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CHAPTER 9. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified
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ANNE had been a fortnight at Green Gables before Mrs. Lynde arrived to inspect her. Mrs. Rachel, to do her justice, was not to blame for this. A severe and unseasonable attack of grippe had confined that good lady to her house ever since the occasion of her last visit to Green Gables. Mrs. Rachel was not often sick and had a well-defined contempt for people who were; but grippe, she asserted, was like no other illness on earth and could only be interpreted as one of the special visitations of Providence1. As soon as her doctor allowed her to put her foot out-of-doors she hurried up to Green Gables, bursting with curiosity to see Matthew and Marilla’s orphan2, concerning whom all sorts of stories and suppositions had gone abroad in Avonlea.
Anne had made good use of every waking moment of that fortnight. Already she was acquainted with every tree and shrub3 about the place. She had discovered that a lane opened out below the apple orchard4 and ran up through a belt of woodland; and she had explored it to its furthest end in all its delicious vagaries5 of brook6 and bridge, fir coppice and wild cherry arch, corners thick with fern, and branching byways of maple7 and mountain ash.
She had made friends with the spring down in the hollow—that wonderful deep, clear icy-cold spring; it was set about with smooth red sandstones and rimmed8 in by great palm-like clumps9 of water fern; and beyond it was a log bridge over the brook.
That bridge led Anne’s dancing feet up over a wooded hill beyond, where perpetual twilight
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providence
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n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
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orphan
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n.孤儿;adj.无父母的 | |
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shrub
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n.灌木,灌木丛 | |
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orchard
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n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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vagaries
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n.奇想( vagary的名词复数 );异想天开;异常行为;难以预测的情况 | |
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brook
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n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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maple
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n.槭树,枫树,槭木 | |
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n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声 | |
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twilight
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n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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reigned
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myriads
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glimmered
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v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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tassels
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n.穗( tassel的名词复数 );流苏状物;(植物的)穗;玉蜀黍的穗状雄花v.抽穗, (玉米)长穗须( tassel的第三人称单数 );使抽穗, (为了使作物茁壮生长)摘去穗状雄花;用流苏装饰 | |
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raptured
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欢天喜地的,狂喜的,销魂的 | |
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enjoyment
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promptly
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quenched
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解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却 | |
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curt
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fully
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exhausted
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decided
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asylum
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freckles
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obtrusive
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disorder
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delightful
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consternation
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clenched
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passionate
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vehemently
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intoxicated
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喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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horrified
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a.(表现出)恐惧的 | |
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rattled
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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vehemence
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tacking
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(帆船)抢风行驶,定位焊[铆]紧钉 | |
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orphans
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孤儿( orphan的名词复数 ) | |
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vexed
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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enacted
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制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rebuking
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责难或指责( rebuke的现在分词 ) | |
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humiliation
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n.羞辱 | |
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amiable
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realization
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offense
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oblivious
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rigidly
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swollen
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fixed
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defiant
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outspoken
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saucy
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determinedly
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dungeon
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shaft
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rankle
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bosom
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countenance
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