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CHAPTER LIV.Wanted—Fifty-year Franchises
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Whatever his momentary1 satisfaction in her friendly acceptance of his confession3, the uncertain attitude of Berenice left Cowperwood about where he was before. By a strange stroke of fate Braxmar, his young rival, had been eliminated, and Berenice had been made to see him, Cowperwood, in his true colors of love and of service for her. Yet plainly she did not accept them at his own valuation. More than ever was he conscious of the fact that he had fallen in tow of an amazing individual, one who saw life from a distinct and peculiar4 point of view and who was not to be bent5 to his will. That fact more than anything else—for her grace and beauty merely emblazoned it—caused him to fall into a hopeless infatuation.
He said to himself over and over, “Well, I can live without her if I must,” but at this stage the mere6 thought was an actual stab in his vitals. What, after all, was life, wealth, fame, if you couldn’t have the woman you wanted—love, that indefinable, unnamable coddling of the spirit which the strongest almost more than the weakest crave7? At last he saw clearly, as within a chalice-like nimbus, that the ultimate end of fame, power, vigor8 was beauty, and that beauty was a compound of the taste, the emotion, the innate9 culture, passion, and dreams of a woman like Berenice Fleming. That was it: that was it. And beyond was nothing save crumbling10 age, darkness, silence.
In the mean time, owing to the preliminary activity and tact11 of his agents and
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1 momentary | |
adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的 | |
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2 con | |
n.反对的观点,反对者,反对票,肺病;vt.精读,学习,默记;adv.反对地,从反面;adj.欺诈的 | |
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3 confession | |
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4 peculiar | |
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5 bent | |
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9 innate | |
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10 crumbling | |
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12 advisers | |
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13 vying | |
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14 pro | |
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15 prospective | |
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16 purely | |
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17 speculation | |
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18 entirely | |
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19 defensive | |
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20 wrest | |
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21 banking | |
n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
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22 genial | |
adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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23 ingenuous | |
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24 promising | |
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25 shanties | |
n.简陋的小木屋( shanty的名词复数 );铁皮棚屋;船工号子;船歌 | |
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26 ragged | |
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27 astounding | |
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28 metropolis | |
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29 meager | |
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30 mansions | |
n.宅第,公馆,大厦( mansion的名词复数 ) | |
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31 parasite | |
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32 collateral | |
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33 corporate | |
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34 swelling | |
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35 hack | |
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36 thereby | |
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37 vaulted | |
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38 toiling | |
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39 consolidation | |
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40 consolidated | |
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41 traction | |
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42 franchises | |
n.(尤指选举议员的)选举权( franchise的名词复数 );参政权;获特许权的商业机构(或服务);(公司授予的)特许经销权v.给…以特许权,出售特许权( franchise的第三人称单数 ) | |
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43 franchise | |
n.特许,特权,专营权,特许权 | |
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44 harmonious | |
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45 holder | |
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46 apparently | |
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47 margin | |
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48 renewal | |
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49 fictitious | |
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50 treacherous | |
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51 unwilling | |
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52 unwillingly | |
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53 proffered | |
v.提供,贡献,提出( proffer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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54 unprecedented | |
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55 antagonism | |
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56 contingent | |
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57 diabolical | |
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58 solely | |
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59 straps | |
n.带子( strap的名词复数 );挎带;肩带;背带v.用皮带捆扎( strap的第三人称单数 );用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带 | |
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60 radical | |
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61 palaver | |
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62 thoroughly | |
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63 agitation | |
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64 legitimate | |
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65 venal | |
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66 voracious | |
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67 corrupt | |
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68 publicity | |
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告 | |
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69 foam | |
v./n.泡沫,起泡沫 | |
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70 destined | |
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71 unctuous | |
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72 legislative | |
n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的 | |
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73 transit | |
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74 ambling | |
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75 sinister | |
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76 constructive | |
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77 noted | |
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78 authorize | |
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79 buffalo | |
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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80 immunity | |
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81 whatsoever | |
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82 fads | |
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83 pigeonholes | |
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84 communal | |
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85 droll | |
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86 sickle | |
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87 narration | |
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88 immorality | |
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89 yokels | |
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90 boors | |
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91 commonwealth | |
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92 bucolic | |
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93 antagonist | |
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94 protagonist | |
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95 serried | |
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96 fixed | |
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97 oligarchy | |
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98 burrows | |
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99 animated | |
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100 conversing | |
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101 wade | |
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102 chambers | |
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103 confidential | |
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104 flare | |
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105 gratitude | |
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106 admiration | |
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107 impending | |
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108 diligent | |
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109 courageous | |
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110 herald | |
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112 rascally | |
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113 negotiations | |
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114 mileage | |
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115 machinery | |
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116 enactment | |
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117 justified | |
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118 well-being | |
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119 succinctly | |
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