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CHAPTER III FREEDOM AND WANT
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From the foregoing chapter the reader might hastily arrive at the conclusion that I was certainly qualifying for inclusion in the ranks of criminal classes, since I had arrived at the stages of committing offences against the general peace and well-being1 without any adequate reason, and had besides no conscience at all, or a conscience void of offence, my only dread2 being the policeman. I don't know that such a conclusion could be far from the truth, but I would plead that my predatory instincts had been aroused through no fault of my own, and had been fostered by the company into which I was inevitably3 cast. And then a sudden check was put upon my career, quite by accident, and I shot off at a tangent for a while into an entirely5 new branch of business.
I met a kind man one day, whose acquaintance I had made about a year previously6, quite by accident. I was hungry and despondent7, having been unable to find a chance job for nearly two days. He pitied me, and helped me temporarily, but better still offered me employment. He was a billiard-marker, who had just taken a room at a big public-house at Notting Hill, and he wanted a little cheap help such as I could give. So next day I got my first lesson in billiard-marking, and proved, so he said, a very apt pupil, so apt indeed, that by the end of the first evening I could be trusted to mark without fear of my displeasing8 the players, who, however, were seldom hard to satisfy. And in a week I was as familiar with the whole atmosphere and argot9 of the billiard-room, as if I had been at it all my life.
Doubtless, to the moralist, I should have appeared to be in very great danger, but I can only state what I know to be the fact, that although the talk was almost
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1 well-being | |
n.安康,安乐,幸福 | |
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2 dread | |
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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3 inevitably | |
adv.不可避免地;必然发生地 | |
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4 den | |
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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5 entirely | |
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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6 previously | |
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7 despondent | |
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8 displeasing | |
不愉快的,令人发火的 | |
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9 argot | |
n.隐语,黑话 | |
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10 incessant | |
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11 incessantly | |
ad.不停地 | |
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12 gambling | |
n.赌博;投机 | |
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13 habitually | |
ad.习惯地,通常地 | |
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14 pilfer | |
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15 irony | |
n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄 | |
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16 hawk | |
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17 preyed | |
v.掠食( prey的过去式和过去分词 );掠食;折磨;(人)靠欺诈为生 | |
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18 vices | |
缺陷( vice的名词复数 ); 恶习; 不道德行为; 台钳 | |
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19 constrained | |
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20 devoted | |
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的 | |
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21 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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22 immediate | |
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23 landlady | |
n.女房东,女地主 | |
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24 instinctively | |
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25 innocence | |
n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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26 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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27 reassure | |
v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
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28 tormentor | |
n. 使苦痛之人, 使苦恼之物, 侧幕 =tormenter | |
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29 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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30 badger | |
v.一再烦扰,一再要求,纠缠 | |
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31 toils | |
网 | |
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32 premises | |
n.建筑物,房屋 | |
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33 caresses | |
爱抚,抚摸( caress的名词复数 ) | |
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34 recollected | |
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35 glossy | |
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36 cane | |
n.手杖,细长的茎,藤条;v.以杖击,以藤编制的 | |
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37 fully | |
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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38 imprisonment | |
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39 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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40 promptly | |
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41 flaunt | |
vt.夸耀,夸饰 | |
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42 considerably | |
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上 | |
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43 alas | |
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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44 extraordinarily | |
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45 nomad | |
n.游牧部落的人,流浪者,游牧民 | |
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46 ERECTED | |
adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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47 erect | |
n./v.树立,建立,使竖立;adj.直立的,垂直的 | |
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48 dwellings | |
n.住处,处所( dwelling的名词复数 ) | |
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49 versatile | |
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50 laggards | |
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51 conscientious | |
adj.审慎正直的,认真的,本着良心的 | |
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52 rigid | |
adj.严格的,死板的;刚硬的,僵硬的 | |
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53 delinquent | |
adj.犯法的,有过失的;n.违法者 | |
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54 devoid | |
adj.全无的,缺乏的 | |
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55 ailing | |
v.生病 | |
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56 laud | |
n.颂歌;v.赞美 | |
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57 relentless | |
adj.残酷的,不留情的,无怜悯心的 | |
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58 thoroughly | |
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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59 hurled | |
v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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60 moulder | |
v.腐朽,崩碎 | |
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61 ornaments | |
n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 );点缀;装饰品;首饰v.装饰,点缀,美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) | |
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62 garrulous | |
adj.唠叨的,多话的 | |
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63 ashore | |
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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64 gratitude | |
adj.感激,感谢 | |
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65 stunted | |
adj.矮小的;发育迟缓的 | |
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66 catastrophe | |
n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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67 fawn | |
n.未满周岁的小鹿;v.巴结,奉承 | |
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68 proprietor | |
n.所有人;业主;经营者 | |
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69 analytical | |
adj.分析的;用分析法的 | |
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70 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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71 essentially | |
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上 | |
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72 bourgeois | |
adj./n.追求物质享受的(人);中产阶级分子 | |
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73 glamour | |
n.魔力,魅力;vt.迷住 | |
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74 prospect | |
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75 apprehensions | |
疑惧 | |
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76 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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77 puny | |
adj.微不足道的,弱小的 | |
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78 barges | |
驳船( barge的名词复数 ) | |
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79 schooners | |
n.(有两个以上桅杆的)纵帆船( schooner的名词复数 ) | |
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80 providence | |
n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
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81 urchin | |
n.顽童;海胆 | |
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82 pampering | |
v.纵容,宠,娇养( pamper的现在分词 ) | |
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83 derange | |
v.使精神错乱 | |
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84 digestion | |
n.消化,吸收 | |
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85 ostrich | |
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86 wharf | |
n.码头,停泊处 | |
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87 rendezvous | |
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88 laden | |
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的 | |
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89 raisins | |
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90 ravenously | |
adv.大嚼地,饥饿地 | |
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91 copious | |
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92 devouring | |
吞没( devour的现在分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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93 devour | |
v.吞没;贪婪地注视或谛听,贪读;使着迷 | |
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94 coppers | |
铜( copper的名词复数 ); 铜币 | |
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95 initiate | |
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96 residue | |
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97 pilfering | |
v.偷窃(小东西),小偷( pilfer的现在分词 );偷窃(一般指小偷小摸) | |
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98 propensities | |
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99 pang | |
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100 mighty | |
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101 morsels | |
n.一口( morsel的名词复数 );(尤指食物)小块,碎屑 | |
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102 masticatory | |
adj.咀嚼的,咀嚼用的n.咀嚼物,咀嚼剂 | |
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103 jaws | |
n.口部;嘴 | |
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104 virtue | |
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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105 nautical | |
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106 supervision | |
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107 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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108 bounty | |
n.慷慨的赠予物,奖金;慷慨,大方;施与 | |
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109 alacrity | |
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110 mildewy | |
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111 buxom | |
adj.(妇女)丰满的,有健康美的 | |
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112 diluted | |
无力的,冲淡的 | |
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113 unintelligible | |
adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的 | |
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114 apparently | |
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115 avarice | |
n.贪婪;贪心 | |
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116 trudge | |
v.步履艰难地走;n.跋涉,费力艰难的步行 | |
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117 marketing | |
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西 | |
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118 query | |
n.疑问,问号,质问;vt.询问,表示怀疑 | |
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119 beckoned | |
v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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120 pointed | |
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