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Part II Chapter One
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Yonville-l’Abbaye (so called from an old Capuchin abbey of which not even the ruins remain) is a market-town twenty-four miles from Rouen, between the Abbeville and Beauvais roads, at the foot of a valley watered by the Rieule, a little river that runs into the Andelle after turning three water-mills near its mouth, where there are a few trout1 that the lads amuse themselves by fishing for on Sundays.
We leave the highroad at La Boissiere and keep straight on to the top of the Leux hill, whence the valley is seen. The river that runs through it makes of it, as it were, two regions with distinct physiognomies — all on the left is pasture land, all of the right arable2. The meadow stretches under a bulge3 of low hills to join at the back with the pasture land of the Bray4 country, while on the eastern side, the plain, gently rising, broadens out, showing as far as eye can follow its blond cornfields. The water, flowing by the grass, divides with a white line the colour of the roads and of the plains, and the country is like a great unfolded mantle5 with a green velvet6 cape7 bordered with a fringe of silver.
Before us, on the verge8 of the horizon, lie the oaks of the forest of Argueil, with the steeps of the Saint-Jean hills scarred from top to bottom with red irregular lines; they are rain tracks, and these brick-tones standing9 out in narrow streaks10 against the grey colour of the mountain are due to the quantity of iron springs that flow beyond in the neighboring country.
Here we are on the confines of Normandy, Picardy, and the Ile-de-France, a
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trout
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n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属) | |
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n.驴叫声, 喇叭声;v.驴叫 | |
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mantle
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cape
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verge
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n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹 | |
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bastard
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n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子 | |
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costly
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manure
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friable
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stationary
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outlet
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n.出口/路;销路;批发商店;通风口;发泄 | |
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depreciated
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borough
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n.享有自治权的市镇;(英)自治市镇 | |
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sprawling
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adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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siesta
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n.午睡 | |
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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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scythes
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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pilfering
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v.偷窃(小东西),小偷( pilfer的现在分词 );偷窃(一般指小偷小摸) | |
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crumbs
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mound
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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cemetery
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loft
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reverberates
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回响,回荡( reverberate的第三人称单数 ); 使反响,使回荡,使反射 | |
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obliquely
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adv.斜; 倾斜; 间接; 不光明正大 | |
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adorned
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virgin
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idol
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choir
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dome
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embellish
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v.装饰,布置;给…添加细节,润饰 | |
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inscriptions
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(作者)题词( inscription的名词复数 ); 献词; 碑文; 证劵持有人的登记 | |
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n.卷轴,纸卷;(石刻上的)漩涡 | |
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cholera
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tenantless
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epidemic
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n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的 | |
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cultivation
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n.耕作,培养,栽培(法),养成 | |
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stoutly
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adv.牢固地,粗壮的 | |
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narrated
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v.故事( narrate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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fetuses
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n.胎,胎儿( fetus的名词复数 ) | |
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turbid
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adj.混浊的,泥水的,浓的 | |
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landlady
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n.女房东,女地主 | |
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fowls
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鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马 | |
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millers
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n.(尤指面粉厂的)厂主( miller的名词复数 );磨房主;碾磨工;铣工 | |
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brazen
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adj.厚脸皮的,无耻的,坚硬的 | |
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hissing
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n. 发嘶嘶声, 蔑视 动词hiss的现在分词形式 | |
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rattled
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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spinach
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n.菠菜 | |
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wring
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n.扭绞;v.拧,绞出,扭 | |
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slippers
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n. 拖鞋 | |
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tassel
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n.流苏,穗;v.抽穗, (玉米)长穗须 | |
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wan
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(wide area network)广域网 | |
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patriotic
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adj.爱国的,有爱国心的 | |
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shutters
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百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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dawdler
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n.游手好闲的人,懒人 | |
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flattened
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[医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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jaws
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lathe
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jealousy
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bourgeois
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dab
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twilight
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athletic
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copper
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refreshment
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hypocrisy
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tithe
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temperament
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juggling
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fatten
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immortal
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cane
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lodges
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belly
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engulf
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混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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clattering
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发出咔哒声(clatter的现在分词形式) | |
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窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 ) | |
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(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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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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妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的第三人称单数 ) | |
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