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humor me

2016年03月08日 | 英語の本を読む

Theoの自転車が誰かのいたずらでパンクしていたり、家には石を投げられ窓ガラスが割れる事件が起こりました。
“How many students are in the middle school, Theo?” Mrs. Boone asked.
“Five sections in grades five through eight. That’s about eighty for each grade, times four, so somewhere around three hundred and twenty.”
“Let’s eliminate the girls,” Mr. Boone said. “I can’t see a girl slashing tires or throwing rocks through windows.”
“I don’t know, Dad. We have some pretty rough girls in our school.”
Humor me for now, Theo. We can talk about the girls later.”
上の "Humor me" が分かりません。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be: she was always humoring him to prevent trouble
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to do what someone wants so that they do not become annoyed or upset: applied for the job just to humour my parents.
・Collins Dictionary: to attempt to gratify; indulge ⇒ he humoured the boy's whims
なるほど、それなら I always humor my wife.

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