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

不是谁都受得起我伺候的，尤其是这个无名小卒... -奥布恩！

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膝礼，然后告辞了。

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，只会教法语和膝礼。

" 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膝礼，“房子锁上了。”

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

“你向牧师行了个膝礼，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膝礼。

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

一天早餐前， 她在花园里庄严地向他行了膝礼。

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

我起身向她们行膝礼：有一两个人点头回礼，其余的人只盯着我看。

'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，”女主人用她最礼貌的语气回答，边说边行了一个膝礼。

By Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley, they were noticed only by a curtsey; and on their being seated, a pause, awkward as such pauses must always be, succeeded for a few moments.

赫斯脱太太和小姐只对她们行了个膝礼。她们坐定以后，宾主之间许久不曾交谈，实在别扭。

" 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，以及她，可怜的女士，在离开房间时如何行膝礼。”茶？

The girl curtseyed, and sat down.

女孩行了个礼， 坐了下来。

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，她就向庞得贝先生、他的朋友汤姆·葛雷林和路易莎行了个膝礼。 但她一头雾水， 不幸地漏掉了 Sparsit 夫人。

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，深深地行了个膝礼，抬头一看——一根黑柱子！

He was received by Mrs. Bennet with a degree of civility, which made her two daughters ashamed, especially when contrasted with the cold and ceremonious politeness of her curtsey and address to his friend.

班纳特太太待他那样礼貌周到，而对他那位朋友，却是勉强敷衍，十冷淡，相形之下，使她两个女儿觉得很是过意不去。

' 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， 以示对曼恩夫人的膝礼表示感谢； 并询问孩子们的情况。

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膝礼。

Elizabeth merely curtseyed to him, without saying a word.

伊丽莎白只对他行了个膝礼，一句话也没说。

Grace curtseyed silently and went in.

丽丝默默地行了个膝礼，走了进去。

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

“是的，先生，非常，”她回答说，行了一个膝礼。