Angel of the Odd --- Egar Allan Poe

he grew very angry indeed, so that at length I considered it the wiser policy to say nothing at all

At six I had an appointment of consequence重大,重要(性), which it was quite indispensable必不可少的,必需的 that I should keep.

siestas (西】(西班牙、義大利等地的)午睡

inserting the tube into my gullet, and thus deluging使泛濫;淹沒 me with an ocean of Kirschenwasser

I made up my mind to take a wife. There was a rich widow disconsolate 憂鬱的;哀傷的,悲不自勝的for the loss of her seventh husband

implacable不能安撫的;難平息的;難和解的heart

The fates were again propitious順利的;有利的;適合的,慈悲的for a brief period

I now considered it high time to die, (since fortune had so determined to persecute迫害,殘害, 困擾,為難me,) and accordingly made my way to the nearest river.

predicament尷尬的處境,困境;危境

during my peregrinations遊歷;旅行,遊記, (人的)一生

My head grovelled匍匐in the ashes of an extinguished fire, while my feet reposed upon the wreck殘骸of a small table

the Schiedam (荷蘭的一個地方) Kirschenwasser (荷蘭櫻桃酒)