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Chapter 5 A Morning Adventure
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Although the morning was raw, and although the fog still seemedheavy--I say seemed, for the windows were so encrusted with dirtthat they would have made midsummer sunshine dim--I wassufficiently forewarned of the discomfort3 within doors at thatearly hour and sufficiently2 curious about London to think it a goodidea on the part of Miss Jellyby when she proposed that we shouldgo out for a walk.

  "Ma won't be down for ever so long," she said, "and then it's achance if breakfast's ready for an hour afterwards, they dawdle5 so.

  As to Pa, he gets what he can and goes to the office. He never haswhat you would call a regular breakfast. Priscilla leaves him outthe loaf and some milk, when there is any, overnight. Sometimesthere isn't any milk, and sometimes the cat drinks it. But I'mafraid you must be tired, Miss Summerson, and perhaps you wouldrather go to bed.""I am not at all tired, my dear," said I, "and would much prefer togo out.""If you're sure you would," returned Miss Jellyby, "I'll get mythings on."Ada said she would go too, and was soon astir. I made a proposalto Peepy, in default of being able to do anything better for him,that he should let me wash him and afterwards lay him down on mybed again. To this he submitted with the best grace possible,staring at me during the whole operation as if he never had been,and never could again be, so astonished in his life--looking verymiserable also, certainly, but making no complaint, and goingsnugly to sleep as soon as it was over. At first I was in twominds about taking such a liberty, but I soon reflected that nobodyin the house was likely to notice it.

  What with the bustle6 of dispatching Peepy and the bustle of gettingmyself ready and helping7 Ada, I was soon quite in a glow. We foundMiss Jellyby trying to warm herself at the fire in the writing-room, which Priscilla was then lighting8 with a smutty parlourcandlestick, throwing the candle in to make it burn better.

  Everything was just as we had left it last night and was evidentlyintended to remain so. Below-stairs the dinner-cloth had not beentaken away, but had been left ready for breakfast. Crumbs9, dust,and waste-paper were all over the house. Some pewter pots and amilk-can hung on the area railings; the door stood open; and we metthe cook round the corner coming out of a public-house, wiping hermouth. She mentioned, as she passed us, that she had been to seewhat o'clock it was.

  But before we met the cook, we met Richard, who was dancing up anddown Thavies Inn to warm his feet. He was agreeably surprised tosee us stirring so soon and said he would gladly share our walk.

  So he took care of Ada, and Miss Jellyby and I went first. I maymention that Miss Jellyby had relapsed into her sulky manner andthat I really should not have thought she liked me much unless shehad told me so.

  "Where would you wish to go?" she asked.

  "Anywhere, my dear," I replied.

  "Anywhere's nowhere," said Miss Jellyby, stopping perversely10.

  "Let us go somewhere at any rate," said I.

  She then walked me on very fast.

  "I don't care!" she said. "Now, you are my witness, MissSummerson, I say I don't care-but if he was to come to our housewith his great, shining, lumpy forehead night after night till hewas as old as Methuselah, I wouldn't have anything to say to him.

  Such ASSES11 as he and Ma make of themselves!""My dear!" I remonstrated12, in allusion13 to the epithet14 and thevigorous emphasis Miss Jellyby set upon it. "Your duty as a child--""Oh! Don't talk of duty as a child, Miss Summerson; where's Ma'sduty as a parent? All made over to the public and Africa, Isuppose! Then let the public and Africa show duty as a child; it'smuch more their affair than mine. You are shocked, I dare say!

  Very well, so am I shocked too; so we are both shocked, and there'san end of it!"She walked me on faster yet.

  "But for all that, I say again, he may come, and come, and come,and I won't have anything to say to him. I can't bear him. Ifthere's any stuff in the world that I hate and detest15, it's thestuff he and Ma talk. I wonder the very paving-stones opposite ourhouse can have the patience to stay there and be a witness of suchinconsistencies and contradictions as all that sounding nonsense,and Ma's management!"I could not but understand her to refer to Mr. Quale, the younggentleman who had appeared after dinner yesterday. I was saved thedisagreeable necessity of pursuing the subject by Richard and Adacoming up at a round pace, laughing and asking us if we meant torun a race. Thus interrupted, Miss Jellyby became silent andwalked moodily16 on at my side while I admired the long successionsand varieties of streets, the quantity of people already going toand fro, the number of vehicles passing and repassing, the busypreparations in the setting forth17 of shop windows and the sweepingout of shops, and the extraordinary creatures in rags secretlygroping among the swept-out rubbish for pins and other refuse.

  "So, cousin," said the cheerful voice of Richard to Ada behind me.

  "We are never to get out of Chancery! We have come by another wayto our place of meeting yesterday, and--by the Great Seal, here'sthe old lady again!"Truly, there she was, immediately in front of us, curtsying, andsmiling, and saying with her yesterday's air of patronage19, "Thewards in Jarndyce! Ve-ry happy, I am sure!""You are out early, ma'am," said I as she curtsied to me.

  "Ye-es! I usually walk here early. Before the court sits. It'sretired. I collect my thoughts here for the business of the day,"said the old lady mincingly21. "The business of the day requires agreat deal of thought. Chancery justice is so ve-ry difficult tofollow.""Who's this, Miss Summerson?" whispered Miss Jellyby, drawing myarm tighter through her own.

  The little old lady's hearing was remarkably22 quick. She answeredfor herself directly.

  "A suitor, my child. At your service. I have the honour to attendcourt regularly. With my documents. Have I the pleasure ofaddressing another of the youthful parties in Jarndyce?" said theold lady, recovering herself, with her head on one side, from avery low curtsy.

  Richard, anxious to atone23 for his thoughtlessness of yesterday,good-naturedly explained that Miss Jellyby was not connected withthe suit.

