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CHAPTER II. THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN.
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When Zack reached Baregrove Square, it was four in the morning. The neighboring church clock struck the hour as he approached his own door.
Immediately after parting with Mat, malicious1 Fate so ordained2 it that he passed one of those late—or, to speak more correctly, early—public-houses, which are open to customers during the “small hours” of the morning. He was parched3 with thirst; and the hiccuping4 fit which had seized him in the company of his new friend had not yet subsided5. “Suppose I try what a drop of brandy will do for me,” thought Zack, stopping at the fatal entrance of the public-house.
He went in easily enough—but he came out with no little difficulty. However, he had achieved his purpose of curing the hiccups6. The remedy employed acted, to be sure, on his legs as well as his stomach—but that was a trifling7 physiological8 eccentricity9 quite unworthy of notice.
He was far too exclusively occupied in chuckling10 over the remembrance of the agreeably riotous11 train of circumstances which had brought his new acquaintance and himself together, to take any notice of his own personal condition, or to observe that his course over the pavement was of a somewhat sinuous12
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malicious
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adj.焦干的;极渴的;v.(使)焦干 | |
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v.嗝( hiccup的现在分词 );连续地打嗝;暂时性的小问题;短暂的停顿 | |
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v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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n.嗝( hiccup的名词复数 );连续地打嗝;暂时性的小问题;短暂的停顿v.嗝( hiccup的第三人称单数 );连续地打嗝;暂时性的小问题;短暂的停顿 | |
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physiological
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eccentricity
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chuckling
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轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 ) | |
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riotous
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sinuous
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dire
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rigidly
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intoxicating
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a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的 | |
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utterance
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previously
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virtuous
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repose
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ominously
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ominous
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perseverance
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rim
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stifling
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a.令人窒息的 | |
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sleeper
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fatality
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stifled
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跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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exultation
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使聋( deafen的过去式和过去分词 ); 使隔音 | |
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frantically
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perspiration
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nautically
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lamentably
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misery
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wailing
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v.哭叫,哀号( wail的现在分词 );沱 | |
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momentary
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malady
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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slippered
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ascending
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supplication
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gasp
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n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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groan
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vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
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n.熔化,融化v.(气候)解冻( thaw的现在分词 );(态度、感情等)缓和;(冰、雪及冷冻食物)溶化;软化 | |
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thaw
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memorable
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ribs
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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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retrace
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v.折回;追溯,探源 | |
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mingled
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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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briefly
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exasperated
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rustling
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sobbing
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offense
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penitence
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mattress
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parlor
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