原文
In spite of lessons the students found opportunities for pleasant times.
Anne spent many of her spare hours at Beechwood and generally ate her
Sunday dinners there and went to church with Miss Barry. The latter was,
as she admitted, growing old, but her black eyes were not dim nor the
vigor of her tongue in the least abated. But she never sharpened the
latter on Anne, who continued to be a prime favorite with the critical
old lady.
語彙など
- in spite of:〜にもかかわらず,〜はあるにしても
- opportunity:機会
- Sunday dinner:= Sunday lunch(曜日の昼食,日曜日の午後1時ごろに家族がそろって取る食事)
- dim:ぼやけた
- vigor:勢い,活力
- tongue:話しぶり
- abate:勢いが衰える
- sharpen:辛辣にする
- prime:第一の
- favorite:お気に入り
- critical:批判的な