уильям шекспир - King Lear

70 thatin that

72 square of senseguiding principle governing the senses/(physical or mental) region of the senses

73 alone felicitateonly happy

77 ponderousweighty

78 hereditaryby inheritance

80 validityvalue

83 vines … BurgundyLear characterizes France and Burgundy by their assets: vineyards and cattle pastures

84 interessedadmitted, given a share

84 drawattract/receive, collect/pull forth (as one “draws lots”)

92 bondduty (with connotations both of a binding legal agreement and of restrictive shackles)

93 Mendimprove

94 marspoil

96 begotconceived, fathered

96 bredraised, brought up

101 plightpledge, promise

106 untenderhard/cruel (plays on the sense of “not young”)

110 HecateGreek goddess of witchcraft and the moon

111 operationmovement and astrological influence

111 orbsplanets

114 Propinquity … bloodclose ties of kinship

116 thisthis time (or Lear gestures toward himself)

116 Scythianperson from Scythia, an ancient region extending over much of eastern Europe and Asiatic Russia, notorious for its barbarous inhabitants

117 generationchildren/own people

117 messessmall groups of people who eat together/portions of food, meals/disgusting concoctions/troubled, confused conditions

119 neighbouredtreated with hospitable kindness

120 sometimeformer

121 liegelord, one to whom feudal duty and service was owed

124 set my reststake everything (card-playing term)/repose, be at ease

125 kindaffectionate (in the manner of a family member)

125 nurserycare

125 avoidleave

127 Who stirs?Get on with it!/Why don’t you move?

129 digestabsorb, incorporate

130 plainnessfrankness, plain speaking

130 marry herbe her dowry/get her a husband

132 large effectsextensive trappings

133 troop withaccompany

134 With reservation ofreserving the right to have (legal language)

135 sustainedmaintained, supported

137 th’addition tothe title and honors of

137 swayauthority, rule

145 make … shaftavoid the arrow (of my anger)

146 forkbarbed arrowhead

148 thoukings are almost always addressed, respectfully, as “you”; Kent is unmannerlyin his use of the familiar “thou”

151 Reserve thy stateretain your sovereignty

152 in … considerationwith wise and careful reflection

153 Answer … judgementI’ll stake my life on my opinion

156 Reverb no hollownessdo not reverberate hollowly (i.e. emptily/insincerely)

158 heldregarded, valued

158 pawna pledge, surety

159 wagedeposit as security

163 blankcenter of a target/line of sight (Kent asks to be the means to help Lear see better)

164 ApolloGreek and Roman sun god

167 vassalservant/wretch

167 Miscreantvillain (literally, “infidel, unbeliever”)

168 forbearstop, desist

169 Kill … diseasei.e. Lear has got things the wrong way round

170 foul diseaseloathsome, festering disease/syphilis

173 recreanttraitor

174 Thatin that, since

175 durstdared

175 strainedexcessive/unnatural

176 sentencespronouncements, decisions

177 nor … norneither … nor

177 placestatus, rank

178 potencypower

178 made goodbeing carried into effect/shown to be valid/secured, defended

180 disastersmisfortunes

183 trunkbody

184 Jupitersupreme Roman god

186 sithsince

190 your … approvemay your actions prove the truth of your grand statements

193 shape … coursebehave in his usual manner

1.1 Flourish trumpet fanfare signaling the arrival of an important person

197 rivalledcompeted

197 in the leastat the lowest

198 present dowerimmediately available dowry

202 tenderoffer

204 hold her soconsider her to be dear(i.e. beloved/worth a great deal)

206 aughtanything

206 little seeming substanceinsignificant (or physically small) thing/one who totally refuses to play a part

207 piecedaugmented, increased

208 fitly likejustly please

211 infirmitiesdeficiencies

211 owesowns

213 Dowered withgiven as a dowry

213 strangeredmade a stranger, disowned

216 Election … upchoice is impossible

218 tell youinform you of/enumerate

219 from … straystray so far from your love as

225 your objectyour focus, the object of your sight (the apple of your eye)

226 argumenttheme

226 balmsoothing ointment

227 tricemere moment

228 monstrousunnatural

228 dismantlestrip off (the foldsof the metaphorical cloth of favor)

231 monsters itit becomes monstrous

231 fore-vouchedpreviously sworn

232 Fall into taint(must) come under suspicion

232 which … mei.e. and to believe in all reason that she had committed such a monstrous offense would require a miracle

236 for(your anger is) because

236 wantlack

237 purpose notnot intend to do what I say

239 foulnesswickedness/moral impurity

242 for whichi.e. for lack of which

243 still-solicitingconstantly entreating, self-seeking

248 tardiness in naturenatural slowness

249 historyaccount (of an action)

252 regards … pointirrelevant concerns

263 respect and fortunesstatus and wealth

266 Most choice forsakenmost desirable when rejected

267 seize upontake possession of (legal term)

268 be it lawfulprovided it is lawful

269 theirmay refer to either the gods or to Lear and Burgundy

270 inflamedglowing, ardent

271 thrown … chancecast to my luck (gambling metaphor)

273 wat’rishwell-watered (with rivers)/wet, feeble

274 unprizedunvalued (may play on a sense of “priceless”)

275 though unkindthough they are cruel (or “lacking in natural familial affection”)