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CHAPTER VI THE END OF SOLITUDE
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 A rain-washed world, smelling sweet as a wet rose, a cloudless sky delicately blue, and a swollen1 stream tumbling and foaming2 under the bridge—of these Mr. Eddie Brandes was agreeably conscious as he stepped out on the verandah after breakfast, and, unclasping a large gold cigar case, inserted a cigar between his teeth.
 
He always had the appearance of having just come out of a Broadway barber shop with the visible traces of shave, shampoo, massage3, and manicure patent upon his person.
 
His short, square figure was clothed in well-cut blue serge; a smart straw hat embellished4 his head, polished russet shoes his remarkably5 small feet. On his small fat fingers several heavy rings were conspicuous6. And the odour of cologne exhaled7 from and subtly pervaded8 the ensemble9.
 
Across the road, hub-deep in wet grass and weeds, he could see his wrecked10 runabout, glistening11 with raindrops.
 
He stood for a while on the verandah, both hands shoved deep into his pockets, his cigar screwed into his cheek. From time to time he jingled12 keys and loose coins in his pockets. Finally he sauntered down the steps and across the wet road to inspect the machine at closer view.
 
Contemplating13 it tranquilly14, head on one side and his left eye closed to avoid the drifting cigar smoke, 61he presently became aware of a girl in a pink print dress leaning over the grey parapet of the bridge. And, picking his way among the puddles15, he went toward her.
 
“Good morning, Miss Carew,” he said, taking off his straw hat.
 
She turned her head over her shoulder; the early sun glistened16 on his shiny, carefully parted hair and lingered in glory on a diamond scarf pin.
 
“Good morning,” she said, a little uncertainly, for the memory of their first meeting on the bridge had not entirely17 been forgotten.
 
“You had breakfast early,” he said.
 
“Yes.”
 
He kept his hat off; such little courtesies have their effect; also it was good for his hair which, he feared, had become a trifle thinner recently.
 
“It is beautiful weather,” said Mr. Brandes, squinting18 at her through his cigar smoke.
 
“Yes.” She looked down into the tumbling water.
 
“This is a beautiful country, isn’t it, Miss Carew?”
 
“Yes.”
 
With his head a little on one side he inspected her. There was only the fine curve of her cheek visible, and a white neck under the chestnut19 hair; and one slim, tanned hand resting on the stone parapet.
 
“Do you like motoring?” he asked.
 
She looked up:
 
“Yes.... I have only been out a few times.”
 
“I’ll have another car up here in a few days. I’d like to take you out.”
 
She was silent.
 
“Ever go to Saratoga?” he inquired.
 
“No.”62
 
“I’ll take you to the races—with your mother. Would you like to go?”
 
She remained silent so long that he became a trifle uneasy.
 
“With your mother,” he repeated, moving so he could see a little more of her face.
 
“I don’t think mother would go,” she said.
 
“Would she let you go?”
 
“I don’t think so.”
 
“There’s nothing wrong with racing20,” he said, “if you don’t bet money on the horses.”
 
But Rue21 knew nothing about sport, and her ignorance as well as the suggested combination of Saratoga, automobile22, and horse racing left her silent again.
 
Brandes sat down on the parapet of the bridge and held his straw hat on his fat knees.
 
“Then we’ll make it a family party,” he said, “your father and mother and you, shall we? And we’ll just go off for the day.”
 
“Thank you.”
 
“Would you like it?”
 
“Yes.”
 
“Will you go?”
 
“I—work in the mill.”
 
“Every day?”
 
“Yes.”
 
“How about Sunday?”
 
“We go to church.... I don’t know.... Perhaps we might go in the afternoon.”
 
“I’ll ask your father,” he said, watching the delicately flushed face with odd, almost sluggish23 persistency24.
 
His grey-green eyes seemed hypnotised; he appeared unable to turn them elsewhere; and she, gradually 63becoming conscious of his scrutiny25, kept her own eyes averted26.
 
“What were you looking at in the water?” he asked.
 
“I was looking for our boat. It isn’t there. I’m afraid it has gone over the dam.”
 
“I’ll help you search for it,” he said, “when I come back from the village. I’m going to walk over and find somebody who’ll cart that runabout to the railroad station.... You’re not going that way, are you?” he added, rising.
 
