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Sir Thomas was to return in November, and his eldest1 son had duties to call him earlier home. The approach of September brought tidings of Mr. Bertram, first in a letter to the gamekeeper and then in a letter to Edmund; and by the end of August he arrived himself, to be gay, agreeable, and gallant2 again as occasion served, or Miss Crawford demanded; to tell of races and Weymouth, and parties and friends, to which she might have listened six weeks before with some interest, and altogether to give her the fullest conviction, by the power of actual comparison, of her preferring his younger brother.
It was very vexatious, and she was heartily3 sorry for it; but so it was; and so far from now meaning to marry the elder, she did not even want to attract him beyond what the simplest claims of conscious beauty required: his lengthened4 absence from Mansfield, without anything but pleasure in view, and his own will to consult, made it perfectly5 clear that he did not care about her; and his indifference6 was so much more than equalled by her own, that were he now to step forth7 the owner of Mansfield Park, the Sir Thomas complete, which he was to be in time, she did not believe she could accept him.
The season and duties which brought Mr. Bertram back to Mansfield took Mr. Crawford into Norfolk. Everingham could not do without him in the beginning of September. He went for a fortnight--a fortnight of such dullness to the Miss Bertrams as ought to have put them both on their guard, and made even Julia admit, in her jealousy8 of her sister, the absolute necessity of distrusting his attentions, and wishing him not to return; and a fortnight of sufficient leisure, in the intervals9 of shooting and sleeping, to have convinced the gentleman that he ought to keep longer away, had he been more in the habit of examining his own
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eldest
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adj.最年长的,最年老的 | |
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adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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indifference
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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jealousy
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n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌 | |
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n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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thither
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doomed
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zeal
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attachment
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n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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unemployed
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adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的 | |
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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animated
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adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的 | |
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solicitude
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censure
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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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liking
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n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢 | |
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privy
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unwillingly
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n.(for)渴望 | |
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adj.不小心的,马虎 | |
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propriety
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n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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groom
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vt.给(马、狗等)梳毛,照料,使...整洁 | |
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modesty
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n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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unreasonable
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adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的 | |
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folly
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n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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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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alacrity
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n.敏捷,轻快,乐意 | |
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adj.闲逛的,懒散的v.混(时间)( dawdle的现在分词 ) | |
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gratitude
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adj.感激,感谢 | |
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poking
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n. 刺,戳,袋 vt. 拨开,刺,戳 vi. 戳,刺,捅,搜索,伸出,行动散慢 | |
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pretence
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