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Mr. Tryan was right in saying that the ‘row’ in Milby had been preconcerted by Dempster. The placards and the caricature were prepared before the departure of the delegates; and it had been settled that Mat Paine, Dempster’s clerk, should ride out on Thursday morning to meet them at Whitlow, the last place where they would change horses, that he might gallop1 back and prepare an ovation2 for the triumvirate in case of their success. Dempster had determined3 to dine at Whitlow: so that Mat Paine was in Milby again two hours before the entrance of the delegates, and had time to send a whisper up the back streets that there was promise of a ‘spree’ in the Bridge Way, as well as to assemble two knots of picked men—one to feed the flame of orthodox zeal4 with gin-and-water, at the Green Man, near High Street; the other to solidify5 their church principles with heady beer at the Bear and Ragged6 Staff in the Bridge Way.
The Bridge Way was an irregular straggling street, where the town fringed off raggedly7 into the Whitlow road: rows of new red-brick houses, in which ribbon-looms were rattling8 behind long lines of window, alternating with old, half-thatched, half-tiled cottages—one of those dismal9 wide streets where dirt and misery10 have no long shadows thrown on them to soften11 their ugliness. Here, about half-past five o’clock, Silly Caleb, an idiot well known in Dog Lane, but more of a stranger in the Bridge Way, was seen slouching along with a string of boys
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v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展 | |
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hooting
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interval
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fustian
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streaked
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brawny
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virago
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descrying
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dame
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plethoric
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enunciator
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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guardian
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cant
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n.斜穿,黑话,猛扔 | |
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hypocrisy
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symbolical
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v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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attachment
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n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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pastor
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n.牧师,牧人 | |
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manly
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adj.有男子气概的;adv.男子般地,果断地 | |
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doctrine
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n.教义;主义;学说 | |
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corrupted
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(使)败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)腐化; 引起(计算机文件等的)错误; 破坏 | |
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n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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obtruding
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v.强行向前,强行,强迫( obtrude的现在分词 ) | |
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decries
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v.公开反对,谴责( decry的第三人称单数 ) | |
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sneaks
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abbr.sneakers (tennis shoes) 胶底运动鞋(网球鞋)v.潜行( sneak的第三人称单数 );偷偷溜走;(儿童向成人)打小报告;告状 | |
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perverting
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v.滥用( pervert的现在分词 );腐蚀;败坏;使堕落 | |
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doctrines
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n.教条( doctrine的名词复数 );教义;学说;(政府政策的)正式声明 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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pretence
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n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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interfere
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v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散 | |
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divers
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outlet
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expenditure
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n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出;使用,消耗 | |
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relaxation
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convened
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召开( convene的过去式 ); 召集; (为正式会议而)聚集; 集合 | |
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brew
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envious
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conspicuous
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sniffing
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n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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nostril
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nostrils
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orchard
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shutters
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resounded
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