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CHAPTER VII CONTAGIOUS
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'There's only the one slipper1 here,' said Aunt Annie, feeling in the embroidered2 slipper-bag which depended from a glittering brass3 nail in the recess4 to the right of the fireplace. And this fireplace was on the ground-floor, and not in Oxford5 Street.
'I was mending the other this morning,' said Mrs. Knight6, springing up with all her excessive stoutness7 from the easy-chair. 'I left it in my work-basket, I do believe.'
'I'll get it,' said Aunt Annie.
'No, I'll get it,' said Mrs. Knight.
So it occurred that Aunt Annie laid the left slipper (sole upwards) in front of the brisk red fire, while Mrs. Knight laid the right one.
Then the servant entered the dining-room—a little simple fat thing of sixteen or so, proud of her cap and apron8 and her black afternoon dress. She was breathing quickly.
'Please'm, Dr. Dancer says he'll come at nine o'clock, or as soon after as makes no matter.'
In delivering the message the servant gave a shrewd, comprehending, sympathetic smile, as if to say: 'I am just as excited about your plot as you are.'
'Yes'm.'
Sarah's departing face fell to humility10, and it said now: 'I'm sorry I presumed to be as excited about your plot as you are.'
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slipper
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n.拖鞋 | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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knight
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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stoutness
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apron
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frigidly
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humility
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deference
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subvert
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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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mansion
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winding
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fumbled
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(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下 | |
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actively
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conceal
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aged
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prematurely
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curtly
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curt
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calamity
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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marred
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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chapel
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exigencies
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solicitors
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初级律师( solicitor的名词复数 ) | |
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renown
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defiance
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Christian
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benevolently
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lustre
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nay
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industrious
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confidential
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strenuousness
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syllables
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smoothly
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banking
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polytechnic
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bumptious
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conceited
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unbearable
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peevish
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cantankerous
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feverish
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tickled
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(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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simultaneously
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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emphatic
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perfectly
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intrigue
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vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋 | |
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prevarication
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justify
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casually
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crimson
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n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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slippers
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n. 拖鞋 | |
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brewing
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specially
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irony
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alterations
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sane
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hacking
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eucalyptus
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spout
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