Yokohama in 1872 by Paul Blumも退院の前日に読み終えました。今日の単語がそこからの最後の引用です。
A descendant of two of the oldest Anglo-Saxon families in England, he was often at Court, where he became a boon companion of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. Edward was a "clubbable man," as Dr. Johnson would have said, and since none of the clubs in London, not even White's, founded a new one in 1869, the Marlborough Club.
"clubbable man" とはどう言う人でしょうか？ クラブ好きな人の様ですがどうでしょう？ 辞書にあるか調べます。
・Collins English Dictionary: suitable to be a member of a club; sociable: He was not clubbable , and provoked grumbles at the Comitia by trying to avoid paying for the annual College feast when it was his turn.
・Macmillan Dictionary: friendly and good at talking to other people
A descendant of two of the oldest Anglo-Saxon families in England, he was often at Court, where he became a boon companion of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. Edward was a "clubbable man," as Dr. Johnson would have said, and since none of the clubs in London, not even White's, founded a new one in 1869, the Marlborough Club.
"clubbable man" とはどう言う人でしょうか？ クラブ好きな人の様ですがどうでしょう？ 辞書にあるか調べます。
・Collins English Dictionary: suitable to be a member of a club; sociable: He was not clubbable , and provoked grumbles at the Comitia by trying to avoid paying for the annual College feast when it was his turn.
・Macmillan Dictionary: friendly and good at talking to other people
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