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Having the Misfortune to treat of none but CommonPeople, is necessarily of a Mean and VulgarCharacter.
In that quarter of London in which Golden Square is situated,there is a bygone, faded, tumble-down street, with twoirregular rows of tall meagre houses, which seem to havestared each other out of countenance2 years ago. The verychimneys appear to have grown dismal3 and melancholy4, fromhaving had nothing better to look at than the chimneys over theway. Their tops are battered5, and broken, and blackened withsmoke; and, here and there, some taller stack than the rest,inclining heavily to one side, and toppling over the roof, seems tomediate taking revenge for half a century’s neglect, by crushingthe inhabitants of the garrets beneath.
The fowls6 who peck about the kennels7, jerking their bodieshither and thither8 with a gait which none but town fowls are everseen to adopt, and which any country cock or hen would bepuzzled to understand, are perfectly9 in keeping with the crazyhabitations of their owners. Dingy10, ill-plumed, drowsy11 flutterers,sent, like many of the neighbouring children, to get a livelihood12 inthe streets, they hop13, from stone to stone, in forlorn search of somehidden eatable in the mud, and can scarcely raise a crow amongthem. The only one with anything approaching to a voice, is anaged bantam at the baker’s; and even he is

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n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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mansion
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战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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rusty
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区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态 | |
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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pettish
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pointed
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deliberately
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briefly
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eldest
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adj.不适当的,不合适的,不正确的,不合礼仪的 | |
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讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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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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表达,发泄(感情,尤指愤怒)( vent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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intimidation
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behold
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v.使眼色( wink的第三人称单数 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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distinguished
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meek
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humble
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scrupulous
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condescending
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amiability
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chancellor
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incessant
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(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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