  "Ha!" said the old lady. "She does not expect a judgment24? Shewill still grow old. But not so old. Oh, dear, no! This is thegarden of Lincoln's Inn. I call it my garden. It is quite a bowerin the summer-time. Where the birds sing melodiously25. I pass thegreater part of the long vacation here. In contemplation. Youfind the long vacation exceedingly long, don't you?"We said yes, as she seemed to expect us to say so.

  "When the leaves are falling from the trees and there are no moreflowers in bloom to make up into nosegays for the Lord Chancellor26'scourt," said the old lady, "the vacation is fulfilled and the sixthseal, mentioned in the Revelations, again prevails. Pray come andsee my lodging27. It will be a good omen28 for me. Youth, and hope,and beauty are very seldom there. It is a long, long time since Ihad a visit from either."She had taken my hand, and leading me and Miss Jellyby away,beckoned Richard and Ada to come too. I did not know how to excusemyself and looked to Richard for aid. As he was half amused andhalf curious and all in doubt how to get rid of the old ladywithout offence, she continued to lead us away, and he and Adacontinued to follow, our strange conductress informing us all thetime, with much smiling condescension29, that she lived close by.

  It was quite true, as it soon appeared. She lived so close by thatwe had not time to have done humouring her for a few moments beforeshe was at home. Slipping us out at a little side gate, the oldlady stopped most unexpectedly in a narrow back street, part ofsome courts and lanes immediately outside the wall of the inn, andsaid, "This is my lodging. Pray walk up!"She had stopped at a shop over which was written KROOK, RAG ANDBOTTLE WAREHOUSE30. Also, in long thin letters, KROOK, DEALER31 INMARINE STORES. In one part of the window was a picture of a redpaper mill at which a cart was unloading a quantity of sacks of oldrags. In another was the inscription32 BONES BOUGHT. In another,KITCHEN-STUFF BOUGHT. In another, OLD IRON BOUGHT. In another,WASTE-PAPER BOUGHT. In another, LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S WARDROBESBOUGHT. Everything seemed to be bought and nothing to be soldthere. In all parts of the window were quantities of dirtybottles--blacking bottles, medicine bottles, ginger-beer and soda-water bottles, pickle33 bottles, wine bottles, ink bottles; I amreminded by mentioning the latter that the shop had in severallittle particulars the air of being in a legal neighbourhood and ofbeing, as it were, a dirty hanger-on and disowned relation of thelaw. There were a great many ink bottles. There was a littletottering bench of shabby old volumes outside the door, labelled"Law Books, all at 9d." Some of the inscriptions34 I have enumeratedwere written in law-hand, like the papers I had seen in Kenge andCarboy's office and the letters I had so long received from thefirm. Among them was one, in the same writing, having nothing todo with the business of the shop, but announcing that a respectableman aged35 forty-five wanted engrossing36 or copying to execute withneatness and dispatch: Address to Nemo, care of Mr. Krook, within.

  There were several second-hand37 bags, blue and red, hanging up. Alittle way within the shop-door lay heaps of old crackled parchmentscrolls and discoloured and dog's-eared law-papers. I could havefancied that all the rusty38 keys, of which there must have beenhundreds huddled39 together as old iron, had once belonged to doorsof rooms or strong chests in lawyers' offices. The litter of ragstumbled partly into and partly out of a one-legged wooden scale,hanging without any counterpoise from a beam, might have beencounsellors' bands and gowns torn up. One had only to fancy, asRichard whispered to Ada and me while we all stood looking in, thatyonder bones in a corner, piled together and picked very clean,were the bones of clients, to make the picture complete.

  As it was still foggy and dark, and as the shop was blinded besidesby the wall of Lincoln's Inn, intercepting40 the light within acouple of yards, we should not have seen so much but for a lightedlantern that an old man in spectacles and a hairy cap was carryingabout in the shop. Turning towards the door, he now caught sightof us. He was short, cadaverous, and withered41, with his head sunksideways between his shoulders and the breath issuing in visiblesmoke from his mouth as if he were on fire within. His throat,chin, and eyebrows42 were so frosted with white hairs and so gnarledwith veins43 and puckered44 skin that he looked from his breast upwardlike some old root in a fall of snow.

  "Hi, hi!" said the old man, coming to the door. "Have you anythingto sell?"We naturally drew back and glanced at our conductress, who had beentrying to open the house-door with a key she had taken from herpocket, and to whom Richard now said that as we had had thepleasure of seeing where she lived, we would leave her, beingpressed for time. But she was not to be so easily left. Shebecame so fantastically and pressingly earnest in her entreatiesthat we would walk up and see her apartment for an instant, and wasso bent45, in her harmless way, on leading me in, as part of the goodomen she desired, that I (whatever the others might do) saw nothingfor it but to comply. I suppose we were all more or less curious;at any rate, when the old man added his persuasions46 to hers andsaid, "Aye, aye! Please her! It won't take a minute! Come in,come in! Come in through the shop if t'other door's out of order!"we all went in, stimulated47 by Richard's laughing encouragement andrelying on his protection.

  "My landlord, Krook," said the little old lady, condescending48 tohim from her lofty station as she presented him to us. "He iscalled among the neighbours the Lord Chancellor. His shop iscalled the Court of Chancery. He is a very eccentric person. Heis very odd. Oh, I assure you he is very odd!"She shook her head a great many times and tapped her forehead withher finger to express to us that we must have the goodness toexcuse him, "For he is a little--you know--M!" said the old ladywith great stateliness. The old man overheard, and laughed.

  "It's true enough," he said, going before us with the lantern,"that they call me the lord chancellor and call my shop Chancery.

  And why do you think they call me the Lord Chancellor and my shopChancery?""I don't know, I am sure!" said Richard rather carelessly.

  "You see," said the old man, stopping and turning round, "they--Hi!

  Here's lovely hair! I have got three sacks of ladies' hair below,but none so beautiful and fine as this. What colour, and whattexture!""That'll do, my good friend!" said Richard, strongly disapprovingof his having drawn49 one of Ada's tresses through his yellow hand.

