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Shortly after my marriage I had bought a connection in the Paddington district. Old Mr. Farquhar, from whom I purchased it, had at one time an excellent general practice; but his age, and an affliction of the nature of St. Vitus’s dance from which he suffered, had very much thinned it. The public not unnaturally1 goes on the principle that he who would heal others must himself be whole, and looks askance at the curative powers of the man whose own case is beyond the reach of his drugs. Thus as my predecessor2 weakened his practice declined, until when I purchased it from him it had sunk from twelve hundred to little more than three hundred a year. I had confidence, however, in my own youth and energy and was convinced that in a very few years the concern would be as flourishing as ever.
For three months after taking over the practice I was kept very closely at work and saw little of my friend Sherlock Holmes, for I was too busy to visit Baker3 Street, and he seldom went anywhere himself save upon professional business. I was surprised, therefore, when, one morning in June, as I sat reading the British Medical Journal after breakfast, I heard a ring at the bell, followed by the high, somewhat strident tones of my old companion’s voice.
“Ah, my dear Watson,” said he, striding into the room, “I am very delighted to see you! I trust that Mrs. Watson has entirely4 recovered from all the little excitements connected with our adventure of the Sign of Four.”
“Thank you, we are both very well,” said I, shaking him warmly by the hand.
“And I hope, also,” he continued, sitting down in the rocking-chair, “that the cares of medical practice have not entirely obliterated5 the interest which you used to take in our little deductive problems.”
“On the contrary,” I answered, “it was only last night that I was looking over my old notes, and classifying some of our past results.”
“I trust that you don’t consider your collection closed.”
“Not at all. I should wish nothing better than to have some more of such experiences.”
“To-day, for example?”
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n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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landlady
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n.女房东,女地主 | |
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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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v.成功,兴隆,昌盛;使成功,使昌隆,繁荣 | |
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subscribed
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a.最主要的 | |
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gratitude
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hoax
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拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消 | |
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connoisseur
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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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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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bawling
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v.大叫,大喊( bawl的现在分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物) | |
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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perspiration
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n.汗水;出汗 | |
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belly
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n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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depicted
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描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述 | |
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n.(on)约束,限制;限制(或约束)性的事物 | |
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n.吊带,背带;托架( brace的名词复数 );箍子;括弧;(儿童)牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决 | |
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beetle
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rogue
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监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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