Jane Austenの "pride and prejudice" を読んでいます。
“She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.”
“She did, indeed, Louisa. I could hardly keep my countenance. Very nonsensical to come at all! Why must she be scampering about the country, because her sister had a cold? Her hair, so untidy, so blowsy!”
“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.”
“Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
文中の "office" は私の知っているオフィスではありません。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: dated A duty attaching to one's position; a task or function.: the offices of a nurse
・Collins Dictionary: the function or characteristic action of a particular thing
・Vocabulary.com: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
この "office" は古語の様ですが、"office" 内でしている事との関係が分かります。
“She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.”
“She did, indeed, Louisa. I could hardly keep my countenance. Very nonsensical to come at all! Why must she be scampering about the country, because her sister had a cold? Her hair, so untidy, so blowsy!”
“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.”
“Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
文中の "office" は私の知っているオフィスではありません。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: dated A duty attaching to one's position; a task or function.: the offices of a nurse
・Collins Dictionary: the function or characteristic action of a particular thing
・Vocabulary.com: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
この "office" は古語の様ですが、"office" 内でしている事との関係が分かります。
トータル
圧倒的に、英文を読む機会が減っています。
話す方は適当でも、まだ何とかなっている状態です。
お陰様で、もう少し英文を読む機会を増やしたいと意欲が湧いてきています。
ありがとうございます。
また、のぞきにきます。
私は英語を話す機会はもう数十年も皆無です。
そこで本を読むことにしたのですが、通勤の往復時と昼休みだけで、しかも仕事はパートなので週に4日の勤務で本を読むのも仕事の日だけですが、だいたい年に20冊程度読んでいます。その他にリーダーズダイジェストも毎月図書館から借りています。語彙は増えているはずですが、忘れるのも多いせいか、増えている気は余りしないのが残念です。