The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 2
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"Nothing! Look at your hands. And look at your mouth. What _is_ that truck?"
"아무것도 아니라고! 네 손을 봐. 그리고 네 입을 봐. 그게 _대체_ 뭐야?"
"I don't know, aunt."
"모르겠어요, 이모."
"Well, I know. It's jam—that's what it is. Forty times I've said if you didn't let that jam alone I'd skin you. Hand me that switch."
"그래, 나는 알아. 잼이잖아—바로 그거야. 내가 그 잼을 내버려 두지 않으면 혼내주겠다고 마흔 번도 더 말했잖아. 그 회초리 이리 줘."
The switch hovered in the air—the peril was desperate—
회초리가 공중에서 멈칫거렸다—위기는 절박했다—
"My! Look behind you, aunt!"
"이런! 이모, 뒤를 보세요!"
The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger.
노부인은 뒤를 홱 돌아보며 치마를 위험에서 낚아챘다.
The lad fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board-fence, and disappeared over it.
소년은 순식간에 달아나서 높은 판자 울타리를 기어올라 그 너머로 사라졌다.
His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh.
폴리 이모는 잠시 놀란 표정으로 서 있다가 이내 부드러운 웃음을 터뜨렸다.
"Hang the boy, can't I never learn anything? Ain't he played me tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time? But old fools is the biggest fools there is. Can't learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is. But my goodness, he never plays them alike, two days, and how is a body to know what's coming? He 'pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up, and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, it's all down again and I can't hit him a lick. I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows. Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says.
"이런 녀석, 나는 정말 아무것도 못 배우는 건가? 이쯤 되면 저 녀석 장난을 충분히 겪어서 미리 조심해야 하는 거 아닌가? 하지만 늙은 바보가 제일 큰 바보라니까. 옛말에도 있듯이, 늙은 개에게 새 재주를 가르칠 수는 없는 법이지. 그런데 세상에, 저 녀석은 이틀 연속 같은 장난을 치는 법이 없으니, 무슨 일이 생길지 어떻게 알겠어? 저 녀석은 내가 화가 나기 전까지 얼마나 오래 나를 괴롭힐 수 있는지 딱 알고 있는 것 같고, 잠깐이라도 나를 딴 데 정신 팔게 하거나 웃게 만들면 화가 다 풀려서 한 대도 못 때린다는 것도 알고 있어. 나는 저 아이에게 해야 할 도리를 다하지 못하고 있어, 정말이야. 성경 말씀에도 있듯이, 매를 아끼면 자식을 망친다고."
Vocabulary
- 아무것도
- amugeotdo — nothing, not anything at all
- 아니라고
- anirago — saying that something is not the case
- 네
- ne — yes; acknowledgment or affirmation
- 손을
- soneul — hand (object marker attached)
- 봐
- bwa — look, see (informal imperative form)
- 그리고
- geurigo — and, and then, connecting two clauses
- 입을
- ibeul — mouth (object marker attached)
- 그게
- geuge — that thing, that is (contracted form)
- 대체
- daeche — on earth, in the world (emphasis word)
- 뭐야
- mwoya — what is it? (informal question)
- 모르겠어요
- moreugesseoyo — I don't know, I'm not sure (polite)
- 이모
- imo — maternal aunt, mother's sister
- 그래
- geurae — okay, right, I see (informal)
- 나는
- naneun — I, as for me (subject marker attached)
- 알아
- ara — I know, to know (informal form)
- 바로
- baro — right, exactly, directly, immediately
- 그거야
- geugoya — that's it, that's the thing (informal)
- 내가
- naega — I (subject marker, first person)
- 그
- geu — that, the (demonstrative determiner)
- 잼을
- jaemeul — jam (object marker attached)
- 내버려
- naebeoryeo — leave alone, let be (informal command)
- 두지
- duji — not leave, not let (negation context)
- 않으면
- aneumyeon — if not, unless (conditional negation)
- 혼내주겠다고
- honnaejugetdago — said will punish, threatening to scold
- 마흔
- maheun — forty (native Korean number)
- 번도
- beondo — even once, even (number of) times
- 더
- deo — more, additionally, even more
