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Next morning, accordingly, she rose at five o'clock and went into the street. It was not yet light; a dense1 fog prevailed, and the town was as silent as it was dark, except that from the rectangular avenues which framed in the borough2 there came a chorus of tiny rappings, caused by the fall of water-drops condensed on the boughs3; now it was wafted4 from the West Walk, now from the South Walk; and then from both quarters simultaneously5. She moved on to the bottom of corn Street, and, knowing his time well, waited only a few minutes before she heard the familiar bang of his door, and then his quick walk towards her. She met him at the point where the last tree of the engirding avenue flanked the last house in the street.
He could hardly discern her till, glancing inquiringly, he said, "What--Miss Henchard--and are ye up so airly?"
She asked him to pardon her for waylaying6 him at such an unseemly time. "But I am anxious to mention something," she said. "And I wished not to alarm Mrs. Farfrae by calling."
"Yes?" said he, with the cheeriness of a superior. "And what may it be? It's very kind of ye, I'm sure."
She now felt the difficulty of conveying to his mind the exact aspect of possibilities in her own. But she somehow began, and introduced Henchard's name. "I sometimes fear," she said with an effort, "that he may be betrayed into some attempt to--insult you, sir.
"But we are the best of friends?"
"Or to play some practical joke upon you, sir. Remember that he has been hardly used."
"But we are quite friendly?"
"Or to do something--that would injure you--hurt you--wound you." Every word cost her twice its length of pain. And she could see that Farfrae was still incredulous. Henchard, a poor man in his employ, was not to Farfrae's view the Henchard who had ruled him. Yet he was not only the same man, but that man with his sinister
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1 dense | |
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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2 borough | |
n.享有自治权的市镇;(英)自治市镇 | |
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3 boughs | |
大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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4 wafted | |
v.吹送,飘送,(使)浮动( waft的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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5 simultaneously | |
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地 | |
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6 waylaying | |
v.拦截,拦路( waylay的现在分词 ) | |
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7 sinister | |
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8 formerly | |
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9 lodging | |
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍 | |
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10 impulsive | |
adj.冲动的,刺激的;有推动力的 | |
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11 judgment | |
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12 kindly | |
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13 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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14 wan | |
(wide area network)广域网 | |
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15 subscription | |
n.预订,预订费,亲笔签名,调配法,下标(处方) | |
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16 mariners | |
海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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17 eyebrows | |
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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18 countermanded | |
v.取消(命令),撤回( countermand的过去分词 ) | |
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19 withdrawal | |
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销 | |
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20 negotiation | |
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21 drawn | |
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22 solicitously | |
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23 contemplated | |
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24 crumb | |
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25 intensity | |
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26 rivalry | |
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27 agitation | |
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28 soothingly | |
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29 privately | |
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30 opposition | |
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31 musingly | |
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32 rave | |
vi.胡言乱语;热衷谈论;n.热情赞扬 | |
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33 onward | |
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34 incarnate | |
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35 bustle | |
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36 discourse | |
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37 jersey | |
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38 blotted | |
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39 scrap | |
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40 recollected | |
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41 grotesque | |
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42 brass | |
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43 prodigality | |
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44 unprecedented | |
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45 trumpet | |
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46 goaded | |
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47 ousting | |
驱逐( oust的现在分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺 | |
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48 emphatic | |
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49 embarrassment | |
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50 amenities | |
n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快 | |
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51 sardonic | |
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52 contemplating | |
深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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53 drudge | |
n.劳碌的人;v.做苦工,操劳 | |
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54 bribed | |
v.贿赂( bribe的过去式和过去分词 );向(某人)行贿,贿赂 | |
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55 forsake | |
vt.遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃 | |
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56 revivals | |
n.复活( revival的名词复数 );再生;复兴;(老戏多年后)重新上演 | |
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57 passionate | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的 | |
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58 exertions | |
n.努力( exertion的名词复数 );费力;(能力、权力等的)运用;行使 | |
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59 devoted | |
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60 acquit | |
vt.宣判无罪;(oneself)使(自己)表现出 | |
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61 consolation | |
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62 Forsaken | |
adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词 | |
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63 blandly | |
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64 adumbrating | |
v.约略显示,勾画出…的轮廓( adumbrate的现在分词 ) | |
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65 generosity | |
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为 | |
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66 descend | |
vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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67 catastrophe | |
n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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68 wrecking | |
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69 appalled | |
v.使惊骇,使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的;丧胆的 | |
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70 annihilated | |
v.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的过去式和过去分词 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃 | |
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