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Of all the enigmas1 which ever confronted a girl there can have been seldom one like that which followed Henchard's announcement of himself to Elizabeth as her father. He had done it in an ardour and an agitation2 which had half carried the point of affection with her; yet, behold3, from the next morning onwards his manner was constrained4 as she had never seen it before.
The coldness soon broke out into open chiding5. One grievous failing of Elizabeth's was her occasional pretty and picturesque6 use of dialect words--those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.
It was dinner-time--they never met except at meals--and she happened to say when he was rising from table, wishing to show him something, "If you'll bide7 where you be a minute, father, I'll get it."
"'Bide where you be,'" he echoed sharply, "Good God, are you only fit to carry wash to a pig-trough, that ye use such words as those?"
She reddened with shame and sadness.
"I meant 'Stay where you are,' father," she said, in a low, humble8 voice. "I ought to have been more careful."
He made no reply, and went out of the room.
The sharp reprimand was not lost upon her, and in time it came to pass that for "fay" she said "succeed"; that she no longer spoke9 of "dumbledores" but of "humble bees"; no longer said of young men and women that they "walked together," but that they were "engaged"; that she grew to talk of "greggles" as "wild hyacinths"; that when she had not slept she did not
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1 enigmas | |
n.难于理解的问题、人、物、情况等,奥秘( enigma的名词复数 ) | |
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2 agitation | |
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动 | |
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3 behold | |
v.看,注视,看到 | |
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4 constrained | |
adj.束缚的,节制的 | |
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5 chiding | |
v.责骂,责备( chide的现在分词 ) | |
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6 picturesque | |
adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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7 bide | |
v.忍耐;等候;住 | |
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8 humble | |
adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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9 spoke | |
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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10 quaintly | |
adv.古怪离奇地 | |
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11 omnivorously | |
adv.随手地 | |
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12 gratuitous | |
adj.无偿的,免费的;无缘无故的,不必要的 | |
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13 ordeal | |
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验 | |
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14 writ | |
n.命令状,书面命令 | |
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15 transacted | |
v.办理(业务等)( transact的过去式和过去分词 );交易,谈判 | |
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16 reigned | |
vi.当政,统治(reign的过去式形式) | |
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17 creed | |
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18 bristling | |
a.竖立的 | |
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19 innate | |
adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的 | |
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20 scribbling | |
n.乱涂[写]胡[乱]写的文章[作品]v.潦草的书写( scribble的现在分词 );乱画;草草地写;匆匆记下 | |
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21 peremptorily | |
adv.紧急地,不容分说地,专横地 | |
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22 disposition | |
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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23 pitfall | |
n.隐患,易犯的错误;陷阱,圈套 | |
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24 shovel | |
n.铁锨,铲子,一铲之量;v.铲,铲出 | |
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25 persistently | |
ad.坚持地;固执地 | |
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26 exclamation | |
n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词 | |
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27 protruding | |
v.(使某物)伸出,(使某物)突出( protrude的现在分词 );凸 | |
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28 underneath | |
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面 | |
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29 softening | |
变软,软化 | |
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30 estrange | |
v.使疏远,离间,使离开 | |
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31 nance | |
n.娘娘腔的男人,男同性恋者 | |
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32 premises | |
n.建筑物,房屋 | |
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33 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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34 hips | |
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的 | |
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35 drudge | |
n.劳碌的人;v.做苦工,操劳 | |
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36 slur | |
v.含糊地说;诋毁;连唱;n.诋毁;含糊的发音 | |
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37 complexion | |
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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38 confinement | |
n.幽禁,拘留,监禁;分娩;限制,局限 | |
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39 mariners | |
海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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40 triumphantly | |
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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41 unduly | |
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42 indignity | |
n.侮辱,伤害尊严,轻蔑 | |
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43 scathing | |
adj.(言词、文章)严厉的,尖刻的;不留情的adv.严厉地,尖刻地v.伤害,损害(尤指使之枯萎)( scathe的现在分词) | |
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44 solitude | |
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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45 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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46 incessantly | |
ad.不停地 | |
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47 laboriousness | |
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48 flinching | |
v.(因危险和痛苦)退缩,畏惧( flinch的现在分词 ) | |
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49 incited | |
刺激,激励,煽动( incite的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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50 glide | |
n./v.溜,滑行;(时间)消逝 | |
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51 portentous | |
adj.不祥的,可怕的,装腔作势的 | |
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52 construed | |
v.解释(陈述、行为等)( construe的过去式和过去分词 );翻译,作句法分析 | |
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53 quenching | |
淬火,熄 | |
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54 fortitude | |
n.坚忍不拔;刚毅 | |
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55 incipient | |
adj.起初的,发端的,初期的 | |
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56 chamber | |
n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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57 amber | |
n.琥珀;琥珀色;adj.琥珀制的 | |
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58 firmamental | |
adj.天空的,苍天的 | |
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59 exhaustion | |
n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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60 velvet | |
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的 | |
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61 mingled | |
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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62 ornamented | |
adj.花式字体的v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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63 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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64 solitary | |
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士 | |
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65 gravel | |
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石 | |
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66 engrossed | |
adj.全神贯注的 | |
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67 inscription | |
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文 | |
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68 wraith | |
n.幽灵;骨瘦如柴的人 | |
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69 whim | |
n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想 | |
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70 artistic | |
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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71 envious | |
adj.嫉妒的,羡慕的 | |
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72 homeliness | |
n.简朴,朴实;相貌平平 | |
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73 avouched | |
v.保证,断言,承认( avouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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74 musing | |
n. 沉思,冥想 adj. 沉思的, 冥想的 动词muse的现在分词形式 | |
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75 mused | |
v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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76 vacancy | |
n.(旅馆的)空位,空房,(职务的)空缺 | |
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77 rankle | |
v.(怨恨,失望等)难以释怀 | |
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78 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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79 treacherous | |
adj.不可靠的,有暗藏的危险的;adj.背叛的,背信弃义的 | |
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80 humiliated | |
感到羞愧的 | |
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81 exhausted | |
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82 haughty | |
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83 thrifty | |
adj.节俭的;兴旺的;健壮的 | |
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84 catastrophe | |
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85 offhand | |
adj.临时,无准备的;随便,马虎的 | |
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86 laconism | |
n.(说话)简洁;简练的格言,精辟的警句 | |
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87 incense | |
v.激怒;n.香,焚香时的烟,香气 | |
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88 folly | |
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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89 encumbered | |
v.妨碍,阻碍,拖累( encumber的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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90 interfere | |
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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91 apparition | |
n.幽灵,神奇的现象 | |
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92 depressed | |
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的 | |
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93 promenade | |
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94 vivacious | |
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95 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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96 meek | |
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97 ingenuously | |
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98 condemn | |
vt.谴责,指责;宣判(罪犯),判刑 | |
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99 housekeeper | |
n.管理家务的主妇,女管家 | |
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100 accomplished | |
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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101 distressful | |
adj.苦难重重的,不幸的,使苦恼的 | |
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102 joyous | |
adj.充满快乐的;令人高兴的 | |
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103 astonishment | |
n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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104 prospect | |
n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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105 unbearable | |
adj.不能容忍的;忍受不住的 | |
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106 joyfully | |
adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地 | |
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107 assented | |
同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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