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12月27日出題分
あまりなじみの無い単語・熟語をちょっと解説。
Seven Years in Tibet :
Internment-6I now set to work to learn a little Hindustani, Tibetan, and Japanese, and devoured all sorts of travel books on Asia, which I found in the library, especially those dealing with the districts on my prospective route. I made extracts from these works and took copies of the most important maps. Peter Aufschnaiter, who had also landed in Dehra Dun, had various books and maps dealing with expeditions in Asia. He worked at these with tireless energy, and put all his notes and sketches at my disposal. I copied all of these in duplicate, keeping one copy to take with me when I escaped and the other as a reserve in case the originals were lost.
now：さしあたり
set to work：仕事を始める
devour：むさぼり読む
deal with：〜を扱う
prospective：考えられ得る・予想される
extract：抜粋
land：着く
Dehra Dun：地名
expedition：探検旅行
work at：取り組む
these：various books and maps dealing with expeditions in Asia を指します。
with tireless energy：精力的に
put 〜 at my disposal：〜を私の自由に使わせる
in duplicate：二通に
reserve：予備品