“No.”
 
“Then––” he lifted his hat high and put it on with care—“until a little later, Miss Carew.... And I want to apologise for speaking so familiarly to you yesterday. I’m sorry. It’s a way we get into in New York. Broadway isn’t good for a man’s manners.... Will you forgive me, Miss Carew?”
 
Embarrassment27 kept her silent; she nodded her head, and finally turned and looked at him. His smile was agreeable.
 
She smiled faintly, too, and rose.
 
“Until later, then,” he said. “This is the Gayfield road, isn’t it?”
 
“Yes.”
 
She turned and walked toward the house; and as though he could not help himself he walked beside her, his hat in his hand once more.
 
“I like this place,” he said. “I wonder if there is a hotel in Gayfield.”
 
“The Gayfield House.”
 
“Is it very bad?” he asked jocosely28.
 
She seemed surprised. It was considered good, she thought.
 
With a slight, silent nod of dismissal she crossed the 64road and went into the house, leaving him standing29 beside his wrecked machine once more, looking after her out of sluggish eyes.
 
Presently, from the house, emerged Stull, his pasty face startling in its pallor under the cloudless sky, and walked slowly over to Brandes.
 
“Well, Ben,” said the latter pleasantly, “I’m going to Gayfield to telegraph for another car.”
 
“How soon can they get one up?” inquired Stull, inserting a large cigar into his slitted mouth and lighting30 it.
 
“Oh, in a couple of days, I guess. I don’t know. I don’t care much, either.”
 
“We can go on to Saratoga by train,” suggested Stull complacently31.
 
“We can stay here, too.”
 
“What for?”
 
Brandes said in his tight-lipped, even voice:
 
“The fishing’s good. I guess I’ll try it.” He continued to contemplate32 the machine, but Stull’s black eyes were turned on him intently.
 
“How about the races?” he asked. “Do we go or not?”
 
“Certainly.”
 
“When?”
 
“When they send us a car to go in.”
 
“Isn’t the train good enough?”
 
“The fishing here is better.”
 
Stull’s pasty visage turned sourer:
 
“Do you mean we lose a couple of days in this God-forsaken dump because you’d rather go to Saratoga in a runabout than in a train?”
 
“I tell you I’m going to stick around for a while.”
 
“For how long?”65
 
“Oh, I don’t know. When we get our car we can talk it over and––”
 
“Ah,” ejaculated Stull in disgust, “what the hell’s the matter with you? Is it that little skirt you was buzzing out here like you never seen one before?”
 
“How did you guess, Ben?” returned Brandes with the almost expressionless jocularity that characterised him at times.
 
“That little red-headed, spindling, freckled33, milk-fed mill-hand––”
 
“Funny, ain’t it? But there’s no telling what will catch the tired business man, is there, Ben?”
 
“Well, what does catch him?” demanded Stull angrily. “What’s the answer?”
 
“I guess she’s the answer, Ben.”
 
“Ah, leave the kid alone––”
 
“I’m going to have the car sent up here. I’m going to take her out. Go on to Saratoga if you want to. I’ll meet you there––”
 
“When?”
 
“When I’m ready,” replied Brandes evenly. But he smiled.
 
Stull looked at him, and his white face, soured by dyspepsia, became sullen34 with wrath35. At such times, too, his grammar suffered from indigestion.
 
“Say, Eddie,” he began, “can’t no one learn you nothin’ at all? How many times would you have been better off if you’d listened to me? Every time you throw me you hand yourself one. Now that you got a little money again and a little backing, don’t do anything like that––”
 
“Like what?”
 
“Like chasin’ dames36! Don’t act foolish like you done in Chicago last summer! You wouldn’t listen to me 66then, would you? And that Denver business, too! Say, look at all the foolish things you done against all I could say to save you—like backing that cowboy plug against Battling Jensen!—Like taking that big hunk o’ beef, Walstein, to San Antonio, where Kid O’Rourke put him out in the first! And everybody’s laughing at you yet! Ah––” he exclaimed angrily, “somebody tell me why I don’t quit you, you big dill pickle37! I wish someone would tell me why I stand for you, because I don’t know.... And look what you’re doing now; you got some money of your own and plenty of syndicate money to put on the races and a big comish! You got a good theayter in town with Morris Stein to back you and everything—and look what you’re doing!” he ended bitterly.
 
