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Mrs Brooks1, the lady who was the householder at The Herons, and owner of all the handsome furniture, was not a person of an unusually curious turn of mind. She was too deeply materialized, poor woman, by her long and enforced bondage2 to that arithmetical demon3 Profit-and-Loss, to retain much curiosity for its own sake, and apart from possible lodgers4' pockets. Nevertheless, the visit of Angel Clare to her well-paying tenants6, Mr and Mrs d'Urberville, as she deemed them, was sufficiently7 exceptional in point of time and manner to reinvigorate the feminine proclivity8 which had been stifled9 down as useless save in its bearings on the letting trade.
Tess had spoken to her husband from the doorway10, without entering the dining-room, and Mrs Brooks, who stood within the partly-closed door of her own sitting-room11 at the back of the passage, could hear fragments of the conversation - if conversation it could be called - between those two wretched souls. She heard Tess re-ascend the stairs to the first floor, and the departure of Clare, and the closing of the front door behind him. Then the door of the room above was shut, and Mrs Brooks knew that Tess had re-entered her apartment. As the young lady was not fully12 dressed Mrs Brooks knew that she would not emerge again for some time.
She accordingly ascended
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brooks
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
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bondage
n.奴役,束缚
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demon
n.魔鬼,恶魔
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lodgers
n.房客,租住者( lodger的名词复数 )
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lodger
n.寄宿人,房客
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tenants
n.房客( tenant的名词复数 );佃户;占用者;占有者
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sufficiently
adv.足够地,充分地
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proclivity
n.倾向,癖性
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stifled
(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵
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doorway
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
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sitting-room
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室
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fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
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ascended
v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )
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syllable
n.音节;vt.分音节
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landlady
n.女房东,女地主
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ace
n.A牌;发球得分;佼佼者;adj.杰出的
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posture
n.姿势,姿态,心态,态度;v.作出某种姿势
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embroidery
n.绣花,刺绣;绣制品
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slippers
n. 拖鞋
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protruded
v.(使某物)伸出,(使某物)突出( protrude的过去式和过去分词 )
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murmur
n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言
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exclamation
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
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dirge
n.哀乐,挽歌,庄重悲哀的乐曲
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persuasion
n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派
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taunted
嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落
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writhing
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )
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clench
vt.捏紧(拳头等),咬紧(牙齿等),紧紧握住
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lashes
n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
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rustle
v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声
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drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
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casually
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
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scarlet
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的
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blot
vt.弄脏(用吸墨纸)吸干;n.污点,污渍
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qualms
n.不安;内疚
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misgiving
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕
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descending
n. 下行
adj. 下降的
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villa
n.别墅,城郊小屋
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assented
同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 )
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carving
n.雕刻品,雕花
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rigid
adj.严格的,死板的;刚硬的,僵硬的
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resounded
v.(指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 );产生回响;(指某处)回荡着声音
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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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infliction
n.(强加于人身的)痛苦,刑罚