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When Jack and Jill Took a Hand
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Jill says I have to begin this story because it was me—I mean it was I—who made all the trouble in the first place. That is so like Jill. She is such a good hand at forgetting. Why, it was she who suggested the plot to me. I should never have thought of it myself—not that Jill is any smarter than I am, either, but girls are such creatures for planning up mischief2 and leading other folks into it and then laying the blame on them when things go wrong. How could I tell Dick would act so like a mule3? I thought grown-up folks had more sense. Aunt Tommy was down on me for weeks, while she thought Jill a regular heroine. But there! Girls don't know anything about being fair, and I am determined4 I will never have anything more to do with them and their love affairs as long as I live. Jill says I will change my mind when I grow up, but I won't.
Still, Jill is a pretty good sort of girl. I have to scold her sometimes, but if any other chap tried to I would punch his head for him.
I suppose it is time I explained who Dick and Aunt Tommy are. Dick is our minister. He hasn't been it very long. He only came a year ago. I shall never forget how surprised Jill and I were that first Sunday we went to church and saw him. We had always thought that ministers had to be old. All the ministers we knew were. Mr. Grinnell, the one before Dick came, must have been as old as Methuselah. But Dick was young—and good-looking. Jill said she thought it a positive sin for a minister to be so good-looking, it didn't seem Christian5; but that was just because all the ministers we knew happened to be homely6 so that it didn't appear natural.
Dick was tall and pale and looked as if he had heaps of brains. He had thick curly brown hair and big dark blue eyes—Jill said his eyes were like an archangel's, but how could she tell? She never saw an archangel. I liked his nose. It was so straight and finished-looking. Mr. Grinnell had the worst-looking nose you ever saw. Jill and I used to make poetry about it in church to keep from falling asleep when he preached such awful long sermons.
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jack
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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n.骡子,杂种,执拗的人 | |
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adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的 | |
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freckle
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ruffles
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褶裥花边( ruffle的名词复数 ) | |
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floppy
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lodge
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bully
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monopolize
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ass
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aggravatingly
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sagely
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bouquet
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n.花束,酒香 | |
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grumbled
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抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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awfully
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prim
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adj.拘泥形式的,一本正经的;n.循规蹈矩,整洁;adv.循规蹈矩地,整洁地 | |
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tenor
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n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意 | |
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poetical
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adj.似诗人的;诗一般的;韵文的;富有诗意的 | |
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consolation
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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allusion
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housekeeper
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dodge
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velvet
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galloping
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perfectly
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twilight
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n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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squelched
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v.发吧唧声,发扑哧声( squelch的过去式和过去分词 );制止;压制;遏制 | |
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dab
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trotted
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小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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meekly
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adv.温顺地,逆来顺受地 | |
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sneaks
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abbr.sneakers (tennis shoes) 胶底运动鞋(网球鞋)v.潜行( sneak的第三人称单数 );偷偷溜走;(儿童向成人)打小报告;告状 | |
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trifling
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eloquent
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peeking
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carnations
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decided
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meddle
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