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Chapter Thirteen.
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Treats of Spirits and of Sundry1 Spirited Matters and Incidents.
One sunny afternoon Mrs Maggot found herself in the happy position of having so thoroughly2 completed her round of household work that she felt at leisure to sit down and sew, while little Grace sat beside her, near the open door, rocking the cradle.
Baby, in blissful unconsciousness of its own existence, lay sound asleep with a thumb in its mouth; the resolute3 sucking of that thumb having been its most recent act of disobedience.
Little Grace was flushed, and rather dishevelled, for it had cost her half an hour’s hard wrestling to get baby placed in recumbent somnolence4. She now sought to soothe5 her feelings by tickling6 the chin of the black kitten—a process to which that active creature submitted with purring satisfaction.
“Faither’s long of coming hum, mother,” said little Grace, looking up.
“Iss,” replied Mrs Maggot.
“D’ee knaw where he is?” inquired Grace.
“No, I doan’t,” replied her mother.
It was evident that Mrs Maggot was not in the humour for conversation, so Grace relapsed into silence, and devoted7 herself to the kitten.
“Is that faither?” said Grace, after a few minutes, pointing to the figure of a man who was seen coming over the distant moor8 or waste land which at that period surrounded the town of St. Just, though the greater part of it is now cultivated fields.
“It isn’ like un,” said Mrs Maggot, shading her eyes with her hand; “sure, it do look like a boatsman.”
(The men of the coastguard were called “boatsmen” at that time.)
“Iss, I do see his cutlash,” said little Grace; “and there’s another man comin’ down road to meet un.”
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sundry
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n.想睡,梦幻;欲寐;嗜睡;嗜眠 | |
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v.安慰;使平静;使减轻;缓和;奉承 | |
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tickling
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反馈,回授,自旋挠痒法 | |
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adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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moor
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slumber
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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defiance
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n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗 | |
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cove
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bosom
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smothered
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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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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judiciously
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adv.明断地,明智而审慎地 | |
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cork
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n.软木,软木塞 | |
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shovel
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n.铁锨,铲子,一铲之量;v.铲,铲出 | |
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hearty
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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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wan
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(wide area network)广域网 | |
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investigation
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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premises
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n.建筑物,房屋 | |
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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smuggled
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hearth
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innocence
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n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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shaft
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n.(工具的)柄,杆状物 | |
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v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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smuggling
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n.走私 | |
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shafts
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promontory
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n.海角;岬 | |
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n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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WHIMS
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虚妄,禅病 | |
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machinery
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milky
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foam
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v.玷污( defile的过去式和过去分词 );污染;弄脏;纵列行进 | |
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n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度 | |
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gorge
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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schooner
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ashore
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vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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hesitation
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amazement
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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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