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Crawford took the volume. "Let me have the pleasure of finishing that speech to your ladyship," said he. "I shall find it immediately." And by carefully giving way to the inclination of the leaves, he did find it, or within a page or two, quite near enough to satisfy Lady Bertram, who assured him, as soon as he mentioned the name of Cardinal27 Wolsey, that he had got the very speech. Not a look or an offer of help had Fanny given; not a syllable28 for or against. All her attention was for her work. She seemed determined29 to be interested by nothing else. But taste was too strong in her. She could not abstract her mind five minutes: she was forced to listen; his reading was capital, and her pleasure in good reading extreme. To _good_ reading, however, she had been long used: her uncle read well, her cousins all, Edmund very well, but in Mr. Crawford's reading there was a variety of excellence30 beyond what she had ever met with. The King, the Queen, Buckingham, Wolsey, Cromwell, all were given in turn; for with the happiest knack31, the happiest power of jumping and guessing, he could always alight at will on the best scene, or the best speeches of each; and whether it were dignity, or pride, or tenderness, or remorse32, or whatever were to be expressed, he could do it with equal beauty. It was truly dramatic. His acting33 had first taught Fanny what pleasure a play might give, and his reading brought all his acting before her again; nay34, perhaps with greater enjoyment35, for it came unexpectedly, and with no such drawback as she had been used to suffer in seeing him on the stage with Miss Bertram.
Edmund watched the progress of her attention, and was amused and gratified by seeing how she gradually slackened in the needlework, which at the beginning seemed to occupy her totally: how it fell from her hand while she sat motionless over it, and at last, how the eyes which had appeared so studiously to avoid him throughout the day were turned and
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n.(有座脚的)瓮;坟墓;骨灰瓮 | |
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n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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joyful
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promotion
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n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传 | |
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kindly
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adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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approbation
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n.称赞;认可 | |
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participation
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n.参与,参加,分享 | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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perfectly
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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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sanguine
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adj.充满希望的,乐观的,血红色的 | |
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mutual
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adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的 | |
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disposition
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dispositions
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安排( disposition的名词复数 ); 倾向; (财产、金钱的)处置; 气质 | |
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precipitate
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adj.突如其来的;vt.使突然发生;n.沉淀物 | |
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embarrassment
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n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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scrupulously
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adv.一丝不苟地;小心翼翼地,多顾虑地 | |
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licensed
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adj.得到许可的v.许可,颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词) | |
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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perseverance
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n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠 | |
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exertion
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n.尽力,努力 | |
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promising
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adj.有希望的,有前途的 | |
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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tranquillity
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n. 平静, 安静 | |
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cardinal
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n.(天主教的)红衣主教;adj.首要的,基本的 | |
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syllable
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n.音节;vt.分音节 | |
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determined
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excellence
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n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德 | |
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knack
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n.诀窍,做事情的灵巧的,便利的方法 | |
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remorse
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n.痛恨,悔恨,自责 | |
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nay
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adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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celebrated
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similes
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(使用like或as等词语的)明喻( simile的名词复数 ) | |
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scraps
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thoroughly
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uncommon
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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incompetency
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languor
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expressive
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favourable
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unnatural
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uncouthness
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modulation
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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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proceeding
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ordained
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v.任命(某人)为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 );授予(某人)圣职;(上帝、法律等)命令;判定 | |
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diffused
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散布的,普及的,扩散的 | |
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formerly
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criticise
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v.批评,评论;非难 | |
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ordination
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n.授任圣职 | |
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vivacity
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banter
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n.嘲弄,戏谑;v.取笑,逗弄,开玩笑 | |
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levity
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slovenly
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adj.懒散的,不整齐的,邋遢的 | |
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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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longing
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(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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supplication
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eloquence
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n.雄辩;口才,修辞 | |
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heterogeneous
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distinguished
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恳求,乞求( entreat的现在分词 ) | |
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entreat
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v.恳求,恳请 | |
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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n.击退,拒绝;vt.逐退,击退,拒绝 | |
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inquiries
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n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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displease
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vt.使不高兴,惹怒;n.不悦,不满,生气 | |
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entreaty
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n.恳求,哀求 | |
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extremity
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n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度 | |
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devotedly
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attachment
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n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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opposition
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imprisonment
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