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The young ladies consented to return to the Avenue des Villiers; and this time they found the celebrity1 of the future. He was smoking cigarettes with a friend while coffee was served to the two gentlemen — it was just after luncheon2 — on a vast divan3 covered with scrappy oriental rugs and cushions; it looked, Francie thought, as if the artist had set up a carpet-shop in a corner. He struck her as very pleasant; and it may be mentioned without circumlocution4 that the young lady ushered5 in by the vulgar American reporter, whom he didn’t like and who had already come too often to his studio to pick up “glimpses” (the painter wondered how in the world he had picked HER up), this charming candidate for portraiture6 rose on the spot before Charles Waterlow as a precious model. She made, it may further be declared, quite the same impression on the gentleman who was with him and who never took his eyes off her while her own rested afresh on several finished and unfinished canvases. This gentleman asked of his friend at the end of five minutes the favour of an introduction to her; in consequence of which Francie learned that his name — she thought it singular — was Gaston Probert. Mr. Probert was a kind-eyed smiling youth who fingered the points of his moustache; he was represented by Mr. Waterlow as an American, but he pronounced the American language — so at least it seemed to Francie — as if it had been French.
After she had quitted the studio with Delia and Mr. Flack — her father on this occasion not being of the party — the two young men, falling back on their divan, broke into expressions of aesthetic7 rapture8, gave it to each other that the girl had qualities — oh but qualities and a charm of line! They remained there an hour, studying these rare properties through the smoke of their cigarettes. You would have gathered from their conversation — though as regards much of it only perhaps with the aid of a grammar and dictionary — that the young lady had been endowed with plastic treasures, that is with physical graces, of the highest order, of which she was evidently quite unconscious. Before this, however, Mr. Waterlow had come to an understanding with his visitors — it had been settled that Miss Francina should sit for him at his first hour of leisure. Unfortunately that hour
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celebrity
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n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望 | |
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aesthetic
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引起注意(advert的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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precisely
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amendment
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margin
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tiresome
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jealousy
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ascertained
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proceeding
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derisive
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ornament
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v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物 | |
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paucity
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n.小量,缺乏 | |
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medley
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extorted
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pious
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sufficiently
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conscientious
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adj.审慎正直的,认真的,本着良心的 | |
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fully
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acclaimed
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profanation
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n.博物学家(尤指直接观察动植物者) | |
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grandeur
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reverberator
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反射器,反射灯,反射炉 | |
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tormenting
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使痛苦的,使苦恼的 | |
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vistas
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长条形景色( vista的名词复数 ); 回顾; 展望; (未来可能发生的)一系列情景 | |
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petal
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weird
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adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的 | |
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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assented
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同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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cogitation
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n.仔细思考,计划,设计 | |
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remarkable
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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confiding
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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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chestnut
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n.栗树,栗子 | |
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imminence
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allusion
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enjoyment
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ominous
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prospect
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delightful
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amenities
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n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快 | |
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irresistible
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brutal
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professed
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administrator
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