1. After nearly 20 years of unjust imprisonment, she could feel liberty at hand, so close she could practically taste it.

參考翻譯：在忍受了將近二十年不公正的監禁之后，她可以感受到觸手可及的自由，仿佛已經品嘗到了自由的甜美滋味。

要點解析：at hand：即將到來

e.g. Soon school will end and the vacation will be at hand. 學期快結束了, 假期即將到來。

e.g. This reported there was trouble at hand. 這說明麻煩即將到來。

短語注釋：20 years of：二十年來的

2. One morning, very unusually, Paulet allowed her to go out ,riding to have a day's hunting.

參考翻譯：一天早上，波萊意外地允許她騎馬打獵。

文法解析：riding to have a day’s hunting是現在分詞短語短語作目的狀語，表示“go out（出去）”的目的是什么。Paulet讓瑪麗女王出去的目的就是“rid to have day’s hunting（騎馬狩獵）”。

短語注釋：have a day's hunting：打獵打了一天

3. Mary was taken away while her rooms at Chartley were searched, turning up hundreds of incriminating documents.

參考翻譯：瑪麗被帶走，同時她的屋子被搜了個遍，很多帶有犯罪證據的文件被發現。

要點解析：take sb way的意思是“帶走，抓走(送去監獄、醫院等) ”。英文解釋為：To take someone away means to bring them from their home to an institution such as a prison or hospital.

e.g. Two men claiming to be police officers called at the pastor's house and took him away. 兩個自稱是警察的人來到牧師家里，把他帶走了。

e.g. They were taken away in a police bus. 他們被抓上一輛警車帶走了。

e.g. Soldiers took away four people one of whom was later released. 士兵們抓走 4 個人，其中 1 個隨后被放了回來。

要點解析2：turn up的意思是“If you turn something up or if it turns up, you find, discover, or notice it.（找出；發現；注意到；出現）”的意思。

e.g. Investigations have never turned up any evidence. 調查從沒發現任何證據。

e.g. This is a very rare 15th-Century spoon, which turned up in an old house in Devon. 這是在在德文郡一座老房子里發現的一把非常珍貴的 15 世紀的勺子。

文法解析：turning up hundreds of incriminating documents是現在分詞短語作伴隨狀況狀語。瑪麗所住的房間被Paulet一行人搜查的時候，文件與此同時出現了。這2個動作時同時發生的。

文法解析2：while在這里是副詞，不是連詞，意思是“在這時候”。

短語注釋：hundreds of：成萬上千的