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Thus they parted; and Elizabeth-Jane and her mother remained each in her thoughts over their meal, the mother's face being strangely bright since Henchard's avowal1 of shame for a past action. The quivering of the partition to its core presented denoted that Donald Farfrae had again rung his bell, no doubt to have his supper removed; for humming a tune2, and walking up and down, he seemed to be attracted by the lively bursts of conversation and melody from the general company below. He sauntered out upon the landing, and descended3 the staircase.
When Elizabeth-Jane had carried down his supper tray, and also that used by her mother and herself, she found the bustle4 of serving to be at its height below, as it always was at this hour. The young woman shrank from having anything to do with the ground-floor serving, and crept silently about observing the scene--so new to her, fresh from the seclusion5 of a seaside cottage. In the general sitting-room6, which was large, she remarked the two or three dozen strong-backed chairs that stood round against the wall, each fitted with its genial7 occupant; the sanded floor; the black settle which, projecting endwise from the wall within the door, permitted Elizabeth to be a spectator of all that went on without herself being particularly seen.
The young Scotchman had just joined the guests. These, in addition to the respectable master-tradesmen occupying the seats of privileges in the bow-window and its neighbourhood, included an inferior set at the unlighted end, whose seats were mere8 benches against the wall, and who drank from cups instead of from glasses. Among the latter she noticed some of those personages who had stood outside the windows of the King's Arms.
Behind their backs was a small window, with a wheel ventilator in one of the
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1 avowal | |
n.公开宣称,坦白承认 | |
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2 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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3 descended | |
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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4 bustle | |
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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5 seclusion | |
n.隐遁,隔离 | |
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6 sitting-room | |
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室 | |
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7 genial | |
adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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8 mere | |
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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9 panes | |
窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 ) | |
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10 jingling | |
叮当声 | |
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11 furtively | |
adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地 | |
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12 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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13 enraptured | |
v.使狂喜( enrapture的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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14 attentive | |
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
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15 lark | |
n.云雀,百灵鸟;n.嬉戏,玩笑;vi.嬉戏 | |
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16 eloquent | |
adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的 | |
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17 pathos | |
n.哀婉,悲怆 | |
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18 effaced | |
v.擦掉( efface的过去式和过去分词 );抹去;超越;使黯然失色 | |
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20 apron | |
n.围裙;工作裙 | |
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21 mariners | |
海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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22 climax | |
n.顶点;高潮;v.(使)达到顶点 | |
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23 worthies | |
应得某事物( worthy的名词复数 ); 值得做某事; 可尊敬的; 有(某人或事物)的典型特征 | |
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24 prone | |
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25 caustic | |
adj.刻薄的,腐蚀性的 | |
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26 rogues | |
n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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27 ornament | |
v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物 | |
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28 dealer | |
n.商人,贩子 | |
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29 hoary | |
adj.古老的;鬓发斑白的 | |
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30 gallows | |
n.绞刑架,绞台 | |
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31 random | |
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动 | |
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32 mumbled | |
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33 pigsties | |
n.猪圈,脏房间( pigsty的名词复数 ) | |
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34 onward | |
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先 | |
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35 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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36 auld | |
adj.老的,旧的 | |
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37 syne | |
adv.自彼时至此时,曾经 | |
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38 inmates | |
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 ) | |
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39 haze | |
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊 | |
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40 accomplished | |
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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41 perpendicular | |
adj.垂直的,直立的;n.垂直线,垂直的位置 | |
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42 bide | |
v.忍耐;等候;住 | |
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43 melancholy | |
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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44 fatality | |
n.不幸,灾祸,天命 | |
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45 nay | |
adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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46 tragic | |
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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47 kindled | |
(使某物)燃烧,着火( kindle的过去式和过去分词 ); 激起(感情等); 发亮,放光 | |
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48 highland | |
n.(pl.)高地,山地 | |
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49 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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50 ambiguities | |
n.歧义( ambiguity的名词复数 );意义不明确;模棱两可的意思;模棱两可的话 | |
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51 tragical | |
adj. 悲剧的, 悲剧性的 | |
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52 landlady | |
n.女房东,女地主 | |
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53 mien | |
n.风采;态度 | |
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54 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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55 momentum | |
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量 | |
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56 tuned | |
adj.调谐的,已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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57 bower | |
n.凉亭,树荫下凉快之处;闺房;v.荫蔽 | |
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58 peg | |
n.木栓,木钉;vt.用木钉钉,用短桩固定 | |
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59 promenade | |
n./v.散步 | |
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