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Twenty-five COLIN LAMB’S NARRATIVE
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Twenty-five COLIN LAMB’S NARRATIVE1

I had to wait just a minute or two, then the door opened.
A big blonde Nordic girl with a flushed face and wearing gaycoloured clothing looked at meinquiringly. Her hands had been hastily wiped but there were traces of flour on them and there wasa slight smear2 of flour on her nose so it was easy for me to guess what she had been doing.
“Excuse me,” I said, “but you have a little girl here, I think. She dropped something out of thewindow.”
She smiled at me encouragingly. The English language was not as yet her strong point.
“I am sorry—what you say?”
“A child here—a little girl.”
“Yes, yes.” She nodded.
“Dropped something—out of the window.”
Here I did a little gesticulation.
“I picked it up and brought it here.”
I held out an open hand. In it was a silver fruit knife. She looked at it without recognition.
“I do not think—I have not seen….”
“You’re busy cooking,” I said sympathetically.
“Yes, yes, I cook. That is so.” She nodded vigorously.
“I don’t want to disturb you,” I said. “If you let me just take it to her.”
“Excuse?”
My meaning seemed to come to her. She led the way across the hall and opened a door. It ledinto a pleasant sitting room. By the window a couch had been drawn3 up and on it there was a childof about nine or ten years old, with a leg done up in plaster.
“This gentleman, he say you—you drop….”
At this moment, rather fortunately, a strong smell of burning came from the kitchen. My guideuttered an exclamation4 of dismay.
“Excuse, please excuse.”
“You go along,” I said heartily5. “I can manage this.”
She fled with alacrity6. I entered the room, shut the door behind me and came across to thecouch.
“How d’you do?” I said.
The child said, “How d’you do?” and proceeded to sum me up with a long, penetrating7 glancethat almost unnerved me. She was rather a plain child with straight mousy hair arranged in twoplaits. She had a bulging8 forehead, a sharp chin and a pair of very intelligent grey eyes.
“I’m Colin Lamb,” I said. “What’s your name?”
She gave me the information promptly9.
“Geraldine Mary Alexandra Brown.”
“Dear me,” I said, “that’s quite a bit of a name. What do they call you?”
“Geraldine. Sometimes Gerry, but I don’t like that. And Daddy doesn’t approve ofabbreviations.”
One of the great advantages of dealing10 with children is that they have their own logic11. Anyoneof adult years would at once have asked me what I wanted. Geraldine was quite ready to enter intoconversation without resorting to foolish questions. She was alone and bored and the onset12 of anykind of visitor was an agreeable novelty. Until I proved myself a dull and unamusing fellow, shewould be quite ready to converse13.
“Your daddy’s out, I suppose,” I said.
She replied with the same promptness and fullness of detail which she had already shown.
“Cartinghaven Engineering Works, Beaverbridge,” she said. “It’s fourteen and three-quartermiles from here exactly.”
“And your mother?”
“Mummy’s dead,” said Geraldine, with no diminution14 of cheerfulness. “She died when I was ababy two months old. She was in a plane coming from France. It crashed. Everyone was killed.”
She spoke15 with a certain satisfaction and I perceived that to a child, if her mother is dead, itreflects a certain kudos16 if she has been killed in a complete and devastating17 accident.
“I see,” I said. “So you have—” I looked towards the door.
“That’s Ingrid. She comes from Norway. She’s only been here a fortnight. She doesn’t knowany English to speak of yet. I’m teaching her English.”
“And she is teaching you Norwegian?”
“Not very much,” said Geraldine.
“Do you like her?”
“Yes. She’s all right. The things she cooks are rather odd sometimes. Do you know, she likeseating raw fish.”
“I’ve eaten raw fish in Norway,” I said. “It’s very good sometimes.”
Geraldine looked extremely doubtful about that.
“She is trying to make a treacle18 tart19 today,” she said.
“That sounds good.”
“Umm—yes, I like treacle tart.” She added politely, “Have you come to lunch?”
“Not exactly. As a matter of fact I was passing down below out there, and I think you droppedsomething out of the window.”
“Me?”
“Yes.” I advanced the silver fruit knife.
Geraldine looked at it, at first suspiciously and then with signs of approval.
