Learn English Through Oliver Twist Part 4
1. Boys is very obstinit, and very lazy,
Gen'l'men, and there's nothing like a good hot blaze to make 'em come down vith a run.
- obstinate = keras kepala
- blaze = nyala berkobar-kobar
2. As Mr. Gamfield did happen to labour
under the slight imputation of having bruised three or four boys to death already, it occurred to him that the board
had, perhaps, in some unaccountable
freak, taken it into their heads that this extraneous circumstance ought to influence their proceedings.
- bruised = memar, benjol
- freak = situasi aneh, orang aneh, berperilaku aneh
- extraneous = yang tak ada hubungannya
- circumstance = fakta, keadaan sekitar
3. 'Come! I'll split the diff'erence,
gen'l'men, urged Gamfield. 'Three pound fifteen.
- split = membagi, memecah, membelah
4. 'Not a farthing more,' was the firm
reply of Mr. Limbkins. 'You're
desperate hard upon me, gen'l'men, said Gamfield, wavering.
- farthing = kentut, hal yang tak berguna
- wavering = bergoyang-goyang
5. He hasn't been overfed since he was
born. Ha! ha! ha!'
- overfed = memberi makan yang berlebihan
6. Oliver roused himself, and made his best
obeisance.
- obeisance = sembah, persembahan
7. He had been wondering, with his eyes fixed on the magistrates' powder, whether all boards were
born with that white stuff on their
heads, and were boards from thenceforth on that account.
- magistrates = hakim
- stuff = hal-hal
- thenceforth = sejak itu
8. 'He doats on it, your worship,' replied
Bumble; giving Oliver a sly pinch, to intimate that he had better not say he didn't.
- doats = doa
- sly = licik
- pinch = cubit, mencolek
9. Whose villainous countenance was a
regular stamped receipt for cruelty.
- villainous = jahat
- stamped = dicap
- cruelty = kekejaman
10. He couldn't reasonably be expected to discern what other people did.
- discern = melihat, memahami
11. If the inkstand had been where the old gentleman though it was, he would have dipped his pen into it, and
signed the indentures, and Oliver
would have been straightway hurried off
- inkstand = tempat tinta
- dipped = dicelup
- indentures = kontrak
- straightway = langsung
12. His gaze encountered the pale and
terrified face of Oliver Twist: who, despite all the admonitory looks and pinches of Bumble, was regarding the repulsive
countenance of his future
master, with a mingled expression of horror and fear, too palpable to be
mistaken, even by a half-blind
magistrate
- encountered = ditemui
- admonitory = peringatan
- pinches = mencubit, mencolek
- repulsive = menjijikan
- countenance = raut muka
- mingled = bercampur
- palpable = teraba
13. The old gentleman stopped, laid down his
pen, and looked from Oliver to Mr. Limbkins; who attempted to take snuff with a cheerful and unconcerned
aspect.
- snuff = tembakau
- unconcerned = tidak perduli
14. They pleased--rather than send him away with that dreadful man.
- pleased = senang
- dreadful = mengerikan
15. 'Well!' said Mr. Bumble, raising his hands and eyes with most impressive solemnite. 'Well! of all the artful and designing orphans that ever I see, Oliver, you are one of the most bare-facedest.'
- solemnite = khidmat
- facedest = paling depan
16. 'Hold your tongue, Beadle,' said the
second old gentleman, when Mr. Bumble had given vent to this compound adjective.
- Hold your tongue = tahan lidahmu (jangan bicara)
17. 'I beg your worship's pardon,' said Mr.
Bumble, incredulous of having heard aright. 'Did your worship speak to me?'
- worship's = ibadah
- incredulous = tidak percaya
18. Mr. Bumble was stupefied with
astonishment. A beadle ordered to hold his tongue! A moral revolution!
- stupefied = terbius
- beadle = manik-manik
19. n'We refuse to sanction these
indentures,' said the old gentleman: tossing
aside the piece of parchment as he spoke
- indentures = kontrak
- tossing = melempar
- parchment = kertas dari kulit
20. 'I hope,' stammered Mr. Limbkins
- stammered = berbicara tergagap-gagap
21. In great families, when an advantageous
place cannot be obtained, either in possession, reversion, remainder, or expectancy, for the young man who is
growing up, it is a very general
custom to send him to sea.
- advantageous = menguntungkan
- reversion = pengembalian
22. The board, in imitation of so wise and
salutary an example,
took counsel together on the expediency of shipping off Oliver Twist, in some small trading vessel bound to a good unhealthy port.
- salutary = menyehatkan
- counsel = nasihat
- expediency = kebijaksanaan
23. The probability being, that the skipper would flog him to death
- skipper = nahkoda
- flog = mencambuk
24. The more manifold the advantages of the step appeared
- manifold = banyak jenis
25. Mr. Bumble had been despatched to make various preliminary inquiries when he encountered at the gate, no less a person than Mr. Sowerberry, the parochial undertaker.
- despatched = dikirim
- parochial = picik
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