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Madame Rosette
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Madame Rosette
‘OH JESUS, THIS IS wonderful,’ said the Stag.
He was lying back in the bath with a Scotch1 and soda2 in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
The water was right up to the brim and he was keeping it warm by turning the tap with his toes.
He raised his head and took a little sip3 of his whisky, then he lay back and closed his eyes.
‘For God’s sake, get out,’ said a voice from the next room. ‘Come on. Stag, you’ve had over an
hour.’ Stuffy4 was sitting on the edge of the bed with no clothes on, drinking slowly and waiting his
turn.
The Stag said, ‘All right. I’m letting the water out now,’ and he stretched out a leg and flipped5
up the plug with his toes.
Stuffy stood up and wandered into the bathroom holding his drink in his hand. The Stag lay in
the bath for a few moments more, then, balancing his glass carefully on the soap rack, he stood up
and reached for a towel. His body was short and square, with strong thick legs and exaggerated
calf6 muscles. He had coarse curly ginger7 hair and a thin, rather pointed8 face covered with freckles9.
There was a layer of pale ginger hair on his chest.
‘Jesus,’ he said, looking down into the bathtub, ‘I’ve brought half the desert with me.’
Stuffy said. ‘Wash it out and let me get in. I haven’t had a bath for five months.’
This was back in the early days when we were fighting the Italians in Libya. One flew very hard
in those days because there were not many pilots. They certainly could not send any out from
England because there they were fighting the Battle of Britain. So one remained for long periods
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scotch
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n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;v.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的 | |
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sip
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v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量 | |
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stuffy
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轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 ); 按(开关); 快速翻转; 急挥 | |
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calf
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n.小牛,犊,幼仔,小牛皮 | |
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ginger
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freckles
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placid
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bloody
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scorpion
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n.蝎子,心黑的人,蝎子鞭 | |
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scorpions
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invincible
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stew
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beetles
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premise
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standing
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exhorting
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v.劝告,劝说( exhort的现在分词 ) | |
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boxers
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n.拳击短裤;(尤指职业)拳击手( boxer的名词复数 );拳师狗 | |
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extolling
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v.赞美( extoll的现在分词 );赞颂,赞扬,赞美( extol的现在分词 ) | |
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virtues
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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victorious
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sergeant
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honeymoon
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groaning
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ecstasy
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poker
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dice
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eligible
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shrill
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insistent
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filthy
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poked
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petulant
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metropolitan
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tempted
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dictate
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regiment
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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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mere
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bosom
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skilful
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tempo
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fixed
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dreary
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adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的 | |
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middle-aged
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greasy
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hunched
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(常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦)耸肩弓身的,伏首前倾的 | |
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remarkable
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bosoms
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胸部( bosom的名词复数 ); 胸怀; 女衣胸部(或胸襟); 和爱护自己的人在一起的情形 | |
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triumphantly
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ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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starry
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adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的 | |
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abreast
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civilized
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a.有教养的,文雅的 | |
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rein
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reins
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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gallop
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shrieked
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decided
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trot
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killer
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peeked
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waddle
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babble
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halfway
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saliva
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slaughter
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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benefactor
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