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The Pottery1 House was a square, ugly, brick house girt in by the wall that enclosed the whole grounds of the pottery itself. To be sure, a privet hedge partly masked the house and its ground from the pottery-yard and works: but only partly. Through the hedge could be seen the desolate2 yard, and the many-windowed, factory-like pottery, over the hedge could be seen the chimneys and the outhouses. But inside the hedge, a pleasant garden and lawn sloped down to a willow3 pool, which had once supplied the works.
The Pottery itself was now closed, the great doors of the yard permanently4 shut. No more the great crates5 with yellow straw showing through, stood in stacks by the packing shed. No more the drays drawn6 by great horses rolled down the hill with a high load. No more the pottery-lasses in their clay-coloured overalls7, their faces and hair splashed with grey fine mud, shrieked8 and larked9 with the men. All that was over.
“We like it much better—oh, much better—quieter,” said Matilda Rockley.
“I’m sure you do,” agreed the visitor.
But whether the two Rockley girls really liked it better, or whether they only imagined they did, is a question. Certainly their lives were much more grey and dreary
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pottery
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n.陶器,陶器场 | |
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v.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的过去式和过去分词 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了 | |
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dreary
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shrieking
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graceful
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deserted
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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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ointment
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prodigy
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n.惊人的事物,奇迹,神童,天才,预兆 | |
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watchful
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refinement
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pang
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sarcastically
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manliness
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catching
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legacy
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n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西 | |
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rouge
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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sipping
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casually
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plebeian
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adj.粗俗的;平民的;n.平民;庶民 | |
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derisive
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rebuked
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veins
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n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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exhausted
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jersey
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caress
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solicitor
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