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In the Matter of a Private
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Hurrah1! hurrah! a soldier’s life for me!
Shout, boys, shout! for it makes you jolly and free.
— The Ramrod Corps2.
PEOPLE who have seen, say that one of the quaintest3 spectacles of human frailty4 is an outbreak of hysterics in a girls’ school. It starts without warning, generally on a hot afternoon among the elder pupils. A girl giggles6 till the giggle5 gets beyond control. Then she throws up her head, and cries, “Honk7, honk, honk,” like a wild goose, and tears mix with the laughter. If the mistress be wise she will rap out something severe at this point and check matters. If she be tender-hearted, and send for a drink of water, the chances are largely in favor of another girl laughing at the afflicted8 one and herself collapsing9. Thus the trouble spreads, and may end in half of what answers to the Lower Sixth of a boys’ school rocking and whooping10 together. Given a week of warm weather, two stately promenades11 per diem, a heavy mutton and rice meal in the middle of the day, a certain amount of nagging12 from the teachers, and a few other things, some amazing effects develop. At least this is what folk say who have had experience.
Now, the Mother Superior of a Convent and the Colonel of a British
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hurrah
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int.好哇,万岁,乌拉 | |
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n.痴笑,咯咯地笑;v.咯咯地笑着说 | |
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n.咯咯的笑( giggle的名词复数 );傻笑;玩笑;the giggles 止不住的格格笑v.咯咯地笑( giggle的第三人称单数 ) | |
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honk
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collapsing
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压扁[平],毁坏,断裂 | |
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whooping
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promenades
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n.人行道( promenade的名词复数 );散步场所;闲逛v.兜风( promenade的第三人称单数 ) | |
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adj.唠叨的,挑剔的;使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评(某人)( nag的现在分词 );不断地烦扰或伤害(某人);无休止地抱怨;不断指责 | |
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infantry
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regiment
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rippling
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brute
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ammunition
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virtuous
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defender
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brutal
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licentious
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prologue
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grievance
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sergeant
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cholera
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forefinger
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throbbing
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rumor
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阳台,走廊( veranda的名词复数 ) | |
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deserted
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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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fretted
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焦躁的,附有弦马的,腐蚀的 | |
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clattered
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发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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lashing
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n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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chuckled
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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deliberately
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hurled
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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random
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scattered
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Flared
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cavalry
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battalion
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n.营;部队;大队(的人) | |
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saluted
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spurt
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v.喷出;突然进发;突然兴隆 | |
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shrieked
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fervently
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killing
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cartridge
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briefly
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peril
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spoke
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savagely
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strictly
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