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serpent

Here was a god or a hero and he was going to use his sword to slice up that foul serpent of the sea.

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へび

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foul

Here was a god or a hero and he was going to use his sword to slice up that foul serpent of the sea.

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悪臭のある、不潔な、汚い、よごれた、濁って汚い

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devour

It was Poseidon who meant to take her away from all of us by sending his sea serpent to devour her.

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むさぼり食う、がつがつ食う

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barnacles

That monster, he was just so – ugh – ugly, slimy, covered in barnacles, and had obviously never cleaned his teeth in his life.

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フジツボ

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writhing

He was taking his time, writhing around in the waves and lashing his tail so as to cause me the maximum fright.

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writheの現在分詞。のたうち回る

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lashing

He was taking his time, writhing around in the waves and lashing his tail so as to cause me the maximum fright.

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むち打ち

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boasting

My mother was always boasting about me.

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(…を)自慢する、 誇る

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blasphemy

I’m not saying that it wasn’t true – but you just can’t say that sort of thing. It’s called blasphemy.

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神への不敬、冒涜、罰当たりの言動

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ghastly

His ghastly crews of cutthroats were menacing our ports, and he said they would do worse still if I could not be his bride.

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(身の毛のよだつほど)恐ろしい、ものすごい、ぞっとする

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cutthroats

His ghastly crews of cutthroats were menacing our ports, and he said they would do worse still if I could not be his bride.

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人殺し

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menacing

His ghastly crews of cutthroats were menacing our ports, and he said they would do worse still if I could not be his bride.

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おびやかすような、威嚇的な

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caved in

So Mum and Dad caved in without even asking my opinion.

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(圧力・説得などで)(…に)屈服する

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ode

The wedding date was fixed, and invitations went out with a little ode by the court bard comparing me to the Nereids and saying that I topped them in the looks department.

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オード，《特殊の主題でしばしば特定の人や物に寄せる叙情詩》.

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bard

The wedding date was fixed, and invitations went out with a little ode by the court bard comparing me to the Nereids and saying that I topped them in the looks department.

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吟遊詩人.

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ditties

They even sent one of these little ditties to Poseidon the God of the Sea

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小(歌)曲

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aforementioned

… and the proud father of the aforementioned Nereids.

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前述の，前記[上記]の.

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puked

He didn’t just stir up the waves, he puked up a foul monster that came to ravage our coast.

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pukeの過去形、または過去分詞。(食べたものを)吐く

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ravage

He didn’t just stir up the waves, he puked up a foul monster that came to ravage our coast.

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〈…を〉荒らす; 破壊する

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predicament

So now you know how I found myself in that rather nasty predicament chained to the rock.

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苦境、窮地

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dragging

As I mentioned, the sea monster was dragging things out …

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dragの現在分詞。引く、 引っぱる

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deliverance

“Oh Zeus, Lord of the Heavens, send me deliverance from this foul beast and these dumb parents of mine!”

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救出、救助、釈放、解放

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dumb

“Oh Zeus, Lord of the Heavens, send me deliverance from this foul beast and these dumb parents of mine!”

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のろまな，ばかな.

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swooped

I can’t say he swooped like an Eagle, at times it looked more like he was tossed by the winds – a real amateur flyer.

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swoopの過去形、または過去分詞。(空から舞い降りて)飛びかかる

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tossed

I can’t say he swooped like an Eagle, at times it looked more like he was tossed by the winds – a real amateur flyer.

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tossの過去形、または過去分詞。(軽く・ぞんざいに上方に向けて)投げる

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streak

But then he gained more control and started to streak towards us.

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〔+副詞(句)〕疾走する，大急ぎで行く.

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encumbered

He was encumbered by a sort of rucksack on his back.

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encumberの過去形、または過去分詞。動きをじゃまする、 妨げる

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plonked

he plonked himself down on the ground right by my parents.

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騒音とともに、または騒音のようなものとともに（何かまたはそのものを）放り出す

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fluttered

He did his thing, and fluttered above the beast with his sword, swiping this way and that, until he finally struck home and kebabbed it through the neck.

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flutterの過去形、または過去分詞。はためく、 ひらひら震える

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incompetent

At least he was young and handsome, even if he was an incompetent flyer, and he liked the sound of his own voice a bit too much.

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無能な、役に立たない

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crate

When I was a baby, my father put me in a crate with my mother and dropped us into the Aegean Sea.

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(ガラス・陶器類を運ぶ)木枠、(果物を運ぶ)柳かご

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flotsam
jetsam

Eventually we washed up with the flotsam and jetsam on the shore of the island of Seriphos where we were discovered by a fisherman.

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(遭難船の)浮き荷、漂流貨物

投げ荷 《遭難の際船体を軽くするため海中に投じる貨物》.

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fancied

The only problem was, see, he fancied my mother, the beautiful Danae, the bride of Zeus.

