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CHAPTER XI JACK AND JILL
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David was tempted1 to go for a second visit to his Lady of the Roses, but something he could not define held him back. The lady was in his mind almost constantly, however; and very vivid to him was the picture of the garden, though always it was as he had seen it last with the hush2 and shadow of twilight3, and with the lady's face gloomily turned toward the sunless pool. David could not forget that for her there were no hours to count; she had said it herself. He could not understand how this could be so; and the thought filled him with vague unrest and pain.
Perhaps it was this restlessness that drove David to explore even more persistently5 the village itself, sending him into new streets in search of something strange and interesting. One day the sound of shouts and laughter drew him to an open lot back of the church where some boys were at play.
David still knew very little of boys. In his mountain home he had never had them for playmates, and he had not seen much of them when he went with his father to the mountain village for supplies. There had been, it is true, the boy who frequently brought milk and eggs to the cabin; but he had been very quiet and shy, appearing always afraid and anxious to get away, as if he had been told not to stay. More recently, since David had been at the Holly6 farmhouse7, his experience with boys had been even less satisfying. The boys—with the exception of blind Joe—had very clearly let it be understood that they had little use for a youth who could find nothing better to do than to tramp through the woods and the streets with a fiddle8 under his arm.
To-day, however, there came a change. Perhaps they were more used to him; or perhaps they had decided9 suddenly that it might be good fun to satisfy their curiosity, anyway, regardless of consequences. Whatever it was, the lads hailed his appearance with wild shouts of glee.
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tempted
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| v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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| int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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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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persistent
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persistently
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holly
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| n.[植]冬青属灌木 | |
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farmhouse
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| n.农场住宅(尤指主要住房) | |
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fiddle
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| n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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hurrah
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| int.好哇,万岁,乌拉 | |
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mimicked
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| v.(尤指为了逗乐而)模仿( mimic的过去式和过去分词 );酷似 | |
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reminder
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outright
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| adv.坦率地;彻底地;立即;adj.无疑的;彻底的 | |
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sniffed
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| v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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derisive
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jeered
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tune
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joyously
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| ad.快乐地, 高兴地 | |
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fluffy
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jeering
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warily
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dangling
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| 悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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rattled
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misery
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gibed
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jeers
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triumphant
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jaw
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wringing
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sobbed
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jack
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| n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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writhing
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| (因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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catching
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| adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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wailed
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bruise
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| n.青肿,挫伤;伤痕;vt.打青;挫伤 | |
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dazedly
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| 头昏眼花地,眼花缭乱地,茫然地 | |
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sobbing
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| <主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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gratitude
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warrior
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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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