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Chapter 33
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As the course of this tale requires that we should become acquainted, somewhere hereabouts, with a few particulars connected with the domestic economy of Mr Sampson Brass1, and as a more convenient place than the present is not likely to occur for that purpose, the historian takes the friendly reader by the hand, and springing with him into the air, and cleaving3 the same at a greater rate than ever Don Cleophas Leandro Perez Zambullo and his familiar travelled through that pleasant region in company, alights with him upon the pavement of Bevis Marks.
The intrepid4 aeronauts alight before a small dark house, once the residence of Mr Sampson Brass.
In the parlour window of this little habitation, which is so close upon the footway that the passenger who takes the wall brushes the dim glass with his coat sleeve — much to its improvement, for it is very dirty — in this parlour window in the days of its occupation by Sampson Brass, there hung, all awry5 and slack, and discoloured by the sun, a curtain of faded green, so threadbare from long service as by no means to intercept6 the view of the little dark room, but rather to afford a favourable7 medium through which to observe it accurately8. There was not much to look at. A rickety table, with spare bundles of papers, yellow and ragged9 from long carriage in the pocket, ostentatiously displayed upon its top; a couple of stools set face to face on opposite sides of this crazy piece of furniture; a treacherous10 old chair by the fire-place, whose withered11 arms had hugged full many a client and helped to squeeze him dry; a
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housekeeper
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intriguer
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modesty
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证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威 | |
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attire
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v.穿衣,装扮[同]array;n.衣着;盛装 | |
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complexion
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elegance
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vampire
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graceful
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uncommon
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adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神 | |
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v.处理;做交易;谈判 | |
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pouncing
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v.突然袭击( pounce的现在分词 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击) | |
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成文法( statute的名词复数 ); 法令; 法规; 章程 | |
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n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破 | |
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celibacy
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n.独身(主义) | |
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(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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n.流氓;不诚实的人 | |
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n.辱骂,嘲弄;v.嘲弄 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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crest
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meekness
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n.温顺,柔和 | |
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aggravate
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vt.加重(剧),使恶化;激怒,使恼火 | |
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practitioner
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