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There was nothing to show that her effort in any degree fell short till they got well into the Park and he struck her as giving, unexpectedly, the go-by to any serious search for the Principino. The way they sat down awhile in the sun was a sign of that; his dropping with her into the first pair of sequestered1 chairs they came across and waiting a little, after they were placed, as if now at last she might bring out, as between them, something more specific. It made her but feel the more sharply how the specific, in almost any direction, was utterly2 forbidden her — how the use of it would be, for all the world, like undoing4 the leash5 of a dog eager to follow up a scent6. It would come out, the specific, where the dog would come out; would run to earth, somehow, the truth — for she was believing herself in relation to the truth!— at which she mustn’t so much as indirectly8 point. Such, at any rate, was the fashion in which her passionate9 prudence10 played over possibilities of danger, reading symptoms and betrayals into everything she looked at, and yet having to make it evident, while she recognised them, that she didn’t wince11. There were moments between them, in their chairs, when he might have been watching her guard herself and trying to think of something new that would trip her up. There were pauses during which, with her affection as sweet and still as the sunshine, she might yet, as at some hard game, over a table, for money, have been defying him to fasten upon her the least little complication of consciousness. She was positively12
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sequestered
adj.扣押的;隐退的;幽静的;偏僻的v.使隔绝,使隔离( sequester的过去式和过去分词 );扣押
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utterly
adv.完全地,绝对地
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den
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室
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undoing
n.毁灭的原因,祸根;破坏,毁灭
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leash
n.牵狗的皮带,束缚;v.用皮带系住
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scent
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉
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belie
v.掩饰,证明为假
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indirectly
adv.间接地,不直接了当地
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passionate
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
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prudence
n.谨慎,精明,节俭
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wince
n.畏缩,退避,(因痛苦,苦恼等)面部肌肉抽动;v.畏缩,退缩,退避
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positively
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
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retraced
v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯
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fawns
n.(未满一岁的)幼鹿( fawn的名词复数 );浅黄褐色;乞怜者;奉承者v.(尤指狗等)跳过来往人身上蹭以示亲热( fawn的第三人称单数 );巴结;讨好
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lull
v.使安静,使入睡,缓和,哄骗;n.暂停,间歇
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eminently
adv.突出地;显著地;不寻常地
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forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
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pretext
n.借口,托词
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feign
vt.假装,佯作
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recollect
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得
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importunate
adj.强求的;纠缠不休的
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dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
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perversion
n.曲解;堕落;反常
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flinching
v.(因危险和痛苦)退缩,畏惧( flinch的现在分词 )
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confinement
n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限
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promptly
adv.及时地,敏捷地
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smirked
v.傻笑( smirk的过去分词 )
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privately
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地
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thereby
adv.因此,从而
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attenuate
v.使变小,使减弱
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musingly
adv.沉思地,冥想地
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paternally
adv.父亲似地;父亲一般地
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perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
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sublime
adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的
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blandness
n.温柔,爽快
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assented
同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 )
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gaily
adv.欢乐地,高兴地
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contented
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
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applied
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
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prodigiously
adv.异常地,惊人地,巨大地
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invoked
v.援引( invoke的过去式和过去分词 );行使(权利等);祈求救助;恳求
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conjure
v.恳求,祈求;变魔术,变戏法
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anomalous
adj.反常的;不规则的
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climax
n.顶点;高潮;v.(使)达到顶点
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fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
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wail
vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸
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binds
v.约束( bind的第三人称单数 );装订;捆绑;(用长布条)缠绕
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immorality
n. 不道德, 无道义
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rambled
(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论
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soothing
adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的
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divans
n.(可作床用的)矮沙发( divan的名词复数 );(波斯或其他东方诗人的)诗集
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opium
n.鸦片;adj.鸦片的
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inevitably
adv.不可避免地;必然发生地
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fumes
n.(强烈而刺激的)气味,气体
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thoroughly
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
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precisely
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
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enacted
制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的过去式和过去分词 )
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justified
a.正当的,有理的
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sloth
n.[动]树懒;懒惰,懒散
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solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
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swarmed
密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去
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vibration
n.颤动,振动;摆动
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submission
n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出
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junction
n.连接,接合;交叉点,接合处,枢纽站
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vaguely
adv.含糊地,暖昧地
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reverting
恢复( revert的现在分词 ); 重提; 回到…上; 归还
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affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
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levity
n.轻率,轻浮,不稳定,多变
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mitigate
vt.(使)减轻,(使)缓和
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intensity
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度
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equilibrium
n.平衡,均衡,相称,均势,平静
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luminous
adj.发光的,发亮的;光明的;明白易懂的;有启发的
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confession
n.自白,供认,承认
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inevitable
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
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covertly
adv.偷偷摸摸地
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bristling
a.竖立的
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porcupine
n.豪猪, 箭猪
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shrill
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫
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complacently
adv. 满足地, 自满地, 沾沾自喜地
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vividly
adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地
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divested
v.剥夺( divest的过去式和过去分词 );脱去(衣服);2。从…取去…;1。(给某人)脱衣服
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mantle
n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红
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lighting
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
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decency
n.体面,得体,合宜,正派,庄重
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gape
v.张口,打呵欠,目瞪口呆地凝视
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gaped
v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的过去式和过去分词 );张开,张大
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interval
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息
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dingy
adj.昏暗的,肮脏的
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lamentably
adv.哀伤地,拙劣地
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gasped
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
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marvel
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事
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reprieve
n.暂缓执行(死刑);v.缓期执行;给…带来缓解