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CHAPTER XIII A WAITING AND A WINNING
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It was a delightful1 plan. Pollyanna had it entirely2 formulated3 in about five minutes; then she told Mrs. Carew. Mrs. Carew did not think it was a delightful plan, and she said so very distinctly.
"Oh, but I'm sure THEY'LL think it is," argued Pollyanna, in reply to Mrs. Carew's objections. "And just think how easy we can do it! The tree is just as it was—except for the presents, and we can get more of those. It won't be so very long till just New Year's Eve; and only think how glad she'll be to come! Wouldn't YOU be, if you hadn't had anything for Christmas only blistered4 feet and chicken pie?"
"Dear, dear, what an impossible child you are!" frowned Mrs. Carew. "Even yet it doesn't seem to occur to you that we don't know this young person's name."
"So we don't! And isn't it funny, when I feel that I know HER so well?" smiled Pollyanna. "You see, we had such a good talk in the Garden that day, and she told me all about how lonesome she was, and that she thought the lonesomest place in the world was in a crowd in a big city, because folks didn't think nor notice. Oh, there was one that noticed; but he noticed too much, she said, and he hadn't ought to notice her any—which is kind of funny, isn't it, when you come to think of it. But anyhow, he came for her there in the Garden to go somewhere with him, and she wouldn't go, and he was a real handsome gentleman, too—until he began to look so cross, just at the last. Folks aren't so pretty when they're cross, are they? Now there was a lady to-day looking at bows, and she said—well, lots of things that weren't nice, you know. And SHE didn't look pretty, either, after—after she began to talk. But you will let me have the tree New Year's Eve, won't you, Mrs. Carew?—and invite this girl who sells bows, and Jamie? He's better, you know, now, and he COULD come. Of course Jerry would have to wheel him—but then, we'd want Jerry, anyway."
"Oh, of course, JERRY!" exclaimed Mrs. Carew in ironic5 scorn. "But why stop with Jerry? I'm sure Jerry has hosts of friends who would love to come. And—"
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delightful
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| adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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| ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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formulated
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| adj.水疮状的,泡状的v.(使)起水泡( blister的过去式和过去分词 );(使表皮等)涨破,爆裂 | |
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ironic
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| adj.讽刺的,有讽刺意味的,出乎意料的 | |
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gasped
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perfectly
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alley
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sarcasm
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| 轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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shrouded
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lame
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scarlet
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expressive
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banter
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gales
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laden
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prattled
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contentedly
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variant
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contrived
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helping
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automobiles
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chatter
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| vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战 | |
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partnership
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faltered
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curiously
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longings
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| 渴望,盼望( longing的名词复数 ) | |
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picturesque
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appalled
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tiresome
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| adj.令人疲劳的,令人厌倦的 | |
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unbearable
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blot
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| vt.弄脏(用吸墨纸)吸干;n.污点,污渍 | |
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