Kings and Queens of Britainより

commonwealth

  • 【レベル】7、【発音】kα'mэnwe`lθ、【@】カモンウェルス
  • 【名-1】 連邦、イギリス連邦◆通例 Commonwealth
  • 【名-2】 国家、国【名-3】 共和国
  • 【名-4】 団体、社会◆共同の目的・利益のための
  • In 1996,there were fifty-one countries in the Commonwealth.A hundred years ago,all these countries were British.Now they are free, but they are in the Commonwealth,and thir Prime Ministers meet and talk every year.(このへんの事情は全く知らないので勉強になりました。)



pope

  • 【レベル】5、【発音】po'up、【@】ポウプ
  • 【1-名-1】 ローマ法王◆通例 the pope または Pope
  • 【2-名】 急所、重要なところ
  • "I want a new wife,"Henry said to the Pope."I want to divorce Catherine and marry Ann.""No, you can't do that,"the Pope answered."Oh yes I can,"Henry said."I am the king of England!I can do what I want- the Pope in Rome can't stop me!"