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THERE had been earlier drinking than usual in the wine shop of Monsieur Defarge. As early as six o'clock in the morning, sallow faces peeping through its barred windows had descried1 other faces within, bending over measures of wine. Monsieur Defarge sold a very thin wine at the best of times, but it would seem to have been an unusually thin wine that he sold at this time. A sour wine, moreover, or a souring, for its influence on the mood of those who drank it was to make them gloomy. No vivacious2 Bacchanalian3 flame leaped out of the pressed grape of monsieur Defarge: but, a smouldering fire that burnt in the
dark, lay hidden in the dregs of it.
This had been the third morning in succession, on which there had been early drinking at the wine-shop of Monsieur Defarge. It had begun on Monday, and here was Wednesday come. There had been more of early brooding than drinking; for, many men had listened and whispered and slunk about there from the time of the opening of the door, who could not ave laid a Piece of money on the counter to save their souls. These were to the full as interested in the place, however, as if they could have commanded whole barrels of wine; and they glided5 from seat to seat, and from corner to corner, swallowing talk in lieu of drink, with greedy looks.
Notwithstanding an unusual flow of company, the master of the wine-shop was not visible. He was not missed; for, nobody who crossed the threshold looked for him, nobody asked for him, nobody wondered to see only Madame Defarge in her seat, presiding over the distribution of wine, with a bowl of battered7 small coins before her, as much defaced and beaten out of their original impress as the small coinage of humanity from whose ragged8 pockets they had come.
A suspended interest and a prevalent absence of mind, were perhaps observed by the spies who looked in at the wine-shop, as they looked in at every place, high and low, from the king's palace to the criminal's gaol9. Games at cards

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adj.闹酒狂饮的;n.发酒疯的人 | |
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长期受苦( languish的过去式和过去分词 ); 受折磨; 变得(越来越)衰弱; 因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐 | |
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引出,探出( elicit的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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munching
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vt.破坏,毁坏,弄糟 | |
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vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸 | |
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adj.垂直的,直立的;n.垂直线,垂直的位置 | |
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adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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rascal
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的 | |
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vividly
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authoritative
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agitated
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gliding
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v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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parricide
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n.杀父母;杀亲罪 | |
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resin
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n.树脂,松香,树脂制品;vt.涂树脂 | |
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craving
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n.渴望,热望 | |
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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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winding
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gallows
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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(使…)起折痕,弄皱( crease的现在分词 ); (皮肤)皱起,使起皱纹; 挑檐 | |
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fixed
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upwards
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perspiration
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n.汗水;出汗 | |
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frightful
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doomed
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croak
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syllable
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v.一脚踢开,拒绝接受( spurn的现在分词 ) | |
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intoxication
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