TOM SAWYER4

pears-洋梨　torment-苦痛　
He 'pears to know just howlong he can torment me before I get my dander up.

lick-なめること
it's all downagain and I can't hit him a lick.

duty-義務　
I ain't doing my duty by that boy,and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows.

Spare-予備　spile-杭　
Spare the rod and spilethe child, as the Good Book says.

sin and suffering -罪と苦しみ　both-両方
I'm a laying up sin and suffering forus both, I know.

Scratch-かすり傷 laws-法　
He's full of the Old Scratch, but laws-a-me!

lash-まつげ　somehow-どうにか
I ain't got the heart to lashhim, somehow.

conscience-良心　
Every time I let him off, my conscience does hurt me so,and every time I hit him my old heart most breaks.

Scripture-聖書　reckon-数える
as theScripture says, and I reckon it's so.

punish-罰する　
I'll just be obleeged to make himwork, to-morrow, to punish him.

mighty-強力　else-ほか　ruination-破滅
It's mighty hard to make him workSaturdays, when all the boys is having holiday, but he hates work morethan he hates anything else, and I've GOT to do some of my duty by him,or I'll be the ruination of the child."