NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Blair was dripping with sweat and badly in need of a Vodka
tonic1. She
hitched2 up her towel. "What is it?" she asked Aaron impatiently. Aaron stood up and patted his army shorts pockets. "I've got it," he explained. "At least I hope it's still there." He
fumbled3 around for a moment and then produced what looked like a damp envelope. Blair squeezed her eyes shut and then opened them again. She was pretty sure she knew what the envelope contained. "And you've had that for exactly how long?" she demanded furisouly before snatching it out of his hand. Aaron
shrugged4 innocently. "It just came this morning." Even through the steam Blair could see the familiar royal blue of Yale's insignia printed in the upper-left-hand corner of the envelope. The dampness made the letter
disintegrate5 as she attempted to
pry6 it open with shaking, impatient hands. "Fuck it," she breathed and ripped it open with her teeth. A single, flimsy, bitten-into piece of paper was folded up inside. Her life had been hanging in the balance for months now. It was hard to believe it all depended on this. The others waited with respectful silence. Dear Blair Waldorf, After much consideration we are happy to offer you a place at Yale University this coming fall... Blair clutched the piece of paper to her chest and tore out of the steam room. "Serena!" she
shrieked7, dashing across the pool house and heading straight for the bathroom. She yanked open the soon, expecting to see her friend perched innocently on the toilet. Inside, a
tangle8 of familiar, gorgeous, naked limbs, greeted her from the bathtub. Nate and Serena blinked stupidly up at her, their golden heads only inches apart. "We were celebrating," Serena
stammered9. She climbed out of the tub, her towel clutched ineffectually around her naked body, and
pointed10 at the soggy piece of paper in Blair's hand. "What's that?" she asked in a desperate attempt to change the subject. Blair felt like washing out Serena's
perfectly11 angelic mouth in the Coates's' stupid bidet. "Yale accepted me. Finally." She narrowed her eyes. "As if you cared." Nate staggered to his feet, spilling the giant bag of pot all over the bathtub and ripping the shower curtain off the rail as he tried to find his balance. Infuriating as it was, he was still as handsome as ever. His golden brown hair was
wavy12 from wind and salt air, and his cheeks were flushed from sun and pot and kissing Serena. And his bare chest- it made Blair feel ill to look at it. "Hey, you know, that's what we were just talking about," he fumbled, his tongue heavy with a mixture of pot, confusion and
guilt13. "Me and Serena, and now you too. We're all going to Yale- all three of us!" Whoopee! "Thanks for telling me," Blair snapped. She'd imagined sharing a celebratory bottle of
champagne14 with Serena on the Coates' private beach. Then she'd give in and call Nate's cell and he'd kidnap her from the party and make wild love to her on some other beach. So much for her imagination. Nate was still
standing15 in the bathtub, his bare feet sprinkled with pot. She reached out and turned the shower nozzle on full blast, raining freezing cold water all over his head. Then yanked off Serena's towel and tucked it under her arm, slamming the door on their lying, cheating faces as she left the bathroom. Lexique or whatever her the fuck her name was drifted into the pool house in her annoying Missoni
tunic16, her braids bouncing against her braless breasts, just as Blair was headed out the door. "He's in der, yes? My lover, my Nate?" Blair bared her teeth with evil satisfaction. "Oh yes. He's waiting for you in the bathroom," she told the stupid French bitch, slamming the pool house door behind her and making a beeline for the poolside bar. There seemed to be more guys under the tent than girls. Damian, Lloyd and Marc from the
Raves17 were
mingling18 with the Constance Billard seniors, handing out cigars and copies of their new single, "Twisted Little Sister," starring none other than Jenny Humphrey on
vocals19. The girls had taken off their T-shirts and were all wearing bright, pastel-colored bikini tops, looking like extras in one of those Elivis beach movies. Chuck
Bass20 was trying to talk to Rain Hoffstetter, Laura
Salmon21, Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates into joining him at military school. "It doesn't really matter where you go to school. What matters is how much fun you have," Blair heard him say. "Just think how
fabulous22 it would be if we were all together!" Blair wentover to the bar, grabbed a half-full bottle of Absolut,a dn carried it over to the pool. "Hey, no glass around the pool!" Isabel shouted through her bullhorn. Blair ignored ger andclimbed up the ladder to the highdive. She let her towel drop, and padded to the end of the diving board. A naked diva in a diamond-studded turban, swigging her favorite
beverage23. Ignoring the shocked
murmurs24 of her classmates and the delighted
jeers25 of the guys beneath the tent, Blair took a moment to rewind. She and Nate were obviously over- again, and so were she and Serena- again. She was living in Brooklyn of all places, with Vanessa, a shaven-headed girl she'd never spoken to until a week ago. And she was finally, finally into Yale. Most of her life had been an endless loop of repetition, filled with the same people, parties and predictability. Even her dreams had been predictable, and she liked it like that. Now she wasn't sure what to expect. She lifted the bottle to her lips and took a giant swig before setting it carefully down on the diving board. Then she raised her arms up straight as arrows, stood on tiptoe, and dove in. holding her breath, she
glided26 beneath the blue-green water, delighting in the silence. Behind her, the diamond studded turban bobbed to the surface. When she really thought about it, this whole year had been a series of highs and lows, with more lows than highs. But so what if her life wasn't turning out the way she'd imagined it in the movie in her head, and her entire supporting cast had turned out to be assholes? She was about to move the film to a completely new location and could hire an entire new cast. And nobody knew how to steal the show better than Blair did. Her dark hair broke the surface with a dramatic noisy splash. The others stared, tittering
underneath27 the tent, but Blair paid them no mind. Floating on her back, she chanted a goofy little rhyme to cheer herself up. "Two, four, six, eight only nineteen days till I graduate!" Gossipgirl.net HEY PEOPLE!
