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CHAPTER IV MR. GORDON RECEIVES
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 At a quarter before five that afternoon the expressman landed the last of Gil’s and Poke1’s belongings2 in the corner room at Sunnywood Cottage. On his final trip upstairs the expressman carried a waste-basket filled with books and a crimson3 sofa pillow embroidered4 with a gray C. Gil paid him, closed the door behind him and then with a shout of triumph seized the cushion and hurled5 it across the room at Poke. As Poke was at that instant bent6 over a suit case, extracting a miscellaneous assortment8 of books, balls, pens, shoes and so forth9 from it, and as the cushion struck him square between his shoulders, the result was interesting and spectacular. Poke’s head went into the suit case and his feet flew out behind him. Gil, chortling gleefully, watched Poke recover his equilibrium10. Then, by deftly11 dropping to the floor at the psychological moment, he escaped[53] the rubber-soled shoe that sang across the room and banged against the door. He picked up the missile and tossed it back. Poke caught with one hand, swooped12 down and tagged the suit case. Gil waved his hand.
“Out at the plate!” he yelled.
Then they looked at each other and grinned.
“Get busy,” said Poke finally. “It’s most five o’clock. Say, you hate to unpack13, don’t you?”
“Observe the trouble I saved myself at hall,” said Gil, pointing to his trunk. “If I’d unpacked14 there, as you did, I’d have had it all to do over again. See?”
“Well, as we aren’t likely to move again to-day you’d better get busy. Say, it was a great scheme of ours to get here early and be all settled ahead of the others, wasn’t it?”
“Marvelous,” agreed Gil ironically. “See us now!”
Poke looked over the room and grinned. “Looks as though it had been struck by a cyclone15, doesn’t it? Say, this is a dandy big closet.”
“Well, don’t hog16 it all. Seen my trunk key anywhere?”
“Yes, I saw it on the window sill at hall.”
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“Oh, feathers! Well, I’m not going back for it to-night. Let’s try yours, Poke.”
“Won’t fit. You tried it last year. Get a hammer.”
“Haven’t any.”
“Put your fool head out in the hall and yell for one.”
“All right. Say, Poke, weren’t you surprised when J. G. let us off on our room?”
“Rather! But I dare say there are plenty of fellows who’ll be glad of it.”
“Well, they can have it! I like this ten times better. Of course we’re paying a little more—”
“About fifty cents a week more,” said Poke scornfully, “and what’s that? I’ll bet Mrs. Hazard will give us better things to eat than we got at school. And anyway it will be more—more homelike.”
“‘Be it ever so humble17, there’s no place like home,’” sang Gil as he opened the door. Then, “Say, Poke, who shall I yell for?”
“Yell for a hammer, of course.”
“Hammer! Hammer!” cried Gil softly. “It doesn’t come, Poke! What’s the chap’s name?”
“Hazard.”
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“First name, I mean.”
“I don’t know.”
“Well, maybe he wouldn’t like to have me get familiar on so short an acquaintance,” reflected Gil. “I guess I’ll go down and find some one.”
“Don’t get lost,” advised Poke.
Gil didn’t have to search far, for Jim was in the lower hall. Gil explained his quandary18.
“I guess I can get it open for you without prying19 the hasp off,” said Jim. “Wait a minute and I’ll get some keys.”
Five minutes later Jim lifted the lid in triumph. “There you are,” he said. “Say, you fellows have got a raft of truck, haven’t you? Going to put all those pictures up?”
“I guess so,” answered Gil, “if there’s room for them.”
“Better let me help you, then,” said Jim. “Tell me where you want them to go. I’ll get the step-ladder.”
“He’s a good-hearted kid,” observed Poke as Jim hurried off.
“Your friend came back again,” announced Jim as he returned with the ladder, “just after you telephoned. Said he’d decided20 to take this room. I told him we’d just rented it and he was[56] as mad as a hornet. You would have thought that we’d cheated him out of it.”
“Oh, that’s like Bull Gary,” said Gil. “He has an overdeveloped sense of importance.”
“He’s got an ingrowing ego,” said Poke.
“I don’t know what that is,” laughed Jim, “but it sounds bad.”
