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CHAPTER 7. Mostly, Prunes and Prism
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Mrs General, always on her coach-box keeping the proprieties1 well together, took pains to form a surface on her very dear young friend, and Mrs General’s very dear young friend tried hard to receive it. Hard as she had tried in her laborious3 life to attain4 many ends, she had never tried harder than she did now, to be varnished5 by Mrs General. It made her anxious and ill at ease to be operated upon by that smoothing hand, it is true; but she submitted herself to the family want in its greatness as she had submitted herself to the family want in its littleness, and yielded to her own inclinations7 in this thing no more than she had yielded to her hunger itself, in the days when she had saved her dinner that her father might have his supper.
One comfort that she had under the Ordeal8 by General was more sustaining to her, and made her more grateful than to a less devoted9 and affectionate spirit, not habituated to her struggles and sacrifices, might appear quite reasonable; and, indeed, it may often be observed in life, that spirits like Little Dorrit do not appear to reason half as carefully as the folks who get the better of them. The continued kindness of her sister was this comfort to Little Dorrit. It was nothing to her that the kindness took the form of tolerant patronage10; she was used to that. It was nothing to her that it kept her in a tributary11 position, and showed her in attendance on the flaming car in which Miss Fanny sat on an elevated seat, exacting12
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1 proprieties | |
n.礼仪,礼节;礼貌( propriety的名词复数 );规矩;正当;合适 | |
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2 ace | |
n.A牌;发球得分;佼佼者;adj.杰出的 | |
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3 laborious | |
adj.吃力的,努力的,不流畅 | |
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4 attain | |
vt.达到,获得,完成 | |
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5 varnished | |
浸渍过的,涂漆的 | |
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6 varnish | |
n.清漆;v.上清漆;粉饰 | |
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7 inclinations | |
倾向( inclination的名词复数 ); 倾斜; 爱好; 斜坡 | |
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8 ordeal | |
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验 | |
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9 devoted | |
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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10 patronage | |
n.赞助,支援,援助;光顾,捧场 | |
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11 tributary | |
n.支流;纳贡国;adj.附庸的;辅助的;支流的 | |
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12 exacting | |
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13 homage | |
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14 disposition | |
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15 wholesale | |
n.批发;adv.以批发方式;vt.批发,成批出售 | |
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16 prunes | |
n.西梅脯,西梅干( prune的名词复数 )v.修剪(树木等)( prune的第三人称单数 );精简某事物,除去某事物多余的部分 | |
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17 plunges | |
n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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18 residue | |
n.残余,剩余,残渣 | |
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19 ruffle | |
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20 misgiving | |
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21 reeking | |
v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象) | |
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22 monstrously | |
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23 paragon | |
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24 accomplishment | |
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能 | |
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25 tartly | |
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26 perfectly | |
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27 aggravating | |
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28 sweeping | |
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29 trumps | |
abbr.trumpets 喇叭;小号;喇叭形状的东西;喇叭筒v.(牌戏)出王牌赢(一牌或一墩)( trump的过去式 );吹号公告,吹号庆祝;吹喇叭;捏造 | |
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30 contemplate | |
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31 indifference | |
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32 positively | |
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33 prominence | |
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34 chuckle | |
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35 groan | |
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36 pretence | |
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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37 gliding | |
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38 conspirator | |
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39 solicitous | |
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40 prey | |
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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41 intermittent | |
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42 wager | |
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43 gondola | |
n.威尼斯的平底轻舟;飞船的吊船 | |
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44 watery | |
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45 ambush | |
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46 smuggler | |
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47 prospect | |
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48 languishing | |
a. 衰弱下去的 | |
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49 bluffer | |
n.用假像骗人的人 | |
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50 peculiarity | |
n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖 | |
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51 peculiar | |
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52 swelled | |
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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53 posterity | |
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54 extolling | |
v.赞美( extoll的现在分词 );赞颂,赞扬,赞美( extol的现在分词 ) | |
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55 elegance | |
n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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56 gracefully | |
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57 sufficiently | |
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58 traitor | |
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59 remarkably | |
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60 mere | |
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61 brotherhood | |
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62 delightful | |
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63 gunpowder | |
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64 lapsing | |
v.退步( lapse的现在分词 );陷入;倒退;丧失 | |
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65 stipulation | |
n.契约,规定,条文;条款说明 | |
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66 erect | |
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67 injustice | |
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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68 conspired | |
密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致 | |
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69 favourably | |
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70 predecessors | |
n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 );前辈;(被取代的)原有事物;前身 | |
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71 prelude | |
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72 skilful | |
(=skillful)adj.灵巧的,熟练的 | |
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73 skilfully | |
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74 disturbance | |
n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调 | |
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75 resolutely | |
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76 maternal | |
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的 | |
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77 attachment | |
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78 watchful | |
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79 instinctive | |
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80 humbly | |
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81 ordinances | |
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82 intercourse | |
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83 determined | |
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84 favourable | |
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85 repugnance | |
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86 antipathy | |
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87 odious | |
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88 reptile | |
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89 behold | |
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90 diabolical | |
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91 persistency | |
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92 vigilant | |
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93 lash | |
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94 gateway | |
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95 benefactor | |
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96 retraced | |
v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 );回忆;回顾;追溯 | |
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97 participation | |
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98 mania | |
n.疯狂;躁狂症,狂热,癖好 | |
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99 custody | |
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留 | |
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100 followers | |
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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101 debtors | |
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102 dreary | |
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103 disparaged | |
v.轻视( disparage的过去式和过去分词 );贬低;批评;非难 | |
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104 feigning | |
假装,伪装( feign的现在分词 ); 捏造(借口、理由等) | |
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105 precisely | |
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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106 deteriorated | |
恶化,变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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107 retinue | |
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108 abode | |
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109 cork | |
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110 sieve | |
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111 rugged | |
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112 remains | |
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114 incessantly | |
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115 modification | |
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116 insinuated | |
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117 wink | |
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118 bosom | |
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120 inviting | |
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121 distinguished | |
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122 Mediterranean | |
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123 esteem | |
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124 habitually | |
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125 solitary | |
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126 harped | |
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