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Story 3 -- Chapter 2.
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Lost in London.
London in a fog is too well known to require description. In an uncommonly1 thick fog, on a day in December of the following year, Mrs Matterby hurried along Fleet Street in the direction of the city, leading Jack2 by the hand. Both were very wet, very cold, ravenously3 hungry, and rather poorly clad. It was evident that things had not prospered4 with the widow.
“Dear Jack,” she said in a choking voice, as they hurried along the streets towards the wretched abode5 in the Tower Hamlets to which they had been at length reduced, “dear Jack, my last human hope has failed. Mr Block has told me that I need not go there again; he has no more work for me.”
Jack’s experience of life was too limited to enable him to understand fully6 the depth of distress7 to which his mother had fallen—with health broken, money expended8, and work not to be had except on terms which rendered life a misery9, and prolonged existence almost an impossibility. But Jack’s power of sympathy was strong and his passions were vehement10.
“Mother,” he said, with tearful eyes, as he clung closer to her side, “I would kill Mr Block if I could!”
“Hush, dear boy! You know that would be wrong and could do no good. It is sinful even to feel such a desire.”
“How can I help it, mother!” returned Jack indignantly. Then he asked, “What are we going to do now, mother?”
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成功,兴旺( prosper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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abode
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Forsaken
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slay
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distraction
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earnings
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增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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constable
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swarming
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bloody
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disposition
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监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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slumber
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n.睡眠,沉睡状态 | |
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v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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wilderness
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disappearance
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