  "You can admire as the rest of us do without taking that liberty."The old man darted50 at him a sudden look which even called myattention from Ada, who, startled and blushing, was so remarkablybeautiful that she seemed to fix the wandering attention of thelittle old lady herself. But as Ada interposed and laughingly saidshe could only feel proud of such genuine admiration51, Mr. Krookshrunk into his former self as suddenly as he had leaped out of it.

  "You see, I have so many things here," he resumed, holding up thelantern, "of so many kinds, and all as the neighbours think (butTHEY know nothing), wasting away and going to rack and ruin, thatthat's why they have given me and my place a christening. And Ihave so many old parchmentses and papers in my stock. And I have aliking for rust1 and must and cobwebs. And all's fish that comes tomy net. And I can't abear to part with anything I once lay hold of(or so my neighbours think, but what do THEY know?) or to alteranything, or to have any sweeping18, nor scouring52, nor cleaning, norrepairing going on about me. That's the way I've got the ill nameof Chancery. I don't mind. I go to see my noble and learnedbrother pretty well every day, when he sits in the Inn. He don'tnotice me, but I notice him. There's no great odds53 betwixt us. Weboth grub on in a muddle54. Hi, Lady Jane!"A large grey cat leaped from some neighbouring shelf on hisshoulder and startled us all.

  "Hi! Show 'em how you scratch. Hi! Tear, my lady!" said hermaster.

  The cat leaped down and ripped at a bundle of rags with hertigerish claws, with a sound that it set my teeth on edge to hear.

  "She'd do as much for any one I was to set her on," said the oldman. "I deal in cat-skins among other general matters, and herswas offered to me. It's a very fine skin, as you may see, but Ididn't have it stripped off! THAT warn't like Chancery practicethough, says you!"He had by this time led us across the shop, and now opened a doorin the back part of it, leading to the house-entry. As he stoodwith his hand upon the lock, the little old lady graciouslyobserved to him before passing out, "That will do, Krook. You meanwell, but are tiresome55. My young friends are pressed for time. Ihave none to spare myself, having to attend court very soon. Myyoung friends are the wards4 in Jarndyce.""Jarndyce!" said the old man with a start.

  "Jarndyce and Jarndyce. The great suit, Krook," returned hislodger.

  "Hi!" exclaimed the old man in a tone of thoughtful amazement57 andwith a wider stare than before. "Think of it!"He seemed so rapt all in a moment and looked so curiously58 at usthat Richard said, "Why, you appear to trouble yourself a good dealabout the causes before your noble and learned brother, the otherChancellor!""Yes," said the old man abstractedly. "Sure! YOUR name now willbe--""Richard Carstone.""Carstone," he repeated, slowly checking off that name upon hisforefinger; and each of the others he went on to mention upon aseparate finger. "Yes. There was the name of Barbary, and thename of Clare, and the name of Dedlock, too, I think.""He knows as much of the cause as the real salaried Chancellor!"said Richard, quite astonished, to Ada and me.

  "Aye!" said the old man, coming slowly out of his abstraction.

  "Yes! Tom Jarndyce--you'll excuse me, being related; but he wasnever known about court by any other name, and was as well knownthere as--she is now," nodding slightly at his lodger56. "TomJarndyce was often in here. He got into a restless habit ofstrolling about when the cause was on, or expected, talking to thelittle shopkeepers and telling 'em to keep out of Chancery,whatever they did. 'For,' says he, 'it's being ground to bits in aslow mill; it's being roasted at a slow fire; it's being stung todeath by single bees; it's being drowned by drops; it's going madby grains.' He was as near making away with himself, just wherethe young lady stands, as near could be."We listened with horror.

  "He come in at the door," said the old man, slowly pointing animaginary track along the shop, "on the day he did it--the wholeneighbourhood had said for months before that he would do it, of acertainty sooner or later--he come in at the door that day, andwalked along there, and sat himself on a bench that stood there,and asked me (you'll judge I was a mortal sight younger then) tofetch him a pint59 of wine. 'For,' says he, 'Krook, I am muchdepressed; my cause is on again, and I think I'm nearer judgmentthan I ever was.' I hadn't a mind to leave him alone; and Ipersuaded him to go to the tavern60 over the way there, t'other sidemy lane (I mean Chancery Lane); and I followed and looked in at thewindow, and saw him, comfortable as I thought, in the arm-chair bythe fire, and company with him. I hadn't hardly got back here whenI heard a shot go echoing and rattling61 right away into the inn. Iran out--neighbours ran out--twenty of us cried at once, 'TomJarndyce!'"The old man stopped, looked hard at us, looked down into thelantern, blew the light out, and shut the lantern up.

  "We were right, I needn't tell the present hearers. Hi! To besure, how the neighbourhood poured into court that afternoon whilethe cause was on! How my noble and learned brother, and all therest of 'em, grubbed and muddled62 away as usual and tried to look asif they hadn't heard a word of the last fact in the case or as ifthey had--Oh, dear me!--nothing at all to do with it if they hadheard of it by any chance!"Ada's colour had entirely63 left her, and Richard was scarcely lesspale. Nor could I wonder, judging even from my emotions, and I wasno party in the suit, that to hearts so untried and fresh it was ashock to come into the inheritance of a protracted64 misery65, attendedin the minds of many people with such dreadful recollections. Ihad another uneasiness, in the application of the painful story tothe poor half-witted creature who had brought us there; but, to mysurprise, she seemed perfectly66 unconscious of that and only led theway upstairs again, informing us with the toleration of a superiorcreature for the infirmities of a common mortal that her landlordwas "a little M, you know!"She lived at the top of the house, in a pretty large room, fromwhich she had a glimpse of Lincoln's Inn Hall. This seemed to havebeen her principal inducement, originally, for taking up herresidence there. She could look at it, she said, in the night,especially in the moonshine. Her room was clean, but very, verybare. I noticed the scantiest67 necessaries in the way of furniture;a few old prints from books, of Chancellors68 and barristers, waferedagainst the wall; and some half-dozen reticles and work-bags,"containing documents," as she informed us. There were neithercoals nor ashes in the grate, and I saw no articles of clothinganywhere, nor any kind of food. Upon a shelf in an open cupboardwere a plate or two, a cup or two, and so forth, but all dry andempty. There was a more affecting meaning in her pinchedappearance, I thought as I looked round, than I had understoodbefore.

