(テキスト208ページ、3行目〜) (※赤字は大学受験レベルの語) We waited a great while, though very impatient for their removing; and were very uneasy, when, after long consultations, we saw them start all up, and march down toward the sea: great(形)(時間・距離など)長い、久しい while(名)(a ~)(短い)間、暫時(ざんじ)・a great while かなり長い間 impatient(形)(~を)…