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CHAPTER I
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The scene was an actress's dressing-room at the Odéon.
Félicie Nanteuil, her hair powdered, with blue on her eyelids1, rouge2 on her cheeks and ears, and white on her neck and shoulders, was holding out her foot to Madame Michon, the dresser, who was fitting on a pair of little black slippers3 with red heels. Dr. Trublet, the physician attached to the theatre, and a friend of the actress's, was resting his bald cranium on a cushion of the divan4, his hands folded upon his stomach and his short legs crossed.
"What else, my dear?" he inquired of her.
"Oh, I don't know! Fits of suffocation5; giddiness; and, all of a sudden, an agonizing6 pain, as if I were going to die. That's the worst of all."
"Do you sometimes feel as though you must laugh or cry for no apparent reason, about nothing at all?"
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"That I cannot tell you, for in this life one has so many reasons for laughing or crying!"
"Are you subject to attacks of dizziness?"
"No. But, just think, doctor, at night, I see an imaginary cat, under the chairs or the table, gazing at me with fiery7 eyes!"
"Try not to dream of cats any more," said Madame Michon, "because that's a bad omen8. To see a cat is a sign that you'll be betrayed by friends, or deceived by a woman."
"But it is not in my dreams that I see a cat! It's when I'm wide awake!"
Trublet, who was in attendance at the Odéon once a month only, was given to looking in as a friend almost every evening. He was fond of the actresses, delighted in chatting with them, gave them good advice, and listened with
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n.眼睑( eyelid的名词复数 );眼睛也不眨一下;不露声色;面不改色 | |
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bosom
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tapers
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(长形物体的)逐渐变窄( taper的名词复数 ); 微弱的光; 极细的蜡烛 | |
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glorify
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vt.颂扬,赞美,使增光,美化 | |
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hideous
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adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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flatten
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ribs
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remains
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distended
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devastation
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ravages
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dwelling
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droll
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lugubrious
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inclination
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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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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depressed
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contrived
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crease
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hatred
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sanely
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lactic
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inevitable
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possessed
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robust
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audacity
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impelling
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adj.迫使性的,强有力的v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的现在分词 ) | |
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pristine
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adj.原来的,古时的,原始的,纯净的,无垢的 | |
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adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
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bestow
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drawn
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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prudent
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adj.谨慎的,有远见的,精打细算的 | |
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suppleness
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柔软; 灵活; 易弯曲; 顺从 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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muddle
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n.困惑,混浊状态;vt.使混乱,使糊涂,使惊呆;vi.胡乱应付,混乱 | |
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delude
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vt.欺骗;哄骗 | |
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mere
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genial
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adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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shameful
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lavish
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precepts
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velvet
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exquisitely
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contemplating
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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grimace
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witty
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fatuity
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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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a.有教养的,文雅的 | |
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retired
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