Artemis Fowl 1 – Vocabulary list

背せ骨ぼね

spine; backbone; spinal column

4

リング

ring

1

フェイント

feint

1

興きょう味みをそそる

to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating

1

疑うたがう

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

食しょく欲よく

appetite (for food)

1

まさる

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

新しん鮮せん

fresh

1

やわらかい

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

3

やみつく

to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)

1

前まえ歯ば

front tooth

1

ひきよせる

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

1

ステンドグラス

stained glass

1

筋すじ

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

数すう秒びょう

several seconds

1

にせ

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

らせん

spiral; helix; screw

1

制せい御ぎょ卓たく

(operator) console

1

音おん響きょう効こう果か

sound effects; acoustics

1

犬いぬ科か

Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)

1

降くだる

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

めりこむ

to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in

2

極ごく超ちょう短たん波ぱ

ultrahigh frequency; UHF; ultrashort waves

1

もじゃもじゃ

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

1

ふろう

vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around

1

耳みみが聞きこえない

to be deaf; to not be able to hear

1

あいにく

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

1

体たい当あたり

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

1

どうか

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

速そく

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

1

リバース

reverse; rebirth; vomit

1

ギア

gear

2

整せい備び士し

mechanic

1

とっちめる

to take to task; to take it out on

1

かかわりあう

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

1

てっぺん

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

1

パン

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

1

額ひたい

forehead; brow

2

ねばねば

sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky

1

からまる

to be entwined; to be involved

1

なりに

in one's own way or style

1

ごちそう

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

気きをそらす

to distract

4

掃そう除じ

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

2

体からだを起おこす

to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up

1

平へい行こう

parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)

1

つるつる

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

1

減げん摩ま

reduction in friction; lubrication

1

たが

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

1

あの世よ

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

1

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Vocabulary list: Artemis Fowl 1