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Chapter 13 Father and Son
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Lord Cashel firmly believed, when he left the room, that he had shown great tact1 in discovering Frank’s mercenary schemes, and in laying them open before Fanny; and that she had firmly and finally made up her mind to have nothing more to do with him. He had not long been re-seated in his customary chair in the book-room, before he began to feel a certain degree of horror at the young lord’s baseness, and to think how worthily2 he had executed his duty as a guardian3, in saving Miss Wyndham from so sordid4 a suitor. From thinking of his duties as a guardian, his mind, not unnaturally5, recurred6 to those which were incumbent7 on him as a father, and here nothing disturbed his serenity8. It is true that, from an appreciation9 of the lustre10 which would reflect back upon himself from allowing his son to become a decidedly fashionable young man, he had encouraged him in extravagance, dissipation, and heartless worldliness; he had brought him up to be supercilious11, expensive, unprincipled, and useless. But then, he was gentlemanlike, dignified12, and sought after; and now, the father reflected, with satisfaction, that, if he could accomplish his well-conceived scheme, he would pay his son’s debts with his
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tact
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recurred
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再发生,复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 ); 治愈 | |
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serenity
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appreciation
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lustre
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supercilious
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dignified
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a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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propriety
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prudent
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den
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scotch
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n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子,腓;腿肚子( calf的名词复数 );牛犊;腓;小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 );(冰川)崩解;生(小牛等),产(犊);使(冰川)崩解 | |
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n.青少年,少年读物;adj.青少年的,幼稚的 | |
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vices
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guardians
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监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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趾高气扬地走,高视阔步( strut的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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cadence
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dispense
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watt
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scion
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compliance
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sundry
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prodigal
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crafty
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betoken
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harry
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reposed
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infliction
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thoroughly
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prospect
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effrontery
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equanimity
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expressive
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tenants
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scattered
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incurred
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[医]招致的,遭受的; incur的过去式 | |
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lapse
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extricating
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pecuniary
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profusion
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follies
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delightfully
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区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态 | |
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insufficient
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obstinacy
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speculation
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