Bashful Bob & Doleful Dorinda

제목에 있는 글씨가 눈에 들어오지 않을 때부터 이 책의 어휘가 만만치 않음을 직감해야 했다. 하지만 예쁜 그림과 비교적 적어 보이는 글에 매료되어 책을 빌렸다. 작가는 Bob을 묘사할 때는 B로 시작하는 단어들을 주로 사용하고 Dorinda를 묘사할 때는 D로 시작하는 단어들을 주로 사용함으로써 (나의 수준에서는) 높은 어휘 수준을 보여준다. 그럼에도 글의 내용이 신선하고 표현이 익살스러워서 재미있게 읽을 수 있었던 책이었다. Henry Huggins를 읽을 때 어휘가 많이 어렵다고 느꼈는데, 이제 슬슬 어휘의 난이도를 높여야 하는 시기인가보다. 

 

His bubble-headed mum, a brunette, had become a blonde in the beauty parlour and was so blinded by her burnished brilliance that baby Bob was blotted from her brain.

* bubble-headed 머리가 텅 빈, 어리석은

* brunette /브루넷t/ a white woman with dark hair

* parlour /팔:럴/

* burnish (주로 금속 물체가) 광을 내다. 긍정적인 public image를 위해 노력할 때도 쓰임.

* brilliance = intelligence / great brightness

* blot = dry a wet surface / make a blot on sth 더럽히다

위의 문장에서는 문맥상 ‘baby Bob이 그녀의 머리속에서 지워졌다’의 의미.

 

By and by she became dismayed, and bought an advertisement – “Baby in basket. Does not have a bat-shaped birthmark” - but it drew a blank.

* By and by = after a short period

* dismay: a feeling of shock & unhappiness

* drew a blank 아무것도 찾지 못했다.

 

Luckily, beside the beauty parlour was a vacant block, bestrewn with bushes, buttercups and benches.

* bestrew = cover a surface with things that in no particular arrangement – bestrewn

* buttercup= a small, yellow flower

 

It was beloved of dogs, who would bounce balls and bury bones there.

*beloved = loved very much

*bury 매장하다, 묻다

 

A boxer, a beagle and a borzoi heard Bob’s bawling.

* borzoi 러시아산 늑대 사냥용 개

* bawl: cry loudly

 

No, it’s a biped. It must be a bird.

* biped /바이ped/ 두발 달린 동물

 

We must be benevolent!

* benevolent: kind and helpful 자비로운

 

The boxer, the beagle and the borzoi bounded into boutiques and burgled bundle buggies.

* bound: move quickly with large jumping movement

* boutique: a small shop that sells fashionable clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc.

* burgle: enter a building illegally and steal things

* buggy: car, baby chair

 

They brought baby Bob bottles, booties and blankets.

* bootee – booties: a boot for a babe made of soft material 부드러운 소재로 만든 아기 신발

 

The broccoli made Bob burp.

* burp 트림하다

 

They besieged bargain basements, and brought bundles of buttered bread, barrelsful of bran flakes, and bunches and bunches of blackberries.

* besiege =surround a place 포위하다

* bargain basements 백화점에서 싼 제품을 파는 지하실

* bran flakes 씨리얼 종류

 

Bombarded with abundant edible boodle, Bob became even bigger.

* bombard: attack a place with continuous shooting

* bombard sb with sth: direct so many things at s1 that find it difficult to deal with it.

* edible 먹을 수 있는

* boodle 돈, 많은 물건

 

But Bob was bashful.

* bashful 숫기 없는, 부끄럼타는. Often feeling uncomfortable with other ppl and easily embarrassed.

 

He was bewildered by blithering barbers, blathering butchers, bun-bearing bakers and belligerent bus drivers, and would bound behind bushes or burrow under benches when they blundered by.

* bewildered = confused and uncertain

* blithering 허튼 소리하는

* blather = talk for a long time in a silly or annoying way

* butcher 정육점에서 일하는 사람

* - bearing ~을 함유하는, ~을 생산하는

* belligerent 싸우기 좋아하는

* burrow 숨다, 잠복하다, move yourself into a position where you can feel warm, comfortable, or safe.

