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Chapter VII Dick Makes Himself Useful
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The effect of Geoffrey’s incidental allusions1 to Mr. Shiner was to restrain a considerable flow of spontaneous chat that would otherwise have burst from young Dewy along the drive homeward. And a certain remark he had hazarded to her, in rather too blunt and eager a manner, kept the young lady herself even more silent than Dick. On both sides there was an unwillingness2 to talk on any but the most trivial subjects, and their sentences rarely took a larger form than could be expressed in two or three words.
Owing to Fancy being later in the day than she had promised, the charwoman had given up expecting her; whereupon Dick could do no less than stay and see her comfortably tided over the disagreeable time of entering and establishing herself in an empty house after an absence of a week. The additional furniture and utensils3 that had been brought (a canary and cage among the rest) were taken out of the vehicle, and the horse was unharnessed and put in the plot opposite, where there was some tender grass. Dick lighted the fire already laid; and activity began to loosen their tongues a little.
“There!” said Fancy, “we forgot to bring the fire-irons!”
She had originally found in her sitting-room4, to bear out the expression ‘nearly furnished’ which the school-manager had used in his letter to her, a table, three chairs, a fender, and a piece of carpet. This ‘nearly’ had been supplemented hitherto by a kind friend, who had lent her fire-irons and crockery until she should fetch some from home.
Dick attended to the young lady’s fire, using his whip-handle for a poker5 till it was spoilt, and then flourishing a hurdle6 stick for the remainder of the time.
“The kettle boils; now you shall have a cup of tea,” said Fancy, diving into the hamper7 she had brought.
“Thank you,” said Dick, whose drive had made him ready for some, especially in her company.
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1 allusions | |
暗指,间接提到( allusion的名词复数 ) | |
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2 unwillingness | |
n. 不愿意,不情愿 | |
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3 utensils | |
器具,用具,器皿( utensil的名词复数 ); 器物 | |
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4 sitting-room | |
n.(BrE)客厅,起居室 | |
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5 poker | |
n.扑克;vt.烙制 | |
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6 hurdle | |
n.跳栏,栏架;障碍,困难;vi.进行跨栏赛 | |
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7 hamper | |
vt.妨碍,束缚,限制;n.(有盖的)大篮子 | |
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8 soot | |
n.煤烟,烟尘;vt.熏以煤烟 | |
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9 rinse | |
v.用清水漂洗,用清水冲洗 | |
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10 vexing | |
adj.使人烦恼的,使人恼火的v.使烦恼( vex的现在分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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11 pitcher | |
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手 | |
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12 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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13 starched | |
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14 alluded | |
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15 condemned | |
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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16 flaunting | |
adj.招摇的,扬扬得意的,夸耀的v.炫耀,夸耀( flaunt的现在分词 );有什么能耐就施展出来 | |
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17 comely | |
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18 beholder | |
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19 bishop | |
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20 inmate | |
n.被收容者;(房屋等的)居住人;住院人 | |
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21 musingly | |
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22 enjoyment | |
n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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23 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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25 miserable | |
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26 narrate | |
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27 muddle | |
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29 ascent | |
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30 shafts | |
n.轴( shaft的名词复数 );(箭、高尔夫球棒等的)杆;通风井;一阵(疼痛、害怕等) | |
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31 standing | |
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