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現在読んでいる洋書、
『The Moon & Sixpence』 / W. Somerset Maugham
(Dover Publications, Inc.)
から選出しています。
・Part47-53(p.126-146)
□words
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1727) vivacious(adj)
1728) obese (adj)
1729) raucous (adj)
1730) dissipation (n)
1731) delirium (n)
1732) affability (n)
1733) covet (v)
1734) promiscuous (adj)
1735) luscious (adj)
1736) dilapidate (v)
1737) vengeance (n)
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1727) vivacious (adj)
= someone, especially a woman,
who is vivacious has a lot of energy
and a happy attractive manner
- used to show approval
[= lively]:
→viv- [= live ☆ ]
→生き生きしている
→女性が元気溌剌な
☆invigorate, survive, vital
1728) obese (adj)
He was married to an American woman obese and slatternly.
(p.126)
= very fat in a way that is unhealthy
1729) raucous (adj)
calling to the passer-by in a raucous voice
(p.128)
= sounding unpleasantly loud:
1730) dissipation (n)
You see the lines of age and the scars of dissipation.
(p.128)
= the process of making something gradually weaker
or less until it disappears:
1731) delirium (n)
in an attack of delirium
(p.130)
= a state in which someone is delirious,
especially because they are very ill:
1732) affable (adj)
She used him with the same affability as those of her clients.
(p.134)
= friendly and easy to talk to
[= pleasant]:
→af- [= ad, =to ] + fa- [= talk☆]
→話しかけやすい
→愛想の良い
☆famous, ineffable, infant
1733) covet (v)
The authorities received his resignation
of the coveted position on the staff.
(p.136)
= to have a very strong desire to have something
that someone else has:
1734) promiscuous (adj)
She's never been promiscuous like some of these girls.
(p.139)
= having many sexual partners
→pro- [= before] + misc- [= mix ☆]
→予め混ぜ合わせてある
→乱交の
☆miscellaneous
1735) luscious (adj)
the green, sweet, luscious fruit
(p.142)
= extremely good to eat or drink
1736) dilapidated (adj)
The house was dilapidated and none too clean.
(p.144)
= a dilapidated building, vehicle etc is old and in very bad condition
1737) vengeance (n)
He had gone native with vengeance.
(p.144)
= a violent or harmful action that someone does
to punish someone for harming them or their family
[= revenge]
→venge- [= vindic, = claim ☆]
→権利を主張する
→復讐
☆revenge, vindictive,
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