The Gold Bug --- Edgar Allan Poe

I felt no longer any great aversion厭惡,反感 from the labor imposed.

the vision of which had demented使發狂 my unfortunate companion.

At a period when such vagaries異想天開 of thought most fully possessed me,

During this interval we had fairly完全地;簡直 unearthed an oblong矩形的 chest of wood

It was firmly secured by bands of wrought作成的;加工的;精細的 iron, riveted固定;釘牢, and forming a kind of trellis 為...搭棚架;使攀緣在棚架上-work over the whole.

It was growing late, and it behooved對...有此必要 us to make exertion, that we might get every thing housed before daylight.

A little before four we arrived at the pit, divided the remainder of the booty戰利品,繳獲物, as equally as might be, among us

we arose, as if by preconcert預先約定;預先商洽, to make examination of our treasure. and some counters偽造的硬幣;硬幣, of which we had never seen specimens before.
golden punch-bowl, ornamented with richly chased1. 雕鏤,鏤刻 vine-leaves and Bacchanalian酒神節的 figures;

with two sword-handles exquisitely embossed上面有浮雕圖案的,

fifty pounds avoirdupois體重;

trinkets小裝飾物;廉價首飾

When, at length最後,終於, we had concluded our examination

and the intense excitement of the time had, in some measure, subsided退落;消退;消失

as I was in the very act of crumpling弄皺,壓皺 it (the paper) up, …

suffers a species of temporary paralysis. But, when I recovered from this stupor不省人事;恍惚

I betook致力於,專心於 myself to a more methodical investigation of the affair.

the skull, or death's-head, is the well-known emblem象徵;標誌 of the pirate. The flag of the death's-head is hoisted in all engagements交戰;戰鬥.

after some demur猶豫;有顧慮;反對, (律】抗辯,表示異議she consented to accompany me to the spot.

eyes fell upon a narrow ledge壁架;架狀突出物(a window ledge窗臺)in the eastern face of the rock,

On this discovery I was so sanguine Confident and optimistic. It also means "bloodred" or consisting of or relating to blood. Another interesting word choice by Poe. as to consider the enigma solved

vicissitudes: 變遷,世事變化Natural changes or mutations visible in nature or in human affairs. Favorable or unfavorable events or situations that occurs by chance.

grandiloquence誇張之言;大言不慚

a mattock鶴嘴鋤

coadjutors: 助手 Assistants; Those who work together with one another.

Zaffre不純的氧化鈷(用以製造藍色顏料), digested in aqua regia (Aqua regia or aqua regis (Latin for king's water) is a highly corrosive, fuming yellow or red solution. 王水又称“王酸”（Aqua regia），是一种腐蚀性非常强、冒黄色烟的液体，是硝酸和盐酸组成的混合物，其中混合比例为1:3（体积比），还是少数几种能够溶解金和铂的物质。)

they appertain to屬於;有關聯 the farming interest."

I felt irresistibly impressed with a presentiment(不祥的)預感 of some vast good fortune impending 即將發生的;逼近的.

I am as much in the dark as ever.

Were all the jewels of Golconda無限財源;寶山 awaiting me on my solution of this enigma

that this was of a simple species --such, however, as would appear, to the crude 粗野的,沒教養的intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without the key."

to extort 牽強地引出a meaning from all this jargon about 'devil's seats,' 'death's-heads,' and 'bishop's hostel'?"