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CHAPTER II MARGUERITE I
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More than two months later George came into the office in Russell Square an hour or so after his usual time. He had been to South Kensington Museum to look up, for professional purposes, some scale drawings of architectural detail which were required for a restaurant then rising in Piccadilly under the direction of Lucas & Enwright. In his room Mr. Everard Lucas was already seated. Mr. Lucas was another articled pupil of the firm; being a remote cousin of the late senior partner, he had entered on special terms. Although a year older than George he was less advanced, for whereas George had passed the Intermediate, Mr. Lucas had not. But in manly1 beauty, in stylishness2, in mature tact3, and especially in persuasive4 charm, he could beat George.
"Hallo!" Lucas greeted. "How do you feel? Fit?"
"Fit?" said George enthusiastically "I feel so fit I could push in the side of a house."
"What did I tell you?" said Lucas.
George rubbed his hand all over Lucas's hair, and Lucas thereupon seized George's other hand and twisted his arm, and a struggle followed. In this way they would often lovingly salute5 each other of a morning. Lucas had infected George with the craze for physical exercises as a remedy for all ills and indiscretions, including even late nights and excessive smoking. The competition between them to excel in the quality of fitness was acute, and sometimes led to strange challenges. After a little discussion about springing from the toes, Lucas now accused George's toes of a lack of muscularity, and upon George denying the charge, he asserted that George could not hang from the mantelpiece by his toes. They were both men of the world, capable of great heights of dignity, figures in an important business, aspirants to a supreme6 art and profession. They were at that moment in a beautiful late-eighteenth-century house of a stately and renowned
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adj.有男子气概的;adv.男子般地,果断地 | |
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tact
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persuasive
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adj.有说服力的,能说得使人相信的 | |
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salute
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vi.行礼,致意,问候,放礼炮;vt.向…致意,迎接,赞扬;n.招呼,敬礼,礼炮 | |
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supreme
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adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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renowned
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ornament
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lodged
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dangling
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proceeding
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aggrieved
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adj.愤愤不平的,受委屈的;悲痛的;(在合法权利方面)受侵害的v.令委屈,令苦恼,侵害( aggrieve的过去式);令委屈,令苦恼,侵害( aggrieve的过去式和过去分词) | |
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insomnia
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disarrayed
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vt.使混乱(disarray的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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beheld
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dictating
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v.大声讲或读( dictate的现在分词 );口授;支配;摆布 | |
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adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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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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provincial
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exigencies
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inveighing
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adorned
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[计]被修饰的 | |
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impartial
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factotum
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advent
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calamities
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dictate
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outraged
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outrage
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murmur
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disastrous
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distressed
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disillusioned
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a.不再抱幻想的,大失所望的,幻想破灭的 | |
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perfectly
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woe
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growled
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pretensions
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自称( pretension的名词复数 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 权力 | |
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trot
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n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧 | |
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pony
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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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drawn
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irresistibly
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placid
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naught
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lighting
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brilliance
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ERECTED
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prospect
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remunerative
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canny
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savage
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acrid
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portfolios
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originality
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adherence
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triumphantly
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