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Relating chiefly to some remarkable1 Conversation,and some remarkable Proceedings3 to which it givesrise.
‘L ondon at last!’ cried Nicholas, throwing back hisgreatcoat and rousing Smike from a long nap. ‘Itseemed to me as though we should never reach it.’
‘And yet you came along at a tidy pace too,’ observed thecoachman, looking over his shoulder at Nicholas with no verypleasant expression of countenance4.
‘Ay, I know that,’ was the reply; ‘but I have been very anxious tobe at my journey’s end, and that makes the way seem long.’
‘Well,’ remarked the coachman, ‘if the way seemed long withsuch cattle as you’ve sat behind, you must have been mostuncommon anxious;’ and so saying, he let out his whip-lash andtouched up a little boy on the calves5 of his legs by way ofemphasis.
They rattled6 on through the noisy, bustling7, crowded street ofLondon, now displaying long double rows of brightly-burninglamps, dotted here and there with the chemists’ glaring lights, andilluminated besides with the brilliant flood that streamed from thewindows of the shops, where sparkling jewellery, silks and velvetsof the richest colours, the most inviting8 delicacies9, and mostsumptuous articles of luxurious10 ornament11, succeeded each otherin rich and glittering profusion12. Streams of people apparentlywithout end poured on and on, jostling each other in the crowd and hurrying forward, scarcely seeming to notice the riches thatsurrounded them on every side; while vehicles of all shapes andmakes,

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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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proceedings
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n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子,腓;腿肚子( calf的名词复数 );牛犊;腓;小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 );(冰川)崩解;生(小牛等),产(犊);使(冰川)崩解 | |
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hovered
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鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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mansion
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repletion
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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adv. 许多地,丰饶地 | |
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逮捕,拘押( apprehend的现在分词 ); 理解 | |
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(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论 | |
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perplexed
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exhausted
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pint
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debauch
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amazement
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jade
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worthy
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adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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v.取笑,嘲笑( deride的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.嘲笑( jeer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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brutally
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brutal
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adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的 | |
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insolent
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wagers
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n.赌注,用钱打赌( wager的名词复数 )v.在(某物)上赌钱,打赌( wager的第三人称单数 );保证,担保 | |
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engrossed
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scorching
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hawk
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momentary
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astonishment
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conceal
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retired
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perfectly
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shrill
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trickling
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