Brandes tightened38 his dental grip on his cigar and squinted39 at him good-humouredly.
 
“Say, Ben,” he said, “would you believe it if I told you I’m stuck on her?”
 
“Ah, you’d fall for anything. I never seen a skirt you wouldn’t chase.”
 
“I don’t mean that kind.”
 
“What kind, then?”
 
“This is on the level, Ben.”
 
“What! Ah, go on! You on the level?”
 
“All the same, I am.”
 
“You can’t be on the level! You don’t know how.”
 
“Why?”
 
“You got a wife, and you know damn well you have.”
 
“Yes, and she’s getting her divorce.”
 
Stull regarded him with habitual40 and sullen distrust.
 
“She hasn’t got it yet.”
 
“She’ll get it. Don’t worry.”
 
“I thought you was for fighting it.”67
 
“I was going to fight it; but––” His slow, narrow, greenish eyes stole toward the house across the road.
 
“Just like that,” he said, after a slight pause; “that’s the way the little girl hit me. I’m on the level, Ben. First skirt I ever saw that I wanted to find waiting dinner for me when I come home. Get me?”
 
“I don’t know whether I do or not.”
 
“Get this, then; she isn’t all over paint; she’s got freckles41, thank God, and she smells sweet as a daisy field. Ah, what the hell––” he burst out between his parted teeth “—when every woman in New York smells like a chorus girl! Don’t I get it all day? The whole city stinks42 like a star’s dressing43 room. And I married one! And I’m through. I want to get my breath and I’m getting it.”
 
Stull’s white features betrayed merely the morbid44 suffering of indigestion; he said nothing and sucked his cigar.
 
“I’m through,” repeated Brandes. “I want a home and a wife—the kind that even a fly cop won’t pinch on sight—the kind of little thing that’s over there in that old shack45. Whatever I am, I don’t want a wife like me—nor kids, either.”
 
Stull remained sullenly46 unresponsive.
 
“Call her a hick if you like. All right, I want that kind.”
 
No comment from Stull, who was looking at the wrecked car.
 
“Understand, Ben?”
 
“I tell you I don’t know whether I do or not!”
 
“Well, what don’t you understand?”
 
“Nothin’.... Well, then, your falling for a kid like that, first crack out o’ the box. I’m honest; I don’t understand it.”68
 
“She hit me that way—so help me God!”
 
“And you’re on the level?”
 
“Absolutely, Ben.”
 
“What about the old guy and the mother? Take ’em to live with you?”
 
“If she wants ’em.”
 
Stull stared at him in uneasy astonishment47:
 
“All right, Eddie. Only don’t act foolish till Minna passes you up. And get out of here or you will. If you’re on the level, as you say you are, you’ve got to mark time for a good long while yet––”
 
“Why?”
 
“You don’t have to ask me that, do you?”
 
“Yes, I do. Why? I want to marry her, I tell you. I mean to. I’m taking no chances that some hick will do it while I’m away. I’m going to stay right here.”
 
“And when the new car comes?”
 
“I’ll keep her humming between here and Saratoga.”
 
“And then what?”
 
Brandes’ greenish eyes rested on the car and he smoked in silence for a while. Then:
 
“Listen, Ben. I’m a busy man. I got to be back in town and I got to have a wedding trip too. You know me, Ben. You know what I mean. That’s me. When I do a thing I do it. Maybe I make plenty of mistakes. Hell! I’d rather make ’em than sit pat and do nothing!”
 
“You’re crazy.”
 
“Don’t bet on it, Ben. I know what I want. I’m going to make money. Things are going big with me––”
 
“You tinhorn! You always say that!”
 
“Watch me. I bet you I make a killing48 at Saratoga! 69I bet you I make good with Morris Stein! I bet you the first show I put on goes big! I bet––”
 
“Ah, can it!”
 
“Wait! I bet you I marry that little girl in two weeks and she stands for it when I tell her later we’d better get married again!”
 
“Say! Talk sense!”
 
“I am.”
 
“What’ll they do to you if your wife makes a holler?”
 
