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CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS
It was late next morning when Oliver awoke, from a sound, long sleep. There was no other person in the room but the old Jew, who was boiling some coffee in a saucepan for breakfast, and whistling softly to himself as he stirred it round and round, with an iron spoon. He would stop every now and then to listen when there was the least noise below: and when he had satistified himself, he would go on whistling and stirring again, as before.
Although Oliver had roused himself from sleep, he was not thoroughly1 awake. There is a drowsy2 state, between sleeping and waking, when you dream more in five minutes with your eyes half open, and yourself half conscious of everything that is passing around you, than you would in five nights with your eyes fast closed, and your senses wrapt in perfect unconsciousness. At such time, a mortal knows just enough of what his mind is doing, to form some glimmering3 conception of its mighty4 powers, its bounding from earth and spurning5 time and space, when freed from the restraint of its corporeal6 associate.
Oliver was precisely7 in this condition. He saw the Jew with his half-closed eyes; heard his low whistling; and recognised the sound of the spoon grating against the saucepan's sides: and yet the self-same senses were mentally engaged, at the same time, in busy action with almost everybody he had ever known.
When the coffee was done, the Jew drew the saucepan to the hob. Standing8, then in an irresolute9 attitude for a few minutes, as if he did not well know how to employ himself, he turned round and looked at Oliver, and called him by his name. He did not answer, and was to all appearances asleep.

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drowsy
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adj.昏昏欲睡的,令人发困的 | |
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glimmering
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n.微光,隐约的一瞥adj.薄弱地发光的v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的现在分词 ) | |
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mighty
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adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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spurning
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v.一脚踢开,拒绝接受( spurn的现在分词 ) | |
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adj.肉体的,身体的;物质的 | |
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adj.无决断的,优柔寡断的,踌躇不定的 | |
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v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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bracelets
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inscription
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n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文 | |
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v.悔悟,悔改,忏悔,后悔 | |
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n.躲避者;躲闪者;广告单 | |
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pitcher
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n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手 | |
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adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地 | |
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adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的 | |
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industrious
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uncommon
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adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地 | |
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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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ad.不同寻常地,相当地 | |
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hoof
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n.(马,牛等的)蹄 | |
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hearth
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n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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