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BOOK II.—MEETING STREAMS. CHAPTER 11.
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The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to
get a definite outline for our ignorance.
Mr. Grandcourt’s wish to be introduced had no suddenness for Gwendolen; but when Lord Brackenshaw moved aside a little for the prefigured stranger to come forward and she felt herself face to face with the real man, there was a little shock which flushed her cheeks and vexatiously deepened with her consciousness of it. The shock came from the reversal of her expectations: Grandcourt could hardly have been more unlike all her imaginary portraits of him. He was slightly taller than herself, and their eyes seemed to be on a level; there was not the faintest smile on his face as he looked at her, not a trace of self-consciousness or anxiety in his bearing: when he raised his hat he showed an extensive baldness surrounded with a mere1 fringe of reddish-blonde hair, but he also showed a perfect hand; the line of feature from brow to chin undisguised by beard was decidedly handsome, with only moderate departures from the perpendicular3, and the slight whisker too was perpendicular. It was not possible for a human aspect to be freer from grimace4 or solicitous5 wrigglings: also it was perhaps not possible for a breathing man wide awake to look less animated6. The correct Englishman, drawing himself up from his bow into rigidity7, assenting8 severely9, and seemed to be in a state of internal drill, suggests a suppressed vivacity10, and may be suspected of letting go with some violence when he is released from parade; but Grandcourt’s bearing had no rigidity, it inclined rather to the flaccid. His
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grimace
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animated
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vivacity
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complexion
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softened
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archer
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distinguished
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graphic
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contemptible
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follies
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interpretation
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interpretations
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folly
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unreasonableness
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无理性; 横逆 | |
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mingling
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middle-aged
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precisely
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animation
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epicurism
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corruption
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amiable
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gourmet
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n.食物品尝家;adj.出于美食家之手的 | |
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concurrence
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intimacy
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homage
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aloofness
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friendliness
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contented
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simplicity
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ornaments
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WHIMS
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虚妄,禅病 | |
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exulting
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vi. 欢欣鼓舞,狂喜 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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melancholy
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remonstrance
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vow
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perfectly
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exclamations
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piquancy
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subdued
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secular
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admiration
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discordant
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