уильям шекспир - King Lear

276 wheresomewhere, place

280 gracefavor (with connotations of “divinely sanctioned mercy”)

280 benisonblessing

283 washèdi.e. wet with tears

286 as … namedby their true names

287 your professèd bosomsi.e. the love you claim to have for him

287 commitentrust; perhaps with connotations of “confine (to prison)”

289 preferadvance, promote

292 studyconcern, endeavor

294 At fortune’s almsas a charitable gift from fortune

294 scantedstinted, withheld/slighted, neglected

295 are … wanteddeserve to be deprived of the love you have failed to show (to others)

296 plighted cunningsecret cunning/deceitful promises

297 Who … deridesthose who hide their faults will in the end be shamed and mocked

300 nearlyclosely

307 grosslyobviously

308 everalways

309 slenderlyslightly

310 The … rasheven at his best and healthiest he was impulsive

311 lookexpect

312 long-engrafted conditionlong-implanted tendencies

312 therewithalin addition to that

313 cholericirascible, hot-tempered, impulsive/bilious; one of the four “humors” or temperaments thought to be related to an excess of bile in the constitution

315 unconstant startsunpredictable fits

317 complimentetiquette, ceremony

318 sit togetheri.e. get together, confer

319 carrymaintain, manage

319 dispositionframe of mind

320 last surrenderrecent yielding (of authority)

320 offendharm

322 i’th’heatimmediately

Act 1 Scene 2

1.2 Location: the Earl of Gloucester’s residence

2 Whereforewhy

3 Stand inendure/stand still under

4 curiosityscruples, fussiness

4 nationsi.e. society

5 moonshinesmonths

6 Lag ofbehind (i.e. younger than)

6 baseillegitimate (also low/unworthy/dishonorable)

7 dimensionsphysical proportions

7 compactcomposed

8 generousnoble

8 truewell-proportioned/authentic, true to his father’s likeness

9 honest madam’s issuea legitimate child

11 Whoi.e. we bastards who

11 takerequire/receive

12 More … qualitya more complex creation and more vigorous disposition

14 fopsweak fools

15 Gotconceived

18 Asthe same as

19 speedsucceed

20 inventionscheme

21 to th’legitimateadvance to (or “take over”) the place of the legitimate son; editors sometimes emend this to “top the legitimate”

23 choleranger

23 parteddeparted

24 Prescribedrestricted, limited

25 exhibitionan allowance, maintenance

26 gadspur of the moment

28 upaway

32 terrible dispatchfearful and hasty stowing away

37 foras for

38 o’erlookingreading

44 essay or tastetest

45 policy … agepolicy of revering the old ( policyalso suggests the “strategic cunning” of the elderly)

46 the … timesi.e. our youth, our prime

46 fortunesinheritance

47 relishsavor, enjoy

47 idleuseless

48 fondfoolish

49 swaysrules

49 as … sufferedonly insofar as it is allowed to do so

58 casementwindow

58 closetprivate room

59 characterhandwriting

60 mattersubject matter

61 in … thatgiven the contents

61 fainwillingly

67 at perfect agebeing mature

67 declinedold/ill

72 sirrahsir (used to social inferiors and children)

72 apprehendarrest

73 Abominableoften, popularly, "inhuman, unnatural" (from the incorrect belief that the word was derived from the Latin ab homine , i.e. “away from man”)

77 run … courseproceed securely

77 wherewhereas

77 proceedperhaps with legal connotations (in keeping with apprehend and testimony)

80 pawn downpledge

81 feeltest, feel out

82 pretenceintention, purpose

84 meetsuitable

85 auricular assurancei.e. by hearing for yourself

86 have your satisfactionresolve yourself of any doubt

89 wind … himinsinuate yourself into his confidence for me

89 framedevise, arrange

90 unstate … resolutiongive up my rank and wealth to be resolved on this matter

92 presentlyimmediately

92 conveymanage, undertake

93 withaltherewith

94 laterecent

95 wisdom of naturehuman reason/natural science

96 scourgedpunished

96 sequent effectssubsequent events

101 bias of naturenatural inclination (a bowling image: the biasrefers to the curving path taken by a weighted ball)

104 it … nothingi.e. it will advantage you

108 excellent fopperysupreme foolishness

109 surfeitsexcesses

110 disastersmisfortunes

111 oni.e. by

112 treacherstraitors

113 spherical predominancethe dominant influence of a particular planet at one’s birth

115 divinecelestial, supernatural

115 evasionshuffling excuse

116 whoremasteri.e. lecherous, whore-using

116 goatishlustful

117 chargeresponsibility

117 compoundedhad sex

118 the dragon’s tailthe constellation Draco

118 Ursa Major(constellation of) the Great Bear (or Plough)

119 roughcruel, violent

120 maidenliestmost virginal

121 firmamentsky, heavens

121 bastardizingconception out of wedlock

122 Paton cue

122 catastropheconclusion

122 comedyplay

122 my cuecould also mean “designated role”

123 Tom o’Bedlami.e. a madman (from the Saint Mary of Bethlehem hospital in London, an institution for the insane)

124 divisionsconflicts, discords (plays on the sense of “musical variations”)

124 Fa … miEdmund hums a musical scale to himself

127 thisthe