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CHAPTER I ENTERING BUSINESS
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With the causes of my first plunge1 into the troubled waters of trade at the early age of nine I have here nothing to do. It must suffice to say that one spring morning, over forty years ago, I entered the emporium of an oil, colour, and Italian warehouseman (to quote from his fascia), in what was then known as Kensal New Town, a neighbourhood that had long been of unsavoury reputation, but was emerging into something like respectability by the aid of sundry2 long rows of jerry-built, stucco-ornamented houses, the inhabitants of which tried hard to forget the former appellation3 of their chosen abiding-place, and dated their letters, when they wrote any, from Upper Westbourne Park.
Mingled4 with the rows of mean streets of private dwellings5 were a few scattered6 shops tenanted by brave and daring folk who lived principally upon hope and a little capital. One of these had established himself between a butcher and a baker7, and having laid in a stock of the amazingly miscellaneous description which characterises what we in London call, tout8 court, an "oil shop," awaited local custom. But having no children to assist him, and his wife being fully9 occupied with household duties, he sought additional help, and I obtained the situation. How vivid and fresh is the recollection of my opening morn! With what awe10 did I gaze upon the closely packed shop, wondering however mortal mind could tell where everything was stowed; how curiously
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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sundry
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appellation
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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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dwellings
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n.住处,处所( dwelling的名词复数 ) | |
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baker
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n.面包师 | |
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tout
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curiously
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scent
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arbiter
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apprehension
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triumphant
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exertion
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respite
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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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assailed
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v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对 | |
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nostrils
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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reek
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v.发出臭气;n.恶臭 | |
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puny
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urchin
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n.顽童;海胆 | |
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metropolitan
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adj.大城市的,大都会的 | |
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adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
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retired
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adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的 | |
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treacle
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n.糖蜜 | |
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kindly
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hoisting
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起重,提升 | |
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rattled
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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incubus
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n.负担;恶梦 | |
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grumbled
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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deliberately
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callous
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aggravated
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使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 ); 使更严重; 激怒; 使恼火 | |
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lash
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v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛 | |
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jolted
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(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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quagmire
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n.沼地 | |
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boulders
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den
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n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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abreast
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calamity
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n.灾害,祸患,不幸事件 | |
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looming
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n.上现蜃景(光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼)v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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picturesquely
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philosophic
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inefficiency
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n.无效率,无能;无效率事例 | |
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stupor
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v.昏迷;不省人事 | |
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heed
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cargo
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n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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legitimate
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retrieved
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comely
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adj.漂亮的,合宜的 | |
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meekly
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adv.温顺地,逆来顺受地 | |
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stony
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adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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profuse
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adj.很多的,大量的,极其丰富的 | |
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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catastrophe
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n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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irritability
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n.易怒 | |
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cleansed
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弄干净,清洗( cleanse的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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cursory
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adj.粗略的;草率的;匆促的 | |
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immunity
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n.优惠;免除;豁免,豁免权 | |
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persecution
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purloined
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varied
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urchins
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n.顽童( urchin的名词复数 );淘气鬼;猬;海胆 | |
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utensils
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器具,用具,器皿( utensil的名词复数 ); 器物 | |
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pint
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trifling
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purblind
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plunder
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climax
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misery
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archer
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earnings
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lodgings
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literally
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spoke
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dreaded
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automaton
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百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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toiled
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长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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lug
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scraps
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lining
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genial
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beguiled
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frugal
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monotonous
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linings
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schooling
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