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I had been certain the day before that I should be the first to arrive. But it was not a question of being the first to arrive. Not only were they not there, but I had difficulty in finding our room. The table was not laid even. What did it mean? After a good many questions I elicited1 from the waiters that the dinner had been ordered not for five, but for six o’clock. This was confirmed at the buffet2 too. I felt really ashamed to go on questioning them. It was only twenty-five minutes past five. If they changed the dinner hour they ought at least to have let me know — that is what the post is for, and not to have put me in an absurd position in my own eyes and . . . and even before the waiters. I sat down; the servant began laying the table; I felt even more humiliated3 when he was present. Towards six o’clock they brought in candles, though there were lamps burning in the room. It had not occurred to the waiter, however, to bring them in at once when I arrived. In the next room two gloomy, angry- looking persons were eating their dinners in silence at two different tables. There was a great deal of noise, even shouting, in a room further away; one could hear the laughter of a crowd of people, and nasty little shrieks4 in French: there were ladies at the dinner. It was sickening, in fact. I rarely passed more unpleasant moments, so much so that when they did arrive all together punctually at six I was overjoyed to see them, as though they were my deliverers, and even forgot that it was incumbent5 upon me to show resentment6.
Zverkov walked in at the head of them; evidently he was the leading spirit. He and all of them were laughing; but, seeing me, Zverkov drew himself up a little, walked up to me deliberately7 with a slight, rather jaunty8 bend from the waist. He shook hands with me in a friendly, but not over- friendly, fashion, with a sort of
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n.自助餐;饮食柜台;餐台 | |
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warding
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shrill
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insipid
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witticisms
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condescension
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irritability
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rascal
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exquisitely
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adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地 | |
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naively
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champagne
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n.香槟酒;微黄色 | |
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unnaturally
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berth
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guffaw
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n.哄笑;突然的大笑 | |
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winced
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majestically
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insolent
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insolently
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n.毒液,恶毒,痛恨 | |
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compassion
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lobster
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n.龙虾,龙虾肉 | |
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authoritatively
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burlesque
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v.嘲弄,戏仿;n.嘲弄,取笑,滑稽模仿 | |
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narrative
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positively
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brutes
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兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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brute
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discomfiture
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affected
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annoyance
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drowsy
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vociferous
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exuberant
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int.好哇,万岁,乌拉 | |
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feverishly
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adv. 兴奋地 | |
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precisely
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lieutenant
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n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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seduce
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vt.勾引,诱奸,诱惑,引诱 | |
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fully
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adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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duel
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prostrate
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pawns
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n.(国际象棋中的)兵( pawn的名词复数 );卒;被人利用的人;小卒v.典当,抵押( pawn的第三人称单数 );以(某事物)担保 | |
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impatience
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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reverence
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n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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snug
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adj.温暖舒适的,合身的,安全的;v.使整洁干净,舒适地依靠,紧贴;n.(英)酒吧里的私房 | |
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berths
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n.(船、列车等的)卧铺( berth的名词复数 );(船舶的)停泊位或锚位;差事;船台vt.v.停泊( berth的第三人称单数 );占铺位 | |
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immortal
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adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的 | |
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thumping
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adj.重大的,巨大的;重击的;尺码大的;极好的adv.极端地;非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词);狠打;怦怦地跳;全力支持 | |
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delirium
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pang
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humiliation
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filthiest
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exhausted
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perspiration
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amazement
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disorder
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misery
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inquisitively
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