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星新一ショートショート『A Well-Kept Life』英単語 1/2

 

1. A summer sun rose between white clouds and lit up an apartment on the 72nd floor of an eighty-story building.

2. It shone on his automatic calendar.

3. But the windowpane was tinted.

4. It circulated fresh air, tinged with a faint, flowery fragrance, throughout the apartment.

5. This was summer and Mr. Tail liked liles, so a lily fragrance now emanated from the device.

6. The tape player that sent the VOICE was perfectly synched with the clock and other devices.

7. Mr. Tale was transported as if he were a puppet, and ushered into the shower room by a door that opened automatically.

8. A smaller HAND emerged from a wall and lathered a depilatory cream on his face.

9. The bigger HANDS, meanwhile, deftly removed Mr. Tale's loose pajamas, and threw them into an automatic washer nearby.

 

------日本語------

1. lit up / V   past forms of "light up"

(照らす)

2. shone / V   past forms of "shine"

(輝く)

3. windowpane / N   a each part of glass in the window of a building

(窓ガラス)

 tint / V   to color something a bit

(ちょっと色付けする)

4. tinge / V   to imbue something that has colors originally with something different OR to make atmosphere different

(元々色のついているものに、変化を加える。また、人やものが違う雰囲気を帯びている/帯びさせること

tintとtingeの違いはこちら 

5. emanate / V   sounds, steam, vapor, smell, light or heat come out from something OR someone comes out suggestion

(音や光や香りが発散する/発散される。または、提案や考えが人から出る/人が出す)

6. synch / V   informal for synchronize. to happen something at the same time

(同時に起こる、同調する)

7. usher / V   to show or guide someone where they should go

(先導する)

guideとusherの違いはこちら 

8. lather / V   to cover something or someone's face with mass of small bubbles of a soap

(石鹸の泡で覆う)

 depilatory / N   a substance used for removing unwanted hair from a human body

(脱毛剤)

9. deftly / ADV   in a skillful and smart way

(器用に)