#26

Jug*	물병, 마시다
Go off*	가버리다, 떠나가다, 가출하다
Ravine*	협곡, 계곡
Furnace*	용광로, 아궁이, 화덕
Phase*	상, 양상, 단계, 국면
Remote*	먼, 멀리 떨어진
Hypnotize*	~에 최면술을 걸다, 최면을 걸다
Grasp*	이해하다, 파악하다, 잡다
Mirage*	신기루, 망상, 환각
Intensity*	강도, 강렬함, 집중, 중요성
Materialize*	~을 물리적으로 하다

 

* But Fatima's hands held to the handles of her jug.

 

* They had a difficult time convincing their wives that they had to go off into distant fields.

 

* Those who don't return become a part of the clouds, a part of the animals that hide in the ravines and of the water that comes from the earth.

 

* He was surprised when he saw that the Englishman had built himself a furnace outside his tent.

 

* This is the first phase of the job.

 

* Here and there, he found a shell, and realized that the desert, in remote times, had been a sea.

→ Remote time : Very long time ago - 흔한 표현은 아님 (The alchemist도 영어로 번역된 것이기 때문에)

 

* It was just that he couldn't grasp what it meant.

 

* He had heard people speak of mirages, and had already seen some himself : they were desire that, because of their intensity, materialized over the sands of the desert.

→ Mirage와 Illusion의 차이 

    Mirage : 공기 중 굴절 현상으로 인해 생기는 신기루를 말함.

    Illusion : 마음(mind) 속에만 있는 환상을 말함.