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David Hartley had dropped in to pay a neighbourly call on Josephine Elliott. It was well along in the afternoon, and outside, in the clear crispness of a Canadian winter, the long blue shadows from the tall firs behind the house were falling over the snow.
It was a frosty day, and all the windows of every room where there was no fire were covered with silver palms. But the big, bright kitchen was warm and cosy1, and somehow seemed to David more tempting2 than ever before, and that is saying a good deal. He had an uneasy feeling that he had stayed long enough and ought to go. Josephine was knitting at a long gray sock with doubly aggressive energy, and that was a sign that she was talked out. As long as Josephine had plenty to say, her plump white fingers, where her mother's wedding ring was lost in dimples, moved slowly among her needles. When conversation flagged she fell to her work as furiously as if a husband and half a dozen sons were waiting for its completion. David often wondered in his secret soul what Josephine did with all the interminable gray socks she knitted. Sometimes he concluded that she put them in the home missionary3 barrels; again, that she sold them to her hired man. At any rate, they were very warm and comfortable looking, and David sighed as he thought of the deplorable state his own socks were generally in.
When David sighed Josephine took alarm. She was afraid David was going to have one of his attacks of foolishness. She must head him off someway, so she rolled up the gray sock, stabbed the big pudgy ball with her needles, and said she guessed she'd get the tea.
David got up.
"Now, you're not going before tea?" said Josephine hospitably4. "I'll have it all ready in no time."
"I ought to go home, I s'pose," said David, with the air and tone of a man dallying5 with a great temptation. "Zillah'll be waiting tea for me; and there's the stock to tend to."
"I guess Zillah won't wait long," said Josephine. She did not intend it at all, but there was a certain scornful ring in her voice. "You must stay. I've a fancy for company to tea."
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cosy
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adj.温暖而舒适的,安逸的 | |
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tempting
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a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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missionary
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adj.教会的,传教(士)的;n.传教士 | |
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hospitably
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亲切地,招待周到地,善于款待地 | |
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dallying
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v.随随便便地对待( dally的现在分词 );不很认真地考虑;浪费时间;调情 | |
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(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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定量( ration的名词复数 ); 配给量; 正常量; 合理的量 | |
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bustling
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adj.喧闹的 | |
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decided
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vagaries
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n.奇想( vagary的名词复数 );异想天开;异常行为;难以预测的情况 | |
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homage
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n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬 | |
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aspired
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v.渴望,追求( aspire的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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pickles
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n.腌菜( pickle的名词复数 );处于困境;遇到麻烦;菜酱 | |
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provincial
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adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人 | |
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mound
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amber
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fragrance
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glossy
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adj.平滑的;有光泽的 | |
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rosy
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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hymn
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n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌 | |
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determined
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adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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gulf
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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determinedly
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adv.决意地;坚决地,坚定地 | |
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quotation
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n.引文,引语,语录;报价,牌价,行情 | |
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deliberately
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adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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meekly
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adv.温顺地,逆来顺受地 | |
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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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vt.& vi.跋涉,吃力地走(trudge的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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ruffled
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apron
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n.围裙;工作裙 | |
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justify
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vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护 | |
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thrifty
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adj.节俭的;兴旺的;健壮的 | |
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dismal
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adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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setback
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enveloped
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v.包围,笼罩,包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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hearty
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adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的 | |
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persistent
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brag
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standing
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drudgery
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n.苦工,重活,单调乏味的工作 | |
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generosity
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n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为 | |
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stinted
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v.限制,节省(stint的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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shrugged
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vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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shrug
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v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等) | |
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conundrum
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creek
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n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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akin
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adj.同族的,类似的 | |
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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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lackadaisical
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adj.无精打采的,无兴趣的;adv.无精打采地,不决断地 | |
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sentimental
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adj.多愁善感的,感伤的 | |
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thumped
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v.重击, (指心脏)急速跳动( thump的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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jug
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n.(有柄,小口,可盛水等的)大壶,罐,盂 | |
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thumping
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adj.重大的,巨大的;重击的;尺码大的;极好的adv.极端地;非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词);狠打;怦怦地跳;全力支持 | |
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thumps
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n.猪肺病;砰的重击声( thump的名词复数 )v.重击, (指心脏)急速跳动( thump的第三人称单数 ) | |
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insistent
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adj.迫切的,坚持的 | |
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hysterical
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adj.情绪异常激动的,歇斯底里般的 | |
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gasped
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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barbarian
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n.野蛮人;adj.野蛮(人)的;未开化的 | |
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mittens
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不分指手套 | |
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rattled
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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severely
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adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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homely
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adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的 | |
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rapture
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n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;v.使狂喜 | |
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glistening
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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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betokened
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pneumonia
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n.肺炎 | |
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inquiries
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n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听 | |
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promptly
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hearth
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n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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disorder
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n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调 | |
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groaned
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v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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v.铲子( shovel的过去式和过去分词 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份 | |
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complacently
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adv. 满足地, 自满地, 沾沾自喜地 | |
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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savagely
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adv. 野蛮地,残酷地 | |
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grove
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n.林子,小树林,园林 | |
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orchard
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n.果园,果园里的全部果树,(美俚)棒球场 | |
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snug
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adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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providence
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heartily
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闹哄哄地忙乱,奔忙( bustle的过去式和过去分词 ); 催促 | |
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v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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clergy
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n.[总称]牧师,神职人员 | |
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dodge
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v.闪开,躲开,避开;n.妙计,诡计 | |
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outright
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adv.坦率地;彻底地;立即;adj.无疑的;彻底的 | |
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primly
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glum
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hitch
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perfectly
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