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CHAPTER 4. TWO BAZAARS
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Mother was really a great dear. She was pretty and she was loving, and most frightfully good when you were ill, and always kind, and almost always just. That is, she was just when she understood things. But of course she did not always understand things. No one understands everything, and mothers are not angels, though a good many of them come pretty near it. The children knew that mother always WANTED to do what was best for them, even if she was not clever enough to know exactly what was the best. That was why all of them, but much more particularly Anthea, felt rather uncomfortable at keeping the great secret from her of the wishing carpet and the Phoenix1. And Anthea, whose inside mind was made so that she was able to be much more uncomfortable than the others, had decided2 that she MUST tell her mother the truth, however little likely it was that her mother would believe it.
‘Then I shall have done what’s right,’ said she to the Phoenix; ‘and if she doesn’t believe me it won’t be my fault—will it?’
‘Not in the least,’ said the golden bird. ‘And she won’t, so you’re quite safe.’
Anthea chose a time when she was doing her home-lessons—they were Algebra3 and Latin, German, English, and Euclid—and she asked her mother whether she might come and do them in the drawing-room—‘so as to be quiet,’ she said to her mother; and to herself she said, ‘And that’s not the real reason. I hope I shan’t grow up a LIAR4.’
Mother said, ‘Of course, dearie,’ and Anthea started swimming through a sea of x’s and y’s and z’s. Mother was sitting at the mahogany bureau writing letters.
‘Mother dear,’ said Anthea.
‘Yes, love-a-duck,’ said mother.
‘About cook,’ said Anthea. ‘I know where she is.’
‘Do you, dear?’ said mother. ‘Well, I wouldn’t take her back after the way she has behaved.’
‘It’s not her fault,’ said Anthea. ‘May I tell you about it from the beginning?’
Mother laid down her pen, and her nice face had a resigned expression. As you know, a resigned expression always makes you want not to tell anybody anything.
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phoenix
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n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生 | |
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algebra
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liar
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bazaar
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n.集市,商店集中区 | |
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whooping
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发嗬嗬声的,发咳声的 | |
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whooped
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叫喊( whoop的过去式和过去分词 ); 高声说; 唤起 | |
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tiresome
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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desperately
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eldest
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fervently
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agitation
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squint
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v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的 | |
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larks
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n.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的名词复数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了v.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的第三人称单数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了 | |
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plunged
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shrieking
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pussy
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joyously
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ad.快乐地, 高兴地 | |
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miserable
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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docile
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swirled
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outskirts
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imploring
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恳求的,哀求的 | |
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bazaars
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(东方国家的)市场( bazaar的名词复数 ); 义卖; 义卖市场; (出售花哨商品等的)小商品市场 | |
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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spoke
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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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crooked
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adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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briefly
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lone
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teller
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turquoises
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sham
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brass
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embroidered
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adorned
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prying
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dispersed
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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donor
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n.捐献者;赠送人;(组织、器官等的)供体 | |
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mingled
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混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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hoarse
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adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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sane
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adj.心智健全的,神志清醒的,明智的,稳健的 | |
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noted
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adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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gaily
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adv.欢乐地,高兴地 | |
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thoroughly
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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bishop
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n.主教,(国际象棋)象 | |
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aprons
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围裙( apron的名词复数 ); 停机坪,台口(舞台幕前的部份) | |
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ragged
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adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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persuasion
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n.劝说;说服;持有某种信仰的宗派 | |
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smelt
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v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼 | |
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crumbs
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int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式 | |
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miserably
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jaw
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swollen
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soothingly
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barefaced
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raving
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kindly
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heartily
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