赤毛のアン 第三十八章

CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Bend in the road(19)

原文
"I declare I'm getting glad to sit down. I've been on my feet all day, and two hundred pounds is a good bit for two feet to carry round. It's a great blessing not to be fat, Marilla. I hope you appreciate it. Well, Anne, I hear you've given up your notion of going to college. I was real glad to hear it. You've got as much education now as a woman can be comfortable with. I don't believe in girls going to college with the men and cramming their heads full of Latin and Greek and all that nonsense."

語彙など
  • declare:打ち明ける
  • on one's feet:自分の足で立って,歩いて
  • pound:453.592グラム=16オンスに相当
  • good bit:非常に
  • blessing:喜ぶべきこと,ありがたいもの
  • fat:太った
  • appreciate:感謝する
  • notion:考え
  • comfortable:十分な,満足のいく
  • cram:詰め込む
  • Latin:ラテン語
  • Greek:ギリシャ語
  • nonsense:ばかげたこと,無意味