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Chapter VIII Dick Meets His Father
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For several minutes Dick drove along homeward, with the inner eye of reflection so anxiously set on his passages at arms with Fancy, that the road and scenery were as a thin mist over the real pictures of his mind. Was she a coquette? The balance between the evidence that she did love him and that she did not was so nicely struck, that his opinion had no stability. She had let him put his hand upon hers; she had allowed her gaze to drop plumb1 into the depths of his — his into hers — three or four times; her manner had been very free with regard to the basin and towel; she had appeared vexed2 at the mention of Shiner. On the other hand, she had driven him about the house like a quiet dog or cat, said Shiner cared for her, and seemed anxious that Mr. Maybold should do the same.
Thinking thus as he neared the handpost at Mellstock Cross, sitting on the front board of the spring cart — his legs on the outside, and his whole frame jigging3 up and down like a candle-flame to the time of Smart’s trotting4 — who should he see coming down the hill but his father in the light wagon5, quivering up and down on a smaller scale of shakes, those merely caused by the stones in the road. They were soon crossing each other’s front.
“Weh-hey!” said the tranter to Smiler.
“Weh-hey!” said Dick to Smart, in an echo of the same voice.
“Th’st hauled her back, I suppose?” Reuben inquired peaceably.
“Yes,” said Dick, with such a clinching6 period at the end that it seemed he was never going to add another word. Smiler, thinking this the close of the conversation, prepared to move on.
“Weh-hey!” said the tranter. “I tell thee what it is, Dick. That there maid is taking up thy thoughts more than’s good for thee, my sonny. Thou’rt never happy now unless th’rt making thyself miserable7 about her in one way or another.”
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1 plumb | |
adv.精确地,完全地;v.了解意义,测水深 | |
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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3 jigging | |
n.跳汰选,簸选v.(使)上下急动( jig的现在分词 ) | |
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4 trotting | |
小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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5 wagon | |
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车 | |
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v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的现在分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议) | |
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7 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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8 squire | |
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅 | |
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9 wig | |
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10 vent | |
n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄 | |
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11 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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12 mien | |
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13 artistically | |
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14 knuckles | |
n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝 | |
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16 resolute | |
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17 ridicule | |
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18 deliberately | |
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19 musingly | |
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20 maidens | |
处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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21 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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22 joints | |
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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23 rein | |
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24 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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25 appreciable | |
adj.明显的,可见的,可估量的,可觉察的 | |
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26 juncture | |
n.时刻,关键时刻,紧要关头 | |
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27 query | |
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28 jaunty | |
adj.愉快的,满足的;adv.心满意足地,洋洋得意地;n.心满意足;洋洋得意 | |
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29 vacillation | |
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30 instinctive | |
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31 egress | |
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32 swarms | |
蜂群,一大群( swarm的名词复数 ) | |
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33 pretence | |
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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34 thither | |
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