「白夜」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
White nights, and other stories
フョードル・ドストエフスキーが「白夜」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。
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に76回
I am being redecorated to-morrow;" or, "I was almost burnt down and had such a fright," and so on.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[…ない], …になって初めて[…する]本文に48回
… I like it too, and I won't drive you away till I get home."
lodger下宿人, 間借り人本文に46回
… well, there moved into our upper storey a new lodger."
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に44回
… only two words, even though we never meet again afterwards!...
ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/恥じて, 恥ずかしく思って本文に43回
It seemed as though Petersburg threatened to become a wilderness, so that at last I felt ashamed, mortified and sad that I had nowhere to go for the holidays and no reason to go away.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/…をひどく驚かせる, おびえさせる本文に42回
… always silent and splenetic, who frightened them, while timid as children they hid their love from each other?
insult/ˈɪnˌsəɫt/を侮辱する, はずかしめる本文に37回
You are not capable of insulting, even in thought, her who so loved and so loves you.'"
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/大喜びする, うれしがる, 楽しむ本文に35回
I know them intimately, I have almost made a study of their faces, and am delighted when they are gay, and downcast when they are under a cloud.
spite/ˈspaɪt/悪意, 意地悪本文に35回
As soon as it struck nine o'clock I could not stay indoors, but put on my things, and went out in spite of the weather.
haste/ˈheɪst/急ぎ本文に31回
The girl flew straight as an arrow, with the timid haste one sees in all girls who do not want any one to volunteer to accompany them home at night, and no doubt the staggering gentleman would not have pursued her …
timid/ˈtɪmɪd/おくびょうな, びくびくした本文に31回
… the same pale face, the same meek and timid movements, and even signs of remorse …
positively/ˈpɑzətɪvɫi/全く, 本当に本文に30回
Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society …
utterly/ˈətɝɫi/全く, すっかり, 完全に本文に29回
I have lived, as they say, keeping myself to myself, that is, utterly alone—alone, entirely alone.
fond/ˈfɑnd/好んで, 好きで本文に28回
Why do you suppose he is so fond of his four walls, which are invariably painted green, grimy, dismal and reeking unpardonably of tobacco smoke?
despair/dɪˈspɛɹ/絶望, 失望本文に27回
I cried jumping up from the seat in utter despair.
fancy/ˈfænsi/空想, 想像本文に27回
perhaps it was my fancy....
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/赤らむ, 赤面する本文に26回
… neither where he is going nor where he is standing now, and flushing with vexation he will certainly tell some lie to save appearances.
continually/kənˈtɪnjuəɫi/ひんぱんに, たびたび本文に26回
… the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen …
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/無意味な言葉, たわごと本文に25回
Not to talk nonsense, as I did yesterday.
goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/本文に25回
Oh, my goodness!
fool/ˈfuɫ/ばか者本文に25回
… taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.
landlady/ˈɫændˌɫeɪdi/女性の家主本文に24回
They were all landladies, that....
absurd/əbˈsɝd/道理に合わない本文に24回
A type is an original, it's an absurd person!"
instant/ˈɪnstənt/一瞬の間, 瞬間本文に24回
But forgive me that a doubt has stolen—if only for one instant—into my heart.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/名誉になる物, 誉れ本文に23回
Anyway, gentlemen, I shall welcome both views as an honour and a special favour.
quiver/ˈkwɪvɝ/震える本文に23回
She tried to smile, to calm herself, but her chin was quivering and her bosom was still heaving.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に23回
She took my arm without a word, still trembling with excitement and terror.
dignity/ˈdɪɡnəti/尊厳, 威厳, 気高さ本文に23回
I should live at ease, I should die with dignity, why, it is charming, perfectly charming!
enjoyment/ˌɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/楽しむこと, 喜ぶこと本文に22回
… I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/…を魅惑する, うっとりさせる, 喜ばせる本文に22回
It was such a charming little brick house, it looked so hospitably at me, and so proudly at its ungainly neighbours, that my heart rejoiced whenever I happened to pass it.
ache/ˈeɪk/痛みを感じる, 痛む, うずく本文に21回
it made my heart ache....
contrary/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/正反対本文に21回
"No, nothing, nothing, quite the contrary.
nasty/ˈnæsti/不快な, いやな本文に21回
My servant is an old country-woman, ill-natured from stupidity, and, moreover, there is always a nasty smell about her.
crush/ˈkɹəʃ/…を打ちのめす, 打ちひしぐ本文に21回
… why I was not able to entertain my visitor, and why I was crushed under the weight of my own hospitality?"
bless/ˈbɫɛs/本文に21回
I have almost struck up a friendship with one old man whom I meet every blessed day, at the same hour in Fontanka.
sob/ˈsɑb/すすり泣く, むせび泣く本文に20回
Surely when the hour of parting came she must have lain sobbing and grieving on his bosom, heedless of the tempest raging under the sullen sky …
faint/ˈfeɪnt/かすかな, ぼんやりした本文に20回
So much the better for you; it will give it a faint flavour of romance.
spiteful/ˈspaɪtfəɫ/意地悪い本文に19回
… making her count the strokes, and I cursed myself for my spiteful impulse; I felt sorry for her …
moan/ˈmoʊn/うめく, うめき声をあげる本文に19回
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point.
scarcely/ˈskɛɹsɫi/ほとんど…ない本文に19回
… as though tired or preoccupied with some other more interesting subject, so that he could scarcely spare a glance for anything about him.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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