- Эльмира Латыповаhas quoted2 years ago
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) - yra040700has quoted2 years ago
I never did see the beat of that boy!Beat is used here in the competitive sense.
Bill and John were in a race, Bill won, Bill beat John.
"I never did see a boy who was more infuriating than Tom!"
She means that Tom's always managed to outsmart her. - yra040700has quoted2 years agoHand me that switch.
She wants a twig in order to spank Tom.
- yra040700has quoted2 years agothe peril was desperate
the danger of being hit with the switch (the peril - опасность) was going to happen almost immediately and it would hurt (was desperate)
- yra040700has quoted2 years agoThe lad fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board–fence, and disappeared over it.
Парень тут же бросился бежать, вскарабкался на высокий дощатый забор и исчез за ним.
- yra040700has quoted2 years agoHang the boy
damn it
- Khushi Bhatiahas quoted2 years ago
she lifted up her voice at an angle calculated for distance and shouted: - 지은 김has quoted2 years ago
"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer. - x7dt89yhas quoted2 years ago
Like many other simple–hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning. - panasyuksofiahas quoted2 years ago
perplexedMeaning-very puzzled
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