第十四回Net 勉強会 2003,4

 No One's A Mystery
単語&イディオム
P47/P48/P49
P47
mystery(n) If you talk about the mystery of someone or something, you are talking about how difficult they are to understand or know about, especially when they gives them a rather strange or magical quality.
神秘に包まれた人[もの,こと];好奇心をかき立てる人[もの,こと]
latch(n) A latch is a fastening on a door or gate. It consists of a metal bar which you lift in order to open the door.
(戸や門などにつける)掛け金,かんぬき;(ばね式の)錠(前), ラッチ
dime(n) A dime is an American coin worth te cents.
(米・カナダ話)ダイム:米国・カナダの10セント白銅貨
inhale(v) When you inhale, you breathe in. When you inhle something such as smoke, you take it into your lungs when you breathe in.
〈空気・香り・ガスなどを〉吸い込む,吸入する
musk(n) Musk is a substance with a strong smell which is used in making perfume.
麝香の(ような)香り
crotch(n) Your crotch is the part of your body between the tops of your legs.
(人体の)股(また);(指の)股
linen-white
linen(n) Linen is a kind of cloth that is made from a plant called flax. It is used for making clothes and things such as tablecloths and sheet.
リンネル,リネン,亜麻布
seam(n) A seam is a line of stiches which joins two pieces of cloth together.
(布・革などの)縫い目,とじ目,(ストッキングの)シーム
glint(v) If something glints, it produces or reflects a quick flash of light.
ちらちら光る,きらりと光る
steady(v) If you steady something or if it steadies, it stops shaking or moving about.
固定[安定]させる
elk(n) An elk is a type of large deer. Elks have big, flat horns called antlers and are found in Northern Europe, Asia, and North America, Some British speakers use elk to refer to the European and Asian varieties of the annimal, and moose to refer to the North American araety.
ヘラジカ
fray(v) If something such as cloth or rope frays, or if something frays it, its threads or fibres start to come apart from each other and spoil its appearance.
〈衣類や縄などを〉擦り切らす,ほぐす
scuff(v) If you scuff something or if it scuffs, you mark the surface by scraping it against other things or by scrapng other things against it.
〈靴・床などが〉すり減る,すり切れる
wedge(n) A wedge is and object with one pointed edge and one thick edge, which you put under a door to keep it firmly in position.
ウェッジヒール
manure(n) Manure is animal faeces, sometimes mixed with chemicals, that is spread on the ground in order to make plants grow healthy and strong.
有機質肥料:堆肥(たいひ), 積肥(つみごえ), 厩肥(きゅうひ), 鶏糞など
P48
into(prep) If you are very intersted in something and like it very much, you can say that you are inot it.
(とても)熱中[没頭]して,夢中になって
pop(n) You can refer to fizzy drinks such as lemonade as pop.
pop top リング引き上げ式の缶,(特に缶から取り外された)リングのつまみ
crane(v) If you crane your neck or head, you stretch your neck in a particular direction in order to see or hear something better.
〈首を〉(物をよく見ようと)ツルのように伸ばす
print(v) 〈物に〉(印・模様などを)つける
dazzle(v) If a bright light dazzles you, it makes you unable to see properly for short time.
ぴかぴかと輝く,照り映える
wheat(n) Wheat is a cereal crop grown for food, Wheat is also used to refer to the grain of this crop, which is usually ground into flour and used to make bread.
コムギ(小麦)
fawn(adj) Fawn is a pale yellowish-brown colour.
淡黄褐色
Cheyenne シャイアン:米国 Wyoming 州南東部の都市で州都
filthy(adj) If you describe something as filthy, you mean that you think it is morally very unpleasant and disgusting, sometimes in a sexual way.
不潔な
P49
trout(n) A trout is a fairly large fish that lives in rivers and streams.
マス:サケ科ニジマス属 Salmo の淡水産の食用魚数種の総称
Navarra スペインの土地の名前
trout a la Navarra マスを赤ワイン、オリーブオイル、たまねぎ、ミント、ローズマリーなどにつけてオーブンで焼いた料理
kaka(n) =caca (幼児語)うんち
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