“Who ever heard of her or me in the East?”
 
“You want to take a chance like that?”
 
“I’ll fix it. I haven’t got time to wait for Minna to shake me loose. Besides, she’s in Seattle. I’ll fix it so she doesn’t hear until she gets her freedom. I’ll get a license49 right here. I guess I’ll use your name––”
 
“What!” yelled Stull.
 
“Shut your face!” retorted Brandes. “What do you think you’re going to do, squeal50?”
 
“You think I’m going to stand for that?”
 
“Well, then, I won’t use your name. I’ll use my own. Why not? I mean honest. It’s dead level. I’ll remarry her. I want her, I tell you. I want a wedding trip, too, before I go back––”
 
“With the first rehearsal51 called for September fifteenth! What’s the matter with you? Do you think Stein is going to stand for––”
 
“You’ll be on hand,” said Brandes pleasantly. “I’m going to Paris for four weeks—two weeks there, two on the ocean––”
 
“You––”
 
“Save your voice, Ben. That’s settled.”
 
Stull turned upon him a dead white visage distorted with fury:
 
“I hope she throws you out!” he said breathlessly. 70“You talk about being on the level! Every level’s crooked52 with you. You don’t know what square means; a square has got more than four corners for you! Go on! Stick around. I don’t give a damn what you do. Go on and do it. But I quit right here.”
 
Both knew that the threat was empty. As a shadow clings to a man’s heels, as a lost soul haunts its slayer53, as damnation stalks the damned, so had Stull followed Brandes; and would follow to the end. Why? Neither knew. It seemed to be their destiny, surviving everything—their bitter quarrels, the injustice54 and tyranny of Brandes, his contempt and ridicule55 sometimes—enduring through adversity, even penury56, through good and bad days, through abundance and through want, through shame and disgrace, through trickery, treachery, and triumph—nothing had ever broken the occult bond which linked these two. And neither understood why, but both seemed to be vaguely57 conscious that neither was entirely complete without the other.
 
“Ben,” said Brandes affably, “I’m going to walk over to Gayfield. Want to come?”
 
They went off, together.

