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"Oh, you have some rooms to let.""Mother!""Well, what is it?""'Ere's a gentleman about the rooms.""Ask 'im in. I'll be up in a minute.""Will yer step inside, sir? Mother'll be up in a minute."So you step inside and after a minute "mother" comes slowly up thekitchen stairs, untying1 her apron2 as she comes and calling downinstructions to some one below about the potatoes.
"Good-morning, sir," says "mother," with a washed-out smile. "Willyou step this way, please?""Oh, it's hardly worth while my coming up," you say. "What sort ofrooms are they, and how much?""Well," says the landlady3, "if you'll step upstairs I'll show them toyou."So with a protesting murmur4, meant to imply that any waste of timecomplained of hereafter must not be laid to your charge, you follow"mother" upstairs.
At the first landing you run up against a pail and a broom, whereupon"mother" expatiates5 upon the unreliability of servant-girls, and bawlsover the balusters for Sarah to come and take them away at once. Whenyou get outside the rooms she pauses, with her hand upon the door, toexplain to you that they are rather untidy just at present, as thelast lodger6 left only yesterday; and she also adds that this is theircleaning-day--it always is. With this understanding you enter, andboth stand solemnly feasting your eyes upon the scene before you. Therooms cannot be said to appear inviting7. Even "mother's" face betraysno admiration8. Untenanted "furnished apartments" viewed in themorning sunlight do not inspire cheery sensations. There is alifeless air about them. It is a very different thing when you havesettled down and are living in them. With your old familiar householdgods to greet your gaze whenever you glance up, and all your littleknick-knacks spread around you--with the photos of all the girls thatyou have loved and lost ranged upon the mantel-piece, and half a dozendisreputable-looking pipes
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n.围裙;工作裙 | |
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interfering
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frail
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处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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attic
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savage
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bust
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vt.打破;vi.爆裂;n.半身像;胸部 | |
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wondrous
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adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地 | |
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misery
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n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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adj.肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,暗淡的 | |
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panes
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crumbling
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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fret
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onward
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fetter
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sullen
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mansion
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sublimity
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崇高,庄严,气质高尚 | |
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wasps
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黄蜂( wasp的名词复数 ); 胡蜂; 易动怒的人; 刻毒的人 | |
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