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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.

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On went her old brown jacket;

(그녀의 오래된 갈색 재킷을 입고)

✔on went...: ...을 입었다.

on went her old brown hat.

(그녀의 오래된 갈색 모자를 썼다.)

With a whirl of skirts

(스커트를 휘날리고)

✔whirl: 회전. 소용돌이.

and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes,

(눈에는 그 반짝이는 광채를 여전히 담고서)

✔sparkle: 광채, 반짝임.

she fluttered out the door

(그녀는 나는 듯이 문을 나서)

✔flutter: 휘날리다, 펄럭이다, 날개치다. 나비가 훨훨 날다.

and down the stairs to the street.

(계단을 내려가 거리로 나갔다.)

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.

(오래된 갈색 재킷을 걸치고, 오래된 갈색 모자를 썼다. 스커트를 휘날리고 눈에는 그 반짝이는 광채를 여전히 담은 채, 그녀는 나는 듯이 문을 나서 계단을 내려가 거리로 나갔다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

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.

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So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her

(그리하여 이제 델라의 아름다운 머리카락은 그녀 주위로 떨어졌다)

rippling and shining

(물결치고 반짝이며)

✔ripple: 물결치다.

like a cascade of brown waters.

(마치 갈색의 계단 폭포처럼)

✔cascade: 계단 폭포.

It reached below her knee

(머리카락은 그녀의 무릎 아래에까지 닿았다)

and made itself almost a garment for her.

(그리고 거의 옷처럼 그녀를 휘감았다)

✔garment: 옷, 의상.

And then she did it up again nervously and quickly.

(그리고 그녀는 긴장한 듯 빠르게 머리를 다시 묶었다.)

✔do [머리카락] up: 머리를 어떤 방식으로든 묶다, 정리하다. 말아 올리다.

Once she faltered for a minute and stood still

(한 순간 그녀는 잠시 주저하며 가만히 서 있었다)

✔falter: 망설이다, 주저하다.

while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.

(눈물 한두 방울이 낡은 붉은색 카펫 위로 떨어지는 동안)

✔splash: 물이 어딘가에 튀다.

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.

(그리하여 이제 델라의 아름다운 머리카락은 갈색빛의 계단 폭포처럼 물결치고 반짝이며 그녀 주위로 떨어졌다. 머리카락은 그녀의 무릎 아래까지 닿아 마치 옷처럼 그녀를 휘감았다. 그리고 그녀는 긴장한 듯이 빠르게 머리를 다시 묶었다. 한 순간 그녀는 잠시 주저하면서, 눈물 한두 방울이 낡은 붉은색 카펫 위로 떨어지는 동안 가만히 서 있었다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

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.

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Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft,

(만약 시바의 여왕이 통풍구 건너편 아파트에 살았더라면)

✔Had the queen of Sheba lived: If the queen of Sheba had lived와 같은 표현입니다. 가정법 과거.

✔airshaft: 아파트 건물 가운데의 통풍구.

Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry

(델라는 어느 날 머리카락을 말리기 위해 창 밖으로 늘어뜨려)

just to depreciate Her Majesty’s jewels and gifts.

(여왕의 보석과 선물들을 무색하게 했을 것이다)

✔appreciate: 진가를 인정하다.

✔depreciate: 가치를 떨어뜨리다. 무색케 하다.

Had King Solomon been the janitor,

(만약 솔로몬 왕이 아파트의 관리인이었다면)

✔Had King Solomon been: If King Solomon had been과 같은 표현입니다. 가정법 과거.

with all his treasures piled up in the basement,

(그의 모든 보물을 지하실에 쌓아 놓은)

Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed,

(짐은 그의 곁을 지나갈 때마다 자신의 시계를 꺼내어)

just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.

(솔로몬 왕이 부러워서 턱수염을 잡아 뜯는 모습을 볼 수 있었을 것이다.)

✔pluck: 잡아 뜯다

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.

(만약 시바의 여왕이 통풍구 건너편 아파트에 살았다면, 델라는 어느 날 머리카락을 말리기 위해 창 밖으로 늘어뜨려 여왕의 보석과 선물을 무색하게 만들었을 것이다. 만약 솔로몬 왕이 모든 보물을 지하실에 쌓아 놓은 아파트 관리인이었다면, 짐은 그의 곁을 지나갈 때마다 시계를 꺼내, 솔로몬 왕이 부러움에 턱수염을 잡아 뜯는 모습을 보았을 것이다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

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.

(그런데 제임스 딜링엄 영 부부에게는 그들이 엄청난 자부심을 가지고 있는 두 가지 소유물이 있었다. 하나는 짐이 할아버지와 아버지에게 물려받은 금시계였다. 다른 하나는 델라의 머리카락이었다.)

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Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs

(그런데 제임스 딜링엄 영 부부의 2가지 소유물이 있었다)

✔possession: 소유물

✔the James Dillingham Youngs : 제임스 딜링엄 영 부부

in which they both took a mighty pride.

(두 사람 다 엄청난 자부심을 가지고 있는)

✔take pride in ...: ...에 자부심을 가지고 있다. ...을 자랑하다.

One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s.

(하나는 짐이 할아버지와 아버지에게 물려받은 금시계였고)

The other was Della’s hair.

(다른 하나는 델라의 머리카락이었다.)

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.

(그런데 제임스 딜링엄 영 부부에게는 그들이 엄청난 자부심을 가지고 있는 두 가지 소유물이 있었다. 하나는 짐이 할아버지와 아버지에게 물려받은 금시계였다. 다른 하나는 델라의 머리카락이었다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

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.

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Part 03

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.

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry