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VII THE DISAPPOINTMENT
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"Will it stop, Grandpapa?" Phronsie, kneeling on a chair, her face pressed close to the window pane1, turned to old Mr. King, looking over her shoulder.
"I'm afraid not, dear," he answered.
"Doesn't God know we want to help the poor children?" she asked suddenly, a surprised look coming into her eyes.
"Yes, yes, dear; of course he knows, child."
"Then why does he let it rain?" cried Phronsie, in a hurt voice.
"Oh, because, Pet, we must have rain, else the flowers wouldn't grow, you know."
"They're all grown," said Phronsie, trying to peer out into the thick twilight3 between the great splashes of rain running down the window over toward the garden, "and now we can't have our party to-morrow, Grandpapa," she added sorrowfully.
"No, it would be quite too wet, after this downpour, even if it cleared to-night," said the old gentleman decidedly. "Well, Phronsie, child, we must just accept the matter philosophically4."
"What's philo—that big word, Grandpapa?" she asked, turning away from her effort to catch sight of the flower-beds, off in the distance, gay with the wealth of blooms saved for the hoped-for festivities of the morrow, and she put her arm around his neck.
"Oh, that? It was a pretty large word to use to you, and that's a fact," said the old gentleman, with a little laugh. He was having rather a hard time of it to conceal6 his dismay at the blow to all the plans and preparations so finely in progress for the garden party. "Well, it means we must make the best of it all, and not fret7."
"Oh!" said Phronsie. Then she turned back to her window again, and surveyed the driving storm.
"Perhaps the flowers like it," she said, after a pause, when nothing was heard but the beating of the rain against the glass; "maybe they are thirsty, Grandpapa."
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pane
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n.窗格玻璃,长方块 | |
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n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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philosophically
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adv.哲学上;富有哲理性地;贤明地;冷静地 | |
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conceal
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v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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valiantly
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succumbed
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wailing
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mumbled
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soothingly
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exclamation
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abruptly
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adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
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hush
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int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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hoarsely
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rosy
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remarkable
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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trifling
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adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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muster
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pomposity
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strutting
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加固,支撑物 | |
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plunging
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triumphantly
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ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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glistening
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adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 ) | |
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chubby
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gratitude
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wriggling
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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perfectly
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precipitated
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scattered
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poking
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n. 刺,戳,袋 vt. 拨开,刺,戳 vi. 戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢 | |
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desperately
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adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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fumbling
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n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理 | |
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prospect
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impatience
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arbor
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hopping
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twine
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v.搓,织,编饰;(使)缠绕 | |
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whined
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v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 );哀诉,诉怨 | |
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winked
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v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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chirped
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鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的过去式 ) | |
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deserted
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standing
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rattled
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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drawn
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shears
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chatter
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