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Her momentary1 weakness past, the child again summoned the resolution which had until now sustained her, and, endeavouring to keep steadily2 in her view the one idea that they were flying from disgrace and crime, and that her grandfather’s preservation3 must depend solely4 on her firmness, unaided by one word of advice or any helping5 hand, urged him onward6 and looked back no more.
While he, subdued7 and abashed8, seemed to crouch9 before her, and to shrink and cower10 down, as if in the presence of some superior creature, the child herself was sensible of a new feeling within her, which elevated her nature, and inspired her with an energy and confidence she had never known. There was no divided responsibility now; the whole burden of their two lives had fallen upon her, and henceforth she must think and act for both. ‘I have saved him,’ she thought. ‘In all dangers and distresses13, I will remember that.’
At any other time, the recollection of having deserted14 the friend who had shown them so much homely15 kindness, without a word of
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16 justification | |
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17 ingratitude | |
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18 uncertainties | |
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19 stimulated | |
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20 wanness | |
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21 mingled | |
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22 rustled | |
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23 din | |
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24 phantom | |
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25 slumbering | |
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26 fatigue | |
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27 tightened | |
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28 mingling | |
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29 uncouth | |
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30 standing | |
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31 oar | |
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32 accosted | |
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33 faltered | |
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34 pointed | |
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35 inquiry | |
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36 salute | |
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37 beckoning | |
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38 trepidation | |
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39 regaining | |
复得( regain的现在分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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40 nought | |
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41 determined | |
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42 gliding | |
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43 smoothly | |
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44 looming | |
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45 monotonous | |
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46 secluded | |
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47 wharf | |
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48 utterly | |
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49 morsel | |
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50 intoxicated | |
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51 filthy | |
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52 boisterous | |
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53 rugged | |
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54 brutal | |
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55 steering | |
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56 propriety | |
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57 contented | |
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58 venting | |
消除; 泄去; 排去; 通风 | |
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59 adversary | |
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60 bestowed | |
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61 unintelligible | |
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62 perfectly | |
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63 inured | |
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64 upwards | |
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65 joint | |
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66 thronging | |
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67 heeded | |
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68 tempted | |
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69 beset | |
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70 sentimental | |
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71 altercation | |
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72 peremptory | |
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73 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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74 vocal | |
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目 | |
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75 awakened | |
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到 | |
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76 imperative | |
n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的 | |
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77 participation | |
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78 revels | |
n.作乐( revel的名词复数 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉v.作乐( revel的第三人称单数 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉 | |
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79 exhausted | |
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80 discordant | |
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81 exertions | |
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82 tarpaulin | |
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83 abatement | |
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84 barges | |
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85 scattered | |
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86 outskirts | |
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87 resounding | |
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88 shrieks | |
n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 ) | |
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89 vomiting | |
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90 dense | |
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91 augmenting | |
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92 tumult | |
n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹 | |
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