Artemis Fowl 4: The Opal Deception – Vocabulary list

Driscoll

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account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

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先せん週しゅう

last week; the week before

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美び術じゅつ界かい

the world of the arts

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巨きょ匠しょう

master; masterhand; maestro

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大おお騒さわぎ

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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ルーブル美び術じゅつ館かん

Louvre Museum

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美び術じゅつ愛あい好こう家か

art lover; lover of art

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普ふ通つう郵ゆう便びん

ordinary mail (post)

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館かん長ちょう

superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian

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作さく品ひん

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

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広こう報ほう担たん当とう者しゃ

person in charge of public relations; PR manager

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ぶり

way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

2

全ぜん体たいで

in all

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かきたてる

to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

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取とりもどす

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

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コレクター

collector

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固かた唾ずを飲のむ

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

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世せ界かい中じゅう

around the world; throughout the world

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本ほん書しょ

main text; original text; this book; this volume

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オーエン・コルファー

Eoin Colfer

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第だい四よん

fourth

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作さく

work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

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全ぜん訳やく

complete translation

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策さく略りゃく

stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

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タイトル

title

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事じ件けん簿ぼ

case file

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登とう場じょう

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

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償つぐなう

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

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執しゅう念ねん

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

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すさまじい

terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking

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鬼き気き迫せまる

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

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ある意い味み

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

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あっぱれ

splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

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悪あく役やく

villain; baddie; the villain's part

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人にん間げん的てき

human; human-like; as a person

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ひとまわり

one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac

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派は

group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect

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最さい大だい級きゅう

largest class; top category

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勇ゆう気き

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

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機き転てん

quick-wittedness; tact

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売うりもの

article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale

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行こう動どう派は

active people; doers; people who get things done

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特とく技ぎ

special skill

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おなじみ

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular

2

個こ性せい的てき

individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic

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面めん々めん

every person; each one; everybody

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サポート

support

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強きょう固こ

firm; strong; solid; stable

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チームワーク

teamwork

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Vocabulary list: Artemis Fowl 4: The Opal Deception