赤毛のアン 第二十一章

CHAPTER XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings(3)

原文
If Marilla, in going down to Mrs. Lynde's that evening, was actuated by any motive save her avowed one of returning the quilting frames she had borrowed the preceding winter, it was an amiable weakness shared by most of the Avonlea people. Many a thing Mrs. Lynde had lent, sometimes never expecting to see it again, came home that night in charge of the borrowers thereof. A new minister, and moreover a minister with a wife, was a lawful object of curiosity in a quiet little country settlement where sensations were few and far between.

語彙など

  • actuate:動かす
  • motive:動機
  • save:〜以外の
  • avowed:自ら公然と認めた,自認の
  • quilting:キルティング,キルト刺繍
  • frame:枠,枠組み
  • preceding:先立つ
  • amiable:親しみやすい,人を喜ばせようとする
  • share:共有する
  • in charge of:〜を引率して
  • thereof:その
  • lawful:正当な
  • object:対象
  • curiosity:好奇心
  • settlement:集落
  • sensation:興奮,センセーション
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