  "Extremely honoured, I am sure," said our poor hostess with thegreatest suavity69, "by this visit from the wards in Jarndyce. Andvery much indebted for the omen. It is a retired20 situation.

  Considering. I am limited as to situation. In consequence of thenecessity of attending on the Chancellor. I have lived here manyyears. I pass my days in court, my evenings and my nights here. Ifind the nights long, for I sleep but little and think much. Thatis, of course, unavoidable, being in Chancery. I am sorry I cannotoffer chocolate. I expect a judgment shortly and shall then placemy establishment on a superior footing. At present, I don't mindconfessing to the wards in Jarndyce (in strict confidence) that Isometimes find it difficult to keep up a genteel appearance. Ihave felt the cold here. I have felt something sharper than cold.

  It matters very little. Pray excuse the introduction of such meantopics."She partly drew aside the curtain of the long, low garret windowand called our attention to a number of bird-cages hanging there,some containing several birds. There were larks70, linnets, andgoldfinches--I should think at least twenty.

  "I began to keep the little creatures," she said, "with an objectthat the wards will readily comprehend. With the intention ofrestoring them to liberty. When my judgment should be given. Ye-es! They die in prison, though. Their lives, poor silly things,are so short in comparison with Chancery proceedings71 that, one byone, the whole collection has died over and over again. I doubt,do you know, whether one of these, though they are all young, willlive to be free! Ve-ry mortifying72, is it not?"Although she sometimes asked a question, she never seemed to expecta reply, but rambled73 on as if she were in the habit of doing sowhen no one but herself was present.

  "Indeed," she pursued, "I positively74 doubt sometimes, I do assureyou, whether while matters are still unsettled, and the sixth orGreat Seal still prevails, I may not one day be found lying starkand senseless here, as I have found so many birds!"Richard, answering what he saw in Ada's compassionate75 eyes, tookthe opportunity of laying some money, softly and unobserved, on thechimney-piece. We all drew nearer to the cages, feigning76 toexamine the birds.

  "I can't allow them to sing much," said the little old lady, "for(you'll think this curious) I find my mind confused by the ideathat they are singing while I am following the arguments in court.

  And my mind requires to be so very clear, you know! Another time,I'll tell you their names. Not at present. On a day of such goodomen, they shall sing as much as they like. In honour of youth," asmile and curtsy, "hope," a smile and curtsy, "and beauty," a smileand curtsy. "There! We'll let in the full light."The birds began to stir and chirp77.

  "I cannot admit the air freely," said the little old lady--the roomwas close, and would have been the better for it--"because the catyou saw downstairs, called Lady Jane, is greedy for their lives.

  She crouches78 on the parapet outside for hours and hours. I havediscovered," whispering mysteriously, "that her natural cruelty issharpened by a jealous fear of their regaining79 their liberty. Inconsequence of the judgment I expect being shortly given. She issly and full of malice80. I half believe, sometimes, that she is nocat, but the wolf of the old saying. It is so very difficult tokeep her from the door."Some neighbouring bells, reminding the poor soul that it was half-past nine, did more for us in the way of bringing our visit to anend than we could easily have done for ourselves. She hurriedlytook up her little bag of documents, which she had laid upon thetable on coming in, and asked if we were also going into court. Onour answering no, and that we would on no account detain her, sheopened the door to attend us downstairs.

  "With such an omen, it is even more necessary than usual that Ishould be there before the Chancellor comes in," said she, "for hemight mention my case the first thing. I have a presentiment81 thathe WILL mention it the first thing this morning"She stopped to tell us in a whisper as we were going down that thewhole house was filled with strange lumber82 which her landlord hadbought piecemeal83 and had no wish to sell, in consequence of being alittle M. This was on the first floor. But she had made aprevious stoppage on the second floor and had silently pointed84 at adark door there.

  "The only other lodger," she now whispered in explanation, "a law-writer. The children in the lanes here say he has sold himself tothe devil. I don't know what he can have done with the money.

  Hush85!"She appeared to mistrust that the lodger might hear her even there,and repeating "Hush!" went before us on tiptoe as though even thesound of her footsteps might reveal to him what she had said.

  Passing through the shop on our way out, as we had passed throughit on our way in, we found the old man storing a quantity ofpackets of waste-paper in a kind of well in the floor. He seemedto be working hard, with the perspiration86 standing87 on his forehead,and had a piece of chalk by him, with which, as he put eachseparate package or bundle down, he made a crooked88 mark on thepanelling of the wall.

  Richard and Ada, and Miss Jellyby, and the little old lady had goneby him, and I was going when he touched me on the arm to stay me,and chalked the letter J upon the wall--in a very curious manner,beginning with the end of the letter and shaping it backward. Itwas a capital letter, not a printed one, but just such a letter asany clerk in Messrs. Kenge and Carboy's office would have made.

  "Can you read it?" he asked me with a keen glance.

  "Surely," said I. "It's very plain.""What is it?""J."With another glance at me, and a glance at the door, he rubbed itout and turned an "a" in its place (not a capital letter thistime), and said, "What's that?"I told him. He then rubbed that out and turned the letter "r," andasked me the same question. He went on quickly until he had formedin the same curious manner, beginning at the ends and bottoms ofthe letters, the word Jarndyce, without once leaving two letters onthe wall together.

  "What does that spell?" he asked me.