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好む、気に入る、～に魅力を感じる

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resented

As time went by, and I grew older, Polydectes resented me more and more.

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resentの過去形、または過去分詞。(…に)腹を立てる、 憤る、 憤慨する

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wheeze

So when it was his birthday, he came up with a wheeze to get me out of the way.

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(ぜんそくなどで)ゼーゼー息を切らす、ゼーゼーいう音を出す

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vengeful

The vengeful goddess gave Medusa the worst hair day in all of history.

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〈行為・感情など〉復讐心のある[に燃えた];

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petrifying

She is quite literally petrifying.

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petrifyの現在分詞。(…を)石質にする、 石化する

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chap

It was a pity, because as I said, he was a nice looking chap.

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男、やつ

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cosily

When my uncle and would-be husband saw Perseus sitting cosily close up to me, his eyes blazed with fury.

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小じんまり、小ぢんまり、温々、温温、ちんまり

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petrified

I could look at it because I am a girl, and we women are not so easily petrified by revolting stuff as men are.

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石化した、びっくり仰天して、茫然(ぼうぜん)自失状態で

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revolting

I could look at it because I am a girl, and we women are not so easily petrified by revolting stuff as men are.

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不快を催させる、実にいやな

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hideous

It was truly hideous – more so than that sea monster.

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ひどく醜い、見るも恐ろしい

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plead

Now he started to plead:

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弁解する、言い訳に言う

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Show mercy
Spare me

I acknowledge that I was wrong to attack you. Show mercy. Spare me.

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情けをかける、情けを掛ける

かんべんしてくれ

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enduring

You shall not suffer the sword. I will cause you to be an enduring monument through the ages,

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永続する、永久的な

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dangled

He walked over to where Phineus was hiding and dangled the snakes over his face – and he too turned into a statue.

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dangleの過去形、または過去分詞。ぶら下がる、 ぶらぶら揺れる

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loath

They were relatives of Medusa, and surely knew where she lurked, but they were loath to betray their kith and kin.

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気が進まないで

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kith and kin

They were relatives of Medusa, and surely knew where she lurked, but they were loath to betray their kith and kin.

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知己と親類、親類縁者

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raged

“Return our eye you Greek thief!” they raged.

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rageの過去形、または過去分詞。(抑えがたい)激怒、 憤怒

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knoll

He could hear the hissing of her snakes as her head lay on a grassy knoll.

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小山; 丘;

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swish

It was with one swift swish that he cut off her head and bagged it in the goatskin knapsack that was on loan from Hermes,

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ヒュッと振り回す

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orchard

Now Atlas’ jealously guarded his orchard, the garden of the Hesperides, where golden apples grew on the trees.

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果樹園

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puny

Giant as he was, he thought that no puny man could defeat him – how could he?

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ちっぽけな、虚弱な

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thump

And he came to thump Perseus and drive him down into the Underworld.

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(げんこつ・棒などで)〈…を〉ゴツン[ポカリ，ドン]と打つ.

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reckon

But he did not reckon on the hero’s secret weapon.

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(…を)計算する、(…を)起算する、思う、推測する

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summit

His head was its summit.

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(山の)頂、頂上、山頂、絶頂、極点

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content

I must say I was content.

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〔+with+(代)名詞〕〔…で〕満足して

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flutter

Fly? If you think I’m hitching a lift on your back while you flutter around on those winged sandals, you’ve got another thing coming.

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はためく、ひらひら震える、羽ばたきする、羽ばたきして飛ぶ

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turbulence

The two of us on that magnificent, brilliant white horse with a proper wing span that could beat the air and carry us smoothly above all the turbulence.

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大荒れ、(社会的)不穏、動乱、(大気の)乱れ、乱気流

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shimmering

I could see ships and dolphins and shimmering waves feathered with white surf.

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shimmerの現在分詞。ちらちら光る、 かすかに光る

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feathered

I could see ships and dolphins and shimmering waves feathered with white surf.

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羽の生えた、羽根をつけた、羽根飾りのある

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patronisingly

Welcome back Percy” he said patronisingly.

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謙遜で

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good riddance

Hermes took back his winged sandals – good riddance to them I say, and his goatskin bag.

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やっかい払い、やっかい払いができてよかった!

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javelin

He was about to win the javelin contest, throwing his spear to its target well and true.

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投げ槍(やり)、槍投げ

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daze

But at that moment and old man, in a bit of a daze, stepped into its path.

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ぼーっとさせる、ぼう然とさせる、目をくらます

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constellation

He turned me into a constellation called, naturally enough, Andromeda.

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星座

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glitzy

Well life up here is pretty glitzy, as you can imagine.

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きらびやかな、けばけばしい、きら星の

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majesty

We have wonderful views of the planets and the infinite majesty of space.

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威厳、荘厳

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