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12 Mam’zelle Dupont Puts Things Right
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12 Mam’zelle Dupont Puts Things Right
Upstairs something was happening. Mam’zelle Dupont had come past the door of the second form, and had found it open. On looking in, she had found, to her surprise, that Mam’zelle Rougier had apparently1 deserted2 her form and left the girls alone. More surprising still, the girls were sitting as quiet as mice—and what long faces!
“What is the matter, mes petites?” cried Mam’zelle, her little beady eyes ranging over the silent class. “What has happened?”
Mary-Lou, thoroughly3 upset by everything, gave an unexpected sob4. Mam’zelle turned to her. Mary-Lou was one of her pets, for Mary-Lou could chatter5 French perfectly6.
“What is wrong, then? Tell me! Am I not your friend! What is this that has happened?”
“Oh, Mam’zelle—an awful thing has happened!” burst out Mary-Lou. “Belinda did some pictures of you and Mam’zelle Rougier. Nice ones of you but awful ones of Mam’zelle Rougier—and we didn’t know Mam’zelle was coming instead of you this afternoon—and we put the book on the desk for you to see, and . . . and . . .”
“Ah! Mam’zelle Rougier, she saw them instead, and she has gone blue in the face, and she has taken Belinda and poor Sally to Miss Grayling!” cried Mam’zelle. “Ah, this bad-tempered7 woman! She cannot see a joke. I, I myself will go to see Miss Grayling. I will tell her one, two, three things about Mam’zelle Rougier! Ah-h-h!”
And off went Mam’zelle Dupont, scuttling8 along on her high heels like a harassed9 rabbit. The girls looked at one another. What an afternoon!
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1 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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2 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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3 thoroughly | |
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣 | |
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vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战 | |
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6 perfectly | |
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7 bad-tempered | |
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8 scuttling | |
n.船底穿孔,打开通海阀(沉船用)v.使船沉没( scuttle的现在分词 );快跑,急走 | |
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adj. 疲倦的,厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词 | |
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10 dagger | |
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11 peals | |
n.(声音大而持续或重复的)洪亮的响声( peal的名词复数 );隆隆声;洪亮的钟声;钟乐v.(使)(钟等)鸣响,(雷等)发出隆隆声( peal的第三人称单数 ) | |
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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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17 exuberant | |
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18 muddling | |
v.弄乱,弄糟( muddle的现在分词 );使糊涂;对付,混日子 | |
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19 spoke | |
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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21 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖 | |
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23 jingled | |
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24 jingling | |
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26 sneering | |
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