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1 swollen DrcwL     
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀
参考例句:
  • Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着,她的双腿已经肿了。
  • A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她,她的手臂肿起来了。
2 foaming 08d4476ae4071ba83dfdbdb73d41cae6     
adj.布满泡沫的;发泡
参考例句:
  • He looked like a madman, foaming at the mouth. 他口吐白沫,看上去像个疯子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is foaming at the mouth about the committee's decision. 他正为委员会的决定大发其火。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 massage 6ouz43     
n.按摩,揉;vt.按摩,揉,美化,奉承,篡改数据
参考例句:
  • He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
  • Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。
4 embellished b284f4aedffe7939154f339dba2d2073     
v.美化( embellish的过去式和过去分词 );装饰;修饰;润色
参考例句:
  • The door of the old church was embellished with decorations. 老教堂的门是用雕饰美化的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The stern was embellished with carvings in red and blue. 船尾饰有红色和蓝色的雕刻图案。 来自辞典例句
5 remarkably EkPzTW     
ad.不同寻常地,相当地
参考例句:
  • I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
  • He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。
6 conspicuous spszE     
adj.明眼的,惹人注目的;炫耀的,摆阔气的
参考例句:
  • It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显,抽烟对健康有害。
  • Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。
7 exhaled 8e9b6351819daaa316dd7ab045d3176d     
v.呼出,发散出( exhale的过去式和过去分词 );吐出(肺中的空气、烟等),呼气
参考例句:
  • He sat back and exhaled deeply. 他仰坐着深深地呼气。
  • He stamped his feet and exhaled a long, white breath. 跺了跺脚,他吐了口长气,很长很白。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
8 pervaded cf99c400da205fe52f352ac5c1317c13     
v.遍及,弥漫( pervade的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • A retrospective influence pervaded the whole performance. 怀旧的影响弥漫了整个演出。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The air is pervaded by a smell [smoking]. 空气中弥散着一种气味[烟味]。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
9 ensemble 28GyV     
n.合奏(唱)组;全套服装;整体,总效果
参考例句:
  • We should consider the buildings as an ensemble.我们应把那些建筑物视作一个整体。
  • It is ensemble music for up to about ten players,with one player to a part.它是最多十人演奏的合奏音乐,每人担任一部分。
10 wrecked ze0zKI     
adj.失事的,遇难的
参考例句:
  • the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
  • the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞
11 glistening glistening     
adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》
12 jingled 1ab15437500a7437cb07e32cfc02d932     
喝醉的
参考例句:
  • The bells jingled all the way. 一路上铃儿叮当响。
  • Coins in his pocket jingled as he walked. 走路时,他衣袋里的钱币丁当作响。
13 contemplating bde65bd99b6b8a706c0f139c0720db21     
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
参考例句:
  • You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
  • She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。
14 tranquilly d9b4cfee69489dde2ee29b9be8b5fb9c     
adv. 宁静地
参考例句:
  • He took up his brush and went tranquilly to work. 他拿起刷子,一声不响地干了起来。
  • The evening was closing down tranquilly. 暮色正在静悄悄地笼罩下来。
15 puddles 38bcfd2b26c90ae36551f1fa3e14c14c     
n.水坑, (尤指道路上的)雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
  • The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 glistened 17ff939f38e2a303f5df0353cf21b300     
v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Pearls of dew glistened on the grass. 草地上珠露晶莹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Her eyes glistened with tears. 她的眼里闪着泪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
17 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
18 squinting e26a97f9ad01e6beee241ce6dd6633a2     
斜视( squint的现在分词 ); 眯着眼睛; 瞟; 从小孔或缝隙里看
参考例句:
  • "More company," he said, squinting in the sun. "那边来人了,"他在阳光中眨巴着眼睛说。
  • Squinting against the morning sun, Faulcon examined the boy carefully. 对着早晨的太阳斜起眼睛,富尔康仔细地打量着那个年轻人。
19 chestnut XnJy8     
n.栗树,栗子
参考例句:
  • We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
  • In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。
20 racing 1ksz3w     
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
参考例句:
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
21 rue 8DGy6     
n.懊悔,芸香,后悔;v.后悔,悲伤,懊悔
参考例句:
  • You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
  • You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。
22 automobile rP1yv     
n.汽车,机动车
参考例句:
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
23 sluggish VEgzS     
adj.懒惰的,迟钝的,无精打采的
参考例句:
  • This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
  • Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。
24 persistency ZSyzh     
n. 坚持(余辉, 时间常数)
参考例句:
  • I was nettled by her persistency. 我被她的固执惹恼了。
  • We should stick to and develop the heritage of persistency. 我们应坚持和发扬坚忍不拔的传统。
25 scrutiny ZDgz6     
n.详细检查,仔细观察
参考例句:
  • His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。
  • Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
26 averted 35a87fab0bbc43636fcac41969ed458a     
防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移
参考例句:
  • A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
  • Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙,才避免了麻烦。
27 embarrassment fj9z8     
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫
参考例句:
  • She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
  • Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
28 jocosely f12305aecabe03a8de7b63fb58d6d8b3     
adv.说玩笑地,诙谐地
参考例句:
29 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
30 lighting CpszPL     
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
参考例句:
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
