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Della wriggled off the table and went for him.

“Jim, darling,” she cried, “don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It’ll grow out again—you won’t mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair grows awfully fast. Say ‘Merry Christmas!’ Jim, and let’s be happy. You don’t know what a nice—what a beautiful, nice gift I’ve got for you.”

(델라는 식탁에서 빠져나와 그에게 다가갔다.

"짐, 내 사랑" 그녀는 외쳤다. "그런 눈으로 쳐다보지 마. 자기한테 선물을 주지 않고는 도저히 크리스마스를 보낼 수 없을 것 같아서 내 머리를 잘라 팔았어. 머리는 다시 자랄 테니까 신경 쓰지 마, 알았지? 난 그럴 수밖에 없었어. 내 머리는 엄청 빨리 자라. '메리 크리스마스!'라고 말해 줘, 짐, 그리고 행복하게 보내자. 내가 얼마나 멋진, 아름답고 멋진 선물을 준비했는지 자기는 모를 거야.")

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Della wriggled off the table and went for him.

(델라는 더 이상 견딜 수 없다는 듯 식탁에서 일어나 그에게 다가갔다.)

✔wriggle: 떨쳐 내다. 몸부림쳐서 빠져나오다.

“Jim, darling,” she cried,

("내 사랑 짐" 그녀는 외쳤다)

“don’t look at me that way.

(그런 눈으로 쳐다보지 마)

I had my hair cut off and sold

(나 머리 잘라서 팔았어)

✔have my hair cut off: 내 머리를 (다른 사람의 손으로) 자르다 (머리카락이 '잘리는' 거니까 cut의 과거분사 cut을 씁니다.)

✔have my hair sold: 내 머리를 팔다 (엄밀하게 따지면, 그냥 I sold my hair라고 하는 것이 더 올바른 표현입니다. '내'가 직접 팔았으니까요. 하지만 머리를 잘라서 판 과정이 크게 하나의 과정이었기 때문에 그냥 have 사역동사에 과거분사로 연결했습니다.)

✔*have the roof repaired: 지붕을 (다른 사람에게 시켜서) 고치다 (지붕이 '수리되는' 거니까 repair의 과거분사 repaired를 씁니다.)

because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present.

(자기한테 선물을 주지 않고는 도저히 크리스마스를 보낼 수 없을 것만 같아서)

✔couldn’t have lived through Christmas: 크리스마스를 통과해서 살아갈 수 없었을 것이다. 즉, 크리스마스를 보낼 수 없었을 것이다.

✔without giving you a present: 너에게 선물을 주지 않고는

It’ll grow out again—you won’t mind, will you?

(머리는 다시 자랄 거야 - 신경쓰지 마, 알았지?)

I just had to do it.

(나는 그럴 수밖에 없었어.)

My hair grows awfully fast.

(내 머리는 엄청 빨리 자라.)

Say ‘Merry Christmas!’ Jim, and let’s be happy.

('메리 크리스마스!'라고 말해 줘, 짐, 그리고 행복하게 보내자.)

You don’t know what a nice—what a beautiful, nice gift I’ve got for you.”

(내가 얼마나 멋진 - 아름답고 멋진 선물을 준비했는지 자기는 모를 거야.)

Della wriggled off the table and went for him.

“Jim, darling,” she cried, “don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It’ll grow out again—you won’t mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair grows awfully fast. Say ‘Merry Christmas!’ Jim, and let’s be happy. You don’t know what a nice—what a beautiful, nice gift I’ve got for you.”

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(델라는 식탁에서 빠져나와 그에게 다가갔다.

"짐, 내 사랑" 그녀는 외쳤다. "그런 눈으로 쳐다보지 마. 자기한테 선물을 주지 않고는 도저히 크리스마스를 보낼 수 없을 것 같아서 내 머리를 잘라 팔았어. 머리는 다시 자랄 테니까 신경 쓰지 마, 알았지? 난 그럴 수밖에 없었어. 내 머리는 엄청 빨리 자라. '메리 크리스마스!'라고 말해 줘, 짐, 그리고 행복하게 보내자. 내가 얼마나 멋진, 아름답고 멋진 선물을 준비했는지 자기는 모를 거야.")

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face.

(짐은 문을 열고 들어와 마치 메추라기 냄새를 맡은 사냥개처럼 움직임을 멈췄다. 그의 눈은 델라에게 고정되었고, 그 눈빛에는 델라가 읽을 수 없는 어떤 표정이 있었다. 델라는 겁이 더럭 났다. 그 표정은 분노도, 놀라움도, 비난도, 공포도 아니었다. 그녀가 대비해 온 어떤 감정도 아니었다. 그는 얼굴에 특이한 표정을 띤 채 그저 가만히 그녀를 쳐다볼 뿐이었다.)

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Jim stopped inside the door,

(짐은 문 안쪽에서 멈췄다)

as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail.

(메추라기 냄새를 맡은 세터 사냥개처럼 정지한 채)

✔immovable: 고정된, 정지한

✔setter: 세터. 개의 품종으로, 주로 사냥개로 활약합니다.

✔quail: 메추라기

His eyes were fixed upon Della,

(그의 눈은 델라에게 고정되어 있었고)

and there was an expression in them that she could not read,

(눈에는 그녀가 읽을 수 없는 표정이 있었다)

and it terrified her.

(그리고 그 표정에 그녀는 겁이 더럭 났다)

✔terrify: (상대를) 겁먹게 만들다

It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror,

(그것은 분노도, 놀람도, 비난도, 공포도 아니었다)

✔disapproval: 승인하지 않음, 못마땅함, 비난

nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for.

