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Royal Beatings
Royal Beating. That was Flo’s promise. You are going to get one Royal Beating.
The word Royal lolled on Flo’s tongue, took on trappings. Rose had a need to picture things, topursue absurdities1, that was stronger than the need to stay out of trouble, and instead of taking thisthreat to heart she pondered: how is a beating royal? She came up with a tree-lined avenue, acrowd of formal spectators, some white horses and black slaves. Someone knelt, and the bloodcame leaping out like banners. An occasion both savage2 and splendid. In real life they didn’tapproach such dignity and it was only Flo who tried to supply the event with some high air ofnecessity and regret. Rose and her father soon got beyond anything presentable.
Her father was king of the royal beatings. Those Flo gave never amounted to much; they werequick cuffs3 and slaps dashed off while her attention remained elsewhere. You get out of my road,she would say. You mind your own business. You take that look off your face.
They lived behind a store in Hanratty, Ontario. There were four of them: Rose, her father, Flo,Rose’s young half brother Brian. The store was really a house, bought by Rose’s father andmother when they married and set up here in the furniture and upholstery repair business. Hermother could do upholstery. From both parents Rose should have inherited clever hands, a quicksympathy with materials, an eye for the nicest turns of mending, but she hadn’t. She was clumsy,and when something broke she couldn’t wait to sweep it up and throw it away.
Her mother had died. She said to Rose’s father during the afternoon, “I have a feeling that is sohard to describe. It’s like a boiled egg in my chest, with the shell left on.” She died before night,she had a blood clot4 on her lung. Rose was a baby in a basket at the time, so of course could notremember any of this. She heard it from Flo, who must have heard it from her father. Flo camealong soon afterwards, to take over Rose in the basket, marry her father, open up the front room tomake a grocery store. Rose, who had known the house only as a store, who had known only Flofor a mother, looked back on the sixteen or so months her parents spent here as an orderly, fargentler and more ceremonious time, with little touches of
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absurdities
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| n.极端无理性( absurdity的名词复数 );荒谬;谬论;荒谬的行为 | |
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| adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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cuffs
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clot
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affluence
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drawn
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tart
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scrap
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scraps
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broccoli
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fumes
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grievance
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chuckling
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| 轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 ) | |
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| n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣 | |
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tricky
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| adj.狡猾的,奸诈的;(工作等)棘手的,微妙的 | |
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nether
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longing
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boggy
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velvet
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geniality
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humility
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| n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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puff
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| n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气 | |
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veranda
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| n.走廊;阳台 | |
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sinister
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wreckage
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| n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 | |
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bad-tempered
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tyrant
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| n.暴君,专制的君主,残暴的人 | |
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pregnancy
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| n.怀孕,怀孕期 | |
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| n.遮阳篷;雨篷 | |
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lurid
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| adj.可怕的;血红的;苍白的 | |
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tantalizing
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| adj.逗人的;惹弄人的;撩人的;煽情的v.逗弄,引诱,折磨( tantalize的现在分词 ) | |
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influential
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| adj.有影响的,有权势的 | |
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bowler
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| n.打保龄球的人,(板球的)投(球)手 | |
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streak
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ammunition
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noted
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bloody
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| adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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groan
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| vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
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pneumonia
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farce
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| n.闹剧,笑剧,滑稽戏;胡闹 | |
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sociability
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| n.好交际,社交性,善于交际 | |
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apron
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aprons
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outfits
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| n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 );一套服装;集体;组织v.装备,配置设备,供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 ) | |
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lipstick
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nurtured
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| 养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 ); 培育; 滋长; 助长 | |
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outrage
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butt
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lighter
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decided
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wrangle
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doorways
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populous
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syrup
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helping
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filth
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delightful
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| adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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octopuses
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| 章鱼( octopus的名词复数 ) | |
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twitching
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tarts
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moldy
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veins
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linoleum
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sloppiness
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conceit
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gratitude
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innocence
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| n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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corruption
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theatrical
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| adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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exasperation
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| (使)变硬,(使)强硬( stiffen的第三人称单数 ) | |
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tremor
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| n.恶意,怨恨,蓄意;[律]预谋 | |
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