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OF THE SHADOW THAT CAME BETWEEN THE MAN IN GREY AND THE LADY OF THE LOVE-LIT EYES.
“There's nothing missing,” said my mother, “so far as I can find out. Depend upon it, that's the explanation: she has got frightened and has run away.
“But what was there to frighten her?” said my father, pausing with a decanter in one hand and the bottle in the other.
“It was the idea of the thing,” replied my mother. “She has never been used to waiting at table. She was actually crying about it only last night.”
“But what's to be done?” said my father. “They will be here in less than an hour.”
“There will be no dinner for them,” said my mother, “unless I put on an apron1 and bring it up myself.”
“Where does she live?” asked my father.
“At Ilford,” answered my mother.
“We must make a joke of it,” said my father.
My mother, sitting down, began to cry. It had been a trying week for my mother. A party to dinner—to a real dinner, beginning with anchovies2 and ending with ices from the confectioner's; if only they would remain ices and not, giving way to unaccustomed influences, present themselves as cold custard—was an extraordinary departure from the even tenor3 of our narrow domestic way; indeed, I recollect4 none previous. First there had been the house to clean and rearrange almost from top to bottom; endless small purchases to be made of articles that Need never misses, but which Ostentation6, if ever you let her sneering7 nose inside the door, at once demands. Then the kitchen range—it goes without saying: one might imagine them all members of a stove union, controlled by some agitating
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n.围裙;工作裙 | |
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anchovies
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n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意 | |
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recollect
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嘲笑的,轻蔑的 | |
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搅动( agitate的现在分词 ); 激怒; 使焦虑不安; (尤指为法律、社会状况的改变而)激烈争论 | |
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boiler
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permanently
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necessitating
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plumbers
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n.管子工,水暖工( plumber的名词复数 );[美][口](防止泄密的)堵漏人员 | |
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noted
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ass
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gulf
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perfectly
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disappearance
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tact
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follies
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罪恶,时事讽刺剧; 愚蠢,蠢笨,愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 ) | |
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discord
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n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐 | |
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mutual
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adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的 | |
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aprons
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围裙( apron的名词复数 ); 停机坪,台口(舞台幕前的部份) | |
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wilfulness
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adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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v.偷(尤指小的或不贵重的物品)( filch的现在分词 ) | |
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feat
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catching
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averted
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防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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sullen
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adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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sobbing
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twilight
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lurking
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ordeal
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sinecure
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n.闲差事,挂名职务 | |
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mumbling
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dreary
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adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的 | |
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necessitated
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proprietor
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n.所有人;业主;经营者 | |
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bellowed
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v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的过去式和过去分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫 | |
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homely
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adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的 | |
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grunted
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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scent
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v.使安静,使入睡,缓和,哄骗;n.暂停,间歇 | |
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undoubtedly
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adv.确实地,无疑地 | |
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injustice
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n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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chuckled
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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caressing
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爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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appreciation
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n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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spoke
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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 | |
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swell
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vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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conceit
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jealousy
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admiration
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celebrated
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originality
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栖息处( perch的名词复数 ); 栖枝; 高处; 鲈鱼 | |
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etiquette
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primmest
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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virtues
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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阻碍者( hindrance的名词复数 ); 障碍物; 受到妨碍的状态 | |
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