Vocabulary list: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
1
James; Jaimz
26
Ackroyd
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Top 1600
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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Top 100
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
4140
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
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Top 4200
doctor; physician
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あね
Top 1500
older sister; elder sister
218
businessman; industrialist
2
Top 100
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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むら
Top 1500
village
54
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
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ラルフ
Top 39600
Ralf; Ralph
324
patong
13
deceased wife; late wife
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child from previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
2
ラッセル
Top 39600
(Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle; carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering)
76
じょう
Top 8200
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
154
housekeeper; maid
23
セシル
Top 32600
Cecil; Sesyle
69
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
222
biological younger brother
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widow
6
flora
232
only daughter
1
Brandt
111
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
170
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
6
hunting
5
いえ
Top 200
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
94
パーカー
Top 16100
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
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steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
5
Raymond
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(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
22
Ursula
93
maid; handmaid
20
Charles
18
prefectural capital
46
かくする
Top 36000
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
4
Top 300
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
3
Davis
9
police inspector
185
raglan
87
Melrose (Britain)
9
chief (of police); head (of office)
44
leek (Allium porrum)
567
なぞ
Top 1800
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
27
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
35
breakfast
1
Ferras
67