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MADAME DEFARGE and monsieur her husband returned amicably1 to the bosom2 of Saint Antoine, while a speck3 in a blue cap toiled4 through the darkness, and through the dust, and down the weary miles of avenue by the wayside, slowly tending towards that point of the compass where the chateau5 of Monsieur the Marquis, now in his grave, listened to the whispering trees. Such ample leisure had the stone faces, now, for listening to the trees and to the fountain, that the few village scarecrows who, in their quest for herbs to eat and fragments of dead stick to burn, strayed within sight of the great stone courtyard and
terrace staircase, had it borne in upon their starved fancy that the expression of the faces was altered. A rumour6 just lived in the village--had a faint and bare existence there, as its people had that when the knife struck home, the faces changed, from faces of pride to faces of anger and pain also, that when that dangling7 figure was hauled up forty fee above the fountain, they changed again, and bore a cruel look of being avenged8, which they would henceforth bear for ever. In the stone face over the great window of the bed-chamber where the murder was done, two fine dints were pointed10 out in the sculptured nose, which everybody recognised, and which nobody had seen of old; and on the scarce occasions when two or three ragged11 peasants emerged from the crowd to take a hurried peep at Monsieur the Marquis petrified12
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amicably
adv.友善地
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bosom
n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
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speck
n.微粒,小污点,小斑点
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toiled
长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉
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chateau
n.城堡,别墅
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rumour
n.谣言,谣传,传闻
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dangling
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口
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avenged
v.为…复仇,报…之仇( avenge的过去式和过去分词 );为…报复
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forth
adv.向前;向外,往外
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pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
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ragged
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
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petrified
adj.惊呆的;目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆,使惊呆;变僵硬;使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词)
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moss
n.苔,藓,地衣
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mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
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sublimer
使高尚者,纯化器
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vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
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virtue
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
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lumbering
n.采伐林木
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inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
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spoke
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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eyebrows
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
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accurately
adv.准确地,精确地
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Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
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complexion
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
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aquiline
adj.钩状的,鹰的
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peculiar
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
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inclination
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
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sinister
adj.不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的
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complacently
adv. 满足地, 自满地, 沾沾自喜地
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interfering
adj. 妨碍的
动词interfere的现在分词
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foul
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
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olfactory
adj.嗅觉的
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smelt
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼
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scents
n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉
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depressed
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的
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wrung
绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水)
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vengeance
n.报复,报仇,复仇
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consolation
n.安慰,慰问
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throttled
v.扼杀( throttle的过去式和过去分词 );勒死;使窒息;压制
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foe
n.敌人,仇敌
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standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
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bent
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
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docile
adj.驯服的,易控制的,容易教的
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attentive
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的
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shrug
v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)
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aristocrat
n.贵族,有贵族气派的人,上层人物
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tyrant
n.暴君,专制的君主,残暴的人
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cowardice
n.胆小,怯懦
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gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
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serene
adj. 安详的,宁静的,平静的
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infraction
n.违反;违法
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preoccupied
adj.全神贯注的,入神的;被抢先占有的;心事重重的v.占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)
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inquisitive
adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的
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adventurous
adj.爱冒险的;惊心动魄的,惊险的,刺激的
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glutinous
adj.粘的,胶状的
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promenading
v.兜风( promenade的现在分词 )
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remarkable
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
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catching
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
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faltered
(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃
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pretence
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰
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unimpeachable
adj.无可指责的;adv.无可怀疑地
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miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
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deftly
adv.灵巧地,熟练地,敏捷地
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boded
v.预示,预告,预言( bode的过去式和过去分词 );等待,停留( bide的过去分词 );居住;(过去式用bided)等待
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crumbs
int. (表示惊讶)哎呀
n. 碎屑
名词crumb的复数形式
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sip
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量
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sipping
v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的现在分词 )
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compassion
n.同情,怜悯
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touching
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
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saluted
v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂
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discomfited
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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conversing
v.交谈,谈话( converse的现在分词 )
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indifference
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
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exalted
adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的
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steadily
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
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lighting
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
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proscribed
v.正式宣布(某事物)有危险或被禁止( proscribe的过去式和过去分词 )
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instinctive
adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的
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disappearance
n.消失,消散,失踪
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habitual
adj.习惯性的;通常的,惯常的
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vile
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的
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jaws
n.口部;嘴
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apparatus
n.装置,器械;器具,设备
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admiration
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
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encompassed
v.围绕( encompass的过去式和过去分词 );包围;包含;包括
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cannon
n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