  When I told him, he laughed. In the same odd way, yet with thesame rapidity, he then produced singly, and rubbed out singly, theletters forming the words Bleak89 House. These, in someastonishment, I also read; and he laughed again.

  "Hi!" said the old man, laying aside the chalk. "I have a turn forcopying from memory, you see, miss, though I can neither read norwrite."He looked so disagreeable and his cat looked so wickedly at me, asif I were a blood-relation of the birds upstairs, that I was quiterelieved by Richard's appearing at the door and saying, "MissSummerson, I hope you are not bargaining for the sale of your hair.

  Don't be tempted90. Three sacks below are quite enough for Mr. Krook!"I lost no time in wishing Mr. Krook good morning and joining myfriends outside, where we parted with the little old lady, who gaveus her blessing91 with great ceremony and renewed her assurance ofyesterday in reference to her intention of settling estates on Adaand me. Before we finally turned out of those lanes, we lookedback and saw Mr. Krook standing at his shop-door, in hisspectacles, looking after us, with his cat upon his shoulder, andher tail sticking up on one side of his hairy cap like a tallfeather.

  "Quite an adventure for a morning in London!" said Richard with asigh. "Ah, cousin, cousin, it's a weary word this Chancery!""It is to me, and has been ever since I can remember," returnedAda. "I am grieved that I should be the enemy---as I suppose I am--of a great number of relations and others, and that they should bemy enemies--as I suppose they are--and that we should all beruining one another without knowing how or why and be in constantdoubt and discord92 all our lives. It seems very strange, as theremust be right somewhere, that an honest judge in real earnest hasnot been able to find out through all these years where it is.""Ah, cousin!" said Richard. "Strange, indeed! All this wasteful,wanton chess-playing IS very strange. To see that composed courtyesterday jogging on so serenely93 and to think of the wretchednessof the pieces on the board gave me the headache and the heartacheboth together. My head ached with wondering how it happened, ifmen were neither fools nor rascals94; and my heart ached to thinkthey could possibly be either. But at all events, Ada--I may callyou Ada?""Of course you may, cousin Richard.""At all events, Chancery will work none of its bad influences onUS95. We have happily been brought together, thanks to our goodkinsman, and it can't divide us now!""Never, I hope, cousin Richard!" said Ada gently.

  Miss Jellyby gave my arm a squeeze and me a very significant look.

  I smiled in return, and we made the rest of the way back verypleasantly.

  In half an hour after our arrival, Mrs. Jellyby appeared; and inthe course of an hour the various things necessary for breakfaststraggled one by one into the dining-room. I do not doubt thatMrs. Jellyby had gone to bed and got up in the usual manner, butshe presented no appearance of having changed her dress. She wasgreatly occupied during breakfast, for the morning's post brought aheavy correspondence relative to Borrioboola-Gha, which wouldoccasion her (she said) to pass a busy day. The children tumbledabout, and notched96 memoranda97 of their accidents in their legs,which were perfect little calendars of distress98; and Peepy was lostfor an hour and a half, and brought home from Newgate market by apoliceman. The equable manner in which Mrs. Jellyby sustained bothhis absence and his restoration to the family circle surprised usall.

  She was by that time perseveringly99 dictating100 to Caddy, and Caddywas fast relapsing into the inky condition in which we had foundher. At one o'clock an open carriage arrived for us, and a cartfor our luggage. Mrs. Jellyby charged us with many remembrances toher good friend Mr. Jarndyce; Caddy left her desk to see us depart,kissed me in the passage, and stood biting her pen and sobbing101 onthe steps; Peepy, I am happy to say, was asleep and spared the painof separation (I was not without misgivings102 that he had gone toNewgate market in search of me); and all the other children got upbehind the barouche and fell off, and we saw them, with greatconcern, scattered103 over the surface of Thavies Inn as we rolled outof its precincts.


