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Chapter II Further Along the Road
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Dick’s spirits having risen in the course of these admissions of his sweetheart, he now touched Smart with the whip; and on Smart’s neck, not far behind his ears. Smart, who had been lost in thought for some time, never dreaming that Dick could reach so far with a whip which, on this particular journey, had never been extended further than his flank, tossed his head, and scampered1 along with exceeding briskness2, which was very pleasant to the young couple behind him till, turning a bend in the road, they came instantly upon the farmer, farmer’s man, and farmer’s wife with the flapping mantle3, all jogging on just the same as ever.
“Bother those people! Here we are upon them again.”
“Well, of course. They have as much right to the road as we.”
“Yes, but it is provoking to be overlooked so. I like a road all to myself. Look what a lumbering4 affair theirs is!” The wheels of the farmer’s cart, just at that moment, jogged into a depression running across the road, giving the cart a twist, whereupon all three nodded to the left, and on coming out of it all three nodded to the right, and went on jerking their backs in and out as usual. “We’ll pass them when the road gets wider.”
When an opportunity seemed to offer itself for carrying this intention into effect, they heard light flying wheels behind, and on their quartering there whizzed along past them a brand-new gig, so brightly polished that the spokes5 of the wheels sent forth6 a continual quivering light at one point in their circle, and all the panels glared like mirrors in Dick and Fancy’s eyes. The driver, and owner as it appeared, was really a handsome man; his companion was Shiner. Both turned round as they passed Dick and Fancy, and stared with bold admiration7 in her face till they were obliged to attend to the operation of passing the farmer. Dick glanced for an instant at Fancy while she was undergoing their
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1 scampered | |
v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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2 briskness | |
n.敏捷,活泼 | |
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3 mantle | |
n.斗篷,覆罩之物,罩子;v.罩住,覆盖,脸红 | |
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4 lumbering | |
n.采伐林木 | |
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5 spokes | |
n.(车轮的)辐条( spoke的名词复数 );轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 | |
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6 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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7 admiration | |
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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8 scrutiny | |
n.详细检查,仔细观察 | |
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9 countenance | |
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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10 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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11 confession | |
n.自白,供认,承认 | |
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12 prevaricate | |
v.支吾其词;说谎;n.推诿的人;撒谎的人 | |
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13 choir | |
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱 | |
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14 morsel | |
n.一口,一点点 | |
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15 thither | |
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16 mere | |
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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17 ushered | |
v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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18 twitches | |
n.(使)抽动, (使)颤动, (使)抽搐( twitch的名词复数 ) | |
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19 recollect | |
v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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20 cosy | |
adj.温暖而舒适的,安逸的 | |
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21 faltered | |
(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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22 tint | |
n.淡色,浅色;染发剂;vt.着以淡淡的颜色 | |
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23 pouting | |
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24 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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25 smiting | |
v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的现在分词 ) | |
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26 rib | |
n.肋骨,肋状物 | |
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27 biding | |
v.等待,停留( bide的现在分词 );居住;(过去式用bided)等待;面临 | |
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28 ribs | |
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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29 frigid | |
adj.寒冷的,凛冽的;冷淡的;拘禁的 | |
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30 rhetoric | |
n.修辞学,浮夸之言语 | |
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31 astonishment | |
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32 maiden | |
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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