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tonic
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| n./adj.滋补品，补药，强身的，健体的 |
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- It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.这将作为老年人滋补品在市场上销售。
- Sea air is Nature's best tonic for mind and body.海上的空气是大自然赋予的对人们身心的最佳补品。
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hitched
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| （免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上 |
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- They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
- We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。
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fumbled
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| （笨拙地）摸索或处理（某事物）( fumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 乱摸，笨拙地弄； 使落下 |
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- She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief. 她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
- He fumbled about in his pockets for the ticket. 他（瞎）摸着衣兜找票。
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shrugged
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| vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式） |
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- Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
- She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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disintegrate
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| v.瓦解，解体，（使）碎裂，（使）粉碎 |
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- The older strata gradually disintegrate.较老的岩层渐渐风化。
- The plane would probably disintegrate at that high speed.飞机以那么高速飞行也许会四分五裂。
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pry
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| vi.窥(刺)探，打听；vt.撬动(开，起) |
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- He's always ready to pry into other people's business.他总爱探听别人的事。
- We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。
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shrieked
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| v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 ) |
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- She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
- Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城
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tangle
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| n.纠缠；缠结；混乱；v.(使)缠绕；变乱 |
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- I shouldn't tangle with Peter.He is bigger than me.我不应该与彼特吵架。他的块头比我大。
- If I were you, I wouldn't tangle with them.我要是你，我就不跟他们争吵。
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stammered
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| v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 ) |
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- He stammered most when he was nervous. 他一紧张往往口吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Barsad leaned back in his chair, and stammered, \"What do you mean?\" 巴萨往椅背上一靠，结结巴巴地说，“你是什么意思？” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
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pointed
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| adj.尖的，直截了当的 |
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- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
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perfectly
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| adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地 |
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- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
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wavy
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| adj.有波浪的，多浪的，波浪状的，波动的，不稳定的 |
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- She drew a wavy line under the word.她在这个词的下面画了一条波纹线。
- His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow.他的波浪式头发太长了，正好垂在他的眉毛下。
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guilt
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| n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责 |
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- She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
- Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
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champagne
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| n.香槟酒；微黄色 |
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- There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
- They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
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standing
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| n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的 |
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- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
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tunic
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| n.束腰外衣 |
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- The light loose mantle was thrown over his tunic.一件轻质宽大的斗蓬披在上衣外面。
- Your tunic and hose match ill with that jewel,young man.你的外套和裤子跟你那首饰可不相称呢，年轻人。
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raves
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| n.狂欢晚会( rave的名词复数 )v.胡言乱语( rave的第三人称单数 )；愤怒地说；咆哮；痴心地说 |
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- She raves about that singer. 她醉心地谈论那位歌手。 来自辞典例句
- His new play received raves in the paper. 他的新剧本在报纸上受到赞扬。 来自辞典例句
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mingling
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| adj.混合的 |
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- There was a spring of bitterness mingling with that fountain of sweets. 在这个甜蜜的源泉中间，已经掺和进苦涩的山水了。
- The mingling of inconsequence belongs to us all. 这场矛盾混和物是我们大家所共有的。
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vocals
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| （乐曲中的）歌唱部份，声乐部份( vocal的名词复数 ) |
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- Also look out for soaring vocals on The Right Man. 另外，也可留意一下《意中人》中的那高亢的唱腔。
- Lazy bass line, lazier drums, lush violins, great piano and incomparable vocals. 懒惰的低音线，较懒惰的鼓，饮小提琴，棒的钢琴和无比的声音。
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bass
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| n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴 |
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- He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
- The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。
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salmon
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| n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的 |
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- We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
- Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？
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fabulous
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| adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的 |
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- We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
- This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。
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beverage
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| n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料 |
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- The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
- Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。
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murmurs
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| n.低沉、连续而不清的声音( murmur的名词复数 )；低语声；怨言；嘀咕 |
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- They spoke in low murmurs. 他们低声说着话。 来自辞典例句
- They are more superficial, more distinctly heard than murmurs. 它们听起来比心脏杂音更为浅表而清楚。 来自辞典例句
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jeers
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| n.操纵帆桁下部（使其上下的）索具；嘲讽( jeer的名词复数 )v.嘲笑( jeer的第三人称单数 ) |
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- They shouted jeers at him. 他们大声地嘲讽他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The jeers from the crowd caused the speaker to leave the platform. 群众的哄笑使讲演者离开讲台。 来自辞典例句
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glided
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| v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔 |
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- The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
- They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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underneath
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| adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面 |
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- Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
- She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。
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