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A Woman’s Kingdom chapter 3
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Dinner
Just as the year before, the last to pay her visits were Krylin, an actual civil councillor, and Lysevitch, a well-known barrister. It was already dark when they arrived. Krylin, a man of sixty, with a wide mouth and with grey whiskers close to his ears, with a face like a lynx, was wearing a uniform with an Anna ribbon, and white trousers. He held Anna Akimovna’s hand in both of his for a long while, looked intently in her face, moved his lips, and at last said, drawling upon one note:
“I used to respect your uncle . . . and your father, and enjoyed the privilege of their friendship. Now I feel it an agreeable duty, as you see, to present my Christmas wishes to their honoured heiress in spite of my infirmities and the distance I have to come. . . . And I am very glad to see you in good health.”
The lawyer Lysevitch, a tall, handsome fair man, with a slight sprinkling of grey on his temples and beard, was distinguished1 by exceptionally elegant manners; he walked with a swaying step, bowed as it were reluctantly, and shrugged2 his shoulders as he talked, and all this with an indolent grace, like a spoiled horse fresh from the stable. He was well fed, extremely healthy, and very well off; on one occasion he had won forty thousand roubles, but concealed3 the fact from his friends. He was fond of good fare, especially cheese, truffles, and grated radish with hemp4 oil; while in Paris he had eaten, so he said, baked but unwashed guts5. He spoke6 smoothly7, fluently, without hesitation8, and only occasionally, for the sake of effect, permitted himself to hesitate and snap his fingers as if picking up a word. He had long ceased to believe in anything he had to say in the law courts, or perhaps he did believe in it, but attached no kind of significance to it; it had all so long been familiar, stale, ordinary. . . . He believed in nothing but what was original and unusual. A copy-book moral in an original form would move him to tears. Both his notebooks were filled with extraordinary expressions which he had read in various authors; and when he needed to look up any expression, he would search
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| adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的 | |
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shrugged
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| vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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concealed
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| a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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hemp
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| n.大麻;纤维 | |
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guts
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| v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠 | |
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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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| adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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hesitation
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fin
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nervously
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adviser
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sleepers
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| n.卧铺(通常以复数形式出现);卧车( sleeper的名词复数 );轨枕;睡觉(呈某种状态)的人;小耳环 | |
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imploring
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| 恳求的,哀求的 | |
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sincerity
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domain
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rummaged
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| 翻找,搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 ); 已经海关检查 | |
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quotation
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| v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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clatter
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| v./n.(使)发出连续而清脆的撞击声 | |
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| vi.狂欢作乐,陶醉;n.作乐,狂欢 | |
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salmon
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| n.鲑,大马哈鱼,橙红色的 | |
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positively
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munched
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rapacious
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stewed
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| adj.焦虑不安的,烂醉的v.炖( stew的过去式和过去分词 );煨;思考;担忧 | |
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oysters
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| 牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 ) | |
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pickles
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vegetate
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| v.无所事事地过活 | |
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fragrance
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musk
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waning
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tranquillity
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jealousy
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| n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌 | |
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permissible
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| adj.可允许的,许可的 | |
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amazement
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wretch
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| n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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incompetent
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| adj.无能力的,不能胜任的 | |
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renounce
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dreary
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| adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的 | |
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scrap
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frivolity
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frivolous
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champagne
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| n.香槟酒;微黄色 | |
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steadily
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repletion
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inevitable
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| adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
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insipid
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| adj.无味的,枯燥乏味的,单调的 | |
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divan
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| n.长沙发;(波斯或其他东方诗人的)诗集 | |
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eloquence
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| n.雄辩;口才,修辞 | |
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enjoyment
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| n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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prodigious
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| adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的 | |
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tempestuous
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| adj.狂暴的 | |
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insignificant
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rosy
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hue
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voluptuous
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motives
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deafens
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intoxicated
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bass
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felicitous
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exhausted
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melancholy
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enchanting
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exhaustion
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sledge
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