Author: Peter-Wang-Mobile-2026

Notes
biography 伝記;
definition 定義

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On April 15, 1755, a great book was published in London. It wasn’t a novel or a biography. It was a dictionary of the English language. These days, a dictionary is written by a group of people called editors, but Samuel Johnson basically wrote this dictionary by himself. He worked for more than 8 years and included over 42,000 words. He wrote a definition of each word, but then he found sentences of great English writers such as Shakespeare, Milton, and Dryden to show how the words were used. For 150 years, Johnson’s dictionary was the number one dictionary of English. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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piglet 子豚、小豚
shut up (…に)しまい込む;
shepherd　 牧羊者;
distressing　 悲惨な、痛ましい;
wool　 羊毛；
lay hold on …をつかむ, を握る;
Aesop’s Fable イソップ物語

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A young Pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. On one occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and resisted violently. The Sheep and the Goat complained of his distressing cries, saying, “He often handles us, and we do not cry out.” To this the Pig replied, “Your handling and mine are very different things. He catches you only for your wool, or your milk, but he lays hold on me for my very life.” (A story form　Aesop’s Fables)
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