* blunder: move in an awkward way

 

“What will become of him?”

그의 앞 날이 어떻게 되는 거야?

 

Bob’s dog buddies were bemused.

* bemused: slightly confused

 

On a block beside Bob lived Doleful Dorinda.

* doleful: /도ou:ful/ very sad 침울한

 

Dorinda’s dad and darling mother had disappeared in a dreadful disaster when she was still in diapers and she had been dumped on distant relatives.

* darling = very attractive / 매우 사랑하는 000

* dreadful 끔찍한

* dump: put down or drop sth in a careless way.

 

Dorinda was adorable, with dozens of dimples and a disarming charm.

* disarming: make s1 like you, esp. when they had not expected to 상대방의 적개심을 없애는, 마음을 부드럽게 하는

 

But although the distant relatives were dripping with diamonds and had a desirable address, they behaved despicably.

*be dripping with sth: (익살스러운 표현) be wearing a lot of sth

* desirable 많은 사람들이 원하는,

* despicably 비열하게 very unpleasant or bad

 

They dispensed not a dollar on Dorinda; they didn’t dole out a dime.

* dispense 나눠주다 give out things

* dole out sth: give money or sth else that can be divided to several ppl

 

“Dorinda is a dope,” they declared.

* dope 1) illegal drug 2) a stupid or foolish person

* declare: announce sth clearly

 

“She is a dim wit. She is a drag. She is a dumb downer.”

* dim wit 멍청이

* drag: s1 or sth that is unpleasant and boring

* downer: an event or experience that make you unhappy and lacking in hope, confidence, or energy

 

They dressed Dorinda in dust mops in dingy dungarees.

* dingy: dark & often also dirty

* dungarees: overalls;

They made her doze on a dank and dubious duvet in a derelict dumpster, beside a deep drain full of deadly diseases, such as diphtheria.

* doze: have a short sleep, esp. during the day

* dank: (건물과 공기가) wet, cold, & unpleasant

* duvet = quilt /duːˈveɪ/ 크고 부드러운 이불     

* derelict /데뤌릭t/ 버려진 not cared for and in bad contdition

* dumpster: 대형 쓰레기통을 만드는 회사 이름

* deadly: likely to cause death, 매우 위험한

* diphtheria: 열을 동반하며 숨쉬거나 삼키기 힘들게 하는 심각한 전염병

 

She had to drudge from dawn to dusk, dabbing with a dust mop and dealing with dirty dishes in a disreputable dive, where dirty-deed-dooers drank daiquiris.

* drudge: v) 억척스럽게 일하다. n) 지루하고 unpleasant한 일을 열심히 하며 다른 사람들로부터 존경을 받지 못하는 사람.

* dusk: 밤이 되기 직전. 아직 어두워지지 않은 때.

* dab 어떤 걸 가볍고 빠르게 두드리다.

* disreputable 평판이 좋지 않은, not trusted or respected

* dive 싸구려 음식점이나 싸구려 술집; a restaurant, hotel, bar, or place for entertainment or social activities that is unpleasant b/c of the condition of building or the type of ppl that go there.

* drink – drank

* deed: an intentional act, esp. a very bad or very good one.

* daiquiri – daiquiris = an alcoholic drink /데:쿼뤼/

 

She had nothing to devour but defunct underdone ducks, dangerously deep-fried day-old hot dogs, stale-dated doughnuts and deplorable dairy products, deficient in vitamin D and also disgusting.

* devour: eat sth eagerly

* defunct 현존하지 않는 no longer existing, living, or working correctly

* underdone 덜 구워진 (고기)

* stale: 너무 오랫동안 보관해서 no longer new or fresh

* deplorable = very bad

 

It was dire.

* dire: 1) very extreme or serious 2) very bad

 

“Drat these darned dirty dishes,” she declaimed.

