He reveled in getting out in the morning and shoveling out the paths to the well and henhouse.
revel in
(夢中になる)
[動]
take great pleasure in
shovel
(掘り起こす)
[動]
dig with a shovel
well
(井戸)
[名]
a hole dug in the ground to obtain water
彼は朝起きて、井戸や鶏小屋への道をシャベルで掘り起こすことに夢中だった。
He gloried in the Christmas-tide delicacies which Marilla and Mrs. Lynde vied with each other in preparing for Anne, and he was reading an enthralling tale, in a school library book, of a wonderful hero who seemed blessed with a miraculous faculty for getting into scrapes from which he was usually delivered by an earthquake or a volcanic explosion, which blew him high and dry out of his troubles, landed him in a fortune, and closed the story with proper éclat.
glory in
(自慢する)
[動]
take great pride in
Christmas-tide
(クリスマス)
[名]
the season of Christmas
delicacy
(珍味)
[名]
a choice or expensive food
vie with
(競い合う)
[動]
compete eagerly with
prepare
(用意する)
[動]
make ready for use or consideration
enthralling
(魅惑的な)
[形]
extremely interesting or appealing
tale
(物語)
[名]
a story about legendary or supernatural beings or events
school library
(学校の図書館)
[名]
a library in a school
book
(本)
[名]
a written or printed work consisting of pages bound together between two covers
wonderful
(素晴らしい)
[形]
extremely good or impressive
blessed
(恵まれている)
[形]
having received a special favor or gift
miraculous
(奇跡的な)
[形]
of the nature of a miracle
faculty
(能力)
[名]
an inherent mental or physical power
scrape
(トラブル)
[名]
a difficult or unpleasant situation
usually
(通常)
[副]
in most cases; more often than not
deliver
(救う)
[動]
rescue from danger or harm
volcanic explosion
(火山の爆発)
[名]
a violent eruption of a volcano
high
(高く)
[副]
to or at a great height
dry
(抜け出す)
[動]
make or become free from moisture
land
(恵まれる)
[動]
come or bring to a specified place
fortune
(幸運)
[名]
chance or luck as an external, arbitrary force affecting human affairs
close
(終える)
[動]
bring or come to an end
proper
(適切な)
[形]
truly or strictly so called
éclat
(栄光)
[名]
brilliant or conspicuous success or distinction
彼は、マリラとリンド夫人がアンのために用意しようと競い合ったクリスマスの珍味を自慢し、学校の図書館の本で、奇跡的な能力に恵まれているように見える素晴らしい英雄の魅惑的な物語を読んでいた。彼は通常、地震や火山の爆発によって救われ、彼を高く吹き飛ばし、トラブルから抜け出し、幸運に恵まれ、適切な栄光で物語を終えた。