
I'll always stand up for a brave man."
boil/ˈbɔɪɫ/…を煮る, ゆでる本文に8回
His injured leg trailing behind him, he shuffled from hut to hut in search of a little alcohol, a kettle of boiled water and some rags.
faint/ˈfeɪnt/かすかな, ぼんやりした本文に8回
At last, when the ultimate faint rays of the moon were spent in the rosy dimness of the dawn, the silhouette of a soldier loomed at the end of the trail.
cacique/kəˈsik/地方の有力者本文に7回
That cacique who's chased and run me ragged over these hills, is at Mohayua now …
mil/ˈmɪɫ/マイル本文に7回
In the middle of the night, they pulled me out of my house; three damn policemen; I woke up a soldier twenty-five miles away from my hometown.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/憂うつ, もの悲しさ本文に7回
Among the reeds, the frogs chanted the implacable melancholy of the hour.
brim/ˈbɹɪm/縁まで満たされる, あふれそうになる本文に7回
This time she carried a pitcher of milk brimming over with foam.
shrill/ˈʃɹɪɫ/甲高い, 金切り声の本文に7回
The ragged crew jumped to their feet, uttering shrill cries of joy; then their jubilation turned sinister and they gave vent to threats, oaths and imprecations.
vain/ˈveɪn/むだな, 無益な, なんにもならない本文に7回
In vain an old sergeant harangued the soldiers, insulting them in the hope of rallying them.
barracks/ˈbæɹəks/兵営本文に7回
I wrote a piece in favor of the revolution, you see; as a result, they persecuted me, caught me, and finally landed me in the barracks."
tortilla/tɔɹˈtiə/トルティーヤ本文に7回
said a man, who sat Indian-fashion, eating, a coarse earthenware plate in his right hand, three folded tortillas in the other.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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