“It’s rather nice,” she said. “What is it?”
“It’s a fruit knife.”
I opened it.
“Oh, I see. You mean you can peel apples with it and things like that.”
“Yes.”
Geraldine sighed.
“It’s not mine. I didn’t drop it. What made you think I did?”
“Well, you were looking out of the window, and….”
“I look out of the window most of the time,” said Geraldine. “I fell down and broke my leg, yousee.”
“Hard luck.”
“Yes, wasn’t it. I didn’t break it in a very interesting way, though. I was getting out of a bus andit went on suddenly. It hurt rather at first and it ached a bit, but it doesn’t now.”
“Must be rather dull for you,” I said.
“Yes, it is. But Daddy brings me things. Plasticine, you know, and books and crayons andjigsaw puzzles and things like that, but you get tired of doing things, so I spend a lot of timelooking out of the window with these.”
She produced with enormous pride a small pair of opera glasses.
“May I look?” I said.
I took them from her, adjusted them to my eyes and looked out of the window.
“They’re jolly good,” I said appreciatively.
They were indeed, excellent. Geraldine’s daddy, if it had been he who supplied them, had notspared expense. It was astonishing how clearly you could see No. 19, Wilbraham Crescent and itsneighbouring houses. I handed them back to her.
“They’re excellent,” I said. “First-class.”
“They’re proper ones,” said Geraldine, with pride. “Not just for babies and pretending.”
“No … I can see that.”
“I keep a little book,” said Geraldine.
She showed me.
“I write down things in it and the times. It’s like trainspotting,” she added. “I’ve got a cousincalled Dick and he does trainspotting. We do motorcar numbers too. You know, you start at oneand see how far you can get.”
“It’s rather a good sport,” I said.
“Yes, it is. Unfortunately there aren’t many cars come down this road so I’ve rather given thatup for the time being.”
“I suppose you must know all about those houses down there, who lives in them and all that sortof thing.”
I threw it out casually20 enough but Geraldine was quick to respond.
“Oh, yes. Of course I don’t know their real names, so I have to give them names of my own.”
“That must be rather fun,” I said.
“That’s the Marchioness of Carrabas down there,” said Geraldine, pointing. “That one with allthe untidy trees. You know, like Puss In Boots. She has masses and masses of cats.”
“I was talking to one just now,” I said, “an orange one.”
“Yes, I saw you,” said Geraldine.
“You must be very sharp,” I said. “I don’t expect you miss much, do you?”
Geraldine smiled in a pleased way. Ingrid opened the door and came in breathless.
“You are all right, yes?”
“We’re quite all right,” said Geraldine firmly. “You needn’t worry, Ingrid.”
She nodded violently and pantomimed with her hands.
“You go back, you cook.”
“Very well, I go. It is nice that you have a visitor.”
“She gets nervous when she cooks,” explained Geraldine, “when she’s trying anything new, Imean. And sometimes we have meals very late because of that. I’m glad you’ve come. It’s nice tohave someone to distract you, then you don’t think about being hungry.”
“Tell me more about the people in the houses there,” I said, “and what you see. Who lives in thenext house—the neat one?”
“Oh, there’s a blind woman there. She’s quite blind and yet she walks just as well as though shecould see. The porter told me that. Harry21. He’s very nice, Harry is. He tells me a lot of things. Hetold me about the murder.”
“The murder?” I said, sounding suitably astonished.
Geraldine nodded. Her eyes shone with importance at the information she was about to convey.
“There was a murder in that house. I practically saw it.”
“How very interesting.”
“Yes, isn’t it? I’ve never seen a murder before. I mean I’ve never seen a place where a murderhappened.”
“What did you—er—see?”
“Well, there wasn’t very much going on just then. You know, it’s rather an empty time of day.
The exciting thing was when somebody came rushing out of the house screaming. And then ofcourse I knew something must have happened.”
“Who was screaming?”
“Just a woman. She was quite young, rather pretty really. She came out of the door and shescreamed and she screamed. There was a young man coming along the road. She came out of thegate and sort of clutched him—like this.” She made a motion with her arms. She fixed22 me with asudden glance. “He looked rather like you.”
