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It was a chill, damp, windy night, when the Jew: buttoning his great-coat tight round his shrivelled body, and pulling the collar up over his ears so as completely to obscure the lower part of his face: emerged from his den2. He paused on the step as the door was locked and chained behind him; and having listened while the boys made all secure, and until their retreating footsteps were no longer audible, slunk down the street as quickly as he could.
The house to which Oliver had been conveyed, was in the neighborhood of Whitechapel. The Jew stopped for an instant at the corner of the street; and, glancing suspiciously round, crossed the road, and struck off in the direction of the Spitalfields.
The mud lay thick upon the stones, and a black mist hung over the streets; the rain fell sluggishly3 down, and everything felt cold and clammy to the touch. It seemed just the night when it befitted such a being as the Jew to be abroad. As he glided4 stealthily along, creeping beneath the shelter of the walls and doorways5, the hideous6 old man seemed like some loathsome7 reptile8, engendered9 in the slime and darkness through which he moved: crawling forth10, by night, in search of some rich offal for a meal.
He kept on his course, through many winding11 and narrow ways, until he reached Bethnal Green; then, turning suddenly off to the left, he soon became involved in a

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n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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pointed
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exclamation
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使平衡( poise的现在分词 ); 保持(某种姿势); 抓紧; 使稳定 | |
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literally
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shrill
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chuckle
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vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑 | |
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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