(그녀가 대비해 온 어떠한 감정도 아니었다)

✔sentiment: 감정, 정서

He simply stared at her fixedly

(그는 그저 그녀를 가만히 쳐다볼 뿐이었다)

✔fixedly: 가만히, 꼼짝않고

with that peculiar expression on his face.

(얼굴에 그 특이한 표정을 한 채)

✔peculiar: 특이한

Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face.

(짐은 문을 열고 들어와 마치 메추라기 냄새를 맡은 사냥개처럼 움직임을 멈췄다. 그의 눈은 델라에게 고정되었고, 그 눈빛에는 델라가 읽을 수 없는 어떤 표정이 있었다. 델라는 겁이 더럭 났다. 그 표정은 분노도, 놀라움도, 비난도, 공포도 아니었다. 그녀가 대비해 온 어떤 감정도 아니었다. 그는 얼굴에 특이한 표정을 띤 채 그저 가만히 그녀를 쳐다볼 뿐이었다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two—and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves.

(문이 열리고 짐이 들어와 문을 닫았다. 그는 마르고 매우 진중해 보였다. 불쌍한 친구, 겨우 22살의 나이에 가족을 부양해야 했다! 그는 새 오버코트가 필요했고 장갑도 없었다.)

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The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it.

(문이 열리고 짐이 들어와 문을 닫았다.)

He looked thin and very serious.

(그는 마르고 매우 진중해 보였다.)

Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two—

(불쌍한 친구, 그는 겨우 22살이었는데-)

and to be burdened with a family!

(가족을 부양해야 했다!)

✔be 동사 + to 부정사: 문맥에 따라 '...할 예정이다' 혹은 '...해야 한다' 정도로 해석하면 됩니다.

✔burden: (짐이나 부담을) 지우다.

✔be burdened with [짐]: [짐]을 지다.

He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves.

(그는 새 오버코트가 필요했고 장갑도 없었다.)

The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two—and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves.

(문이 열리고 짐이 들어와 문을 닫았다. 그는 마르고 매우 진중해 보였다. 불쌍한 친구, 겨우 22살의 나이에 가족을 부양해야 했다! 그는 새 오버코트가 필요했고 장갑도 없었다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

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ONE dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.

In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name “Mr. James Dillingham Young.”

The “Dillingham” had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.

Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

There was a pier glass between the windows of the room. Perhaps you have seen a pier glass in an $8 flat. A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks. Della, being slender, had mastered the art.

Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.

Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair. Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty’s jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.

So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.

On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.

Where she stopped the sign read: “Mme. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds.” One flight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the “Sofronie.”

“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.

“I buy hair,” said Madame. “Take yer hat off and let’s have a sight at the looks of it.”

Down rippled the brown cascade.

“Twenty dollars,” said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.

“Give it to me quick,” said Della.

Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim’s present.

She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation—as all good things should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim’s. It was like him. Quietness and value—the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.

When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason. She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love. Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends—a mammoth task.

Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically.

“If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do—oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty-seven cents?”

At 7 o’clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops.

Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit of saying a little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”

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When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason. She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love. Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends—a mammoth task.

Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically.

“If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do—oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty-seven cents?”

At 7 o’clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops.

Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit of saying a little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit of saying a little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”

(짐은 결코 늦는 일이 없었다. 델라는 시곗줄을 포개어 손에 쥐고, 짐이 항상 들어오는 문 근처의 테이블 구석에 앉았다. 곧 저 아래 1층에 짐의 발소리가 들렸다. 그녀는 잠깐 동안 얼굴이 창백해졌다. 극히 단순한 일상적인 일에 대해 사소한 무언의 기도를 올리는 습관이 있었던 델라는 지금은 이렇게 속삭였다. "제발 주님, 짐이 제가 여전히 예쁘다고 생각하게 해 주세요.")

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Jim was never late.

(짐은 결코 늦는 일이 없었다.)

Della doubled the fob chain in her hand

(델라는 그 시곗줄을 포개어 손에 쥐었다)

✔double: 동사로 '한 번 접다, 포개다'라는 뜻입니다.

and sat on the corner of the table

(그리고 테이블 구석에 앉았다)

near the door that he always entered.

(짐이 항상 들어오는 문 부근에 있는)

Then she heard his step on the stair

(그리고 그녀는 계단에서 그의 발소리를 들었다)

away down on the first flight,

(저 아래 1층에서)

✔flight: 한 층의 계단 전체.

and she turned white for just a moment.

(그리고 그녀는 잠깐 동안 얼굴이 창백해졌다.)

She had a habit

(델라는 습관을 가지고 있었다)

of saying a little silent prayer

(사소한 무언의 기도를 하는)

about the simplest everyday things,

(극히 간단한 일상적인 일에 대해)

and now she whispered:

(그리고 지금은 이렇게 속삭였다)

“Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”

(제발 주님, 짐이 제가 여전히 예쁘다고 생각하게 해 주세요.)

Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit of saying a little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: “Please God, make him think I am still pretty.”

(짐은 결코 늦는 일이 없었다. 델라는 시곗줄을 포개어 손에 쥐고, 짐이 항상 들어오는 문 근처의 테이블 구석에 앉았다. 곧 저 아래 1층에 짐의 발소리가 들렸다. 그녀는 잠깐 동안 얼굴이 창백해졌다. 극히 단순한 일상적인 일에 대해 사소한 무언의 기도를 올리는 습관이 있었던 델라는 지금은 이렇게 속삭였다. "제발 주님, 짐이 제가 여전히 예쁘다고 생각하게 해 주세요.")

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry