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She was slow to take in the announcement, but when she had done so she felt it to be more than her cup of bitterness would hold. Her bitterness was her anxiety, the taste of which suddenly sickened her. What had she become, on the spot, but a traitress to her friend? The treachery increased with the view of the friend's motive1, a motive magnificent as a tribute to her value. Mrs. Gereth had wished to make sure of her and had reasoned that there would be no such way as by a large appeal to her honor. If it be true, as men have declared, that the sense of honor is weak in women, some of the bearings of this stroke might have thrown a light on the question. What was now, at all events, put before Fleda was that she had been made sure of, for the greatness of the surrender imposed an obligation as great. There was an expression she had heard used by young men with whom she danced: the only word to fit Mrs. Gereth's intention was that Mrs. Gereth had designed to "fetch" her. It was a calculated, it was a crushing bribe2; it looked her in the eyes and said simply: "That's what I do for you!" What Fleda was to do in return required no pointing out. The sense, at present, of how little she had done made her almost cry aloud with pain; but her first endeavor, in the face of the fact, was to keep such a cry from reaching her companion. How little she had done Mrs. Gereth didn't yet know, and possibly there would be still some way of turning round before the discovery. On her own side too Fleda had almost made one: she had known she was wanted, but she had not after all conceived how magnificently much. She had been treated by her friend's act as a conscious prize, but what made her a conscious prize was only the power the act itself imputed4 to her. As high, bold diplomacy5 it dazzled and carried her off her feet. She admired the noble risk of it, a risk Mrs. Gereth had faced for the utterly6 poor creature that the girl now felt herself. The change it instantly wrought7 in her was, moreover, extraordinary: it transformed at a touch her emotion on the subject of
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1 motive | |
n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
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3 wan | |
(wide area network)广域网 | |
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4 imputed | |
v.把(错误等)归咎于( impute的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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5 diplomacy | |
n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕 | |
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6 utterly | |
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7 wrought | |
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9 replenishment | |
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10 precipitate | |
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11 frantic | |
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12 mere | |
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13 grandeur | |
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14 distinguished | |
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15 sublime | |
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16 solely | |
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17 restitution | |
n.赔偿;恢复原状 | |
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18 deferring | |
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19 spoke | |
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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20 humility | |
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21 gratitude | |
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22 homage | |
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23 endearments | |
n.表示爱慕的话语,亲热的表示( endearment的名词复数 ) | |
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24 miserable | |
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25 lamely | |
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26 drawn | |
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27 pacifying | |
使(某人)安静( pacify的现在分词 ); 息怒; 抚慰; 在(有战争的地区、国家等)实现和平 | |
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29 demonstration | |
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30 inviting | |
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31 justified | |
a.正当的,有理的 | |
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32 avert | |
v.防止,避免;转移(目光、注意力等) | |
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33 averted | |
防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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34 dread | |
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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35 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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36 dilated | |
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37 idiotic | |
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38 remarkable | |
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39 delightful | |
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40 justification | |
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41 futile | |
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42 adversary | |
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43 defensive | |
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44 majesty | |
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45 toiled | |
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46 denude | |
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47 plausibility | |
n. 似有道理, 能言善辩 | |
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48 humiliated | |
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49 discomfort | |
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50 loyalty | |
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51 innocence | |
n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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52 ravage | |
vt.使...荒废,破坏...;n.破坏,掠夺,荒废 | |
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53 apparently | |
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54 folly | |
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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55 worthy | |
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56 systematic | |
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57 perversity | |
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58 scruples | |
n.良心上的不安( scruple的名词复数 );顾虑,顾忌v.感到于心不安,有顾忌( scruple的第三人称单数 ) | |
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59 resentment | |
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60 insolence | |
n.傲慢;无礼;厚颜;傲慢的态度 | |
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61 fully | |
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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62 decency | |
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63 registrar | |
n.记录员,登记员;(大学的)注册主任 | |
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64 sane | |
adj.心智健全的,神志清醒的,明智的,稳健的 | |
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65 immediate | |
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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66 gumption | |
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67 touching | |
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68 literally | |
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实 | |
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69 refinements | |
n.(生活)风雅;精炼( refinement的名词复数 );改良品;细微的改良;优雅或高贵的动作 | |
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70 affected | |
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71 tambourine | |
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72 grimace | |
v.做鬼脸,面部歪扭 | |
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73 incisively | |
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74 wretches | |
n.不幸的人( wretch的名词复数 );可怜的人;恶棍;坏蛋 | |
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75 feverish | |
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76 mantle | |
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77 bustled | |
闹哄哄地忙乱,奔忙( bustle的过去式和过去分词 ); 催促 | |
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78 bonnet | |
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79 caravan | |
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80 torment | |
n.折磨;令人痛苦的东西(人);vt.折磨;纠缠 | |
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81 inevitable | |
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82 pounced | |
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83 hideous | |
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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84 hideously | |
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85 desperately | |
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86 formerly | |
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87 repudiated | |
v.(正式地)否认( repudiate的过去式和过去分词 );拒绝接受;拒绝与…往来;拒不履行(法律义务) | |
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88 ingenuity | |
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89 plunge | |
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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90 wailed | |
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91 tangle | |
n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
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92 slash | |
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩 | |
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93 shears | |
n.大剪刀 | |
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94 insanity | |
n.疯狂,精神错乱;极端的愚蠢,荒唐 | |
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95 monstrous | |
adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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96 hesitation | |
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97 tragic | |
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98 vaguely | |
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99 accomplished | |
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100 tightening | |
上紧,固定,紧密 | |
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