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  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
3 discomfort cuvxN     
n.不舒服,不安,难过,困难,不方便
参考例句:
  • One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
  • She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。
4 wards 90fafe3a7d04ee1c17239fa2d768f8fc     
区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态
参考例句:
  • This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
  • It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区,下设三个分区。
5 dawdle untzG     
vi.浪费时间;闲荡
参考例句:
  • Don't dawdle over your clothing.You're so beautiful already.不要再在衣着上花费时间了,你已经够漂亮的了。
  • The teacher told the students not to dawdle away their time.老师告诉学生们别混日子。
6 bustle esazC     
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹
参考例句:
  • The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深,喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
  • There is a lot of hustle and bustle in the railway station.火车站里非常拥挤。
7 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。
8 lighting CpszPL     
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
参考例句:
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
9 crumbs crumbs     
int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式
参考例句:
  • She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
  • Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊,天哪!都这会儿啦?
10 perversely 8be945d3748a381de483d070ad2ad78a     
adv. 倔强地
参考例句:
  • Intelligence in the mode of passion is always perversely. 受激情属性控制的智力,总是逆着活动的正确方向行事。
  • She continue, perversely, to wear shoes that damaged her feet. 她偏偏穿那双挤脚的鞋。
11 asses asses     
n. 驴,愚蠢的人,臀部 adv. (常用作后置)用于贬损或骂人
参考例句:
  • Sometimes I got to kick asses to make this place run right. 有时我为了把这个地方搞得像个样子,也不得不踢踢别人的屁股。 来自教父部分
  • Those were wild asses maybe, or zebras flying around in herds. 那些也许是野驴或斑马在成群地奔跑。
12 remonstrated a6eda3fe26f748a6164faa22a84ba112     
v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 );告诫
参考例句:
  • They remonstrated with the official about the decision. 他们就这一决定向这位官员提出了抗议。
  • We remonstrated against the ill-treatment of prisoners of war. 我们对虐待战俘之事提出抗议。 来自辞典例句
13 allusion CfnyW     
n.暗示,间接提示
参考例句:
  • He made an allusion to a secret plan in his speech.在讲话中他暗示有一项秘密计划。
  • She made no allusion to the incident.她没有提及那个事件。
14 epithet QZHzY     
n.(用于褒贬人物等的)表述形容词,修饰语
参考例句:
  • In "Alfred the Great","the Great"is an epithet.“阿尔弗雷德大帝”中的“大帝”是个称号。
  • It is an epithet that sums up my feelings.这是一个简洁地表达了我思想感情的形容词。
15 detest dm0zZ     
vt.痛恨,憎恶
参考例句:
  • I detest people who tell lies.我恨说谎的人。
  • The workers detest his overbearing manner.工人们很讨厌他那盛气凌人的态度。
16 moodily 830ff6e3db19016ccfc088bb2ad40745     
adv.喜怒无常地;情绪多变地;心情不稳地;易生气地
参考例句:
  • Pork slipped from the room as she remained staring moodily into the distance. 阿宝从房间里溜了出来,留她独个人站在那里瞪着眼睛忧郁地望着远处。 来自辞典例句
  • He climbed moodily into the cab, relieved and distressed. 他忧郁地上了马车,既松了一口气,又忧心忡忡。 来自互联网
17 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。
18 sweeping ihCzZ4     
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
参考例句:
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
19 patronage MSLzq     
n.赞助,支援,援助;光顾,捧场
参考例句:
  • Though it was not yet noon,there was considerable patronage.虽然时间未到中午,店中已有许多顾客惠顾。
  • I am sorry to say that my patronage ends with this.很抱歉,我的赞助只能到此为止。
20 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
21 mincingly 253db6e37fb1f56bd3429b9b94a69264     
参考例句:
  • She stepped mincingly over the puddles. 她假装斯文地跨过了污水坑。 来自互联网
22 remarkably EkPzTW     
ad.不同寻常地,相当地
参考例句:
  • I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
  • He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。
23 atone EeKyT     
v.赎罪,补偿
参考例句:
  • He promised to atone for his crime.他承诺要赎自己的罪。
  • Blood must atone for blood.血债要用血来还。
24 judgment e3xxC     
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
参考例句:
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
25 melodiously fb4c1e38412ce0072d6686747dc7b478     
参考例句:
26 chancellor aUAyA     
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
参考例句:
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
27 lodging wRgz9     
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
参考例句:
  • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
  • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
28 omen N5jzY     
n.征兆,预兆;vt.预示
参考例句:
  • The superstitious regard it as a bad omen.迷信的人认为那是一种恶兆。
  • Could this at last be a good omen for peace?这是否终于可以视作和平的吉兆了?
29 condescension JYMzw     
n.自以为高人一等,贬低(别人)
参考例句:
  • His politeness smacks of condescension. 他的客气带有屈尊俯就的意味。
  • Despite its condescension toward the Bennet family, the letter begins to allay Elizabeth's prejudice against Darcy. 尽管这封信对班纳特家的态度很高傲,但它开始消除伊丽莎白对达西的偏见。
30 warehouse 6h7wZ     
n.仓库;vt.存入仓库
参考例句:
  • We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
  • The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
31 dealer GyNxT     
n.商人,贩子
参考例句:
  • The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
  • The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。
32 inscription l4ZyO     
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文
参考例句:
  • The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损,无法辨认了。
  • He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。
33 pickle mSszf     
n.腌汁,泡菜;v.腌,泡
参考例句:
  • Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
  • Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。
34 inscriptions b8d4b5ef527bf3ba015eea52570c9325     
(作者)题词( inscription的名词复数 ); 献词; 碑文; 证劵持有人的登记
参考例句:
  • Centuries of wind and rain had worn away the inscriptions on the gravestones. 几个世纪的风雨已磨损了墓碑上的碑文。
  • The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time. 年代久了,石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。
35 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的,陈年的
参考例句:
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
36 engrossing YZ8zR     
adj.使人全神贯注的,引人入胜的v.使全神贯注( engross的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He told us an engrossing story. 他给我们讲了一个引人入胜的故事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It might soon have ripened into that engrossing feeling. 很快便会发展成那种压倒一切的感情的。 来自辞典例句
37 second-hand second-hand     
adj.用过的,旧的,二手的
参考例句:
  • I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
  • They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。
38 rusty hYlxq     
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的
参考例句:
  • The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
  • I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用,我的法语又荒疏了。
39 huddled 39b87f9ca342d61fe478b5034beb4139     
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
