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CHAPTER XXI. THE IMPOSSIBLE WORD
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John Meredith walked meditatively1 through the clear crispness of a winter night in Rainbow Valley. The hills beyond glistened2 with the chill splendid lustre3 of moonlight on snow. Every little fir tree in the long valley sang its own wild song to the harp4 of wind and frost. His children and the Blythe lads and lasses were coasting down the eastern slope and whizzing over the glassy pond. They were having a glorious time and their gay voices and gayer laughter echoed up and down the valley, dying away in elfin cadences5 among the trees. On the right the lights of Ingleside gleamed through the maple6 grove7 with the genial8 lure9 and invitation which seems always to glow in the beacons10 of a home where we know there is love and good-cheer and a welcome for all kin11, whether of flesh or spirit. Mr. Meredith liked very well on occasion to spend an evening arguing with the doctor by the drift wood fire, where the famous china dogs of Ingleside kept ceaseless watch and ward12, as became deities13 of the hearth14, but to-night he did not look that way. Far on the western hill gleamed a paler but more
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lustre
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n.光亮,光泽;荣誉 | |
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harp
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maple
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beacons
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灯塔( beacon的名词复数 ); 烽火; 指路明灯; 无线电台或发射台 | |
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kin
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hearth
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alluring
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admiration
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glamour
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motive
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deliberately
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housekeeper
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comely
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n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬 | |
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appreciation
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philandering
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v.调戏,玩弄女性( philander的现在分词 ) | |
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promptly
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amiable
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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casually
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刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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tingling
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rubies
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红宝石( ruby的名词复数 ); 红宝石色,深红色 | |
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placid
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dread
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considerably
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复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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