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I suppose you know all about the stage and stage people. You've been touched with and by actors, and you read the newspaper criticisms and the jokes in the weeklies about the Rialto and the chorus girls and the long-haired tragedians. And I suppose that a condensed list of your ideas about the mysterious stageland would boil down to something like this:
Leading ladies have five husbands, paste diamonds, and figures no better than your own (madam) if they weren't padded. Chorus girls are inseparable from peroxide, Panhards and Pittsburg. All shows walk back to New York on tan oxford1 and railroad ties. Irreproachable2 actresses reserve the comic-landlady part for their mothers on Broadway and their step-aunts on the road. Kyrle Bellew's real name is Boyle O'Kelley. The ravings of John McCullough in the phonograph were stolen from the first sale of the Ellen Terry memoirs3. Joe Weber is funnier than E. H. Sothern; but Henry Miller4 is getting older than he was.
All theatrical5 people on leaving the theatre at night drink champagne6 and eat lobsters7 until noon the next day. After all, the moving pictures have got the whole bunch pounded to a pulp8.
Now, few of us know the real life of the stage people. If we did, the profession might be more overcrowded than it is. We look askance at the players with an eye full of patronizing superiority - and we go home and practise all sorts of elocution and gestures in front of our looking glasses.
Latterly there has been much talk of the actor people in a new light. It seems to have been divulged9 that instead of being motoring bacchanalias and diamond-hungry loreleis they are businesslike folk, students and
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Oxford
n.牛津(英国城市)
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irreproachable
adj.不可指责的,无过失的
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memoirs
n.回忆录;回忆录传( mem,自oir的名词复数)
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miller
n.磨坊主
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theatrical
adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的
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champagne
n.香槟酒;微黄色
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lobsters
龙虾( lobster的名词复数 ); 龙虾肉
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pulp
n.果肉,纸浆;v.化成纸浆,除去...果肉,制成纸浆
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divulged
v.吐露,泄露( divulge的过去式和过去分词 )
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ascetics
n.苦行者,禁欲者,禁欲主义者( ascetic的名词复数 )
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surmise
v./n.猜想,推测
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vaudeville
n.歌舞杂耍表演
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petulant
adj.性急的,暴躁的
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monologue
n.长篇大论,(戏剧等中的)独白
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celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
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drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
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desecrate
v.供俗用,亵渎,污辱
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forsake
vt.遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃
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broth
n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)
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scoff
n.嘲笑,笑柄,愚弄;v.嘲笑,嘲弄,愚弄,狼吞虎咽
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remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
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thespian
adj.戏曲的;n.演员;悲剧演员
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solvent
n.溶剂;adj.有偿付能力的
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vaudevillian
n.轻歌舞剧编剧者,杂耍演员
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coupon
n.息票,配给票,附单
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plunging
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
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shrieked
v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )
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yarn
n.纱,纱线,纺线;奇闻漫谈,旅行轶事
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alphabetical
adj.字母(表)的,依字母顺序的
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ingenuously
adv.率直地,正直地
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flirt
v.调情,挑逗,调戏;n.调情者,卖俏者
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strings
n.弦
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considerably
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
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fluffy
adj.有绒毛的,空洞的
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rouge
n.胭脂,口红唇膏;v.(在…上)擦口红
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sketch
n.草图;梗概;素描;v.素描;概述
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curb
n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制
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broker
n.中间人,经纪人;v.作为中间人来安排
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pigeonholes
n.鸽舍出入口( pigeonhole的名词复数 );小房间;文件架上的小间隔v.把…搁在分类架上( pigeonhole的第三人称单数 );把…留在记忆中;缓办;把…隔成小格
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vaults
n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 );地下室;撑物跳高;墓穴
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destined
adj.命中注定的;(for)以…为目的地的
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pickle
n.腌汁,泡菜;v.腌,泡
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sprightliness
n.愉快,快活
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secular
n.牧师,凡人;adj.世俗的,现世的,不朽的
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curbed
v.限制,克制,抑制( curb的过去式和过去分词 )
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prudence
n.谨慎,精明,节俭
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parlor
n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅
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pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
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climax
n.顶点;高潮;v.(使)达到顶点
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jealousy
n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌
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judgment
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
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savings
n.存款,储蓄
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perennial
adj.终年的;长久的
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puckering
v.(使某物)起褶子或皱纹( pucker的现在分词 );小褶纹;小褶皱
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flannel
n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服
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regiment
n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制
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bazaar
n.集市,商店集中区
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stunt
n.惊人表演,绝技,特技;vt.阻碍...发育,妨碍...生长
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hearth
n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面
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strictly
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
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stunts
n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 );(广告中)引人注目的花招;愚蠢行为;危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长],抑制,妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )
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partnership
n.合作关系,伙伴关系
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nicotine
n.(化)尼古丁,烟碱
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spoke
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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stenciled
v.用模板印(文字或图案)( stencil的过去式和过去分词 )
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bungalow
n.平房,周围有阳台的木造小平房
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clam
n.蛤,蛤肉
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mighty
adj.强有力的;巨大的
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surgical
adj.外科的,外科医生的,手术上的
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dagger
n.匕首,短剑,剑号
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condensation
n.压缩,浓缩;凝结的水珠
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thriller
n.惊险片,恐怖片
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cartridge
n.弹壳,弹药筒;(装磁带等的)盒子
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buffalo
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
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tempestuously
adv.剧烈地,暴风雨似地
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confidential
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
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prospective
adj.预期的,未来的,前瞻性的
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ranch
n.大牧场,大农场
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brook
n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让
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conjecture
n./v.推测,猜测
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minor
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
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tuxedo
n.礼服,无尾礼服
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jack
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
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croak
vi.嘎嘎叫,发牢骚
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goaded
v.刺激( goad的过去式和过去分词 );激励;(用尖棒)驱赶;驱使(或怂恿、刺激)某人
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swoop
n.俯冲,攫取;v.抓取,突然袭击
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elk
n.麋鹿
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elks
n.麋鹿( elk的名词复数 )
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prologue
n.开场白,序言;开端,序幕
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automobile
n.汽车,机动车
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eligibility
n.合格,资格
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cartridges
子弹( cartridge的名词复数 ); (打印机的)墨盒; 录音带盒; (唱机的)唱头
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brass
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器
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contractor
n.订约人,承包人,收缩肌
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inundates
v.淹没( inundate的第三人称单数 );(洪水般地)涌来;充满;给予或交予(太多事物)使难以应付
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banking
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
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abated
减少( abate的过去式和过去分词 ); 减去; 降价; 撤消(诉讼)
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kernel
n.(果实的)核,仁;(问题)的中心,核心
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abiding
adj.永久的,持久的,不变的
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flop
n.失败(者),扑通一声;vi.笨重地行动,沉重地落下
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alluded
提及,暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )
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penetrating
adj.(声音)响亮的,尖锐的adj.(气味)刺激的adj.(思想)敏锐的,有洞察力的
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collapsed
adj.倒塌的
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neatly
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地
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artistic
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的
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surmising
v.臆测,推断( surmise的现在分词 );揣测;猜想
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enjoyment
n.乐趣;享有;享用
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heartily
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
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diagnosis
n.诊断,诊断结果,调查分析,判断
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artery
n.干线,要道;动脉
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bind
vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬
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practitioner
n.实践者,从事者;(医生或律师等)开业者
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juggler
n. 变戏法者, 行骗者
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maple
n.槭树,枫树,槭木
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peripatetic
adj.漫游的,逍遥派的,巡回的
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severely
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
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automaton
n.自动机器,机器人