赤毛のアン 第九章

CHAPTER IX. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified(19)

原文
"Oh, but there's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it," wailed Anne. "You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is. I suppose you think I have an awful temper, but I couldn't help it. When she said those things something just rose right up in me and choked me. I HAD to fly out at her."

"Well, you made a fine exhibition of yourself I must say. Mrs. Lynde will have a nice story to tell about you everywhere--and she'll tell it, too. It was a dreadful thing for you to lose your temper like that, Anne."

語彙など
  • wail:嘆き悲しむ,不平を言う
  • can't help doing:〜しないわけにはいかない
  • awful:嫌な
  • temper:気質,気性
  • can't help it:仕方がない,どうしようもない
  • choke:窒息させる
  • fly out at:〜に食ってかかる
  • fine:立派な
  • exhibition:見せること
  • I must say that:(that 以下)であると言わざるを得ない
  • dreadful thing:ひどいこと
  • lose one's temper:癇癪を起こす