"The Briefcase" を読んでいます。話の中心は主人公とその高校時代の国語の教師との関係のようです。
We got on the bus at the Kawasuji-nishi stop. There were fewer people on the bus ride home than on the way there. The market surged again with people who were probably doing their evening shopping. "I've heard that it's difficult to tell the difference between a male and a female chick," I said, and Sensei made a sort of harrumphing sound.
最後の個所に出てきた "harrumphing sound" は別の場面でも出てきました。センセイの癖のような咳払いのようです。 "harrumphing" の原形は "harrumph" と思うので "harrumph" を辞書で引きます。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: 1: to clear the throat in a pompous way 2: to comment disapprovingly: They stood around harrumphing about the current state of politics.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to express anger and disapproval, often not by speaking but making a noise: I didn't hear what he said - he sort of harrumphed and walked off.
・Oxford English Dictionary: clear the throat noisily: he harrumphed and said, ‘I am deeply obliged.’
We got on the bus at the Kawasuji-nishi stop. There were fewer people on the bus ride home than on the way there. The market surged again with people who were probably doing their evening shopping. "I've heard that it's difficult to tell the difference between a male and a female chick," I said, and Sensei made a sort of harrumphing sound.
最後の個所に出てきた "harrumphing sound" は別の場面でも出てきました。センセイの癖のような咳払いのようです。 "harrumphing" の原形は "harrumph" と思うので "harrumph" を辞書で引きます。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: 1: to clear the throat in a pompous way 2: to comment disapprovingly: They stood around harrumphing about the current state of politics.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to express anger and disapproval, often not by speaking but making a noise: I didn't hear what he said - he sort of harrumphed and walked off.
・Oxford English Dictionary: clear the throat noisily: he harrumphed and said, ‘I am deeply obliged.’
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