Words and Expressions
1.in the star's case, to feign eating...
- for the star, to fake eating
feign
后文中Madame Semel不知道是真的看不見the star， 還是對the star是feign blindness and deafness
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there is no need to belabor your point
belabor
- argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail
- Don't belabor the point. 別再羅嗦這事兒了
3.with the effort of keeping them in check
keep sth in check 阻止；約束；制止
- A free and open news media often keep corruption in check.
4.to threaten and to cajole
cajole
- If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time. 說服
- cajole的結果是成功了
5.or even to heat anything pertaining to her existence
pertain
- If one thing pertains to another, it relates, belongs, or applies to it.
- pertain to
- realte, apply to: a book pertaining to grow up
- belong to: the snowdrop pertaining to Tristran
6.up to snuff 達到標準
put into words vi. 用語言表達
a pack of lies
Sentences
1.The sun burnt Tristran’s face to a nut-brown color, and faded his clothes to the hues of rust and of dust.
經過了無數日曬的Tristran曬成了栗色，衣服也褪色了（還好不臟……
2.It filled his head with visions, and filled his heart with awe and delight. The music made him think of spaces without limits, of huge crystalline spheres which revolved with unutterable slowness through the vasty halls of the air. The melody transported him, took him beyond himself.
這段對音樂的描寫讓我想起了Sainkho Namtchylak的名曲Old Melodie。 （強烈推薦
3.And I think I was probably lucky to have met you.
現在還是probably，再過一段日子估計就是certainly
Summary
After several days on the Perdita, Tristran and the star separated from the captain and the crew. They commenced their another adventure on solid ground.
They had a great many of encounters with dangerous creatures as well as quite a few interesting stories on the way to the Wall.
Tristran freed a bird which belongs to an old witch, but was misunderstood as a thief by the witch. When Tristran and the star were walking along the forest path, they met the witch again. The witch told Tristran that she was on her way to Wall for the market, and asked Tristran if he would be willing to work for her as a market-lad. Tristran refused, frankly. But Tristran wanted to hitchhike to Wall for the star was painful. And Tristran used the snowdrop, which as a gift from his father, to made a bargain with the witch for their passage. But Surprisingly, the witch turned Tristran into a mouse and turned a blind eye to the star. It seemed that the witch incapable of perceiving her presence, which confirmed by the star, during the rest of their way to Wall.
感悟
Tristran和星星女這一路真的是一波三折，現在又掉入了另一個虎口之中，Tristran的身世也在隨著snowdrop慢慢浮出水面，感覺他救下的那只鳥就是他的母親，因為witch罵了它一句：silly slut，同時我猜測witch看不見星星女，是他母親在暗中幫忙。
下一章應該要遇到之前的the witch-queen了，感覺他們就像在打怪升級，也不知道這兩個witch誰是最后的終極大boss，但是越接近Wall，星星女本有的命運也要揭曉。還有兩章，故事收尾，the climax is coming.
