balsamy fir - пихта бальзамическая. В переводе душистая смолистая пихта.
She was sitting there waiting
for something or somebody and, since sitting and waiting was the only
thing to do just then, she sat and waited with all her might and main.
with might and main - with all the vigor, force, or energy at one's command
A child of about eleven, garbed in a very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish-gray wincey.
wincey - a plain- or twill-weave cloth, usually having a cotton or linen warp and a wool filling
Matthew, however, was spared the ordeal of speaking first, for as soon as
she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up, grasping with one
thin brown hand the handle of a shabby, old-fashioned carpet-bag; the
other she held out to him.
Оh, you POOR little things! If you were out in a great big woods with other trees all around you and little mosses and Junebells growing over your roots and a brook not far away and birds singing in you branches, you could grow, couldn't you?
I can imagine that I have a beautiful rose-leaf
complexion and lovely starry violet eyes.
"Well now, no, I haven't," confessed Matthew ingenuously.
Обычная багажная сумка, выполненная из уцелевших частей старого ковра. Именно поэтому прародителей современного саквояжа в США называли «ков- ровыми сумками»It was pretty interesting to imagine things about them—to imagine that perhaps the girl who sat next to you was really the daughter of a belted earl, who had been stolen away from her parents in her infancy by a cruel nurse who died before she could confess.
belted earl - until the 17th century an earl was invested by the Sovereign with the sword he wore at his waist - hence the term 'a belted earl'.But those red roads are so funny.
Оh, you POOR little things! If you were out in a great big woods with other trees all around you and little mosses and Junebells growing over your roots and a brook not far away and birds singing in you branches, you could grow, couldn't you?
A rose leaf complexion is typically used to describe someone who has fair skin with pinkish cheeks.
"Well now, no, I haven't," confessed Matthew ingenuously.
in·gen·u·ous (ĭn-jĕn′yo̅o̅-əs)adj.
1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless.2. Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See Synonyms at naive.
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