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The pink dressing-gown which Pinnie had engaged to make for Rose Muniment became, in Lomax Place, a conspicuous1 object, supplying poor Amanda with a constant theme for reference to one of the great occasions of her life – her visit to Belgrave Square with Lady Aurora2, after their meeting at Rosy3’s bedside. She described this episode vividly4 to her companion, repeating a thousand times that her ladyship’s affability was beyond anything she could have expected. The grandeur5 of the house in Belgrave Square figured in her recital6 as something oppressive and fabulous7, tempered though it had been by shrouds8 of brown holland and the nudity of staircases and saloons of which the trappings had been put away. “If it’s so noble when they’re out of town, what can it be when they are all there together and everything is out?” she inquired suggestively; and she permitted herself to be restrictive only on two points, one of which was the state of Lady Aurora’s gloves and bonnet-strings. If she had not been afraid to appear to notice the disrepair of these objects, she would have been so happy to offer to do any little mending. “If she would only come to me every week or two, I would keep up her rank for her,” said Pinnie, with visions of a needle that positively9 flashed in the disinterested10 service of the aristocracy. She added that her ladyship got all dragged out with her long expeditions to Camberwell; she might be in tatters, for all they could do to help her at the top of those dreadful stairs, with that strange sick creature (she was too unnatural) thinking only of her own finery and talking about her
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adj.明眼的,惹人注目的;炫耀的,摆阔气的 | |
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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grandeur
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n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华 | |
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recital
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adj.极好的;极为巨大的;寓言中的,传说中的 | |
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adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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corpse
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a.镀金的,富有的 | |
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housekeeper
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n.管理家务的主妇,女管家 | |
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pervasive
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dedicated
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humble
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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meddling
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v.干涉,干预(他人事务)( meddle的现在分词 ) | |
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prying
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adj.爱打听的v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的现在分词 );撬开 | |
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discreet
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adj.(言行)谨慎的;慎重的;有判断力的 | |
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scrap
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n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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explicitness
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fixedly
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supreme
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adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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discretion
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n.谨慎;随意处理 | |
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adj.难以纠正的,屡教不改的 | |
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n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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brag
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condescend
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v.俯就,屈尊;堕落,丢丑 | |
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imputation
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affinity
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flair
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n.天赋,本领,才华;洞察力 | |
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dismantled
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拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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relaxation
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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n. 备忘录, 便条 名词memorandum的复数形式 | |
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entanglement
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n.纠缠,牵累 | |
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streaks
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privately
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noted
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puerility
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memoirs
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n.回忆录;回忆录传( mem,自oir的名词复数) | |
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candid
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intervals
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n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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loomed
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v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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intonations
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n.语调,说话的抑扬顿挫( intonation的名词复数 );(演奏或唱歌中的)音准 | |
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awakened
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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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sufficiently
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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inevitably
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adv.不可避免地;必然发生地 | |
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destitute
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adj.缺乏的;穷困的 | |
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conscientiousness
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instinctive
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adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的 | |
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approbation
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n.称赞;认可 | |
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decency
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n.体面,得体,合宜,正派,庄重 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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pauperism
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n.有被救济的资格,贫困 | |
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benevolent
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adj.仁慈的,乐善好施的 | |
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consanguinity
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n.血缘;亲族 | |
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allusion
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delicacy
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aptitude
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faculty
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possessed
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exquisite
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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