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VI. LUNCH.
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"Sister Jerusha, it really does wear upon me to see those dear boys eat such bad pies and stuff day after day when they ought to have good wholesome1 things for lunch. I actually ache to go and give each one of 'em a nice piece of bread-and-butter or one of our big cookies," said kind Miss Mehitable Plummer, taking up her knitting after a long look at the swarm2 of boys pouring out of the grammar school opposite, to lark3 about the yard, sit on the posts, or dive into a dingy4 little shop close by, where piles of greasy6 tarts7 and cakes lay in the window. They would not have allured8 any but hungry school-boys, and ought to have been labelled Dyspepsia and Headache, so unwholesome were they.
Miss Jerusha looked up from her seventeenth patchwork9 quilt, and answered, with a sympathetic glance over the way,[Pg 90]—
"If we had enough to go round I'd do it myself, and save these poor deluded10 dears from the bilious11 turns that will surely take them down before vacation comes. That fat boy is as yellow as a lemon now, and no wonder, for I've seen him eat half a dozen dreadful turnovers13 for one lunch."
Both old ladies shook their heads and sighed, for they led a very quiet life in the narrow house that stood end to the street, squeezed in between two stores, looking as out of place as the good spinsters would have done among the merry lads opposite. Sitting at the front windows day after day, the old ladies had learned to enjoy watching the boys, who came and went, like bees to a hive, month by month. They had their favorites, and
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wholesome
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adj.适合;卫生的;有益健康的;显示身心健康的 | |
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n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入 | |
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lark
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adj.昏暗的,肮脏的 | |
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n.单脚跳,跳跃;vi.单脚跳,跳跃;着手做某事;vt.跳跃,跃过 | |
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adj. 多脂的,油脂的 | |
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tarts
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n.果馅饼( tart的名词复数 );轻佻的女人;妓女;小妞 | |
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诱引,吸引( allure的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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patchwork
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deluded
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v.欺骗,哄骗( delude的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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bilious
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adj.胆汁过多的;易怒的 | |
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turnover
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n.人员流动率,人事变动率;营业额,成交量 | |
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turnovers
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n.营业额( turnover的名词复数 );失误(篮球术语);职工流动率;(商店的)货物周转率 | |
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beguiled
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v.欺骗( beguile的过去式和过去分词 );使陶醉;使高兴;消磨(时间等) | |
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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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helping
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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renowned
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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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nibbled
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v.啃,一点一点地咬(吃)( nibble的过去式和过去分词 );啃出(洞),一点一点咬出(洞);慢慢减少;小口咬 | |
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小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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spicy
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adj.加香料的;辛辣的,有风味的 | |
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maker
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scotch
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跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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n.T字形拐杖;支持,依靠,精神支柱 | |
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munching
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v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的现在分词 ) | |
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cracker
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n.(无甜味的)薄脆饼干 | |
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exclamation
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bracing
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hopping
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kindly
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fray
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v.争吵;打斗;磨损,磨破;n.吵架;打斗 | |
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irresistibly
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adv.无法抵抗地,不能自持地;极为诱惑人地 | |
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droll
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rosy
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lavish
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cockroach
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locusts
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n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 );贪吃的人;破坏者;槐树 | |
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delicacy
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n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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bawled
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v.大叫,大喊( bawl的过去式和过去分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物) | |
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dodging
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n.避开,闪过,音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 );回避 | |
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jeered
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bulging
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膨胀; 凸出(部); 打气; 折皱 | |
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promptly
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adv.及时地,敏捷地 | |
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sneaks
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abbr.sneakers (tennis shoes) 胶底运动鞋(网球鞋)v.潜行( sneak的第三人称单数 );偷偷溜走;(儿童向成人)打小报告;告状 | |
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retired
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parlor
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n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅 | |
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feat
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n.功绩;武艺,技艺;adj.灵巧的,漂亮的,合适的 | |
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longing
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n.(for)渴望 | |
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heartily
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defenders
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dough
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victuals
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deferring
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forth
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delectable
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recess
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wares
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joyful
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bully
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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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chaff
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tempting
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barricade
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joint
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pastry
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everlasting
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thrift
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