意大利语初学：UNA NOTTE INFERNALE 单词

XI. UNA NOTTE INFERNALE.

 

[1]o che. These words introduce the question; compare II., note 10.

 

[2]Ma il diavolo... coda, But the Old Nick has taken a hand in the matter.

 

[3]da quell', like the.

 

[4]Corpo... Maccabei! Zounds! The Maccabei were seven brothers who, with their mother, are said to have suffered martyrdom under Antiochus Epiphanes, King of Syria, in 168 B.C.

 

[5]Sarà più in là, It must be farther on.

 

[6]casa cantoniera, flagman's house.

 

[7]due occhi di fuoco, refers to the locomotive with two headlights.