“It’s awful,” Poke assured him solemnly. “Let’s put that one over the bed, Hazard. Want help?”
“No, you fellows go on and get your things unpacked. We have supper in about an hour.”
“That sounds reasonable,” said Gil.
“I’d like to know how you managed that fellow the way you did,” said Jim presently.
“Who? Gary?” asked Gil. “Well, not to make a mystery of it, Hazard, we all belong to the same society, Plato, and in Plato every fellow is supposed to act decently. Bull wasn’t acting7 decently and he knew it.”
“Oh, do you have societies here?” asked Jim.
“Four,” was the reply. “There’s Plato, which is the best, and to which Endicott and I belong—”
“Also Bull Gary,” said Poke dryly. “But Bull was an accident.”
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“And Pindar, Homer and Hesiod,” continued Gil.
“Are they secret societies? How does a fellow get into them?”
“Yes, they’re secret. And a fellow doesn’t get into them; he’s taken in. Each society has from thirty to forty members. New members are taken in each year during Winter Term.”
“I see,” said Jim, moving the ladder to a new location. “I thought maybe you could be proposed and get in that way.”
“Why?” asked Poke. “Are you at school?”
“I’m starting to-morrow,” replied Jim. “I’m in the Lower Middle Class. I suppose you fellows are beyond that, aren’t you?”
“One year,” replied Gil. “I didn’t know you were one of us, Hazard. What do you think of our seat of learning?”
“I like it,” answered Jim warmly. “I’ve always wanted to come here.”
“Know many fellows?” asked Poke.
Jim shook his head. “Not a one.”
“Wrong, Mr. Hazard,” said Gil; “you know two. Mr. Perry Oldham Kirkland Endicott and Mr. Gilbert Benton, two of the Academy’s most[58] prominent and representative members. Bow, Poke.”
“Happy to meet your inquaintance,” murmured Poke politely.
“Well, I know you fellows a little,” laughed Jim, “and I know the chap across the hall in the same way. But that’s all.”
“That doesn’t matter. You’ll soon know plenty of fellows. Who is the chap you spoke21 of?”
“His name is Latham, Jeffrey Latham, and he comes from Poughkeepsie. He’s a sort of a cripple. One leg’s shorter than the other. He says he was born that way. He seems a nice sort of fellow, and I was mighty22 glad that Gary didn’t get his room from him.”
“Cripple, eh? That’s hard lines. What class is he in?”
“Lower Middle, same as me.”
“Then we’re all Middlers here. Is the young lady your sister, Hazard?”
“Yes. Hope’s going to High School when it starts. It’s her first year.”
“Is your father here?” asked Poke.
“No, he’s dead,” answered Jim. “Died about three years ago. That’s why we’re here[59] doing this. Everything went smash when dad died.”
“Too bad,” said Poke sympathetically. “Never mind the rest of those pictures. You’ve done enough already. Besides, I’m going to knock off work and get ready for supper.”
“There aren’t many more to go up,” said Jim. “I’ll stick ’em under this bed.”
“Don’t forget that we must telegraph this evening, Poke,” said Gil. “We can telephone to the office from here.”
“That’s so,” answered Poke, adding in explanation to Jim, while a broad smile enveloped23 his countenance24. “You see, Hazard, we’ve got to get permission from home to change our lodgings25.”
“But you’ve already done it!” exclaimed Jim. “Suppose—suppose your folks won’t let you?”
Visions of having the room back on his hands, empty again, gave him an anxious moment. But Gil smiled reassuringly26.
“Oh, that’ll be all right,” he declared. “I shall wire, ‘Poke moving to village. Am going with him. Wire permission.’”
“And I,” said Poke, “shall say, ‘Gil moving[60] to village. Am going with him. Wire permission.’” He winked27 at Jim. “Easy, what?”
“Well, I hope it works,” laughed Jim. “Supper will be ready in about ten minutes. Guess I’ll go and wash up.”
“Much obliged for helping28 us,” said Gil. “See you later.”
Sunnywood Cottage may be said to have formally opened its season that evening at supper. At one end of the table sat Mrs. Hazard, at the other Jim. Hope sat at her mother’s right with Jeffrey Latham beside her, and across from them were Gil and Poke. Jeffrey was a bit shy at first, but by the time supper was half over Gil and Poke had made friends with him and the meal was a very jolly one.
