２１８番です。 Upon noticing this curious coincidence, the gentlemen then gained an ambition to visit the three villages in question - in honour, as it were, of the music hall artistes. 今回はさほど長くはないのですが、面白いところが多い文…

２１７番です。 Now I am not entirely sure these were the exact names, but the point was they reminded Mr Smith and Mr Jones of the music hall act, Murphy, Saltman and Brigid the Cat, of which you may have heard. 今回は、語順に気をつけるう…

２１６番です。 Furthermore, these gentlemen had noticed on the local map three villages in the vicinity called Morphy, Saltash and Brigoon. 今回は、その時に起こった事実を作者が認識している順序で書いている、直説法の文です。 つまり、動詞がha…

２１５番です。 Once they had set off, Mr Smith and Mr Jones, for all their being well into their middle years, proceeded to behave like schoolboys, singing coarse songs and making even coarser comments on all they saw from the window. 分解…

２１４番です。 They persuaded Mr Charles to accompany them, and since the chauffeur was on leave at that point, enlisted my father to drive the car. そんなに長くはありませんで、まず分解をしてみます。 ① They persuaded Mr Charles to accompan…

２１３番です。 After an hour or so of drinking, these two gentlemen decided they wished to go for an afternoon drive around the local villages - a moter car around this time still being something of a novelty. 長い文に見えますが、ハイフン…

２１２番です。 One afternoon, Mr Charles to his shame and regret had allowed himself to become inebriated in the company of two fellow guests - gentlemen I shall merely call Mr Smith and Mr Jones since they are likely to be still remembere…