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Chapter 20 Coffee-Houses and Doss-Houses
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Another phrase gone glimmering1, shorn of romance and tradition and all that goes to make phrases worth keeping! For me, henceforth, “coffee-house” will possess anything but an agreeable connotation. Over on the other side of the world, the mere2 mention of the word was sufficient to conjure3 up whole crowds of its historic frequenters, and to send trooping through my imagination endless groups of wits and dandies, pamphleteers and bravos, and bohemians of Grub Street.
But here, on this side of the world, alas4 and alack, the very name is a misnomer5. Coffee-house: a place where people drink coffee. Not at all. You cannot obtain coffee in such a place for love or money. True, you may call for coffee, and you will have brought you something in a cup purporting6 to be coffee, and you will taste it and be disillusioned7, for coffee it certainly is not.
And what is true of the coffee is true of the coffee-house. Working-men, in the main, frequent these places, and greasy8, dirty places they are, without one thing about them to cherish decency9 in a man or put self-respect into him. Table-cloths and napkins are unknown. A man eats in the midst of the debris10 left by his predecessor11, and dribbles12 his own
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glimmering
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n.微光,隐约的一瞥adj.薄弱地发光的v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的现在分词 ) | |
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conjure
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v.恳求,祈求;变魔术,变戏法 | |
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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a.不再抱幻想的,大失所望的,幻想破灭的 | |
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adj. 多脂的,油脂的 | |
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decency
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n.体面,得体,合宜,正派,庄重 | |
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debris
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predecessor
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n.涓滴( dribble的名词复数 );细滴;少量(液体)v.流口水( dribble的第三人称单数 );(使液体)滴下或作细流;运球,带球 | |
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scraps
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positively
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waded
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(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.乐趣;滋味,风味;兴趣 | |
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adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
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voraciousness
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pint
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n.品脱 | |
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ambrosia
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n.神的食物;蜂食 | |
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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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heartily
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adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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vagrant
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n.流浪者,游民;adj.流浪的,漂泊不定的 | |
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filthily
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adv.污秽地,丑恶地,不洁地 | |
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horde
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speculative
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shreds
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v.撕碎,切碎( shred的第三人称单数 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件) | |
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vouch
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v.担保;断定;n.被担保者 | |
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coppers
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铜( copper的名词复数 ); 铜币 | |
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bluffed
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以假象欺骗,吹牛( bluff的过去式和过去分词 ); 以虚张声势找出或达成 | |
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wholesome
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sloppiness
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jubilee
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judgment
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gratitude
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ravenously
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queried
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amplified
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divers
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repartee
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gulped
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v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 );大口地吸(气);哽住 | |
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n.房屋,住户,租房子( tenement的名词复数 ) | |
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vernacular
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filthy
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adj.卑劣的;恶劣的,肮脏的 | |
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blatantly
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lauded
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sweeping
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condemnation
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atrocities
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entirely
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descending
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wrested
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(用力)拧( wrest的过去式和过去分词 ); 费力取得; (从…)攫取; ( 从… ) 强行取去… | |
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contented
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crumbs
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genial
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nausea
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brass
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hilarious
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preposterous
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sleepers
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(使)变软( soften的第三人称单数 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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softening
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