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Chapter 11 Some Affairs of the Heart
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Little Miss Peecher, from her little official dwelling-house, with its little windows like the eyes in needles, and its little doors like the covers of school-books, was very observant indeed of the object of her quiet affections. Love, though said to be afflicted1 with blindness, is a vigilant2 watchman, and Miss Peecher kept him on double duty over Mr Bradley Headstone. It was not that she was naturally given to playing the spy — it was not that she was at all secret, plotting, or mean — it was simply that she loved the irresponsive Bradley with all the primitive3 and homely4 stock of love that had never been examined or certificated out of her. If her faithful slate5 had had the latent qualities of sympathetic paper, and its pencil those of invisible ink, many a little treatise6 calculated to astonish the pupils would have come bursting through the dry sums in school-time under the warming influence of Miss Peecher’s bosom7. For, oftentimes when school was not, and her calm leisure and calm little house were her own, Miss Peecher would commit to the confidential8 slate an imaginary description of how, upon a balmy evening at dusk, two figures might have been observed in the market-garden ground round the corner, of whom one, being a manly9 form, bent10 over the other, being a womanly form of short stature11 and some compactness, and breathed in a low voice the words, ‘Emma Peecher,
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1 afflicted | |
使受痛苦,折磨( afflict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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3 primitive | |
adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
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4 homely | |
adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的 | |
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5 slate | |
n.板岩,石板,石片,石板色,候选人名单;adj.暗蓝灰色的,含板岩的;vt.用石板覆盖,痛打,提名,预订 | |
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n.专著;(专题)论文 | |
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7 bosom | |
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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8 confidential | |
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的 | |
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9 manly | |
adj.有男子气概的;adv.男子般地,果断地 | |
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10 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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n.(高度)水平,(高度)境界,身高,身材 | |
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12 wilt | |
v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎;(指人)疲倦,衰弱 | |
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13 reposed | |
v.将(手臂等)靠在某人(某物)上( repose的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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14 tuned | |
adj.调谐的,已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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15 pervaded | |
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16 triumphantly | |
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17 lava | |
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18 majestically | |
雄伟地; 庄重地; 威严地; 崇高地 | |
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19 behold | |
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20 devoted | |
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21 fabulous | |
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22 preoccupied | |
adj.全神贯注的,入神的;被抢先占有的;心事重重的v.占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于( preoccupy的过去式) | |
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23 wont | |
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24 scholastic | |
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25 syllabus | |
n.教学大纲,课程大纲 | |
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26 intimacy | |
n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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27 attentive | |
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
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28 fully | |
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29 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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30 corruption | |
n.腐败,堕落,贪污 | |
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31 mere | |
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32 impatience | |
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33 sage | |
n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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34 complacent | |
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35 transparent | |
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36 possessed | |
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37 smoothly | |
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38 proceeding | |
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报 | |
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39 discreet | |
adj.(言行)谨慎的;慎重的;有判断力的 | |
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40 constrained | |
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41 kindly | |
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42 touching | |
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43 fixed | |
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44 trite | |
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45 sufficiently | |
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46 broached | |
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47 vanquished | |
v.征服( vanquish的过去式和过去分词 );战胜;克服;抑制 | |
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48 wren | |
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49 mutual | |
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50 hesitation | |
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51 shrug | |
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52 accusation | |
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53 honourable | |
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54 dabs | |
少许( dab的名词复数 ); 是…能手; 做某事很在行; 在某方面技术熟练 | |
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55 pricked | |
刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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56 hitching | |
搭乘; (免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的现在分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上 | |
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57 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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58 disinterested | |
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59 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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60 awfully | |
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地 | |
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61 gracefully | |
ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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62 irresolute | |
adj.无决断的,优柔寡断的,踌躇不定的 | |
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63 watchful | |
adj.注意的,警惕的 | |
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64 confided | |
v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等) | |
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65 superfluous | |
adj.过多的,过剩的,多余的 | |
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66 allusion | |
n.暗示,间接提示 | |
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67 embarrassment | |
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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68 spoke | |
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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69 musing | |
n. 沉思,冥想 adj. 沉思的, 冥想的 动词muse的现在分词形式 | |
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70 musingly | |
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71 concealment | |
n.隐藏, 掩盖,隐瞒 | |
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72 disposition | |
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署 | |
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73 clenching | |
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的现在分词 ) | |
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74 physically | |
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75 unwilling | |
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76 habitually | |
ad.习惯地,通常地 | |
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77 remonstrated | |
v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 );告诫 | |
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78 lasting | |
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79 entreat | |
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80 retract | |
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81 confiding | |
adj.相信人的,易于相信的v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的现在分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等) | |
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82 insolent | |
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83 steadily | |
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84 repudiation | |
n.拒绝;否认;断绝关系;抛弃 | |
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85 rusty | |
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86 furtively | |
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87 wrenching | |
n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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88 wrenched | |
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89 humble | |
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90 wretch | |
n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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91 torment | |
n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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92 favourable | |
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93 reluctance | |
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94 previously | |
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95 jaws | |
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96 trotted | |
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97 gunpowder | |
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98 adorning | |
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99 obstruction | |
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100 lighter | |
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101 dreary | |
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102 flare | |
v.闪耀,闪烁;n.潮红;突发 | |
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103 steadfastly | |
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104 joyfully | |
adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地 | |
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105 exalted | |
adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的 | |
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106 rapture | |
n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;v.使狂喜 | |
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107 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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108 slanting | |
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