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But the emotional conviction that he was in Somebody's hand began to die out of Henchard's breast as time slowly removed into distance the event which had given that feeling birth. The apparition1 of Newson haunted him. He would surely return.
Yet Newson did not arrive. Lucetta had been borne along the churchyard path; Casterbridge had for the last time turned its regard upon her, before proceeding2 to its work as if she had never lived. But Elizabeth remained undisturbed in the belief of her relationship to Henchard, and now shared his home. Perhaps, after all, Newson was gone for ever.
In due time the bereaved3 Farfrae had learnt the, at least, proximate cause of Lucetta's illness and death, and his first impulse was naturally enough to wreak4 vengeance5 in the name of the law upon the perpetrators of the mischief6. He resolved to wait till the funeral was over ere he moved in the matter. The time having come he reflected. Disastrous7 as the result had been, it was obviously in no way foreseen or intended by the thoughtless crew who arranged the motley procession. The tempting8 prospect9 of putting to the blush people who stand at the head of affairs--that supreme10 and piquant11 enjoyment12 of those who
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1 apparition | |
n.幽灵,神奇的现象 | |
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adj.刚刚丧失亲人的v.使失去(希望、生命等)( bereave的过去式和过去分词);(尤指死亡)使丧失(亲人、朋友等);使孤寂;抢走(财物) | |
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5 vengeance | |
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6 mischief | |
n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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12 enjoyment | |
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15 untoward | |
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16 fettered | |
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17 sufficiently | |
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18 assailed | |
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19 humility | |
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20 watchfulness | |
警惕,留心; 警觉(性) | |
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23 rivalry | |
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24 renewal | |
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25 inquiry | |
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26 coveted | |
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27 deliberately | |
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28 defiant | |
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29 extremity | |
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30 fully | |
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31 intervals | |
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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32 avocations | |
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33 fidelity | |
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34 judgment | |
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35 worthy | |
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36 inevitable | |
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37 briskness | |
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38 looming | |
n.上现蜃景(光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼)v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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39 misery | |
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40 standing | |
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41 attenuating | |
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42 wrath | |
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43 momentary | |
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44 retail | |
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45 considerably | |
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46 serenity | |
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47 humbly | |
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48 glossy | |
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49 costly | |
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50 pique | |
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51 chamber | |
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52 innate | |
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53 thronging | |
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54 waggons | |
四轮的运货马车( waggon的名词复数 ); 铁路货车; 小手推车 | |
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55 scythes | |
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56 skewer | |
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57 wont | |
adj.习惯于;v.习惯;n.习惯 | |
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58 plumes | |
羽毛( plume的名词复数 ); 羽毛饰; 羽毛状物; 升上空中的羽状物 | |
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59 ken | |
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60 juncture | |
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61 fleeting | |
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62 promptly | |
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63 instinctive | |
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64 opposition | |
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65 dreaded | |
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66 antagonistic | |
adj.敌对的 | |
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67 regained | |
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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68 incur | |
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69 mere | |
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70 suspense | |
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑 | |
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71 embarrassment | |
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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72 justified | |
a.正当的,有理的 | |
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73 discourse | |
n.论文,演说;谈话;话语;vi.讲述,著述 | |
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74 dependence | |
n.依靠,依赖;信任,信赖;隶属 | |
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75 formerly | |
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76 entirely | |
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77 habitual | |
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78 emergence | |
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79 winnow | |
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80 chaff | |
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81 anguish | |
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82 interfere | |
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83 appraising | |
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84 pathos | |
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85 marine | |
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86 diverged | |
分开( diverge的过去式和过去分词 ); 偏离; 分歧; 分道扬镳 | |
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87 vowed | |
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88 doomed | |
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89 bereft | |
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90 locus | |
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91 superciliously | |
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92 solitude | |
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93 impending | |
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94 withdrawn | |
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95 wrestled | |
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96 depicted | |
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97 noxious | |
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98 betrothed | |
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99 forsake | |
vt.遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃 | |
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100 shuddered | |
v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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