“This certainly beats dining-hall,” declared Poke, accepting a second dish of Mrs. Hazard’s preserves.
“Well, rather!” Gil agreed. “We never had preserves like this, did we, Poke?”
“Nor cake like this, either,” added Poke, looking politely expectant at Hope, in front of whom the cake dish was reposing29.
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“This certainly beats dining-hall,” declared Poke.
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“Do have another piece,” said Mrs. Hazard, smiling with pleasure. “I shall tell Jane that you like it.”
Poke accepted his third slice demurely30.
“Is Jane the cook, ma’am? She’s a dandy, all right!”
“Jane made the cake,” answered Mrs. Hazard, “but I can’t trust her yet with all the cooking. I think she is going to do very nicely after she has had a little more experience.”
“Yes’m, experience is what counts,” said Poke gravely.
“Well, you’re getting plenty of experience with that cake,” said Gil dryly. “I guess, Mrs. Hazard, I ought to warn you now that Poke is an awful eater.”
“Huh! I don’t begin to eat as much as you do. Have some more cake, Latham? You don’t eat much, do you?”
“Oh, yes, I do, but Mrs. Hazard made me take dinner after I came. And I didn’t want to seem impolite and so I ate a whole lot.”
“Come to think of it,” said Gil, “it’s a good idea to leave a little room for J. G.’s ice cream and wafers.”
“By Jove,” exclaimed Poke, “I forgot about that!”
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“To-night, do you mean?” asked Jim. “Do you get things to eat at the reception?”
“Sure thing! Ice cream and those sugar wafers that taste like blotting31 paper. It’s a good plan to go early, though; last year the eats gave out about nine o’clock.”
“Are you expected to go to it?” asked Jim.
“Yes,” replied Gil. “Of course you don’t have to, but it’s a pretty good idea to do it, Hazard. You get a chance to meet fellows, you see. Faculty32 too. ‘Boots’—that’s Thurston, you know; physics;—will tell you about his trip to Europe, and ‘Kitty’ Clarke—he’s chemistry—will talk fishing until your head spins. Besides, you’ll meet Mrs. Gordon, and she’s a dandy, isn’t she, Poke?”
“Yes. We’ll all start about eight. You’re going, Latham?”
“Yes, but I’ll start a little ahead. I can’t get along quite as fast as you fellows.”
“Oh, we’re in no great rush. We’ll all go together. We’d better go by the road, though; I guess you’d find it pretty hard through the woods. Let’s telephone those messages to the telegraph office now, Gil, before we forget it.”
Half an hour later they were off, Gil and Poke ahead and Jim and Jeffrey behind, all suiting[65] their pace to Jeffrey’s. He managed to swing himself along about as fast as an ordinary walk, and that was fast enough for any of them this evening, for all had supped well and it was still pretty warm, although the sun had been down for a good half-hour and there was a little breeze from the west. It was not quite dark as they followed the winding33 road, but when, presently, the school buildings came into sight beyond the trees lights were agleam in most of the rooms.
“Seems funny not to be living up there,” reflected Poke. “I wonder who’ll get our room.”
“Homesick already?” laughed Gil. “Much I care who gets it. I believe we’re going to have a dandy time at—what’s its name?”
“Sunnywood Cottage,” replied Poke as they turned onto the drive that led past the rear of Academy Hall to the Principal’s residence. “Say, I like Mrs. Hazard, don’t you?”
“You bet! She’s a lady.”
“Yes, she’s—she’s sort of like a fellow’s own mother, isn’t she? And she certainly has great preserves!”
The house was brilliantly lighted and already fellows were arriving. Gil and Poke waited at[66] the steps for the others to come up. Then, settling their collars and furtively34 slicking down their hair, they followed the stream, deposited their caps in the hall and entered the big library, already half full of guests. Mr. Gordon, the Principal, or J. G. as the boys called him, was receiving with Mrs. Gordon, and toward them the Sunnywood contingent35 made their way, Gil and Poke, however, stopping at least a dozen times to greet friends. On several occasions Jim and Jeffrey were introduced, but only one name stuck in Jim’s memory afterwards, that of a big, good-looking, broad-shouldered fellow of nineteen, who squeezed Jim’s hand like a vise and of whom Gil whispered a moment later as they passed on: “That’s Duncan Sargent, football captain; one of the best!” Then Jim was shaking hands with Mr. Gordon and Mrs. Gordon and the Principal was saying:
“This is James Hazard, my dear. His mother has taken the Timberlake house, you know.”
