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Rose knew a lot of people who wished they had been born poor, and hadn’t been. So she wouldqueen it over them, offering various scandals and bits of squalor from her childhood. The Boys’
Toilet and the Girls’ Toilet. Old Mr. Burns in his Toilet. Shorty McGill and Franny McGill in theentrance to the Boys’ Toilet. She did not deliberately1 repeat the toilet locale, and was a bitsurprised at the way it kept cropping up. She knew that those little dark or painted shacks2 weresupposed to be comical—always were, in country humor—but she saw them instead as scenes ofmarvelous shame and outrage3.
The Girls’ Toilet and the Boys’ Toilet each had a protected entry-way, which saved having adoor. Snow blew in anyway through the cracks between the boards and the knotholes that were forspying. Snow piled up on the seat and on the floor. Many people, it seemed, declined to use thehole. In the heaped snow under a glaze4 of ice, where the snow had melted and frozen again, wereturds copious5 or lonesome, preserved as if under glass, bright as mustard or grimy as charcoal,with every shading in between. Rose’s stomach turned at the sight; despair got hold of her. Shehalted in the doorway7, could not force herself, decided8 she could wait. Two or three times she weton the way home, running from the school to the store, which was not very far. Flo was disgusted.
“Wee-pee, wee-pee,” she sang out loud, mocking Rose. “Walking home and she had a weepee!”
Flo was also fairly pleased, because she liked to see people brought down to earth, Natureasserting itself; she was the sort of woman who will make public what she finds in the laundrybag. Rose was mortified9, but didn’t reveal the problem. Why not? She was probably afraid that Flowould show up at the school with a pail and
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squatting
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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hovering
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giggling
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schooling
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miserable
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inclination
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n.木瓦板;小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌);v.用木瓦板盖(屋顶);把(女子头发)剪短 | |
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whack
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v.敲击,重打,瓜分;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份 | |
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whacked
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a.精疲力尽的 | |
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glum
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adj.闷闷不乐的,阴郁的 | |
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partisan
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adj.党派性的;游击队的;n.游击队员;党徒 | |
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tug
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flail
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v.用连枷打;击打;n.连枷(脱粒用的工具) | |
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shingles
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n.带状疱疹;(布满海边的)小圆石( shingle的名词复数 );屋顶板;木瓦(板);墙面板 | |
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kindling
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douse
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v.把…浸入水中,用水泼;n.泼洒 | |
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axe
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n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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cracker
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n.(无甜味的)薄脆饼干 | |
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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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jewelry
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n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝 | |
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slashing
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adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减 | |
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addict
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variance
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hardy
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innocence
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disapproved
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rippling
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hips
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velvet
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taunting
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嘲讽( taunt的现在分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落 | |
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glossy
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cosmetics
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rosy
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obsessed
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groaned
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boredom
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eyebrows
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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longing
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gratitude
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hymn
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[医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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jumbled
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