“I must have a double,” I said lightly. “What happened next? This is very exciting.”
“Well, he sort of plumped her down. You know, on the ground there and then he went back intothe house and the Emperor—that’s the orange cat, I always call him the Emperor because he looksso proud—stopped washing himself and he looked quite surprised, and then Miss Pikestaff cameout of her house—that’s the one there, Number 18—she came out and stood on the steps staring.”
“Miss Pikestaff?”
“I call her Miss Pikestaff because she’s so plain. She’s got a brother and she bullies23 him.”
“Go on,” I said with interest.
“And then all sorts of things happened. The man came out of the house again—are you sure itwasn’t you?”
“I’m a very ordinary-looking chap,” I said modestly, “there are lots like me.”
“Yes, I suppose that’s true,” said Geraldine, somewhat unflatteringly. “Well, anyway, this man,he went off down the road and telephoned from the call box down there. Presently police beganarriving.” Her eyes sparkled. “Lots of police. And they took the dead body away in a sort ofambulance thing. Of course there were lots of people by that time, staring, you know. I saw Harrythere, too. That’s the porter from these flats. He told me about it afterwards.”
“Did he tell you who was murdered?”
“He just said it was a man. Nobody knew his name.”
“It’s all very interesting,” I said.
I prayed fervently24 that Ingrid would not choose this moment to come in again with a delectabletreacle tart or other delicacy25.
“But go back a little, do. Tell me earlier. Did you see this man—the man who was murdered—did you see him arrive at the house?”
“No, I didn’t. I suppose he must have been there all along.”
“You mean he lived there?”
“Oh, no, nobody lives there except Miss Pebmarsh.”
“So you know her real name?”
“Oh, yes, it was in the papers. About the murder. And the screaming girl was called SheilaWebb. Harry told me that the man who was murdered was called Mr. Curry26. That’s a funny name,isn’t it, like the thing you eat. And there was a second murder, you know. Not the same day—later—in the telephone box down the road. I can see it from here, just, but I have to get my head rightout of the window and turn it round. Of course I didn’t really see it, because I mean if I’d known itwas going to happen, I would have looked out. But, of course, I didn’t know it was going tohappen, so I didn’t. There were a lot of people that morning just standing27 there in the street,looking at the house opposite. I think that’s rather stupid, don’t you?”
“Yes,” I said, “very stupid.”
Here Ingrid made her appearance once more.
“I come soon,” she said reassuringly28. “I come very soon now.”
She departed again. Geraldine said:
“We don’t really want her. She gets worried about meals. Of course this is the only one she hasto cook except breakfast. Daddy goes down to the restaurant in the evening and he has somethingsent up for me from there. Just fish or something. Not a real dinner.” Her voice sounded wistful.
“What time do you usually have your lunch, Geraldine?”
“My dinner, you mean? This is my dinner. I don’t have dinner in the evening, it’s supper. Well,I really have my dinner at any time Ingrid happens to have cooked it. She’s rather funny abouttime. She has to get breakfast ready at the right time because Daddy gets so cross, but middaydinner we have anytime. Sometimes we have it at twelve o’clock and sometimes I don’t get it tilltwo. Ingrid says you don’t have meals at a particular time, you just have them when they’reready.”
“Well, it’s an easy idea,” I said. “What time did you have your lunch—dinner, I mean—on theday of the murder?”
“That was one of the twelve o’clock days. You see, Ingrid goes out that day. She goes to thecinema or to have her hair done and a Mrs. Perry comes and keeps me company. She’s terrible,really. She pats one.”
“Pats one?” I said, slightly puzzled.
“You know, on the head. Says things like ‘dear little girlie.’ She’s not,” said Geraldine, “thekind of person you can have any proper conversation with. But she brings me sweets and that sortof thing.”
“How old are you, Geraldine?”
“I’m ten. Ten and three months.”
“You seem to me very good at intelligent conversation,” I said.
“That’s because I have to talk to Daddy a lot,” said Geraldine seriously.
“So you had your dinner early on that day of the murder?”
“Yes, so Ingrid could get washed up and go off just after one.”
“Then you were looking out of the window that morning, watching people.”
“Oh, yes. Part of the time. Earlier, about ten o’clock, I was doing a crossword29 puzzle.”
