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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chapter01-03)
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& _- k0 _ Q# t' O ~9 F9 K. ]His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh.) v; [: T$ \# L! }
" ]8 K- ]6 W' p l2 k6 e9 F" }"Hang the boy, can't I never learn anything? Ain't he played me tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time? But old fools is the biggest fools there is. Can't learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is. But my goodness, he never plays them alike, two days, and how is a body to know what's coming? He 'pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up, and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it's all down again and I can't hit him a lick. I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows. Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know. He's full of the Old Scratch, but laws-a-me! he's my own dead sister's boy, poor thing, and I ain't got the heart to lash him, somehow. Every time I let him off, my conscience does hurt me so, and every time I hit him my old heart most breaks. Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the Scripture says, and I reckon it's so. He'll play hookey this evening, and I'll just be obliged to make him work, to-morrow, to punish him. It's mighty hard to make him work Saturdays, when all the boys is having holiday, but he hates work more than he hates anything else, and I've got to do some of my duty by him, or I'll be the ruination of the child."
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; Z0 [. t* V0 E' E" [/ U7 w) eain't = am not, are not, is not, have not, has not
0 O; T S! u, N( B3 e2 \# [ C'pear = appear = 似乎, 显得, etc.
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$ }4 h K0 e: _1 }+ v7 P( K8 F5 Qhang it = [口]见鬼, 该死, 岂有此理
; R k+ @9 C1 `* z) S* x, B' g" a! Rlearn anything = [俚]吸取任何教训
4 x& B3 h1 e# v5 v: r: v+ E( p, Sget one's dander up = 发怒, 发脾气
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! z: K" b6 e+ u& J& i6 agoodness knows = 上天作证, 天知道% c+ q5 `0 K! b3 i
laws-a-me = Lord save me("laws-a-me" is rural dialect)
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Good Book = (基督教的)圣经6 G R% h: r8 N) f
the Lord =主, 耶稣基督
9 s. Q# z8 _9 \, hOld Scratch = 魔鬼, 撒旦
4 l" M" T% a* m/ r2 Hold fool = 老糊涂
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1 e, C8 K9 ~4 G1 @* N$ u& j9 M$ ^8 V2 cbreak into = 突然, 爆发出, etc.
6 B) ?7 ~2 y3 [) nhave got to = 不得不, 必须
* D, z& T0 [# m& R, X6 n8 F) Gsuffer for = 为...遭受/受苦, I& Z% J/ b0 t
lay up = 贮存, 搁置, 卧床
7 l. `! F( b% W; v* Y0 t! Aput off = 敷衍, 搪塞, 拖延, etc.
6 @3 P% u6 Z* E2 h8 {% ]" Glet off = 放过, 免罚, 宽恕
9 ?+ B1 r% J. x1 Q* Hmake out = 设法应付, etc.
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# Q c5 `. I. Xbe obliged = 被迫 G; D5 ^& u9 |: u" W/ M: w5 ^
be born of = 源于..., 由...生产的
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z% z1 D9 H% s# ?% Uheart break = 心碎
. ~. ~& O X( ^& _, lconscience hurt = 良心谴责
, H; ]3 {5 E7 o# c1 kplay trick = 开玩笑, 玩把戏, m) p9 H) D' b/ P4 ~
play hookey = 逃学5 n# Z& L2 y: R! I& f
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0 o: |9 T3 q: }can't I never learn anything? = 我不能总不吸取教训吧?$ m4 g( ]$ M1 f# s- k u
I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both = ?- Z8 q5 ~% r3 q* M- ?
can't learn an old dog new tricks = an old dog can't learn new tricks
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as the saying is = 俗话说得好$ t2 ~0 \$ p6 J3 V* x |1 g& |
spare the rod and spile the child = 不打不成器("spile" is southwestern dialect for “spoil”)/ D+ Y( e9 q( s5 c
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6 `" Z% ^+ L: O+ W6 A9 P' {, ctorment
$ o# x: m, G3 L8 F6 \2 Ppunish( ?# o) s9 i) S; N5 c
lash, [5 V1 d. N i, g% [5 w* Y! E
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8 |7 S; W) b$ c' c: h" H9 L) Mscripture% e# E% _1 p T+ T; |8 s+ m4 i2 l$ w
conscience
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