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I THE CABULIWALLAH
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My five years' old daughter Mini cannot live without chattering1. I really believe that in all her life she has not wasted a minute in silence. Her mother is often vexed2 at this, and would stop her prattle3, but I would not. To see Mini quiet is unnatural4, and I cannot bear it long. And so my own talk with her is always lively.
One morning, for instance, when I was in the midst of the seventeenth chapter of my new novel, my little Mini stole into the room, and putting her hand into mine, said: "Father! Ramdayal the door-keeper calls a crow a krow! He doesn't know anything, does he?"
Before I could explain to her the differences of language in this world, she was embarked5 on the full tide of another subject. "What do you think, Father? Bhola says there is an elephant in the [Pg 4] clouds, blowing water out of his trunk, and that is why it rains!"
And then, darting6 off anew, while I sat still making ready some reply to this last saying: "Father! what relation is Mother to you?"
The window of my room overlooks the road. The child had seated herself at my feet near my table, and was playing softly, drumming on her knees. I was hard at work on my seventeenth chapter, where Pratap Singh, the hero, had just caught Kanchanlata, the heroine, in his arms, and was about to escape with her by the third-story window of the castle, when all of a sudden Mini left her play, and ran to the window, crying: "A Cabuliwallah! a Cabuliwallah!" Sure enough in the street below was a Cabuliwallah, passing slowly along. He wore the loose, soiled clothing of his people, with a tall turban; there was a bag on his back, and he carried boxes of grapes in his hand.
I cannot tell what were my daughter's feelings at the sight of this man, but she began to call him loudly. "Ah!" I thought, "he will come in, and my seventeenth chapter will never be finished!" At which exact moment the Cabuliwallah turned, and looked up at the child. When she saw this, overcome [Pg 5] by terror, she fled to her mother's protection and disappeared. She had a blind belief that inside the bag, which the big man carried, there were perhaps two or three other children like herself. The pedlar meanwhile entered my
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chattering
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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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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prattle
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n.闲谈;v.(小孩般)天真无邪地说话;发出连续而无意义的声音 | |
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unnatural
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adj.不自然的;反常的 | |
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embarked
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乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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darting
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v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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contrived
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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precarious
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adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的 | |
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raisins
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n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 ) | |
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tempted
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v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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demur
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v.表示异议,反对 | |
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alas
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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catching
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adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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pounced
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v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击) | |
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impending
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a.imminent, about to come or happen | |
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inquiries
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n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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judicious
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adj.明智的,明断的,能作出明智决定的 | |
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bribery
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n.贿络行为,行贿,受贿 | |
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quaint
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adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的 | |
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ripple
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n.涟波,涟漪,波纹,粗钢梳;vt.使...起涟漪,使起波纹; vi.呈波浪状,起伏前进 | |
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处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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tact
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n.机敏,圆滑,得体 | |
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euphemism
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n.婉言,委婉的说法 | |
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v.使为难( discomfit的过去式和过去分词);使狼狈;使挫折;挫败 | |
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n.(声音大而持续或重复的)洪亮的响声( peal的名词复数 );隆隆声;洪亮的钟声;钟乐v.(使)(钟等)鸣响,(雷等)发出隆隆声( peal的第三人称单数 ) | |
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forth
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adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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conjure
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v.恳求,祈求;变魔术,变戏法 | |
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vividly
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adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地 | |
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arid
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adj.干旱的;(土地)贫瘠的 | |
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defiles
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v.玷污( defile的第三人称单数 );污染;弄脏;纵列行进 | |
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imploring
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恳求的,哀求的 | |
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malaria
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n.疟疾 | |
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cockroaches
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caterpillars
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n.毛虫( caterpillar的名词复数 );履带 | |
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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intimacy
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n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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conspiracy
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n.阴谋,密谋,共谋 | |
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subside
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vi.平静,平息;下沉,塌陷,沉降 | |
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reassured
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adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词) | |
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chilly
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adj.凉快的,寒冷的 | |
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pedestrians
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n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 ) | |
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uproar
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n.骚动,喧嚣,鼎沸 | |
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exclamation
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n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词 | |
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fettered
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v.给…上脚镣,束缚( fetter的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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imprisonment
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n.关押,监禁,坐牢 | |
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sordid
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adj.肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,暗淡的 | |
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throbbed
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抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动 | |
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wail
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vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸 | |
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tune
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n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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intensify
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vt.加强;变强;加剧 | |
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bustle
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v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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pervaded
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v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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canopy
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n.天篷,遮篷 | |
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slung
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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tinkling
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n.丁当作响声 | |
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saluting
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v.欢迎,致敬( salute的现在分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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vigour
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(=vigor)n.智力,体力,精力 | |
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dispersed
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adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的 | |
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recollect
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v.回忆,想起,记起,忆起,记得 | |
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wares
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n. 货物, 商品 | |
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adorned
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[计]被修饰的 | |
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apparition
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curtail
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despondent
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adj.失望的,沮丧的,泄气的 | |
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entreaty
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n.恳求,哀求 | |
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vt.花费,消费,消耗 | |
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judicial
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adj.司法的,法庭的,审判的,明断的,公正的 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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n.亵渎,渎神 | |
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deport
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vt.驱逐出境 | |
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deportation
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n.驱逐,放逐 | |
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convene
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v.集合,召集,召唤,聚集,集合 | |
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preclude
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vt.阻止,排除,防止;妨碍 | |
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exclusion
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n.拒绝,排除,排斥,远足,远途旅行 | |
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clamorous
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adj.吵闹的,喧哗的 | |
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disclaim
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v.放弃权利,拒绝承认 | |
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adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的 | |
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