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The Romance of Jedediah
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Jedediah was not a name that savoured of romance. His last name was Crane, which is little better. And it would be no use to call this story "Mattie Adams's Romance" because Mattie Adams is not a romantic name either. But names have really nothing to do with romance. The most exciting and tragic1 affair I ever knew was between a man named Silas Putdammer and a woman named Kezia Cullen—which has nothing to do with the present story.
Jedediah, to all outward seeming, did not appear to be any more romantic than his name. He looked distinctly commonplace as he rode comfortably along the winding2 country road that was dreaming in the haze3 and sunshine of a midsummer afternoon. He was perched on the seat of a bright red pedlar's wagon4, above and behind a dusty, ambling5, red pony6 of that peculiar7 gait and appearance pertaining8 to the ponies9 of country pedlars—a certain placid10, unhasting leanness, as of a nag11 that has encountered troubles of his own and has lived them down by sheer patience and staying power. From the bright red wagon proceeded a certain metallic12 rumbling13 and clinking as it bowled along, and two or three nests of tin pans on its flat rope-encircled top flashed back the light so dazzlingly that Jedediah seemed the beaming sun of a little planetary system all his own. A new broom sticking up aggressively at each of the four corners gave the wagon a resemblance to a triumphal chariot.
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俯冲,猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rosy
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chronic
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松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决 | |
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bonnet
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strings
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perfectly
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