星新一ショートショート『The Department of Sustainable Living』英単語 1/2

A Well-Kept Life（星新一ショートショートコレクションVol.1　英語版） (English Edition)

1. Without paying attention to his callous demeanor, I stacked up the cards, put them in my pocket and went back to my desk.

2. We're just bureaucrats anyway.

3. A mother was pushing a stroller, a grandfather was holding the hand of a toddler, and a beautiful woman was walking a lively dog.

4. The stores and restaurants along the main street had matching red and white striped awnings.

5. The house had a classic look to it, ensconced under a big elm tree and surrounded by a rose twined fence.

6. Or, I thought, maybe it was a fair-skinned, young boy with long, slender fingers.

7. If I lived in a house like that, I thought, I would listen to the chirping of the birds, perched on the branches in the morning mist, while I was still in bed.

8. How beautiful the reflection of the moon on the rippled surface would be, I thought.

9. The doorbell chimed.

10. My collegue supported her body, as he usually does in this type of situation, and quickly put a restorative pill in her mouth.

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1. callous / ADJ   similar to cruel and brutal. Not sympathize or feel others' emotion

（冷淡な、無神経な）

demeanor / N   similar to behavior

（態度、振る舞い）

stack / V   to arrange a number of things in an ordered pile

（積み重ねる）

2. bureaucrat / N   a person who is working in bureaucracy which controls a government or country

（官僚）

3. lively / ADV   full of enegy or similar to lusty

（活き活きとした）

4. awning / N   the same as sunshade. The thing that covers balcony or something like this of a building or a shop from the sunlight or rain

（日除け）

5. ensconce / V   to put yourself in a confortable position

（その場に落ち着く）

6. fair-skinned / ADJ   the state that someone who has a pale skin

（青ざめた）

7. perch / V   to sit on the edge of something like a chair

（腰掛ける）

8. rippled / ADJ   a subtle wave of liquid

（波紋が立っている）

9. chime / V   to cause a ringing sound

（チャイムが鳴る）

10. restorative / ADJ   something that bring a power back

（元気を回復させる）

A Well-Kept Life（星新一ショートショートコレクションVol.1　英語版） (English Edition)