短篇小说 | The Shoemaker And The Devil
IT was Christmas Eve. Marya had long been snoring on the stove; all the paraffin in the little lamp had burnt out, but Fyodor Nilov still sat at work.
女生叫 Kate 是什么意思？
因此， Kate 这个名字常常被寓意为纯洁、无辜或者清澈。
词源趣谈 | cut the Gordian knot 斩断戈耳迪之结
这一习语表示用聪明的办法果断地解决难题。它源自小亚细亚佛律基亚（Phrygia）农民出身的国王戈耳迪（Gordius）的故事。
短篇小说 | Aloha Oe
Never are there such departures as from the dock at Honolulu. The great transport lay with steam up, ready to pull out.
女生叫 Kasa 是什么意思？
Kasa 这个英文名字并没有特定的含义，它可能是一个创造出来的名字，或者在某些文化中可能有特别的含义。
词源趣谈 | curry favour 求宠
curry favour 与亚洲辛辣的咖喱菜没有任何关联，而是指试图获得他人关注或通过奉承而博得好感。
短篇小说 | The McWilliamses And The Burglar Alarm
The conversation drifted smoothly and pleasantly along from weather to crops, from crops to literature, from literature to scandal, from scandal to religion; then took a random jump, and landed on the subject of burglar alarms.
女生叫 Karli 是什么意思？
Karli 这个英文名字的寓意并没有特别明确的含义。它可能被视为 Karl 的一个变体，而 Karl 在德语中意为“男子汉”或者“伟大的人”。
词源趣谈 | curfew 宵禁令
curfew 指宵禁令，即在晚间特定时间之后直至次日清晨，人们必须待在家中。
短篇小说 | A Horseman in the Sky
One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861 a soldier lay in a clump of laurel by the side of a road in western Virginia. He lay at full length upon his stomach, his feet resting upon the toes, his head upon the left forearm.
女生叫 Karissa 是什么意思？
Karissa 是个英文名字，源自希腊语，有“亲切的，慈悲的”之意。
词源趣谈 | like the curate’s egg 好坏参半
like the curate’s egg 指好坏参半。它源自 1895年11月9日《笨拙》（Punch）周报上发表的一幅漫画。
