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What I've suffered from them this morning no tongue can tell. Itbegan with Gustavus Adolphus. Gustavus Adolphus (they call him"Gusty" down-stairs for short) is a very good sort of dog when he isin the middle of a large field or on a fairly extensive common, but Iwon't have him indoors. He means well, but this house is not hissize. He stretches himself, and over go two chairs and a what-not.
He wags his tail, and the room looks as if a devastating1 army hadmarched through it. He breathes, and it puts the fire out.
At dinner-time he creeps in under the table, lies there for awhile,and then gets up suddenly; the first intimation we have of hismovements being given by the table, which appears animated2 by a desireto turn somersaults. We all clutch at it frantically3 and endeavor tomaintain it in a horizontal position; whereupon his struggles, hebeing under the impression that some wicked conspiracy4 is beinghatched against him, become fearful, and the final picture presentedis generally that of an overturned table and a smashed-up dinnersandwiched between two sprawling5 layers of infuriated men and women.
He came in this morning in his usual style, which he appears to havefounded on that of an American cyclone6, and the first thing he did wasto sweep my coffee-cup off the table with his tail, sending thecontents full into the middle of my waistcoat.
I rose from my chair hurriedly and remarking "----," approached him ata rapid rate. He preceded me in the direction of the door. At thedoor he met Eliza coming in with eggs. Eliza observed "Ugh!" and satdown on the floor, the eggs took up different positions about thecarpet, where they spread themselves out, and Gustavus Adolphus leftthe room. I called after him, strongly advising him to go straightdownstairs and not let me see him again for the next hour or so; andhe seeming to agree with me, dodged7 the coal-scoop and went, while Ireturned, dried myself and finished breakfast. I made sure that hehad gone in to the yard, but when I looked into the passage tenminutes later he was sitting at the top of the stairs. I ordered himdown at once, but he only barked and jumped about, so I went to seewhat was the matter.
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adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的 | |
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adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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proceeding
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annoyance
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vi. 妨碍,冲突,干涉 | |
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scotch
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n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;v.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的 | |
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mischief
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pussy
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utterance
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brute
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weird
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weirdness
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n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入 | |
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casements
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n.窗扉( casement的名词复数 ) | |
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rusty
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adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的 | |
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doom
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hind
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tapestry
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n.挂毯,丰富多采的画面 | |
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sobbing
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<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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turret
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n.塔楼,角塔 | |
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chambers
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tenantless
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adj.无人租赁的,无人居住的 | |
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loathsome
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adj.讨厌的,令人厌恶的 | |
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dungeons
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bishop
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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throng
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possessed
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