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“She lives in Belgrave Square; she has ever so many brothers and sisters; one of her sisters is married to Lord Warmington,” Rose Muniment instantly began, not apparently1 in the least discomposed at being left alone with a strange young man in a room which was now half dark again, thanks to her brother’s having carried off the second and more brilliant candle. She was so interested, for the time, in telling Hyacinth the history of Lady Aurora2, that she appeared not to remember how little she knew about himself. Her ladyship had dedicated3 her life and her pocket-money to the poor and sick; she cared nothing for parties, and races, and dances, and picnics, and life in great houses, the usual amusements of the aristocracy; she was like one of the saints of old come to life again out of a legend. She had made their acquaintance, Paul’s and hers, about a year before, through a friend of theirs, such a fine, brave, young woman, who was in St Thomas’s Hospital for a surgical4 operation. She had been laid up there for weeks, during which Lady Aurora, always looking out for those who couldn’t help themselves, used to come and talk to her and read to her, till the end of her time in the ward5, when the poor girl, parting with her kind friend, told her how she knew of another unfortunate creature (for whom there was no place there, because she was incurable) who would be mighty6 thankful for any little attention of that sort. She had given Lady Aurora the address in Audley Court, and the very next day her ladyship had knocked at their door. It wasn’t because she was poor – though in all conscience they were pinched enough – but because she had so little satisfaction in her limbs. Lady Aurora came very often, for several months, without meeting Paul, because he was always at his work; but one day he came home early, on purpose to find her, to thank her for her goodness, and also to see (Miss Muniment rather shyly intimated) whether she were really so good as his extravagant
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relics
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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trenchant
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distressed
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abject
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plebeian
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adj.粗俗的;平民的;n.平民;庶民 | |
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allusion
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repudiate
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v.拒绝,拒付,拒绝履行 | |
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imputation
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n.教育;正规学校教育 | |
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brat
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n.孩子;顽童 | |
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recital
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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v.震颤,颤动;(急速强烈地)跳动,搏动 | |
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制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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groaning
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toiling
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bamboozled
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glowered
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v.怒视( glower的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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ridicule
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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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exasperation
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ingenuousness
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