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"If, as I have, you also doe, Vertue attired1 in woman see, And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She;
And if this love, though placed so, From prophane men you hide, Which will no faith on this bestow2, Or, if they doe, deride3:
Then you have done a braver thing Than all the Worthies4 did, And a braver thence will spring, Which is, to keep that hid." --DR. DONNE.
Sir James Chettam's mind was not fruitful in devices, but his growing anxiety to "act on Brooke," once brought close to his constant belief in Dorothea's capacity for influence, became formative, and issued in a little plan; namely, to plead Celia's indisposition as a reason for fetching Dorothea by herself to the Hall, and to leave her at the Grange with the carriage on the way, after making her fully5 aware of the situation concerning the management of the estate.
In this way it happened that one day near four o'clock, when Mr. Brooke and Ladislaw were seated in the library, the door opened and Mrs. Casaubon was announced.
Will, the moment before, had been low in the depths of boredom6, and, obliged to help Mr. Brooke in arranging "documents" about hanging sheep-stealers, was exemplifying the power our minds have of riding several horses at once by inwardly arranging measures towards getting a lodging7 for himself in Middlemarch and cutting short his constant residence at the Grange; while there flitted through all these steadier images a tickling8 vision of a sheep-stealing epic9 written with Homeric particularity. When Mrs. Casaubon was announced he started up as from an electric shock, and felt a
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attired
adj.穿着整齐的v.使穿上衣服,使穿上盛装( attire的过去式和过去分词 )
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bestow
v.把…赠与,把…授予;花费
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deride
v.嘲弄,愚弄
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worthies
应得某事物( worthy的名词复数 ); 值得做某事; 可尊敬的; 有(某人或事物)的典型特征
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fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
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boredom
n.厌烦,厌倦,乏味,无聊
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lodging
n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
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tickling
反馈,回授,自旋挠痒法
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epic
n.史诗,叙事诗;adj.史诗般的,壮丽的
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tingling
v.有刺痛感( tingle的现在分词 )
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complexion
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
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molecule
n.分子,克分子
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subtlety
n.微妙,敏锐,精巧;微妙之处,细微的区别
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drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
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truant
n.懒惰鬼,旷课者;adj.偷懒的,旷课的,游荡的;v.偷懒,旷课
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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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reins
感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带
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subdued
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的
动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
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laborers
n.体力劳动者,工人( laborer的名词复数 );(熟练工人的)辅助工
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kit
n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物
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farmhouse
n.农场住宅(尤指主要住房)
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forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
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habitual
adj.习惯性的;通常的,惯常的
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admiration
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
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oversights
n.疏忽( oversight的名词复数 );忽略;失察;负责
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stammering
v.结巴地说出( stammer的现在分词 )
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eloquence
n.雄辩;口才,修辞
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ardent
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的
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shuffling
adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的
动词shuffle的现在分词形式
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impatience
n.不耐烦,急躁
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monk
n.和尚,僧侣,修道士
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attentive
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的
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smitten
猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去分词 )
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jealousy
n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌
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benevolence
n.慈悲,捐助
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dread
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
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mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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hampered
妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )
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melancholy
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
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meditation
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录
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exquisite
adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的
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longings
渴望,盼望( longing的名词复数 )
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perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
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entreatingly
哀求地,乞求地
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geographical
adj.地理的;地区(性)的
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ardently
adv.热心地,热烈地
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confidentially
ad.秘密地,悄悄地
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delinquent
adj.犯法的,有过失的;n.违法者
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tenant
n.承租人;房客;佃户;v.租借,租用
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tenants
n.房客( tenant的名词复数 );佃户;占用者;占有者
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brutal
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
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mighty
adj.强有力的;巨大的
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liking
n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢
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dismal
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的
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softening
变软,软化
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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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ivy
n.常青藤,常春藤
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shutters
百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门
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mouldering
v.腐朽( moulder的现在分词 );腐烂,崩塌
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mingled
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
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aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
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superstitious
adj.迷信的
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thatch
vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部;n.茅草(屋)
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pauper
n.贫民,被救济者,穷人
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ragged
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
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wagon
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车
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scant
adj.不充分的,不足的;v.减缩,限制,忽略
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scanty
adj.缺乏的,仅有的,节省的,狭小的,不够的
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uneven
adj.不平坦的,不规则的,不均匀的
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touching
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
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beaver
n.海狸,河狸
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flattened
[医](水)平扁的,弄平的
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maxim
n.格言,箴言
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stimulant
n.刺激物,兴奋剂
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snarling
v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的现在分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说
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irony
n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄
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prick
v.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;n.刺伤,刺痛
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worthy
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
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killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
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soothingly
adv.抚慰地,安慰地;镇痛地
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sullenly
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地
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evading
逃避( evade的现在分词 ); 避开; 回避; 想不出
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entirely
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
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mischief
n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹
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judiciously
adv.明断地,明智而审慎地
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growled
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
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dignified
a.可敬的,高贵的
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bawling
v.大叫,大喊( bawl的现在分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物)
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scuttle
v.急赶,疾走,逃避;n.天窗;舷窗
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inconvenient
adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的
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amazement
n.惊奇,惊讶
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amiability
n.和蔼可亲的,亲切的,友善的
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narrative
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
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hereditary
adj.遗传的,遗传性的,可继承的,世袭的
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backbone
n.脊骨,脊柱,骨干;刚毅,骨气
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eligible
adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
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thoroughly
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
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slovenly
adj.懒散的,不整齐的,邋遢的
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apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
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sarcasm
n.讥讽,讽刺,嘲弄,反话 (adj.sarcastic)