  • We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
40 intercepting 610ea325c8da487d3cb8c3e52877af6a     
截取(技术),截接
参考例句:
  • The police had been intercepting my mail, ie reading it before it was delivered. 警方一直截查我的邮件。
  • We've been intercepting radio transmissions from Moscow. 我们已从莫斯科拦截到无线电信号。
41 withered 342a99154d999c47f1fc69d900097df9     
adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • The grass had withered in the warm sun. 这些草在温暖的阳光下枯死了。
  • The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。
42 eyebrows a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5     
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
  • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
43 veins 65827206226d9e2d78ea2bfe697c6329     
n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理
参考例句:
  • The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的,感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
44 puckered 919dc557997e8559eff50805cb11f46e     
v.(使某物)起褶子或皱纹( pucker的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His face puckered , and he was ready to cry. 他的脸一皱,像要哭了。
  • His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes. 他皱着脸,眼泪夺眶而出。 来自《简明英汉词典》
45 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。
46 persuasions 7acb1d2602a56439ada9ab1a54954d31     
n.劝说,说服(力)( persuasion的名词复数 );信仰
参考例句:
  • To obtain more advertisting it needed readers of all political persuasions. 为获得更多的广告,它需要迎合各种政治见解的读者。 来自辞典例句
  • She lingered, and resisted my persuasions to departure a tiresome while. 她踌躇不去,我好说歹说地劝她走,她就是不听。 来自辞典例句
47 stimulated Rhrz78     
a.刺激的
参考例句:
  • The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
  • The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。
48 condescending avxzvU     
adj.谦逊的,故意屈尊的
参考例句:
  • He has a condescending attitude towards women. 他对女性总是居高临下。
  • He tends to adopt a condescending manner when talking to young women. 和年轻女子说话时,他喜欢摆出一副高高在上的姿态。
49 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
50 darted d83f9716cd75da6af48046d29f4dd248     
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔
参考例句:
  • The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了,瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
51 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
52 scouring 02d824effe8b78d21ec133da3651c677     
擦[洗]净,冲刷,洗涤
参考例句:
  • The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
  • This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。
53 odds n5czT     
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
参考例句:
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
54 muddle d6ezF     
n.困惑,混浊状态;vt.使混乱,使糊涂,使惊呆;vi.胡乱应付,混乱
参考例句:
  • Everything in the room was in a muddle.房间里每一件东西都是乱七八糟的。
  • Don't work in a rush and get into a muddle.克服忙乱现象。
55 tiresome Kgty9     
adj.令人疲劳的,令人厌倦的
参考例句:
  • His doubts and hesitations were tiresome.他的疑惑和犹豫令人厌烦。
  • He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors.他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜,令人生厌。
56 lodger r8rzi     
n.寄宿人,房客
参考例句:
  • My friend is a lodger in my uncle's house.我朋友是我叔叔家的房客。
  • Jill and Sue are at variance over their lodger.吉尔和休在对待房客的问题上意见不和。
57 amazement 7zlzBK     
n.惊奇,惊讶
参考例句:
  • All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
  • He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
58 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
59 pint 1NNxL     
n.品脱
参考例句:
  • I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
  • In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前,花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
60 tavern wGpyl     
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店
参考例句:
  • There is a tavern at the corner of the street.街道的拐角处有一家酒馆。
  • Philip always went to the tavern,with a sense of pleasure.菲利浦总是心情愉快地来到这家酒菜馆。
61 rattling 7b0e25ab43c3cc912945aafbb80e7dfd     
adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词
参考例句:
  • This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。
  • At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时,一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来,把窗玻璃震得当当地响。
62 muddled cb3d0169d47a84e95c0dfa5c4d744221     
adj.混乱的;糊涂的;头脑昏昏然的v.弄乱,弄糟( muddle的过去式);使糊涂;对付,混日子
参考例句:
  • He gets muddled when the teacher starts shouting. 老师一喊叫他就心烦意乱。
  • I got muddled up and took the wrong turning. 我稀里糊涂地拐错了弯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
63 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
64 protracted 7bbc2aee17180561523728a246b7f16b     
adj.拖延的;延长的v.拖延“protract”的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The war was protracted for four years. 战争拖延了四年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We won victory through protracted struggle. 经过长期的斗争,我们取得了胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
65 misery G10yi     
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
参考例句:
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
66 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • 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。
67 scantiest d07f7db818f273c6bd142f7671d1e4f3     
adj.(大小或数量)不足的,勉强够的( scanty的最高级 )
参考例句:
  • Barney knew scantiest amount of French and not a syllable of anything else. 巴尼只懂一点点法文,其他外语一个字都不会。 来自互联网
  • The thong bikini offered the scantiest coverage yet imagined in the rear of the suit. 这种皮带式比基尼在泳衣的后部提供了可以想像的最少的覆盖。 来自互联网
68 chancellors 3ae5f6dabb179ecfb3ec7138cd6e21ca     
大臣( chancellor的名词复数 ); (某些美国大学的)校长; (德国或奥地利的)总理; (英国大学的)名誉校长
参考例句:
  • The opposition leader spoke against the chancellors' proposals and mincemeat of them. 反对派领导人反对大臣们的建议,并将他们驳得体无完肤。
  • Chancellors and defence secretaries are supposed to keep such disputes private. 各部大臣和国防大臣本应该私下进行这种争论。
69 suavity 0tGwJ     
n.温和;殷勤
参考例句:
  • He's got a surface flow of suavity,but he's rough as a rasp underneath.他表面看来和和气气的,其实是个粗野狂暴的恶棍。
  • But the well-bred,artificial smile,when he bent upon the guests,had its wonted steely suavity.但是他哈着腰向宾客招呼的那种彬彬有礼、故意装成的笑容里,却仍然具有它平时那种沉着的殷勤。
70 larks 05e5fd42fbbb0fa8ae0d9a20b6f3efe1     
n.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的名词复数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了v.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的第三人称单数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了
参考例句:
  • Maybe if she heard the larks sing she'd write. 玛丽听到云雀的歌声也许会写信的。 来自名作英译部分
  • But sure there are no larks in big cities. 可大城市里哪有云雀呢。” 来自名作英译部分
71 proceedings Wk2zvX     
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
72 mortifying b4c9d41e6df2931de61ad9c0703750cd     
adj.抑制的,苦修的v.使受辱( mortify的现在分词 );伤害(人的感情);克制;抑制(肉体、情感等)
参考例句:
  • I've said I did not love her, and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then. 我已经说过我不爱她,而且时时以伤害她的虚荣心为乐。 来自辞典例句