“I’ve been wondering whether you could possibly have seen Mr. Curry arriving at the house?”
Geraldine shook her head.
“No. I didn’t. It is rather odd, I agree.”
“Well, perhaps he got there quite early.”
“He didn’t go to the front door and ring the bell. I’d have seen him.”
“Perhaps he came in through the garden. I mean through the other side of the house.”
“Oh, no,” said Geraldine. “It backs on other houses. They wouldn’t like anyone coming throughtheir garden.”
“No, no, I suppose they wouldn’t.”
“I wish I knew what he’d looked like,” said Geraldine.
“Well, he was quite old. About sixty. He was clean-shaven and he had on a dark grey suit.”
Geraldine shook her head.
“It sounds terribly ordinary,” she said with disapprobation.
“Anyway,” I said, “I suppose it’s difficult for you to remember one day from another whenyou’re lying here and always looking.”
“It’s not at all difficult.” She rose to the challenge. “I can tell you everything about thatmorning. I know when Mrs. Crab30 came and when she left.”
“That’s the daily cleaning woman, is it?”
“Yes. She scuttles31, just like a crab. She’s got a little boy. Sometimes she brings him with her,but she didn’t that day. And then Miss Pebmarsh goes out about ten o’clock. She goes to teachchildren at a blind school. Mrs. Crab goes away about twelve. Sometimes she has a parcel with herthat she didn’t have when she came. Bits of butter, I expect, and cheese, because Miss Pebmarshcan’t see. I know particularly well what happened that day because you see Ingrid and I werehaving a little quarrel so she wouldn’t talk to me. I’m teaching her English and she wanted toknow how to say ‘until we meet again.’ She had to tell it me in German. Auf Wiedersehen. I knowthat because I once went to Switzerland and people said that there. And they said Grüss Gott, too.
That’s rude if you say it in English.”
“So what did you tell Ingrid to say?”
Geraldine began to laugh a deep malicious32 chuckle33. She started to speak but her chucklesprevented her, but at last she got it out.
“I told her to say ‘Get the hell out of here!’ So she said it to Miss Bulstrode next door and MissBulstrode was furious. So Ingrid found out and was very cross with me and we didn’t makefriends until nearly teatime the next day.”
I digested this information.
“So you concentrated on your opera glasses.”
Geraldine nodded.
“So that’s how I know Mr. Curry didn’t go in by the front door. I think perhaps he got insomehow in the night and hid in an attic34. Do you think that’s likely?”
“I suppose anything really is possible,” I said, “but it doesn’t seem to me very probable.”
“No,” said Geraldine, “he would have got hungry, wouldn’t he? And he couldn’t have askedMiss Pebmarsh for breakfast, not if he was hiding from her.”
“And nobody came to the house?” I said. “Nobody at all? Nobody in a car—a tradesman—callers?”
“The grocer comes Mondays and Thursdays,” said Geraldine, “and the milk comes at half pasteight in the morning.”
The child was a positive encyclopaedia35.
“The cauliflowers and things Miss Pebmarsh buys herself. Nobody called at all except thelaundry. It was a new laundry,” she added.
“A new laundry?”
“Yes. It’s usually the Southern Downs Laundry. Most people have the Southern Downs. It wasa new laundry that day—the Snowflake Laundry. I’ve never seen the Snowflake Laundry. Theymust have just started.”
I fought hard to keep any undue36 interest out of my voice. I didn’t want to start her romancing.
“Did it deliver laundry or call for it?” I asked.
“Deliver it,” said Geraldine. “In a great big basket, too. Much bigger than the usual one.”
“Did Miss Pebmarsh take it in?”
“No, of course not, she’d gone out again.”
“What time was this, Geraldine?”
“1:35 exactly,” said Geraldine. “I wrote it down,” she added proudly.
She motioned towards a small notebook and opening it pointed37 with a rather dirty forefinger38 toan entry. 1:35 laundry came. No. 19.
“You ought to be at Scotland Yard,” I said.
“Do they have women detectives? I’d quite like that. I don’t mean policewomen. I thinkpolicewomen are silly.”
“You haven’t told me exactly what happened when the laundry came.”
