2026-01-01から1年間の記事一覧
(テキスト21ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) The dogs learned to read fairly well, but were not interested in reading anything except the Seven Commandments. learn(他)(勉強・練習などにより)(知識・技術などを)習い覚える…
(テキスト20ページ、3行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) Even when it was resolved—a thing no one could object to in itself—to set aside the small paddock behind the orchard as a home of rest for animals who were past work, there was a …
(テキスト19ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) It was soon noticed that when there was work to be done the cat could never be found. it(代)(形式主語として事実上の主語の不定詞句・動名詞句・that節などを代表して) notice(他)…
(テキスト18ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be. animal(名)(人間以外の)動物、けだもの、四足獣 as(代)(関係代名詞)(節の中で主語・目的語・補語の役目を果…
(テキスト17ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) CHPTER III chapter(名)(書物・論文の)章 How they toiled and sweated to get the hay in! how(副)(疑問詞)(感嘆文に転用して)まあ何と、いかに toil(自)骨折る、骨折って働く sw…
(テキスト16ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) It was very neatly written, and except that ‘friend’ was written ‘freind’ and one of the S's was the wrong way round, the spelling was correct all the way through. neatly(副)き…
(テキスト15ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) The pigs now revealed that during the past three months they had taught themselves to read and write from an old spelling book which had belonged to Mr Jones's children and which …
(テキスト14ページ、3行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) It was as though they had never seen these things before, and even now they could hardly believe that it was all their own. as though=as if まるで~であるかのように(as if節の中…
(テキスト13ページ、4行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard. rein(名)(しばしば複数形で)(通例革製の、馬につ…
(テキスト12ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) At last they could stand it no longer. at last 最後に、とうとう(=finally) stand(他)(通例否定・疑問文で)(人が)(~を)我慢する、耐える、辛抱する no longer もはや~しない(…
(テキスト11ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) The animals hated Moses because he told tales and did no work, but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain, and the pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there wa…
(テキスト10ページ、2行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) Several nights a week, after Mr Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others. night(名)(副詞的に)夜に a(冠…
(テキスト9ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) CHAPTER II chapter(名)(書物・論文の)章 ・chapter one 第1章 Three nights later old Major died peacefully in his sleep. three(形)(基数の3)3の、3個の、3人の night(名)(副詞…
(テキスト8ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) Bright will shine the fields of England, Purer shall its waters be, Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes On the day that sets us free. bright(副)(通例burn、shineとともに用いて)明…
(テキスト7ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) Many years ago, when I was a little pig, my mother and the other sows used to sing an old song of which they knew only the tune and the first three words. year(名)複数形で)非常…
(テキスト6ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle. animal(名)(人間以外の)動物、けだもの、四足獣 let(他)(容認・許可を表わして)(命令法で)…
(テキスト5ページ、1行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) And even the miserable lives we lead are not allowed to reach their natural span. even(副)(通例修飾する語句の前に置いて)(事実・極端な事例などを強調して)~でさえ(も)、~すら…