* Drat 젠장! (약간 짜증났을 때 하는 표현)

* darned 넌더리나는

* declaim = express sth with strong feeling, esp in a loud voice or with forceful language.

 

I detest my distant relatives!

* detest = hate s1 very much

 

I desire to be dealt with decently!

* decently = in a way that is socially acceptable or good

 

I do not deserve such a dismal deal!

* dismal = sad w/o hope 암울한

 

One dark drizzly December day, Dorinda departed.

* drizzly 이슬비가 내리는

* depart = go away or leave, esp. on a journey

 

She packed some doughnuts and deplorable dairy products and several extra dust mops into a discarded duffle bag.

* pack = put sth into a bag

* discard 쓸모 없어져서 버리다.

* discarded 버려진 

 

“I defy doubt!” she declared.

* defy 어떤 것에 복종하기를 거부하다

* doubt = not being certain about sth

 

“Destiny, however distressing, will not defeat me! I disdain despair!”

* distressing 괴로움을 주는 upsetting or worrying

* defeat = win against s1

* disdain 경멸, 경멸하다

* despair 자포자기, 좌절 (희망이 없고, 어려운 상황을 극복할 수 없다는 생각)

 

Drenched by a downpour, dragging her duffle bag and dreadfully bedraggled, Doleful Dorinda was trudging doggedly across Bashful Bob’s vacant block when she heard a bark.

* Drench 어떤 사람/ 어떤 것을 흠뻑 적시다.

* downpour 폭우

* dreadful 무서운 / used to emphasize the great degree of sth

* bedraggled = wet, dirty, and untidy

* trudge 꾸역꾸역 걷다 walk slowly with a lot of effort esp. while carrying sth heavy

* dogged 아무리 힘들어도 그것을 하겠다는 의지가 있는

* doggedly 집요하게, 끈덕지게

 

Dorinda bent back a branch. ~이 나뭇가지 하나를 구부려 뜨렸다.

*bend – bent 굽히다. 구부리다. ~에 기울이다.

*bend back 젖히다

 

I am no desperado. May I share your domicile?

* desperado: 악당, 나쁜 사람

* domicile /ˈdɑː.mə.saɪl/  어떤 사람이 사는 공간, 거주지

 

This was daring, as a barking boy might bite, but Dorinda was so damp she did not give a dastardly darn.

* daring: 대담한 brave and taking risks

* damp = slightly wet

* dastardly = evil and cruel 비열한

 

Dorinda decided to dedicate herself to teaching Bob to talk. ~에 전념하다

*dedicate = give all your energy, time, etc.

 

Day by day Dorinda and Bob delved into it.

* Day by day = every day, or more and more as each day passes 매일매일 조금씩

* delve into sth = 어떤 것에 대한 정보를 더 파기 위해서 examine sth carefully

 

 

Though sometimes discouraged, Bob soon went from bite-sized words like “did” and “dot” and “bat” and “but” to difficult ones like dirigible and “ballistic”.

* dirigible 조종할 수 있는

* ballistic 매우 화가 난

 

One day a bewildered buffalo bounded over a barrier at a nearby Botanical Garden.

* bewildered 당황한

 

It had been placed there by a befuddled and bungling bureaucrat, who had botched its diploma and declared it to be a big begonia.

* befuddled = confused

* bungle 실수하다 do sth wrong in a careless or stupid way

* bungling 서투른

* bureaucrat: bureaucracy에서 근무하는 사람

* botch = spoil sth by doing it badly

* diploma 졸업장

* begonia = a garden plant

 

“Beware! Beware! A dangerous beast!” bleated all the barber, bakers, butchers and bus drivers for blocks around, as they blundered in every direction.

* beast 큰 또는 야생의 동물, 짐승.

* bleat 양이나 염소 등이 울다, 거슬리는 방식으로 불평하다

* blunder 방향을 몰라서 허둥거리다 / n. a serious mistake

 

The buffalo raised billows of dust.

* billows of sth: a large wave or any large, swelling mess

 

It dismembered daisies; it demolished daffodils and daycare centers.

