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Fanny seemed nearer being right than Edmund had supposed. The business of finding a play that would suit everybody proved to be no trifle; and the carpenter had received his orders and taken his measurements, had suggested and removed at least two sets of difficulties, and having made the necessity of an enlargement of plan and expense fully1 evident, was already at work, while a play was still to seek. Other preparations were also in hand. An enormous roll of green baize had arrived from Northampton, and been cut out by Mrs. Norris (with a saving by her good management of full three-quarters of a yard), and was actually forming into a curtain by the housemaids, and still the play was wanting; and as two or three days passed away in this manner, Edmund began almost to hope that none might ever be found.
There were, in fact, so many things to be attended to, so many people to be pleased, so many best characters required, and, above all, such a need that the play should be at once both tragedy and comedy, that there did seem as little chance of a decision as anything pursued by youth and zeal2 could hold out.
On the tragic3 side were the Miss Bertrams, Henry Crawford, and Mr. Yates; on the comic, Tom Bertram, not _quite_ alone, because it was evident that Mary Crawford's wishes, though politely kept back, inclined the same way: but his determinateness and his power seemed to make allies unnecessary; and, independent of this great irreconcilable4 difference, they wanted a piece containing very few characters in the whole, but every character first-rate, and three principal women. All the best plays were run over in vain. Neither Hamlet, nor Macbeth, nor Othello, nor Douglas, nor The Gamester, presented anything that could satisfy even the tragedians; and The Rivals, The School for Scandal, Wheel of Fortune, Heir at Law, and a long et cetera, were successively dismissed with yet warmer objections. No piece could be proposed that did not supply somebody with a difficulty, and on one side or the other it was a continual repetition of, "Oh no, _that_ will never do! Let us have no ranting5 tragedies. Too many characters. Not a tolerable woman's part in the play. Anything but _that_, my dear Tom. It would be impossible to fill it up. One could not expect anybody to take such a part. Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end. _That_ might do, perhaps, but for the low parts. If I _must_ give my opinion, I have always thought it the most
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adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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n.热心,热情,热忱 | |
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adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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adj.(指人)难和解的,势不两立的 | |
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ranting
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v.夸夸其谈( rant的现在分词 );大叫大嚷地以…说教;气愤地)大叫大嚷;不停地大声抱怨 | |
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v.咆哮;怒吼;n.大话;粗野的话 | |
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adj.无味的,枯燥乏味的,单调的 | |
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adv. 可恶地,可恨地,恶劣地 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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insignificant
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adj.无关紧要的,可忽略的,无意义的 | |
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vows
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誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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trifling
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determined
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longing
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baron
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n.男爵;(商业界等)巨头,大王 | |
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怀恨(grudge的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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alacrity
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n.敏捷,轻快,乐意 | |
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公开声称的,伪称的,已立誓信教的 | |
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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parley
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n.谈判 | |
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adj.审慎的,小心翼翼的,完全的,纯粹的 | |
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v.恳求,恳请 | |
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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benevolence
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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complaisance
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(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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detest
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odious
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unnatural
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compassion
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(液体等的)摇动( agitation的名词复数 ); 鼓动; 激烈争论; (情绪等的)纷乱 | |
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ascertain
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vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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conversed
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v.交谈,谈话( converse的过去式 ) | |
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solitude
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n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方 | |
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n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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astonishment
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n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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improper
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adj.不适当的,不合适的,不正确的,不合礼仪的 | |
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modesty
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n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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remonstrance
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n抗议,抱怨 | |
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