A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

subornation唆使;收買; 【律】偽證教唆罪

Inference推論,推斷

I play my Ace, Denunciation告發of Mr. Barsad to the nearest SectionCommittee.

vaunting誇張;吹噓

tergiversation背叛;變節;轉變立場

unrelenting不寬恕的;無情的 character

quash鎮壓,平息;壓碎his last chance of life

ostentatiously鋪張地;招搖地;炫耀地

inscrutability不可理解;不可思議;不可測知

enumerated列舉;枚舉 pasturing(牛,羊)吃(草);放(牛,羊)吃(草)

Provincial外省的,外地的 <> Foreign

bailiff【主美】法警

I'll have my head took off, if he was ever in it

turnkey監獄看守;獄吏

After some cogitation仔細思考;計劃;設計

patron主顧(尤指老顧客)

My mind misgives使擔心;使不安 me much

pleaded the abashed使不安;使羞愧;使窘迫 Mr. Cruncher

adjured懇請

obtruded強迫;強使接受

apprised告知,通知

you were accused of "Plots陰謀;祕密計劃

postilions左馬御者

tanneries製革廠;鞣皮廠

epicure愛奢侈享受的人

alacrity樂意,欣然

opportunity had developed her into a tigress. She was absolutely without pity

bed-winches用絞盤吊拉

petulantly任性地,脾氣壞地,無緣無故發脾氣地

waning暗淡的;微弱的 oil-lamps

overcast遮蔽的;多雲的,陰的

presided擔任會議主席,主持

You are consigned把...交付給;把...委託給 to the prison of La Force.

knitted brows,

I am lost here. All here is so unprecedented, so changed,

orator演說者;雄辯家

misgivings擔憂,不安,疑慮

turnkeys監獄看守;獄吏 who

a horrible smell of foul sleep

noisome有害的;有礙健康的

stateliness宏偉

frivolity輕薄的舉動

coquette賣弄風情;調情

condoling哀悼;同情 with you on the calamity災難;大禍;大災害 that has brought you among us.

impertinence傲慢;無禮;莽撞

commiseration憐憫;同情

grated鐵格柵

conspicuous明顯的,易看見的;顯著的

wicket小門;邊門

Grindstone磨石;砂輪

in his metempsychosis轉生;輪迴

sequestrated扣押;沒收, and then confiscated

emissaries特使;密使

staid沈著的;穩重的;端莊的

tarnish失去光澤,變灰暗

depositors存款人;存放者

rusted (生)鏽的 in prisons,

blighted使枯萎 and unfruitful year was prematurely cold

deadly nature of her wrath

As he stood staring at them, they asked him no question, for his face told them everything.

"I cannot find it," said he, "and I must have it. Where is it?"

It was so clearly beyond hope to reason with him

brooded沈思,冥想

His lonely daughter, bereft失去...的 of her final hope and reliance,

stipulations契約

inveteracy根深蒂固;頑固不化

unspeakable suffering, intolerable oppression, and heartless indifference,fortitude堅忍;剛毅: She bore her illness with great fortitude.

Extermination根除,滅絕;消滅
deprecatory表示歉意的;表示不贊同的

"the anguish of his daughter, which must be a dreadfulanguish to him!"