The Principal was a sturdily built man of fifty-odd, clean-shaven, with a nice face and a voice that made you like him instantly. In appearance he was more the business man than the scholar. Jim had met Mr. Gordon several[67] times already, but Mrs. Gordon he had never seen. She asked kindly36 about Jim’s mother and how the house was prospering37. Then another boy claimed her attention and Jim stepped back out of the way just as Jeffrey, who had found difficulty in getting through the throng38, reached Mr. Gordon.
“How do you do?” greeted the Principal, shaking hands in his hearty39 way. “And what is your name? We haven’t met before, have we? You must set me right if I am wrong. I confess that I sometimes forget a face.”
“My name is Latham, sir, Jeffrey Latham. I came to-day.”
“To be sure! And so you’re Latham, eh? I believe—yes, I think I might have known it, my boy, for there is certainly a strong resemblance to your father. And how is the Senator? Well, I trust?”
“Yes, sir, thank you.”
“I’m pleased to hear it. A fine man, Latham. I have had the pleasure of meeting him once or twice in a casual way. I hope you’ll find your stay with us happy and profitable, Latham. You must come and take tea with Mrs. Gordon and me some evening.”
As Jeffrey shook hands with Mrs. Gordon and[68] turned away Poke Endicott, who had been next him in line, dragged him aside.
“What did J. G. mean about the Senator, Latham? Is he your father?”
“Yes,” replied Jeffrey.
Poke whistled softly.
“Don’t that beat all!” he ejaculated. “Why, man alive, Senator Latham and my dad are regular old cronies. Haven’t you ever heard him speak of Major Endicott?”
“Lots of times!” cried Jeffrey. “Is that your father?”
“That’s the dad! Why, say, Latham, you and I are pretty nearly relatives, aren’t we?” He grinned and stretched out his hand. “Senator, I’m pleased to meet you!” he cried.

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1 poke 5SFz9     
n.刺,戳,袋;vt.拨开,刺,戳;vi.戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢
参考例句:
  • We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
  • Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。
2 belongings oy6zMv     
n.私人物品,私人财物
参考例句:
  • I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
  • Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。
3 crimson AYwzH     
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
参考例句:
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
4 embroidered StqztZ     
adj.绣花的
参考例句:
  • She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers. 她在这些靠垫套上绣了花。
  • She embroidered flowers on the front of the dress. 她在连衣裙的正面绣花。
5 hurled 16e3a6ba35b6465e1376a4335ae25cd2     
v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂
参考例句:
  • He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
  • The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
7 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
8 assortment FVDzT     
n.分类,各色俱备之物,聚集
参考例句:
  • This shop has a good assortment of goods to choose from.该店各色货物俱全,任君选择。
  • She was wearing an odd assortment of clothes.她穿着奇装异服。
9 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
10 equilibrium jiazs     
n.平衡,均衡,相称,均势,平静
参考例句:
  • Change in the world around us disturbs our inner equilibrium.我们周围世界的变化扰乱了我们内心的平静。
  • This is best expressed in the form of an equilibrium constant.这最好用平衡常数的形式来表示。
11 deftly deftly     
adv.灵巧地,熟练地,敏捷地
参考例句:
  • He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在,于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
12 swooped 33b84cab2ba3813062b6e35dccf6ee5b     
俯冲,猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。
  • The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it. 鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
13 unpack sfwzBO     
vt.打开包裹(或行李),卸货
参考例句:
  • I must unpack before dinner.我得在饭前把行李打开。
  • She said she would unpack the items later.她说以后再把箱子里的东西拿出来。
14 unpacked 78a068b187a564f21b93e72acffcebc3     
v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等)
参考例句:
  • I unpacked my bags as soon as I arrived. 我一到达就打开行李,整理衣物。
  • Our guide unpacked a picnic of ham sandwiches and offered us tea. 我们的导游打开装着火腿三明治的野餐盒,并给我们倒了些茶水。 来自辞典例句
15 cyclone cy3x7     
n.旋风,龙卷风
参考例句:
  • An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
  • The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
16 hog TrYzRg     
n.猪;馋嘴贪吃的人;vt.把…占为己有,独占
参考例句:
  • He is greedy like a hog.他像猪一样贪婪。
  • Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars.那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。
17 humble ddjzU     
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低
参考例句:
  • In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见,他将在选举中获胜。
  • Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
18 quandary Rt1y2     
n.困惑,进迟两难之境
参考例句:
  • I was in a quandary about whether to go.我当时正犹豫到底去不去。
  • I was put in a great quandary.我陷于进退两难的窘境。
19 prying a63afacc70963cb0fda72f623793f578     
adj.爱打听的v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的现在分词 );撬开
参考例句:
  • I'm sick of you prying into my personal life! 我讨厌你刺探我的私生活!
