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CHAPTER XV
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The years that followed—till, like some shipwrecked swimmer to whom returning light reveals the land, she felt new life and hopes come back to her—always remained in her memory vague, confused; a jumble1 of events, thoughts, feelings, without sequence or connection.
She had gone down to Liverpool, intending to persuade her father to leave the control of the works to Arthur, and to come and live with her in London; but had left without broaching2 the subject. There were nights when she would trapse the streets till she would almost fall exhausted3, rather than face the solitude4 awaiting her in her own rooms. But so also there were moods when, like some stricken animal, her instinct was to shun5 all living things. At such times his presence, for all his loving patience, would have been as a knife in her wound. Besides, he would always be there, when escape from herself for a while became an absolute necessity. More and more she had come to regard him as her comforter. Not from anything he ever said or did. Rather, it seemed to her, because that with him she felt no need of words.
The works, since Arthur had shared the management, had gradually been regaining6 their position; and he had urged her to let him increase her allowance.
“It will give you greater freedom,” he had suggested with fine assumption of propounding7 a mere8 business proposition; “enabling you to choose your work entirely9 for its own sake. I have always wanted to take a hand in helping
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vt.使混乱,混杂;n.混乱;杂乱的一堆 | |
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2 broaching | |
n.拉削;推削;铰孔;扩孔v.谈起( broach的现在分词 );打开并开始用;用凿子扩大(或修光);(在桶上)钻孔取液体 | |
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3 exhausted | |
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的 | |
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n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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5 shun | |
vt.避开,回避,避免 | |
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6 regaining | |
复得( regain的现在分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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7 propounding | |
v.提出(问题、计划等)供考虑[讨论],提议( propound的现在分词 ) | |
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9 entirely | |
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10 helping | |
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11 admiration | |
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12 modification | |
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13 logic | |
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15 rebellious | |
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16 yearning | |
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17 standing | |
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18 kindly | |
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19 slovenliness | |
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20 attired | |
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21 instinctively | |
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22 pertaining | |
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23 worthy | |
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24 journalism | |
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25 pandered | |
v.迎合(他人的低级趣味或淫欲)( pander的过去式和过去分词 );纵容某人;迁就某事物 | |
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26 tickled | |
(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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27 vices | |
缺陷( vice的名词复数 ); 恶习; 不道德行为; 台钳 | |
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28 sweeping | |
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29 injustice | |
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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30 shrug | |
v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等) | |
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31 shrugged | |
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32 stunt | |
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33 kudos | |
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34 doomed | |
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35 negotiations | |
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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36 interfered | |
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉 | |
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37 opposition | |
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38 veins | |
n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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39 delirious | |
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40 suffrage | |
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41 temperate | |
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42 persuasive | |
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43 magnetism | |
n.磁性,吸引力,磁学 | |
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44 solely | |
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45 dishonour | |
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46 impatience | |
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47 inevitable | |
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48 prematurely | |
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49 brutality | |
n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮 | |
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50 brotherhood | |
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51 justified | |
a.正当的,有理的 | |
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52 paradox | |
n.似乎矛盾却正确的说法;自相矛盾的人(物) | |
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53 accomplished | |
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54 zeal | |
n.热心,热情,热忱 | |
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55 lone | |
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56 scatter | |
vt.撒,驱散,散开;散布/播;vi.分散,消散 | |
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57 scattered | |
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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58 ragged | |
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59 reapers | |
n.收割者,收获者( reaper的名词复数 );收割机 | |
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60 mutual | |
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61 longing | |
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62 gentry | |
n.绅士阶级,上层阶级 | |
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63 forth | |
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64 diabolical | |
adj.恶魔似的,凶暴的 | |
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65 socialist | |
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66 legitimate | |
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法 | |
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67 sumptuous | |
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68 salon | |
n.[法]沙龙;客厅;营业性的高级服务室 | |
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69 thronged | |
v.成群,挤满( throng的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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70 homely | |
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71 attainable | |
a.可达到的,可获得的 | |
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72 dowdily | |
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73 persistently | |
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74 witty | |
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75 ponderous | |
adj.沉重的,笨重的,(文章)冗长的 | |
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76 influential | |
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77 ruffled | |
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78 spacious | |
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79 gaping | |
adj.口的;张口的;敞口的;多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 );张开,张大 | |
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80 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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81 surmised | |
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82 attentive | |
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的 | |
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83 anarchists | |
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84 rogues | |
n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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85 conducive | |
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86 originality | |
n.创造力,独创性;新颖 | |
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87 chic | |
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88 grumbled | |
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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89 underneath | |
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90 acorn | |
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91 wrung | |
绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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92 foe | |
n.敌人,仇敌 | |
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93 proffering | |
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94 marred | |
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95 sullen | |
adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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96 callousness | |
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97 refreshments | |
n.点心,便餐;(会议后的)简单茶点招 待 | |
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98 swell | |
vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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99 mingled | |
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100 curiously | |
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101 sincerity | |
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102 asunder | |
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103 temperament | |
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104 antagonisms | |
对抗,敌对( antagonism的名词复数 ) | |
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105 purely | |
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106 asylum | |
n.避难所,庇护所,避难 | |
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107 absurdity | |
n.荒谬,愚蠢;谬论 | |
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108 judgment | |
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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109 laborious | |
adj.吃力的,努力的,不流畅 | |
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110 descended | |
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111 gliding | |
v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
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