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The proceedings1 had been brief--too brief--to Lucetta whom an intoxicating2 Weltlust had fairly mastered; but they had brought her a great triumph nevertheless. The shake of the Royal hand still lingered in her fingers; and the chitchat she had overheard, that her husband might possibly receive the honour of knighthood, though idle to a degree, seemed not the wildest vision; stranger things had occurred to men so good and captivating as her Scotchman was.
After the collision with the Mayor, Henchard had withdrawn3 behind the ladies' stand; and there he stood, regarding with a stare of abstraction the spot on the lapel of his coat where Farfrae's hand had seized it. He put his own hand there, as if he could hardly realize such an outrage4 from one whom it had once been his wont5 to treat with ardent6 generosity7. While pausing in this half-stupefied state the conversation of Lucetta with the other ladies reached his ears; and he distinctly heard her deny him--deny that he had assisted Donald, that he was anything more than a common journeyman.
He moved on homeward, and met Jopp in the archway to the Bull Stake. "So you've had a snub," said Jopp.
"And what if I have?" answered Henchard sternly.
"Why, I've had one too, so we are both under the same cold shade." He briefly8 related his attempt to win Lucetta's intercession.
Henchard merely heard his story, without taking it deeply in. His own relation to Farfrae and Lucetta overshadowed all kindred ones. He went on saying brokenly to himself, "She has supplicated9 to me in her time; and now her tongue won't own me nor her eyes see me!...And he--how angry he looked. He drove me back as if I were a bull breaking fence....I took it like a lamb, for I saw it could not be settled there. He can rub brine on a green wound!...But he shall pay for it, and she shall be sorry. It must come to a tussle--face to face; and then we'll see how a
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ardent
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degradation
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hitching
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搭乘; (免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的现在分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上 | |
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pinioned
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hoisted
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luxurious
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boughs
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complexion
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jaw
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verticality
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mariners
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ascent
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untoward
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affronted
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rivalry
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hustling
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催促(hustle的现在分词形式) | |
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增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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royalty
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magistrate
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wrestle
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vi.摔跤,角力;搏斗;全力对付 | |
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antagonist
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(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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gale
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n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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precipice
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adversary
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inadequate
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contrived
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regained
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considerably
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annihilating
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v.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的现在分词 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃 | |
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dangling
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悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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gasps
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remorse
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thrift
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thoroughly
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tragically
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virility
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thither
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rhythmical
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peculiarities
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reverberation
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反响; 回响; 反射; 反射物 | |
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