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Almost broken-hearted, Nell withdrew with the schoolmaster from the bedside and returned to his cottage. In the midst of her grief and tears she was yet careful to conceal1 their real cause from the old man, for the dead boy had been a grandchild, and left but one aged2 relative to mourn his premature3 decay.
She stole away to bed as quickly as she could, and when she was alone, gave free vent4 to the sorrow with which her breast was overcharged. But the sad scene she had witnessed, was not without its lesson of content and gratitude5; of content with the lot which left her health and freedom; and gratitude that she was spared to the one relative and friend she loved, and to live and move in a beautiful world, when so many young creatures — as young and full of hope as she — were stricken down and gathered to their graves. How many of the mounds6 in that old churchyard where she had lately strayed, grew green above the graves of children! And though she thought as a child herself, and did not perhaps sufficiently7 consider to what a bright and happy existence those who die young are borne, and how in death they lose the pain of seeing others die around them, bearing to the tomb some strong affection of their hearts (which makes the old die many times in one long life), still she thought wisely enough, to draw a plain and easy moral from what she had seen that night, and to store it, deep in her mind.
Her dreams were of the little scholar: not coffined8 and covered up, but mingling9 with angels, and smiling happily. The sun darting10
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1 conceal | |
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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3 premature | |
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的 | |
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4 vent | |
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5 gratitude | |
adj.感激,感谢 | |
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6 mounds | |
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7 sufficiently | |
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9 mingling | |
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10 darting | |
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11 forth | |
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12 din | |
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13 softened | |
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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14 faltering | |
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15 retraced | |
v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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17 hind | |
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18 trudged | |
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19 onward | |
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20 lengthened | |
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21 winding | |
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22 fatigued | |
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23 caravan | |
n.大蓬车;活动房屋 | |
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24 drawn | |
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25 dingy | |
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26 emaciated | |
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27 shafts | |
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28 brass | |
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29 Christian | |
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31 bonnet | |
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32 destitute | |
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33 refreshing | |
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34 knuckle | |
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35 prospect | |
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36 enjoyment | |
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37 mere | |
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38 speculation | |
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39 exertion | |
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40 beheld | |
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41 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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42 admiration | |
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43 scooping | |
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44 crumbs | |
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45 impatience | |
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46 reassure | |
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47 wretch | |
n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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48 shriek | |
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49 ruffled | |
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50 countenance | |
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51 thoroughly | |
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52 gathering | |
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53 beckoning | |
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54 ascend | |
vi.渐渐上升,升高;vt.攀登,登上 | |
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55 humbly | |
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56 inconvenient | |
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57 descended | |
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58 delicacy | |
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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59 hearty | |
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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60 deriving | |
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61 shrouded | |
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62 twigs | |
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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63 concealed | |
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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64 sip | |
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65 pint | |
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66 smacked | |
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67 winked | |
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68 amiable | |
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69 wrought | |
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70 morsels | |
n.一口( morsel的名词复数 );(尤指食物)小块,碎屑 | |
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71 follower | |
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72 favourable | |
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73 contingency | |
n.意外事件,可能性 | |
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74 monstrous | |
adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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75 philosophical | |
adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的 | |
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76 inquiry | |
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77 doggedly | |
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78 accurately | |
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79 considerably | |
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上 | |
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80 alacrity | |
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81 jolted | |
(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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