MY BELOVED BARBARA ALEXIEVNA,—I have carefully fulfilled your commissions. Madame Chiffon informs me that she herself had thought of using tambour work as being more suitable (though I did not quite take in all she said). Also, she has informed me that, since you have given certain directions in writing, she has followed them (though again I do not clearly remember all that she said—I only remember that she said a very great deal, for she is a most
tiresome1 old woman). These observations she will soon be repeating to you in person. For myself, I feel absolutely
exhausted2, and have not been to the office today... Do not despair about the future, dearest. To save you trouble I would visit every shop in St. Petersburg. You write that you dare not look forward into the future. But by tonight, at seven o’clock, you will have learned all, for Madame Chiffon will have arrived in person to see you. Hope on, and everything will order itself for the best. Of course, I am referring only to these accursed gewgaws, to these frills and fripperies! Ah me, ah me, how glad I shall be to see you, my angel! Yes, how glad I shall be! Twice already today I have passed the gates of your
abode3. Unfortunately, this Bwikov is a man of such choler that—Well, things are as they are.
MAKAR DIEVUSHKIN.
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tiresome
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| adj.令人疲劳的，令人厌倦的 |
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- 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。
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exhausted
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| adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的 |
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- It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
- Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
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abode
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| n.住处，住所 |
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- It was ten months before my father discovered his abode.父亲花了十个月的功夫，才好不容易打听到他的住处。
- Welcome to our humble abode!欢迎光临寒舍！
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