ほそぼそとしたアクセスや、たまにくるメールなどに励まされ、ズルズルここまできてしまいました。

tbd

Encouraged by the continuing trickle of hits and the rarely arriving email I've somehow kept going till now.

いいのよ。いままで実のないブランド品を高く売りつけて暴利をむさぼってきたんだから。今後せいぜい良心的な商売にはげめばいいんだわ。

tbd

Never mind that. After all, up till now he's been stuffing himself on huge profits, selling brand-name goods of no real worth at high prices. From now on, he can just try his best at honest trade.

彼は弁護士になるために日夜勉強に励んだ。

tbd

He studied day and night with a view to becoming a lawyer.

彼は勉強に励んでいる。

tbd

He is diligent in his study.

彼は著述に励んでいた。

tbd

He was fully occupied with his writing.

今まで以上にいっそう勉強に励みなさい。

tbd

You should study even more than before.

彼は休養するどころか、かえっていつもより仕事に励んだ。

tbd

Instead of taking a rest, he worked much harder than usual.

みんなそれぞれ自分の仕事に励んでいた。

tbd

Everybody was going about his business.

しかし、アメリカ同様日本も中流階級の平均的収入の人々が圧倒的多数を占める国なので、妻たちはメイドを雇わず、自分で何もかもに励む。

tbd

However, like America, Japan is predominantly a middle-class, middle-income country, and so wives do not employ maids, but attend to everything themselves.