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One September afternoon in the year of grace 1840 Avery and Janet Sparhallow were picking apples in their Uncle Daniel Sparhallow's big orchard1. It was an afternoon of mellow2 sunshine; about them, beyond the orchard, were old harvest fields, mellowly3 bright and serene4, and beyond the fields the sapphire5 curve of the St. Lawrence Gulf6 was visible through the groves7 of spruce and birch. There was a soft whisper of wind in the trees, and the pale purple asters that feathered the orchard grass swayed gently towards each other. Janet Sparhallow, who loved the outdoor world and its beauty, was, for the time being at least, very happy, as her little brown face, with its fine, satiny skin, plainly showed. Avery Sparhallow did not seem so happy. She worked rather abstractedly and frowned oftener than she smiled.
Avery Sparhallow was conceded to be a beauty, and had no rival in Burnley Beach. She was very pretty, with the obvious, indisputable prettiness of rich black hair, vivid, certain colour, and laughing, brilliant eyes. Nobody ever called Janet a beauty, or even thought her pretty. She was only seventeen—five years younger than Avery—and was rather lanky9 and weedy, with a rope of straight dark-brown hair, long, narrow, shining brown eyes and very black lashes10, and a crooked11, clever little mouth. She had visitations of beauty when excited, because then she flushed deeply, and colour made all the difference in the world to her; but she had never happened to look in the glass when excited, so that she had never seen herself beautiful; and hardly anybody else had ever seen her so, because she was always too shy and awkward and tongue-tied in company to feel excited over anything. Yet very little could bring that transforming flush to her face: a wind off the gulf, a sudden glimpse of blue upland, a flame-red poppy, a baby's laugh, a certain footstep. As for Avery Sparhallow, she never got excited over anything—not even her wedding dress, which had come from Charlottetown that day, and was incomparably beyond anything that had ever been seen in Burnley Beach before. For it was made of an apple-green silk, sprayed over with tiny
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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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树丛,小树林( grove的名词复数 ) | |
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蔷薇花蕾,妙龄少女,初入社交界的少女( rosebud的名词复数 ) | |
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rosebud
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hideous
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raving
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adj.说胡话的;疯狂的,怒吼的;非常漂亮的;令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话;疯话adv.胡言乱语地;疯狂地 | |
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contented
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wilful
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渴望,切盼,向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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vengeance
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frankly
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crimson
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n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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horrified
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delightful
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starry
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unbearable
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cove
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brew
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v.酿造,调制 | |
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jack
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jealousy
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n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌 | |
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dunes
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沙丘( dune的名词复数 ) | |
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scents
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n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉 | |
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whim
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latch
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n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁 | |
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curiously
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adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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beholding
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v.看,注视( behold的现在分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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wizened
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rebuke
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v.指责,非难,斥责 [反]praise | |
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ointment
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tamper
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v.干预,玩弄,贿赂,窜改,削弱,损害 | |
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grunting
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咕哝的,呼噜的 | |
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awe
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n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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chuckled
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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toad
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n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆 | |
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shuddered
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v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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shudder
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v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动 | |
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appease
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toads
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wink
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admiration
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deception
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rosy
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色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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