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Chapter XXXIII.
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There was agitation1 today in the lives of all whom these matters concerned. It was not till the Hintock dinner-time — one o’clock — that Grace discovered her father’s absence from the house after a departure in the morning under somewhat unusual conditions. By a little reasoning and inquiry2 she was able to come to a conclusion on his destination, and to divine his errand.
Her husband was absent, and her father did not return. He had, in truth, gone on to Sherton after the interview, but this Grace did not know. In an indefinite dread3 that something serious would arise out of Melbury’s visit by reason of the inequalities of temper and nervous irritation4 to which he was subject, something possibly that would bring her much more misery5 than accompanied her present negative state of mind, she left the house about three o’clock, and took a loitering walk in the woodland track by which she imagined he would come home. This track under the bare trees and over the cracking sticks, screened and roofed in from the outer world of wind and cloud by a net-work of boughs6, led her slowly on till in time she had left the larger trees behind her and swept round into the coppice where Winterborne and his men were clearing the undergrowth.
Had Giles’s attention been concentrated on his hurdles7 he would not have seen her; but ever since Melbury’s passage across the opposite glade8 in the morning he had been as uneasy and unsettled as Grace herself; and her advent9 now was the one appearance which, since her father’s avowal10
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1 agitation | |
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动 | |
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2 inquiry | |
n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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3 dread | |
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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4 irritation | |
n.激怒,恼怒,生气 | |
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5 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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6 boughs | |
大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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7 hurdles | |
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 );跳栏;(供人或马跳跃的)栏架;跨栏赛 | |
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8 glade | |
n.林间空地,一片表面有草的沼泽低地 | |
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9 advent | |
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10 avowal | |
n.公开宣称,坦白承认 | |
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11 pranks | |
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12 behold | |
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13 intonation | |
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14 estranged | |
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15 craving | |
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16 raving | |
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17 homely | |
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18 sylvan | |
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19 mutual | |
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20 embarrassment | |
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21 beheld | |
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22 mantle | |
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23 picturesquely | |
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24 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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25 onward | |
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26 fret | |
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27 vigor | |
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28 solace | |
n.安慰;v.使快乐;vt.安慰(物),缓和 | |
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29 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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30 allay | |
v.消除,减轻(恐惧、怀疑等) | |
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31 omen | |
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32 wreck | |
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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33 remonstrances | |
n.抱怨,抗议( remonstrance的名词复数 ) | |
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34 stimulate | |
vt.刺激,使兴奋;激励,使…振奋 | |
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35 stumps | |
(被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分 | |
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36 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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37 turmoil | |
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38 imploringly | |
adv. 恳求地, 哀求地 | |
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39 recesses | |
n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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40 overflowing | |
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41 flirting | |
v.调情,打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 ) | |
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42 desperately | |
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43 agitated | |
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44 belie | |
v.掩饰,证明为假 | |
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45 disarms | |
v.裁军( disarm的第三人称单数 );使息怒 | |
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46 reiterated | |
反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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47 writhing | |
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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48 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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49 incensed | |
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50 perpendicular | |
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51 anguish | |
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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52 fortify | |
v.强化防御,为…设防;加强,强化 | |
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53 collapsed | |
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54 umbrageous | |
adj.多荫的 | |
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55 zigzagged | |
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56 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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57 twilight | |
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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58 misgiving | |
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕 | |
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59 transformation | |
n.变化;改造;转变 | |
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60 landmarks | |
n.陆标( landmark的名词复数 );目标;(标志重要阶段的)里程碑 ~ (in sth);有历史意义的建筑物(或遗址) | |
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61 thither | |
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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62 random | |
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动 | |
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63 denser | |
adj. 不易看透的, 密集的, 浓厚的, 愚钝的 | |
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64 outlet | |
n.出口/路;销路;批发商店;通风口;发泄 | |
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65 vexed | |
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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66 inevitably | |
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67 meditate | |
v.想,考虑,(尤指宗教上的)沉思,冥想 | |
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68 shuffling | |
adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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69 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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70 fatigue | |
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71 thoroughly | |
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72 clump | |
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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73 hollies | |
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74 sanguine | |
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75 holly | |
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76 uneven | |
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77 kindly | |
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78 germinating | |
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79 confession | |
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80 luxurious | |
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81 deprivation | |
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82 assent | |
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83 exaltedly | |
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84 deter | |
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85 indifference | |
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86 sham | |
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87 fathomed | |
理解…的真意( fathom的过去式和过去分词 ); 彻底了解; 弄清真相 | |
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88 sobbing | |
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89 transcending | |
超出或超越(经验、信念、描写能力等)的范围( transcend的现在分词 ); 优于或胜过… | |
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90 sobs | |
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91 funereal | |
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92 placebos | |
n.(给无实际治疗需要者的)安慰剂( placebo的名词复数 );安慰物;宽心话;(试验药物用的)无效对照剂 | |
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93 undertaking | |
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94 deserted | |
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95 inert | |
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96 appalled | |
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97 irresistible | |
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98 dagger | |
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99 distress | |
n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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100 exquisitely | |
adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地 | |
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101 mortified | |
v.使受辱( mortify的过去式和过去分词 );伤害(人的感情);克制;抑制(肉体、情感等) | |
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102 moodily | |
adv.喜怒无常地;情绪多变地;心情不稳地;易生气地 | |
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103 exhaustion | |
n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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104 rumor | |
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