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Mrs. Tams had decided1 to undertake an enterprise involving extreme gallantry—surpassing the physical. She went downstairs and stood outside the parlour door, which was not quite shut. Within the parlour, or throne-room, existed a beautiful and superior being, full of grace and authority, who belonged to a race quite different from her own, who was beyond her comprehension, who commanded her and kept her alive and paid money to her, who accepted her devotion casually2 as a right, who treated her as a soft cushion between himself and the drift and inconvenience of the world, and who occasionally, as a supreme3 favour, caught her a smart slap on the back, which flattered her to excess. She went into the throne-room if she was called thither4, or if she had cleansing5 or tidying work there; she spoke6 to the superior being if he spoke to her. But she had never till then conceived the breath-taking scheme of entering the throne-room for a purpose of her own, and addressing the superior being without an invitation to do so.
Nevertheless, since by long practice she was courageous8, she meant to execute the scheme. And she began by knocking at the door. Although Rachel had seriously warned her that for a domestic servant to knock at the parlour door was a grave sin, she simply could not help knocking. Not to knock seemed to her wantonly sacrilegious. Thus she knocked, and a voice told her to come in.
There was the superior being, his back to the fire and his legs apart—formidable!
She curtsied—another sin according to the new code. Then she discovered that she was inarticulate.
"Well?"
Words burst from her—
"Her's crying her eyes out up yon, mester."
And Mrs. Tams also snivelled.
The superior being frowned and said
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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supreme
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adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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thither
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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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akin
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courageous
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testily
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tarns
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entirely
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breach
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feigning
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exquisitely
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negligent
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dominant
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veering
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n.改变的;犹豫的;顺时针方向转向;特指使船尾转向上风来改变航向v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的现在分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转 | |
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scribble
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apprehensions
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conversed
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friendliness
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adj.不适当的,不合适的,不正确的,不合礼仪的 | |
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astonishment
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n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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deranging
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v.疯狂的,神经错乱的( deranged的过去分词 );混乱的 | |
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tranquillity
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applied
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ragged
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adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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exhausted
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adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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accentuated
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v.重读( accentuate的过去式和过去分词 );使突出;使恶化;加重音符号于 | |
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lurked
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vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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repulsive
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adj.排斥的,使人反感的 | |
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graceful
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adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的 | |
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copper
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n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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execrated
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v.憎恶( execrate的过去式和过去分词 );厌恶;诅咒;咒骂 | |
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positively
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adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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mere
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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vile
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adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的 | |
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sinister
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adj.不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的 | |
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shuddered
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v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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facetiousness
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n.滑稽 | |
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altercation
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concord
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imperative
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n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的 | |
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humble
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minor
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exalted
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peril
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cherub
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inconvenient
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annihilated
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heartily
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discretion
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commonsense
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resounded
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