31 complacently complacently     
adv. 满足地, 自满地, 沾沾自喜地
参考例句:
  • He complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher. 他满足于一个乡村教师的生活。
  • "That was just something for evening wear," returned his wife complacently. “那套衣服是晚装,"他妻子心安理得地说道。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
32 contemplate PaXyl     
vt.盘算,计议;周密考虑;注视,凝视
参考例句:
  • The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.战争的可能性太可怕了,真不堪细想。
  • The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.后果不堪设想。
33 freckled 1f563e624a978af5e5981f5e9d3a4687     
adj.雀斑;斑点;晒斑;(使)生雀斑v.雀斑,斑点( freckle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Her face was freckled all over. 她的脸长满雀斑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Her freckled skin glowed with health again. 她长有雀斑的皮肤又泛出了健康的红光。 来自辞典例句
34 sullen kHGzl     
adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的
参考例句:
  • He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
  • Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐,因为昨晚没睡好。
35 wrath nVNzv     
n.愤怒,愤慨,暴怒
参考例句:
  • His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
  • The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。
36 dames 0bcc1f9ca96d029b7531e0fc36ae2c5c     
n.(在英国)夫人(一种封号),夫人(爵士妻子的称号)( dame的名词复数 );女人
参考例句:
  • Dames would not comment any further. Dames将不再更多的评论。 来自互联网
  • Flowers, candy, jewelry, seemed the principal things in which the elegant dames were interested. 鲜花、糖果和珠宝看来是那些贵妇人的主要兴趣所在。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
37 pickle mSszf     
n.腌汁,泡菜;v.腌,泡
参考例句:
  • Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
  • Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。
38 tightened bd3d8363419d9ff838bae0ba51722ee9     
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧
参考例句:
  • The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
  • His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机,然后又松开了。
39 squinted aaf7c56a51bf19a5f429b7a9ddca2e9b     
斜视( squint的过去式和过去分词 ); 眯着眼睛; 瞟; 从小孔或缝隙里看
参考例句:
  • Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel. 他把枪顶肩,眯起眼睛瞄准。
  • I squinted through the keyhole. 我从锁眼窥看。
40 habitual x5Pyp     
adj.习惯性的;通常的,惯常的
参考例句:
  • He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
  • They are habitual visitors to our house.他们是我家的常客。
41 freckles MsNzcN     
n.雀斑,斑点( freckle的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • She had a wonderful clear skin with an attractive sprinkling of freckles. 她光滑的皮肤上有几处可爱的小雀斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • When she lies in the sun, her face gets covered in freckles. 她躺在阳光下时,脸上布满了斑点。 来自《简明英汉词典》
42 stinks 6254e99acfa1f76e5581ffe6c369f803     
v.散发出恶臭( stink的第三人称单数 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透
参考例句:
  • The whole scheme stinks to high heaven—don't get involved in it. 整件事十分卑鄙龌龊——可别陷了进去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soup stinks of garlic. 这汤有大蒜气味。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
43 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
参考例句:
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
44 morbid u6qz3     
adj.病的;致病的;病态的;可怕的
参考例句:
  • Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.一些人对犯罪有一种病态的痴迷。
  • It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like.不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。
45 shack aE3zq     
adj.简陋的小屋,窝棚
参考例句:
  • He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前,他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
  • The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。
46 sullenly f65ccb557a7ca62164b31df638a88a71     
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地
参考例句:
  • 'so what?" Tom said sullenly. “那又怎么样呢?”汤姆绷着脸说。
  • Emptiness after the paper, I sIt'sullenly in front of the stove. 报看完,想不出能找点什么事做,只好一人坐在火炉旁生气。
47 astonishment VvjzR     
n.惊奇,惊异
参考例句:
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
48 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
49 license B9TzU     
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
参考例句:
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
50 squeal 3Foyg     
v.发出长而尖的声音;n.长而尖的声音
参考例句:
  • The children gave a squeal of fright.孩子们发出惊吓的尖叫声。
  • There was a squeal of brakes as the car suddenly stopped.小汽车突然停下来时,车闸发出尖叫声。
51 rehearsal AVaxu     
n.排练,排演;练习
参考例句:
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
  • You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。
52 crooked xvazAv     
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的
参考例句:
  • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
  • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
53 slayer slayer     
n. 杀人者,凶手
参考例句:
  • The young man was Oedipus, who thus unknowingly became the slayer of his own father. 这位青年就是俄狄浦斯。他在不明真相的情况下杀死了自己的父亲。
  • May I depend on you to stand by me and my daughters, then, deer-slayer? 如此说来,我可以指望你照料我和女儿了,杀鹿人?
54 injustice O45yL     
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利
参考例句:
  • They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
  • All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。
55 ridicule fCwzv     
v.讥讽,挖苦;n.嘲弄
参考例句:
  • You mustn't ridicule unfortunate people.你不该嘲笑不幸的人。
  • Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑。
56 penury 4MZxp     
n.贫穷,拮据
参考例句:
  • Hardship and penury wore him out before his time.受穷受苦使他未老先衰。
  • A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury.连续歉收使得这个小农场主陷入了贫困境地。
57 vaguely BfuzOy     
adv.含糊地,暖昧地
参考例句:
  • He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
  • He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面,对一切都视而不见。


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