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Story 1—Chapter 21.
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Rain, rain, rain; continual, pertinacious1, unmitigated rain! The White House was no longer white, it was grey. Things were no longer damp, they were totally flooded. Mr McAllister’s principal hay-field was a pond—every ditch was a rivulet2; “the burn” was a destructive cataract3; the white torrents4 that raged down the mountains everywhere, far and near, looked like veins5 of quartz6, and the river had become a lake with a strong current in the middle of it. There was no sunshine now in the Highlands,—not a gleam!
Nevertheless there was sunshine in the hearts of some who sojourned there. Mr Sudberry had found out that he could fish just as well in wet weather as in dry, and that the fish were more eager to be caught. That was sunshine enough for him! Lucy found a new and engrossing9 amusement, of a semi-scientific kind, in laying down and pressing her botanical specimens10, and writing Latin names under the same, being advised thereto and superintended by Hector Macdonald. That was sunshine enough for her, and for him too apparently11, for he came every day to help her, (and she declared she could not get on without help), and it was quite wonderful to observe how very slowly the laying-down progressed, although both of the semi-philosophers were intensely interested in their work. Flora12 was so sunny by nature that she lightened up the place around her wherever she went; she was thus in some measure independent of the sun. George was heard to say more than once that her face was as good as a sunbeam any day! Mrs Sudberry, poor woman, was so
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rivulet
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n.大瀑布,奔流,洪水,白内障 | |
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n.倾注;奔流( torrent的名词复数 );急流;爆发;连续不断 | |
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flora
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rampantly
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discomfiture
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miseries
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bask
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countenance
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supremely
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fin
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piquant
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monotonous
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adviser
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quack
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nostrum
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draughts
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imbibe
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rustication
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dispel
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indifference
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eddy
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salmon
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wont
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amazement
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affected
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insanity
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n.疯狂,精神错乱;极端的愚蠢,荒唐 | |
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entangling
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v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的现在分词 ) | |
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adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的 | |
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willow
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n.柳树 | |
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bent
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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hoop
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varied
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adj.多样的,多变化的 | |
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uneven
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winding
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n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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dart
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v.猛冲,投掷;n.飞镖,猛冲 | |
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simultaneously
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adv.同时发生地,同时进行地 | |
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gasped
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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astonishment
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n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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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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spurt
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v.喷出;突然进发;突然兴隆 | |
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agitated
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reiterated
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反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等) | |
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gravel
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descend
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steadily
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守候活动,童子军的活动 | |
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