原文
Studies palled just a wee bit then; the Queen's class, left behind in
school while the others scattered to green lanes and leafy wood cuts and
meadow byways, looked wistfully out of the windows and discovered that
Latin verbs and French exercises had somehow lost the tang and zest they
had possessed in the crisp winter months. Even Anne and Gilbert lagged
and grew indifferent. Teacher and taught were alike glad when the term
was ended and the glad vacation days stretched rosily before them.
語彙など
- pall:覆う
- wee bit:ほんの少し,ほんのわずか
- leave behind:置き去りにする
- scatter:散り散りになる
- lane:小道
- leafy:葉で覆われた,青々と茂った
- cut:切通し
- meadow:牧草地,草地
- byway:脇道,横道
- wistfully:物憂げに
- Latin:ラテン語
- verb:動詞
- tang:趣き
- zest:熱意
- possess:持つ
- crisp winter:ピリッと身の引き締まる冬
- lag:遅れる
- indifferent:熱がない
- taught:教える人
- alike:同じに
- term:学期
- vacation:休暇
- stretch:広がる
- rosily:バラ色に