Andromeda And Perseus

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

へび

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

悪臭のある、不潔な、汚い、よごれた、濁って汚い

Question 3

devour

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

Answer 3

むさぼり食う、がつがつ食う

Question 4

barnacles

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

Answer 4

フジツボ

Question 5

writhing

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

Answer 5

writheの現在分詞。のたうち回る

Question 6

lashing

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

Answer 6

むち打ち

Question 7

boasting

My mother was always boasting about me.

Answer 7

(…を)自慢する、 誇る

Question 8

blasphemy

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

Answer 8

神への不敬、冒涜、罰当たりの言動

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

(身の毛のよだつほど)恐ろしい、ものすごい、ぞっとする

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

人殺し

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

おびやかすような、威嚇的な

Question 12

caved in

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

Answer 12

(圧力・説得などで)(…に)屈服する

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

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》.

Question 14

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.

Answer 14

吟遊詩人.

Question 15

ditties

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

Answer 15

小(歌)曲

Question 16

aforementioned

… and the proud father of the aforementioned Nereids.

Answer 16

前述の，前記[上記]の.

Question 17

puked

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

Answer 17

pukeの過去形、または過去分詞。(食べたものを)吐く

Question 18

ravage

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

Answer 18

〈…を〉荒らす; 破壊する

Question 19

predicament

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

Answer 19

苦境、窮地

Question 20

dragging

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

Answer 20

dragの現在分詞。引く、 引っぱる

Question 21

deliverance

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

Answer 21

救出、救助、釈放、解放

Question 22

dumb

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

Answer 22

のろまな，ばかな.

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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.

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

〔+副詞(句)〕疾走する，大急ぎで行く.

Question 26

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

Answer 26

encumberの過去形、または過去分詞。動きをじゃまする、 妨げる

Question 27

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

Answer 27

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

Question 28

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.

Answer 28

flutterの過去形、または過去分詞。はためく、 ひらひら震える

Question 29

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.

Answer 29

無能な、役に立たない

Question 30

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

Answer 30

(ガラス・陶器類を運ぶ)木枠、(果物を運ぶ)柳かご

Question 31

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.

Answer 31

(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》.

Question 32

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

Answer 32

好む、気に入る、～に魅力を感じる

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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

Question 34

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

Answer 34

(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

Question 35

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

Answer 35

〈行為・感情など〉復讐心のある[に燃えた];

Question 36

petrifying She is quite literally petrifying.

Answer 36

petrifyの現在分詞。(…を)石質にする、 石化する

Question 37

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

Answer 37

男、やつ

Question 38

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

Answer 38

小じんまり、小ぢんまり、温々、温温、ちんまり

Question 39

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.

Answer 39

石化した、びっくり仰天して、茫然(ぼうぜん)自失状態で

Question 40

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.

Answer 40

不快を催させる、実にいやな

Question 41

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

Answer 41

ひどく醜い、見るも恐ろしい

Question 42

plead Now he started to plead:

Answer 42

弁解する、言い訳に言う

Question 43

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

Answer 43

情けをかける、情けを掛ける | かんべんしてくれ

Question 44

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

Answer 44

永続する、永久的な

Question 45

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

Answer 45

dangleの過去形、または過去分詞。ぶら下がる、 ぶらぶら揺れる

Question 46

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

Answer 46

気が進まないで

Question 47

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

Answer 47

知己と親類、親類縁者

Question 48

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

Answer 48

rageの過去形、または過去分詞。(抑えがたい)激怒、 憤怒

Question 49

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

Answer 49

小山; 丘;

Question 50

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,

Answer 50

ヒュッと振り回す

Question 51

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

Answer 51

果樹園

Question 52

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

Answer 52

ちっぽけな、虚弱な

Question 53

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

Answer 53

(げんこつ・棒などで)〈…を〉ゴツン[ポカリ，ドン]と打つ.

Question 54

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

Answer 54

(…を)計算する、(…を)起算する、思う、推測する

Question 55

summit His head was its summit.

Answer 55

(山の)頂、頂上、山頂、絶頂、極点

Question 56

content I must say I was content.

Answer 56

〔+with+(代)名詞〕〔…で〕満足して

Question 57

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.

Answer 57

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

Question 58

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.

Answer 58

大荒れ、(社会的)不穏、動乱、(大気の)乱れ、乱気流

Question 59

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

Answer 59

shimmerの現在分詞。ちらちら光る、 かすかに光る

Question 60

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

Answer 60

羽の生えた、羽根をつけた、羽根飾りのある

Question 61

patronisingly Welcome back Percy” he said patronisingly.

Answer 61

謙遜で

Question 62

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

Answer 62

やっかい払い、やっかい払いができてよかった!

Question 63

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

Answer 63

投げ槍(やり)、槍投げ

Question 64

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

Answer 64

ぼーっとさせる、ぼう然とさせる、目をくらます

Question 65

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

Answer 65

星座

Question 66

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

Answer 66

きらびやかな、けばけばしい、きら星の

Question 67

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

Answer 67

威厳、荘厳