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24 little village between gently rising hills; a small stream before me to be forded, a church standing25 on a sort of knoll26 to my right-- which church was strikingly large and handsome for the place, and not a gentleman or half a gentleman's house to be seen excepting one--to be presumed the Parsonage-- within a stone's throw of the said knoll and church. I found myself, in short, in Thornton Lacey."
"It sounds like it," said Edmund; "but which way did you turn after passing Sewell's farm?"
"I answer no such irrelevant27 and insidious28 questions; though were I to answer all that you could put in the course of an hour, you would never be able to prove that it was _not_ Thornton Lacey--for such it certainly was."
"You inquired, then?"
"No, I never inquire. But I _told_ a man mending a hedge that it was Thornton Lacey, and he agreed to it."
"You have a good memory. I had forgotten having ever told you half so much of the place."
Thornton Lacey was the name of his impending29 living, as Miss Crawford well knew; and her interest in a negotiation30 for William Price's knave31 increased.
"Well," continued Edmund, "and how did you like what you saw?"
"Very much indeed. You are a lucky fellow. There will be work for five summers at least before the place is liveable."
"No, no, not so bad as that. The farmyard must be moved, I grant you; but I am not aware of anything else. The house is by no means bad, and when the yard is removed, there may be a very tolerable approach to it."
"The farmyard must be cleared away entirely32, and planted up to shut out the blacksmith's shop. The house must be turned to front the east instead of the north-- the entrance and principal rooms, I mean, must be on that side, where the view is really very pretty; I am sure it may be done. And _there_ must be your approach, through what is at present the garden. You must make a new garden at what is now the back of the house; which will be giving it the best aspect in the world, sloping to the south-east. The ground seems
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intercourse
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n.性交;交流,交往,交际 | |
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n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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inmates
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(不顾困难地)促成某事( contrive的现在分词 ); 巧妙地策划,精巧地制造(如机器); 设法做到 | |
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advantageous
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disdaining
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鄙视( disdain的现在分词 ); 不屑于做,不愿意做 | |
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assent
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goodwill
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plentiful
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behold
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contrive
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vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出 | |
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speculation
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decided
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preeminent
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impudence
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enjoyment
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farmhouse
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negotiation
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knave
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precisely
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sweeping
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censure
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assented
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同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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inclination
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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acquiescence
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tenant
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contraction
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mortified
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v.使受辱( mortify的过去式和过去分词 );伤害(人的感情);克制;抑制(肉体、情感等) | |
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proxy
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n.代理权,代表权;(对代理人的)委托书;代理人 | |
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nominally
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undoubtedly
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harangue
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n.慷慨冗长的训话,言辞激烈的讲话 | |
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attentive
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adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
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previously
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lieutenant
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distress
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acquits
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宣判…无罪( acquit的第三人称单数 ); 使(自己)作出某种表现 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
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elegance
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n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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displeased
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