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Chapter IV The Interview with the Vicar
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At six o’clock the next day, the whole body of men in the choir1 emerged from the tranter’s door, and advanced with a firm step down the lane. This dignity of march gradually became obliterated2 as they went on, and by the time they reached the hill behind the vicarage a faint resemblance to a flock of sheep might have been discerned in the venerable party. A word from the tranter, however, set them right again; and as they descended3 the hill, the regular tramp, tramp, tramp of the united feet was clearly audible from the vicarage garden. At the opening of the gate there was another short interval4 of irregular shuffling5, caused by a rather peculiar6 habit the gate had, when swung open quickly, of striking against the bank and slamming back into the opener’s face.
“Now keep step again, will ye?” said the tranter. “It looks better, and more becomes the high class of arrant7 which has brought us here.” Thus they advanced to the door.
At Reuben’s ring the more modest of the group turned aside, adjusted their hats, and looked critically at any shrub8 that happened to lie in the line of vision; endeavouring thus to give a person who chanced to look out of the windows the impression that their request, whatever it was going to be, was rather a casual thought occurring whilst they were inspecting the vicar’s shrubbery and grass-plot than a predetermined thing. The tranter, who, coming frequently to the vicarage with luggage, coals, firewood, etc., had none of the awe10 for its precincts that filled the breasts of most of the others, fixed
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1 choir | |
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱 | |
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2 obliterated | |
v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭 | |
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3 descended | |
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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4 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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5 shuffling | |
adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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6 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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7 arrant | |
adj.极端的;最大的 | |
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8 shrub | |
n.灌木,灌木丛 | |
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9 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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10 awe | |
n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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11 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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12 worthy | |
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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13 relinquished | |
交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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14 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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15 dilating | |
v.(使某物)扩大,膨胀,张大( dilate的现在分词 ) | |
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16 courageous | |
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17 recollect | |
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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18 trot | |
n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧 | |
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19 hue | |
n.色度;色调;样子 | |
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20 indent | |
n.订单,委托采购,国外商品订货单,代购订单 | |
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21 shuffles | |
n.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的名词复数 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的第三人称单数 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼 | |
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22 curtailing | |
v.截断,缩短( curtail的现在分词 ) | |
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23 corruption | |
n.腐败,堕落,贪污 | |
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24 questionable | |
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25 touching | |
adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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26 aged | |
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27 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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28 morsel | |
n.一口,一点点 | |
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29 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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30 generosity | |
n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为 | |
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31 imperatively | |
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32 parenthesis | |
n.圆括号,插入语,插曲,间歇,停歇 | |
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33 rectified | |
[医]矫正的,调整的 | |
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34 apparently | |
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35 alluded | |
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36 discourteous | |
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37 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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38 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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39 inquisitive | |
adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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40 prevaricated | |
v.支吾( prevaricate的过去式和过去分词 );搪塞;说谎 | |
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41 justified | |
a.正当的,有理的 | |
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42 dwindle | |
v.逐渐变小(或减少) | |
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43 paltry | |
adj.无价值的,微不足道的 | |
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44 inconvenient | |
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45 mere | |
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46 tunes | |
n.曲调,曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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47 vehement | |
adj.感情强烈的;热烈的;(人)有强烈感情的 | |
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48 nib | |
n.钢笔尖;尖头 | |
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49 rattle | |
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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50 vertical | |
adj.垂直的,顶点的,纵向的;n.垂直物,垂直的位置 | |
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51 fiddles | |
n.小提琴( fiddle的名词复数 );欺诈;(需要运用手指功夫的)细巧活动;当第二把手v.伪造( fiddle的第三人称单数 );篡改;骗取;修理或稍作改动 | |
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52 vertically | |
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53 propriety | |
n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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54 necessitated | |
使…成为必要,需要( necessitate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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55 catastrophe | |
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56 bloody | |
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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57 beheld | |
v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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58 portraiture | |
n.肖像画法 | |
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59 bristling | |
a.竖立的 | |
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60 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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61 incumbent | |
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的 | |
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62 commiseration | |
n.怜悯,同情 | |
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63 bust | |
vt.打破;vi.爆裂;n.半身像;胸部 | |
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64 nervously | |
adv.神情激动地,不安地 | |
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65 revolving | |
adj.旋转的,轮转式的;循环的v.(使)旋转( revolve的现在分词 );细想 | |
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66 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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