уильям шекспир - King Lear

130 succeedfollow

131 unhappilyunluckily, by misfortune

136 countenancebearing, demeanor/facial expression

139 forbearavoid

140 qualifiedcooled, lessened

141 mischief … personharm caused by your presence

142 allayabate, calm

144 have … forbearancei.e. restrain yourself and stay away from him

146 fitlyat an appropriate time

148 abroadout of the house

151 meaningintention

153 image and horrorhorrific true picture

154 anonsoon

155 servehelp/trick, deceive

159 practicesplots

160 witintelligence, ingenuity

161 meetfitting

161 fashion fitshape to my purposes

Act 1 Scene 3

1.3 Location: Goneril and the Duke of Albany’s residence

1 gentlemanman of gentle (i.e. noble) birth attached to a royal household

1 chidingrebuking

5 flashesbreaks out

10 come slackfall short

11 answerbe answerable for

14 fellowsfellow servants

14 questionconflict, a dispute

15 distastedislike

21 straightstraight away

21 toi.e. and tell her to

Act 1 Scene 4

1 as will Iperhaps “as I intend” (but most editors opt for the Quarto “well”- i.e. “as well as being disguised”)

2 defuseconfuse, disorder

3 full issuecomplete outcome

4 razed my likenesserased my true appearance

8 staywait

11 What … profess?What is your occupation? (Kent shifts the sense of profess to “claim, declare”)

11 wouldst thoudo you want

12 usLear continues to use the royal plural pronoun

16 judgementi.e. God’s judgment/the judgment of fellow men

16 cannot choosehave no other option

16 to eat … fishi.e. only to eat a hearty diet of meat/not to eat fish on Fridays like a Roman Catholic/not to have sex with prostitutes

31 keep honest counselkeep secrets like an honorable man/keep secrets that are honorable

31 mar … talespoil an elaborate story

37 anything“thing” plays on the sense of “vagina”

41 knaverogue/servant

44 Soif it

45 clotpollidiot

49 slaveservant/villain

51 roundestbluntest

55 entertainedreceived, treated hospitably

56 wontaccustomed (to receive)

57 general dependantsservants as a whole

63 rememb’restremind

63 conceptionnotion, thought

64 faintslight/lazy, half-hearted

65 jealous curiositymistrustful fastidiousness

65 very pretencereal intention

77 curdog

79 bandyexchange looks as an equal (literally, “bat to and fro” as in tennis)

80 struckenstruck, beaten

81 footballplayed by the lower classes (unlike tennis)

84 differencesclass distinctions

85 measure … lengthbe knocked flat to the floor

85 lubberclumsy lout

86 tarrystay

86 go toan expression of impatient dismissal

88 earnestpart-payment in advance

90 coxcombfool’s headgear with a crest like a cock’s comb

91 prettyfine-looking/clever

95 an … sitsi.e. if you cannot please those in power

97 on’sof his

98 needsnecessarily

99 nunclecontraction of “mine uncle”

99 WouldI wish

102 livingproperty, possessions

106 Brachbitch

107 pestilent galltroublesome irritation

110 Markpay attention to

113 owestown

114 goestwalk

115 trowestbelieve

116 Set … throwestdon’t stake everything on the throw of the dice

119 have … scorei.e. make a profit

120 scoretwenty

122 unfee’dunpaid

123 useemployment/profit

134 crownscoins (the sense then shifts to “eggshells,” “royal headgear,” and “head”)

136 meatedible contents

136 clovestsplit

140 like myselfi.e. foolishly

141 gracefavor, patronage

142 foppishfoolish

144 apishsilly

146 used itmade it my custom

147 rodpunishment cane

151 bo-peepa child’s game (in which an adult alternately conceals and reveals his or her face)

152 the fool amongamong fools

154 faingladly

155 Anif

156 marvelwonder

160 paredtrimmed

163 frontletornamental headband/band worn round forehead at night to smooth wrinkles

166 figureaccompanying digit (to make it a number higher than zero)

168 forsoothin truth

171 nor … crumbi.e. no part of the loaf

172 want someneed something/experience need

173 peascodpeapod

174 all-licensedlicensed to speak entirely freely

176 carpcomplain

177 rankexcessive, uncontrolled

179 safecertain

180 too lateall too recently

181 coursebehavior

181 put it onencourage it

183 scapeescape

183 redresses sleeppunishments be neglected

184 in … proceedingmight offend and shame you but which, in the interests of maintaining a healthy state, must be deemed a prudent course of action

189 cuckooyoung cuckoo, hatched from an egg its mother had laid in another bird’s nest

190 it’s had itit had its

190 it youngthe young cuckoo

191 darklingin darkness

194 fraughtequipped (literally “freighted”)

195 dispositionsmoods

198 Juga form of “Joan,” often used as a generic name for a prostitute

201 notionunderstanding

201 discernings Are lethargiedpower of discernment is asleep

202 Waking?Am I awake?

204 shadowreflection/ghost/shadow cast by the sun/imitator, actor

206 admirationair of wonder

206 o’th’savourof the flavor

209 shouldi.e. you should

211 boldpresumptuous, audacious

213 epicurismgluttony/pleasure-seeking

215 gracedhonorable