- 말했잖아
- malhaetjana — I told you, I already said (informal)
- 회초리
- hoechori — switch, thin rod used for spanking
- 이리
- iri — here, this way, over here
- 줘
- jwo — give me (informal imperative)
- 회초리가
- hoechoriga — the switch, rod (subject marker attached)
- 공중에서
- gongjungeseo — in the air, in midair
- 멈칫거렸다
- meomchitgeoryeotda — hesitated, paused momentarily in mid-action
- 위기는
- wigineun — the crisis, the critical moment (topic)
- 절박했다
- jeolbakhaetda — was desperate, urgent, critically pressing
- 이런
- ireon — oh my, goodness (exclamation of surprise)
- 뒤를
- dwireul — the back, behind (object marker attached)
- 보세요
- boseyo — please look, please see (polite command)
- 노부인은
- nobuin-eun — the old woman, elderly lady (topic marker)
- 홱
- hoaek — quickly, with a swift sudden motion
- 돌아보며
- dorabomyeo — while turning around to look back
- 치마를
- chimareul — skirt (object marker attached)
- 위험에서
- wiheomeseo — from danger, out of harm's way
- 낚아챘다
- nakkaechaetda — snatched away, grabbed quickly from danger
- 소년은
- sonyeon-eun — the boy, the young male (topic marker)
- 순식간에
- sunsikgane — in an instant, in the blink of an eye
- 달아나서
- daranaseo — ran away and then, fled swiftly
- 높은
- nopeun — high, tall (adjective modifying noun)
- 판자
- panja — wooden plank, board
- 울타리를
- ultarireul — the fence (object marker attached)
- 기어올라
- gieoolla — climbed up, crawled upward over something
- 너머로
- neomeoro — over, beyond, to the other side
- 사라졌다
- sarajyeotda — disappeared, vanished from sight
- 이모는
- imoneun — aunt (topic marker attached)
- 잠시
- jamsi — for a moment, briefly, a short while
- 놀란
- nollan — surprised, startled (adjective form)
- 표정으로
- pyojeong-euro — with an expression, with a look on face
- 서
- seo — standing (gerund/connective form of 서다)
- 있다가
- itdaga — was there for a while, then afterward
- 이내
- inae — soon after, shortly, before long
- 부드러운
- budeureoун — soft, gentle, tender (adjective form)
- 웃음을
- useumеul — laughter, smile (object marker attached)
- 터뜨렸다
- teotteuryeotda — burst out, let out suddenly (laughter/tears)
- 녀석
- nyeoseok — rascal, the little fellow, that kid
- 정말
- jeongmal — really, truly, indeed
- 못
- mot — cannot, unable to (negation adverb)
- 배우는
- baeuneun — learning, who learns (present modifier)
- 건가
- geonga — is it that, I wonder if (rhetorical)
- 이쯤
- ijjeum — by now, about this much, at this point
- 되면
- doemyeon — if it becomes, when it reaches this point
- 저
- jeo — that (distal demonstrative), I (humble)
- 장난을
- jangnaneul — the prank, the mischief (object marker)
- 충분히
- chungbunhi — sufficiently, enough, adequately
- 겪어서
- gyeokkeoseo — having experienced, having gone through
- 미리
- miri — in advance, beforehand, ahead of time
- 조심해야
- josimhaeya — must be careful, need to be cautious
- 하는
- haneun — doing, which does (present modifier form)
- 거
- geo — thing, fact (informal nominalizer)
- 아닌가
- aninga — isn't it, shouldn't it be (rhetorical)
- 하지만
- hajiman — but, however, nevertheless
- 늙은
- neulgeun — old, aged (adjective modifying noun)
- 바보가
- baboga — the fool, the idiot (subject marker)
- 제일
- jeil — the most, number one, the biggest
- 큰
- keun — big, large, great (adjective form)
- 바보라니까
- baboranikka — is the biggest fool, I'm telling you
- 옛말에도
- yenmaredo — even in old sayings, as the proverb says
- 있듯이
