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Depression, as well as the storm which held on heavily all night and the next day, kept me close, and the state of my coal bin1 kept me in bed most of the next day. Along late in the afternoon I was aroused from a lethargy of cold and crying, by Leon Griffin tapping at the door to know how I did. The snow by this time had settled down to a blinding drift, and the thermometer had fallen into an incalculable void of cold. Griffin was in his overcoat as though he had just come in or was just going out, though I learned later he had been sitting in it all day in his room. The impression it created of his being in the act of passing, led me to open my door to him, as I otherwise might not have done. A terrible, cold blast came in with him and a clattering2 of the shutters4 on the windward wall of the house. Outside, the day was falling dusk; there was no light in the room but the square blank of the window curtained by the sliding screen of snow, and my little stove which glowed like a carbuncle in its corner.
"You're cozy5 here"—he put it as an excuse for lingering, for I hadn't asked him to have a chair—"you hardly feel the wind. On my side there's a trail of snow half across the room where the wind whips it in between the casings."
Though he had come ostensibly to offer me a neighbourly attention, he was plainly in need of it himself; it was his last night at the Varieté and, between the storm and the depression of having nothing to turn to, he was coming down with a cold. I had him into my one easy chair and suggested tea.
"I hardly slept any last night," he apologized over his second cup, "the shutter3 clacks so." I could hear it now like the stroke of desolation.
That night when I heard him stamping off the snow in the hall, I had a hot drink for him, but when I saw him, by the rakish light of the hall lamp, wringing6 his hands with the cold before taking it, I insisted he should come on into my still warm room. I had to turn back first to light my own lamp and, in respect to my being in my
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bin
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n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件 | |
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发出咔哒声(clatter的现在分词形式) | |
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shutter
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n.百叶窗;(照相机)快门;关闭装置 | |
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百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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adj.亲如手足的,密切的,暖和舒服的 | |
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wringing
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淋湿的,湿透的 | |
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dressing
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n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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softening
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变软,软化 | |
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calcium
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n.钙(化学符号Ca) | |
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protracted
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transpired
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(事实,秘密等)被人知道( transpire的过去式和过去分词 ); 泄露; 显露; 发生 | |
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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frankly
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helping
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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intrigues
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n.密谋策划( intrigue的名词复数 );神秘气氛;引人入胜的复杂情节v.搞阴谋诡计( intrigue的第三人称单数 );激起…的好奇心 | |
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proceeding
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n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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whit
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corroding
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使腐蚀,侵蚀( corrode的现在分词 ) | |
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resentment
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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prodigal
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adj.浪费的,挥霍的,放荡的 | |
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discretion
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ethical
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adj.伦理的,道德的,合乎道德的 | |
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hovering
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鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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vaguely
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adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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perfectly
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imperative
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kerosene
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advertising
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v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛 | |
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embarrassment
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acting
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rim
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accentuating
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adj.不能医治的,不能矫正的,无救的;n.不治的病人,无救的人 | |
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graceful
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docile
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adj.驯服的,易控制的,容易教的 | |
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reverting
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恢复( revert的现在分词 ); 重提; 回到…上; 归还 | |
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withdrawn
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vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出 | |
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bleak
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adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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illuminating
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a.富于启发性的,有助阐明的 | |
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intimacy
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confession
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rehearsals
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n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 );排练;复述;重复 | |
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deserted
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standing
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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futile
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adj.无效的,无用的,无希望的 | |
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Christian
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overflow
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demurred
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exigencies
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professed
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公开声称的,伪称的,已立誓信教的 | |
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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crimson
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allurements
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velvet
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theatrical
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plumes
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羽毛( plume的名词复数 ); 羽毛饰; 羽毛状物; 升上空中的羽状物 | |
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