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It may be possible to do without dancing entirely1. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively, without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue2 either to body or mind; - but when a beginning is made - when the felicities of rapid motion have once been, though slightly, felt - it must be a very heavy set that does not ask for more.
Frank Churchill had danced once at Highbury, and longed to dance again; and the last half-hour of an evening which Mr. Woodhouse was persuaded to spend with his daughter at Randalls, was passed by the two young people in schemes on the subject. Frank's was the first idea; and his the greatest zeal3 in pursuing it; for the lady was the best judge of the difficulties, and the most solicitous4 for accommodation and appearance. But still she had inclination5 enough for shewing people again how delightfully6 Mr. Frank Churchill and Miss Woodhouse danced - for doing that in which she need not blush to compare herself with Jane Fairfax - and even for simple dancing itself, without any of the wicked aids of vanity - to assist him first in pacing out the room they were in to see what it could be made to hold - and then in taking the dimensions of the other parlour, in the hope of discovering, in spite of all that Mr. Weston could say of their exactly equal size, that it was a little the largest.
His first proposition and request, that the dance begun at Mr. Cole's should be finished there - that the same party should be collected, and the same musician engaged, met with the readiest acquiescence9. Mr. Weston entered into the idea with thorough enjoyment10, and Mrs. Weston most willingly undertook to play as long as they could wish to dance; and the interesting employment had followed, of reckoning up exactly who there would be, and portioning out the indispensable division of space to every couple.
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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v.(利息等)增大,增多 | |
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zeal
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n.热心,热情,热忱 | |
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solicitous
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adj.热切的,挂念的 | |
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inclination
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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acquiescence
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n.默许;顺从 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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speculation
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n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机 | |
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distress
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persevered
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v.坚忍,坚持( persevere的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计 | |
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demurred
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v.表示异议,反对( demur的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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unreasonable
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standing
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exquisite
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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unwilling
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adj.不情愿的 | |
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amiable
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adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的 | |
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certified
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approbation
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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alteration
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mischief
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thoroughly
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disdain
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n. <英>国际跳棋 | |
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adv.痛苦地;悲惨地;糟糕地;极度地 | |
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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寻找,侦察( scout的过去式和过去分词 ); 物色(优秀运动员、演员、音乐家等) | |
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ascertain
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vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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倾向( inclination的名词复数 ); 倾斜; 爱好; 斜坡 | |
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gratitude
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trifling
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adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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