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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-8I had originally intended to escape alone in order not to have to consider a companion, which might have prejudiced my chances. But one day my friend Rolf Magener told me that an Italian general had the same intentions as myself. I had previously heard of this man, and so one night Magener and I climbed through the wire fence into the neighboring wing, in which forty Italian generals were housed. My future companion was named Marchese and was in outward appearance a typical Italian. He was something over forty years of age, slim of figure, with agreeable manners, and distinctly well dressed; I was particularly impressed by his physique. At the outset we had difficulties in understanding one another. He spoke no German, and I no Italian. We both knew only a minimum of English, so we conversed, with the help of a friend, in halting French. Marchese told me about the war in Abyssinia, and of an earlier attempt he had made to escape from a POW camp.
originally：当初は
intended to 〜：〜するつもりであった
consider：考慮する
prejudice：損なう
Rolf Magener：人名
general：将官
Magener：人名
climbed through 〜：〜をくぐり抜けて登る、という感じになるんでしょうか？
wing：（建物の）翼
were housed：収容されていた
Marchese：人名
in outward appearance：外見に関しては
slim of figure：すらっとしていて
agreeable：感じの良い
impressed：感銘を受けた
physique：体格
at the outset：最初に
one another：お互いに
a minimum of：最低限の
conversed：会話を交わした
halting：片言の
Abyssinia：地名、エチオピアの旧名
POW：捕虜収容所