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presentiment

2015年10月05日 | 英語の本を読む

A Stranger is Watchingの真犯人は殺人現場の目撃者で被害者の息子のNeilと被害者の夫の恋人を誘拐しました。そして身代金を獲得するために工作しています。
Foxy moved slowly across the waiting aea of gate 9 towards the enclosed ramp that led to the plane. A presentiment of danger as definite as a tripped alarm was jangling nerves through his entire system.
"presentiment" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: An intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding: a presentiment of disaster
・Vocabulary.com: Do you ever have the feeling that something bad is about to happen? That’s called a presentiment.
The word presentiment comes from the Latin word prasentire, meaning “to sense beforehand.”
Some people call it a "gut feeling." For example, if you leave for a trip and something doesn't feel right, you may chalk it up to just being nervous. But later, when your flight is cancelled and you lose your luggage, you may remember that little twinge -- the presentiment that something bad was about to happen.

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