- itdeutsi — as there is, just as it exists/says
- 개에게
- gaeege — to a dog, for a dog (dative marker)
- 새
- sae — new, or bird (here: new tricks context)
- 재주를
- jaejureul — a skill, a trick (object marker attached)
- 가르칠
- gareuchil — to teach (future/modifier form)
- 수는
- suneun — way, means, ability (topic marker, negation)
- 없는
- eomneun — there is not, lacking (modifier form)
- 법이지
- beoбiji — that's the way it is, that's the rule
- 그런데
- geureonde — but, by the way, however
- 세상에
- sesange — in the world, goodness gracious (exclamation)
- 녀석은
- nyeoseogeun — that rascal, that fellow (topic marker)
- 이틀
- iteul — two days
- 연속
- yeonsok — consecutive, in a row, continuously
- 같은
- gateun — same, identical, alike
- 치는
- chineun — playing, pulling (a prank), striking
- 법이
- beobi — the rule, the way (subject marker attached)
- 없으니
- eopsеuni — since there isn't, because there is none
- 무슨
- museun — what kind of, some kind of
- 일이
- ili — thing, matter, event (subject marker)
- 생길지
- saenggilji — whether something will happen or occur
- 어떻게
- eotteoke — how, in what way
- 알겠어
- algeseo — would I know, how could I know (rhetorical)
- 화가
- hwaga — anger (subject marker); anger arises
- 나기
- nagi — arising, coming out (nominalizer form)
- 전까지
- jeonkkaji — until before, up until that point
- 얼마나
- eolmana — how much, how long, to what extent
- 오래
- orae — long time, for a long while
- 나를
- nareul — me (object marker attached, first person)
- 괴롭힐
- goerophil — to torment, bother (future modifier form)
- 수
- su — ability, way, possibility (bound noun)
- 있는
- inneun — existing, there is (present modifier form)
- 것
- geot — thing, fact (nominalizer bound noun)
- 같고
- gatgo — seems like, appears to be, and also
- 잠깐이라도
- jamkkaniraedo — even just for a brief moment
- 딴
- ttan — another, different, other
- 데
- de — place, spot (bound noun indicating location)
- 정신
- jeongsin — mind, consciousness, attention, spirit
- 팔게
- palge — to make (someone) distracted, sell attention
- 하거나
- hageona — do or, whether doing (alternation connector)
- 웃게
- utge — to make laugh (causative connective form)
- 만들면
- mandeuimyeon — if (someone) makes or causes to happen
- 다
- da — all, everything, completely
- 풀려서
- pullyeoseo — gets resolved, released, tension loosens
- 한
- han — one, a single (native Korean numeral)
- 대도
- daedo — even once, even one hit/strike
- 때린다는
- ttaerindaneun — the fact of hitting, that (I) will hit
- 것도
- geotdo — thing also, fact also (additive particle)
- 있어
- isseo — there is, I have (informal present)
- 아이에게
- aiege — to the child, for the child (dative)
- 해야
- haeya — must do, have to do
- 할
- hal — to do (future/modifier form of 하다)
- 도리를
- dorireul — one's duty, proper obligation (object marker)
- 다하지
- dahaji — not fulfill completely, not do fully
- 못하고
- motago — unable to do, failing to accomplish
- 정말이야
- jeongmariya — it's true, I'm serious, really (informal)
- 성경
- seonggyeong — the Bible, Holy Scripture
- 말씀에도
- malsseumedо — even in the words, as the scripture says
- 매를
- maereul — the rod, the switch, beating (object marker)
- 아끼면
- akkimyeon — if you spare, if you hold back the rod
- 자식을
- jasigeul — one's child, offspring (object marker)
- 망친다고
- mangchindago — spoils, ruins (the child) it is said
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