我在见到厄尔巴之前是能干的。
Thy own mother's in this 'ere very garden, I do believe.
我相信你的妈妈就在这个花园里。
Methinks I have seen this man ere now...but the when or the where fail me.
我想我以前见过这个人……但是不记得是什么时候和什么地方了。
Yet, if death be in this cup, I bid thee think again, ere thou beholdest me quaff it.
不过,要是这杯药可以致我于死地,在你眼看着我一口吞下去之前,我请求你再想一想。
I prepared breakfast for the household, as was my usual custom, but told Hareton and Catherine to get theirs ere the master came down, for he lay late.
我给全家预备早餐,这是我通常的惯例,可是告诉哈里顿和凯瑟琳不要等主人下来就先吃他们的早餐,因为他睡得迟。
Notwithstanding, my journey homeward was sadder than my journey thither; and many misgivings I had, ere I could prevail on myself to put the missive into Mrs Linton's hand.
虽然如此,我在回家的旅途上比我来时更悲哀些;在我能说服自己把信交到林惇夫人的手中之前,我是有着许多忧惧的。
I designed, after my first voyage, to spend the rest of my days at Bagdad, but it was not long ere I grew weary of an indolent life, and I put to sea a second time, with merchants of known probity.
我计划,在我第一次历险之后,剩下的时间都呆在巴格达,但是没过多久我就对散漫的人生感到厌烦,我第二次出海了,和正直的商人一起。
Were I an atheist - a man devoid of conscience - a wretch with coarse and brutal instincts - I might have found peace, long ere now.
如果我是一个无神论者,——一个丧尽良心的人,——一个本性粗野的恶棍,——或许我早就得到了平静。
He did not hit the right room directly, she motioned me to admit him, but he found it out ere I could reach the door, and in a stride or two was at her side, and had her grasped in his arms.
他并没有马上发现应该走进哪间屋子:她示意要我接他进来,可是我还没走到门口,他已经找到了,而且大步走到她身边,把她搂在自己怀里了。
Ere long I heard the click of the latch, and Catherine flew upstairs, breathless and wild; too excited to show gladness: indeed, by her face, you would rather have surmised an awful calamity.
没有多久,我听见门闩响,凯瑟琳飞奔上楼,上气不接下气,心慌意乱,兴奋得不知该怎么表现她的欢喜了:的确,只消看她的脸,你反而要猜疑将有什么大难临头似的。
The Crags lie about a mile and a half beyond Mr Heathcliff's place, and that is four from the Grange, so I began to fear night would fall ere I could reach them.
山岩距离希刺克厉夫的住处一哩半,离田庄倒有四哩,所以我开始担心我到那儿之前,夜晚就要降临了。
Ere long I perceived a group of the servants passing up the road towards the kitchen wing.
不久我看见一群仆人走过大路,向厨房那边走去。
A million tomorrows shall all pass away ere I forget all the joy that is mine today.
在我忘记今天属于我的快乐之前,千千万万个明天将会过去。
Ere long, I had reason to congratulate myself on the course of wholesome discipline to which I had thus forced my feelings to submit.
不久我有理由庆幸自己,在迫使我的情感服从有益的纪律方面有所长进。
在你回来前我就会出发。
Of yourself you could come with soft flight and nestle against my heart, if you would: seized against your will, you will elude the grasp like an essence—you will vanish ere I inhale your fragrance.
如果你愿意,你可以翩然而至,偎依在我的心口。 倘若不顾你的意愿硬把你抓住,你就像香气似的从我手中溜走——在我还没有闻到你的芬芳时,就消失的无影无踪了。
I would like to meet you th ere and please let me know your decision soon.
我希望能在那见到你,请早点让我知道你的决定。
I am therefore by no means discouraged by what you have just said, and shall hope to lead you to the altar ere long.
这样看来,你刚才所说的话决不会叫我灰心,我希望不久就能领你到神坛跟前去呢。
我将在清晨前离开。
You know I am a scoundrel, Jane? Ere long he inquired wistfully — wondering, I suppose, at my continued silence and tameness, the result rather of weakness than of will.
“你知道我是个恶棍吗,简?”不久他若有所思地问——我想是对我继续缄默令神而感到纳闷,我那种心情是软弱而不是意志力的表现。
I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive, seven or eight of them, running hard, their feet beating out of time along the road and the man with the lantern some paces in front.
我几乎还没怎么藏好,我的敌人们就开始到来了,他们有七八个人,步伐不合拍子地沿着路拼命跑着,拿着提灯的那个人领先几步。
My landlord hallooed for me to stop, ere I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to accompany me across the moor.
我还没有走到花园的尽头,我的房东就喊住了我,他要陪我走过旷野。
My landlord hallooed for me to stop, ere I reached the bottom of the garden, and offered to accompany me across the moor.
我还没有走到花园的尽头,我的房东就喊住了我,他要陪我走过旷野。
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