“Nothing happened,” said Geraldine. “The driver got down, opened the van, took out this basketand staggered along round the side of the house to the back door. I expect he couldn’t get in. MissPebmarsh probably locks it, so he probably left it there and came back.”
“What did he look like?”
“Just ordinary,” said Geraldine.
“Like me?” I asked.
“Oh, no, much older than you,” said Geraldine, “but I didn’t really see him properly because hedrove up to the house—this way.” She pointed to the right. “He drew up in front of 19 although hewas on the wrong side of the road. But it doesn’t matter in a street like this. And then he went inthrough the gate bent39 over the basket. I could only see the back of his head and when he came outagain he was rubbing his face. I expect he found it a bit hot and trying, carrying that basket.”
“And then he drove off again?”
“Yes. Why do you think it so interesting?”
“Well, I don’t know,” I said. “I thought perhaps he might have seen something interesting.”
Ingrid flung the door open. She was wheeling a trolley40.
“We eat dinner now,” she said, nodding brightly.
“Goody,” said Geraldine, “I’m starving.”
I got up.
“I must be going now,” I said. “Good-bye, Geraldine.”
“Good-bye. What about this thing?” She picked up the fruit knife. “It’s not mine.” Her voicebecame wistful. “I wish it were.”
“It looks as though it’s nobody’s in particular, doesn’t it?”
“Would that make it treasure trove41, or whatever it is?”
“Something of the kind,” I said. “I think you’d better hang on to it. That is, hang on to it untilsomeone else claims it. But I don’t think,” I said truthfully, “that anybody will.”
“Get me an apple, Ingrid,” said Geraldine.
“Apple?”
“Pomme! Apfel!”
She did her linguistic42 best. I left them to it.

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1 narrative CFmxS     
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
参考例句:
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
2 smear 6EmyX     
v.涂抹;诽谤,玷污;n.污点;诽谤,污蔑
参考例句:
  • He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。
  • There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。
3 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。
4 exclamation onBxZ     
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
参考例句:
  • He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
  • The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号,以引起读者的注意。
5 heartily Ld3xp     
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
参考例句:
  • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
  • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
6 alacrity MfFyL     
n.敏捷,轻快,乐意
参考例句:
  • Although the man was very old,he still moved with alacrity.他虽然很老,动作仍很敏捷。
  • He accepted my invitation with alacrity.他欣然接受我的邀请。
7 penetrating ImTzZS     
adj.(声音)响亮的,尖锐的adj.(气味)刺激的adj.(思想)敏锐的,有洞察力的
参考例句:
  • He had an extraordinarily penetrating gaze. 他的目光有股异乎寻常的洞察力。
  • He examined the man with a penetrating gaze. 他以锐利的目光仔细观察了那个人。
8 bulging daa6dc27701a595ab18024cbb7b30c25     
膨胀; 凸出(部); 打气; 折皱
参考例句:
  • Her pockets were bulging with presents. 她的口袋里装满了礼物。
  • Conscious of the bulging red folder, Nim told her,"Ask if it's important." 尼姆想到那个鼓鼓囊囊的红色文件夹便告诉她:“问问是不是重要的事。”
9 promptly LRMxm     
adv.及时地,敏捷地
参考例句:
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
10 dealing NvjzWP     
n.经商方法,待人态度
参考例句:
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
11 logic j0HxI     
n.逻辑(学);逻辑性
参考例句:
  • What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑?