  • She is always prying into other people's affairs. 她总是打听别人的私事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
20 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
21 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
22 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
23 enveloped 8006411f03656275ea778a3c3978ff7a     
v.包围,笼罩,包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She was enveloped in a huge white towel. 她裹在一条白色大毛巾里。
  • Smoke from the burning house enveloped the whole street. 燃烧着的房子冒出的浓烟笼罩了整条街。 来自《简明英汉词典》
24 countenance iztxc     
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
参考例句:
  • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
  • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
25 lodgings f12f6c99e9a4f01e5e08b1197f095e6e     
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
参考例句:
  • When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时,太阳已下山了。
  • I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。
26 reassuringly YTqxW     
ad.安心,可靠
参考例句:
  • He patted her knee reassuringly. 他轻拍她的膝盖让她放心。
  • The doctor smiled reassuringly. 医生笑了笑,让人心里很踏实。
27 winked af6ada503978fa80fce7e5d109333278     
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
参考例句:
  • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
  • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
28 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
29 reposing e5aa6734f0fe688069b823ca11532d13     
v.将(手臂等)靠在某人(某物)上( repose的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • His parents were now reposing in the local churchyard. 他的双亲现在长眠于本地教堂墓地。 来自辞典例句
  • The picture shows a nude reposing on a couch. 这幅画表现的是一个人赤身体躺在长沙发上。 来自辞典例句
30 demurely demurely     
adv.装成端庄地,认真地
参考例句:
  • "On the forehead, like a good brother,'she answered demurely. "吻前额,像个好哥哥那样,"她故作正经地回答说。 来自飘(部分)
  • Punctuation is the way one bats one's eyes, lowers one's voice or blushes demurely. 标点就像人眨眨眼睛,低声细语,或伍犯作态。 来自名作英译部分
31 blotting 82f88882eee24a4d34af56be69fee506     
吸墨水纸
参考例句:
  • Water will permeate blotting paper. 水能渗透吸水纸。
  • One dab with blotting-paper and the ink was dry. 用吸墨纸轻轻按了一下,墨水就乾了。
32 faculty HhkzK     
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员
参考例句:
  • He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
  • He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
33 winding Ue7z09     
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈
参考例句:
  • A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
  • The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
34 furtively furtively     
adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地
参考例句:
  • At this some of the others furtively exchanged significant glances. 听他这样说,有几个人心照不宣地彼此对望了一眼。
  • Remembering my presence, he furtively dropped it under his chair. 后来想起我在,他便偷偷地把书丢在椅子下。
35 contingent Jajyi     
adj.视条件而定的;n.一组,代表团,分遣队
参考例句:
  • The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
  • Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。
36 kindly tpUzhQ     
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
37 prospering b1bc062044f12a5281fbe25a1132df04     
成功,兴旺( prosper的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Our country is thriving and prospering day by day. 祖国日益繁荣昌盛。
  • His business is prospering. 他生意兴隆。
38 throng sGTy4     
n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集
参考例句:
  • A patient throng was waiting in silence.一大群耐心的人在静静地等着。
  • The crowds thronged into the mall.人群涌进大厅。
39 hearty Od1zn     
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的
参考例句:
  • After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了,他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
  • We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。


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