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Chapter 13 A Solo and a Duett
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The wind was blowing so hard when the visitor came out at the shop-door into the darkness and dirt of Limehouse Hole, that it almost blew him in again. Doors were slamming violently, lamps were flickering1 or blown out, signs were rocking in their frames, the water of the kennels2, wind-dispersed, flew about in drops like rain. Indifferent to the weather, and even preferring it to better weather for its clearance3 of the streets, the man looked about him with a scrutinizing4 glance. ‘Thus much I know,’ he murmured. ‘I have never been here since that night, and never was here before that night, but thus much I recognize. I wonder which way did we take when we came out of that shop. We turned to the right as I have turned, but I can recall no more. Did we go by this alley5? Or down that little lane?’
He tried both, but both confused him equally, and he came straying back to the same spot. ‘I remember there were poles pushed out of upper windows on which clothes were drying, and I remember a low public-house, and the sound flowing down a narrow passage belonging to it of the scraping of a fiddle6 and the shuffling7 of feet. But here are all these things in the lane, and here are all these things in the alley. And I have nothing else in my mind but a wall, a dark doorway8, a flight of stairs, and a room.’
He tried a new direction, but made nothing of it; walls, dark doorways9, flights of stairs and rooms, were too abundant. And, like most people so puzzled, he again and again described a circle, and found himself at the point from which he had begun. ‘This is like what I have read in
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1 flickering | |
adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的 | |
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n.主人外出时的小动物寄养处,养狗场;狗窝( kennel的名词复数 );养狗场 | |
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3 clearance | |
n.净空;许可(证);清算;清除,清理 | |
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4 scrutinizing | |
v.仔细检查,详审( scrutinize的现在分词 ) | |
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5 alley | |
n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路 | |
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6 fiddle | |
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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n.门口,门道( doorway的名词复数 ) | |
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10 narratives | |
记叙文( narrative的名词复数 ); 故事; 叙述; 叙述部分 | |
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11 fugitives | |
n.亡命者,逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 ) | |
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12 nautical | |
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13 bristling | |
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14 solitary | |
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15 spectrally | |
adv.幽灵似地,可怕地 | |
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16 tolls | |
(缓慢而有规律的)钟声( toll的名词复数 ); 通行费; 损耗; (战争、灾难等造成的)毁坏 | |
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17 thoroughly | |
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18 evade | |
vt.逃避,回避;避开,躲避 | |
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19 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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20 rust | |
n.锈;v.生锈;(脑子)衰退 | |
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21 avaricious | |
adj.贪婪的,贪心的 | |
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22 gratitude | |
adj.感激,感谢 | |
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23 accosted | |
v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 );跟…搭讪;(乞丐等)上前向…乞讨;(妓女等)勾搭 | |
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24 stature | |
n.(高度)水平,(高度)境界,身高,身材 | |
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25 sociable | |
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26 likeness | |
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27 seaman | |
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28 confidential | |
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29 rumour | |
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30 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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31 allotted | |
分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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32 mere | |
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33 accurately | |
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34 anticipation | |
n.预期,预料,期望 | |
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35 steward | |
n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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36 shunned | |
v.避开,回避,避免( shun的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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37 spire | |
n.(教堂)尖顶,尖塔,高点 | |
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38 speculations | |
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断 | |
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39 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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40 purporting | |
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41 intimacy | |
n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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42 adventurous | |
adj.爱冒险的;惊心动魄的,惊险的,刺激的 | |
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43 previously | |
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44 creek | |
n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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45 possessed | |
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46 waterproof | |
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47 linen | |
n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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48 deranged | |
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49 pervaded | |
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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50 swell | |
vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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51 assailed | |
v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对 | |
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52 axe | |
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53 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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54 unintelligible | |
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55 drowsiness | |
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56 racing | |
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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57 moored | |
adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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58 affected | |
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59 dread | |
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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60 perpetuating | |
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61 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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62 exchequer | |
n.财政部;国库 | |
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63 lodgings | |
n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍 | |
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64 corpse | |
n.尸体,死尸 | |
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65 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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66 constrain | |
vt.限制,约束;克制,抑制 | |
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67 ramble | |
v.漫步,漫谈,漫游;n.漫步,闲谈,蔓延 | |
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68 tempted | |
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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69 retired | |
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的 | |
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70 appalling | |
adj.骇人听闻的,令人震惊的,可怕的 | |
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71 tormenting | |
使痛苦的,使苦恼的 | |
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72 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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73 persevere | |
v.坚持,坚忍,不屈不挠 | |
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74 sordidly | |
adv.肮脏地;污秽地;不洁地 | |
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75 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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76 misuses | |
n.用错,滥用( misuse的名词复数 );误用者v.使用…不当( misuse的第三人称单数 );把…派作不正当的用途;虐待;滥用 | |
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77 effacing | |
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78 tarnish | |
n.晦暗,污点;vt.使失去光泽;玷污 | |
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79 favourable | |
adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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80 intensified | |
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81 incentive | |
n.刺激;动力;鼓励;诱因;动机 | |
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82 disinterested | |
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83 fidelity | |
n.忠诚,忠实;精确 | |
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84 swarm | |
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85 prey | |
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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86 generosity | |
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为 | |
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87 contentedly | |
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88 misgiving | |
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89 contingency | |
n.意外事件,可能性 | |
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90 instinctively | |
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91 irresolute | |
adj.无决断的,优柔寡断的,踌躇不定的 | |
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92 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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93 ravenously | |
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94 touching | |
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95 lodger | |
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96 unconditionally | |
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97 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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98 darted | |
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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99 pettishly | |
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100 omission | |
n.省略,删节;遗漏或省略的事物,冗长 | |
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101 averted | |
防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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102 situated | |
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103 honourable | |
adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的 | |
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104 devoted | |
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105 repudiation | |
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106 resentment | |
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107 waive | |
vt.放弃,不坚持(规定、要求、权力等) | |
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108 avowal | |
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109 attachment | |
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110 spoke | |
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111 distressing | |
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112 justified | |
a.正当的,有理的 | |
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113 apprehension | |
n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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114 justification | |
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115 haughtily | |
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116 kindly | |
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117 utterly | |
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118 assented | |
同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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119 conceal | |
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120 wilful | |
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121 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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122 swelling | |
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123 fathoms | |
英寻( fathom的名词复数 ) | |
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124 mounds | |
土堆,土丘( mound的名词复数 ); 一大堆 | |
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125 alpine | |
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126 dirge | |
n.哀乐,挽歌,庄重悲哀的乐曲 | |
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