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THE purpose of a chronicler of moods and deeds does not require him to express his personal views upon the grave controversy1 above given. That the twain were happy--between their times of sadness--was indubitable. And when the unexpected apparition2 of Jude's child in the house had shown itself to be no such disturbing event as it had looked, but one that brought into their lives a new and tender interest of an ennobling and unselfish kind, it rather helped than injured their happiness.
To be sure, with such pleasing anxious beings as they were, the boy's coming also brought with it much thought for the future, particularly as he seemed at present to be singularly deficient3 in all the usual hopes of childhood. But the pair tried to dismiss, for a while at least, a too strenuously4 forward view.
There is in Upper Wessex an old town of nine or ten thousand souls; the town may be called Stoke-Barehills. It stands with its gaunt, unattractive, ancient church, and its new red brick suburb, amid the open, chalk-soiled cornlands, near the middle of an imaginary triangle which has for its three corners the towns of Aldbrickham and Wintoncester, and the important military station of Quartershot. The great western highway from London passes through it, near a point where the road branches into two, merely to unite again some twenty miles further westward6. Out of this bifurcation and reunion there used to arise among wheeled travellers, before railway days, endless questions of choice between the respective ways. But the question is now as dead as the scot-and-lot freeholder, the road waggoner, and the mail coachman who disputed it; and probably not a single inhabitant of Stoke-Barehills is now even aware that the two roads which part in his town ever meet again; for nobody now drives up and down the great western highway dally7.
The most familiar object in Stoke-Barehills nowadays is its cemetery8,
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controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
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apparition
n.幽灵,神奇的现象
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deficient
adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的
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strenuously
adv.奋发地,费力地
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mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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westward
n.西方,西部;adj.西方的,向西的;adv.向西
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dally
v.荒废(时日),调情
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cemetery
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
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standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
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picturesque
adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的
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chapels
n.小教堂, (医院、监狱等的)附属礼拜堂( chapel的名词复数 );(在小教堂和附属礼拜堂举行的)礼拜仪式
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shrubs
灌木( shrub的名词复数 )
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intrusiveness
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crumbling
adj.摇摇欲坠的
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outskirts
n.郊外,郊区
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arcades
n.商场( arcade的名词复数 );拱形走道(两旁有商店或娱乐设施);连拱廊;拱形建筑物
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improvident
adj.不顾将来的,不节俭的,无远见的
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appreciably
adv.相当大地
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pegs
n.衣夹( peg的名词复数 );挂钉;系帐篷的桩;弦钮v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 );使固定在某水平
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beads
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链
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bonnet
n.无边女帽;童帽
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glisten
vi.(光洁或湿润表面等)闪闪发光,闪闪发亮
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tavern
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店
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densely
ad.密集地;浓厚地
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thither
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的
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configuration
n.结构,布局,形态,(计算机)配置
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affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
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retailed
vt.零售(retail的过去式与过去分词形式)
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pedestrians
n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )
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covetousness
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maternal
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
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conjecture
n./v.推测,猜测
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candid
adj.公正的,正直的;坦率的
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determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
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kindle
v.点燃,着火
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hindrance
n.妨碍,障碍
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delightfully
大喜,欣然
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intercourse
n.性交;交流,交往,交际
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puff
n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气
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mutual
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
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indifference
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
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remarkable
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
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undoubtedly
adv.确实地,无疑地
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refreshment
n.恢复,精神爽快,提神之事物;(复数)refreshments:点心,茶点
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loath
adj.不愿意的;勉强的
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proceeding
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
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regained
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
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hearty
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的
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immunity
n.优惠;免除;豁免,豁免权
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ravages
劫掠后的残迹,破坏的结果,毁坏后的残迹
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promising
adj.有希望的,有前途的
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untied
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
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apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
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unaware
a.不知道的,未意识到的
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inscription
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文
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cardinal
n.(天主教的)红衣主教;adj.首要的,基本的
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cursorily
adv.粗糙地,疏忽地,马虎地
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throng
n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集
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fascination
n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋
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scrutinizing
v.仔细检查,详审( scrutinize的现在分词 )
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conceal
v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽
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morosely
adv.愁眉苦脸地,忧郁地
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preoccupied
adj.全神贯注的,入神的;被抢先占有的;心事重重的v.占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)
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curiously
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
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distillation
n.蒸馏,蒸馏法
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inordinately
adv.无度地,非常地
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contriving
(不顾困难地)促成某事( contrive的现在分词 ); 巧妙地策划,精巧地制造(如机器); 设法做到
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bosom
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
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spouse
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
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amiable
adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的
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gaily
adv.欢乐地,高兴地
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enchanted
adj. 被施魔法的,陶醉的,入迷的
动词enchant的过去式和过去分词
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appreciative
adj.有鉴赏力的,有眼力的;感激的
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tinted
adj. 带色彩的
动词tint的过去式和过去分词
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vivacity
n.快活,活泼,精神充沛
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petals
n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )
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absurdities
n.极端无理性( absurdity的名词复数 );荒谬;谬论;荒谬的行为
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joyousness
快乐,使人喜悦
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luminaries
n.杰出人物,名人(luminary的复数形式)
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immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
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aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
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utterly
adv.完全地,绝对地
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withered
adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的
动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式