Chapter 1 Flashcards
get old
Matthew Cuthbert was getting old.
[歳を取る]
schooling
They planned to give him a good home and schooling.
[学校教育]
tie up
He tied up his horse and buggy and went over to the station house.
[つなぐ]
almost
The long platform was almost empty.
[ほとんど、大体]
far end
one little girl sitting down at the far end.
[末端]
shy man
Matthew was a shy man
[内気な]
walk past
He walked quickly past the girl without looking at her.
[〜の脇をすり抜ける]
If A had ~ed, A might have …ed / expectation
If he had looked, he might have noticed her looking at him with great expectation.
[もしAが〜したら〜しただろう / 期待]
with all one’s might
She was waiting for something or someone with all her might.
[一生懸命に]
look up
Matthew found the stationmaster looking up the office.
[見上げる]
drop off
there was a passenger dropped off for you — a little girl.
[下車]
tongue / of her own
She’s got a tongue of her own.
[話す / 自分自身のことを]
walk away
He walked away.
[立ち去る]
beard the lion in his den
Matthew was left to do that which was harder for him than bearding a lion in its den.
[虎穴に入る]
walk up to
He had to walk up to a girl.
[〜に歩み寄る]
freckles
lots of freckles.
[そばかす]
jump to one’s feet
Anne jumped to her feet.
[さっと立ち上がる]
carpetbag
In one hand she held an old carpetbag.
[じゅうたんの生地で作った旅行かばん]
hold out / beard
The other hand she held out to the man with the long gray hair and beard.
[差し出す / あごひげ]
what I’d do
I was afraid you waren’t coming for me and I was beginning to imagine what I’d do.
[どうするべきか考えていた]
climb up / over there
I thought I’d climb up and sleep in that big wild cherry tree over there.
[〜に登る / あそこに]
what to do
Matthew held the little hand in his and decided what to do.
[何をするべきか]
let someone do
He would take her home and let Marilla do that.
[人にやらせる]
shyly
“I’m sorry I was late,” he said shyly.
[恥ずかしそうに]
