But nobody learns anything from a governess, apart from French and how to curtsey.

可家庭教师从不教有用的东西，只会教法语和屈膝礼。

And with a swimming curtsey Miss Betty Barker took her leave.

接着贝蒂·巴克小姐行了个游泳般的大屈膝礼，然后告辞了。

If anyone thinks I'm going to pull my forelock and curtsey to this Mr Nobody from nowhere...-O'Brien!

不是谁起我伺候的，尤其是这个无名小卒... -奥布莱恩！

" If you please, sir, " said Mrs Beaver, making a curtsey. " It's locked up."

“请别见怪，先生。”海狸太太说着行了个屈膝礼，“房子锁上了。”

'Yes, sir, very, ' she answered, curtseying.

“是的，先生，非常，”回说，行了一个屈膝礼。

'You curtseyed to the vicar, mother; and I wish you hadn't'.

“你向牧师行了个屈膝礼，妈妈；我希望你没有'。

And Rose made her curtsey as the dance ended.

舞蹈结束时罗斯行了个屈膝礼。

She made him her stately curtsey in the garden, one morning before breakfast.

一天早餐， 花园里庄严地向他行了屈膝礼。

Elizabeth merely curtseyed to him, without saying a word.

伊丽莎白只对他行了个屈膝礼，一句话也没说。

Grace curtseyed silently and went in.

格丽丝默默地行了个屈膝礼，走了进去。

The girl curtseyed, and sat down.

女孩行了个礼， 坐了下来。

Stop! ' Girl number twenty stopped then, palpitating, and made him a curtsey.

停止！ '二十号女孩停了下来， 心悸地向他行了一个屈膝礼。

' Mr. Bumble nodded, blandly, in acknowledgment of Mrs. Mann's curtsey; and inquired how the children were.

班布尔先生温文尔雅地点点头， 以示对曼恩夫人的屈膝礼表示感谢； 并询问孩子们的情况。

The handle turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at—a black pillar!

门把手转动起来，门打开了，我穿过门，深深地行了个屈膝礼，抬头一看——一根黑柱子！

'Very cold, indeed, sir, ' replied the mistress, in her most civil tones, and dropping a curtsey as she spoke.

“确实很冷，先生，”女主人用最礼貌的语气回，边说边行了一个屈膝礼。

I rose and curtseyed to them: one or two bent their heads in return, the others only stared at me.

我起身向们行屈膝礼：有一两个人点头回礼，其余的人只盯着我看。

'My mother curtseyed to you and your father last Sunday, ' said Stephen, with a pained smile at the thought of the incongruity.

“我母亲上星期天向你和你父亲行屈膝礼， ” 斯蒂芬说，一想到这种不协调， 他就痛苦地笑了。

Mrs. Fairfax folded up her knitting: I took my portfolio: we curtseyed to him, received a frigid bow in return, and so withdrew.

费尔法斯太太收起了的编织活：我拿起了我的画夹：我们向他行了礼，他冷淡地鞠了一躬，这样我们就退了出去。

On coming in, she curtseyed to Mr. Bounderby, and to his friend Tom Gradgrind, and also to Louisa; but in her confusion unluckily omitted Mrs. Sparsit.

一进门，就向庞贝先生、他的朋友汤姆·葛雷格林和路易莎行了个屈膝礼。 但一头雾水， 不幸地漏掉了 Sparsit 夫人。

" Observe" , says Mendacity, " with what an air the Doctor drinks his tea, and how she, poor lady, contrives to curtsey as she leaves the room." Tea?

谎言说，“观察一下，博士喝茶时的神态，以及，可怜的女士，离开房间时如何行屈膝礼。”茶？