* dismember 팔다리를 찢어버리다, 갈기갈기 찢어버리다

* demolish 그 부지를 사용하기 위해 건물을 완전히 파괴하다 = destroy

 

Businessmen blustered.

* bluster 고함치다.

 

Babies blubbered.

* blubber 엉엉 울다

 

“Bob! Bob! We must do something!” beseeched Dorinda.

* beseech 간청하다 ask for sth in a way that shows you need it very much

 

They butt you in the behind. Besides, all those barbers, bakers, butchers and bus drivers would behold me.

* butt = hit sth hard with the head or the horns

* behold: see or look at 바라보다

 

I’d rather be in the burrow under the bench.

 

Duty beckons!

* beckon: if an event or achievement beckons, it likely to happen

Dorinda daringly distracted the buffalo by brandishing her dust mops and dancing like a dervish.

* daring: brave and taking risks

* daringly 대담하게

* distracted the buffalo: the buffalo의 관심을 다른 곳으로 돌렸다

* brandish: 휘두르다 wave sth in the air in a threatening or exciting way

* dervish: Muslim/머즐럼/ 종교무리의 일원으로 예배(worship)의 부분으로 힘이 넘치는 춤을 춤

 

He deployed his dog buddies around the bewildered buffalo, and they all barked beautifully.

* deploy = use sth/s1, esp. in an effective way

 

Do not distrust us! We will not betray you!

우리에 대한 불신은 집어치워! 우리는 너를 배신하지 않을 거야.

 

You are not a big begonia, you are a buffalo! It was all a bureaucratic blunder!

* blunder: a serious mistake, usually caused by not taking care or thinking

* bureaucratic /뷰로크뤠딕/

 

The buffalo, being bilingual, understood their barking and became benign.

* benign 온화한, pleasant & kind

 

After devouring a bucketful of barley and a barrel of stale-dated doughnuts, it departed in a boxcar for Alberta, where it belonged.

* barley 보리 (beer and whisky를 만드는데 쓰임)

 

Dorinda’s distant relatives were dismayed by the disclosure of their abysmal behavior, and departed in disgrace.

* abysmal /əˈbɪz.məl/ 최악의 very bad

 

And Bob’s bubble-headed mum, who was now a brunette again and had been deploring her distracted behavior at the beauty parlor, spotted Bob’s biography in the paper.

* deplore: 한탄하다 say or think that sth is very sad

* We deeply deplore the loss of life.

 

She blurted, and begged Bob’s forgiveness.

* blurt 결과를 생각하지 않고 어떤 것을 갑작스럽게 말하다

 

In addition, Bob’s dad was gratified, as he had been distinctly disturbed by Bob’s abrupt and baffling disappearance.

* gratify 누군가를 기쁘게하다. 만족시키다

* distinctly = in a clear or noticeable way

* disturbed: 심적 혹은 정신적인 문제 때문에 정상적인 생각이나 행동을 할 수 없는

* baffle: 어떤 사람으로 하여금 완전히 이해하거나 이해하기 힘들게 하다. 당황하게 하다

* baffling: 황당한, 이해하기 힘든

* I found what he was saying completely baffling.

 

Together, all four parents bought a bungalow with abundant bedrooms, a dining room in which dishes of delicacies could be devoured, and a bounteous backyard, big enough for basketball and burying bones, with bunches of bushes behind which Bob could bound when feeling bothered, as he still did sometimes.

* bungalow: 1층이되 지붕과 함께 창문이 딸린 작은 2층 공간이 있는 집

* bounteous: 큰, 또는 관대한

And so Brave Bob and Daring Dorinda and their parents dwelt in the bungalow in blinding bliss delirious with delicious delight.

* dwell - dwelt

* blinding = extremely bright

* bliss = perfect happiness

* delirious: 2) extremely happy or excited

* delicious = 굉장한 행복을 주는 상황이나 활동을 묘사할 때 사용, 달콤한

~ I have some delicious gossip to tell you.

* delight 굉장한 기쁨, 만족, 또는 행복