  • It was mortifying to know he had heard every word. 知道他听到了每一句话后真是尴尬。 来自互联网
73 rambled f9968757e060a59ff2ab1825c2706de5     
(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论
参考例句:
  • We rambled through the woods. 我们漫步走过树林。
  • She rambled on at great length but she didn't get to the heart of the matter. 她夹七夹八地说了许多话也没说到点子上。
74 positively vPTxw     
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
参考例句:
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
75 compassionate PXPyc     
adj.有同情心的,表示同情的
参考例句:
  • She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
  • The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。
76 feigning 5f115da619efe7f7ddaca64893f7a47c     
假装,伪装( feign的现在分词 ); 捏造(借口、理由等)
参考例句:
  • He survived the massacre by feigning death. 他装死才在大屠杀中死里逃生。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。
77 chirp MrezT     
v.(尤指鸟)唧唧喳喳的叫
参考例句:
  • The birds chirp merrily at the top of tree.鸟儿在枝头欢快地啾啾鸣唱。
  • The sparrows chirp outside the window every morning.麻雀每天清晨在窗外嘁嘁喳喳地叫。
78 crouches 733570b9384961f13db386eb9c83aa40     
n.蹲着的姿势( crouch的名词复数 )v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • He crouches before rabbit hutch, shed sad tear for the first time. 他蹲在兔窝前,第一次流下了伤心的眼泪。 来自互联网
  • A Malaysian flower mantis, which crouches among flowers awaiting unsuspecting prey. 一只马来西亚花螳螂,蜷缩在鲜花中等待不期而遇的猎物。 来自互联网
79 regaining 458e5f36daee4821aec7d05bf0dd4829     
复得( regain的现在分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
参考例句:
  • She was regaining consciousness now, but the fear was coming with her. 现在她正在恢发她的知觉,但是恐怖也就伴随着来了。
  • She said briefly, regaining her will with a click. 她干脆地答道,又马上重新振作起精神来。
80 malice P8LzW     
n.恶意,怨恨,蓄意;[律]预谋
参考例句:
  • I detected a suggestion of malice in his remarks.我觉察出他说的话略带恶意。
  • There was a strong current of malice in many of his portraits.他的许多肖像画中都透着一股强烈的怨恨。
81 presentiment Z18zB     
n.预感,预觉
参考例句:
  • He had a presentiment of disaster.他预感会有灾难降临。
  • I have a presentiment that something bad will happen.我有某种不祥事要发生的预感。
82 lumber a8Jz6     
n.木材,木料;v.以破旧东西堆满;伐木;笨重移动
参考例句:
  • The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
  • They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。
83 piecemeal oNIxE     
adj.零碎的;n.片,块;adv.逐渐地;v.弄成碎块
参考例句:
  • A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.叙述缺乏吸引力,读者读到的只是一些支离破碎的片段。
  • Let's settle the matter at one stroke,not piecemeal.把这事一气儿解决了吧,别零敲碎打了。
84 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • 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。
85 hush ecMzv     
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静
参考例句:
  • A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
  • Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去!
86 perspiration c3UzD     
n.汗水;出汗
参考例句:
  • It is so hot that my clothes are wet with perspiration.天太热了,我的衣服被汗水湿透了。
  • The perspiration was running down my back.汗从我背上淌下来。
87 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • 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。
88 crooked xvazAv     
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的
参考例句:
  • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
  • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
89 bleak gtWz5     
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的
参考例句:
  • They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
  • The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
90 tempted b0182e969d369add1b9ce2353d3c6ad6     
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词)
参考例句:
  • I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚,但还是没开口。
  • I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
91 blessing UxDztJ     
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
参考例句:
  • The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
  • A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
92 discord iPmzl     
n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐
参考例句:
  • These two answers are in discord.这两个答案不一样。
  • The discord of his music was hard on the ear.他演奏的不和谐音很刺耳。
93 serenely Bi5zpo     
adv.安详地,宁静地,平静地
参考例句:
  • The boat sailed serenely on towards the horizon.小船平稳地向着天水交接处驶去。
  • It was a serenely beautiful night.那是一个宁静美丽的夜晚。
94 rascals 5ab37438604a153e085caf5811049ebb     
流氓( rascal的名词复数 ); 无赖; (开玩笑说法)淘气的人(尤指小孩); 恶作剧的人
参考例句:
  • "Oh, but I like rascals. "唔,不过我喜欢流氓。
  • "They're all second-raters, black sheep, rascals. "他们都是二流人物,是流氓,是恶棍。
95 onus ZvLy4     
n.负担;责任
参考例句:
  • The onus is on government departments to show cause why information cannot bedisclosed.政府部门有责任说明不能把信息公开的理由。
  • The onus of proof lies with you.你有责任提供证据。
96 notched ZHKx9     
a.有凹口的,有缺口的
参考例句:
  • Torino notched up a 2-1 win at Lazio. 都灵队以2 比1 赢了拉齐奧队。
  • He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game. 他在比赛开始后的五分钟里得了十分。
97 memoranda c8cb0155f81f3ecb491f3810ce6cbcde     
n. 备忘录, 便条 名词memorandum的复数形式
参考例句:
  • There were memoranda, minutes of meetings, officialflies, notes of verbal di scussions. 有备忘录,会议记录,官方档案,口头讨论的手记。
  • Now it was difficult to get him to address memoranda. 而现在,要他批阅备忘录都很困难。
98 distress 3llzX     
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛
参考例句:
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
  • Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
99 perseveringly d3d27e295762932233d03b60f986deb8     
坚定地
参考例句:
  • The Chinese people perseveringly support the just struggles of the oppressed people and nations the world over. 中国人民坚持不渝地支持全世界被压迫人民和民族的正义斗争。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Men should have high aspirations; students should study perseveringly. 人贵有志,学贵有恒。 来自互联网
100 dictating 9b59a64fc77acba89b2fa4a927b010fe     
v.大声讲或读( dictate的现在分词 );口授;支配;摆布
参考例句:
  • The manager was dictating a letter to the secretary. 经理在向秘书口授信稿。 来自辞典例句
  • Her face is impassive as she listens to Miller dictating the warrant for her arrest. 她毫无表情地在听米勒口述拘留她的证书。 来自辞典例句
101 sobbing df75b14f92e64fc9e1d7eaf6dcfc083a     
<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
参考例句:
  • I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
  • Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。
102 misgivings 0nIzyS     
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕;疑虑,担心,恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 );疑惧
参考例句:
  • I had grave misgivings about making the trip. 对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
  • Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead! 不要瞻前顾后, 畏首畏尾。甩开膀子干吧! 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
103 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。


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