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The Promise of Lucy Ellen
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Cecily Foster came down the sloping, fir-fringed road from the village at a leisurely1 pace. Usually she walked with a long, determined2 stride, but to-day the drowsy3, mellowing4 influence of the Autumn afternoon was strong upon her and filled her with placid5 content. Without being actively6 conscious of it, she was satisfied with the existing circumstances of her life. It was half over now. The half of it yet to be lived stretched before her, tranquil7, pleasant and uneventful, like the afternoon, filled with unhurried duties and calmly interesting days, Cecily liked the prospect8.
When she came to her own lane she paused, folding her hands on the top of the whitewashed9 gate, while she basked10 for a moment in the warmth that seemed cupped in the little grassy11 hollow hedged about with young fir-trees.
Before her lay sere12, brooding fields sloping down to a sandy shore, where long foamy13 ripples14 were lapping with a
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leisurely
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adj.悠闲的;从容的,慢慢的 | |
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drowsy
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adj.昏昏欲睡的,令人发困的 | |
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mellowing
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软化,醇化 | |
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placid
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tranquil
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prospect
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whitewashed
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sere
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foamy
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murmur
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parlor
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sitting-room
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boxer
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misty
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briskness
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maple
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vaguely
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amazement
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bonnet
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wont
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piquancy
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maidenhood
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glamour
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choir
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chrysanthemum
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awe
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gaily
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savagely
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nervously
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presumption
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faltered
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(使)凋谢,枯萎( wilt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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erectly
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persistently
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antagonism
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dismal
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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feverishly
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imploringly
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rigidity
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bleached
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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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(wide area network)广域网 | |
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tragic
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hysterically
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