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BOOK FIFTH XII
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What it really came to, on the morrow, this first time—the time Kate went with her—was that the great man had, a little, to excuse himself; had, by a rare accident—for he kept his consulting-hours in general rigorously free—but ten minutes to give her; ten mere1 minutes which he yet placed at her service in a manner that she admired even more than she could meet it: so crystal-clean the great empty cup of attention that he set between them on the table. He was presently to jump into his carriage, but he promptly2 made the point that he must see her again, see her within a day or two; and he named for her at once another hour—easing her off beautifully too even then in respect to her possibly failing of justice to her errand. The minutes affected3 her in fact as ebbing4 more swiftly than her little army of items could muster5, and they would probably have gone without her doing much more than secure another hearing, had it not been for her sense, at the last, that she had gained above all an impression. The impression—all the sharp growth of the final few moments—was neither more nor less than that she might make, of a sudden, in quite another world, another straight friend, and a friend who would moreover be, wonderfully, the most appointed, the most thoroughly6 adjusted of the whole collection, inasmuch as he would somehow wear the character scientifically, ponderably, proveably—not just loosely and sociably7. Literally8, furthermore, it wouldn't really depend on herself, Sir Luke Strett's friendship, in the least; perhaps what made her most stammer9 and pant was its thus queerly coming over her that she might find she had interested him even beyond her intention, find she was in fact launched in some current that would lose itself in the sea of science. At the same time that she struggled, however, she also surrendered; there was a moment at which she almost dropped the form of stating, of explaining, and threw herself, without violence, only with a
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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promptly
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affected
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ebbing
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(指潮水)退( ebb的现在分词 ); 落; 减少; 衰落 | |
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muster
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v.集合,收集,鼓起,激起;n.集合,检阅,集合人员,点名册 | |
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thoroughly
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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sociably
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literally
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stammer
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n.结巴,口吃;v.结结巴巴地说 | |
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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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intensity
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goodwill
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n.善意,亲善,信誉,声誉 | |
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bishop
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n.主教,(国际象棋)象 | |
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trophy
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n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品 | |
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dissimulated
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v.掩饰(感情),假装(镇静)( dissimulate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑 | |
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irrelevantly
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adv.不恰当地,不合适地;不相关地 | |
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perversity
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n.任性;刚愎自用 | |
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lapse
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n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效 | |
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juncture
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n.时刻,关键时刻,紧要关头 | |
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glimmer
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v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光 | |
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obsession
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n.困扰,无法摆脱的思想(或情感) | |
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loyalty
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n.忠诚,忠心 | |
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scruple
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n./v.顾忌,迟疑 | |
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discretion
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n.谨慎;随意处理 | |
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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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memento
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n.纪念品,令人回忆的东西 | |
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absolved
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宣告…无罪,赦免…的罪行,宽恕…的罪行( absolve的过去式和过去分词 ); 不受责难,免除责任 [义务] ,开脱(罪责) | |
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fatigued
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adj. 疲乏的 | |
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blurred
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v.(使)变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 );(使)难以区分;模模糊糊;迷离 | |
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tightened
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收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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distinguished
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interval
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n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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embarrassment
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n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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undue
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adj.过分的;不适当的;未到期的 | |
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heartiness
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诚实,热心 | |
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positively
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adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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doomed
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rattling
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adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词 | |
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commodious
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adj.宽敞的;使用方便的 | |
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odious
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celebrity
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n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望 | |
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forth
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adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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conspicuously
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ad.明显地,惹人注目地 | |
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gratitude
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adj.感激,感谢 | |
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eminent
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adj.显赫的,杰出的,有名的,优良的 | |
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engraved
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v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的过去式和过去分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中) | |
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glazed
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adj.光滑的,像玻璃的;上过釉的;呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式);上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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brawny
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adj.强壮的 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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scrap
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n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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pretext
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n.借口,托词 | |
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whim
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n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想 | |
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soothing
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adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的 | |
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devoted
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adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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destined
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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deranged
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adj.疯狂的 | |
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undertaking
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n.保证,许诺,事业 | |
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presumptuous
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adj.胆大妄为的,放肆的,冒昧的,冒失的 | |
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momentary
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adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的 | |
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flicker
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vi./n.闪烁,摇曳,闪现 | |
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dreary
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survivor
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wreck
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discreetly
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ad.(言行)审慎地,慎重地 | |
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perfectly
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solitude
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gaily
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unlimited
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boon
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judgment
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morsels
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polygonal
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substantive
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sociability
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gratuitous
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adj.无偿的,免费的;无缘无故的,不必要的 | |
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extremities
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n.端点( extremity的名词复数 );尽头;手和足;极窘迫的境地 | |
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anticlimax
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n.令人扫兴的结局;突降法 | |
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prescription
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impatience
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