TOM SAWYER2

among-〜の中に　vine-ぶどうの木、つる草　weed-雑草　constitute-構成する、任命する
She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and "Jimpson"weeds that constituted the garden.

angle-アングル人　calculate-計算する　distance-距離
No Tom. So she lifted up her voice at an angle calculated for distance and shouted.

slight-わずかな　behind-うしろに　seize-とらえる、つかむ　slack-ゆるい　arrest-逮捕する　
There was a slight noise behind her and she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his fligft.

TOM SAWYER

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spectacles-めがね
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them.

seldom-めったに〜しない
She seldom or never looked THROUGH them for so small a thing as a boy;

lid-ふた
She could have seen through pair of stove-lid just as well.

perplex- 困らせる　moment-瞬間、機会
She looked perplex for a moment,

fiercely-どう猛に、はげしく　
and then said, not fiercely ,

loud-声の大きい　furniture-家具
but still loud enough for the furniture to hear;

bend-まがる　broom-ほうき
for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom.

punctuate-中断する　
and so needed breath to punctuate the punches with .

resurrect-(古い習慣などを)復活させる　
She resurrected nothing but the cat,