  • I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。
12 onset bICxF     
n.进攻,袭击,开始,突然开始
参考例句:
  • The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
  • Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。
13 converse 7ZwyI     
vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反
参考例句:
  • He can converse in three languages.他可以用3种语言谈话。
  • I wanted to appear friendly and approachable but I think I gave the converse impression.我想显得友好、平易近人些,却发觉给人的印象恰恰相反。
14 diminution 2l9zc     
n.减少;变小
参考例句:
  • They hope for a small diminution in taxes.他们希望捐税能稍有减少。
  • He experienced no diminution of his physical strength.他并未感觉体力衰落。
15 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。
16 kudos U9Uzv     
n.荣誉,名声
参考例句:
  • He received kudos from everyone on his performance.他的表演受到大家的称赞。
  • It will acquire no kudos for translating its inner doubts into hesitation.如果由于内心疑虑不安而在行动上举棋不定,是得不到荣誉的。
17 devastating muOzlG     
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
参考例句:
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
18 treacle yGkyP     
n.糖蜜
参考例句:
  • Blend a little milk with two tablespoons of treacle.将少许牛奶和两大汤匙糖浆混合。
  • The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweet.啜饮蜜糖的苍蝇在甜蜜中丧生。
19 tart 0qIwH     
adj.酸的;尖酸的,刻薄的;n.果馅饼;淫妇
参考例句:
  • She was learning how to make a fruit tart in class.她正在课上学习如何制作水果馅饼。
  • She replied in her usual tart and offhand way.她开口回答了,用她平常那种尖酸刻薄的声调随口说道。
20 casually UwBzvw     
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
参考例句:
  • She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
  • I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。
21 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
22 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
23 bullies bullies     
n.欺凌弱小者, 开球 vt.恐吓, 威胁, 欺负
参考例句:
  • Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone. 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。
  • Bullies can make your life hell. 恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。
24 fervently 8tmzPw     
adv.热烈地,热情地,强烈地
参考例句:
  • "Oh, I am glad!'she said fervently. “哦,我真高兴!”她热烈地说道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • O my dear, my dear, will you bless me as fervently to-morrow?' 啊,我亲爱的,亲爱的,你明天也愿这样热烈地为我祝福么?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
25 delicacy mxuxS     
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
参考例句:
  • We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
  • He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。
26 curry xnozh     
n.咖哩粉,咖哩饭菜;v.用咖哩粉调味,用马栉梳,制革
参考例句:
  • Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
  • Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。
27 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。
28 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。
29 crossword VvOzBj     
n.纵横字谜,纵横填字游戏
参考例句:
  • He shows a great interest in crossword puzzles.他对填字游戏表现出很大兴趣。
  • Don't chuck yesterday's paper out.I still haven't done the crossword.别扔了昨天的报纸,我还没做字谜游戏呢。
30 crab xoozE     
n.螃蟹,偏航,脾气乖戾的人,酸苹果;vi.捕蟹,偏航,发牢骚;vt.使偏航,发脾气
参考例句:
  • I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
  • The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了,就象螃蟹的壳似的。
31 scuttles d2f7f174111f6a2a18e086102af9d866     
n.天窗( scuttle的名词复数 )v.使船沉没( scuttle的第三人称单数 );快跑,急走
参考例句:
32 malicious e8UzX     
adj.有恶意的,心怀恶意的
参考例句:
  • You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
  • Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。
33 chuckle Tr1zZ     
vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑
参考例句:
  • He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
  • I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个,我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。
34 attic Hv4zZ     
n.顶楼,屋顶室
参考例句:
  • Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
  • What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理?
35 encyclopaedia Jp3xC     
n.百科全书
参考例句:
  • An encyclopaedia contains a lot of knowledge.百科全书包含很多知识。
  • This is an encyclopaedia of philosophy.这是本哲学百科全书。
36 undue Vf8z6V     
adj.过分的;不适当的;未到期的
参考例句:
  • Don't treat the matter with undue haste.不要过急地处理此事。
  • It would be wise not to give undue importance to his criticisms.最好不要过分看重他的批评。
37 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。
38 forefinger pihxt     
n.食指
参考例句:
  • He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.他将叶子捏在拇指和食指之间。
  • He held it between the tips of his thumb and forefinger.他用他大拇指和食指尖拿着它。
39 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。
40 trolley YUjzG     
n.手推车,台车;无轨电车;有轨电车
参考例句:
  • The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
  • In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆,书籍是放在台车上搬动的。
41 trove 5pIyp     
n.被发现的东西,收藏的东西
参考例句:
  • He assembled a rich trove of Chinese porcelain.他收集了一批中国瓷器。
  • The gallery is a treasure trove of medieval art.这个画廊是中世纪艺术的宝库。
42 linguistic k0zxn     
adj.语言的,语言学的
参考例句:
  • She is pursuing her linguistic researches.她在从事语言学的研究。
  • The ability to write is a supreme test of linguistic competence.写作能力是对语言能力的最高形式的测试。


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